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He l egged le ave , th en , t o move tb a t th e report and l_tatement just re a d be appr o ved of, adopted, and filtered on the minutes for the use of the members, and for general circulation. Ur. Wax. WALLEN seconded the resolution, and it Was carried unanimously. Jr. SOWTER proposed that the thanks and con gratulations of the meeting be given to the Chairman and Directors on the successful labours of the past year. Jr. MASON seconded the resolution, which was also carried. CROFTS rose, on the part of himself and his t e ther Directors, to return their best thanks for lue resolution w hi c h h a d j u st been passed. t would be their best reward for past exertions, and powerful incentive for the future. The main success °r the Institution, as had been well observed, was tLO T owing to the sound principle on which . 4 d been based, and to the unanimity that • their reigned universally in the Court. That was lie math anniversary, and, in that time they * : 1 Only lost two of their original Directors, h e .,that, in fact, the same hands, the same * 4B , and the same hearts, if he might say -) Were at work f o r the success of the Institution °W as at it s or i g i na l open i ng . Th ey h ope d t o meet them on many future such occasions, and he ;2 1 sted that the Institution would go on increasing 7 giant strength until it took its place with the ant in the City of London.—(Loud cheers.) 144 . SCRIITTON proposed a vote of thanks to the medical directors for their efficient assistance. It was I,:onded b y M r. S myt h , an d D rs. C onquest an d van returned thanks. st _lilanks were also accorded to the other officers of En Institution, up. ti o tution, and to the chairman, and the meeting FLANDERS MAIL. u .l . l 2ktresms, DEC. 18.—The Monitcur Beige publishes 1 0 , a law of the 9th, by which, independently of the IC° of credit allowed by the law of the 30th December, l al 3, 18th F e b ruary , 29th May, and 30th June, 1844, , 47, 1t ional credit is given to the War Department of u:`30.000f., which makes the expense of that depart nt for the year amount to 28,130,000 f. The advan or the new li ne o f s t eamers b etween O s t en d an d D ov er has b ecome i nest i ma bl e since th e co ld h as c l ose d 11 . I,Bch e ld e. he Antwerpen did not leave yesterday. The Soho Ito ' not leave to-day. The Princess Mary cannot be PPed by any obstacle. kt letter f rom A ntwerp , o f t h e 12th, sa y s :—" Th e sldt is fuller of floating ice than it has yet been ; the mgold continues, and the sky is perfectly clear." Oteteorological Observations at the Royal Observs -1-12 at Brussels.—The cold, which decreased yesterday, -.4 become more intense to-day : Centrigrade Therm. Dec. 11. at Noon 6.3 Two o'clock Pour o'clock Eight o'clock Midnight lo'2 Eight o'clock t Noon 4ittiatTBBF.LS, DEC. 13.—At the commencement of the 11 0 , 41 ,g of the Chamber to-day, the Minister of the Inte tp,,Lald on the table all the documents relative to the klotibetween Belgium and the Zollverein. On the tud ° II of the Minister of the Interior the debate on his get will commence immediately after the close of the r en t discus s i on . l Chamber then proceeded in the debate on the Y With the Zollverein. The general debate was not z ed to.d Th e a te Mi n is ters of the Interior and of Public Works v.tred into a long discussion on the commercial policy tp„it'ille Government, and on the effects of the convention 44.1)1 3 1 , r11 ,,zida, but the debate will be resumed to-morrow, itrittp into having announced that he intended to tatinto a thorough examination of the treaty. h 9 Senate in its sitting yesterday commenced the . de !Nu on th e b udget of ways and means. To-day it ills- Nebte.d , t he Project of law on the budget of the public Vie b `ac project o f l a w, giving an additional credit for *se " udget o f the year 1844, was agreed to, as was like- TL the budg of the wTyo-a and means. e c old ha et s abated. s day, the 13th, it was— Centrigrade Therm. At midnight /'ollr o'clock Fight o'clock 8 deg. 7 Noon Two o'clock A ct ,. ZELGIAN FUNDS.—BitusseLs, Deo. 13. It o C ti pebt. 234 per Cent., _ 1 414 4 "J.ll'll Loan, Fire per Cent. ' , Arty Millions, Four per Cent 911% Three per Cent 7.77 -........._Thirty-seven Minims, ditto 704 (180) lO3 1 03 C itY, 1813, Four per Cent lO2 _tank 0 „ 1832 _tank n ` Commerce , Four and a Half per Cent — 'in* of arum, Five per Cent _54 l e t, AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VnorwA, Dee. 6. .14 Nr Cents. Metalliques.....« IIOU ....... .... 100 % .nre e r Cents Loan, Ditto, 1930 %.,_lrsterhary's Loan —.Lemi ng Zeitung, Des. 10. EXTRAORDINARYDEATIL—On Friday last Mann, aged 16, died suddenly at Kidderminster in l e Oat eallecrthe Sarah and Jane, which was on its way te 4 7 4 Tipton to Gloucester by the Worcestershire and k ff ordshire C ana l, b e f ore me dical assistance could be tutled. At the inquest held on the body at the Phea )ll; Inn, on Saturday, before Mr. W. S. P. Hughes, coro sk„,t appeared from the evidence of Mr. Cornelius thaea Philbrick, surgeon, that he was called to attend k e i"°Y on Friday about a quarter before 1 P.M. and that te e : i r e he could arrive, the lad had expired. Mr. Philbrick til e 11 It Post mortem examination of the body, and found ft, abdomen fi ll e d w ith fl u id that had escaped t 4" a hole in the stomach, about two inches from N e pflet, on t h e l e f t -h an d s id e . H e f oun d i n the sto tea a large round worm, about a foot long. The sto 11,,Proughout it s en tire surface presented appearances 4 utria mat i on . He gave it as his opinion that death ilieL e luited from the perforation, which was the effect of Iforp,ation, probably produced by the presence of the 111 The father of the boy stated that he was taken Ita t r o t i ° violent vo miting on the Sunday night previous, en Monday he applied to a druggist at Wol "ef, iPt° ll who furnished medicine, which gave no re .`recia he goat was on its journey from Sunday till keel so that th e re was no opportunity of obtaining titt l e'' , advice till it reached Kidderminster, when the * tep e l e ,rit took lace The jury returned a verdict of L - - by the vi p sitiltio . n of God."— Worcester Herald. •ti k t ::!; 13 ARRIVAL OF TUE LONDON MAIL. On On lale a , •° aY the London mail did not arrive until fifteen tee ' e h ' after twelve o'clock, owing to a heavy fall of ` 14 )" e j ," etw een Chudleigh and Ashburton ; and on Fri "q colt: mail was two hours and a half behind its time, mai e —equen ee of an accident having happened to the of v - o a ,Pring of the engine when about ten miles this side ~ --011.—Devonport Independent. pr o :"NCHOLT ACCIDENT.—FIVE LIVES LOST.— • ep live this week to record another fearful accident ecre d 4 . oe ,„ ~- 4 9 g that dangerous reef of rocits called the with , e ' by which five unfortunate beings have met kid untimely end. Between the hours of eleven ir ate twelve o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning,. a irror e lln ana boat, containing five persons, was proceeding leie 4 l: l eteoaze to the Deedalus frigate, lying in th e f ‘icie IA and when crossing the ~ bridge, under sail, t he d bo al,,,l w ing strongly, by some means she upset, an Lueet en ;le party were precipitated into the , water. Te "Ltel:1 0 - „‘ Zv..as noticed by W. Walker, Esq., Queen's *lit ? . hs. 4l 'alaster, who immediately proceeded to the spot_ the 4 s . boat, and succeeded in picking up a sergeant of t rln e; named Skinner, whom he conveyed with the enne t i Promptitude on board the Firebrand steamer, 4, 014„ -h -Barnpool, but the poor fellow survived only an tiek ef ra a half. The other bodies have not yet been l et :, up. They are supposed to be two watermen thi e rg to this town, and two seamen of the Dtedalus. test f•,' t he third accident which has occurred witkin the en months in this dangerous locality, and all have lei ei , ik e t n t ,e,eded with a frightful loss of life.—Devonpert b eeat. te ei , 44 RLIC AT DROITWICII.—Our neighbours of this ~ati‘ , l 3; t; s aline borough, it would seem, abound so in 4.4 '"es and things of " days lang syne," that, as in eta e of most other articles with which the market tik h a e L e to be overstocked, they set a diminished value het ilie ru• The writer of this, on the occasion of a re the 6 r sit t o t h e Town-hall of Dro i tw i c h, o b serv i ng near vi e.. *er e A Place a singular - looking metal vessel, in which lio n `teposited the municipal coals, made a closer inspeo be4a,hd found that it was one of the ancient Winchester Vl : 41, sent d own by Q uee n Elizabeth's Government to litti e -°r Porate to wns as the standard measure for regu eoe,g P e riodically the market measures. It is made of it Ir t, is circular in shape, and stands on feet ; around . litit: hl useription in Latin— . Elizabeth. Queen of Great is i b t ° , France, and Ireland," and the date is 1601. It f'4o" excellent preservation, notwithstanding the un- Vte a ra ble circumstances through which it has passed to eL rese nt undignified use ; and ought at once to be kt, , s e - , c are of, or presented to the Worcestershire *e tk i - c ri• There was no further use for the article, it 'nap e. et l e eni, after the passing of the law which appointed abeus t ors of weights and measures ; it was then kicked the mark et f or man y years, and was finally rescued throughdrat the ignoble duties of a coal-hod. The Which at.utes relating to measures is in Richard 1., 1197, bo re , aPpeints an individual in every county, city, and and ugh, te S upervise the assize, or standard of weights % to lueasure; and by the 16th of Charles I. salt was eedtanded to be sold by measure, and not by weight ; °Pon Q th e duty was formerly paid to the Government city will Y e rY bushel of salt made at Droitwich, the neces • che quer- ,be manifest of having a standard in the Ex ettllineuse (as the Town-hall was until recently th wherein these duties were paid and registered, t„"e " collectors" of the Crown.—Joureal. AT o ti A,L ACCIDENT.—A waterman, called Miller, ateid "gay afternoon last, whilst plying in the harbour, Etcl: titl l.Y slipped one of his paddles overboard, and in th e - b - Yealring to regain it, the Weight of his body heeled th e ° llt on her side, and precipitated the poor fellow into boal va ter: The acc id en t was o b s erved by the seamen on he e t v d ,, ° ,rie of the ship s i n or dinary, but assistance was w as . ,„ a "'ng, as the body never rose after its immersion. It utt e relted up in a short time by the exertions of an Pend e r nt °f her Majesty's ship Stag.—Devonport Inde- SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ulAtt f 4) ptaton. " Who runs may read." TOB.EIGIV. On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of. the French received the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley, the Ministers of Brazil, Bavaria, and Hol land, the Charge' d'Affaires of Spain, Baron de Bour queney, the President of the Chamber of Peers, Marshal Duke de Reggio, Marshal Count Molitor, Count de Per thuis, Baron Girod (de l'Ain), M. Casimir Perier, M. Vatry, and M. Lavalette. The Duke d'Aumale, with his young bride, arrived at the Tuileries on Friday afternoon, and were received at the foot of the staircase of the Palace in the most af fectionate manner by the whole of the Royal Family assembled, including the King and Queen of the Bel gians. At seven o'clock there was a grand dinner of 1.50 covers, and all the windows of the Tuileries were in a blaze of light. The Prince de Joinville had also arrived. The King and Queen are, therefore, sur rJuuded by the whole of their family, forming perhaps the most happy domestic circle in France, and we believe a model of good order and morality to the rest of the nation. _ A Council of Ministers was held on Thursday at the Tuileries, at which the King presided. Some of the journals state that the Paris and Ver sailles Company (right bank) have agreed with Pro fessor Wheatstone for the establishment of his system of electrical telegraph on the whole of their line. The Journal des Debuts announces that the six months' interest on the Spanish Three per Cents. will be paid in Paris, by M. Pillet, Will, and Co., from the Ist of January next. A complete change of weather has taken place at Paris. On Friday night a thaw commenced and con tinued during Saturday. The Minister of Public Worship has addressed a cir cular to the French Bishops, stating that, having been applied to by one of their body to know whether, as the fete of the Ascension and that of Louis Philippe fall, for the year 1845, on the same day, they are to be celebrated at the same time, he had to reply that he saw no reason why this should not take place, the ceremonies usual on the King's fete in no way interfering with the service in cidental to the Ascension. A prosecution against M. Mangin, chief editor of the Naticnal de r Ouest of Nantes, founded upon an article entitled "De la Richesse du Clerge a Nantes," was tried on the 9th before the Court of Assizes in that city. The charges were, outrage in turning into deri sion the Catholic religion, legally recognised in France; of exciting animosity between different classes of so ciety, and endeavouring to disturb the public peace by exciting the animosity of the citizens against one class of society. The jury, however, returned a general ver dict of not guilty upon all the counts, and M. Mangin was discharged. The Sud of Marseilles states that on the Bth there was the heaviest fall of snow in that city that has been recorded for a hundred years. The snow was nearly 50 sentiroatres (about 20 inches English) in depth. LAW AND POLICE. The Commission for the town and county of Notting ham was opened on Saturday before Mr. Justice Patte son. The Grand Jury, at a late hour, ignored the bill against Lightfoot and Raven. At Liverpool, George Evans was convicted of the murder of Jane Millon, at Hulme, in the borough of Manchester, on the 14th of August last, and sentenced to death. Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse, who bad been out on bail, were charged at York with having, at Sheffield, thrown some explosive substance into the dwelling-house of Joseph Almond, with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor, on being examined, would not swear to the prisoners; the case was accordingly at once abandoned, and his Lordship intimated that he should not allow the prose cutor's costs. At Bury St. Edmund's, Mary Sheming, aged 51, was convicted of the wilful murder of John Sheming, a male infant child, the natural son of Caroline Sheming. The Learned Judge, in most feeling and impressive lan guage, passed upon the wretc hed culprit the awful sen tence of death. csotrivr— PALAU/ lON AD The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caro. line Leveson Gower were to have arrived at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, on Saturday last, from Holkar Hall, the Earl of Burlington's seat, near Bilnethorpe, where they have been staying since their departure from the Dowager Lady Blantyre's seat, near Edinburgh. The Duke of Cleveland has left St. James's-square, on his return to join the Duchess and Lady Augusta Pau lett at Baby Castle, Durham. The Duke of Rutland has left town on his return to Belvoir Castle, where the Noble Dake will shortly re ceive a succession of visitors. The Duke of Di vonshire entertained a party at dinner on Friday last, at Devonshire House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby returned to the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, from a visit to Vis count Melbourne, at 13rocket The Marquis of Anglesey on Friday left Uxbridge House for Beaudesert, Staffordshire, the Noble and Gal lant Marquis having come to town solely to attend the chapter of the order of the Garter. Earl and Countess De Grey left St. James's-square on Saturday last for Wrest Park, Beds. Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, and a select party go to Wrest Park to pass the approaching Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, Lord Harry Thyane, Viscount Dungarvan, Sir G. and Lady Houl ton, Lady Johnstone, Hon. Mr. Boyle, and Colonel and Mrs. Daly, are amongst the latest arrivals at Bath. Earl Cadogan left Piccadilly on Saturday for Leaming ton Spa, from whence the Earl goes to Beaudesert, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey. The Countess and Ladies Cadogan remain in town. The Earl of Powis has returned to Powis Castle, near Welshpool, to join the Countess and family, who have arrived there from Wynnstay, Sir W. W. Wynn's seat. neuticisma.aarzoirs. At the meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society, held on Saturday, at their rooms, Hanover-square, Mr. Hudson read the report, from which it appeared that a large amount of arrears in subscriptions had been dis charged during the last half year, and steps had been taken for facilitating future collections. Since the last half yearly meeting, upwards of 300 members had been elected, and the society now consisted of 97 life governors, 208 annnal governors, 6,037 members, 470 life members, and 15 honorary members, making a total of 6,827 members on the list of the society at the present time. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests are about to proceed with the erection, in New Palace-paid, of temporary Committee-rooms for the :Members of the House of Commons, and of courts for the Vice-Chan cellors. They will be erected in immediate contiguity with Westminster Hall. There are in France, says one of the journals, 3,500 ac tors, 2,9oo'actresses, andl 6,000 individuals attached in one way or other to the theatres, making a total of 22,000 persons living upoa the budget of Thalia and Melpo mene, which is estimated at 30,000,000 f, On Saturday evening, the 7th inst., about 7 o'clock, as Mr. Thomas of Grangemore, barony of Tire ragh, and county of Sligo, was returning home from Sligo, on horseback, two shots were fired at him on the mail coach road, about midway between Ballysodaro and the chapel of Currowna ; the first ball hit him on the right side of the head at the back of his ear, knocked off his hat, and cut the skin to the bone; the second ball marked him on the right eyebrow. On Saturday night the West. end Institution for the Nightly Relief of the Ilouseless Poor, whichfirst time, opened for the reception of inmates, and which is capable of affording accommodation for about 200 men, women, and children, who have their separate wards. The Rev. Dr. M'Caul, Rector of St. Ethelburga, Bi.hopgate, and Professor of Hebrew in King's College, London, having been appointed a prebendary of St. Paul's, read himself in on Sunday, at the close of the afternoon service. IMPROPRIETY Or LINING WELLS WITH BRICKS. —Two or three pieces of common brick were steeped four days in a basinful of distilled water ; the water was then decanted off and examined by various chemical tests. It was immiscible with soap, struck a lively green with syrup of violets, was rendered slightly lac tescent by the volatile alkali, and quite milky by the fixed alkali and a solution of saccharine saturni. This experiment affords a striking proof of the impropriety of lining wells with bricks, which cannot fail of rendering the water hard and unwholesome. — The Builder. There has just been discovered in the neighbour hood of Bonn the skeleton of a monstrous crocodile, dif fering in its con formation from all the species now known. These anim als differ from each other according to the countries which they inhabit. Those of the Nile bear no great resemblance to either the caimans of America or the animals seen in the Ganges. It would seem that in the antideluvian ages the Rhine also had its peculiar species. ARRIVAL OF GIBRALTAR MAILS.---SOUTAAMPTON, DEC. 15.—The Oriental Company's steam -ship in Paclia the arrived this morning, at half-past ten o'clock, docks, from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails, which will be forwarded to London by the mail train to-morrow mo.rni. ;Her d dates are— ; Gibraltar, 7th instant; Cadiz, Bth Lisloth Oporto and Vigo, 11th. The Pacha has eight passengers and a small cargo of fruit. The Braganca, one of the Oriental steam-ships, arrived at the new quarantine sta tion early this morning, from Constantinople, with a full cargo of silk. She left Gibraltar on the 7th instant. SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN TUB TOWER.—OR Sa turday forenoon the men employed for some time past removing the remains of those interred in the burying ground on the north side of the parade, in the Tower, preparatory to the erection of new barracks, were not a little surprised, wh ilst pursuing their operations, to come upon a coffin, the contents of which consisted entirely of saw dust, not a par ticle of human bone being visible. The outside coffia, which was made of wood and had brass handles, contained a leaden one, in which was a shell filled with saw dust, and nothing else. The coffin had been in the ground 61 years, the date being ascer tained from the plat e on the exterior coffin. This mys terious discovery has occasioned much gossip in the Tower, and numerous a re the surmises as to the disposal of the body, which to a certainty never had been in terred, and consequently the funeral, as well as the burial service, must have been a solemn mockery. ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW-CLIsANING....-011 Satur day afternoon a young woman, in the service of Mr. Chivers, Church-street, Hackney, while on a ladder cleaning the landing-window, suddenly fell to the ground. On being picked up her r i g ht arm was found broken i n two places and her body severely injured. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16 1844. Baroness de IVangenheim, and Lord Charles Wel• It-sley, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester house. At ten minutes past three o'clock the illustrious party left Buckingham Palace, on their return to Windsor Castle, a party of Lancers forming the es cort from the Palace to Paddington. The Queen, the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Mar chioness of Douro, and the Baroness de Wangen heim, were in the first carriage ; Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and Wurtemberg, and the Baron de Alvensleben, were in the next carriage; and Mr. Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater, M. de Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner, were in the third carriage. A special train conveyed the royal party from the Pad3ington terminus to the Slough station. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Saturday morn ing, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet immediately proceeded to the terminus of the London and Birmingham Rail way in Euston-square, and took his departure for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Dowushire and Sir J. M'Neill had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister arrived in town on Friday from the Continent. The Duke of Wellington, the Hon. Mr. Best, and Sir Frederick Trench, attended the early service yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. The Rev. Dr. Sleath preached the sermon at the daily service. The Rev. Dr. Knapp read the prayers, and the Rev. Dr. Dakins the lessons. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Lady Stuart de Rothsay was among the nobility present. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel will preach the sermon on Sunday next, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Earl of Powis had an interview on Saturday with the Earl of Dalhousie. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. Dr. Addam s an d Sir Thomas Wilde were heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Cooper v. Bockett." LITERATURE. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI- BRA RV. No. XV. Murray, London, 1844. In the present Number of this - monthly Miscellany we have a condensation of the most interesting por tions of Father Ripa's History of the Chinese Col lege, which was published at Naples in the year 1832. This venerable priest went to China about the commencement of the last century, where he made a protracted residence, and was much noticed by the reigning Emperor, who treated him with unusual kindness and condescension, and allowed him to see the interior of his palaces and pleasure-grounds, and obtain an insight into his domestic mode of life—an honour never before granted to European travellers. Father Ripa was not slow to avail himself of the opportunities he enjoyed, and wrote a lengthy account of his residence in China, of which the present book is an abridgment, and from which we gather that manners, and customs, and prejudices in the Celestial Empire, are little, if at all, altered from what they were upwards of a century ago. Civilisation, that has made itselt felt, more or less, in every other part of the world, has been at a complete stand-still among the Chinese, who seem to pride themselves on their inveterate prejudices, and the unchangeable character of their customs and institutions. We quote the Father's curious account of the mode of treatment to which he was subjected by a Chinese surgeon, for a severe wound he received in his head by a fall from his horse When I recovered my senses, I found myself in a house, but everything appeared dark and indistinct, and I felt au if I had fallen from my horse two months before. The Emperor sent me a Tartar surgeon, for he and his Court were fully persuaded that for falls Tartar surgeons were better than Europeans. And, to confess the truth, although the mode of treatment was of a bar barous description, and some of the remedies appeared useless, I was cured in a very short time. This sur geon made me sit up in my bed, placing near me a large basin filled with water, in which he put a thick piece of ice, to reduce it to a freezing point. Then stripping me to the waist, he made me stretch my neck over the basin, and, with a cup, he continued for a good while to pour the water on my neck. The pain caused by this opera tion upon those nerves which take their rise from the pia-mater was so great and insufferable, that it seemed to me unequalled. The surgeon said that this would stanch the blood and restore me to my senses, which was actually the case ; for in a short time my sight be came clear, and my mind resumed its powers. He next bound my head with a band, drawn tight by two men, who held the ends, while he struck the intermediate part vigorously with a piece of wood, which shook my head violently, and gave me dreadful pain. This, if I remem • ber rightly, he said was to set the brain, which he sup posed had been displaced. It is true, however, that after this second operation my head felt more free. A third operation was now performed, during which he made me, still stripped to the waist, walk in the open air, supported by two persons ; and, while thus walking, ho unexpectedly threw a bowl of freezing cold water over my breast. As this caused me to draw my breath with great vehemence, and as my chest had been injured by, the fall, it may be easily imagined what were my suf ferings under this infliction. The surgeon informed me that, if any rib had been dislocated, this sudden and hard breathing would restore it to Its natural position. The next proceeding was less painful and extravagant. The operator made me sit upon the ground ; then' assisted by two men, he held a cloth upon my mouth and nose till I was nearly suffocated. This,' said the Chinese Esculapius, by causing a violent heaving of the chest, will force back any rib that may have been bent inwards.' The wound in the head not being deep, he healed it by stuffing it with burnt cotton. He then ordered that I should continue to walk much, supported by two persons ; that I should not sit long, nor be allowed to sleep before ten o'clock at night, at which time, and not before, I should take a little hifan, that is, thin rice soup. This continued walking caused me to faint several times ; but this had been foreseen by the surgeon, who had warned me not to be alarmed. He assured me that these walks in the open air, while fasting, would prevent the blood from settling on the chest, where it might corrupt. These remedies were barbarous and excru ciating ; but I am bound in truth to confess that in seven days I was so completely restored as to be able to resume my journey into Tartary." KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. Vol. 20. C. Knight, London, 1844. The Part before us of this cheap weekly Miscel lany forms the first volume of a History of British Commerce, from the earliest times down to the pre sent period, when it has attained to such an unex ampled height of grandeur, and extends itself over the whole habitable globe. The work is a reprint from the " Pictorial History of England," but it has been carefully corrected throughout by the author, and numerous useful additions have been made to it. BALLADS, AND OTHER POEMS. Clarke, London, 1844. • These poems are the production of an American writer named Whiltier, and have, it seems, been favourably received by his countrymen. They ex hibit much freedom of versification, and the thought and imagery are occasionally of a superior order ; but there is nothing national about them—nothing that reflects the genuine feelings, tastes, and pre judices, of the American character. Like the essays in Washington Irving's " Sketch-book," Mr. Whil tier's poems are all cast in an English mould. The best are those which are directed against the atrocious system of slavery carried on with such intrepid effrontery in the Southern States. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of Wur tetnberg, the Marchioness of Douro, Baroness de Wangenheim, Baron de Alvensleben, M. de Wangen heim, Captain Vyner, Lord C. Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson, left the Castl e f or town, a party of the Royal Horse Guards, com manded by Lieutenant Corbet, forming the escort to Slough. The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel Berkeley Drummond left the Castle soon after the royal party. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage airing in the forenoon. His Exellency Baron de Brunnow, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, a n d th e E ar l of Aberdeen, left the Castle yesterday. The royal party 'returned from town at twenty minutes past four o'clock, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by Lord Alex ander Lennox. The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel B. Drum mond returned to the Castle in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw joined the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. In the evening the Distin family attended, by com mand, at the Castle, and had the honour of perform ing before her Majesty, and Prince Albert, and the royal circle. The following is the programme: — Overture, " Figaro," her Majesty private band — Mozart. Quintette, "Robert toi que j'aime," Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—Mayerbeer. Minuetto and Trio, her Majesty's private band — Kalil wodoe. Polish Serenade, Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—MS. Scherzo, her Majesty's private band—Mendelssohn. Canone, " Vanne a colei the adoro," Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—Costa. March, "Les deux Journees,"•her Majesty's private band. Introduction and La Chasse, Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—Mendelssohn. The performance took place under the direction of Mr. Anderson, of her Majesty's private band. The Queen and Prince Albert were graciously pleased to express their admiration of the perform ance of the Distin Family, and her Majesty com manded them to repeat the last piece by Mendelssohn. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service in th e afternoon, in the private chapel of the Castle. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and Wurtemberg, took their accustomed exercise in the afternoon. The Queen and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, and the Baroness de Wangenheim, left Windsor Castle soon after nine o'clock on Saturday morning in a carriage and four. Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Ernest of Wurtemberg, at tended by the Baron de Alvensleben, following in another carriage and four; and Mr. George Edward Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, M. de Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner, following in a third carriage and four. The illustrious party, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, proceeded to Slough, and left' that station by a special train on the Great Western Railway for Paddington. On arriving at that terminus, Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Wurtemberg went to the Bazaar in King-street, Portman-square, where Major-General Wemyss received his Royal Highness. Her Majesty, accompanied b y t h e Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and attended by the royal suite, arrived soon afterwards at the Bazaar, escorted by a party of Lancers, and was received by Prince Albert. The royal and august visitors, remained upwards of half an hour viewing the Smithfield Cattle Show, and then proceeded from the Bazaar to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived soon a f ter eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. Anson and Sir Edward Bowater, went to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Balfe's grand opera of The Daughter of St. Mark has filled every corner of this theatre during the past week, and has proved one of the greatest cards the manager has yet played. The present is the only week it can be performed in conjunction with The Peri, in which Mademoiselle Plunkett appears. DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE. We are to have our Christmas pieces this year, in a manner, before Christmas, and the changes are to be rung on Dickens's " Chimes" at our theatres before they are even published. This rather unusual course is about to be pursued at the Adelphi and at the Lyceum in the first instance, where productions founded upon the new Christmas tale of the writer of " Pickwick," " Oliver Twist," " Martin Chuzzle wit," &c., are to be brought out, " by permission of the author," in the middle of next week. In the one case the work has been dramatised by Mr. L. Rede and Mr. G. A'Beckett, and in the other by Mr. Stirling. We happen to know the principal ingre dients of which the two works will be composed, and it is easy to predict that they will be popular. The theatres we have named will have the start of their rivals, but sure we are, that when the tale itself appears, there is hardly a minor theatre in or near metropolis that will not bring out some version of it. Such was the case with Mr. Dickens's last " season able" performance ; but the difference now is,, that people are in such a hurry to have and to see it upon the stage, that they cannot wait even until Christmas is past. The story itself will be found of a very novel and attractive character, quite unlike the last in most essential respects, but with a little ingenuity not ill-adapted to theatrical purposes; indeed, it seems to us, that while the author was composing it, he had an eye to its representation on the beards, bearing in mind the manner in which his former " Carrol" was run after to all parts of the metropolis. Scribe's new vaudeville of Rebecca has already reached this country, bath in its original and in its translated form. IVe shall no doubt soon have it pro duced in this country, perhaps, first, at the Princess's Theatre, to which we are told a version has already been forwarded. The heroine, as our readers may be aware from the French papers, is a young Jewess, who has two lovers, one of whom is confined in prison, and near the period of his execution ; he is married to Rebecca, expecting within an hour to leave her a widow ; but he is reprieved, and hence arises the di lemma, for her other lover hoped to have married her with her full consent, after the death of her first hus band. However, the author, with great inge nuity, contrives to overcome the difficulty, and the piece terminates, not like his former drama, of which a Jewess is the heroine, with the firm adherence of the lady to the ancient faith, but with her somewhat sudden conversion to Christianity. We doubt how far this instantaneous conviction might be relished by an English audience, and yet we cannot see how a happy catastrophe can otherwise be brought about. Our adapters are unquestionably very ingenious, and they may accomplish the end in a way that we do not anticipate ; or, possibly, they may adhere to the original story. The vivacious and enterprising lessees of the Lyceum have been put in possession of an admirable and most laughable burlesque on the story of Valen tine and Orson, which is in preparation, and is to be produced immediately after Christmas-day. Prepara tions of the same kind are proceeding at Drury-lane, the Haymarket, and indeed at nearly every theatre, great and small, in London and its neighbourhood. A new impulse seems to have been given to theatrical affairs, and it has been operating most beneficially during the whole autumn ; people are now beginning to talk of " going to the play" in something like the old style, when families were in the regular habit of visiting a theatre so many times in the season, or they did not think they had had their due share of amusement. Thirty or forty years ago most respect able tradesmen seldom omitted to take their wives and families once a fortnight at the least to a dramatic entertainment of some kind or other.—Observer._ THE FROST. The weather during Saturday and yesterday has been most variable, and a thaw has at last succeeded the frost of the previous ten days. During the early part of Saturday the mercury was as low as 25 degrees, with a boisterous wind from the N.E., but by seven o'clock it had risen to 29 degrees, and at noon to 32 degrees, at which point it stood at six o'clock in the evening. About noon the wind veered from N.E. to S.E., and for a short time to S.S.E., with a light fall of sleet, but just before ono o'clock a fall of snow commenced, which continued at intervals until eight o'clock in the evening, when the wind returned to the N.E. The lowest point of the thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving house, Hyde Park, was, during Saturday night, 31 de grees. Yesterday morning at seven o'clock, the mercury had risen to 35 degrees, a thaw having commenced about two hours previously. The sky during the morning was particularly dense and hazy until between ten and eleven o'clock, when the wind shifted from N.E. to S.E., and for a time the sun partially appeared. Shortly after eleven o'clock, however, the atmosphere assumed its former density, and at noon the mercury stood at 39 de grees, at which point it remained during the afternoon. About one o'clock there was a light drizzling rain, which continued until nearly two, when the wind was again N.E. In the early part of last evening the new moon was visible, but was afterwards obscured by the hazy state of the atmosphere. At seven o'clock the thermo meter in Hyde Park was 37 degrees. During the early part of yesterday morning, the ice on the Serpentine was quite dry, and from between seven and eight o'clock until about nine the skaters enjoyed some excellent sport ; but their number having then become much increased, and the cracks in the ice having been affected by the thaw, some water oozed through, and eventually the whole surface became covered, in some parts to the depth of full an inch. Throughout the middle of the day and the afternoon, the number of spectators was very great, but the number of the skaters during the day did not exceed 4,000. Towards evening the ice became very dangerous. About three o'clock much amusement was occasioned by a lady, accompanied by a respectably-dressed man, appearing with skates on the ice. For about an hour she performed various evolutions with much ability, but she then had a fall, and immediately left the ice. About four o'clock, a number of lads, coming off the ice to the north shore, were im mersed, but the water not being more than two or three feet deep, they were immediately got out. At an early hour yesterday morning, printed bills, of which the fol lowing is a copy, were posted against the trees round the ice:— " Notice.—ln case of accident on the ice, the public are requested not to crowd round the spot, nor to inter fere with the icemen. J. Charlier, Secretary, Royal Humane Society." The number of skaters on the Serpentine on Saturday was about 6,000. No accidents occurred. On the Round-pond in Kensington-gardens the number of skaters on Saturday was 3,000, and on the Long-water 4,000, without any accidents. Yesterday, on the latter piece of ice, the number of skaters was nearly the same. Amongst them were several members of the Skating Club, who were easily distinguished by the silver skate suspended from their necks. On the Round-pond, although the ice was throughout the day nearly dry, not above 600 skaters ventured upon it. No accidents oc curred. The ornamental lake in St. James's-park*was attended, on Saturday, by about 3,000 skaters and - sliders. The ice was in excellent condition, and in thickness about three inches and a half. Yesterday, as the day ad vanced, the continued thaw having melted the snow, rendered the ice sloppy and disagreeable. There were, however, about 3,000 skaters and sliders during the day, and the banks were crowded with well-dressed company. No serious accident occurred. In the Regent's-park, where, as wo mentioned on Saturday, the ice was very much cut up, and so full of flaws as likely to prove dangerous in th e even t o f a th aw , about 6,000 skaters and sliders attended on that day, the bunks being lined with spectators, but yesterday the ice was found to be sloppy and dangerous. The park keepers and the men from_ the Royal Humane Society,- with the police of the D division, under Mr. Super in!pnflent Hughes, succeeded in keeping the public from i.• its that were dangerous, and by such judicious managr_qaent, although during the day there were up wards of 9,000 skaters and sliders, not a single accident occurred. The pickpockets mustered very strongly in all the parks, particularly in St. James's, where, from the ab sence of the police, it is supposed they made a rich harvest. Several handkerchiefs, which could not easily be carried, were hidden in various parts ; a white silk one, with orange border, was deposited on one of the hurdles near the Humane Society's marquee. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Saturday night a frightful occurrence took place at this theatre during the performance of the Revolt of the Harem. In the second act of the ballet the ladies of the harem are discovered bathing, among whom Zulica, the royal slave (Miss Webster), is one. During the scene the gas placed at the bottom of the stage, or under the sunken portion of it, where the water-pieces, or waves, are placed, caught the light drapery of Miss Webster's dress, and in an instant her whole p erson was enveloped in flames. This frightful event, taking place on the stage, in sight Gf the audience, the whole house was in a state of con sternation, and screams issued from the ladies in the front of the boxes and pit, who were the first to per ceive the appalling accident. The unfortunate young lady rushed round the stage, actually in a blaze, uttering the most heart-rending cries, and in her agony attempted to seize the dress of one of her com panions, but this lady had the presence of mind to avoid close contact, to push her off, and thereby save herself, although her own dress was for a moment on fire. Miss Webster at last rushed towards the P.S. wing, and was caught in the arms of a carpen ter, who, with great presence of mind, threw her down and rolled himself over her, and thus extinguished the flames, though, as it appears, at his personal risk, for his hands and face are said to have been much burnt in the generous effort to rescue the sufferer. Miss Webster was instantly taken to the green-room, when it was ascertained that her arms, bosom, and face were severely burnt. Sur gical aid was procured, and the young lady, by desire of her friends, was removed to the residence of Dr. Locock, in Hanover-square. The accident was of so sudden an occurrence that the whole scene did not occupy the space of two minutes. The carpenter who was injured in extinguishing the flames, was con veyed to the King's College Hospital in Carey-street, near Clare-market. Whilst the house was in such a state of alarm Mr. W. H. Payne, who played in the ballet, endeavoured to address the audience, and stated that hopes were entertained of Miss Webster being only slightly injured, though at the moment nothing but the worst fears were entertained. The ballet, notwithstanding the alarming occurrence, was concluded in the usual way, though much delay ne cessarily took place. FURTHER PARTICULARS. When first the dress of Miss Webster was dis covered to be on fire the whole corps de ballet, who were on the stage with her, closed round her almost simultaneously, and as if by instinct, to crush and ex tinguish the flames, but, terrified at the terrific ap pearance which almost instantaneously presented itself, they retreated, and she rushed for ward alone towards the front of the stage. Mdlle. Plunkett alone endeavoured to extinguish the flames, and in so doing was herself nearly falling a victim to her intrepidity and good feelings. At this moment a man sprang from the wing of the stage, and throwing himself upon the young lady, threw her down and extin guished the fire by rolling upon her. In so doing, however, he severely cut her upper lip, and received eome slight injury himself from the burning clothes. He-is not, however, much hurt, and was yesterday at the theatre. Miss Webster was immediately taken into the green-room, and placed upon a sofa. Her clothes were nearly all consumed, at least all her ex ternal garments. Fortunately, Dr. Marsden, of Lincoln's Inn, was in the theatre, and his assistance was rendered without delay. The usual applications of spirits of wine and water, flour, &c., were had recourse to, and every thing done that, under the immediate circum stances, could be done. Miss Webster's face was much blistered, and in some parts scorched, the eye lashes and eye-brows burnt off; but the hair of the head is untouched. The lower extremities are much scorched, and the flesh of the hips is also much burnt. The hands also have suffered dreadfully, they are said to be burnt almost to the bone. Miss Webster never lost her recollection, but exhibited, notwith standing the dreadful agony under which she la boured, great physical power and extraordinary moral fortitude. She was conveyed to her home in Upper Norton-street in a carriage, attended by Dr. Mars-. den, who administered fresh applications, and who has since been unceasing in his attendance. During the whole of yesterday the inquiries were incessant after her health. Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon, and other medical gentlemen, were called in, but they concurred in all that Dr. Marsden had done, and his mode of treatment has been adhered to. At one o'clock yesterday the answer to inquiries was, that she had had a few hours' sleep, and was doing as well as could be expected. At eleven last night, the account was, that she was still in great danger, but that the symptoms were favourable, and hopes were entertained of her ultimate recovery. She was not delirious, but there was some appearance of in• coherence in her questions to those in attendance on her. Altogether her case bears a more favourable is- ' pect than was at first expected. LATEST PARTICULARS. SUN-OFFICE, Half-past Two. We are happy to state that Mfss Clara Webster is pronounced " out of danger." She was much burnt about the hands and face ; but the accounts published have greatly exaggerated her case. Her mind is now c m o u m c i h n g c o f o m r p t i o t u s e d d, e, w a n h d she i his bears a her ea t sufferings consolation w o t h h b e e friends. BRIGHTON, SUNDAY. This town has never been more full ; there is not a house suited to a large and distinguished family to be had throughout this extended town ; that is, if we ex cept Kemp-town ; and even here there are but few of any style or importance to bo had ; perhaps the elegant abode which is just arrived at completion of Mr. George Robins (opposite the Duke of Devonshire's), is the only exception. In respect to the society who now congre gate in Brighton, it is out of the question to conceal the fact that it is not of the same character that belonged to it when George the Fourth sojourned here. We cannot now boast of forty or fifty splendid equipages at one time, and with four horses to each, giving life and spirit to the Esplanade ; we may rather call the present the elite of the citizens, and bankers, the clergymen and pro fessional men of all descriptions, but a plentiful scarcity of Dukes and Lords, and such like folks, who used to spend their incomes here : all this may be traced to the Radical spirit that prevails here. Gaiety, however, has at length began. Mr. Eliot, the worthy and talented M. C. of this town, took his benefit on Thursday, which was most brilliantly and fashionably attended ; and Mons. and Madame Michau gave a grand Polka ball to their pupils, at the Old Ship Rooms, on Tuesday evening. There was a very fashionable assembly, and the number of pupils was as great, and their appearance as charming, as we ever saw on any former occasion. Several figure dances were executed with that finished ease and grace which " Madame" knows so well how to impart to her pupils. The two eldest Misses Furner danced a Minuet de la Cour, and the two youngest the Pas de Gise!le. There was also a Shawl Dance by Miss Weston, and a Bolero, characterised by all the freedom and grace of that de lightful movement. But of course the Polka was the predominant feature of the evening ; and perhaps it was never seen to greater perfection than as danced by the twenty interesting couples of youthful belles, dressed in the same chaste costume, who swept the circle of the ball-room. Among the company who attended on this oc casion, animated by more interesting feelings than those of mere lookers-on, like ourselves, were Mr. and Mrs. George Robins, with their little troupe of enfans cheris., and who distinguished themselves highly in ail the polkas and the quadrilles. They were, indeed a little feature in the evening's entertainment; but a greater treat ix petto was reserved, in the person of Miss Elize Robins, a little dar ling not yet six years old, who danced a fancy dance (the Cracovienne), toute seule, in a most captivating manner. She looked a little Taglioni---asr, perhaps, it may be better taste to say, it was in:the real Michau style. She danced with uncommon spirit, and looked a little fairy to the very life. On making her curtsey (which she did most elegantly), the applause throughout the crowded room was unanimous. She was the great (or, to speak by the book, the little) lion of the evening. Madame Michau's style, and her tact in teaching, place her very high in the school of dancing ; indeed, she need be under no apprehension of encountering a successful rival in her art. The beautiful stained glass that is to;form the coup d'ail of the exterior to Mr. Robins's Marine Villa at Kemp-town, is to inclose the partico entree, and will have a novel and prepossessing effect ; we be lieve it will be perfected to-day. The Earl of Aberga venny and the Duke of Somerset are both mentioned as competitors for this delightful abode. It appears to us that it was in good taste that Mr. Robins has added two buildings for the stable department ; such a mansion stood in need of it , not only eight stalls, but also eight bedchambers aro added for the male portion of the esta blishment to repose in. The theatra has not been patronised to the extent of its deserts. The company are far above the common order, and if the visitors desire to be amused they ought to encourage the enterprising manager, Mr. Hooper, who is most active and obliging. Kean and his amiablewife are extraordinary favourites here—they are the only performers who have paid them selves well, and put money into the pockets of the management. There has been great difficulty here, for some thus past, in getting the railway papers, even with a little bribery, and this inoonvenience has been greatly felt—it is now remedied, and in a most effectual manner. The Board of Directors have appointed Messrs. Wright, the eminent music-sellers (and vendors of choice wines also), of the Colonnade, to be the only depot for these time-tables—they are distributed free gratis, and with the usual good manners—that is one of the characteristics possessed by this respectable firm. — Brighton Herald, Dec. 14. IRELAND. THE NEW DEAN OF LIMERICK. DUBLIN, DEC. 14.—The Government have bestowed the vacant deanery of Limerick upon the Rev. William Vicar-General of the Diocese of Killaloo and Rector of Roscrea. The new dean is described by a cor respondent of the Evening Post as a benevolent clergy man, free from sectarian bigotry. ANOTHER MURDER. The Tipperary Vindicator of this day gives the follow ing account of another murder :—" It affords us the deepest pain to record another of those crying murders which have brought down on our county a notoriety so unenviable. In this case the parties were nearly related. An uncle was the victim— two brothers the alleged per petrators of the awful deed which has deprived him of life ! Britt is the name of the persons ; the scene of the . dreadful deed near Inch, Borrisoleigh ; the cause of quarrel some dispute about land, or the right of passage through a green lane. For a long time these persons have been squabbling and litigating, always before the Borrisoleigh Petty Sessions, where they paid no attention to the truly excellent remonstrances of Mr. George Ryan, D.L., and the other magistrates of that district, who ever advised them to settle their dispute amicably. On Tuesday, it would appear, they all met in the green lane, the cause of their contention—a violent altercation commenced—blows ensued—and the uncle, overpowered, fell a sacrifice ! 'We are shocked at the recurrence of these tremendous outrages. The clergy are indefati gable, as they have ever been, in warning their flocks against them. Why, then, do they recur ? This is the question that should be examined into—and we trust it may speedily arrest the serious and deliberate attention of all those who have at heart the interests of the country." THE WEATHER. Since Thursday the weather has become exceedingly severe. On that night there was a snow storm, the wind blowing with great violence. On Friday snow and sleet fell at intervals, and this day the air is very cold and severe. The accounts from the country state that the winter has set in with unusual severity. NATIONAL EDUCATION. The usual half-yearly examination of the masters in training at the National Board of Education was held on Tuesday, the 10th inst. Of the Commissioners there were present the Archbishop of Dublin, the Provost of Trinity College, the Rev. P. S. Henry, J. R. Corballis, and Alexander Macdonnell, Esqs. The Archbishop of Dublin, in addressing the Protestant teachers, said— The fruits of the national system of education, wherever it had been fairly tried, have been charity, forbearance, and goodwill. Those blessed results, so much required in Ireland, have not sprung, as the opponents of the system have sometimes alleged, from indifference to re ligion. They are the offspring of true religion, properly understood. The opinions of others, who differ from them on theological subjects, should be treated with re spect. Do not, said his Grace, give up what you believe to be truth ; support it boldly and honestly, but with calmness and Christian charity. They might expect to hear the principles of the Board attacked, and, perhaps, the management of their own schools misrepresented. He earnestly exhorted them to reply to these attacks by acts, not by words. The Rev. Mr. HENRY, who addressed the Presby terian teachers, and Mr. Com:ulls the Roman Catholic teachers, repeated similar sentiments of benevolence and goodwill. MR. O'CONNELL IN WATERFORD. WATERFORD, THURSDAY EVENING.—At ten o'clock this morning the various trades of this important town, with their gay flags and banners, proceeded down the quay by Thomas-street, Summer-hill, and on to the old Cork-road, by which Mr. O'Connell and the numerous cavalcade that accompanied him, were approaching the town. Several triumphal arches were erected along the line of march. The whole scene presented an exceed ingly/ pleasing and effective coup d'crit The various municipalities of the province were represented in Li merick. Mr. O'CoNNELL proceeded to the Town-hall, and pre sented himself at the window, in front of the vast mul titude. When the cheering had subsided he said, " Hurrah for the repeal.—(Cheers.) Our hearts are in the same place ; the persons listening to Jaw have one hundred thousand hands—they have but one heart — (Cheers)—they have one hundred thousand arms—they have but one bosom.—(Cheers.) I told you that there were two means of obtaining repeal—the two ingredients were necessary for the cup of Irish prosperity. The first was peaceable conduct; the second was persever ance. I am here to thank you in the name of Ireland for your peaceable demeanour, and I thank you equally for the determination you have evinced to persevere— (Cheers.) Peace was one of the ingredients—determina tion is the second, and why should you not persevere ? The Hon. Gentleman recommended reading-rooms and organisation, and then retired, and the vast multitude separated. The banquet was held in the evening in the large and spacious room of the Town-hall, which was beautifully fitted up for the occasion. The chair was :occupied by Thomas Meagher, Esq., Mayor of Waterford, on whose right sat Mr. O'Connell, the Mayor of Cork, E. B. Roche, M.P., R. A. Fitzgerald, ex-J. I'. On his left were the Right Rev. Dr. Foran, the Mayors of Limerick and Clonmel, Dr. Gray, and Alderman thicket. The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen."—(Laud Cheering.) -_" Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England."—(Cheers.) The next toast was " O'Connell, Ireland, and the Repeal of the Union."—(The entire assembly rose simul taneously, and continued cheering for several minutes.) Mr. O'CONNELL rose to return thanks, but the cheers burst forth again and again. When silence was restored, he said :—There are two questions to be solved by think ing men=to be solved by every friend of Ireland. The first of those questions is, what is the next step we are to take for repeal ?—(Cheers.) The second question is, when shall we get repeal?—(Cheers.) The result of the first question is certain. I don't think we can suffi ciently mismanage, even if we designed it, the repeal cause, so as to make it at all doubtful that the union is to be repealed.—(Cheers.) I have no more doubt of it than I have of my own existence.--(Cheers.) Let there be any violent concussion of the British Ministry —let war break out in any part of Europe—let Spain become tired of obeying France in her revolu tionary insanity—or let France become impatient of conquering Spain—let any country engage in war with another, for England must always be a party to a wrangle. I heard of a fellow who, being asked why he had engaged in a dispute, said, by way of excuse, that he never saw two d ogs .fighting, but he wished to take part with one or the other of them.—(Laughter.) So it is with England. No two dogs in Europe—no two royal dogs—can quarrel, but England must take part with one or the other.—(Hear, hear.) There is no event menacing England—there is no event menacing the public peace of the world that will not give us repeal more readily than I can pronounce the word.—(Cheers.) The first question that presents itself before me, with reference to our future exertions, is what we are to to do with England. I have felt it my duty to speak strongly of the English Government, and to accuse the English people of apathy to our cause, though I rejoice at the manner in which I was myself received in the spring of this year in England. I recol lect with delight the meeting in Covent-garden, and the other scenes in which English manliness seem e d to pro nounce in favour of justice to Ireland ; but, like the scenes in the play in Covent-garden, they have passed like a beautiful phantasmagoria before me, and vanished from my sight, without leaving a trace behind, except my gratitude and thankfulness to the individuals who were engaged in those different exhibitions.—(Hear.) I thank the people of England for their exhibitions when I was amongst them, yet those exhibitions have passed away without any good resulting from them.—(Hear.) What part has the English people taken in looking for the punishment of the miscreants who persecuted us ? Are they seeking for Ireland an equality with England in civil rights ? Is net there a complete disregard evinced there of everything Irish ? and am I then to go there with a begging petition and say—be so good and so kind as to come forward to ask for inquiry, and seek for the punishment of our oppressors.—(Hear, hear.) At one time, I confess, I thought that might have been a wise and prudent—l should rather say a cunning plan; but I differ with myself totally, and am now of opinion that it would rather savour of degradation than of cun ning or dignity.—(Hear, hear.) But what is it that im presses this more strongly on my mind ? It is the feel ing that we cannot make an impression on England while the adamantine wall—if I may use the phrase— the figure is bad, but the description is accurate—of the English press, stands between us and the people.— (Hear.) The English press will not report the real stata of the country, or put forward our grievances. They would do so if the English people felt an interest in the subject, for then their own interests would be affected if they did not do so, but their interests are not affected by their neglect, which proves the foregone apathy of the English people. The Irish shall not continue in chains. Tne hour of thraldom is going by—and it is the duty of those who require security for the integrity of the empire and its continued consolidation under the same crown, to look to our complaints, and endeavour to mitigate them by doing us justice. Every one admits that the elements of society in Ireland are about being recast, and that is a fact that all parties in Ireland are agreed upon. We all know that it only requires even a portion of the Protestants to join Mr. Smith O'Brien and Mr. Hutchinson, and that then repeal is inevitable. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. Grey Porter, indeed, talks of calling out the Irish militia, and having 100,000 of them disciplined and armed.—(Cheers.) He says the object he has in doing so is to give " pluck" to the Irish mem bers. I believe I had people enough to•day about me to give me " pluck"—(Cheers)—without arraying them in military form ; and I tell Mr. Grey Porter, although I would rejoice to witness the military discipline of his 100,000 militia, that the moral revolution that is going forward in Ireland can be as well achieved by men in frieze coats as it possibly could by men in scarlet.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Yes, it is our business to be incessant in our exertions. Let every man be ready to work. We will take no paltry excuses. I will begin with your representatives.—(bear.) Every man must work for Ireland, or he is not an Irishman. I will not consent to advise any human being to vote for any man who is not an Irishman.—(Cheers.) How are you to know whether he be an Irishman or not ? I'll tell you—the sirnme of an Irishman is repealer.—(Cheers.) Again I say, everybody who is not with me is against me. Hurrah for the repeal ! Recollect that we aro now coming to a new, year—that we must take another step in advance, and the laggard who remains behind us is not one of us.—(Hear.) Let the Irish people stand together, shoulder to shoulder, in the peaceful contest. They are entitled to the restoration of that Parliament out of which they have been swindled, and let them protest in the presence of their God, without the profaneness of an oath, but with all its sanctity, that Ireland shall be a nation again.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave, " The Repeal Martyrs." The next toast was, " The Protestant Patriots of Ire land."—(Cheers.) E. IL ROCHE, Esq., M.P., rose to return thanks. He can recollect when the Protestant patriots, and that I believe means repealer, were very lew indeed ; but now we count amongst our leaders a Sintli O'Brien, a Gi attan, a Hutchinson, and, though last net least, a G rey Porter.—(Cheers.) It is true Mr. Grey Porter has not declared himself a repealer, but he has written in favour of repeal.—(Hear, hear.) Oh ! every Iti: hman ou.,ht to treasure up the pamphlet which has is :nod from that gentleman's pen. I do not mean to say that, at the present moment, I am ready to commit myself to . the adoption of the plan proposed ; but the proposition is i noble and a bold one—it is this :—That Ireland ought to I.e de fended by her own sons ; that as France has } er national guard, as America has its militia, and England its 3 co.. me try, Ireland ought also to have a national militia.— (Lc ud cheers.) I thi n k th at i s a b o ld and a constituti,nal qu,, , hti?n 7 -rt is, at least, generous, f lee, and " racy of , the sod. ----(Loud ch eers. ) The Hon. Gentleman then v. rev'e . ed, in eloquent terms, the principles and provisions of thy, Charitable Bequests Act. H o condemned, in strong and unreserved terms, this in si dious attempt t o ren,le- the Catholic Church and its m inisters subservieLt to tit State. M, O'Connell retired about eleven o'clock, qncl was folio - . ed by the entire company.—Freeman's Jotattal. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.—MEETING IN WATERORD. _ Mr. O'Connell, yesterday, attended a very numerous meeting of the Roman Catholic laity and clergy in Wa terford, to protest against the Charitable Bequests Act. The mayor presided. Dr. Foran, Roman Catholic Bishop, and several of the leading citizens, were present. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION ON THE SOUTILEASTERN RAILWAY. CORONER'S INQUEST ON AARON WILKINSON, THE STOKER. An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Aaron Wilkinson. the unfortunate stoker, killed with his fellow-servant by the explosion of an engine, on the viaduct of the Croydon and Dover Branch Railway, on Wednesday morning last, was held on Saturday, before Mr. Payne. The body presented a shocking spectacle ; the fea tures and head were so much disfigured, that, although the deceased was stated to be only nineteen years of age, it was impossible to distinguish him from a man of sixty. Mr. W. Tickle, one of the hospital surgeons, described the nature of the injuries deceased had received. The upper part of the body was extensively scalded, and there was a deep cut over the left eye, communicating with a slight fracture of the skull. There was no symptom of compression of the brain, but, with the ex ception of occasional indications of suffering, the de ceased remained insensible from the period of his ad mission, and died about six o'clock on Thursday even ing. The witness was unable to state the precise cause of death, not having obtained the sanction of the de ceased's friends to make a post mortem examination ; but there could be little doubt that it arose from concus sion of the brain. Ho never rallied in the least degree, nor did he make any statement as to how the accident occurred. The several witnesses who were examined repeated the same evidence which was given before Mr. Carter at the inquest on Buckley, and which appeared in this journal on Saturday. Mr. Edward Bury, in the course of his evidence, said he preferred the circular form of fire-box, considering that the pressure was more equally disposed over the surface of the boiler in that form. 'There were at least 500 of the same construction at work in various parts of England, and this was the first accident which had occurred to any one of them. He had known a circular box changed to a square one, and burst on the first sub sequent trial. The CORONER having summed up, The foreman, after the lapse of a very few moments, and without any private conference, answered, that him self and brother jurors were unanimously of opinion "That the deceased, Aaron Wilkinson, was killed by the accidental explosion of a certain locomotive engine, ow ing to an excessive pressure of steam on the boiler." It is only right to state, that throughout the painful investigations consequent on this catastrophe the autho rities of the joint railway companies have afforded every possible facility to those engaged in elucidating circum stances connected therewith; and it is a fact which can not fail to be be gratifying to the public generally, that the result has shown that no want of care can fairly be attributable to any one of them. G. Grote, Esq., formerly M.P. for the City of London, has become the purchaser of the East Burnham Park estate from H. Gordon, Esq., late M.P. for Wind sor ; as also the lease of the same from the executors of the late Mr. W. Dancer.— Windsor Express. FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the house of an oil and colourman, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, opposite the brewery of Messrs. Truman, Banbury, and Co. As several men were at the latter establishment, they lost no time in dragging the engine to work, and very quickly afterwards several of the brigade reached tb spot, but the fire obtained a mastery over the fire men's exertions, and notwithstanding water was plentiful in the extreme, in about half an hour the principal por tion of the premises and prope, ty were destroyed. DARING ROBERRy ; • -On hr id ay night the follow ing robbery took pl,t( e ..t the l'rinters' Arms, New Church -court, Strand. A oestomcr in the parlour rang the bell and ga to an o • LTA Mrs. l i,•ler, the land lady, forthwith attend) .1. During Ler at,sence from the bar, about t•vo min 1., • , • n her return she saw a man who required serving. if l ing served the customer, to her surprise she notic the man dart out of the dour with a silver watch in .Lis hand, which the fellow had taken from the bal• et: a rail. An alarm was raised strd pursuit was given, but the thief got clear off with ties property in his re-, salon It is compu :hat this year not less than 60,000 persons have visi 1.. the Cattle Show. A SHIP SA.I 18"41 FEET ABOVE THE SEA! —Some very re.estkable particulars are given in a Mon tevideo journal ~11 ritish en t• ri rise, one of whose most extraordinary ea tures is " a ship sailing on a level of 18,000 feet labor the sea.' 'l he gold mines of Tipuani, and the emerald mines of Uhlman, are situated on the banks of the I t Chiqt.:t The only vegetable produ ce of the district ;s, t specie ;et tcd potatoe, called chusma, and a few nutriti , 14 plants ; Let to the east of the Lake, at Copacasana . r el in the Ittreys of the Bolivia, are culti vated maiz: • tlcy, and frnit-bearing trees. The diffi culty of feedi, from their twn scanty region, the largo body of Incli .t : t working in the mines suggested the idea of building aI. ssel for the navigation of the lake. An old brig was ecerdingly purchased and stripped of her anchors, saiLi and rigging ; and stocks being built, after two years of ainful and unceasing labour, the vessel was launched ot. the lake, and a regular communication opened with the produce of the valleys of the Bolivia. The brig is well furnished with all necessaries, except anchors, which even the perseverance et these English speculators could not raise to so great a height. The same enterprising parties have transported a steam engine across the cordilleras, dug through the metalli ferous hills of Lacaycota, a cana l 2,000 feet in length, traversed by nine locks, and laid down a railway at its extremity, for the conveyance of their ore. The island • of Titicaca, in this lake, is assigned by tradition as the cradle of the earliest Peruvian civilisation, and the sacred burial-place of the ancient kings of the country. LIE Dusicosinn TesTiatosaLen.—Sunday evening a public meeting was held at the Ilall, Clement's-lane, for the purpose of adopting measures in furtherance of the above object. Mr. 0 Neil presided. Several per sons were in the body of the room. After some remarks from the Chairman, complimentary of Mr. Duncombe's patriotic exertions in the cause of liberty, Mr. Coffy came forward, and addressed the meeting at some length, detailing Mr. Duncombe's many claims on the worki^g classes in England and Ireland, particularly in the ea.:q of the Masters and Servants' Bill. A worse measure, h. added, was in preparation fer next session by Sir Jamea Graham. It was therefore the duty of the working classes to bestir themself, sad by their strenuous eser dons show their gratitude. Mr. Thorn, an elector n_ the borough of Finsbury, next addressed the meeting iz a short speech, advocating the claims of Mr. Duncomise. Mr. Stallwood (a member of the Central Committer; said that the people of England were equally oppresica with the poorer classes in Ireland. As an Englishman. he certainly was surprised at Irishmen claiming eettek justice with Englishmen. Ile would wish to ask lid that equal justice meant ? The people of Ireland cone - plained of the crippled state of the franchise. New, would the miserable franchise enjoyed by Englishuese satisfy them ? Irishmen complained of a bad poor• would a similar poor-law with that in England • them ? Be should say not. The people o Arts were oppressed by a State Church. So were th of England. The grievances et the Irish pee ~,IQ equal with those of England, A • an En,:hshmen, therefore, he hoped that the people of Irt.lansi would sympathise with those oppressed in England. After some remarks in favour of the skims of the Ifou. Member for Finsbury, Mr. Stallwooi concluded amiclat much cheering. A list of the prin. II al subscriptions, which have already appeared in this oap-sr, was nest read ; in addition to which there was at a outhaqi 104 jos, from John Follett, Esq., M.P. for At. loa ; and 35:-. from Edward Davis Davenport, Esq., late is stated that Sir Georgt. Cockburz. is likely to succeed Sir David Milne, as Pcrt Admiral.- • Plymouth Journal. NAVAL ARCIAITECTURE.—We linclerstet.,l that (r • ders have been issued by the Admiralty te for the present the building of the ships after the and Queen. Some healthy symptoms, theretutv, to manifest themselves ; and, as we anticipated. the sense of the men at the head of naval affair, in tl is country will no longer be deluded in the teeth Q. ..evet facts as we quoted in our last. Any one may 104. - 1 , idea of the uneasy propensities of these ships. wsie ;t is known that the Queen, during the late trials.. .41 , rik, . carried away her fore-top-gallant mast in , az. , sprung her main top-gallant mast. She was Lit; beaten on a wind by the St. Vincent ; and sr, most unmanageable and dangerous ship possit 1 t, carries two turns of lee helm, with the maia t k, board, and foresail up. The Albion alsc„ ing her beautiful sailing, evidently lost groutiot gain so rniatit tei nA e id done by the di s t au : tacking us g r cause, so s o o ug t h h t at to sh h e m d , sue fore-reached. There is one fact not generally viz , the inclination under sail became greater a. t Queen lightened, so that her inclination at last wa, , as great as that of the St. Vincent or Caledonia , ):•4 heeled 6k degrees.—Plymouth The Earl of Harrowby has allotted, at ma3t-r:le rent, a large piece of land, to fifty poor houpetiolklers the parish of Bidford. NV° perceive that Mrs. Keeley has entrtgedSigi, Sivori to give two of his popular coneertoe at the 14 ccum, His exquisite performance will no doubt IICA 1. attractive, and tend to till up the theatrical vactitia: week preceding " merry Christmas." Mt MEM