The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-20 00:00:00

1- ', ll -44 D's SIIIPPING—(THIS DAY.) -LANDON, JAN. 20.—Wind at noon N. to N.W., strong breeze, and fine. It blew hard last night with heavy squalls and rain, and continued to rain at intervals till he about eleven A.M. in the day, when it cleared up, t wind continuing to blow very strong, with squalls and Passitig clouds.DEAL, JAL. 19.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh and :(14811Y.-Arrd. Sara Alida Maria, Fikelenberg, Batavia '...8r Amsterdam ; Pekin, Laing, Calcutta Graham, alitchell, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Gray, All4oa Bay ; Elli e' Vrede, Zaal, Surinam for Amsterdam ; Mary Ellen, Renton, Matanz is ; Henry Tanner and Ceres, Smith, Houclura.s ; G. M. Soule, Mann, New York ; Perthshire, SL John's, Now Brunswick ; Ferris, Ichaboe for bundee ; Ocean Queen, Hislop, ditto. Put back, R' a j i ,.eY, for Algoa Bay. It blew hard from S.W. to '''''''. last night, with heavy squalls, which have con tinued throughout the day. kALSIOUTII, JAN. 19.—Wind W.S.W., strong and .11(111.1117.--Arrd. Bonne Mire, Adams, and Mohawk, 7i-c4u'ann, Ichaboe ; Vigilant, London for Bermuda. je. bunamore, Gillespie, and St. George, Grayburn, Ptneti bli bc'e. Put back, Golden Fleece for Penambuco ; , and Lady Katherine Buchann, for Jamaica ; Dpi for Tobago. n „, LI JAN. 20.—The Rosebud, from Belfast, on the btht7"l'vin Sandi, was got off at half -past eight P.M., last , and taken into Ramsgate Harbour. ....4, 43180 ATR, JAN.I9. Wind S.S.W. t o S ., fresh breeze. do -die Ro se b ud, Faukner, — of and from Belfast, for Lon lien, got ashore early this morning on the North Sand . scl at the Goodwin Sand ; crew landed at Deal ; boats ‘re„gone to her and part of cargo has been thrown over. 4,Notrows,,JAN. 1 7.-51 d. Santas, Manilla. August, JAN 1 9.—Fresh breeze. 17. Arrd. teUa Frederick, Sunderland, for Calais, with da or4ge' h aving been it contact. The Perseverance, Finch, tebhields, from Portsmouth to Sunderland, which was d "NI to the northward 17th inst., remains, with much Lt(r)4.,age• The Ovid, from Rye, and the Chester, from ,4 1 "° 11 , the two vessels reported with the Perseverance, still doe ' RErLT T Vi ~,,, ~ AN. 18.-Wind S., fresh. 17. Sid. Queen btirial Savannah. Frost"t, JAN. 17.—NVind S., light.—Arrd. Brunswick, ; To tad s o in and Jane, Symonds, Fifeshire; Williams r°thers Vall Ih b Sld. Baronet, Buenos -,y rea. 9ey, c a oe. 'reL tt i P _ 4B 'l', JAN , 16 .—Arrd. William Kelson, Alicante, Itoo'Veit'a,,t?wed up, having been ashore near the South klagnt-nouse. he m ono, JAN. 18 —Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. r"ngl Mitchell, Ichaboe. The Henrietta an .h blind on, i) --° nY, both from Llanelly to London, ashore i ,_.l Haven, are discharging their cargoes. v"oErT "evett 121AIIP TON, JAN. 19.—Arrd. Medway steamer, 4 , 04 , West Indies, left S. Thomas 31st ult. Sid. ?o 'tealber, West Indies. ...4 1111810LITlit, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.W., blowing hard. herrd• John Fleming, London to Madras ; Hendrick . atTer, London for New York ; Grace Darling, Ari!,h . , t o rl '• A mast, cut away just under the rigging, witt! i„ ,?Inast and yard attached, much chafed, was passed -I:lnve Channel yesterday. 'hip it4(:)01., JAN. 18.—A hurricane, which hove the s t . ) ,_?l? her beam -ends, and washed away bulwarks and 4F3llone, s c ... place thinnd,soo:,Bareaars.dexperienced on the 11th inst., in lat. 41 11.. ""' 15 W, by the Hindoo, arrived at this port. , Calcutta and Bahia, left the latter e t t etit °ll the 23d cf November; Currency, Brodrick, Nitisz erlyr6s sailed Nov, 9' Powell"' ; Albatross, Mills, Bombay ; J. Thompson, on n ' CeYlon; Clydesdale Ichaboe; Sarah Owens, Fernando Po 18th; Cora, Smith,. alabar; Tinamara, Eaton, Ceara; Friendshi Ronduras • Diana, Fanny, and Russell,. Savant9lever°llx; ,'Aew Orleans: Laacaster and Nicholas, Biddle, ttretisl.°:_ Edinburgh and Lismahago, St. John's, New Arah er ?",;, Argyle, Clements, St. Andrew's. 19. Lady kas v, 3 1 , 4 ''fiina; Intrinsic and Royal Archer, Ichaboe; Ori,„'enterarit; Elizabeth Buce and Mayland, New leick;ll William Bryard, St. Andrew's, Now Bruns- Portezi'."'agne, gt. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Bella 1i,,,, 02_1 supposed from Buenos Ayres. Sld. Madison, tard o rle aaa (not r,' "Alltalla til ' Palmyra)• Mary, Sierra Leone; Re ,„Arrt r a , S eede r ) ETowg, J AN. 15.—The Circassian, Drury, of toil ) ", which put in here to repair damages, in g out of the • and tein e i h3, b e inner anchorage took the ground, l'llEb b " is expected off without much damage. jakit I.RTHORPE, JAN. 19'-The John and Mary, tear Salt of Huh, from Dunkirk, got on the strand disci altfleet yesterd iltrging part o f her morning, but was got off after „. 411110eoz her cargo. 'Avert, , tiT, JAN. 18.—The schooner Frolic, from Ilswer3tl'nto porch, went ashore yesterday morning near las e d . ", and is expected to become a wreck—crew Shield ALIA, ---,,110rc... -,. , to , .., dAN. Ig ' 'The Hadgill, of and from °ft with, 4)11 d, en, struck the Ridge Sand, but came ne. leaki 'lt illsista nee, and proceeded with extra hands, Ltv h• ta l'ot. a leh, wa s ' JAN. 18.--The Devonshire steamer, iustant " agrOtad on to w t + W I% got ..,., East Hoyle .on the 16th 1/....e 14 by o,r, after being lightened, and „ J (ewer, frw o -e of the steam tugs. The telegraphed goin .Loudoa to Hobart Town, was ` c *' bY the e, .gincroollit,Pahitt, with loss of foremast, Packet, with r w -' i v t e l. (l pass er Cadiz n 115.S'essenger, w as here. A boat from the I. _ . ', ult. , and au Ricked . the master, three men, and u P off Fernando de Norouha, 1 - I •44 ea , v ed,_ hes % I))l34eci With provisions, by the Hindor, ho -vu el which ti co ming in sight of the vessel, in tit left th e . the Hindoo hauled up for the land, the livltatt Ilindoo. Ils e t lb t, 4,141.17' 18.—Arrd. Alderman Pirie, Cuba.. Icy' b olt& ` --Wind S.W. 18. S.—Arrd. Prowler, andtktioa,„l,4re ; Roward, Hill, Mobile. 1, new_ Arm. Albion, Blucher, Jeannie Deans, 13 • °t at "' N o - , J,„ e nd Lit 'N. 19.--Wind S.S.W., strong.—Arrd. w sreb es , for Monte Video. Off, Olga, Batavia ° °d, trerg. ;Fanny, ditto, for Amsterdam ; Kelsick h oe 14rtiotp, Berbice. Lintibiteir, li.ariedjAailleklB;--Arrd. Rover, Webster, Icha "Rid " al an • , opt scurvy; Cadiate, Cook, ditto_ ; p 44,, JeKa, London, for Cape Coast Castle, W (Ilt toy, t o li g o e d d , bowsprit sprung, and pumps choked ; siren ; killi a c ll, for St. Michael's, bore up from lon. 9 of . e t, ind :rite, ditto, for ditto, totally dismantled, decks bvte e t b ost - R /3411 Washed overboard, has been in tow kft4,Pas kied 7 Y three times. The Candidate, arrived ' Leavitt i'eltbabThomas Laurie, abandoned, the day 1 i.........................„....... _ 13 LANDERS MAIL. lifte 44B (REcErvEn THIS DAY.) r k tLa,JAv i 'tself "arm ''' i6.--The Chamber of Representatives, tilt int o ttgthe analysis of several petitions, formed an d lik b„*Peret Committee. Yesterday the King Hare d usin eh n Th sev er , 0 with_ the Alinister of the Interior, 14 e se veral Si audiences. 3 ' eit I Committee to-day was not so interesting agc ' and no ibe point under discussion was the A nti the inte r argument was produced either for or NI% t Y sev er Pretation of the 19th article of the treaty. t, e ,_ , ep, exeite frosts, alternating regularly with mild io-,.ially 8 serious a pprehensions for the crops, la s or th e , beII, Pric e of h *Pe seed. This accounts for the rise ' , N b ., ,t at article. thg 14 the 3: "'lt 17.--The Chamber was engaged to iktt.Prokei '4,pussion of the project of law relative to tele ~, tatto o aa sad publication of the laws. The first Th e 44 am en 14 opted -'4 b - A d3' a majority of 33 to 32. mebate :1414_,Yias proposed on the second article. Iti,.Lordin 4 auJourned till to-morrow. -- eut kid 4.1.0 the returns for 1844, the number of 4113 in the city of Brussels was— Males BIRTHS. l'erßale"...........******* -2 ' 451 ?. 4 905 a • .................... 2,454 9 DEATHS. p k e al til e_ B . ez ...................... 2,094 1 4,180 al .................... 2,086 tzness of births ........... 77. 725 I,l4:4rriages ................ 1,17: `-.14,4 --iivorces . ............................. f Ja n . VitkikeisPaPer#, 18. skin -4' JAN. 11. --he news received Princess Lectrpilnieh of the h a p delivery of yesterday in TVel has given reat ppleasure to our Court. per ile;kcltal remaigns of the late Princess of Hohenzol h-('N -",-'ngen will have the funeral ceremo n y of the 4- re t t : e ti in her residence according to the form tftdoOttit Church, and then be conveyed to th s e ist e e s r ta th t e e Neil:khan, iii Stow Altonburg,belonging Nit. %a °f ccerinza, there to be deposited 411,rt. t i n er the family NetzN FItONTIERS, JAN. 2.ne investigations, in with .tlee of the late insurrection, I, txteXtreine rigour, as if it were reso l tel lved comp e y are prosecuted ° 4 h A etr Q, illrite the friends of the Obrenowitsch family. IN ~,,-.3,d of December Stojan Stojanowitsch l the last merly !ttee`t..llle'Pal support of the ex - Prince, and 14 Pal to the Prince Miloseh, was shot near S i C r habaiz, !llrkvoerPtesence of Mitroviz, after having first asked t e h e e . th e I' s ° g,et drunk. His corpse was bound to the wh s I "Iterti itbc• The ten or twelve bodies of the con a RI , teete aatened to the wheel all along the Servian mbannt.i. festmed tendedint to mock at the interest lately _ . 1 . bits,?l,4 Austrian aide for the family of Ohre tent liteet—;'• A report, which is merely an impo tent the 4 tnt, '4 aPread by the Servians who appear on .s Rivell'`aa fontier, that unless proper satisfaction th,,,i NPrisals will be had recourse to. Though t his hilie signifies nothing, it indicates the feeling of . t th, %EC Party against Austria. We cannot penetrate into %'tee4reti' of Austrian policy, but everybody who . h as . kvie; ehaerrlye.sees that Russia is more and more gaining AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, JAN. 11. S Per Cent. Idetalliques .................. 111% 4 per Cent; Ditto ........................... 100 Li t per Cent Ditto .................. 78 44040,1834 .. . .................. 1571/2 tiankDitto, 1839 ............... . ...... 129 Shares .............................. 1622 •Laterhazy's Loan. ................................... 57% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 177? q I9ggnitz .............................. 126 \III .411„, 1 ... ...................... ... .. ........... 118 A 4tllleine Zei ...... Jan. 15. oilt ----...................,...... , s tdr i , t . 11 , 0 9th instant a Custom -house information c ) t ; h.'46 Master of the Amity, was heard at Ipswich, tifflevnalty of 10 01, for not bringing -to at the station !0ht,11,111 aP,,IS to take an o ffi cer on board. It was proved ''''attr'v had brought to, and remained an hour at the :ltground, but no officer was sent to her. It was 'he led vessel was bound to wait the c onvenience of 411411141%4'h at se for an officer to go on board. The (-'l4Pooalte'tie'4 dismissed the infornaation.Chelmiford etllllllE Ixclizinxaan. Potter, who WIIS . ti at the late York assizes of arson, at Wistow, f li)P ii. lb t Y' 'td sentenced to be executed has received Qi thuzitys pardon for the capital ( ANL% lie is to "Leg for life, MONEY AN!) ,CIAL :NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was again a large business done in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday. Sales 7,000 bales at full prices.— Shares were again very animated. Birmingham and Gloucester, New, 47,- ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 44 3/. 6s. 10d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 374 4 ; Churnet Valley, 4!. 3s. 9d.; Dublin and Drogheda, 72,1; Eastern Counties, 174 18i; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Grand Junction, 230; Great Western, 174; Ditto, Half, 100; Lancaster and Preston, 25 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 394 4; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 414; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 284 ; London and Croydon, 16i ; London and South-Western, New, 44 4 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 134 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 122 ; Mid land Counties, 12 1284 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 664 ; North British, 104 ; North Union, 1474 ; South- Eastern, 47 48 447 ; Ditto, New, 19 20 194 ; Ulster, 394 ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 ; Paris and Rouen, 414 i ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Sombre and Meuse, 3/. Is. ; Northern of France, 54 6. The commercial advices from the West Indies, re ceived by the Royal mail steamer, the Medway, are of a very uninteresting character. Indeed, less information is conveyed in them, as well as the public journals, than by any arrival that has come in for a considerable time past. The state of affairs, generally speaking, was pro gressing well. Still, in many of the plantations, a great want of labourers was complained of. Another shock of an earthquake was experienced at Montego Bay, as wel! as at Falmouth. Our attention has been directed to a brief report of a meeting of the merchants connected with the China trade, which was held last week at the Jerusalem Cof fee. house, to consider the policy of an agitation bein g commenced for the reduction of the tea d u ty. H a d this meeting been publicly advertised, no ques tion the attendance would have been very large indeed. However, as it is, much good may be effected in obtaining the object in view. As a per fect combination of those interested here, as well as at Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, and elsewhere, in pressing upon the Government the policy of conceding a change in the duty upon teas to Is. or ls. 6d per lb.— the population of the United Kingdom would receive the concession with the most unbounded satisfaction. As the Chinese authorities have shown a strong desire to grant the most liberal terms to the manufacturers of this country, it is but fair that some return should be made on the part of our Ministry, so that the treaty with the Celestial Empire may be carried out to the fullest possible extent, and to the advantage of both countries. As the cultivation of the tea plant in Assam is proceeding prosperously (though years must elapse ere our India possessions in that quarter can, under the most favourable circumstances, enter into a lively competition with the Chinese growers), there may be reasons assigned by our new commercial ally, " the Celestial Monarch" to demand a more free access to our ports of the produce of his immense empire. A royal decree has this morning been received from the Hague, dated the 16th January, by Messrs. R. Ra phael and Sons, of which the following are particulars:— " The sixth series of Five per Cents. is to be drawn, for cash only, and will be at least six millions of guilders, which, however, may be increased according to cir cumstances ; the drawing to commence on the Ist of February, and payment to be made on the 15th of February, when interest ceases. Five millions of guilders, 4 per cent. are to be opened for subscrip tion on Thursday, Jan. 30, to be pal(' for on the 15th Feb., at the price of 99, and four and a half months' interest, from the Ist Oct. ta the 15th Feb., which was to be paid in money or in bonds of the above drawing. For each 1,000 guilders of these subscribed Four per Cents., 1,000 guilders Five per Cents. will be drawn for payment in casu at the same time as the six millions above men tioned." A firm market has prevailed for the British Securities this morning. Consols for Money have advanced from 1004 to 1001, and for the Account to 1004 The pre mium on Exchequer Bills has been up to 605., but it is now rather lower. Bank Stock for the Account has reached 213 ; India Stock has receded to 287 and 288, but the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are firm at 104-1. An improvement has taken place in the Spanish Bonds this morning, the budget of M. Mons being held more favourable upon re-consideration of its items, than at the first. The Three per Cents. have advanced to 394 and the Five per Cents. to 271 The Dutch Funds were a shade higher than they were on Saturday; and the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted at 102. Columbian are at 144 4, Mexican at 344 1, and the Deferred Stock at 154. An immense amount of business has been done to-day in the Railway Share Market, and the fluctuations have been constant and rapid, to a degree not known of late years. It is not possible to refer to all the changes that have occurred. The most prominent variations of the day are in the Great Western, which have advanced, as well as the London and Birmingham, the Brighton, the London and York, the Midlands, and most of the French lines. The United Mexican Mine Shares have realised 4, and the London and Westminster Bank 74 premium per share. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 100 % 3A 3 ser Cent. Consols Anna. per gent. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aunuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 ll% _ India Stock 287 1 ,E 287 288 Bank Stock for Account. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 114(1. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ~.. Belgian Bonds, 4 1 ,E per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Columbian Bonds. 1 4 1,E Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 34% Ditto for the Account.: 34%% Ditto Deferred Stock lsy Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2 7 3 / 4% Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 63 Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 39 Ditto for the Account 39i f t % Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 5 per Cents PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SILA RE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New... Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley 2 4%,0 4 3 /4 to Direct Northern 2 1,4 2% to Direct Norwich Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties 25 19%M 18A 19 Ito 18 19 Do. Perpet. 5_ per Ct. No. 1 3% — to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. rn Easte Union Ely and Bedford Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Ditto Additional Great North of England 100 ...... 151 154 to 159 Ditto New Ditto Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford - London and Birmingham ...100 23 21 London and Blackwall 16% 7 London and 8right0n.......... 50 —52 1 4 1 ,4 51 3 / 4 to 52% 3 / 4 London and Greenwich ...... 12% H London and South Western.. 41 ......79% 78% to 79 Ditto, New London and Croydon ......... 13/ it 15% to 16 London and York...—. ...... 2 ... .. 4% 3% to 4%,( 3 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds 7O 129 Ditto Sixteenths Manchester and Birmingham 40 - Ditto Quarters Midland 100 l3O Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 Newcastle & Darlington thine. 24 ...... 66 Newcastle and Berwick North British .. Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip Norwich and Brandon 8 ... 15 1 Ditto New Shares 1 Richmond and West En d Junc. 1 Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 3/%... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 Bl South Wales Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and Nortk Midland ... 50 lO 9 Ditto % Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 % % to Orleans and Bordeaux .....2 Paris and Rouen JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 18.—There has been a good business done to-day, in most cases at higher prices. South Easterns have been in good demand, and are quotsd fully 51. higher : Lancaster and Carlisle 25 Manchester and Leeds, 16th Shares 5l Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares 5 South Eastern New l9 20 Ditto New Creation Uarnsley Junction Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 4% Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal OA Leeds and Bradford (long line) lB Leeds and West Riding Junction 414% London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby 1 11-16 3 A London and York 4 North British Trent Valley 9f 4 13 URGLARIES IN SlMEX.—Burglarieu have been committed in this county almost nightly during the last month, and yet not a single person has been detected. Twenty houses,'at least, have been broken open, and the gang are become quite a terror to the country people. DARING BURGLARY NEAR GLASTON. (From the Lincoln, li ercary.) On Thursday night, the 9th instant, - U daring bur glary was.committed by five men in the dwelling-house of the Rev. G. Pochin, situate at the end of Glaston-lane, in Rutland, about a quarter of a mile from the village. It seems that the Rev. Gentleman, who is unmar ried and of retired and rather eccentric habits, resided alone in a house in a lonely situation, a short distance from the turnpike-road, between Stamford and Up pingham. He himself performed all the domestic offices, with the exception of such as he left for a charwoman, who attended him once a week. On the night in question he retired to his bed-room (which is on the ground floor), having previously fastened the doors, and placed a light by his bed-side. After some time, he was awakened by a noise, which he describes as being " as if the house was coming about his ears." The window and the frame of his apart ment were de.nolished, the shutters flew open, and in an instant a man wearing a black mask jumped in, and secured him in bed. 'Two tall fellows, also in masks, promptly followed ; and with dreadful impre cations they swore they would murder him if he made the least alarm or resistance. The bed clothes were then pulled over his face, and the ma n w h o fi rs t en tered held him down i n the bed, whilst the other two ransacked the house. A fourth man stood outside the window, and repeatedly called out to know if all was right ; and a fifth, it is supposed, kept watch at the gate near the turnpike-road, from the footmarks traced by the police on the following morning. The thieves lighted a candle from Mr. Pochin's rushlight, and pro ceeded to break open the various drawers, and almost every lock in the house. On finding a pocket-book and examining the contents, they expressed themselves dissatisfied with the small amount of cash in it (about 1151.), and demanded of the Rev. Gentleman where he had deposited a thousand pounds, which they said they knew he had received a few days before. He denied having any such money in the house, and begged to be allowed to get up to show them where the property was. He was answered by the fellow who held him down, " Lie still, sir, or I'll cut your throat, you old villain." In the same pocket-book were several notes of hand, which the robbers, on discovering that they were o f no value to them, threw on the ioor. They next entered the parlour, and there broke open a sideboard, and untied and examined several parcels containing deeds and securities, which they threw about in all directions ; here, however, they discovered some gold, and also Mr. Pochin's silver plate, which they took away. They returned into Mr. Pochin's room, and asked for his gold watch and appendages ; and on receiving an answer that he had only a silver watch, they exclaimed, "We won't have that." Having completed their work of plunder, they helped themselves to some brandy, and then proceeded to tie the Rev. Gentleman's legs and wrists with two pieces of rope ; and on taking their departure, they swore that if he stirred hand or foot, or gave the least alarm, they would return and murder him, and burn down the house. As they were getting out of the window, Mr. Pochin said, "Are you going to leave me here, you villains, to be starved to death !" Upon which one of them answered, " 1. o, sir, we will make you up another bed in another room with pleasure." On this they decamped ; and on Mr. Pochin's finding himself alone, he commenced gnawing the cord which secured his wrists with his teeth, and having suc ceeded in unfastening it, he set his feet at liberty, instantly got up and dressed, and arming himself with a brace of pistols, proceeded to Glaston to arouse his neighbours and give information of the outrage. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20 18 PROPOSED NEW PARK AT BAT TERSEA. Public attention has recently been directed to the formation of a new Park in Battersea-fields. It has been ascertained that 500 or 600 acres of land might be purchased there at very moderate price ; and if half of it only were appropriated to the public as a park, the other half would, if let for building, most likely produce sufficient rental to pay all ex penses; and it would make a valuable place of recrea tion to the public, who could get easy access to it from the most crowded parts of London. The steam boats have become a very important means of transit ; they still appear to be increasing very much, and probably they cannot have too much encouragement. By diverting the busy traffic of our streets to the river, they relieve the crowded thoroughfares of the town, and they have already proved themselves to be important auxiliaries in the cleansing of the river and its shores. By means of these boats this park would be acces sible to a vast number of all classes of persons who live on both sides of the Thames, including the whole extent of London, a length of seven or eight miles. The poorer class of persons could get there by the steam •boats at a less expense than they can get a change of air in any other way. Another of the advantages connected with the pur chase of this land at Battersea would be that, from its position by the side of the Thames, there would be facilities for making large pieces of water. In sum mer these might be changed, if necessary, every tide; and they would furnish an excellent bathing-place for the working population in hot weather. At present the working classes have no means, (or at best very limited means) of bathing. These baths might be so inclosed by plantations as to prevent them from being in any way offensive, and on that account would be much fitter for the purpose than the Serpentine River, where the bathing is always a great nuisance, and so offensive as to drive many persons from the park, and where, even if this objection did not exist, there is not a tenth part of the space requisite for these purposes. Besides, any bathing places made here would not only have the advantage of the water being frequently changed, but they might be so regulated as to be per fectly free from danger, by standing at any desired depth, being effected neither by dry weather nor by floods. A further advantage, it is obvious, which would re sult to the population of London of all classes (and one which would be attended by not one shilling ad ditional expense), would be the very perfect skating ground which these pieces of water would afford in winter. Now the ground is of comparatively little value at present, and therefore very extensive means of promoting the health and recreation of the public could be acquired for a small sum. The number of persons who would take advantage of it would be im mense, and however desirable it may be (and it un doubtedly is so) to widen our crowded throroughfares, and to improve our over-populated districts, yet some outlay would not be misapplied in the acquisition and inclosure of spaces on the immediate outskirts of the town where there is little if any buildding at present to remove ; and where, consequently, improvements could be made at comparatively small expense, to make good communications and airingplaces to which the public would be tempted to resort, and above all, in the selection, when opportunities offer, of sites having the river for their leading highway—a high way subject neither to the wear and tear, nor the expensive repairs, nor the dusty and inconvenient transit in dry weather of ordinary roads, and by which it is obvious no one can travel without, by that alone, whatever may be his occupation, enlarging his stock of health. Mr. Thomas Cubitt, the eminent builder, has the credit of having first proposed this improvement. The daily observation and extensive intercourse which this gentleman has with artisans and working people of all sorts, his means of knowing their reasonable wants and their real value, and the unusual interest he takes in whatever concerns the health and comfort of the poorer classes of our population, evidently led to the idea, and induced him to submit his philanthropic proposal to the consideration of her Majesty's Commis sioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis, who, in their second report (the first being exclusively de voted to the embankment of the Thames), will doubt less refer to it at length.—The Builder. THE GAME MANIA.—The best proof that the English country gentleman, who are infected with the game mania, are taking the alarm, is to be found in the issuing of the Hon. G. F. Berkeley's " punch on the head" pamphlet, an attempt to justify the abominable game system. These sort of writings will go far to assist in extinguishing the odious system.—From a Cor respondent. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—A numerous meeting of this Society was held on Saturday, the Earl of Auck land, President, in the chair. Among the company were Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P., Professor Wilson, and many leading members. An in teresting communication was read, from Mr. Masson. descriptive of the inscriptions on a rock at Shah bas Garish, a short distance from Peshawur, which was illustrated by a copy made on calico. According to the opinion of Professor Wilson, and others, they were Bactro-Parlic characters of a late period, probably about the third or fourth century of the Christian era, being analogous to those on coins of that period found in dif ferent places of sepulture. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel and Lady Peel left Whitehall-gardens this morning for Strathfield saye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, during the sojourn of her Majesty and tke Prince Consort at the ducal seat. The party will break up on Thursday, and the noble and gallant Duke is expected to return to Apsley House for the season on Saturday next. Ma. BARON GURNEY.—We are enabled to state, upon authority, that this Learned Judge, who has been labouring under severe indisposition at Brighton, is ra pidly recovering from the severity of the attack. He will not, however, resume his seat on the bench during the present term, but it is fully expected that he will be enabled to proceed upon the Midland Circuit at the en suing spring assizes, which commence at the latter end of February. CORONERSRIP FOR THE COUNTY OF BEAKS.—In consequence of the death of James May, Esq., who ex pired at his residence at Reading on Tuesday last, a vacancy has been occasioned in the coronership for that division of the county. Although the emoluments of the office have not exceeded 150/. per annum during the last ten years, there are no less than seven candidates for the vacant appointment in the field, independently of several others who are expected to announce themselves early in the week. RATE -COLLECTOR FOR MARTLEHONE.—At the meeting of the Marylebone vestry on Saturday, after the close of the proceedings relative to Dr. Tenfold, the election of a rate-collector commenced, the value of which appointment is about 300/. per year. There were eleven candidates, but the contest chiefly rested between Messrs. Wall and Rathbone. At the close of the ballot there appeared—For Mr. Wall, 53; Mr. Rathbone, 39. Majority, 14. The remaining votes, fifteen in number, were distributed amongst the other candidates. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE EARL Or MORNIROTON• —We understand the Earl of Mornington for some days past has been compelled to keep his bed from illness, and cn Friday his disorder became so serious as to ex cite alarm among the members of his family. The Noble Earl is in his eighty-second year, and the disease from which he suffers is greatly averse to a favourable result. Dr. Copeland is the principal medical prac titioner in attendance on his Lordship. Last night we ►ere informed that the Noble Earl continued very bad, and had passed a restless night on Saturday. FUNERAL OF THB lION. G➢NERAL SIR HENRY GEORGE GREY, G.C.8., AND G.C.H.—On Saturday last the mortal remains of the Honourable Sir Henry George Grey, brother of Earl Grey, were removed from Hert ford-street, May-fair, for interment in the Cemetery, Kensall-green. The funeral cortege moved from Park lane about ten o'clock, and proceeded direct to the Cemetery at a slow pace ; the mournful procession consisting of a hearse and six, and four mourning coaches and four, and the private carriages of Lady Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Howick, Viscount Campden, Mr. Elias Des Voeux, Lady Elizabeth Whit bread, &c. Among the mourners w ere Viscount Howick, the Right Honourable Charles Elliee, Viscount Campden, Mr. Samuel Whitbread, Captain Grey, R.N., Captain Grey, the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, &c. Lady Grey, widow of the deceased General, has left town for Hants. POST-OFFICE NOTICES.—The following notices to the public were posted on Saturday last in the portico of the Post-office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand :---The next mail for India, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the 17th of February next. Mails will be made up at this office on the morning of the 20th instant (this day), for Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Aden, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, via Southampton, to be dispatched from that port th• same afternoon by the Great Liver. pool steam-packet. Mails will be forwarded to Rio d• Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, by her Ma jesty's steam-packet Firebrand, which is expected to sail front Devonport on the 28th inst. (Tuesday se'nnight). All letters posted before the departure of the Firebrand, will be forwarded by that vessel, unless otherwise di rected." It is especially important that those who have correspondence with Pernambuco and Bahia should re collect that, in accordance with the regulations of the Post-office service, the latter will be the last dispatch from London by this mail, with which the packet will touch at these places on her outward ♦oyage ; from February to July inclusive the vessel calls on her way to England only. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The body of Mr. Jones, the light-keeper, was recovered at low water, at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It was on the inner slope of the breakwater, near the spot where he fell in. When Mr. Jones first came to Plymouth that part of the structure was provided with horizontal iron rods, on which the men could stand 3 or 4 feet above the surface, so as to allow the waves to pass under them. Unfortunately, Mr. Jones directed this refuge to be removed, thinking that the advanced state of the works had obviated the necessity for their retention. The accident occurred in the most exposed part of the breakwater, about 30 fathoms east of the lighthouse, half-way between the joint of the eastern arm and the Camber. Mr. Jones bad charge, formerly of the Owers light-vessel ; thence he was removed to Harwich, and in June last, when the breakwater lighthouse was first hrot*ght io o usp, 1 4e Soh Pharr of that establishment* DISPUTES IN THE CHURCH. EXETER, JAN. 15.—Considerable stir has been made in this city in consequence of Bishop Phill - having gone up to London on Monday and returned this afternoon. He had an interview with his secretary (Ralph 13arnes, Esq.), both before his departure and after his return. He left for his new house of Bishopstowe within a very short time after his arrival in Exeter. The Bishop is represented to be ill at ease, nervous, and fidgetty. Courtenay, the perpetual curate of St. Sidwells expresses openly his determination to preach in the sur plice. He has applied to the mayor for protection, and it is said he has expressed a hope that he will be able to get the soldiery to aid him. An address is being covertly circulated for signatures, the tenor of which is to back up the reverend gentleman. It is a pity he is not better advised. He possesses admirable natural abilities for getting into a mess, and all the aid his friends could muster should be applied to get him out of it. It is not at all likely that he will succeed in dragooning the people into submission to the surplice. Public feeling rages hotter than ever. Mr. Montague Bere, the Bankruptcy Commis sioner, is the lay chief of the Prot es t an t par t y. H e is violently assailed in the Tractarian paper, by the Bishop himself, it is whispered. The attack on the Honourable and Learned Gentleman is sufficiently disingenuous and Phillpottic to justify the general imputation of authorship to the Bishop. TIIE PAUPER'S SONG. (From Punch.) Ilouseless, famish'd, desp'rate man, A ragged wretch am I ! And how, and when, and where I can, I feed, and lodge, and lie. And I must to the Workhouse go, If better may not be ; Ay, if, indeed ! The Workhouse ? No The Gaol—the Gaol for me. There shall I get the larger crust, The warmer house-room there ; And choose a Prison since I must, I'll choose it for its fare. The Dog will snatch the biggest bone, So much the wiser he ; Call me a Dog ;—the name I'll own : The Gaol—the Gaol for me. What, masters, am I not a Hound ? Have I soul like you ? You'd treat me better, I'll be bound, If ye believed it true. The Pauper than the very Thief You use in worse degree ; Keep to yourselres, then, your relief : The Gaol—the Gaol for me. The Felon's dress is soft to feel As that which shames the Poor ; The Convict eats as good a meal, But gets a little more. Pauper and Thief are much the same, For aught that I can see : Well, then, what matter for the name ? The Gaol—the Gaol for me. At the Cambridge Sessions last week, Richard Wade, a bookseller and auctioneer, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for robbing a cutler's shop. The prisoner indicted a man for stealing books from him at the very sessions at which he was himself convicted.— Norfia Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF RIPON.-It is rumoured in Ripon, that on the meeting of Parliament, the Attorney- General for Ireland, the Hon. T. B. Smith, M.P. for that borough, will be raise 3 to the Irish Judicial Bench. This will, of course, occasion a ♦acancy in the representation of Ripon.—Leeds Times. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—On Friday a meeting of the Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland, assembling at the Marylebone Literary Institution, was held, when the Rev. 'William Chalmers, M.A., late of Dailly, Ayrshire, was inducted to the pastoral charge of the church and congregation. A sermon was preached by the Rev. Josiah Wilson, of River-terrace, Isliagton, and the charge was delivered by the Rev. William Nicolson, of London-wall. Mr. Chalmers commenced his stated ministrations yesterday. Thalberg, the eminent pianist, arrived in London on Thursday. He starts to-day for Edinburgh with Miss Dolby, Miss E. Birch, Mr. L Calkin, and Mr. John Parry, where a concert will take place on Monday evening. A BEAR AT LARGE.—On Monday morning last, about two o'clock, as a baker, residing in Gorbals, at Glasgow, was proceeding in company with one of his men to rouse another workman, who lives in Rutherglen loan, in order to commence their employment for the week, they were alarmed near the top of the stair which they were ascending by hearing a low growl, somewhat resembling that of a deg, followed by an uneasy shaking, as if occasioned by the uprising of a heavy animal newly awoke from sleep. Not being over anxious to encounter even a dog under such circumstance, the two men hesitated a litile as to whether they should ad vance. Plucking up courage, however, the ono who followed the last pushed, the other, who carried a lan tern, a little further on, when, to their horror and con sternation, they discovered a huge bear lying on the landing of the staircase. Bruin, being roused from his slumbers, immediately showed fight, and the bakers, by no means inclined to dispute with such a rough-looking antagonist, took to their heels down stairs as fast as their feet could carry them, and were followed by the bear, who very soon made up with the hindermost man carrying the lantern, and endeavoured to get hold of him. The baker shouted loudly for assistance, but no one appearing, he made use of his lantern as well as he could, the glare of which appeared to have the effect of keeping off his assailant. Finding, however, that this diversion was not likely to rid him of the bear, he again made off, and getting into a close in Main-street, was fortunate enough to put the animal off the scent. The man, of course, was terribly alarmed, and made his complaint to the pi dice, when an inquiry was instituted : —The bear is the property of a spirit dealer in Ruther glen-loan, who has a fancy for keeping such curiosities, and the bear being somehow or other locked out, or hav ing escaped from his usual den late on the evening pre vious, he had laid himself down to sleep, when he was aroused by the presence of the bakers. It seems he is considered a tame one, but not so tame, it would appear, from the above detail, as to prevent him putting the lives of the inhabitants where he is domiciled in jeopardy. Yesterday (Wednesday) the owner of the bear was brought before the Gorbals Police•court, and ordered to keep the dangerous animal muzzled, and so bound up as to prevent accidents in future.— Glasgow Argus. APPREHENSION OP A WRSLETAN PRBACHER FOR ROBBERY.—A very singular circumstance occurred at Wootten-under-Edge on Sunday last. On returning from evening service, Miss Hunt, the sister of Mr. Hunt, the bookseller, discovered that the house had been broken into during the absence of the family, and that a cheque for money, a watch, and a number of other articles had been carried away. She instantly sent for a person named James Hall, who was in her brother's employ ment, and who had !that afternoon been officiating as usual as a Wesleyan local preacher, and on communi cating to him what had occurred, he went for a police man, and on returning with him the premises were gone over with the view of ascertaining the manner in which the house had been entered. Whilst they were so employed Mr. Hunt himself arrived, and on being ' told what had occurred, his first inquiry was as to whe ther a savage little dog which he had left in the house had been killed in the fray; and on learning that it was safe and well he instantly concluded that the robbery had been accomplished by a person who was well known to the dog. This aroused the suspicions of the police man, and he contrived to accompany Hall to his lodg ings, and from one thing to another he felt himself justi fied in taking him into custody. On being searched the watch was found upon the person of the prisoner, as well as the cheque, and a handkerchief which belonged to Mr. Hunt, and the probability is, that he had the articles in his pockets at the time he was assisting the policeman to inspect the premises. He has since made a confession, and all the stolen property has been re covered, some part of it having been found concealed in a hovel about half a mile distant from Wootten-under- Edge. The prisoner has been fully committed for trial. It is already known that Dr. Lushington is to re present the British Government in the Mixed Com mission which is charged with the inquiry of how far other measures, equally efficacious as the right of search, may be devised fur the prevention of the slave trade. We believe we may assume that the Commission will hold its sittings in London, as the most natural place for such an inquiry.— Observer. MURDEROUS ATTEMPT REAR PWLLHELI.—This town was thrown into a state of much consternation and excitement,- on Tuesday morning last, by the intelli gence that a foul and deadly attempt had been made, on the previous night, about eleven o'clock, on the person of Mr. Evan Williams, of Gelliwig, Leyn, while returning home, in company with Mrs. Williams() from this town. Having proceeded nearly as far as tht Penrhos Church, on the new road, they found tha they were followed by some person ; who, when he had approached them within a few yards, fired a gun ; the ball from which entered Mr. Williamt's back, and passed out through the lower part of the abdomen. The unfortunate man immediately fell to the ground, telling Mrs. W. that he was a dying man, whilst she , almost frantic with horror, cried out " Murder,', and ran to the nearest farm-house, called Gegin Bach, informing the inmates of the catastrophe. The villain, in the mean , time, had made his escape. The wounded sufferer was taken to the farm-house, and medical aid obtained as quickly as possible. Mr. Williams remains in a very weak state ; but we are happy to state that favourable hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. The cause of the villainous attack is wrapped in mystery, and the assassin has hitherto eluded every attempt at his apprehension.—Carnarvon Herald. An experiment was made last week off the north end of Deal of an explosive ' hell, the in vention of Ca t. E. H arve y, R.N., on a ships long-b w P oat ; the s h e ll t u rned adrift, so as to come in co n t act with the boata'ss side, or rather the foremost part of her, and as soon as ol t o h fv e tehr s ehoerl boatl g u g c e h r e d t h a t ht ecatactinitcoenxtapolOtdwedithby means of a whatever part trtoi the shell touched. As the experiment was only on a small scale the result exceeded the expecta tion of the inventor ; .the boat's side was entirely shat tered, some of the planks blown out, several timbers broken, and tho garboard-streaks were torn out from the keel. We have heard with satisfaction that her Majesty's Ministers haw wade such an arrangement as will in c th a e y li ea fe: year, a the income of Mll e . D'Este- to 1, being equal t o t h at w hi ch she enjoyed during tiM° L414091;474 it Vases the De tkke 9f Sgssex. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes before three o'clock, the Queen and Prince Albert arrived at the Castle from honouring the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos with a visit at Stowe, having travelled from town, by a special train, on the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Earl of Jersey, Mr. George Edward Anson, Major-General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. The royal party were escortcd from the Slough station by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Cornet Horace Dormer Trelawny. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday. The Marquis of Downshire and the Rev. Dr. Richards arrived yesterday at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard joined the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance (luring dinner yesterday. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the remainder of the evening-. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the Court, and the domestic household attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Rev. Dr. Richards, one of his Royal Highness's domestic chaplains, and the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Prince Albert walked for some time this forenoon in the pleasure-grounds. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken today for their accustomed exercise on the Terrace and in the Home Park. THE GRAND DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURGH STHELITZ. The daily accounts of the health of her Ro3 al Highness have been discontinued, the last being issued on Saturday : " Cambridge House, January 18, 1845. " Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz's recovery is pro ceeding without interruption. " C. LOCOCK, M.D." " Unless any change should occur, no further bul letins will be issued." The Queen, the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of Kent sent to inquire after the health of their illus trious relative, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit yesterday to Cambridge House. The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Count Pollon, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Everett, the Russian Minister and Baroness Brun now, the Danish Minister an d C ountess R event l ow, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Netherlands Minister, the Brazilian Minister and Madame Lisboa, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Saxon Minister and Baroness Gersdorff, Baron de Thile, Count de Revel, Duke and Duchess of Sotomayor, Count A. Esterhazy, Baron Brenner, and Baron Koller, called to make in quiry after the health of the Hereditary Grand Duchess. The Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanhy, Sir Martin Archer Shee (President of the Royal Academy), Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lady Caroline Legge, Viscount and Vis countess Beresford, Viscount Templetown, Countess of Charlemont, Sir G. Shee, Captain Francis Sey mour, Major the Hon. C. Murray, Li eu t.-C o l one l and Mrs. Cornwall, Lady Reynett, the Duchess of St. Albans, Miss Coter, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, Lady Graham, Viscount and Viscountess Campden, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Mar quis of Winchester, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Colonel and Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Rev. Dr. Kuper, the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, Deputy Pay master-General Craufurd, Sir David Davies, Hon.W. Bathurst, Marquis of Douglas, Viscountess Forbes, and many others of the nobility and gentry, also called at Cambridge House to inquire after her Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Mr. Mildmay was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buc cleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord Granville Somerset. Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir James Graham, arrived from Stowe in the forenoon, and Lord G. Somerset arrived from Brighton. The Council sat two hours. A deputation from the Tower Hamlets Income-tax Commissioners, consisting of Mr. George Offon, Chairman ; Messrs. Henry Bluck, J. Humphreys, J. Garford, and C. S. Butler; and Mr. J. Humphreys, Solicitor to the Commissioners, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, met the deputation. Sir John Hall had an interview with Mr. Glad stone on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand and from Australia were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The churchwardens of St. Margaret's, Messrs. Bent and Milns, and Mr. J. Rogers, the vestry clerk, had an interview, on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Postmaster-Gener-.1 had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Sir David Davies returned to his residence in Ber keley-street on Saturday, from Witley Court, Wor cestershire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Do wager. Viscountess Powerscourt and her youthful family have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, for South ampton. THE ROYAL VISIT TO STRATH- FIELDSAYE. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The royal carriages have been commanded to be in waiting at the Castle at half-past two o'clock to-morrow afternoon, to convey her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert (who will be attended by a small retinue), to Strathfieldsaye, to honour with a visit until the following Thursday his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Along the whole line of route, from Windsor to the residence of the Noble Duke, the most extensive ar rangements have been made by the inhabitants of the towns and villages through which the Sovereign ►ill pass, to give her Majesty a right royal and affectionate welcome. Her Majesty and the Prince will proceed from Windsor over Aseot-heath to Bracknell, where triumphal arches have been erected in honour of the royal visit, the inha bitants of the village having entered into a liberal sub scription to testify their regard and attachment to their beloved Sovereign. Mr. Thomas Creaker, the alderman and chief magis trate of Wokingham (through which town the royal cavalcade will proceed), and two other members of the corporation, attended at Windsor Castle a day or two since, for the . purpose of ascertaining if her Majesty would be graciously pleased to receive a loyal and affec tionate address from the corporation and inhabitants of the town upon the occasion of her Majesty's progress through the borough. Mr. G. E. Anson, her Majesty'spri vate secretary, informed the deputation that as soon as he received the Queen's commands on the subject a com munication would be transmitted to the authorities. Mr. Creaker received a letter from Mr. Anson on the follow ing day, stating that her Majesty bad graciously as sented to receive an address from the inhabitants upon her arrival at Wokingham on the afternoon of Monday. A public meeting was immediately convened, and a loyal and affectionate address carried by acclamation. A public meeting had been previously held in the Town-hall, which was attended by all the principal in habitants of the town and neighbourhood, the chief ma gistrate in the chair, for the purpose of appointing a committee to superintend the necessary arrangements for the reception of her Majesty and her illustrious. Con sort, upon their arrival at the confines of the town. A liberal subscription was also entered into to defray the erection of triumphal arches and other similar demon strations of loyalty and attachment to the Sovereign. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House on Saturday last from Chatsworth, and to-day leaves for Strathfieldsaye, his Grace having been invited by the Duke of Wellington to meet the illustrious party ap pointed to assemble at the ducal residence during the sojourn of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. It will be recollested that the Duke of Wel lington was among the distinguished personages who congregated at Chatsworth to do honour to the princely festivities there on the occasion of the Queen's progress to Derbyshire the year before last. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford came to town on Saturday from Woburn Abbey, and this morning depart for Strathfieldsaye. The Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Sir Robert and Lady Peel join the circle at Strathfieldsaye to-day, and the Marquis of Douro, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont have already arrived there. The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, the Speaker of the House of Commons, who is Colonel of the North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry, will have the honour of dining at Strathfieldsaye. The Yeomanry corps is under his com mand on this occasion, and selections of picked men from each troop have been made and entered on the list fur service during the Queen's visit. There is not to be a ball, as was at first expected, the amusements of the night being confined to a concert. A portion, that is to say, twenty-five of the best performers in the band of the Duke's regiment (the Grenadier Guards) have orders to repair to Strathfieldsaye this morning, their services being required at and after dinner during the royal visit. Several of the county gentry will be favoured with invitations to meet the Queen and her illustrious Consort. The following members of the royal suite will attend KG her Maj:`tv and Prince Albert:—The Marohiones of Douro, Lady i n 7; . 'tfiruz; the Maid of Honour in Wait ing ; M a j or -G eneral W•ma "a Colonel Bouverie, Equerries Waiting; AZACes and KG George Emu... ENGLISH THEATRICALS AT THE T UILERIES. Their Majesties gave last night a grand theatrical re presentation at the Tuileries, the performances being Shakspeare's tragedy of Hamlet, by Mr. Macready and the English company, followed by the petite comedy of The Day after the Wedding. The beautiful theatre of the Palace was fitted up for the occasion, having been but two nights before used as a salon de danse at the grand Court ball. This brief interim had sufficed to restore the theatre to its original destination, and a more elegant and commodious construction for the purpose does not exist. The salle, which is composed of a parterre and two principal galleries, or rather two ranges of loges, with a circle of much smaller ones near the ceiling, ap pears capable of accommodating about six hundred spectators. The stage is sufficiently cap ac i ous f or all the purposes of the drama, legitimate or illegiti mate, for its size and completeness in machinery, trap doors, and other accessories, so unlooked for in a thea tre of this description, render it suitable f or ever y species of dr ama tic representation, from " gorgeous tragedy" down to the mere display of a ballet. It is unnecessary to say that, on this occasion, the auditory was a most spleidid one ; it would, indeed, be difficult to imagine a more striking coup d'ceil, at once gorgeous and elegant, than that presented by the salle at a few minutes after eight o'clock. It was at this hour that their Majesties and the Princes and Princesses, Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and other Cabinet Ministers, with all the great Officers of State and the household, had just taken their seats in the spacious gallery immediately op posite the stage, which was entirely occupied by the royal party. The side boxes had been previously filled by the various Ambassadors and Ministers from all the Courts of Europe, with their ladies, the leafing Members of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies, and all the most distinguished foreigners at present residing in Paris. The gentlemen were nearly all in uniform or court costume, and the scene was literally dazzling from the brilliant display of diamonds, flowers, and jewellery made by the ladies present. The parterre was also glittering with uniforms, and the elegant dresses worn by les dames presented a wondr ous contrast to the som b re appear ance of this part of the house at the public theatres in Paris, whence ladies are rigorously excluded. Of the performance of the tragedy w e are no t h e re called u p on to speak, even if it were according to etiquette, having lately more than once described the representation at length. We may be permitted, however, to observe that though the play was somewhat abridged, the scene of the grave-diggers being wholly omitted, it seemed to lose nothing whatever of its interest by the curtailment, and the tragedy went off in the most satisfactory man ner. Hamlet, who is here the " observed of all ob servers," was never played by Macready with more spirit and power ; and Miss Faucit and the entire of the per formers acquitted themselves worthily on this remark able evening —remarkable to our minds, because we look upon this representation of Shakspeare's tragedy of Hamlet, by an English company in the ancient Palace of the Tuileries , on the invitation of the Monarch, as an event in the history of the two nations, which to have foretold a few years ago, would have set the pro phet down as the idlest of dreamers.—Galignaas Messenger. SINGULAR ACCIDE NT AND N ARROW EscAPu.—The other evening, as Mr. George Airey, butcher, of Fiddler Hall, was returning from his usual round of selling his ineqt towards his home, about a mile south of Newby bridge, and a short distance from the corn-mill at the foot of Windermere, his horse, from some unknown cause, leaped from the road into the river, a descent of more than three yards, without upsetting his covered cart. The river being swollen with the heavy rain of the last few days, the horse and cart wets washed into the middle of the river. Here. Mr. Airey remained for nearly three hours, the horse contending against the stream, and though young and powerful it could not stem the torrent ; nor was Mr. Aii:ey able to make any one hear him, the noise of the water running over the weir preventing him being heard, and as it was about eight o'clock no one was passing at the time. Mr. A. how ever, being a man of regular habits, and not returning home at his usual time, his father proceeded towards Backbairow, and got Mr. John Wren, carpenter, to accompany him. To their surprise they found Mr. Airey in the perilous situation above described, and at length, by assistance, they got him and the horse (the cart was left until the morning) on terra fi rma, neither of them having received any injury, except a few bruises, and being much benumbed with cold, a hard frost prevailing at the time. What is the surveyor about to suffer a public, road like this to remain so long in so bad a state, without any protection to the traveller? At the place above named the wall is nearly level with the road, and there are three openings. We hope the proper authorities will look after the matter.—Lancaster Guardian. IMPROVEMENT OP TRADE." ..We are glad to hear that, in consequence of the continued improvement in trade, the manufacturers of this city have again raised the wages paid for weaving. For work for which eleven pence was formerly paid, one shilling is now given ; and this is aid. more than was paid for the same work in 1842. Probably the advocates of corn-laws will now explain to us how the fallacy of their usual argument has arisen, that the manufacturers only ask f or c h eap bread for the purpose of pulling down the wag es o f t h e i r workmen. they statement is here p rove d, as i t say, means low w ages : has often been proved before, by a stubborn f ac t.--C ar another lisle Journal. o b f r otande, FELONY BY AN OFFICER OF THE COUN TY P OLICE . —David Abraham, late officer 241 of th e county police, St. Helen's division, has been committed to Kirkd a l e , by Peter Greens'', Esq., M.P., to take hi s tr i a l at the next quarter sessions, charged with committing several acts of felony whilst discharging the duties of an officer of police. It appeared that the prisoner lately locked up a man for being drunk, and stole his watch ; he also took armlets, sticks, and handcuffs from the lock-up house ; and at a ball lately given at St. Helen's, he st o l e th ree a silver spoons. The charge is brought home to th e pri soner i n Storey, s% ho consequencefound of the the articlesactivity of b Mr. Superinten dentove-named a t his lodgings. The prisoner comes from London, and has been about three months in the force ; he is very re spectably connected, and brought with him most un exceptionable references as to character.—Liverpool Mercury. Our Correspondent " Vindex Legalia," whose second letter appears in our paper of this day, speaks of the " anticipated" decision of the legal advisers who have been recently consulted by the authorities of Oxford, on the proposed new test and the proceedings against the Rev. Mr. Ward. We believe we may venture to state what that decision is. From a well-informed source we learn that Mr. Bethel and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, the eminent counsel referred to, h ave given their decided opinion against the legality as well of the test as of the proposed measure of which Mr. Ward is the object. The test, we hear, it has already been determined to abandon • with respect to Mr. Ward no resolution has yet been adopted. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 15.) The number of army pensioners paid off by Captain W. Calder, staff officer, in the Limerick district, this quarter, was 794. The 15th Regiment will march hence to Buttevant, after the half-yearly inspection in April, and embark at Cork for tour of foreign service. Sir W. 4Charles Morshead, Bart., 15th Regiment, has joined Captain Capel's company, on detachment at Newport. Captain Quentin, 10th Hussars, has taken command of the troop at Waterford, in place of Captain Lord George Beauclerk, returned to Newbridge, head quarters, on promotion. Captain Curtis's company of " The Royal," at Ennis, is ordered to join the depot at Clare Castle, to be relieved by a company from heed-quarters. Lieut. Lucas, son of the tinder Secretary, and late Aide-de-Camp to Earl de Grey and his xcellency Lord Heytesbury, sailed yesterday from .Kingstown to join the 88th at Malta. Enlistment for the army was not for a long time so brisk and successful in Tralee as at present. Cornet East, of the Blues ; Captain Palmer, 17th Lancers ; and Lieut. Willi ng t on , 87th Fusilie rs, ac, ld - out of the service on Friday. The 67th Regiment, at Dublin, in the event of a brevet, will be one of the few in the army which will obtain a step of promotion in all its ranks. Seventy non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Horse Artillery will be discharged aria month at Woolwich, on pension. Major Eyre's company Royal Artillery were to leave Woolwich this day, to embark at Southampton for Gibraltar. Officers of the 3d Buffs entitled to the Mahar japore and Punniar Star. —Lieutenant-Colonel John Clunie, C. 8., Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Christie, Captains Cameron, Airey, Lieutenants, Dorehill, M'Kenzie, Hobson, Kains, Downing, Smith, Richardson, Douglas, Woods, Dore, Souter ; Ensigns J. Sweetenham, D. Stewart ; Adjutant Marsh, Pay master Lukis, Quartermaster Williams, Surgeon Smith, Assistant-Surgeon Bostock. The 62d had not left Dinapore fur Umballah, but awaited the arrival of the 39th. The 62d expected to have new colours to be presented by Briadier Gene ral Simpson, 29th, for those lost in the Ganges. Lieut. Owen, succeeds to a company by the death of Captain H. Croly, at Madras. Brevet Lieut. Colonel Tripp, 98th, has arrived in London from China. 81st Depot, Ternplemore.—Effective strength :- 15 sergeants, 4 drummers, 259 rank and file. Major Creagh has leave till the 30th January. Captain Bowyer, 90th, retires; Captain Bowyer, 81st, does not retire. Mr. M'Kenzie, band muter, Royal Artillery, who has held that appointment at Woolwich since 1810, will retire in a few days on a pension. Haversacks in possession of the troops in Ireland are ordered to be delivered into the several ordnance stores. THE CHEVALIER D'EON NOT DEAD? __ _ " Your Excellency must have yourself observed that the recal of Lord Cowley has been formally pointed out, if not called for, by the principal organ of public opi nion."—Letter from London to M. Guizot, Maria. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read that the Chevalier D'Eon died in London many years since ; I begin to fancy the report must be false. 1)o you think it probable that the old woman is still living, but under an assumed name ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Ilfracombe, Jan. 17, 1845. J. NACK. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. The Medical Times states that the following modifica tions are to be introduced into the Charter recently granted to the College of Surgeons :-- Ist. All members, now and for the future, of ten cr fifteen years standing, whether practising pharmacy or not, are to be fellows, ipso facto, and to have the plenary power of electing the governing body of the College. 2dly. Gentlemen practising midwifery will be eligible to be on the Council, which in future is always to be composed of a certain number of gentlemen practising in that department of the profession. 3dly. The Court of Examiners will be partially com posed of surgeon-accoucheurs ; and examinations in midwifery will form for the future an integral part of the surgical candidate's examinations. iihly. Some new arrangement will be proposed, by which will be removed the barrier which now prevents surgeons practising pharmacy from ever sitting on the Council. ithly. The Fellows will take seniority in the order of their standing, as members of the College ; and may pro pose, without refereace to any list of precedence, any eligible member as candidate, to fill any vacancies in the Council. These modifications, which are to be embodied in a supplementary charter, have been recently under the consideration of the College Council. It is said that Sir James Graham acquiesces in the necessity of some modi. cations of the charter. THEFT AND ROBBERY OF THE PAISLEY BELL.— The town of Paisley has been thrown into a state of great excitement this week by the discovery that the bell of Mr. M'Naughtan's church, belonging to the cor poration of Paisley, has been surreptitiously or theftu ously abstracted and carried away; and the excitement is the greater, because it is strongly suspected that this act of sacrilege has been committed, not by some pitiful thief or thieves, for the sake of the metal, but by some free agents or deacons who hold their heads pretty high in Patslex.—Scots Reformer's Gazette. MR. TEMPLETON IN DUBLIN.—Mr. Templeton, the celebrated vocalist, has, by the magic •f his powers, taken the good people of the Irish metropolis completely captive. The spacious Music Hall in Dublin, which is capable of holding nearly 3,000 persons, appears to be crowded every night on which he makes his appearance. A MAN FOUND IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday after noon (Sunday) about four o'clock, the body of a young man, about nineteen years of age , was discovered washed ashore near Lett's timber yard, Waterloo-bridge. An derson, the beadle, was apprised of the fact, and a shell having been procured, the deceased was conveyed to St. John's Church vault. The body was very much decom posed, and dressed in a blue jacket, apron, check shirt, and corduroy trousers. It remains in the vault for re cognition and a coroner's inquest. A FATAL DUEL.—A duel took place at Mayence, on the 341 inst., between M. Rupferberg, aged ta enty one, a clerk in a commercial house at Manheim, but a native of Mayence, and a M. de Lavalette, a Prussian dragoon officer, of a noble family, aged twenty-four, which terminated fatally for the latter. The quarrel arose from M. Lavalette laughing at M. Rupferberg slipping as he was squiring a young lady from the play, and it was decided with pistols. They fought at fifteen paces. M. de Lavalette fi red th e fi rst , an d wounded M, Rupferberg in the belly, who, in falling, fired and struck M. de Lavalette on the artery of the neck. They were both taken into the town, M. Rupferberg grievously wounded and M. de Lavalette dead. M. de Lavalette was buried on the 7th. He was followed to the grave by all the military, evangelical priests, civil functionaries, and burghers. M. Kcenig, the evangelical pastor of the Prussian garrison, pronounced the funeral oration. Be fore and after the lowering of the coffin the Singing So ciety sang the funeral hymns, in order to show their esteem and sympathy towards the defunct. No eye was dry, and the numerous assistants, principally persona of rank, were extremely affected. It is said the deceased, was an excellent character, and worthy in every respect of the sympathy which every one took in his fate,---. Frankfurter Journal THE MURDER AT SALT-HILL.....The prisoner John Tawell is confined in one of the cells in which there are two or three other prisoners, and no alteration or relaxa tion of the prison regulations has been made. His soli citor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry, hy'l a lengthened interview with him on Friday, with a view, it is under stood, to some arrangement h':ing e ff ected as to his pro perty, the bulk of which. is in Sydney, and at this moo moat is not available, so that, although the prisoner is a wealthy man, he is at this time very short of funds. Mrs. Tawell, the prisoner's wife, has twice visited her husband in gaol, having procured an order from one el the Magistrates for that purpose. It appears that prisoner was in the habit of purchasing a large rv aan g t , of drugs at Mr. Thomas's, in Bishopgate-'street, and other shops. These medicines, it has been ascertained he dispensed to the afflicted poor at. iserkhamstead. . never purchased any hydrOei:.nic acid of Mr. Thomas until the Ist inst. The abcused has exhibited much re. k. lessness since his Commitment, and his health has ap ., patently undergone an unfavourable change. CONTEMPLATED ASSASSINATION.—Of those garage acts of premeditated murder which ever and anon spring from the various provinces of Ireland, and j ustly place assassins on a level with the insatiate a u d prowli panther, one has, fortunately, been checked in the bud in its discovery in this locality. The fellow who commissioned to do the deed is named Denis O'Brien, al and his victim was to have been Mr. 4 Tohlandcyov Cerledlitnu' r °t i- Shannavoe. The way the plot w near Limerick, h co a m vi m ng oe u . nd O er ' t ß a r k i e e n n, t w o who lLvtehd'elato.C4b,e,E.letslooe licited the assist. nisanangw, recnaroiylinrgllfaan.froin once of another individual, the horrid Conspiracy, lodged informations _ against refused his co - operation, and h th is e O'Brien was, the refore apprehended, and lodged lit prison yesterday • , and, after an examination, has bee committed. Mr. Cullinan was to have been 'di patchel on Monday last; and only owes his life to the s refusal and resistance shown by this person to O'Brien when he mooted the question.—Glare Journal. Buitt . HE TURN-OUTS.—The miners at the Turton and Quarltan collieries, near Tottington Lower End, belonging to Messrs. Andrew Knowles and Co.. who turned out on New Year's Day, for an advance ot 10d, per load of twenty-four tubs, having succeeded in obtaining an ad vance o f 6 d ., resumed work on Wednesta day morning last. The power-loom weavers in the css. ploy of Mr. Ri c h ar d H amer, of the Somerset Elton ; and of Messrs. John Hilton Kay and Sons, Hey wood, are still out. The moulders, mechanics, anti millwrights at Messrs. Walker and Co.'s ; and also at Messrs. Bland, Simpson, Howarth, and Co.'s, Bury, hare not yet returnned to their work. The workmen meet in the large room at the Hare and Hounds publio-house. Bolton-street, Bury. Delegate" are also sent to other towns every day.—Manchester Guardian. The typhus fever is prevailing, to a great extent, among the workmen at Conside Ironworks, and the Bishop of Durha m h as b enevo l e ntly sent a done i on.s. ot 101, fig their relief: er bis )n s or e. ) 01' 0 , 0 .r, 00 1 -1