The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-16 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AN D Vubltt PtittOrt. " Who runs may read." PCMEXCiIIif A rumour prevailed at Paris that the King had caught %Severe cold at Fontainbleau, but it appears to be un founded. On 'Tuesday evening their Majesties received the Mi rasters of Marine and Commerce, the Duke de la Roche foucault, and the Count tie Biral. A Madrid letter of the 7th states that the Count de Trapani, brother of the King of Naples, is in that capi , tal, and that the report of an intended marriage between awn and Queen Isabella has been revived, On Saturday morning, during a severe storm, a seri ous accident occurred to the Spanish steamer El Se eundo-Gaditann, in entering the port of Marseilles. The Man in charge of the boilers having neglected to turn off the steam, one of them burst, and four men were so dreadfully scalded, that two died almost immediately, and the other two were, on landing, taken to the hospital in a dreadful state. All the passengers escaped injury. An interesting ceremony took place at Boulogne, in the church of the lower town, on the 7th inst. Mme. S auvag,e, a widow lady, celebrated the anniversary of her hundredth birthday. A great number of her friends, children, grand-children, and great-grand-children were Present. The officiating priest, M. Dufour, was 92 years of , age- The old lady's children are 72 and 75 years old, She has seen four generations, enjoys all her facul ties, and is remarkable for her unalterable good humour. Lieutenant-General the Count de Grouchy, Inspector- General of Cavalry, and recently appointed to the com mand of the 13th military division, has just had the mis fortune of mut lacing one of his hands in the machinery °f a mill upon his estate. In 1815, when colonel of a ringers o f h ussars , M. de Grouchy had three of the ringers of the same hand mutilated by a sabre-cut in a charg e against the Prussians at Fleurus. So active has the war department been, says a letter fr oul Vienna, in substituting percussion-muskets for those hitherto in use in the Austrian army, that 200,000 p e rcussion-muskets are now ready. All the troops in Italy are to be furnished with them. In the Seventh Chamber of the Paris Correctional p ole on Wednesday, a complaint was heard of the cele brated Vidocq, against M. Legris, a watchmaker, for libel. It appeared that in September last, M. Legris had been robbed of some watches and other property, and by te avice ois friends had applied to Vidocq to discover h the d f h thief. A woman named Debonnaire was taken up and convicted for the offence, and, on the trial, • Legris expressed himself in terms relative to Vidocq Ivhich the latter thought unjust, and calculated to do him a a injury. He brought an action against Legris in con sequence, but the Court considering that the defendant ba d spoken on his oath, and that the plaintiff did not come forward in person to urge his charge, dismissed the e at, and condemned Vidocq to costs. wisp has a royal order, dated Munich, the Bth inst., the has ordered that until he shall have decided other , all soldiers who are not Catholics, and who serve ,o virtu e of the conscription, shall not be employed in ,g the lines of Catholic processions when the host being carried. ZAIX, 41.7(1) POLIC33. In the Court of Exchequer, the Lord Chief Baron an, nom:iced that th e C our t was of opinion that rules mould be granted in the cases of Harrison v. Wright, Crellin v. Calvert, and Crellin v. Brook. His Lordship also announced, in the early part of the day, that Friday text should be additional special paper day. At the Mansion-house, five young women, who had Jut been discharged from Peckham workhouse, con nected with the City of London House, were charged with having broken eighteen panes of glass in the Man sion -house windows. It was stated that, while in the act of mashing the windows, they indulged themselves i roars of laughter. The Lord Mayor, in passing sen anniee'cgaid—You shall all go to Bridewell, to hard labour economi ca l diet, for two months; and so shall every Wi dw-br ea k er who is brought before me. Mr. Bin g h am , an au c tioneer, in Ryder's-court, Lei eeSter-square, was summoned, before Sir Peter Laurie and eir John Pixie, at Guildhall, for making an exces sive avid unlawful distress on the goods of Robert I i ew, in King's Head-court, Sh oe -lane. Bingham contended that the magistrates had no jurisdic tion. He would try the question with them. Sir P e ter Laurie said he would if necessary, assist the compl a inant to try the question, from hi s own purse. The defendant was adjudged to pay 505. as a compensation, which order be refused to comply with. The boy Watts, who draws crowds together_ in the streets, by sta n di ng on hi s h e ad on the spike of any iron raising, was brought up at Marlborough-street, charged with standing on his head on the railings of St. James's Church. He expressed a great dread of the work louse, and said he preferred a prison ; and on being ached by the magistrate how many times he had been in loison, lie thus replied Tell yer worship the whol e t. First of all I got seven days in Coldbath-fields for begging. Yen I come out I gave up that dodge, and stole a penny loaf, and got a fortnight at the mill. Next me and my partner stole some horranges, and . the beak guy us a month apiece at Tothill-fields. Arter that got seven days for jumping Jim Crow. Arter that two months, cos a pieseman cotched me by the scruff Of my neck, and I hev a stone at him, whot missed him and hit a ,boy behind a slap on the nose. Next got three veeks at norsomonger, for notink as I know on. Arter that 30 5., or the e° veeks at the New Prison, for breaking yin del's, cos they chucked water over me ; and that's all except this here, which is either Brixton or the verkhus, rot yer vership ploses. This history of convictions was given without the slightest hesitation, and as a matter of course. Mr. Hardwick gave the boy the option of making his election between a prison again or Maryle bone workhouse, as he appeared to have a settlement in that parish. The boy, after a short pause, decided on ;giving the workhouse another trial. The att en ti on of the Magistrate at Q ueen - square was dr awn, to the case of a young lady, who gave her name usorgiana Leigh Hayes, and stated that she was twenty "'en years of age. She represented herself to be the 'daughter of a wine -merchant, who had formerly carried on business on Tower-hill, but who died when she was only re seven years old. Her mother shortly afterwards theurd to were she was married to Mr. Picards, tens . e PtYecorder there, and proprietor of some ex tve lead works in the neighbourhood. He was for Z p it lii years in the mos t affluent circumstances, and kept u ve xb)' large establishment; but owing to severe losses asui t tl3 ,... lll e.ss, and an expensive and long protracted law ex ., watch ultimately was decided against him, he ... be net 111 u reduced, and died about fourteen months ago. n ionth :"e ,,en (applicant's mother) survived him but a hers., . Applicant, who had endeavoured to maintain nY keeping a day-school, and by doing plain iltrjee,(lle-work, found her efforts unsuccessful, and came .I:_l_4ondou in hopes of having better fortune. She was ..'4l)pointed in this respect, and having expended the ~..Kaendr means left by her mother, parted with her cloth g.until she was left with nothing but what she stood ight U. She was wandering the streets in the most destitute Lot conditi on , w i t h out f oo d or shelter, w h en s he L int ewith Mrs. Carr, who, recognising her, took her o, and en afforded the her all theto relief into her power. M whrs. rr mtioned case Inspector Taylor, o, be making i nqu i r i es, f oun d h er s t a t em ent to quite correct, and various sums of money were centritcnted for h er re li e f . Sh ort l y b e f ore t h e c l os i ng o f the Court, a gentleman entered and stated he was in list of of a Miss Georgiana Hayes, the daughter of a meld C . Hayes, and should this lady prove to be the iden titledParty of N°l°lll he was in search, she would be en to very coreeiderable p ro p er ty. He subsequently politely communi ca t e d t h e resu l t o f hi s v i s it. Mi ss _ L ay, was the d aughter of a Mr. Char l es H ayes, b ut ad stated that her father had no brothers. If this sa v t r is e fied . he could not be the Party, but he did not rest years of to that respect. Miss Hayes was only seven moved frotglat her father's death, had been re the She bore a striking resemblance to intAntieWirtsiliinpsesrrtvrieceet Anne M‘Cormack, recently a de- India raerch iolr re nt' Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a West wee brought lip r i ding in King-street,Finsbury-square, inveigled away examination, charged with having child, i'qn years ofera• master's daughter, an interesting with havog stole a.e, for immoral purposes, and also Aarons, her fellon a sovereign, the property of Leah charge of theft servant She was committed on the and r t h e , emanded on that of inveigling away The Gova.2c—rasurorrassas. pected M arquis and M arc hi oness o f Normanby are ex arrive in town on Monday next, from Mul grave Castle. The Marquis of Londonderry entertained his tenantry at dinner in the assemblyrooms, Newtownard, on Mon day last. The Countess of Glengall and the Ladies Butler have arrived at Lower Grosvenor-street, from Brighton. The Earl of Gainsborough will preside at the anni versary of the Rutland Agricultural Society, on the 4th of the ensuing month. Lady Howard de Walden and family left Harcourt House, the residence of the Duke of Portland, on Thurs day lad, for Southampton, where her Ladyship was to embark yesterday for Lisbon, to join Lord Howard de Walden at the British Effibassy in the Portuguese capital. Lord and Lady Beresforil intend passing the winter at necigebury Park, Kent. The Dowager Lady Ridley still continues at the Cla rendon Hotel, Leamington Spa, at which place she has been sojourning for some months. Her Ladyship is still in a very precarious state of health. According to the latest accounts from Harcourt _House the Duke of Portland was getting gradually better. The Marquis of Titchfield has, for the present, relinquished his projected continental tour. The Noble Marquis, wiLli the Ladies Mary and Harriet Bentinck, and Lord Henry Bentinck, remain at the Abbey with their noble parent. ITZSOMZZAN3!OT/11. On Friday eyeing a banquet was given at the Albion, Al dersgate-street ; by the Western Circuit to Mr. Justice Erie, on his elevation td the bench. Mr. Rogers, the leader of the circuit, was in 6e chair ; and, in addition to the members of the circuit, there were present Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Thomas 'Wilde, Mr. s ergean t I terewether, Sir John Awdry, W. Hayter, Esq., M. 1 3,3 and others, who, having some time left the circuit, were' anxious to participate in this mark of respect to the dis tinguished guest. A numerous and highly-respectable meeting took place in the Town-hall at Bridport, on Wednesday 'elung, the 13th inst., for the purpose of welcoming the arrival. of Mr. Cochrane among his constituents. About three hundred of the electors sat down to supper, and every corner of the hall was densely crowded. After the customary loyal toasts had been given, the health of t he non. Member was drunk with great enthusiasm, and the Honourable Member replied in a long speech, to ' wh ich We Give referred in a leader. On Thursday an important meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, including most of the large and influential manufacturers of the district, was held in the rooms in Town-hall-buildings, King-street, Manchester, for the purpose of considering the propriety of•memorialising Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton wool. The attendance of members was large. Several gentle man addressed the meeting, vho all agreed in condemn ing the tax in the strongest terms. In the end a memo rial to the Lords of the Treasury was unanimously adopted in favour of the immediate repeal of the tax. Upwards of 500 tons of hay have been completely de stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of the waters of the Shannon. The relatives of the late Mr. Arthur Gloster, of Moy lish, have offered a reward of 8001. for the discovery of the murderers of that gentleman, on the 4th November inst., near Rathlooba, county of Clare. In consequence of the high winds and extremely boisterous weather which has prevailed for the last week, and particularly during the early part of it, nearly the whole of the steamers trading to and from the Con tinent have been considerably behind their usual time, and several of them have been prevented from making the voyage at all. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—Tho following are the Total Receipts of ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 16 1844. 137 1,667 807 335 808 2,062 3,139 1,220 756 6,787 1,302 12,144 3,880 14,214 620 3,433 677 5,113 719 2,416 5,465 8,044 Nev. 9 8 NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • • • • Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • . • • . Brandling Junction . • • • • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • • . Chester and Birkenhead .. Dublin and Drogheda.. • • • • • • • • •• • • Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •• Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland .• • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • . • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.• • • • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction • • • . Great North of England Great Western . ... • • Liverpool and Maachester London and Birmingham . •• •• ••• London and London and Brighton..... London and Croydon ............... London and Greenwich ........... •• London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Meachester, Bolton, and Bury •••• •• Manchester and Birmingham.. • . Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties. ••• • - Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • .• • • • • • • Newcastle and North Shields.... • • •• North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • ..... • . • • Paris and Rouen ••••• • • • • •••• • • • • Preston and Wyre. : •. ... Sheffield and Manchester •••• •••• • South Eastern.• •.•• ...... •• • Taff Vale Ulster . • . • . • • • • Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • • • • • •• York and North Midland . •• • • • - •• • • 196 2,194 HOP DUTY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DUTY ON HOPS OF THE GROWTH OF THE YEAR 1844, DISTINGUISHING THE DISTRICTS, AND THE OLD FROM THE NEW DUTY. DISTRICTS. DUTY. Barnstaple Cambridgo Canterbury Cornwall Derby Dorset 273 24 821 12 o 2i 7 10 7 5. 1 7i Essex Gloucester Grantham 4O 3 11 - Hants 11,083 8 11/ Hereford Herts. Isle of Wight Lincoln 7,296 17 8 1,086 7 10 Lynn Oxford Reading Rochester Salisbury 11 11 2 10 0 0-4- 2 10 2i 113,9E0 18 0 16 18 2 Salop Stourbridge Suffolk Surrey Sussex Wales, Middle Wellington Worcester 6 8 3 1 1,327 3 5 4 615 12 3i 411 3 49,857 5 21 55 10 11 73 18 41 5,265 17 11 £256,240 15 21 Old Duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb 140,322 17 21 12-20 New Duty at 1 8-20 d. per lb 103,716 17 111 8.20 Additional T)uty of 5 per cent Der Act 3 Victoria, c. 17 12,201 0 Oi £256,240 15 21 G. F. COTTRELL, Accountant-General. Excise-office, London, 16th November, 1844. LATEST FROM CHINA. Letters have been received overland, from her Majesty's ship Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, dated Hong-Kong, July 31. The Agincourt, 72, Captain H. Bruce, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, was lying there, in company with the Minden, hospital-ship, Captain Quin, which ship was to be paid off in a few days, and the officers and crew, it was reported, would be sent home in the Pelican. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, it was ex pected, would take a second instalment of the Chinese ransom to Singapore, to be forwarded by the Harle quin, 16, Commander the Hon. George llastings, which ship may be expected to arrive in England about the end of January or beginning of February. A court-martial had been held on Lieutenant James B.:Kinsman, of the Wolverine, on charges of drun kenness, which being proved, he has been dismissed the service. The commands in the East were to be divided, that of the China forces to remain under Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the East Indies to be under a Commodore, supposed Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., of the Fox.—Devonport Independent. THE FIRE AT WEST BERGHOLT.—APP REHEN SION OF THE INCENDIARY.—Yesterday a man named Enoch Bibby was taken before the magistrates of Col chester, charged on suspicion with having set fire to the premises at West Bergholt Hall, the property of Mr. J. Round, M.P., in the occupat i o n o f M r. Ward. Th e prisoner was in Mr. Ward's employ, and had, it ap peared, been seen by one of the police, near one of the barns, with a candle and lantern, without being able to give any satisfactory account of himself. He had also said, while the fire was raging—" This is the way to get 'Ward's old beer out." Mr. Ward had just at this time sent some beer out to the men who were helping to ex tinguish the flames. At the house of the prisoner s grandmother was found a part of an old stuff curtain, which exactly corresponded with a piece of stuff, found partially burnt, in the farm-yard, and the prisoner had first denied and afterwards admitted that he had been at his grandmother's on the Sunday. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the cause of the fire ; but the circum stances stated in the evidence appeared of so suspicious a character that the magistrate remanded him until Monday next.—A.bridqed from the Chelmsford Chronicle. CONVEYANCE OF ROOFS RAILWAY.—A cir cular to the Railway Companies has been issued from the War-office. referring to the Act of last Session which renders it obligatory on the proprietors of several existing and all future railways authorised by or re quiring further powers from Parliament, to convey the military, their baggage, &c., at fixed rates, and stating that the Secratary-at-War considers it proper that the existing contracts with the railway companies for the eonveyance of her Majesty's troops shou ld be revised, ,nd that, if possible, the rates of charge and general tern." for their conveyance should be the same upon all the railw:vs in the United Kingom. The circular ex presses an opinion that the rates fixed by the Act will " afford adequate nnuners.tion for the service per formed ;" and an early answer is requested, as to whether the company addressed, if not norning under the Act will consent to these terms.--Railway _Record. SUICIDE. FROM DISAPPOINTED A FF ECTION.-....A1l inquest was yesterday held at Brompton, on the body of a soldier of the 11th Regiment, who had shot himself while on duty in his sentry-box, in Chatham Dopkyard. The mother of a girl whom the deceased had desired to marry stated that on the morning he committed the dreadful act she had told him it was of no use his seek ing her daughter, for that she was about to be married to another man. The deceased, she said, shed tears. She told him it was of no use his fretting—she thought nothing about him. He said, " Let who will have her, I hope the Lord will bless her." The girl herself was examined, and said that she had never given him any encouragement. The deceased's comrades deposed to some recent expressions of his strongly indicative of despair. The verdict was—" Temporary insanit " LOCAL LEGISLATION. —Last night's Gazette amidstthe now usual host of railway notices, informs us that the Corporation of London are about to apply for amended powers for improving the navigation of the Thames westward of London-bridge, and that a railway is projected, to commence at Richmond, by a junctwn with a " certain intended railway, called, or to be called, the Richmond and West-end Junction Railway," and to terminate at Staines, passing throug h Twickenham, Islewortb, Hemp ton, &c. Further, it appears to be designed that the present thoroughfare foe carriages , h orses, &c., along the eastern side of Lincoln's Inn-fields shall be stopped up, and a new footway formed " of the avidai of twenty feet," on the same side, in lieu thereof the wec,.dge of the present road to be ° annexed to the gardens and ground" of the society. EI.VTRICAL TELEGRAPHS IN FRANCE,..—The Mi nister of tho Interior has just appointed a Special Com mission to report 04 - ,. the advantages of the system of electrical telegraphs, and 'ti te p . ;‘,.sibility of their appli cation. The Minister had previously directed M. Al phonse Foy, Op administrator in chief of the teiegrAphic department, and two of the principal employes , to ins p ect the model of Mr;Bain's eie4ripal telegraph, which has been for some time privately exhibited F Paris. We are happy in being enabled to state, as Nve 192 . - lieve we may do on piropptept authority, that the Benchers of the frotiouraMe Society bincoln's Inn, and the Benchers of the lionoura.hie Society ,qf Guy's Inn, have instituted an inquiry into the alleged malprac tices at the bar of Messrs. Pyke, Crouch, and Frirren. For the present we abstain from all remark. —Chronicle. LATEST NEWS FROM THE RIVER PLATE. (From the Times.) For the following intelligence we are indebted to the courtesy of a highly respectable firm at Liverpool. The date from Buenos Ayres is the 31st of August. The Argentine Minister, General Guido, had in formed the Brazilian Government that Buenos Ayres would consider the departure of General Paz through their territories as an act of hostility, and accordingly Paz had been detained at Rio. This had caused a great sensation at Monte Video, and the circum stances was considered as most unfavourable. There had been a guerrilla on the evening of the 29th, in which the Monte Videans were said to have lost 100 men, their advanced posts having been sur prised by the Italian Legion of Oribe, so that the fight was entirely between foreigners. A French corvette had arrived at Buenos Ayres with dispatches for the French Admiral, The news brought from Europe by the packet was considered favourable for the Government,* and the accounts from Brazil being pacific we may naturally look forward for an improved business here, but no thing satisfactory can be done until the war with Monte Video is ended, on account of the constant squabbling with foreigners which the blockade and a state of warfare creates. The following protest against arbitrary and inju rious impositions by the Monte Videan Government had been signed by the various British residents and mercantile firms in that city : " Monte Video, Aug. 22. " Sir,—The undersigned subjects of her Britannic Majesty, residing in Monte Video, and occupying or owning homes or warehouses therein, respectfully call your attention to a decree of this Government, confiscat ing the real and personal property of all absentees (na tives or Spanish), also all rents due, or to become due, from such property. " Also, to another decree of the present month, exact ing new and exorbitant taxes monthly of four and six rials on each window or balcony, and two, four, and eight dollars per month on each door of house, shop, or warehouse, in addition to the municipal tax of ten rials per month hiterto paid on each door. " We beg to remind you, that under the first-men tioned decree, both shops and warehouses have been forcibly opened, and their contents seized by the existing authorities, to the serious loss of their lawful creditors, amongst whom are some of the undersigned. " We have also to remind you that the rents of the houses we inhabit belonging to absentees (if paid to the present authorities as demanded) will, in the event of a change of rulers, be inevitably demanded from us a second time by the owners, and we shall, at any rate, be liable to troublesome and expensive law suits and their results. " The second decree imposes upon us new and exorbi tant monthly taxes on our doors and windows. We be lieve this to be in direct violation of the tenth article of our commercial treaty, which exempts us from all mili tary contributions. Some of us are proprietors, against whom this is a direct tax ; others are only tenants, but such have no hope that their landlords will deduct the amount from their rents ; and such tenants will be finally implicated in the same vexatious law suits as before stated, should a change of Government take place. Be sides, the tax (not only contrary to the treaty, but enor mous in amount) is to be exacted by force monthly, and to support a war which has already ruined one half of the inhabitants of Monte Video, and is rapidly conducting the other half to the same abyss of misery, and, in many instances, to death. " We, therefore, request that you will allow us to ex tend a protest to her Britannic Majesty's Consulate in this city against both of the above decrees, as well as against the seizure of goods belonging to parties absent, indebted to us as before stated, and against the acts and deeds which have or may be practised against any of us by the existing authorities in endeavouring to carry the above into execution. " And we further request that you will permit us to deposit in her Bri:annic Majesty's Consulate the full amount in cash of all and every claim which the Govern ment may make against any of us, under either of the decrees above stated, such deposit to be finally paid over by you to the parties that her Majesty may in her wis dom direct ; or, if you object to this, that you will be pleased to guarantee us, that whatever change may take place in the political relations of the country, we shall at no future period be liable or be compelled to again pay the sums thus exacted. " We finally request that you will, at your earliest convenience, forward to her Britannic Majesty's Go vernment copies of the decrees in question, and also a copy of our letter, and be pleased to solicit their early attention to, and decision upon, all bearings of the ques tion, and beg respectfully to assure both them and you, that we confide in the wisdom and justice of their decision. 112 2,249 949 383 624 656 228 2,153 3,845 1,360 663 7,782 1,686 14,567 4,240 14,509 610 4,278 1,128 670 5,181 824 2,822 6,500 9,520 953 1,610 325 1,474 5,593 4,214 579 4,034 717 " We are, Sir, your obedient humble servants, " To Adolphus Turner, Esq., her Ma jesty's Charge d'Affaires." (Copy of the letter which accompanied the representa tion to Mr. Turner.) " Monte Video, Aug. 23. " Sir,—We have the honour to wait upon you with the accompanying letter, addressed to yourself by various British residents in this city, and respectfully requesting your attention thereto." (copy OF REPLY.) "Monte Video, Aug. 24. " Gentlemen,—l have to ackno w ledge the rece i p t of your letter of the 22d inst. (received to-day), in which you protest against two of the decrees of this Govern ment—one confiscating the real and personal property of all absentees (natives or Spanish), also all rents due or to become due from such property ; acid the second im posing a new monthly tax on the doors, windows, and balconies of the houses of this city. I have to inform you that according to your desire I have caused due note to be made of your protest in her Britannic Ma jesty's Consulate-General in this city, which may be ex tended at any time you may require it. I regret that I cannot comply with your request that I should permit you to deposit in her Majesty's Consulate-General the full amount in cash of all and every claim which the Government may make against any of you under either of the decrees above stated, or that I should guarantee, that in whatever change which may take place in the politital circumstances of this country, you should at no future period be compelled again to pay the sum exacted. " I do not feel justified in authorising you to resist the operation of a law which has been passed with the usual formalities required by the Constitution of the Repu blic, and I cannot depart from the usual practice observed by her Majesty's diplomatic agents abroad, by giving a gua rantee with reference to possible future contingencies. " I consider it to be my duty to state to you that I cannot approve of the language of that part of your letter which refers to the contest which is unfortunately bei n g carried on in this country, as I consider it to be highly desirable that her Majesty's subjects residing here should abstain from any public expression of sentiments which might be viewed as indicating a desire for the success of either of the contending parties. I have transmitted a copy of your letter and a copy of this reply to her Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " ADOLPHUS TURNER. " P.S. I have to request that you will furnish me with a copy of the first of the two decrees referred to in your letter." * Referring, we believe, to some loan. DISPUTE BETWEEN TIIE TWO DUTCH CHAMBERS. We have just received the Handelsblad of Wednes day, which contains an account of two sittings of the Second Chamber of the States-General, and of the discussion concerning the rejection of their address by the First Chamber. During the first sitting, Beer Thorbecke, Heer Witwerf Sterling, and others, argued, with some warmth, that the Second Chamber was competent to present a separate address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, and that it was even bound to do so. This will appear a bold statement after the official notification by the Minister of the Interior, Baron Schimmelpenninck, that the King must decline receiving a separate address. In the evening sitting of Tuesday, after several members had spoken, it was put to the vote whether the document transmitted from the First Chamber should be received as a notification, and it was decided by a majority of 29 to 25 that it should be rejected. The second question, whether the Second Chamber alone should present the address to the King which had been drawn up by it was resolved in the negative, by a majority of 35 to 19. The third question, whether the address adopted by the Second Chamber should be laid before the King, with an additional one informing his Majesty that the First Chamber had not thought proper to coalesce with it, was also resolved negatively by a majority of 32 to 22. The fourth question, whether the King should be merely informed of the reasons which prevented the States- General from presenting an address this year, was re solved in the negative by a majority of 39 to 15. the fifth and all-important question, whether the adopted address 4hpytid be presented by both Chambers of the States. General with n. notification pf the difference of opinion on the 15th paragraph, respecting q, yeyision of the fundamental law, was put to the vote, when there appeared an equality of num hers—g on each side. According to the rule of the Chamber in such a case, the decision of the question must be referred t the next sitting of the House, and it was conse quently resolved that the Chamber should take it into consideration . on the follow 4 -1; day, Wednesday. =herald. DUTCH l'UND3.—AnwrEaumd, NOY. 13. Actual Debt, Money. 8111 e. ‘2% per mt Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent e — . . - • PA 14tto, Ai,tt9, 4 per Cent. • • DAtd, ditto 5 per cetat. Arnett Syndic,4% per cent 583 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 9O Commercial Company, 4 1 ,4 per cent 145% Loan 1837, 4% per cent. Exchange on London, Onemonth Two months ..... Hatuburgh, One month Two months 35 25 Dutch Papers, Nov. 14. A QUACK DOCTOR COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mrs. Mary Harris (late of Aston-hall, Shropshire), before Mr. H. Churton, at Birkenhead, in consequence of the fol lowing certificate having been sent to the Coroner : " We, the undersigned medical officers of Birkenhead' at the request of Mr. Booth, the constable, have made in quiries relative to the death of Mrs. Mary Harris, of Aston hall, near Wem, and find that the deceased was attended by a person of the name of Port, an unqualified practitioner residing at Tranmere, who professes to cure cancer without the aid of the knife. She died, after the application of two plasters, under symptoms such as might be produced by the absorption of arsenic. " B. VAUGHAN, M.D. " T. C. FOULKES, Surgeon." The Coroner issued his warrant for the disinterment of the body, which, after some difficulty, was obtained, and a jury was empannelled on the 4th instant, but ad journed t? yesterd a y i n or d er to g i ve t i me f or the neces sary inquires and analyses to be made. The tacts in the certificate briefly stated were given in evidence by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Foulkes, and they were clearly of opinion that there were no marks of internal disease sufficient to cause death, except such as were the effects of some irritant poison. The whole of the internal viscera was healthy with the exception of the lungs, which were slightly emphysematous. On the right breast there was a large slough about . the size of a breakfast cup, extending about one inch into the substance of the flesh, and in this breast was a tumour, not partaking of a malignant character, about the size of a hazle-nut. (This was the part treated by Mr. Port for cancer.) The breast, sto mach, and its contents, as well as several other portions of the viscera, were removed, and placed in the hands of Professor Brett, of the Liverpool School of Medicine, for the purpose of being analyzed. Both witnesses were clearly of opinion that death had been caused by some irritant poison, and that had arsenic been applied to the breast, it might have been absorbed into the system, and would have produced the appearances and symptoms which presented themselves. Professor Brett stated, that he had made a careful analysis of the breast, the stomach, its contents, and the other portions of the viscera which had been delivered to him. He was, however, unable to detect arsenic in the internal portions of the body or their contents, but in the breast he clearly discovered it. This he obtained by what is termed the silver test, Marsh's test not being delicate enough. He added, that if arsenic had been applied externally to the breast of the deceased, it would be absorbed into the system, affect the stomach, and produce death, but that the period between the applica tion and the death would entirely depend upon the susceptibility of the patient and other circumstances. Mr. Port offered to produce a number of persons who were in attendance, and who, he stated, had been cured cancers ile which had been extracted by them, but the Coroner de esevpelasra t l e rs. also c o a o n ff e e e r r ed by to th p e ro a d p a p c li e ca b t a io fo n re of t h t e h j e ar s y am , de cided that such evidence could not be received. The CORONER, in summing up the case to the jury, said if they believed the evidence laid before them, it was their duty to find Mr. Port guilty of manslaughter. The jury, after half-an-hour's consultation, returned that verdict, and Mr. Port was forthwith committed, under the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the next Chester assizes. [We understand the prisoner has amassed consider able property in the neighbourhood of Birkenhead by his practice as a medical man, vast numbers of persons having placed themselves under his treatment, including persons of rank and title, and much larger fees having been paid to him than would be given to regular and authorised practitioners. He at once admitted before the Coroner that he had no diploma as a medical man.] IRELAND. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHAPEL. DUBLIN, Nov. 13.—The . following strange statement appears in the Tipperary V i nd i cator:_" CLONMEL, N ov . 10.—On this day the Catholic soldiers belonging to the 4th Royal Dragoons, Artillery, and 90th Light Infantry at present stationed at Clonmel, were marched under arms; as usual, to hear mass at the new Chapel, under the command of a young Sub, belonging to the 90th, when the Rev. Mr. De Burke, the clergyman officiating, turned round to announee to the congregation that the tribute of a nation's gratitude to their liberated martyr would take place on next Sunday. The moment that the much-dreaded name of O'Connell was mentioned, up started the gallant officer and rushed down the gallery, his long sword knocking against the steps, and which in his haste was nearly tripping him up, and sending him down in more haste than he bargained for in the onset. Arriving in the aisle of the chapel the commander of the forces beckoned to his troops to leave the chapel, but the poor fellows were too intent on listening to the eloquent appeal of the patriot priest to see what their officer was at. He then ran up to the front of the gallery and or dered the men to march. They, of course, obeyed, with seeming reluctance, when they were ordered to fall in, and the roll called, it was discovered there were some of the gallant fellows still in chapel, and a file of men, with shouldered arms, were ordered in to bring the defaulters out l—a mission which was effected after a very short dine. The poor fellows were then marched to their bar racks." MR. O'CONNELL AND THE ARBITRATION LAWS. DUBLIN, Nov. 14.—The Freeman's Journal contains the following correspondence : " Darrynane Abbey, Nov. 10, 1844. " My dear Gray—There is a subject of the greatest importance to which I think it is now time to call your attention. I mean, that of forming tribunals for ar bitration in as many places in Ireland as may seem de sirable. " I call your attention particularly to this subject for wo reasons. First, because you are no longer a member of the As sociation, and cannot, therefore, be indicted by the noble pair of friends, B rewster and Smith, for a foul conspi racy' to enable the people of Ireland to obtain justice without any expense. "Secondly, because no man is better acquainted with the details for working out e ffi c i en tl y th e plan of such tribunals. " Will you th en, my good friend, join with me in set ting the cro wn l awyers and their prompter at de fi ance ; and helping me t o b r i ng home cheap justice to a ll t h e Irish people , wh o are anxious for (as who i s not ?) th a t inestimable article ? " For my part, I have made up my mind, no matter at what risk, to ass i st the Irish people in the establishment of a universal system of arbitration. " There will be three great advantages derived from that system : " First—lt will enable the Irish to have their cont versies decided by judges of their own choosing ; and in whom, therefore, th e y " Secondly —It will enable them to h ave t h e i r con troversies carri e d on and terminated w i t h out an y ex p e nse whatever. have confidence. " Thirdly—Tt -- will greatly diminish the awful flip pancy of oath-taking ; and will, therefore, diminish con siderably the horrid crime of perjury. " If I were able, by wasting all the exertions of the remainder of my life on the subject, to prevent only one perjury, I would deem my labour most amply rewarded. Will you then, my excellent friend, assist me ? Will you, in fact, becom e my secretary, to carry ou t my p l an for the working of th e arbitrat i on t r ib una l s upon as ex tensive a scale a s p ossible ? If you d o, and I have no doubt that you will , agree to assist me, I do beg of you to arrange all th e materials f or such a plan in the in terval that will el apse between th i s and my return to Dublin. _ " Our plan must have no connexion whatsoever with the Association, n h as in a n y wa y t o i nvo l ve t h a t b o d y i n our trust our plan will n o t b e the l ess effica ciousas we will, I hope, co m p ensate acts.ot uatu But I account s o by energy and activity, for the loss of the influence which the Association so legitimately possesses. " I propose that, immediately upon my arrival in Dub lin, we should send a circular to some person, clergyman or layman, in each locality, requiring to know whether an arbitration tribunal be requisite or advisable. W e shall then proceed to procure persons suited to be arbi trators and willing to undertake that most useful duty. Of these a sufficient number for each district shall be named, and in each case, two or more of them will sit, at stated periods, to hear such cases . as shall be submitted to their award. " The submission in each case must be the voluntary act of the parties litigant ; without dictation or control of any other person. 4, B u t I need not enter into further detail. You are perfectly conversa nt with the operation and modes of n ag abundantly prove. your reports to 4, w e s h a ll keep within the strictest l e tt er o f t h e l aw. Nationalu t a sy s ystem n m e p o e f a a l r A b i s t s r o a c t i i a o t n i 0 , But, doing so, we shall p rocure f or the people of Ireland cheap justice, workingt the L oya l o speedy justice, and justice untainted by any suspicion of partiality or corruption. Soliciting your aid, I have the honour to be, your fellow-martyr and faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. •' John Gray, Esq ., M.D., proprietor of the Freeman's Journal." To the above letter Dr. Gray has returned the follow ing answer : Freeman's Journal Office, Nov. 10. My dear Sir—You can command my services as your secretary in carrying out your p roposed plan for the establishment of a rbitra tion tribunals. " Separated, as I unwillingly am, from the Repeal As sociation, I rejoice that you have assigned me a depart ment in which I can again personally labour in the great work of na tional regeneration. " Deeply gratified that anything I have hitherto done should be so reMembered by you as to have induced you to think my assistance worth asking for, I remain, my dear sir, with the deep est sentimen ts of respect and at tachment, as a friend and an Irishman, faithfully yours, " JOHN GRAY. P" " Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M . ! CONFLICT WITH THE H POS, OR- LAW COMMIS KONE journals, In all direc tions _ hitshiesbboeacrodamionfggaaavredrivansearaioruesemp matter. In arms against the Poott-LA.7 commissioners. TheroOlci4 l receiyed this day, supply the following details : —The guardians of mthiettßeealwlianaroabpepouineiteoiad m to e t t a o k n e t i ll o e to ls o t e u ei l a t. jra lh o? t a hceorme: solutions adopted by the Limerick guardians. succeeding Co-IStsr'Stlorlc.LYGeustrrdPary"tts communication s *is,- re ceived inn i town from Sir COlemaii CYLOghlen, flat there was e'inty prospect of the Limerick guardians" against the peor 7 law` commissioners pi the" Court of queen?s BOnth.-'-Liinetlck Rerbilfr '9,1 - tsieNq., " ' The Tuam guardians are threatened with the ven geance of the Queen's Bench by the poor-law Commis sioners, for not issuing warrants to the collectors of the rate, after having declared a rate in the union. The perverse conduct of the poor •law commissioners in.s a tendency to make repeaters or federalists of the union guardians to Ireland.— Limerich Chronicle. Captain O'Brien, 72(1, has got notice of an action al law for breach of promise of marriage to Miss Forrest, of Mitchelstown. AFFRAY WITH PIRATES ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LOSS OF LIFE. (From the Devonport Independent.) We have been favoured with a perusal of a very interesting letter from her Majesty's brig Alert, 6, Commander Bosanquet, from which we have made the following extracts : " Information having been given by the master of the Courier, merchant brig, that a party of her crew, as also of the Margaret, merchant barque, having landed on the island of Anguin, near Cape Blanco, lat. 20 47 N., long, 17 2 W., Western Coast of Africa, for guano—which had been represented as being very plentiful there—had been savagely mur dered by the natives (a tribe of Arabs) ,on that part of the coast, their boats taken away, and that three of the crew were still remaining on the island, se verely wounded, her Majesty's brig Alert was or dered up from the Galinas, to make the necessary inquiries concerning the fate of the three men. She arrived off Cape Blanco on the 7th of September, and proceeded upwards of fifty miles within the shoals ; but from the shallowness of the water and the intricacy of the passage—it having never been sur veyed, and there oftentimes being no more than 13 feet of water, the brig drawing 121 feet, she could not get nearer than Cape Salinas. Having reached this point, the pinnace and two gigs, manned and armed, with Captain Bosanquet, Lieut. H. B. Creyke, Mr. Wilkes, surgeon, Messrs. Parker, purser, and Cooke, and about thirty men, started on the endeavour to find out the settlement ; but from the place being so imperfectly known, after exploring every little bay alongside, and sounding all round, they returned the next morning without success. The following morn ing the boats again left the ship, manned and armed as before, and after pulling in another direction for five or six hours, in the heat of the day, (themr. 105 in the shade), when suddenly rounding a headland, came in sight of the island of Anguin, and observed the island literally covered with armed men, with six large boats, three apparently English, on the sands near the town, in a strong posi tion, under an old French fort—the island having formerly been in the hands of the French. Our boats pulled within a few yards of the beach, but, having heard of the treachery of these people, it was deemed prudent, for the present, not to land; all this time the natives used every artifice in their power to in duce the boats to come on shore. At last Mr. Parker, in the first gig, was ordered in shore, under cover of the marines in the pinnace, and had a con ference with the chief, who stated that the three men in question had died of their wounds, but he could get no further information. The next thing to be done was to get possession of the merchantmen's boats taken by the natives, as before stated. About nine o'clock in the evening, a murmuring noise being heard on shore in the direction of the boats, sup posed to be the hauling them higher on the sand, we immediately weighed our grapnel and pulled in, just keeping afloat. Sergeant Symes, of the Marines, was ordered to fire a musket, to intimidate the na tives, but he had no sooner done so than they gave a most terrific yell, ran down to the edge of the water in a mass, and commenced a very heavy and well directed fire of musketry on our boats. The firing was returned pretty warmly by our gallant Marines and small-arms party, but owing to the night being more than ordinarily dark, we could only judge of the position of the natives by the flashes of their muskets ; our party was a better mark for them, the ripple on the water, and the white jackets an d accoutrements of the darines, making the objects more conspicuous, and enabling them to take deadly aim. In a few minutes, in the pinnace, one of the Marines was killed, and fi v e wo u n d e d. t being then too dark to land, and not knowing the strength of the pirates, which, at least, must have been upwards of 100, and well-armed, we hauled off, to renew the attack with more advantage in the morning. At daylight, on landing, we found that during the night this haunt of pirates had been abandoned, and not the least vestige of the people, boats, &c., could be seen, with the exception of two guns, one of which—a very fine piece of ordnance, a six-pounder, supposed to have belonged to the Margaret—we brought off. Not being able to gain further intelligence of the pirates, and the wounded in the boats being uneasy, we soon returned to the ship. From the quantity of blood traced to the door of the chief's house, it is presumed he must either have been killed or wounded, which, in all probability, was the cause of their decamping during the night, as they had showed great spirit and determination on the preceding evening. The names of the killed and wounded on our side are, George Bailey, private, It. M., killed ; John Cole, private, R.M., died from his severe wounds shortly after returning on board ; Abel Seymour, A. 8., wounded in the head, since dead ; Thomas Glanville, gunner's mate, slightly ; Geor ge L um b, gunner ' s mate , two mus ket balls in right arm, and one in right breast, recover ing fast ; Thomas Hancock, quarter-master, one musket ball in neck and arm-pit, nearly well. " P.S. Near Cape Blanco, it will be remembered, the Medusa, French frigate, was wrecked in 1816. The wind blowing exceedingly heavy, and an ugly sea rising rapidly, it behoves seamen to be careful in approaching that part of the coast." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The Griffin, 3, Lieutenant.. Commander C. Jenkin, arrived at Spithead, this day at noon, from Port Royal, bringing invalids from the squadron. The Vindictive, 50, is reported ready for commission, and is expected to hoist the pendant in a few days, to supersede the Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, as flag-ship on the Cape of Good Hope station. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant •Commander W. Robson, is equipping in the harbour to protect the fisheries on the Sussex coast, her former duty. The Fair Rosamond schooner, paid off on Saturday, is being surveyed for re-commission. The Lynx, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Nott, was in Tarbert Roads on the 11th instant, expecting sailing orders for Lisbon daily. The Lark, schooner, Lieutenant- Commander Lawrence, was at Nassau, New Brunswick, on the 20th, of Sep tember, all well. The 'Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, went into har bour at Devonport, on Saturday, to be paid off. The Amazon, razie 42, at Sheerness, is reported com missioned by Captain J. J. Stopford. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Glasse, was ordered into harbour yesterday at Devonport, to be paid off. She ar rived at Bombay on Saturday, having made the passage in seven weeks. She was inspected in the Sound, on Tuesday, by Captain Dickson, of the San Josef. , The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, left Plymouth Sound for Cork, on Sunday, but was driven back by stress of weather, on Tuesday. The Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Postle, went into Barnpool on Wednesday, her crew having pre viously received wages. She will leave in a day or two, for Gibraltar. Very heavy gales have been blowing on this coast since Sunday, from S.S.W. to W.S.W. They somewhat abated this morning. Extraordinary high tides prevailed during the gales. The water rose much higher than has been observed for three or four years, and the houses alongshore have been deep in water in the cellars, and considerable damage and inconvenience occasioned. THE EXPERIMENT AT PORTSMOUTH WITH CAPTAIN NORTON'S SHELLS. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.—The trial of these shells took place this morning on board the Excellent, in the presence of General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Captain F. Rowley, Capt Norton, Colonel Dansey, B.A. Colonel Trevor, and several engineer and artillery officers. The firing com menced at nine o'clock, and the shells were thrown from a 68 and 32-pounder guns. The old Swiftsure is lying aground at the distance of about 1,400 yards from the Excellent, heeling over at an angle of about 20 degrees, her deck exposed to that ship. A large canvas target was placed at the port side of the Swiftsure's bow, the intention being to strike her in that part of the ship ; but a strong breeze blowing directly across the line of fire, prevented that accuracy of aim which, no doubt, would have been entirely per fect but for this circumstance. As it was, the practice was most perfect, as the following account of the shells fired will show : Shell No. I. Missed the ship, when striking the mud a second time exploded. No. 2. Struck ship at the chestrees and exploded. No. 3. Struck the fore pole, or mast, and exploded. No. 4. Missed ship, exploded on striking the mud. No. 5. Missed, exploded in mud. No. 6. Struck ship, port side midships, and exploded. No. 7. Missed ship, exploded in the mud. No. 8. Struck starboard cathead and exploded. No. 9. Entered port broadside and exploded on the main deck. No. 10. Struck ship's deck starboard] side and ex ploded._ _ No. 11. Struck deck and starboard rail and exploded, No. 12. Struck the forecastle and exploded in the heads blowing out the planking. No. 13. Entered through the quarter-deck by the main hatchway combings and exploded, blowing out part of the starboard side. No. 14. Struck bulwark of forecastle and exploded. No. 15. Passed over Swiftsure and exploded in the mud. No. 16. Entered ship's deck abaft forehatch and ex ploded on main, deck. No. 17. Entered the deek near main-hatch and ex ploded on main-deck. No. 18. Entered the deck near fore-hatohway and ex ploded on main -deck, No. 19. Entered 00 deck by after-hatch and exploded on main-deck. NO. 20. Entered the deck abaft thn mainmast and ex ploded, No. 21. Misqed, at 4 explodod on striking nAud. No. Struck dc'ck by fore-hate.4way and c.:4lcde.p. NO. 23. Struck the caliyas tar? , l ei the 13111 4 x:cye, eoered the ship nt `'- ami eißladeci. -3 above ~ ...te port side, forward, Ai, wni be seen, from the above list of shells fired, that the firing was ver a ' splendid, very few shells missing the ship. We visited the Swiftsure after the firing ceased, and we were most astonished at the destructive power of these shells, and at the extreme accuracy of the fuzes ; every shell exploded in an instant after striking the object ; even the concussion on striking the mud had the effect of bursting it, the iron of the shell splitting into small fragments. The quarter deck, main deck, and even the lower deck, were literally strewed with the fragments, accompanied by quantities of splinters of deck stanchions, &c. Had the Swiftsure been fully manned, the decks, from the twenty-three shells fired, must have been com pletely cleared of men—hardly any could have escaped. We are decidedly of opinion that this shell is by far the most deadly and destructive that we have ever seen, principally from the correct and timely bursting, from the ingenious effect of the concussion on the fuze ; and we have no doubt but the competent officers that are ordered to report thereon will give a very favourable account of it. To-morrow, we understand, a further trial will take place, and likewise a trial of Colonel Dansey's shells. (From the Devonport Independent.) Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, 72, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., was towed into harbour on Saturday by the Flamer and Confiance. She will be paid off on Thursday next. Her Majesty's steamer Alban, Lieut. Frederick Lowe, arrived on Thursday from the Cove of Cork. Her Majesty's sloop Pelican, 16, Commander Justice, may shortly be expected from the East Indies, with the second instalment of the Chinese ransom ; and we have reason to believe she will bring home the officers and crew of the Minden, orders having been received to pay that ship off at Hong-Kong. Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36, Capt. Fremantle, and the Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. Charles Elliot, were at Vera Cruz on the 2d ult. Her Majesty's sloop Rose, Is, Commander llenry Sturt, was . at Tampico on Sept. 25. Her Majesty's surveying vessel Lark, Lieut. G. Law. rence, was at Nassau on the sth ult. Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Capt. Charles Talbot, arrived in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, from Hali fax, on her way to the East Indies, on Sept. 13. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern, 16, Commander Edmund Peel, from a cruise ; and the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander George N. Broke, from Algoa Bay, arrived in Simon's Bay on Sept. 13. Her Majesty's ship Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8., arrived at Madras on Sept. 2, on her way to Eng land to be paid off. ENTERTAINMENT TO MR. JUS TICE ERLE. Yesterday evening a banquet was given at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, by the Western Circuit, to Mr. Justice Erle, on his elevation to the bench. A most sumptuous entertainment was provided on the occasion by Messrs. Staples. Mr. Rogers, the leader of the circuit, was in the chair, and was supported not only by the present members of the circuit, but in addition the body were rejoined by Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Merewe ther, Sir John Audrey, W. Hayter, Esq., M.P., and others, who having some time left the circuit, were anxious to express their concurrence in the unanimous feeling which had prompted this token of respect to their distinguished guest. The party were also joined by Sir Frederick Thesiger, as representing the Attorney-Ge neral, Sir W. Follett, who was also a member of the Western Circuit. After due justice had been done to every delicacy which the accustomed efforts of the proprietors of the Albion could provide, and the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Health of Mr. Justice Erle." The company, by their long-continued acclamations, indicated how much they concurred in the sentiments expressed by the chairman. Mr. Justice ERLE, in returning thanks for the hearty reception and princely entertainment he had received, begged to add that he accepted the kindness of his friends around him not more for the hearty goodwill which their applause indicated than for the satisfaction which their applause expressed of his conduct during the years which he had spent in intimate connexion with the members of the Western Circuit. The maintenance of the high character of the bar was essential to its posi tion, and the expression of kind feeling which he had received he hoped might be taken as an approval on the part of those with whom he had so long associated that his efforts had been directed to that end. " The Health of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals" followed, for which Sir F. THESIGER returned thanks ; and the evening was concluded with the most perfect concurrence of a large body of the bar in a sentiment expressed by the Solicitor-General, that " the only credit due to the Government was, that they had selected the best man." MR. SERGEANT ANDREWS. Yesterday forenoon, Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, and a jury of fifteen householders of Hampstead, assembled at the Coach and Horses Inn, Heath-street, to pursue an inquiry into the melancholy circumstances connected with the death of Thomas Andrews, Esq., aged 68, sergeant-at-law. Considerable interest was felt in the proceedings. In addition to several medical gentlemen, the inquest-room was also crowded by gentlemen of the legal profession, and personal friends of the deceased. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body, which lay in the sleeping apartment of the un fortunate gentleman, at his late mansion on Hampstead hill. The wound in his throat was horizontal, about two inches and a half in length, and of considerable depth, having completely severed the windpipe to the extent described. - "On the return of the jury the evidence was entered into as follows: Sarah Priest deposed she was a married woman, and resided in Medway-street, Somers-town. She was a nurse, and had formerly acted in that capacity in the family of the late Mr. Sergeant Andrews. She was present at the death of that gentleman, which took place at half-past one in the morning of Wednesday last. She had been sent for by Mr. Headland, surgeon, of Guilford-street, on the previous Thurs day, to attend on Mr. Sergeant Andrews. On her arrival she found him in bed, and that he had a wound in his throat. The medical gentlemen in attendance on the deceased were Mr. Evans and Mr. Headland. She attended him from the time she had mentioned up to the period of his death, but she was wholly incapable of forming any opinion as to the state of his mind. He did not object during that period to anything which was done for him by the medical men, and the only remarks she heard him make were complaints of great pain in the head. The CORONER—Of what part of the head did he complain ? Witness—He would frequently put his hands up to either side of his head, and exclaim " Oh, my head. Oh, the pain is more than I can bear." Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Willing, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Headland were present at the time deceased died. Mr. Herbert Norman Evans deposed that he was a surgeon, and resided at Hampstead. About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday week he was sent for, to attend Mr. Sergeant Andrews, who he was informed had inflicted a wound in his throat. On going to the residence of the learned sergeant, he found him lying on a sofa in the front parlour, and Mr. Willing, a neighbouring chemist, in attendance. He had a large wound inflicted horizontally in the front of the throat, and appeared very weak from loss of blood, although there was not much bleeding at that time. Witness examined the wound, the pressure of which enabled deceased to speak, but he did not do so immediately. I was told that he had been found by Mrs. Andrews lying on the rug in the front parlour with his throat cut, bleeding profusely, with a i razor by his side. That he had been lvizg in bed all day, in conse quence of having a bad headache, lie had been seen there some ehort time betbre by his lady, having nothing on but his stockings, drawers, and night-dress, and was found in that condition. On examination of the wound, he found that it had entered the windpipe, in which there was a large opening. Thought the case serious from the first on account of deceased's age, and the fact that he had been an invalid for many years ; there were, however, no very serious symptoms, up to the night of his death. Was sent for by Mrs. Andrews about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night last, and was then tuld there had been internal bleeding, but there was only slight in dication of such being the case. He sat by deceased up to a quarter-past one on Wednesday morning, when at that time he suddenly jumped up in bed, and the blood poured profusely from the nose and mouth, and in a few seconds after he ceased to exist. The CORONER—To what did you attribute the bleed ing you allude to ? Witness—To some internal vessel having given way, in consequence of a violent fit of coughing with which deceased was seized at the time. The CORONER—What was the immediate cause of death? Witness—Suffocation. The CORONER—So then you do not ascribe it to the wound in the throat? Witness—l think if he had not inflicted the wound in his throat he would have been alive now. I think, however, it was a vessel in th e l ungs gave way, and the intern a l bleeding caused suffocation. The CORONER—How do you know that it was a vessel of the lungs? Witness—That was my surmise. The CORONER—If a vessel gave way in the lungs, in stead of the wound :in the throat aiding suffocation, it would be likely to prevent it by allowing the blood to escape. Mr. Headland here stepped forward, and said, as the medical attendant of deceased for some years, that Ser geant Andrews was subject to bleeding of the lungs, but although that was the case, they had agreed that the primary cause of death was the wound. The CORONER said that would not do. The doubt which Mr. Evans had raised could not be removed with out a post mortea4 examination. In such a case as the present it was of the utmost importance to the family of deceased and others that the precise cause of death should be ascertained, and for this purpose the inquiry must be adjourned. The inquiry was then adjourned accordingly. NEW MAYORS.—We subjoin a list of the Mayors elected at the following places, on Saturday last : Barnstaple—Robt. Budd, Esq. ; Beaumaris—Thos. Wil liams, Esq. ; Birmingham—Alderman Phillips ; Bolton —John Slater, Esq. ; Carlisle—James Steel, Esq., editor of the Carlisle Journal ; Chester—Chas, Potts, Esq. ; Congletoa—J. Bulkeley Johnson, Esq. ' • Exeter—Ald. Woolmer ; Lancaster—E. D. Salisbury, Esq. ; Leeds— Ald. Lupton ; Liverpool—Ald. Lawrence ; London —Ald. Gibbs ; Manchester—Ald. A. Kay ; New Port Monmouthire)—E. Dowling, Esq, editor of the, M r l in; r;eston—Ald. Paley SlogLipov{—Ab 3 e son ; Swa,nseciolku -. John Wilkin- Edwv4 1 41 • 4 4 4 , v h , • ...,‘rason, Esq. ; Totness— 164.-1:-• —, Esq. ; Wigan—Thos. Eckersley, —,verpool Mercury. MIDDLE TEMPLE, Nov. 15.—Mr. C. 11. White hurst, recently appointed one of her Majesty's Council, took his seat this day, as a Bencher of the lion. Society of the M ddle Temple. 2,117 THE CRY FOR THE REPEAL br THE MALT DUTY. The English farmers are now raising a cry of dis tress—a thing they never fail to do when food is cheap and the country prosperous. On such occasions they do not look for relief to the parties who ought to afford it, their landlords, but they besiege Parliament with petitions, either for the imposition of some new tax under the name of protection, or the repeal of some old tax which, in their opinion, presses particu larly upon their order. Accordingly, a movement is now commencing for the repeal of the malt duty, an impost which is invariably attacked when the farmers do not find themselves comfortable. Sometimes it is avowed that their motive is to raise the price of barley by increasing the con sumption, but in general the false pretext is put forward of compassion for the working classes, or a benevolent desire "to cheapen the poor man's pot of beer." This was the cue taken up at a meeting held upon the subject in London last week. One orator, a Mr. Ellis, declared that "it was more than human nature could put up with for a man to do field-labour, and to be compelled to drink nothing but tea or water." Mr. Baker " considered beer almost as necessary as bread," and was willing to pur chase the more liberal use of this beverage for the poor, even at the expense of an addi tion to the income-tax! But Mr. Hobbs capped the climax by announcing the great discovery that water drinking is fatal to life. "They must all (he said) have seen, in going through the union houses throughoyt the kingdom, numerous children who had lost their fathers from being obliged to drink water ;" and for the benefit of the faculty, he states the type which the water-ill assumes. In the southern counties, " Some men with large families had drunk water till they brought on consumption !" Such are the pitiful fictions with which these men colour over a scheme purely selfish. The truth is, that with the single exception of the tobacco duty, there is not a better tax in our whole fiscal system than that on malt. First, it is very productive. Last year it yielded a clear revenue of 4,873,0001., which, if given up, we defy the ablest financier to replace by any impost which would not be attended with tenfold difficulty and tenfold inconvenience to the public. Secondly, the malt duty has the advantage of being fairly levied, for there is little smuggling' in the ma nufacture. Thirdly, it falls on an article more a luxury than a necessary of life , and nearly as muc h abused as whisky and gin. Fourthly, it presses so lightly as scarcely to be felt by the great mass of those who pay it. Upon the species of porter called beer in England, which constitutes the favourite drink of the working classes, it amounts precisely to 60. upon the barrel of thirty-six gallons, that is two pence per gallon, or one-third of a penny on the pot. The fourpenny pot, therefore, if the 'duty were abo lished, would cost the retailer abrAit one farthing less than is now charged. Alr: cemen t s, never made by farthi ngs o however, are such articles, and the re sult would be, either that the price would be lowered a halfpenny, and the beer reduced in strength ; or the price would remain at fourpence, with a pro mise to raise the quality, which the brewer would not long be able to fulfil, if the abolition of the duty ef fected the objected of those who carried it, that of en hancing the price of barley. Like the tobacco duty, the malt-tax being chiefly paid in pennies and far things, its weight is scarcely felt. We ask how a sum of nearly five millions could be raised in any other way so easily, and with so little injury to any person ? Moreover, who could gain by the change ? How could even a reduction of one halfpenny on the fourpenny pot (one. eighth of the price), produce any sensible increase of consumption, or any sensible rise in the price of barley ? Any person who ex amines the subject patiently may easily satisfy himself that the sole effect of the abolition of the malt duty would be to throw away five millions of re venue, without benefit to any class. Absurd and mischievous as such a step would be, our rapacious landocracy are daring enough to attempt it. Twice within the last twelve years has the House of Com mons, with blind selfishness, passed a vote against the continuance of this tax ; and twice has the Chancellor of the Exchequer prevailed upon the Members, by his prayers and tears, to stultify them se l ves b y recall .. ing their v o t e ! It behoves the oountry, then, to be on its guard, and watch their manoeuvres; for the re peal of a tax yielding five millions, leads inevitably to the imposition of another, or others, of equa l amount. The pre sen t malt-tax is but a remnant of that which existed in 1815. While the duties on tea sugar, soap, windows, fire insurance, and many others felt to be oppressive, were left untouched, the land holders lost no time in reducing the duties on malt, always acting on the idea that these duties kept down the price of barley. In 1815 the tax on malt, in c:uding the beer duty, was about 565. or 68s. the quarter, or nearly triple its present amount. In the first year of peace, when rents were falling, away went the " war malt duties," equal to 16s. the Winchester quarter. In 1822, a year of agricultural dist• ess , what was called the " annual malt-tax" of Bs. the quarter was thrown overboard. n 1830 the same parties procured the rePP;dl of the beer duty, which was equal, we he l :leie, to 12s. on the quarter of malt. About se:ven millions of revenue were sacrificed to aPPeese the cravings of the landholders, a n d a id th em i n th e i r va i n attempt to uphold war prices in time of peace. They are still not satisfied ; and we should not be at all surprised to see the residue of this duty, which burdens nobody, and is very productive, swept away because such is their will and pleasure, while a multitude of unjust, Unequal, and grinding taxes are spared. What the farmers have gained by these and all the other real or pretended efforts for their relief by legislation, their present complaints and outcries show. We could scarcely believe the testimony of our senses, when we saw so sound-headed a statesman as Lord John Russell drop some expressions on the last day of the session intimating that the repeal o f th e malt tax was a subject worthy of consideration We sup pose his Lordship, when he made this remark, was prepared to render the income-tax permanent, or to re-impose the house duty, or the higher duties on glass, paper, and soap, or to adopt some measure equally strong.—Scotsman. DEATH OF Da. ABERCROMBIB.—We are sorry to announce the sudden demise of this celebrated and phi lanthropic physician. The deceased was seized with a fit of apoplexy, at his residence in York-place, this morn - ing, which proved almost immediately fatal. The loss of Dr. Abercrombie will be deeply and severely felt. His benevolence was unwearied. In his character we have a beautiful combination of intellectual talent and moral excellence—genius surrounded will' the halo of Christian virtue.—Scottish Herald of Thlursday. MELTON MOWBRAY.—The 'arrivals at this place of sporting celebrity are umt.ually numerous. Among the first-rate Leicestershire studs which have already arrived are those of the Earl of Wilton, Colonel Wynd ham, Lord A. St. Maur, Captain Oliver, Sir J. Muigrave, Bart., W. S. S. Crawford, Esq., C. P. Leslie, Esq., U. G. Surtees, Esq., R. M. Oliver assey, Esq.; and stab ling are taken for many more studs, which are expected in the course of the ensuing week. THE CHRISTENING AT BURLEIGH.—An amusing mistake occurred at this ceremony. The . Bishop of Pe terborough, who performed the ceremony, had com menced it and was going on, when it was discovered that the infant who was to be christened was not in the room. The young lady was immediately brought in, however, and the ceremony recommenced. EXTRAORDINARY SPORT AT HIS GRACE THE DMZ OF RIITLAND'S.-011 Tuesday week, in a Small COVET called the " Links," near Newmarket, his Grace the Duke of Rutland, Colonel Anson, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Fairlie, with only four hours' shooting, bagged the extraordinary number of 714 head of game—namely, hares, 336 ; pheasants, 265 ; partridge, 33 ; rabbits, 80 ; and the following day upwards of 50 hares, pheasants, &c. (wounded the previous day), were picked up. Out of the f ou r hours shooting, two of the party were absent an hour and a half, attending a meeting at Newmarket—namely, his Grace the Duke of Rutland and Mr. Fairlie. In the evening a considerable portion of the game was distributed to the tenantry, tradespeople, &c.—Leicester Journal. INCREASE Or PAUPERISM.—SiAIee Thursday ibt, not less than seventy-seven per&ons have been admitted into the workhouse of Banbury Union ; and we believe we are not mistaken when we state that an equal num ber are ready to present themselves for a like purpose. Of the seventy-seven, forty-one are from the parish of Bloxham, and they entered together on Friday last, pas s .. ing through our town in a melancholy procession. —Ban. bury Guardian. HER MAJESTY'S STAG Hour;tos.—A large field, in eluding the Earl of Rosslyn, several of the officers of the regiments stationed at Windsor and Hounslow, and a considerable muster of neighbouring gentry and yeo men, to the number of upwards of 150, were at the meet, yesterday morning, at Littleton, near Staines. The cele brated stag,Jim Crow, which afforded some exoellent runs during last season, upon being uncarted near Askfork welit away towards the Staines union workhouse, doubling to the left between Ashford and Bedfont on to Feltham hill, and then away for Sunbury Common, crossing the high road for Shepperton. Jim Crow then wheeled to the left and made for Sunbury, where he took to that, Thames, crossing the river near the weir to the Surr e y side. The hounds were then drawn off, and taken re,rand over Walton-bridge, and again laid on near the, w e i r , the stag taking away for Moulsey Hurst, wiar, re there was a cheek, Jim Crow again taking to the. Th ames, and landing on an e 3 of in the middle of the stream. A punt virati soon manned by the yokels of Xoulsey, and the stag driven from his place of ref uge into the Thames, swimming again to the SI - 4 rr e y side, = id ea for West Moulsey, where it was `..aken on the farm a Mrs. Edwards, after a run (the first eight or nine miles without a check) of an hour and a half, and upwards of seventeen miles from the, kennel at Ascot. In cone... quence of the late rains the waters were out in all di rections in the vicinity of the Thames, and the con tr a r y exceedingly heavy. The meet, on Monday, will be at Broomhall-hut, and on Friday next at State Com mon. Week ending Last week. g. 4 • E•P V4 l 8.) U .9,