The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1844. A ND 071)PtIttOn. ; 1 1.1) ruttB may read." On Monday the thirty-fifth anniversary of Louis P hiliPee's marriage was to be celebrated at St. Cloud; and, according to the Constitntionnel, the marriage of the Duke d'Aumale was to have been solemnised at Icaple s on the same day. A letter from Bordeaux of the 21st, published in the Journal des Debate, announces the arrival in that ci ty of the. Infante Don Francisco de Paula and his According to a Corsican paper, Louis Philippe is about to create anJther Duke in the person of Marshal Sebastiani, late Ambassador at the English Court. tb ll e „le Gazett e d e F rance ven t ures th e s t a t emen t th a t Alinistry have come to the resolution of applying t 0 the Ch am b ers , at t h e commencemen t o f t h e lin 11"ing session, f o r the lar g e s um of 80,000,000 f. f o r the 'Purpose of providing the fortifications of Paris with ordnance. Official accounts had been received at Marseilles of the arrival, on the 11th, in the bay of Naples, from the roads of Tunis, of the squadron under the orders o A dmiral Parseval Deschenes, composed of the au, Alger, an d th e M arengo . Thi s squa d ron i s destined to escort the future Duchess d'Aumale to Marseilles. A decree of his Sardinian Majesty has just been Prom ulgated at Turin and Genoa, whereby the French ecitnal system is to be applied to weights and mea sures throughout his dominions. _,T Prague C o rre s p on d en t of the Cologne Gazette P e lt h es e under date of the 15th, that the Duke of Bor e had arrived there, and that it was highly pro ,ahle that he would fix his residence in Bohemia, as had purchased a large estate there. It appears that has become extremely stout. Letters from Mora via state that Prince Wasa has sold his beautiful estate of Eichhorn to Baron Sina for a large sum of club is about being established at Berlin, on the a nle plan as the Societe Italiana in that city, for the .2ultivation of English literature, and where only ~nglish is to be spoken. A large library, to consist t i the most renowned English authors' works, is to be ',, ll _, l. chased for the use of the members. Dr. Spiker " li , Dr• Forster are at the head of the undertaking. i n lecount s from Bayonne, of the 21st, state that the thtelligence of Zurbano's revolt reached Saragossa on aet e /li ght of th e 14th, an d p ro d u ced an extraordinary tl l4 sati ° ll . The inhabitants openly sympathised with 10 ; l'evolters, and on the 16th the public excitement th e e to such an extent that General Breton declared tr oo l / lace to be in a s t a te of siege, and distributed his G ls e s le commanding positions. p ro` ,. Concha, Captain- General of the Basque 4 e ibuces, has establi s h e d hi s h ea d- qu arters at Miranda agai ns t fr om whence he will direct future operations Zurbano. on „ r y,igadier B arranec h ea arr i ve d a t I run f rom T o l osa Cord a 'lie . 19th and took the command of the frontier „ T he entire frontier from Irun to Vera is strictly , 1 , 441 9 ed by Spanish‘troops, for the double purpose of i'penting any one from joining Zurbano from 4n eo, and to cut off his retreat. AND SPOLXCIS. wexpAetrt lathed,New Court, Old Bailey, John Johnson, an who made his third appearance at this bar, of convi c t e d of stealing, on the 13th inst., 464 yards ‘ii Orle ans cloth, value 15/., the property of Mr. Co v • be en Do u l e . I t was then proved that the lad had bef ore convicted of felony, and suffered three and tz Month s ' i mprisonment. The Learned Judge in ated that the prisoner was irreclaimable, and too Pert t o b e allowed to remain in this country ; the sentence, therefor e , was, that he be transported be yond the seas for ten years. George Webb, aged eighteen, was indicted for stealing a silk handkerchief, value 45., from the per eon of Mr. T. Clarkson. The evidence was of a very conclusive nature, and the prisoner was convicted ; but as th ere was no previous charge, he was only sen tenced to six months' hard labour. At Bow- street two men, well known to the police, named George Carter and Joseph Edwards, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having bur- Klariously broke n into the shop of Mr. Plowman, 9, Agar-street, Strand, and stealing four pair of boots and four pair of shoes, his property. The prisoners had nothing to say in their defence, and were commit ted for trial. A tall young man, who gave his name George 3 Cook, was b rought up to the Mar lebone Court handcuffed, and char ge d with having stolen ' plate of differe n t d escr i pt i ons, to a considerable amount, the property of Mr. Thomas Sydenham Clarke, a bar 17::llater, residing residing at No. 36, Gloucester-place, Portman eili re; he was also charged with stealing .ho a ha s d va n tc o h . t v, : °o gin g to the footman. The prisoner, w ""ing to say, was fully committed for trial.. Sir Robecrtlt I gti r entertained std ni -1l 0 f e r on L Mo ons n d d a a l e y , ssev,ening th e L ord Chancellor, the Earl a r 11-s Excellency M r . E vere tt, ,hismesGraham, Mr. W. Excellency Che va li er eluns en L or d S tanley, Sir sits sal Gladstone, his Excellency M. Dedel, Sir Robert and al Sir Henry Pottinger, the Hon. .Sidney Herbert, a distinguished circle, at the family residence in 'Whitehall- - d s , gar . en.. „-'-be Marquis and Marchioness of No a rm vi a i n it hy to h h av e e r ie,Lll.lted to the Clarendon Hotel, from ... 411.lesty at Windsor Castle. Cohe Dowager Countess Pembroke left town to-d h a l 3 e ? Wilton House, near Salisbury, where the noble Th e Th e purposes sojour n i ng f or th e w inter. l ,ef Counte ss o f Erroll and the Ladies Hay, who 4 . own at the close o . of the precedi ng t „ week for Bar- Court, on a v i s i t to Lord and Lady Campden, , -e erPected to return t o Cl arges - street to-day. 111. ad y Cha r l es Wellesley, and Lady Long, Lady 4/.37 P aulet, a n d t h e Hon. Lady Butler, are a : 11 -°ri g the Ladies Patronesses of the Southampton a ttend ed. vQ-4tY balls f or the season, the first of which take Place this evening, an d i s expected to be brilliantly week, left /laT,lle Countess of Westmorland, rieY•street her return to join la the Noble Earl of llnindullin'eisciebunt' 13on erghersh, at Berlin. nd Th c e ,on C n o t u e n ss tess k . *bine days with the Earl sociirehlb,,gton at Orleans House, Twickenham, a previous 1,,r uepa.rture for Ostend. c 81" ts• ." Earl and Countess of Mornington take G pos of their new residence (the Earl of . allo- Ws), in Grosvenor -square, early next months Sand -4n wi T h he , N Earl of Pembroke, Dowager Countess of e -I -""vager Countess of Aldborough, the a Earl Itrid 4Coountess of Kinnoul, Lady Malet, Lord Keane D off .b. Mr. lieane Lord and Lady Seymour, Lady .4„erp, Lord William Butler, General Lambert, bu', 'Villiarn Ponsonby, Major-General L Lord and and 1, 4 adelb, Alr• Tufnell, M.P., Mrs. Tufnell,. triii:shanrnohhiainsity, Yin Paris. among the arrivals of the e outi ' n 3 e . bunt abd Viscountess Loftus have gone on a co nut 'btal tour, and do not intend to return to this r Y untilL Easter. T he D ttili?l-laull:exand Duchess of Montrose's circle at 41:1; Alinest t r orth amptonshire, includes Lord and til l iee, Lord Wm. Graham, Lord Can- Hi s p l. ' a,nd Lady Emily Foley, &c. . tister 4xeellebbY Sir George Shee, the British 'Mi.- 4tee binp a a . t n t i h e " d eurt of Stutgardt for some years past, teinh er uY Ladv Shee, has arrived from IV • • Si r e , ----, diplomatic ap- Pointrnent, i n t 7 l3 rge has resigned his . Mhlet, hrpv - Nvllell he is succeeded by Sir Alexander t Vir,erinat--Ibualy secretary to the British Embassy a 13*711: r rlertil Sir H. S a te ß arrived at Farrance's Hotel, 6 live-square, o urday, from Ireland. , Th e in ansoiliadszessosars. 'I th e quest quest at Xottingham on one of the sufferers t 1 1 ,4 t t heelaii.eesfaltal. accident, was resumed o . n Monday, at th e i u t is not yet known. It was expected A __eu inquest would be again adjourned. 14-I'l.e"ie_, a nts from St. Petersburgh speak of a corn twee al treaty for which negotiations are on foot be lti.d 'tioßt_ussia and England. These negotiations are tlsi s :_ nbe In a very advanced state, so that the con- Are e 'o h, of the treaty may be shortly expected. There . thou , I S' some differences on a few points, which, it is oip,gbt,lwill be soon adjusted. rl. Monday evening last, the 18th inst., Mr. J. s slas s ,eb, of Cornamuckla, in the county of Leitrim, th e 11 4 red at from behind a hedge, and wounded in lir e 4.1r1c1• This is the fourth attempt made on the T ' this unfortunate gentleman. C‘,.:`_‘ aPpears by the last report of the Irish Poor.law .11„1uistioners that on the Ist of January, 1844, there kl ' ii r in the ninetytwo workhouses then open 31,981 exjli2v,eaonfd the charg e for their support was 221,0961., a million and a half expenditure in the t o u 4 s e k tion of workhouses. Yet beggars are as numer selief.',ever, so that those who pay the rate gain no T , from the importunity of the miserable. •,,vi„le Irish Prelates in th e next session of Parliament lqe"4th be, the Archbishop of D u bli n, and the Bishops of Icildare, and Cashel. RA----- - ------ % V -431.t1GL1 —A few days since a lad, dressed as 84.7fPilerd's boy, called at the George Inn, in this town, .11,`" Inquired for the landlord. On being presented to him, hei!i, ll , v e Ilia rnaxter's respects (naming a farmer in the 4.,,,,00u 141.1, t h e t own. and he Was to have his meals there; and only nkster told him also to say, h e was to be sure and have talfrhUlf a pint of beer with each meal. Thinking his l ?It'innable, the good-tempered host kept him . nearly y i ll 17, wen, to his surprise, he left him without in orm kkt PI of his intended route. On the following mar whos aY, the affair was mentioned to the . gentleman, t c , liee credit he had taken advantage of, ,, when io it proved been isiNv the a fabrication of the bol s. .I . .. 2 1 .4. c s See n in the neighbourh9od.---11m7°40 4' pr s . . , WS e • THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE F NE LEAGUE. TO THE- EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have recently spent a few days in Man- chester, having visited that town partly on business, and partly that I might see anything that was worth seeing in it. During this visit I have been greatly interested with many things pointed out to me, and particularly with the wonderful manufactories, and with the skill and energy with which they are carried on. But, however strange it may seem, I have ar rived at the conclusion, that the most remarkable sight in Manchester is to be found in the offices of the great free trade association, or as it is more com monly called, the Anti-Corn-law League. The gentleman at whose house I was staying is a member of that Association, and pretty regularly attends the meetings of the Council, and knowing that from a recent thorough examination of the ques tion of tree trade, I had become a convert to its doc trines, he introduced me to some of its prominent members, and I spent some portion of almost every day in their society, at the Council-room of the League. I need not describe the offices of the League fur ther than to say, that they are situate in Market street, within 100 yards of the Exchange, and consist of extensive and commodious apartments, fitted up in a manner suitable to the importance of the work for which they are engaged. That which struck me as most notable about the whole place, is the regu larity and frequency of the meetings of the Council, and the efficient and business-like manner in which its affairs are transacted. The first time I went with my friend and host to the League offices, was on a Monday morning ; it was a little after ten o'clock. Mr. Wilson, the Chair man of the Council had already taken the chair. The secretary of the League, Mr. Hickin, was upon his left hand, and on each side of the long table sat seve ral gentlemen, who were members of the Council. I was introduced to most of them. Mr. Cobden was there ; Mr. Woolley and Mr. Lees, both of whom are manufacturers; Mr. Rawson, a gentleman formerly in the Nottingham trade, but now I believe retired from business, and who is treasurer of the League; Mr. Bickham, who is a calico-printer; Mr. Prentice, the proprietor and editor of the Manchester Times, a paper which has long laboured zealously in the cause; and Mr. John Brooks, also an extensive calico-printer and merchant, and one or two others whose names at this moment I don't remember. On the desk be fore the chairman were a number of letters from agents and friends of the League in various parts of the kingdom, which were read aloud to the Council, and the needful replies were agreed upon and noted down by the secretary, to be attended to during the day. Many of these letters had reference to the progress of the registra tion in different boroughs, and some requested a supply of free-trade tracts ; others applied for lecturers to be sent into certain districts, or contained reports of their progress from lecturers who were holding meetings in distant parts of the country. Of the last mentioned, one I remember was from Wiltshire, and informed the Council of the particulars of some meetings recently held in that county. I need not assure you that I felt deeply interested in these pro ceeedings, and that I gladly acccepted an invitation to come again the following day. Tuesday is the principal market-day in Manchester, and is also an important day at the offices of the League. At ten o'clock, Mr. Wilson was again in his place, and most of the gentlemen I have before named were there. I saw some who were not present on the Monday, among whom were Mr. Bazley, of the firm of Gardner and Bazley, through whose fine spinning mill I was politely shown ; and Mr. J. B. Smith, who, I was informed, contested the borough of Walsall in the year 1841, and is represented to be a gentleman of great experience in all matters of trade, and in questions of political economy. The letters of the day were again read, and the replies dictated to the secretary. During the morning, many gentlemen from the neighbouring towns called in and united in the proceedings. Several were pointed out to me :—Mr. Henry Ashworth, from Bolton ; Mr. Whitehead, from Rawtenstall ; Mr. Bright, M.P., from Rochdale; Mr. Robert Munn, from Bacup ; Mr. Whittaker, from Ashton, and several others, came in and stayed for some time. After the regular business was trans acted, there was a good deal of conversation on various matters connected with the progress of the free-trade cause, but turning chiefly on the recent registration results, and the proceedings for attending to it in future. It is easy to perceive how important such meetings as this must become. The gentlemen who called in were in some degree representatives from the towns from which they came, and reports of what was doing in the dif ferent localities would doubtless stimulate each other to continued exertions. I learned that, besides the daily morning meeting of the Council, which began at ten and generally lasted till half-past eleven or twelve o'clock, there was also an evening meeting at five o'clock, which was often for the discussion and arrangement of some points left over for further consideration from the morning, and which partook also of a social character. On this Tuesday evening the meeting was to receive further reports on the registration for the southern division of the county of Lancaster. Tea was served in the Council-room. The most active members of the Council were present, and many whose engagements prevented their regular attendance in the early part of the day. The London morning papers were in, and their contents formed the subject of conversation during tea. The abuse of the Herald, or some fal lacy of the Post, afforded amusement, whilst satisfac tion was expressed that the independent press was laying bare the sufferings of the agricultural labourers. About six o'clock the chairman resumed his place, and business commenced. The result of the late re gistration in South Lancashire, I had learned from the public papers, had been greatly in favour of the free-traders, and this meeting was to take steps for securing the position they had gained. Tuesday and Friday evenings were set apart for this purpose. Mr. Wilson briefly stated what had been done at the pre vious meetings, and requested reports of their progress since they last met. One gentleman stated that he had the names of five persons to give in for qualifica tions for South Lancashire, three of whom would also qualify for North Cheshire, and two for the West Riding of Yorkshire. Another handed in the names of five young men employed in a large wholesale warehouse, who were anxious to qualify for South Lancashire. An other gave in the names of himself, his brother, and three of his sons, for South Lancashire. A large number of names were thus handed in, and entered by the secretary in a book kept for the purpose, with the address and occupation of the parties. Mr. Bright was present at this meeting, and reported what was doing in Rochdale, from which it appeared that such was the determination of the free-traders in that district to qualify for the county, that they hal hopes of making a large increase to their present large majority on the register. One striking part of his report was, that many of the best paid and most intel ligent of the working-men were making great exer tions to obtain a county qualification, and were pur chasing freehold cottages with such funds as they had saved, and many were saving, with a view to obtain qualifications. Mr. Cobden informed the meeting that a deputation from the Council had already been appointed to visit all the towns in the county, and also in the West Riding, to have interviews with the free-traders, to confer with them on the im portant duty of enlisting the suffrages of the merchants, manufacturers, shopkeepers, and working men in the contest which must now be resolutely carried on against the infatuated monopolist proprietors of the soil, whose policy, if not counteracted, would shortly bring ruin upon themselves and the country. If it were necessary to come to that, they must have an other and a final struggle between the towns and the great proprietors, from whose legislation every truly national interest had suffered so deeply. At this meeting the Council-room was most un comfortably crowded, and a spirit and determination were manifested such as I have rarely seen. And, indeed, what has already been done in South Lanca shire is most important and decisive, and would seem to have opened a wav by which the monopolists can be fairly grappled with. Before coming to Manchester I had, of course, often heard of the League, and I had read some par ticulars of its managements and organisation in a letter once published in the Morning Chronicle, from the pen of a stranger who had visited its head quarters, but what I have seen has nevertheless very much surprised me. The members of the Council, whose names have been mentioned, attend, I was told, almost invariably every day. Every morning for six days in the week Mr. Wilson is at his post, and several other members are his constant companions in his labours, and no one is more regular in his attendance than Mr. Cobden during the Parliamentary recess, except when he is engaged in holding meetings throughout the country ; and Mr. Bright, who resides at Rochdale, ten or twelve miles distant, is generally present three times a week. Like other persons living at a distance from Manchester, I had heard of few of the Manchester Council, excepting Mr. Wilson, as Chairman, and Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright, who had both spoken at a meeting, at which I was present, in the town in which I reside, but I found out whilst in Manchester that there were others, and not a few, whose services, if not so m uc h b e f ore the public, are to the full as im portant to sustain the position of the League as the well-known labours of those gentlemen. And it is the one distinguishing feature of this movement, and which elevates it in my view above almost every other, that the eclat of public meetings and public applause is not needed as a stimulus to those who are engaged in it. The men vJlose names the public never hear of; and who are strangers even to the most assiduous readers of the newspapers, are at least as untiring in their labours and as devoted to the cause as those to whom its ser- vice has given prominence and position in soJiety. And I may also remark on the singular harmony which has prevailed amongst them. My friend, who has been more or less with them now for five or six years, told me, that during the whole of that period he had never known anything approaching to a serious difference of opinion, and from his account, and from what I saw, they appear to have one heart, and a truly great heart it is, and to permit nothing to interfere with the object before them. I have been induced to ask for the insertion of this letter in your columns, in the hope that it may meet the eyes of the free-traders throughout the kingdom. If in half the towns of Great Britain a committee could be formed whose members could work zealously in unison with the Council in Manchester, what great things might be done! A few intelligent and active men might meet and take tea together in an evening, discuss their progress and prospects, organise a sys tem against which no wrong could long be maintained, and gather round them an influence which would speedily accomplish the deliverance of their country from the evils which an ignorant and very selfish policy is daily inflicting upon it. 'Why should not Glasgow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Plymouth, and the metropolitan boroughs adopt this plan, which has proved so successful in Manchester ? Are there not some good, some real men in each of these populous places who aro ready for the work which the country is looking for at their hand's ? Prom what I have seen in lianchester lam satisfied the foolish system of the monopolists has nearly run its course. The best of causes is in the hands of men who seem never to be weary, to whom a feeling of hopelessness is un known, and whose disinterested labours are destined, I feel assured, to work a great and peaceful revolution in this country. I hope this letter may not be too long for your space, and be on that account rejected ; it contains only a very meagre sketch of the impressions left on my mind by my visit to Manchester, but I shall take it as a great favour if it be placed before the readers of your widely-circulated journal.--I am, yours, &c., A TRAVELLER November 18, 1844. POSTAL TREATY BET WEEN BEL GIUM AND ENGLAND. BRUSSELS, Nov. 24.—The Post-office treaty be tween England and Belgium was signed in London on the 19th of October. The ratifications were ex changed in London on the 19th of November. The Moniteur publishes this day the treaty at length. The f o ll ow i ng are th e c hi e f clauses : " Art. 4. The exchange of the international corre spondence will take place at Dover and Ostend. The British Post-office will continue to convey in its packets the dispatches, four times a week, according to the terms of the treaty of October, 1834. The departures from Ostend to Dover will take place on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays ; the departures from Dover every Tuesday, Wednes day, Friday, and Saturday. "Art. 5. However, the Belgian Government will be at liberty to establish a service of packets to convey letters, dispatches, and travellers between both the ports above-mentioned twice a week, or daily; and the Belgian Government reserves expressly to itself to enter into an agreement with the British Govern ment, in order to be freed from the obligation of paying to that Government the annual sum of 1,0001. sterling, which was stipulated in the treaty of October, 1834. "Art. 7. The packets employed by both Govern ments to convey dispatches between Dover and Ostend to be received and considered :in both ports as men of-war, and to be free from all tonnage, harbour, and shipping duties. " Art. 9. The above packets to be allowed to carry passengers, with their luggage, horses, and carriages, but they will not be permitted to take goods on freight. " Art. 15. Persons sending letters either from Bel gium to Great Britain and British possessions, or from Great Britain and British possessions to Bel gium, to be at liberty to send the same without pay ing the postage, or to pay it in advance if they think' proper, however the postage be paid for the whole distance. " Art. 16. Letters charged may be sent between the two countries, and as far as possible in transit to every country of which both offices are intermediaries. "Art. 19. Letters paid or unpaid to be charged with a postage duty of a shilling for every simple letter, this postage to be increased according to the weight of letters on the scale established in both countries. " Art. 29. Newspapers sent from Great Britain to persons living in Belgium to be delivered free of postage to the Belgian office, and to be charged in Belgium with a postage of five centimes (id.). " Belgian newspapers, directed to persons in Eng land, to be delivered free of postage to the British Post-office, and to pay in England only five centimes. " Art. 30. The postage for periodicals, published in Belgium or in Great Britain, to bo paid in advance, viz., in Belgium five centimes for e v ery p r i n t e d s h ee t uner thirty square decimetres; and in England one penny for every work under two ounces, sixpence for every work above two ounces and not exceeding three ; eightpence for every work above three ounces and under four; and for every ounce above four and under sixteen, twopence more. " The present treaty to be put in execution on the Ist of December, 1844." The tribute, or protection douceur, or whatever other name diplomacy may give to this unreasonable exaction of Morocco from nations with which she has little or no intercourse, has hitherto been regularly paid by Sweden, amounting to 20,000 dollars annually, but since the accession to the throne of King Oscar, the Government have come to the decided resolution that, excepting the amount due for the last year, which they agree to pay, not one dollar more shall go out of the public purse for this purpose. The amount annually paid by Denmark bas been 25,000 dollars, of which two years are at present due, and, on the same conditions as Sweden, the Government of Denmark have Come to the determination that the present payment must be cons id ere d i n full of all claims on this score for the future as well as for the past. From the dilatory character of Barbary di plomacy, it must be impossible to predict when a final adjustment may take place, but it is anticipated that the intervention of England and France will ulti mately bring about the desired arrangement. Be that as it may—whether success or failure attends the endeavours of the mediating pary—one thing is cer tain, that Sweden, Norway, and Denmark are firmly resolved to pay no more tribute, even should the con sequences force them to establish cruises off the coast of Morocco, for the protection of their commerce. COMPULSORY EMIGRATION.--A curious circum stance occurred a few days since to Dr. Blarney, of Uni versity College Hospital. Some domestic differences induced him to make up his mind to go abroad, and without consideration ho repaired to the docks, where he made an arrangement with the captain of a ship about to sail to Sydney, to accompany him in the capacity of surgeon. Two days before the vessel left Dr. Blarney repented his hastily formed determination, and having made up his mind not to leave England, he paid a visit to the captain for the purpose of acquainting him with his determination. The captain seemed amazed at this alteration in his plans, and feeling convinced that dur ing the short time that would elapse before his departure he would be unable to provide himself with another sur geon, he induced Dr. Blarney to go on board. Having secured him in the ship, the captain politely informed him that he intended compelling him to visit Sydney, in conformity with the agreement entered into between them, and a day or two after the ship, with the repen tant Doctor en board, set sail for Australia. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery has, within the last few days, undergone an important improvement, by which its rare and costly treasures of art will be ren dered available to their noble owner at all hours. An apparatus for lighting the apartment with gas haring been erected, two large pendant lamps on the principle of the bude light have just been introduced, one at either end of the gallery. These afford an illuminating power so ample as to exhibit th© pictures to considerable ad vantage, bringing out the brighter colours with much force and brilliancy, and though of course not at all comparable to the pure light of day, yet infinitely supe rior to any system of artificial illumination heretofore employed. The effect would probably have been further improved had it been practicable to have commanded the same volume of light equally dispersed from one rather than from two sources of illumination, as the cross lights interfere occasionally with each other, and throw a con fused glare upon objects viewed across them, an effect which, were all the rays to emanate from a common centre, would possibly not occur.—Cheltenham Looker-on. A STRANGR POST-OFFICE PARCEL.—A few weeks ago, a person in a village a few miles west of Paisley committed a serious assault upon a man in his own house ; he was in consequence sent for by the Pro curator-Fiscal, in order to bo examined before a ma gistrate. This being done, it was thought expedient to commit him for further examination, and, for his better security, he was ordered to be sent to Paisley prison. With this view, he was manacled, and put into a coach, along with a sheriff-officer. Another offi cer was seated on the box beside the driver, and off they went. By and by they came to the village whence they set out, and having stopped for some necessary purpose, in a few minutes again started, and sped on their way. In about half- an-hour they came to the Paisley toll-bar, where, of course, they stopped, and where they were made aware, for the first time, that the coach-door was open, and the prisoner off. This information effectually roused the officer in charge, who had fallen into a nap on the way. He made all diligent search for his lost one, but to no purpose. In the course of two days, however, he received by post a packet of some size and weight, in forming him that his late prisoner was well and at liberty, and moreover wished to prove himself an honest man, by returning to the officer the property he had entrusted to his keeping, namely, a massive pair of iron handcuffs. This, it was stated, he might have by paying the postage, which amounted to only 2s. Bd. Glasgow National. CIIINESB GRAMM—At a meeting of the Highway Board, on Thursday, an offer was made to sell the Com missioners a quantity of Chinese granite, at Gs. per square yard, being about half the price genera ll y pa id . The granite is of very superior quality, and is of lighter colour than is found in this country. The specimen sent to the Commissioners has been nicely squared by the Celestials, and it appears to have formed a portion of some building.--Liverpool paper. SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED GIBRALTAR, Nov. 16.—Again this week the painful duty devolves on us to record another distressing accident, which happened in the forenoon of Wed nesday last (the 13th), by the sinking of a boat in the bay. The troop-ship Apollo, which arrived here on Mon day last (the llth), as mentioned in our shipping list, brought out detachments of men for all the regiments in this garrison, and, besides others for Malta, had one on board of Artillery destined for the companies of Captains Stow and Gosling, at Corfu. As the boats of the Apollo were not exclusively used to effect the disembarkation of the troops, many from the quay were also employed for this purpose, when, early that forenoon, one of the latter, conveying on shore ten men, the greater part of which belonged to the Artillery, for the purpose of procuring a few necessaries for the voyage, and with a female servant, the boatman, and a boy, making in all a company of thirteen in the boat, it was unfortunately run down by a Danish galliet which had just arrived from Malaga, and was proceeding to its anchorage-groiat, and, melancholy to relate, six only.ourot the number were rescued from a watery grave. The owner of the boat, although an expert swim mer, has perished, and left a large family to deplore his loss ; whilst the boy, who could not swim, was providentially saved by the timely assistance of one of the boats of her Majesty's sloop Scout. The Apollo only left Cork on the 2d of this month, and as friends and relations must naturally be anxious to learn the fate of all on board, to allay the appre hensions of any relatives of the survivors we consider it to be our duty to subjoin a list of those who have perished. List of the drowned :—Sergeant Gritton • Gun ners Leaver, Boss e y, an d L atter, of the Royal. Artil lery; Sergeant Kenevan, of the 97th Regiment; Mary Ann Coyle, servant to Captain M'Quarrie, of the 42d ; and the boatman, John Ferro. Sergeant Gritton, who leaves a wife and five chil dren, had been at a former period stationed in this garrison, where, besides having raised himself to the rank he held by his exemplary conduct and zealous performance of duty, he was universally respected and beloved by all who knew him, and we may imagine what must have been the feelings of his unhappy wife, who, on the eve of accompanying him to Corfu, was waiting his arrival on the quay, when the first in telligence which reached her was brought by the boat which had conveyed on board of the Apollo the inanimate body of her husband. What augments our sympathy in this particular case is the circumstance of her being near the period of her confinement. A subscription has been opened here for the bereaved family, and we sincerely hope that a generous public at home will respond to an appeal in behalf of the widow and fatherless children. Although the master of the Danish galliot is to be blamed for not having kept a better look out, the accident is chiefly attributed to the patron of the small boat, in having obstinately persisted to cross the hawse of the larger vessel, which as well as his own was close hauled on the wind. His own untimely end has dearly paid the penalty of this act of rashness. As independent of the body of Sergeant Gritton, which was picked up shortly after the accident, yes terday two and to-day three of the bodies have been found, that of the unfortunate woman, Mary Ann Coyle, is now the only one missing, but from the exertions that are still making it is hoped that it will also be recovered. A difference of opinion having arisen between the Coroner and the military authorities, as to which is the competent tribunal to investigate the circum stances of the accident, no verdict has yet been made public. This melancholy event, which every day since has caused the repetition of the mournful duty of convey ing to their last resting-place the remains of the un fortunate sufferers, accompanied with all the affecting and imposing ceremony of military burial, has tended to throw a gloom over the place, and speaking loudly a solemn warning to all, impressively reminds us of the uncertainty of human life. On the 12th the Swedish frigate Josephine, Capt. C. H. Ulner, arrived here and came to an anchor, having been 26 days on the voyage from Copenhagen. On the day following the French brig of war Cygne, Captain Heureux, weighed anchor, and sailed from this to the westward. The following are the vessels of war which are still here : Her Majesty's sloop Scout, Captain the Hon. J. H. Drummond; her Majesty's brig Savage, Captain Bowker ; her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, Captain M‘Leaa ; the Danish brig of war Mercurius, Captain Christmas; the Danish war-steamer Hekla, Captain Mourier ; the Swedish frigate Josephine, Captain C. H. Ulner; the Swedish corvette Carlskrona, Captain Runth ; the Swedish schooner L'Aigle, Lieutenant Begg, commander; the Norwegian corvette Nordst jernen, Captain Konow. From the above it will be seen that Sweden, Nor way, and Denmark have at this moment six vessels of war in our bay, and as their presence here is con sidered necessary, from the pending negotiations be tween Morocco and these countries, their stay may be indefinitely prolonged if they wait till a final arrange ment is concluded. LI DRAMATIC LIBRARY. Sherwood and Bowyer, London, 1844. We have here a republication of several of the best comedies and tragedies in the language, which aro brought out in weekly Parts, each Part containing one entire play, and at the trifling cost of threepence ! Verily, if this be not cheap literature, we know not what is. Seven Numbers of the series have already made their appearance, including, among other dramas, Shakspeare's King John, Sheridan s Rivals and School for Scandal, and Massinger's New Way to Pay Old Debts; and each of these plays is printed on excellent paper, and in the neatest possible type. When completed, the Dramatic Library will form a series of very convenient pocket volumes. THE BETROTHED. 2 Vols. Burns, London, 1844. This is a translation, fuller and more faithful than any that has yet appeared, of I Promessi Sposi, or the Betrothed—an Italian work of fietion, by Al essan d ro .M.anze.rdic writer tt ell known on the Continent, and whose present novel, which is justly considered as his master-piece, has long enjoyed an almost unrivalled popularity among his countrymen. The high moral maintained throughout the Betrothed does the author great credit, and forms a striking contrast to the majority of modern French novels, which are written with an utter disregard to every sense of re ligion and morality, and seem penned for no other purpose than to astonish the reader by their licentious extravagances. The great charm of Manzoni is the simplicity of his incidents, all of which possess the rare merit of probability ; and there is not a single character, male or female, in the Betrothed, of which it can be said that it is in the slightest degree exag gerated in its lineaments. CHURCH-RATES. -ANOTHER VICTIM. Devoutly indeed should all sound-hearted Church men pray, that the Church might be saved from its friends. Our readers recollect the proceedings which took place a few years ago at Leicester and other places, in consequence of a conscientious objection which several Non-Conformists held to church-rates. Another recusant has been victimised to the bigotry of a clique of devouts, who choose to re-establish some of the worst practices of the Inquisition, and promote the cause of Christ by penalties and dungeons. We have not time to enter upon the whole parti culars this week. A few of the facts, however, we will briefly state. A milkseller, named Wragg, who for sixteen years has been a consistent member of a Baptist church, and who has a wife and four small children, objected, with others, on conscientious grounds, to a church rate levied in St. Werbugh's parish. A " small and secret junto" (to quote from the letter of Mr. Gawthorn, inserted elsewhere) directed the Church wardens to cite Wragg into the Spiritual Court of Doctor's Commons, where expenses have been run up against him to the amount of 231.! Further steps have yet to be taken, the result of which will be the ruin of the poor man and his family, and, in all pro bability, the incarceration of his person in a dungeon, since, we understand, he is determined not to pay. We shall have more to say on this subject next week—and probably for many a week to come— meanwhile, we have to congratulate the clergyman who is reported to have taken part in these proceed ings on the Christian spirit which the act displays. How strikingly in accordance with the precepts of Scripture is an iniquitous proceeding like this ! What an unction the godly man must lay to his soul when appealing to the God of lore and mercy for an approving testimony to the correctness of his princi ples !—Derby Reporter. THE SIGNS or LONDON.—It is not a hundred years since a great part of London was disfigured by signs suspended from almost every house in which any busi ness was carried on. By degrees the metropolis was cleared of these incumbrances, many of which projected from the houses, and completely spoiled the appearance of some of the best streets. To a very late period the signs of inns and public-houses in country towns and villages stretched across the public roads, but with the progress of taste and improvement, nearly all these remnants of vulgar display have vanished, It is, how ever, melancholy to observe that a kind of re-action has for some time commenced in the metropolis. The smal lest trader must be distinguished by his name and occu pation being displayed in the largest letters. Not satis fied with enlarging the letters of th e a l p h a b et, all manner of companies, dispensaries, infirmaries, and societies, aro now occupied in covering the whole front of the tene ments they occupy with huge boards or plaster entabla tures, announcing to the public the peculiar merits of their institution, or the wondrous cures they have achieved, or hope to achieve, at the expense of the public. Surely such institutions, if really meritorious, would at tract public:attention without so much outside show. It savours very much of quackery, and should operate as a caution to the public. It is like " the sellings off at 20 per cent. under prime cost," " the great sacrifice for ready money," and the numerous attempts on public credulity that have met with the fullest explanations in the exposures that have recently taken place in the Bank ruptcy Court. We have lately been infested by an extraordinary number of vagrants, many of whom care not what out rage they commit, in order that they may be sent to the House of Correction. The fact is too notorious to be denied, from whatever cause it may spring. On Wed nesday the magistrates were occupied a considerable time in adjudicating upon vagrancy cases, and private hear ings of a similar nature are occuring almost daily. In some instances the offer of liberation, upon condition of leaving the town, has been immediately rejected, and the longest term of imprisonment allotted the accused con sidered as a boon. During the past week a man and his wife, who had just escaped from " durance vile" (?), were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for begging about Leamington streets. The man took a stone from his pocket, on being appre hended, and deliberately threw it at the window of Mr. Newby, chemist, High-street, breaking a pane of glass valued at W. The woman broke two panes in the win dow of Mr. Crammer, whitesmith. These offences arose, in both instances, from a refusal of relief. On Tuesday night no less than six vagrants tore up all their clothes (excepting only their nearer garment, and in some in stances even this was partialiy mutilated) into pieces about three inches square, and in this plight were ac tually arraigned before the magistrates the following morning. They were all sentenced to one month's im prisonment, with hard labour. Money and refreshments, we are informed, have on some occasions been offered to induce the offenders to leave the town, but without avail ; they seem determined to " winter " in the House of Correction. It is probable the subject will be intro duced at the ensuing sessions, with a view of remedying the evil.— Warwick Advertiser. COVENT-GARDEN TIDIATRA—The orchestral An tinous Jullien had an immense audience last night upon the strength of the ann ounce ment that Sivori would ve play amusing variation s on the " Carnaval de ruse." Such a vast assemblage of people, we believe, was never before congregated within the walls of the theatre. The " promena de' was so much crowded that movement was impossible ; and the boxes and galleries were equally well filled. Sivori was i received with great appl ause, and his grotesque variations —never before played by him more perfectly or humorously —were encored by a hurri cane of voices. There will be a Cabinet Council on Thursday, at which all the Ministers aro expected to be present. STRIKE OF THE BARKING FISHERMEN. No fewer than sixty fishing smacks, belonging to Barking, in Essex, are at this m oment l y i ng in the River, a littl e below Woolwich, their crews having brought them home from sea, and struck work. As the Barking fishery has long been one of the prin cipal sources of supply to the Billingsgate market, a few particulars respecting its present condition, awl the alleged causes of the strike, may not be unaccept able to our readers. The total number of smacks belonging to Barking, though nominally sailing from the port of London, is about one hundred and sixty. These are wet-bottomed vessels, generally of from fifty to sixty tons, and carrying each three men be sides the captain, and about the same number of ap prentices. Their principal fishing grounds are off the coast of Holland, and during the cod season in the North Sea and about the Orkney Islands. In the summer and autumn it is not unusual for many of them to work out of Harwich, Lowestoft', or Yarmouth, or the eastern coast. The kind of fish they are employed in catching varies with the season and locality ; it is mostly cod, sole, haddock, or plaice. A smack's cargo commonly contains more than one of these varieties. The dura tion of the voyages is also subject to a corresponding variation from the same circumstances. Where seve ral smacks are the property of a single owner, or of two or three in the same family, they are generally worked in fleets of from fifteen to thirty sail, each smack in its turn bringing to market the fish caught by the whole fleet. In this way a large fleet is en abled to keep up a regular and constant supply; thus a fair average of the market is secured, and the time of absence from home rendered less variable and un certain. Frequently, however, the smacks only come up the river as far as Gravesend, and having dis charged their cargo of fish into the hatch-boats that ply between that place and the London market, they take in fresh provision and return to sea. This is called making a " Gravesend voyage." It tends to keep the men longer from their homes and families; but effects a great saving of time to the owners. Formerly these Gravesend voyages were not so com mon as they are at present ; and the men generally found means to get home on the average once a month. But to meet the increased competition that the supply of fish by railway has introduced, the owners have made them more frequent, till the usual time of absence has increased to:six or eight weeks, and often more. One extensive proprietor, the owner of about fifty vessels, has also, for the last year, employed a very fast-sailing, cutter to carry provisions to his smacks, and those o f th e numerous small owners who are his dependents, and to bring their fish back to meet the boats at Gravesend. By this means, the crews of more than half the smacks belonging to the place have been kept out at sea for periods of from three to six months. This lengthened absence from home and its comforts the working fishermen have long felt to be a great privation, their stays on shore being always much shorter than those of other sea men. The middle class of owners, thinking probably that a partial return to the old system would place them on a more equal footing with the extensive proprietor above referred to, lent a favourable ear to their complaints, and, with their concurrence, the crews of seventy vessel s h ave struck, and re turned home. The other owners have, it is said, promised to take an additional hand in each vessel, to prevent any being thrown out of berth should the men's demands not be acceded to. The apprentices, of whom more than two hundred are already on shore, will, of course, be thrown upon their masters' hands. The demands of the men are for increased wages and shorter voyages. Their present rate of wages is— men fourteen shillings a week, and mates sixteen. They want this to be advanced two shillings in each case, and the time of absence to be limited to one month. The majority of the owners seem inclined to grant them this, but others are averse to all con cession. The general opinion, however, is, that "the owners must give in." The reasons assigned are, that this is the most profitable part of the year, that "all hands" are in the strike, and that the men of other places are not suited to the particular kind of fishery in which the inhabitants of Barking are en gaged. One thing is certain, that if the strike con tinues long the loss to large owners will be very great. Those who continue at sea will obtain high prices for such fish as they can bring to market, though it is doubtful whether this advantage will be more than overbalanced by their participation in the general loss. ECONOMY or Gis.—A lecture, by Dr. Jones, on the advantages of napthalised gas, now forms one of the subjects of instruction during the day exhibition of the Adelaide Gallery. The naptha distilled from coal during the manufacture of gas, when purified, is extremely volatile and inflammable, and when properly burned it yields a brilliant light, in consequence of the large quantity of carbon it contains. It has been ascertained that coal gas when passed through naptha absorbs a portion, and its illuminating properties are thereby greatly increased by the larger amount of carbon. To effect this absorption the gas is passed through a box containing shelves whereon sponges dipped in naptha are placed. By adopting this plan, and by using a dry gas-meter it is found that a saving of twenty-five per cent. in the cost of the gas is attained, after adding the expense of the naptha. About one-half the quantity of napthalised gas gives an equal amount of light to double the volume of gas not so prepared. Dr. Jones repre sents the alleged danger and inconvenience attending the use of the naptha to be altogether unfounded, and to have been suggested by parties whose interests are af fected by the improvement. DRUGGING A. POLICEMAN.-011 Saturday morning, about two o'clock, constable 183 L was discovered lying insensible in Arlington-street, Waterloo-road. He Was immediately conveyed to the station-house, Tower street. The divisional surgeon administered restora tives, and in three hours the constable was sufficiently restored to his senses to state that while he was on his beat in Arlington-street, shortly after one o'clock, a man of colour he had some slight knowledge of treated him to a glass of gin; he was requested to partake of another, which he declined, saying he did not exactly like the taste of the first. He then proceeded a short distance, when he was overtaken by stupor, and fell down in ' sensible. The doctor stated that he had drunk a deadly mixture, which would have terminated his existence if he had drunk half a glass more. The constable is a steady sober man, and has been in the force about eighteen months. The police are on the look-out for the person who gave him the liquor. INTERESTING FACTS.—The following is the sub stance of a communication from Southport, the favourite watering-place, about twenty-three miles north of Liverpool :—" On Monday, 11th inst., after a heavy gale, which had forced out the tide far beyond its ordi nary limits, a poor boy picked up a pocket-book which had drifted to the shore. lie hastened to display the prize to his father, who, after examining the contents and discovering that they consisted of upwards of 1201., immediately went to consult the Rev. Mr. D., who kindly ascertained that the treasure belonged to a gentleman, who, on crossing the Mersey, at Liverpool, on the 9th inst., was nearly drowned, and on being rescued from his accident, found that his pocket-book was still in the water. The tide must have carried it down the Mersey out to sea, and thus brought it into the hands of the worthy labourer in question, who, on restoring the pro perty to its delighted owner, was presented with 151., and is now building himself a modest cottage with the re ward of his probity."—llampskire Telegraph. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A ROBBER. —On Tuesday last, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, an inquest was held before Mr. Ch a p man , o n the body of Gideon Has lam, plasterer and painter, of Burnden. near Bolton. It appeared that about half-past seven o'clock on Sunday lying morning, i o ti c h t h e egli gig - t i h i mu n s s e t a o n n t , t th d e e pr e e m c eiasseesdwa of i‘ i s r d . discovered n Moss s abrui e se (1 (7n - L l e l a a s i e r d , vitriol „, as b n e l e a d n i g fa e it t o u i r n e r t , h o o f o li s e e a , d yd the top of his head, which appeared to cause him much ;min. A dead turkey, and an oaken truncheon with which laeliro, it ap a i n ) d ea i r l e vo d d to oo l r i s a viey were e e killed,oo to were have lyingf b o e u e n o d fo od which 11 %. open, left no doubt that the object of the deceased in entering the premises had been to commit a felony. It was also ascertained that the dead turkey was one of 36 which had h p a l cl ea b e e w ei h i e r r o e us ti t i i e d ng e i e n ead a se lof w l a i s n ly th in e g g . ig ii h e ou w s a e s n , above andby e advice o capableof gi . g any fAi rational r. Alot eof account atsurgeon e surgeonto the tiomet time,c ounty constabula r y f orce at Bolton, he w ' as conveyed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where he died on the 15th inst. f rom the effects of fracture of the skull. While in the infirmary he stated, that he and another man went to Mr. Blair's premises about two o'clock in the morning of the 10th instant, with the intention of having two turkeys each for their dinners ; that he was intoxicated at the time, and slipped from the loft, and that he thought it was cowardly in his companion to leave him in the state iu which he was found. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the death was occasioned by frac ture of the skull, received though accidentally falling from the loft. The deceased has left a widow and two c hildren, and was 26 years of age.—Manchester Guardian. .1- .•.:i FATAL ACClDENT. — Yesterday morning, whilst Mr. G. Littlewood, lamp-contractor, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, was driving a horse in a chaise cart along Aylesbury -street, Clerkenwell, towards the Green, the horse, a vicious animal, suddenly took fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity. On descending the hill on the west-side of the Sessions-house the horse fell and rolled over. The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the cart, and his head came with great force against the kerb-stone. Constable G 102 ran to his assistance, and found that Mr. Littlewood's skull was entirely knocked in. He was conveyed in a state of insensibility to a sur geon's near the spot, who seeing his hopeless state di rected his removal to St. Bartholomew's, whither he was conveyed in a cab, and after receiving every attention from the house surgeon, expired at half-past eleven. Mr. Littlewood has left a wife and family. He was about forty. INQUEST ON MAJOR DE HAVILAND.—Last night Mr. Higgs, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Coach and Horses, Mount-street, Berkeley-square, on the body of Major Charles De Haviland, a general officer of the army. Mr. Stevenson, of 37, Upper Gros venor-street, surgeon, stated that the deceased came to town on Saturday week from Guernsey, in order to place himself under his care, who at the period was suffering from a disordered stomach, occasioned by drinking too freely of wine, and taking little or no nutriment. De ceased was also troubled with an affection of the heart, and experienced also a severe attack of spasms. Major De Haviland was not confined to his room, but was able to walk to the residence of his medical adviser daily. He was extremely cheerful, and his health was rather improved since his arrival in town.—ThomasFiott de Ha viland, Esq., judge and magistrate of the island of Guern sey, described the state of the deceased, whom he said was his brother. He stated that on his arrival in town on Wednesday last, he found him considerably better. Deceased had laboured for a length of time under a dis ease of the heart, and was also subject to spasms. 'Wit ness dined with his brother on Thursday last. On Friday he was with him in the evening. The deceased had a violent attack of spasms, which lasted the greatest part of the evening, but towards half-past nine o'clock he seemed relieved, and witness left, not apprehending the slightest danger. Deceased had refused to have any me dical aid, Mr. Stevenson, his own medical attendant, being out of town. The jury returned a verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." 8 DAYI ',orate brw moderate' )n, Bombsl d s, Cape all Ha sill& n ibtuk' ig struck cli l light.---(0 ThornaA rk. .. and 1014 ks, Jacks°ll' Ichaboe. arstry, ildSenhol* it. Thomas lf Fanny Pow e d 16th ir l4 r saved. :lb! last nig,; ischargi n k, one to g r 10 0 to -e Ichabdb Sunderlil, was got , from 0 , - 0 and brilug St. r e . ,, f tor 3 difiCb" n, L .,coli kc ° ll ; l r vith th e 4 , f the 9tb' )art pac back 0 11 " 1, of Eiuraber," TIOX , there .en's 130 Ui rc b , lar7e te ri of bo h i c t in ' 6 14 b ,e ro bb e d ch frOW ae yeri,rl ,e POr,bit r state, .40 taken frt.., ,el Row n 4 a s afes ' D E° lice. the P o 1 , ••- ,rce ° 6 nute° 1 , • Str t 3is in 0 Ind r a te ,, baker Ser vant a SOS' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAT. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt 22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 40 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier 50 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot 50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Worley's John Davis. The above are the prices as made up at the betting. That it was neither heavy, nor, in its influence on the market, of much importance, will be seen from the fol lowing list of the principal transactions :—GOO to 50 agst Alarm-17 and 18 to 1 two or three times in ponies agst Kodger-20 to 1 to about 601 agst the Cobweb colt—several bets at 24 and 25 to 1 agst Pam, who was in great force-1,000 to 40 agst Idas—l,ooo to 30 and 725 to 50 agst Young Eclipse (plenty of backers)-1,000 to 30 and 1,200 to 40 agst Anti-Repealer-1,000 to 30 agst Weatherbit-1,000 to 25 agst Fitzallen-400 to 10 agst Collier-1,000 to 25 agst Lycurgus and Jingle pot-1,000 to 15 agst Black Prince-2,000 to 20 and 1,000 to 15 agst John Davis, &c., &c. Old England re ceded to 33 to 1, layers. CUESTER CUP-ENTER OR NOT. 500 to 10 each agst Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-ballagh, Winesour, Ratan and Morpeth—taken. RACES TO COME IN 1845, The following dates of ra appointed, or are so establish probable that they will be alt March 12. Coventry. 19. Warwick. 25. Northampton. 26. Catterick Bridge. April 14. Newmarket Craven. 22. Bath. !es in 1845 are either specially d by custom as to make it im ;red : July 8. Newmarket July Meeting. f 16. Liverpool ditto. 23. Newton. 30. Goodwood. August 6. Horwich. 6. Brighton. 11. Wolverhampton. 28. Tiverton. Sept. 2. Warwick. 10. Leicester. 16. Doncaster. 30. Newmarket First October Meeting. Oct. 13. Newmarket Second October Meeting. Ir. Newmarket Hough ton Meeting. 28. Newmarket First Spring Meeting. May 6. Chester. 13. Newmarket Second Spring Meeting. 13. Manchester. 20. Gorhamhury. 27. Epsom. June 10. Ascot. 18. Hampton. 23. Newcastle-on-Tyne. 25. Bibury Club. 26. Stourbridge. 1 FATAL EFFECTS OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO MEDDLE WITH ARDENT SPIRITII.-011 last Friday an occurrence illustrative of the above took place in this city, and one which should convey a strong and im pressive admonition to all those who are in charge of young persons. A woman who resides near Globe-lane, and who had been taking care of a fine little boy, whose parents are supposed to be dead, was tippling with a neighbour. On going from home, with that indifference and recklessness which ever attend intemperate habits, she left a decanter of spirits, within reach of the child already mentioned. He, probably, having been accus tomed to those "little sips" which those immediately in charge of children often administer to them with such fatal effect, raised the vessel to his mouth, swallowed a portion of the spirits, and immediately wont out to play. no effects were, however, soon apparent, for the poor little fellow began to stagger about the streets, and was going towards the river, below Parliament-bridge. Some sailors perceiving the child's motions suspected be was intoxicated, and went up to him ; they soon dis covered the truth, and also where the child lived, and had him conveyed honae immediately. The woman in charge of him, being greatly alarmed at his appearance, for the little fellow began to foam at the mouth, had him taken to the South Infirmary, where medical aid was at OACC obtained, but it was too late, and about an hour or so after his admission death put a period to his suffer ings.—Cork Southern Reporter. We wish to call the attention of s pi nners to a sys tem which is now carrying . en, in th e north of Ireland, calculated to injure the fa ir trader, and, in the end, to rob the millowner. Certain parties, representieg them selves extensive manufacturers, are in the habit of pur chasing yarns largely at the mills, paying part i n cas h, and getting the remainder on credit. It hits been ascer tained, to a certainty, that these parties afterwards sell these yarns to manufacturers, on terms much lower than they originally purchased them for. It is easy to under stand what the result will be.-IVerthean Whig. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen will hold a Privy Council at the Castle on Thursday next, at half-past two o'clock. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, took an early promenade in the plea sure grounds. After the return of the royal party to the Castle, the Prince, accompanied by the Dukes of Saxe Cobourg and Wurtemburg, and the Earl of Liverpool, and attended by le Baron de Alvensleben and Colonel Arbuthnot, left the Castle in the mail phaeton, to shoot in the royal preserves. Mr. J. E. Anson and Colonel Wylde attending on horseback. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken for pony and walking exercise. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked out in the afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Marquis of Granby, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby took their departure from the Castle to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Ernest of Wurtemberg, attended by Baron de Alvensleben and Captain Vyner rode out on horseback in the Great Park this 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 Scots Fusilier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at his residence at Kew last evening, from a visit to Colonel Wynd ham, at Petworth House, Sussex. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord Granville Somerset, and Sir Ed ward Knatchbull. The Council sat three hours and a half. A deputation from the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, consisting of George Stacey, Robert Forster, J. Hinton. Joseph Cooper, Samuel Gurney., Josiah Forster, and J. Scoble, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. The Portuguese Minister and the Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party yesterday al his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo. nial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. GREAT ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS AND TOWGOOD'S BANKING HOUSE. A robbery to an awful extent was committed be tween Saturday night and Monday morning, in the banking-house of Messrs. Rogers, Towgood, and Co., bankers, of Clement's-lane. It was stated that bank notes to the amount of from 35,0001. to 40,0001. or 41,0001. were stolen out of the iron safe which is de posited in the hall of the inner office, and that securi ties to a very large amount have been taken by the thieves. It is a remarkable circumstance connected with this robbery, that on the morning of yesterday, when it was first discovered, there was no internal appearances from which suspicion could be entertained upon en tering the office that any robbery had been _perpe trated, or attempt at robbery had been made. Every thing was in its accustomed order ; the iron safe, in which the cash and securities were regularly depo sited, was locked, and the iron chest, in which it was usual to deposit the master-kay of the safe, to which there were two locks, was also secure. It was, we understand, the practice of the partners of the firm, of which there are said to be four, to re lieve each other in the heavy cash business of the house at stated periods, and each of them keep keys of the safe and iron chest; and it is supposed that one of these gentlemen left behind him his keys upon some occasion of hurry or forgetfulness, a d that with these keys the places of former security were violated. Some force had been used on a tin box in which several valuable securities were kept ; but it appeared that the thieves had made some mistake with regard to the exact position of these documents, for they worked on the wrong side, and are so far disappointed. They laid hands upon enough, how ever, to console them for their blunder, as appears from the enormous list of bank-notes announced in a large handbill issued last night. In that handbill are the particulars of the stolen Bank of England notes, which amount altogether to 40,7101. Of those hank-notes there are 168 for 51., 40 for 101., 37 for 201., 10 for 301., 12 for 401., 9 for 501., 10 for 100/., 5 for 2001., 1 for 5001., and 35 for 1,0001. The handbill states that further parti culars of the bills of exchange will be published, and that whoever will give s u c h i n f orma ti on as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty party or parties, or either of them, and recovery of the property, or any part thereof, shall receive 3,0001. reward, or a part thereof proportionate to the sum which shall be re covered. Mr. Nobler has been employed by the banking house to investigate the case, and has secured the able assistance of Daniel Forrester, the officer. As the firm do not belong to the Committee of Bankers against frauds and forgeries, Messrs. Bush and Mul lins have of course nothing to do with the prosecution. It appears that the money was deposited in the iron safe ; and, as usual, a clerk was appointed to watch over its safety during the day, and another clerk to perform the like duty during the night. One of the partners remaining at home yesterday, the day clerk asked permission to go out for a few hours, which was granted. At the accustomed hour in the evening the other clerk came, and remained during the night ; but when business was resumed yesterday morning, and the iron safe opened with the ordinary key, it was found entirely empty ; and yet no f orce whatever had been used in the employment of the means adopted to rid the chest of its valuable con tents. Of course, all is conjecture upon the subject. Notes to the amount of 35,0001. have been stopped at the Bank ; and Forester, the active and intelligent City police-officer, is engaged in endeavouring to trace the party guilty of this daring and flagrant crime. MR. MACREADY.—The baggage and effects of this gentleman, containing a considerable portion of the splendid dresses worn by him in his dramatic delinea tions, and which he took with him in his professional tour to the United States, hare arrived in the SL Katha rine's Docks, by the ship Quebec, from New York, and this eminent actor personally attended their examina tion by the Customs officers yesterday afternoon, and went through the usual forms of declaration, &c., re quired for their delivery as British returned private effects, duty free. Some of the dresses are exceedingly handsome. The majority of the company engaged by Mr. Mitchell for the ensuing English performances in Paris left town on Sunday morning for that capital, and Mr. Alacready intended to take his departure at the same time had he not been detained in order to obtain posses sion of his baggage. lie was to leave for the French capital last night by the Dover Railway, to make the ne cessary preparations for the completion of the arrange ments for the performance of English plays at the Opera Italien, which commence on Monday next. IZEINFORCBMENTS FOR THB BAR.—During Michael mas Term, no less than 54 persons were called to the bar, which at the commencement of term, as appeared by publication of the fact, numbered 2,243 individuals. Of the 54, 15 were called by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, eight by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, 29 by the Middle Temple, and two by Gray's Inn. Tlia SANATORIUM, OR HOME IN SICKNEsS.—Miss Burdett Coutts has made the munificent donation of 501. to this excellent institution. VICE-CHANCERY-(YESTERDAY) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENICAND.) BOHN v. BOHN. In this case there were two motions ; one on behalf of Mr. Bohn, the well-known bookseller of York-street, Covent-garden, who is the executor of Mr. John BAn, the testator in the cause, to discharge the order for an injunction made by his Honour on Tuesday last, and th• other on behalf of the plaintiffs, to have Mr. Bohn com mitted for a breach of such injunction. His HONOUR was of opinion that the plaintiffs had been wrong in applying to Mr. Bohn to have the testa tor's books and stock delivered to them, and that he ought not to part with the stock to any persons except the auctioneers appointed by the Master to sell it. On the other hand, his Honour considered that the plaintiffs had a right to be present, and see that proper lists were made of the books before the executors parted with them. It was sworn by Mr. Bohn, and by several other per sons that accurate lists had invariably been made, but it did not appear that the plaintiff had always seen them. Eventually it was arranged that no order should be made on either motion, it being understood that the order on Tuesday last was not to be acted on, and that all parties' costs of both motions should be paid out of the testator's estate. THE TRAGICAL EVENT AT MILE-END. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. • As soon as the excitement consequent upon the shocking discovery had in some degree abated, the apartment in which the unhappy creatures had de prived themselves of existence was strictly examined by Mr. Porter, the constable of Stepney. The un fortunate couple appeared to have taken the most de liberate pains to accomplish their fatal design. The supposition that they had gone out to church is sus pected to be somewhat groundless ; for it is now conjectured that, instead of going out, they must have slammed the door and immediately concealed them selves in the apartment in question, as they were not heard during the whole evening to re-open the street door. The corpse of the young woman, who was attired in a black satin dress, with jewellery on her fingers, and her hair done up in ringlets, lay on the face, with the left arm resting on the chest of her betrothed, his right arm being under her head ; and he lay on his back. Ile was dressed. Neither of their countenances were distorted. On the table was found a letter bearing the following superscription : " To Miss Margaret Chapman, Lucas •street, Com mercial-road. " It is our last and sacred wish that this letter be delivered into the hands of the above lady. Such is our final request, and whomsoever may find this we pray they may give the same to her. " E. W., C. W. D." The handwriting is that of the young man, and displays much firmness. The letter was sealed with black wax, with the following motto : " Absence pains, but cannot alter." Not the remotest idea can be formed by the fami lies of the deceased respecting the cause of the de plorable occurrence. No doubt the contents of the letter will assign their motive, and will be read before the Coroner's jury. The deceased Duckett was a gentlemanly young man, and it is stated that he was a clerk in the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests House. Such, however, we understand, is not the case, for, as we are informed, he has not been in regblar employment for some weeks past. This is reported to have been one circumstance that must have affected his mind, although he never wanted for anything, his father being in a respectable way of life as an ac countant. As regards his unfortunate partner, the poor girl, her mind of late has been affected ; she was the daughter of a surgeon (deceased), and her mother resides in Cannon-street-road, in a respectable sphere of life.