The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

__ .. . , . ' / ' `"' D - '''-‘ Tti K , I,_ :--,. ! t. OLN _ ~,,* 4'' ~ MON D A Y 6, 1845. "".'"''...............................................ar......ran.....0.....a........................................................L• . ELECTION FOR DOWNPATRICK. EVEN .i - G, JANUARY THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1845. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. SummAßy OF NEWS ___________ I SIR,-O n reference to Moss's " Parliamentary Com panion," I see that on the last contested election for No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1841, arid sth of January, 1845, showing the Increase o ffi AN D Downpatriek, in 1837 (now vacant), Mr. K e r was only R _ or Decrease on each head thereof. the .4 , le ° ' 1416 ft r to , '"-Ap t tit tLI n, returned by a majority of five, the numbers being- QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. fro] Ker, 154 ; Keown, 149 ; Thompson, 5. Surely there is ., ended f „ _.,_, .., ended -.... , a good chance for a Liberal. / April 5 July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, ' Jan. 5, 1813 ' Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Wh 1843 1843 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1845 1845 1 " o rune may read." I remain Sir, yours respectf u lly, customs :- - - • Jan. 6, 1845. A LIBERAL. Consolidated Duties ... 3,193,596 3,304,473 4,276,151 3,674,421 - 3,529,551 3,802,521 4,518,573 3,888,07/ - - - - - dep _lmr,i.riz:mt. Sugar Duty to Consoli. whi - - - - - dated Fund - - - - - - On the Arab chiefs being presented to Louis Philippe TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN. Ditto to Supplies - 1,253,357 1,0%4544 - 654,100 - 1,484,282 1,014,058 - - - - - Lot _____ _.- -- -.- typ ..." N ,eiv Year's Eve, his Majesty addressed them in these Sne-I have taken the liberty of troubling you with a h efes l3 ,____,. Total Customs .. 4,219,537 4,557,306 5,529,508 4,766,968 19,07: 1,219 4,604,447 4,869,215 6,002,855 4,902,135 20,378,672 Customs - fey( lam happy to see you round me, you who few lines on a paragraph in your paper, headed " Com- Excise 1,767,373 3,030,113 3,966,550 3,030,771 11,794,807 1,852,68.) 3,115,592 3,960,890 3,230,940 12,160,111 Excise 365,304 200,169 - ii .,'_ .. v e ! fo ught under the eyes of my children. I thank mittal of a Druggist for Manslaughter ;" and leave it to Stamps 1,593,126 1,659,010 1,650,366 1,523,653 6,436,155 1,639,011 1,705,033 1,665,688 1,601,658 6,611,39.1 Stamps 142,693 1,984,831 194,1C0 1,868, 8 57 4, !90,486 144,685 1,989,874 201,439 1,830,490 4,216,483 Taxes 185,235 26,002 78.015 11,633 - - a It, pail ._ ‘ , ocl for having chosen France amongst all other nations you whether you consider it worthy of notice, knowing Property Tax 57,664 33,120 - lo repl pulatio4ce in Algeria the ancient rulers of the Arab po- you are ever anxious to suggest any plan for the good of ' Post Office 144,000 145,000 160,000 143,000 592,001 174,000 155,000 200,000 146,008 675,000 Post Office ... 83,000 3,000 - rule ii n i . I will endeavour to render the bonds of my the public, and remain your obedient humble servant, Crown Lands 65,000 30,000 10,000 50,000 155,000 Crown Lands 37,500 ...... 20 ( 000 - Gal 2,727 gen Miscellaneous 41,292 422,167 220,961 9,190 693,630 Miscellaneous 941,111 .4114 friendsgl am desirous that you should regard us as Albany-road, Camberwell, Jan. 3. J. E. H. 5 35 11,5 V 1,063 32 ,5 5°° 24 2° 17,7 °0 4 ( 4 1 71 ° , ' 9 6 17 ° 1,6 1 3 1 4 7 :7 5 4 °° 1 --.................. 2,727 trat Total... .2,002,494 993,775 48 1 , 19 0 gr l; rs' i sent to you by Providence rather than as con If the druggists would adopt the plan of packing Total Ordinary Revenue 10,328,522 13,333,93 13,t86,172 11,829,581 49,078,168 10,513,933 13,039,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 50,081,887 one will maintain your customs and your reli- Epsom salts only in purple paper, it would be the means imprest moneys, &c 16,9(/7 67,180 34,305 50,136 168,523 54,244 49,018 28,117 146,759 278,138 Imp, Moneys 169,610 ••••• 96,623 - Got will repair your mosques, and re-establish your Repayments ofAdvances 124,048 138,207 230,932 332,060 825,247 226,284 274,557 123,692 250,960 875,`,13 Rep. of Adv... 50,266 ..... 81,C80 sc hools." in many cases of preventing the sacrifice of human life. --- poly If that had been done Mrs. Watts would not now have Total Income... 10,469,477 I 13,539,290 13,851,409 12,211,777 50,071,943 10,794,511 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,765,693 51,Z5,533 Total ... 2,162,370 998,775 577,723 83,807 Seals 0. Moniteur Parisien states that the Keeper of the had such trouble and anxiety heaped upon her, and o f t .. 3 n as, by a Ministerial order, dispensed with the fees which her poverty ill fits her for, nor her husband hare Amount applied to Con- 9,760,269 6,442,506 10,t23,636 7,859,893 34,586,304 7,64'5,972 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 37,715,433 , r Deduct De- Deduct Sp " IS office on the occasion of the elevation of Marshal had to suffer such agonising and excruciating pain, of solidated Fund .... Ditto, as Advances 141,378 191,501 140,000 .`-'91,50l 764,380 240,000 177,276 184,225 262,001 863,502 998 '''" crease 83,807 { Decrease. rep( ' I 1 7 pu ge21 2 1d to the dignity of Duke. The truth is, the Duke which death relieved him ; nor Mr. Watkins have to Ditto, as ways & Means „ Ico ..„ K r Increase on J Increase on us e d t ..o pay :B,ooof, for the bauble. • • . • • of the Year 567,830 6,905,273 3,187,773 4,060,383 1 4 ,7 21 , 2 5 9 2 , 918 , 539 4 ,191,627 2,923,503 2,612,9:34 12,646,603 1 0"0" t the Year. 1 493,916 the Quarter see endure the privations of incarceration nor the stigma of day dyes Committee of Peers chosen to draw up the Ad- manslaughter. It is said tartaric acid was served in- Total. 10,469,477 I 13,539,280 I 13,851,409 1 12,211,777 I P,071,943 rj 10,794,511 I 13,362,991 14,372,353 I 12,705,693 51,235,533 and gone the Chamber in answer to the Speech from the stead of Epsom salts in this case ; in another it might - an d , met on Thursday at the Luxembourg, and was Otte 'met be oxalic acid, which most resembles it. Be it whatever No. 11.-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1844, and the sth January, 1845. the Sounded by the . President of the Council, Marshal acid it may, the purple paper would show it was not nd the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finances, Quarters ended Jan. 5. I Quarters ended Jan. 5. fore Lad the m arine. Epsom salts : all acids would change the colour of purple P• - N paper-Epsom salts would have no effect upon it. INCOME. 1814 1845 CHARGE. ff} ,- -- 71 -- --7-- Nts curs The Address Committee of the Chamber of Deputies the tuet on Thursday in the Cabinet of the President, who, - a- c t c SUPPOSED MURDER of MR. MAY, us oms.-onsolidated Duties 3,674,424 3,888,077 Permanent Debt Terminable Annuities 8, 2 9 4 7 1:57 7090 5,681,555 mat , t ftordie Sugar Duty applicable to 6(6,806 655.612 mac she Committee.g to the rules of the Chamber, is President of AT BETHNAL-GREEN. the Consolidated Fund - - Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 4,807 we ~f t Sinking Fund a l ttt The Committee came to a resolution 227,135 842,068 "` .An accoant was published on Friday of the myste- Total Customs 3,674,424 3,888,077 The Civil List 98,087 cans tillathene Government should be required to lay before it 3,049,843 3,247,031 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund 17 soerdeorealuments and information necessary to elucidate nous diappearanee et Mr. William May, a silk-manufac- s E t y m is p e s 1,523,653 1,601,658 To pay off Exchequer Bills issued per Act 6 and 7 Vic., c. 87, for Opium Compensation, &c. questions arising out of the Speech from the turer's agent and traveller, resident in King-street, near Taxes 29T,501 I 260,00 1 aica rn e• It also decided upon requesting the Ministers Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green, who has been missing up- POsrott?icTe Tax 454,415 143,000 487,541 146,000 Total Charge 9 ,9 06,788 9,062,458 A nam et rit i the days on which they would be able to attend, wards of three weeks, under circumstances ♦very distress- Crown Lands 30,1)00 50,000 The Surplus 1,231,517 2,645,267 Yet ;h e f i ve the requisite explanations. It is expected that hug to his family and friends. The last time he was Miscellaneous 11,917 9,190 -_-. nig' seen was on the 9th of December, and on the followingso, l 3 6 146,759 11,138,305 11,707,725 turb skff . res ident of the Council and the Minister of Foreign Imprest e,me a n n t d s o o t i her Moneys Advances Mrs morning his hat and handkerchief were found near the Pa) ---- but T will attend the Committee on Monday. and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5 1945, after deducting £400,000, ['rot, he „. ll 'eeipts of the Paris Savings' Bank last month, Canal-bridge, at Twig Folly, Bethnal-green. The body, 11,138,305 11,707,725 paid off out of Sinking Fund - 2,128,%2 Flab The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1815, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Censoli_ with th e - ';'',l96 depositors, of whom 2,429 made deposits for it was supposed, might have been thrown into the canal, dated Fund for Supply Services 2,612,9:34 - ref first time, were 3,05 9,407 f. The amount of the and a statement of the facts which afforded ground for To Cash brought to this Account to The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1815 e o wn f etrr t : l tc „l4bUraernents was 3,985,000 f. The following is the that suspicion having been laid before the magistrates be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills - - at Worship-street, a communication was made to the The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended „ ' °ll nt for the year 1844 :-The deposits, including the 11,133,305 11,707,725 Jan. et, 1815 - 2,895,929 Pa Dahl frorri the departments, were 299,444 in number, Directors of the Regent's Canal Company, who, with On the Arab chiefs being presented to Louis Philippe nn New Ye ar ' s E ve, hi s Majesty addressed them in these Yi'ords lam happy t o see y ou roun d me , 3ou wh o Phave for fght under th e e y es o f m y c hild ren . I th an k od for having chosen France amongst all other nations L° replace in Algeria the ancient rulers of the Arab po pulation. I will endeavour to render the bonds of my !tile light. lam desirous that you should regard us as friends sent to you by Providence rather than as con querorg. I will maintain your customs and your rob ginn repair your mosques, and reestablish your schools. The Moniteur Parisien states that the Keeper of the Sea l , l , a has, by a Ministerial order, elevationh the fees of his office on the occasion of the of Marshal n geeud to th e di gn i ty of Duke. The truth i s, the Duke r efused to pay :B,OOOC for the bauble. The Committee of Peers chosen to draw up the Ad laress of the Chamber in answer to the Speech from the Throne, met on Thursday at the Luxembourg, and was attended by the President of the Council, Marshal and th e Mi n i sters o f F ore i gn A ff a i rs, Finances, and the Marine. The Add ress C ommittee of the Chamber of Deputies •u e t on Thursday in the Cabinet of the President, who, accordi ng the n to the rules of the Chamber, is President of -- ornmittee. The Committee came to a resolution tilllat the Government should be required to lay before it Z s , t he documents and information necessary to elucidate several questions arising out of the Speech from the to r° ne• It also decided upon requesting the Ministers "me the d ays on wh i ch they would b e able to attend, and g i v t h e .„ c the requ i s i te exp l anat i ons. I t i s expected that _rresid en t of the Counc i l and the M i n i ster of Foreign 'mains will attend the Committee on Monday. fro he of the Paris Savings' Bank last month, ti. ( 1 1 , - ,`',196 dep os itor s , of whom 2,429 made d e p os it s f or r • "r B t time, were 3,059,407 f. The amount of the - graernents was 3,985,000 f. The following is the ttee ftlf for the year 1844 :—The deposits, including the tra nsfers f rom t h e d epartments, were 299 ,444 i n number, and amounted to 42,908,419 f. 43c. The reimbursements Were 90,163, comprising those sent back to the depart *lent, and amounted to 39,674,009 f. 38c. The interest carried to the credit of the depositors amounted to 4 ,038,961 f. 62e. The balance due to the depositors on the 31st of December amounted to 112,061,945 f. 6c. The increase for the year was 7,275,7011'.67e. in amount, and in the number of depositors 11,672. A letter from Port-au-Prince (Hayti), of the 16th November, gives an account of an interview between the President and M. de Lartigne, who had just arrived in the French frigate Thetis, and who was accompanied on his visit to the President by M. Levasseur, the French Consul. The latter having, in the course of the conver sation that took place, stated that he was authorised to receive from the Hayden Government any propositions that it might have to make relative to a delay in the Payment of the indemnity to France stipulated by the treaty of 1838, M. Hipolyte, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replied that particular circumstances had alone prevented the Government from sending agents to France to treat on a question, the prompt solution of Which was of so much importance to Hayti. The Presse says:—" MM. de Mon tallivet, De Salvandy, and Rossi, are not the only persons who had refused the Portfolio of the Ministry of Instruction, which was offered to them. The Government had conceived the idea of appointing Count Daru Minister of Public Works, in place of M. Dumon, who, in that case, would have succeeded M. Villemain, but this combination has fallen to the ground by the refusal of M. Daru." Prince Albert de Broglie, son of the Duke de Broglie, and Second Secretary of the French Embassy at Madrid, has arrived in Paris, with dispatches for the Government. , A letter f rom O ta h e i te, i n the Emancipation of Tou louse, states th a t, o f 600 men compos i ng the French gar rison, 117 have been killed or wounded in the different conflicts with the natives. The Petrie states that General Delarue, who has just returned to Algeria, is charged with the mission of fixing the limits of the frontiers of Algeria and Morocco. A letter from Luz (Hautes-Pyrinies) states that, on the 26th ult., two men of Gavarnie, in endeavouring to smuggle goods into Spain, were buried under an avalanche. The inhabitants, on hearing of the accident, made every exertion to dig them out. The men were, however, dead when the snow was cleared away. CO UAW— PAILISZIOILLLE I.E. It is expected that the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland will leave for Stafford House in about a fort night. The Marchioness Cornwallis and the Ladies Louisa and Elizabeth Cornwallis are expected in Park -crescent at the close of the week, from a visit to Lord and Lady liraybrooke, at Audley End, Saffron Walden. The Marquis of Salisbury gave a grand ball at Hat field House on Friday, which, in addition to the circle of noble and distinguished guests assembled in the mansion, It as attended by all the principal familes of the county. tThe Marquis of Worcester has returned from Beau s.ert, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesea, and gone ,Loin his noble parents in Badminton. y o „'";_a Marchioness of Hastings, accompanied by the 444'41 Marquis of Hastings, now in his 13th year, has 2 0 4 1 in town from Donnington Park, Ashby-de-la enjourn. ; „lhe Ladies Sophia and Adelaide Hastings . are Thp - i f ug at Loudon Castle, Ayrshire, for the winter. to eatl -4 arquis and Marchioness of Abercorn continue con Krt e i n at . 14 a distinguished party at their princely man- em.aua.riatoron3s Court. Admiral Proby (father of Lady and family, and the Hon. and Rev. Dean . and u t t Passed through Belfast on Wednesday morning, her:ollowing, da ''a Bonourable A. G. Stuart and Mrs. Stuart the on their way to joia the guests as The taini n Earl and Countess of Roden have been enter the git large family circle at Tollymore Park during „nt.ast two months. enclulte_Barl and Countess Delawarr, Lady Mary West, Sitteraurd Cantalupe, arrived in Grosvenor-street on X ati " 11 3', from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Noble to b and Countess, with Lady Mary West, will return p?. ._ttekhurst to-morrow, ana on Saturday they will p fd to Gopsall, on a visit to Earl Howe. LAW AND POLICE. Corpt 135th Session of the Central Criminal Court Chi e f e "ed to day. The presiding judges will be Lord au s .. Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. isi t .,l e ee Erie. There are ninety-one prisoners at present wgate, awaiting their trials. ZCLUSGZ3BOVIA. piers e` Four i E 1441,111 n dividual s , w h o were a f ew years since oci- Parjah as many farms of considerable extent in the e Xisten' c are now worki n g on th e roa d s f or t h e means of Into/tie-7r t o ' m at a ß n, earstall, Bucks. A sad reverse this, from from the land to the road, to be obliged th e L'i s e n nr on the highways for the parish surveyors, at i 6 theLa sum paid them for their work ; we believe Ss. ' nighest, down to 6. per week.. With . two of _t o tal ._ it i s th e li es ,_ more severely felt from their having large f i w s t y, T he ,rport, th at , IlYacinth sloop of war, is ordered to Bermuda,. fo `,r l ° of her lieutenants may be tried by- court-martial li' a o reach of the new regulations in regard to duelling. f er e ar e told that they had a difference which they re ,,tt- r ad to their captain, Commander Scott, who had ar h n ged the matter between them; with this arrangement, ef ° th w e e ;, , ,_it appears they were not satisfied, and they ao ; i Quinequently fought a duel, or were about to do krraignidedfo.r this disobedience of an order they are to be il Useriday night a charming fete was given at Hatfield abo, tierts, by the Marquis of Salisbury, to a circle of ThalTut 3 00 of the principal families of the county. 114 Ying been represented to the Board of Customs , of . 1 considerable parcels of French silk plush h ave b een tu a t offer e d and sold in this country at such prices as fae-tn°t remunerate either the importers or foreign maim- V I , ,ruts , Unless the goods are smuggled, or entered for several - mu tY Under their real value, the principals of the e., departments at this port, and the collectors and have, at the various outports of the kingdom ch r ve ' .by order of the Board, been, apprised thereof, with utietions to communicate the same to the several officers of under their survey in order to the detection of any frauds I nc kind which ;nay be attempted. that l ' 4 ving been also represented to the Board of Customs % T. 6 iik velvet ribbons have been recently smuggled into ch:eenuntrY, concealed in boxes or cases containing th is se; the Officers of that department of the revenue, at h oe b t, and at the various outports of the kingdom, be at „„ e .,n apprised thereof, and enjoined to use their Nviii,l l "" e rours t,(4 detect and prevent any smuggling to ~-,, 412 .1 be attempted by similar means, taking care IlLioo..rquthaienirt the Board with any 'natters that may arise cognizance, or that are likely to lead to the Air y !? and prevention of such . practices. °I . l'ri o ' ° ugh has been appointed to execute the statute ieadi ee -A lbert, to be erected by subscription of the i n ug Merchants of the City, in the Royal Exchange, cor n — _ , bi,:u. u'ernoration of the laying of the first stone of that "'4ullig by his Royal Highness. NE- 41v PORTABLE GAS RAILWAY LAMP. —An im- P.ortant railway lamp of this character has been tested, 0 _ uring the last few days, upon the Northern and Easteri e i 4u(l buyer Railways, and promises to prove of th -I'eatest utility, both as a locomotive and station lamp. -t he rn • i .. h atonal burnt is coal tar or mineral naptha, and the "" t is produced from a small thin copper retort, or urner, upon which . directed. The construction is very simple, the heat of tlse flame is partially :t?reumes the difficulties which haveand entirely hitherto tristed of lighting a pressure lamp, and of preventing T he flame being blown out by the pressure created by it. •the principle of the lamp is that of lighting a jet of va pour by a jet of flame. In the lamp now before us there are two jets ; one called the flame burner, the ?ther the vapour burner. When the lamp is lighted, the gas at trorn the fo rmer issues with great force up a little shield attached to a the r e t ort, and would blow itself out but for Piece of wire which runs along the top of the shield, l ii t ltd by which its force is broken. The flame thus and 11kYby the lower burner is of a reddish brown hue, and 5 but its unconsurned carbon is all taken up by the Aition of the gas issuing from the upper or vapour :31nrner. The jet is directed against the top of the shield, t hepossible retort By this simple means the combined flames t ° ,lty be sabjeeted to a very great pressure without being I: 13 % a out, while, at the same time, the pressure created ,".3r their own heat is sufficient to produce a very bright 14, v . It4"oii, Its consumption is a pint of naptha (2s. 6d. per loch 11) in about nine hours. The patentee of the lame, is being manufactured by Salt, of Birmingham, is k •Johnstone, of 4, Baker-street, Lloyd-square.— '''erapatles Journal An account was published on Friday of the myste rious diappearance et Mr. William May, a silk-manufac turer's agent and traveller, resident in King-street, near Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green, who has been missing up wards of three weeks, under circumstances ♦ery distress ing to his family and friends. The last time he was seen was on the 9th of December, and on the following morning his hat and handkerchief were found near the Canal-bridge, at Twig Folly, Bethnal-green. The body, it was supposed, might have been thrown into the canal, and a statement of the facts which afforded ground for that suspicion having been laid before the magistrates at Worship-street, a communication was made to the Directors of the Regent's Canal Company, who, with the utmost readiness, agreed to afford every assistance in ascertaining the fact, by drawing off the water from that part of the canal. Yesterday morning, accord ingly, at an appointed time, the canal between the locks at Twig Folly and Mile-end, an extent of probably half a mile, were completely drained, in the presence of the police and au immense number of spectators, and the whole bed of the canal through that space was carefully examined, but without any discovery. The process oc cupied nearly three hours, and the investigation was so far satisfactory as to have demonstrated that neither the missing gentleman, nor any other person, had been drowned there. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT SLOUGH.—..We are requested to state that John Tawell, the person now in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the death of a woman near Slough, is not a member of the Society of Friends. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Saturday a Com mission of Lunacy was opened before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a jury of twenty-four freeholders of the county of Hampshire, at Down Hurstburne Priory, near Andover, the seat of William Smart Glade, Esq., to inquire into the state of mind of that gentleman. The Commission, which was taken out by the brother of Mr. Slade, described the unfortunate gentleman as a paper manufacturer, and he still occupies mills and works for the manufacture of paper of Hurstbourne Tarrent. It appeared from the evidence that the unfortunate object of the inquiry had been twice married, and has a family by both his wives. Some dis pute arose as to the validity of a will made by him dur ing the last summer, prior to July, and in order to test the validity of such will, and secure protection to Mr. Slade and all branches of his family, in reference to his property, the commission had issued. During the last twelve months Mr. Slade had become very strange in his manners, and exhibited at times weakness and indecisions of mind, but nothing very Peculiar happened until the month of June last, when his second wife died. The shock at this event was so great, that it caused Mr. Slade to be affected with para lysis, and from that period his mind appeared completely shattered and gone, notwithstanding the best medical aid was procured. Mr. Slade now became quite incompe tent to manage his business, and in transactions he had he sold paper below its value. The jury ultimately re turned a verdict " That Mr. William Smart Slade is of unsound mind, and wholly incapable of managing him self or his affairs, and has been so since the Ist of July, 1844." EXTENSIVE FIRE AT HACHNEY.—Yesterday morn ing, about four, a very alarming fire happened in the house of Mr. Fraser, cheesemonger, Oxford-place, Hackney -road. Not a moment mas lost in spreading the alarm, and by great exertion the family were soon aroused. The engines were soon on the spot, but not withstanding the firemen and those present used their utmost exertions, by five o'clock the entire house, stock, and furniture belonging to Mr. Fraser were entirely consumed, and the roof of the house adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. James, was partly destroyed. The fire is believed to have originated from a clothes-horse full of linen having been left before the kitchen fire on the previous night. TIIE LATE FIRE IN GUILDFORD-STREET.—The re mains of what were supposed to belong to another suf ferer, which were found on Tuesday, consisting of a burnt foot, and several half-consumed bones, turn out to be those of a lad, and upon a close examination there appears to be little or no doubt that they are those of the boy Robinson, who was so dreadfully burnt, and whose charred trunk had been alone discovered up to the period of the jury and Coroner terminating the inquest. It is, therefore, deemed unnecessary to re-open the pain ful inquiry. _ . LONDON SESSIONS.—On Saturday, at the London General Sessions, Mr. E. Griffin, an undergraduate of Oxford University, was indicted fur violently assaulting William Wren, waiter at the King's Arms Hotel, on Snow-hill. It appeared that Mr. Griffin during the va cation, usually put up at this inn, and gave very excellent dinners to his fellow collegians. On Saturday three weeks he gave one of these dinners, champagne and bottled stout being the usual draught on table. Wren was waiter at table, and Mr. Griffin requiring some stout, asked, " Where's the porter ?" Wren re plied, " Oh, he's down stairs ;" on which Mr. Griffin called him by one or two flash terms, and, taking him by the collar, pushed him down stairs and kicked him. Mr. Griffin, who was dressed in the first fashion, admitted only the pushing him down stairs ; he was a most impudent waiter. Mr. J. R. l3rasse, of New Inn Hall, Oxford, and Mr. J. Witcher, of Perry Hall, Hamp shire, corroborated this statement. The landlord of the inn, Mr. Holloway, gave 'Wren a very unfavourable character. Mr. Griffin had complained of his conduct, on which he discharged him next day. The waiter com plained that the kick had disabled him. The jury found the defendant guilty of the assault, accompanied by un necessary violence, and the Recorder sentenced him to pay a fine of 101., and find sureties to keep the peace for a twelvemonth. The fine was paid. SELY-NIUTILATION.—A very handsome young wo man, named Jessie M'Kenzie, who is only nineteen years of age, the daughter of highly respectable parents, was on Thursday last conveyed to Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, a confirmed maniac, under the most distressing circum stances. For many months past the young woman has devoted herself to the reading of the Scriptures, and had become extremely melancholy; while in this state she committed an act of self-mutilation almost unparalleled. The unfortunate lunatic was at the time lying in bed, her mother and aunt being in the same room. Suddenly the relatives were horror-struck by perceiving a human eye lying at their feet. The mother ran to her daughter, and was appalled at perceiving that she had torn her right eye completely out of its socket. The young woman, who betrayed no agony, said our Saviour had whispered to her the words, "If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out," and she considered she was only fulfilling her Divine Master's will by doing so. The poor creature afterwards became much worse, and it was found necessary to remove her to Bethlehem Hospital. From this place she was discharged as incurable, and Sir Peter Laurie then procured her admission into the County Lunatic Asylum. LADY PEEL AND MISS FRANCES BROWN.—The following letter was sent by the Prime Minister to Miss Frances Brown, the blind poetess of Ulster, on Christ mas-eve : " Whitehall, Dec. 2 1. UNITED STATES.I ONE DAY LATER FROM AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.—The fast-sailing ship New York, Captain Cropper, arrived at this port this afternoon, from the port after which she is named, with papers of the 16th uliimo, one day later than those received by the Caledonia. She has also brought seven passengers. The papers contain a few interesting items of news, from which we extract the following : (From the New Ycrk Herald, Dec. 16.) AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON.—Our accounts from Wash ington begin to be extremely interesting. It is only ne cessary to read the correspondence f rom th a t capital, which appears daily in our columns, with regard to the Mexican diplomacy—the Texas question—and the policy of Mr. Calhoun, to perceive the greatly growing inte rest which these subjects are acquiring. The course of events at Washington is, indeed, now of the utmost im portance to the whole country, and especially to the com mercial interests. According to the last accounts, the special messenger from Mexico had arrived at the capital with dispatches, but nothing has as yet been revealed in addition to what we had already received by way of Vera Cruz, Galves ton, and New Orleans. Our latest correspondence, how ever, intimates that a most important communication will soon be made to Congress by the President, con taining all the recent unofficial correspondence on the subject, and pointing out to that body the probable course of action which ought to be adopted in the pre sent emergency of our relations with Mexico. Accord ing to the best information we can find, it is believed that the President, in his message, will recommend the strongest measures for carrying out the annexation of Texas, and for the recovery of the instalment due by the Mexican Government. We should not be at all sur prised to see a war message sent into Congress, recom mending that body to renew the negotiations with Mexico,-.not on the Texas question at all, but on the subject of the last instalment of the indemnity, in a way much more energetic than what that country expects. It will be recollected how the French Government nego tiated with Mexico a few years ago, by sending a fleet with a minister—the one to enforce the correspondence of the other by more persuasive means than written argu ment. We should not be surprised if Mr. Tyler were to re commend something of the same kind in regard to Mexico that is to say, the renewal of the negotiation for the pay ment of the indemnity, accompanied by a fleet to the port of Vera Cruz, with instructions, if every dollar and cent were not paid at once, according to the stipala tions of the treaty, to enforce payment as the French formerly did. At all events, a few days will reveal to us what may be the probable action of the Executive in the present extraordinary position of affairs between this country and Mexico. It will be seen, therefore, that the Texas question ab sorbs all other questions. And bound up with this question is the fate of Mr. Calhoun himself—he being the principal negotiator in the recent Texas diplomacy. A powerful combination is preparing in both Houses of Congress for the purpose of defeating Mr. Calhoun, and to prevent the possibility of his retaining a cabinet posi tion in Mr. Polk's administration. On the other hand, a prodigious effort will be made by the present Adminis. tration and its friends, to annex Texas to this country at once, without any further reference to Mexico, and to compel the Mexican Government to pay the last in stalment of the indemnity still due. It will be seen from this critical position of affairs, that the question of peace or war hangs on a single thread, and that every thing coming from Mexico, New Orleans, and Washing ton, as also from England, as soon as the returns are received from that quarter, will be extremely interesting to our readers. We have a stirring winter before us. (From the New York Sun, Dec. 16.) PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.—INTE RESTING AND IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.—The rumours of 4further revolts against the present Government, to which we alluded on Saturday, are fully confirmed. By the Southern mail of Saturday afternoon, we received letters and papers from Vera Cruz, of date 21st ult., being one day later. We give our correspondent's letter, viz. : " Vera Cruz, Nov. 21, 1844. " Dear Sir,—Since mine of yesterday morning we have received the most astounding intelligence, more than confirming the reports from the interior then detailed. Couriers were arriving here yesterday evening and last night, announcing revolt after revolt. Seven depart ments or states have declared against Santa Anna, and he is reported to have taken flight for this city, on his way to the Island of Cuba, where he will probably seek a temporary asylum. I am not without hope that we may be able now to restore the constitution of 1824, overthrowing the present union of Church and State (which is sucking our life blood), and obtain a Govern ment more like that under which you of the north re pose in happiness and peace. God grant that we may be successful. The States now against Santa Anna are— Guanaxuata, Xalisco (or Guadalaxara), San Louis Potosi, Zacetecas, Durango, Queretaro, and Mechoacan, being the seven principal states of Central Mexico. " The states of Mexico ani Vera Cruz, garrisoned as they are by Santa Anna's favourite troops (whom he has paid well and taken good care of, each soldier being provided with a mistress), have declared against the re volution. We have yet to hear from the south, north, and north-west. With valiant and patriotic Yucatan, Tobasco, and Chiapas in the south ; Chihuahua, Sonora, and Sinaloa, New Mexico, Santa Fe, and California in the north and north-west, the revolution will be com plete. Ido not think there is a doubtful state among them. THE LATE DARING ROBBERIES AT THE DOCKS. CAPTURE OF TWO OF THE GANG. The numerous robberies that have been lately com mitted in the London and St. Katherine's Docks, have created much consternation in those large establish ments, and all attempt to discover the robbers have hitherto proved fruitless. During the last two months brandy and tobacco have been missed from both docks, and large quantities of both have been discovered in con cealed places in the docks, and also in barges and craft, before the thieves hare been enabled to remove their booty. A discovery was made on Friday night, and early on Saturday morning, which is likely to afford a clue to extensive depredations committed in the docks, where property to the amount of several millions sterling is deposited belonging to our merchants. A great number of persona attended the Thames Police-court on Saturday, to hear the examination of two men, named James Hurly and Matthew Clark, both reputed thieves, and whe have been long suspected, charged with being concealed in stealing 150 lbs. of leaf tobacco, the property of the London Dock Company, from their premises. Joshua fudge, a Thames-police inspector, stated that about three o'clock that morning, he was in company with other officers, in Johnson -street, St. George's-in the-East, facing the wall of the London Dock tobacco warehouses, when he saw two men, with caps on, loiter ing about, and frequently looking upwards at the wall. He watched them, and saw them go into a house, 3, Johnson -street. Soon afterwards two men, with caps on, came out of the house, but he could not say they were the sane persons who went in. He pursued them, but they made their escape among the labyrinths of courts in the neighbourhood. He waited about the dock wall till nearly eight o'clock, and kept a strict watch on the house till that time, when he entered it in company with another officer named Henry Isaac Judge, and upon entering a room in the upper part of the house, he saw Hurly lying upon the hearth opposite the fire place, and upon searching the apartment, found seven bags, containing 1501bs. of leaf tobacco. He aroused the prisoner, and asked him where he got the tobacco from, and he said he knew nothing at all about it, but if he was released he would take witness to the parties who brought the tobacco into the house. He refused to part with the prisoner, who made a desperate resistance, and was not secured until after a severe struggle. He lashed the prisoner's hands, and upon searching him found a piece of string, some lucifer matches, and a wax taper. The string found in the prisoner's pocket cor responded exactly with some cord found in the tobacco warehouse of the dock, which had been plundered during the night. Befere he saw the men loitering about the street, the inhabitants of one of the houses opposite heard something heavy fall from the dock wall. He knew Hurly to be a thief, and he had been once convicted. James Swinland, a dock constable, stated that on Friday evening, between four and five o'clock, he was leaving the western dock, and coming into the eastern dock, when he saw the prisoner Clark and two others inside the tobacco-floor, going towards the eastern dock. He stopped Clark, and asked him where he was going to. He replied that he was on his way to the Alkmaar, a Dutch ship, and that be knew a person on board. Witness told him that the ship was not in the eastern dock ; and in consequence of the late robberies, and sus pecting he was after no good, he took him to the watch house, and upon searching him, found two candles, a box of lucifer matches, and a curio us ly- cons t ruc t e d key. He asked him to what place the key belonged, and he said he could not tell, nor did he know why he carried it. While he was looking at the key the prisoner said it was a rum 'un, and witness said the key was certainly a curious one, and he thought it would open many boxes or doors, which be found to be the case. " While on his way to Jalisco, to put down Paredes, intending to march through the city of Mexico, Santa Anna received the accounts from the interior, and with it the report that the army of the revolution numbered thirty thousand men. This intelligence, with signs of discontent greeting him in every direction, probably caused his retreat. "The Committee of Investigation in Congress, to which was referred the charge against him of embezzling five millions of dollars from the public Treasury, have not yet reported. In anticipation of that report, he had re solved upon testing the strength of his opponent, dis charging Gen.Ariata from the command of the northern division of the army, threatening Paredes with a court martial, and courting their opposition with the hope of gaining new laurels in a war of extermination against all who opposed him. Returning to Mexico as a con queror, he expected to be able to bring Congress into his views. Should the fates be against him, he will re tire to Spain, or perhaps to England, where he has in vested five or six millions of dollars upon which he can live comfortably for the rest of his days. " M. Y. Beach, Esq." NEWS FROM CANADA.—We have Montreal papers of the 10th of December. There is very little news of con sequence. After a long debate in the Provisional Par liament an address to the Governor-General was agreed upon, by a vote of 42 to 36, showing a decided Govern ment majority. Mr. Farrier was elected Mayor of Mon treal, on the 9th of December, by a vote of 10 to 6. TROUBLE IN ST. LUClA.—Advices to the 31st October state that insubordination among the labourers continued. One man was shot. This, it was thought, would have the effect of making all submissive. " Madam,—There is a fund applicable, as vacancies may occur, to the grant of annual pensions of very limited amount, which usage has placed at the disposal of the lady of the First Minister. On this fund there is a surplus of 201. per annum. " Lady Peel has heard of your honourable and suc cessful exertions to mitigate, by literary acquirements, the effects of the misfortune by which you have been visited ; and should the grant of this pension for your life be acceptable to you, Lady Peel will have great satisfaction in such an appropriation of it.—l am, &c. " ROBERT PEEL." EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGB.—An old man, aged 85 years, who has long been a teacher at Mauchline, and for the latter eleven years of his pilgrimage blind, yet, strange to say, still teaching " the young idea how to shoot," bethought himself, a few weeks ago, of a help mate, and, in his peregrinations to Kilmarnock, happened to fall in with a woman of less than half his age, whom, on hinting his views, he found was on terms with a younger son of Adam, and who belonged to the thrift less fraternity of weavers. Marriage, it appeared, had often been hinted at by the knight of the shuttle, but not that direct query put which is so grateful to the ears of womankind. The patriarchal instructor had not passed so many of the young through his hands not to be able to take advantage of the opening thus afforded, and, in order to counterbalance their difference of years (the other, of being blind to her faults, provided he might be alive to her perfections, not being taken into account), held forth the advantages of a comfortable fireside, with something to make the pot boil, in contradistinction to the " muslin kaill" that would probably be her staple commodity did she engage with his young rival. Coming to close terms he at once propounded to leave her, should she survive to be his widow, 1004, and a house, of which he is proprietor. This decided the no longer thought less maiden to bring matters to an issue with the man of threads. He, when pressed to declare his sentiments, professed his unchanged regard, but proposed to wait for better times. "No time like the present, thought the damsel, and she closed with the offer of her aged suitor ; and, as the bridegroom had no time to lose, the nuptial knot was tied this week. --Kilmarnock Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean are starring at the Dublin Theatre, where they are attracting immense houses. jam ABUSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT ROCHDALE.-At the commencement of the Petty Ses sions on Wednesday last, a young woman named Harriet Grindrod, from Mount Pleasant, addressed the magis trates, saying that on the Friday previous they had ordered her to pay 3s. 6d. for damaging a woman's cap ; but, on her going in the room at the toe of the stairs, the clerks in the employ of the magistrates clerks demanded, and made her pay, 6s. 6d.—Mr. Superintendent Fowler said the county police had nothing to do with the case ; it belonged to the parish constables.—Mr. Chadwick said he rtcollected the caie very well.—The young woman, addressing the bench, said the clerks refused to return her any of the money.—Mr. Jackson, one of the magistrates' clerks, replied that, if she would stay until the business was over, he would see that the Ss. she had been charged as expenses was returned.—Mr. Fowler said the county police would not have charged a farthing for merely fetching the young woman out of one room into another. We understand that the parish official had charged 2s. for attending to the case, and the clerks is. for hearing it.—Manchester Guardian. STOURBRIDGE.—A meeting of the coal masters of the district was held at the Talbot Hotel on Friday last, when an advance in the price of coal was agreed upon.— Ten Towns' Messenger, Mr. John Clements, the principal of the London Dock Company's police, said that Clark was the captain of the gang which had lately been robbing, and he asked him if the key belonged to any place he occupied. The prisoner said it did not, and he demanded of him where he ob tained the key. The prisoner said he could not tell, nor could he say why he carried it, but he had several more at home. Mr. Clements then proceeded to state that several robberies had been lately committed in the vast docks under his charge, and that the warehouses on the north and south ranges of the dock were enclosed on all sides with gates, and the key taken from the prisoner was found to unlock four of these gates. The key was not a perfect skeleton, and it had evidently been made for the purpose of carrying on depredations in the dock. The tobacco warehouses were bounded by a high wall, abutting on Worcester-street, Broad-street, Tench street, and Bird-street, St. George's, East. The entrance to Johnson-street was opposite the dock wall, which was fifty feet high, except at the corner of Tench-street and Broad-street, where there was an angle of the wall only sixteen feet high. This portion of the tobacco ware houses had been selected by the robbers, who plundered the premises, for the removal of the tobacco. He went on the roof of the tobacco warehouses that morning, and ascertained that the thief or thieves had removed one of the lantern lights of the roof and had got down into the warehouse, where many thousand barrels of to bacco were deposited. On the roof under the lantern he found several lucifer matches similar to those taken from Clark on Friday evening. He asked Clark where he bought the lucifer matches, and he said they were pur chased by him at a chandler's shop, at the corner of Johnson-street, and that he gave a penny for them, the last he had. There was no money upon him. Outside the wall, at the angle before described, he found the ropes and gear by which the thieves had descended from the roof of the warehouse in Tench-street. The thieves, for he had no doubt there was more than one, must have secreted themselves in the dock on Friday night, and got upon the roof by the yards of one of the tobacco ships, or by ascending one of the cranes. The gear was fastened to the cone of the lantern after the tobacco was stolen. He had not had time to have the casks which had been plundered brought out of the warehouse and re-weighed, but, as far he could at present ascertain, there was a deficiency of 1501 b.; and the leaf tobacco found in Hurly's apartment was precisely similar, and he had no doubt it was the property of the Dock Company. Mr. Ballantine—But Clark was apprehended before the robbery was committed. Mr. Clements—Yes, Sir ; but I have no doubt he is a confederate of Ilurly and of the two men who were seen in the dock on Friday evening, and outside of it, by Judge on Saturday morning. Mr. Ballantine—Several robberies and attempts at robberies have been committed in the St. Katherine's dock. Does the key fit aay of the gates there ? Mr. Clements—lt opens several of them. Mr. Ballantine called the attention of Mr. Taylor, the superintendent of the St. Katherine's-dock police, to this fact, and said it would be his province to make inquiries. Mr. Taylor said he was watching the case, and that the robberies in his dock had lately 'eased. After further evidence, implicating the prisoners in other dock robberies of brandies, wines, and tobacco, Mr. Ballantine remanded them till Thursday next. The Court was much crowded during the investigation. Tnis GAME•LAWS.—It appears from the calendar laid before the magistrate at the quarter sessions for the county, that there are no fewer than 46 persons now confined in the county gaol for poaching. The total number of males confined is but 175, so that we find more than one-fourth of the whole number now in pri son are committed for offences against the most disgrace ful of our penal laws. The magistrates have it in con templation to enlarge tke present gaols, or build new ones at an enormous expense to the county. Would it not be better to petition the Legislature to abolish the game-laws? Remove from the county bridewell the prisoners committed under these horrible laws, and suffi cient room would be then found for all that will be in future committed for other offences. It is far better, and would be a more satisfactory mode of procuring prison room—at least to the rate-payers, particularly , the agricultural portion of them—Hampshire Inde pendent. EXCESS OF GAME.—In addition to the names of Dr. Lee, Sir H. Verney, and the Duke of Bedford, we have now to add that of Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard to the list of those common-sense landlords who have taken the only proper step towards putting an end to the game nuisance. One day lately upwards of 600 hares were shot in some fields, on Sir T. Sheppard's estate, at Thornborough, in this county; and the worthy gentle man has given his tenants unlimited permission to defend their property in any manner they may think proper from the ravages of the game. There will be no more preserves in the neighbourhood of Thornborough.— Ayksbury News. S t; 7\T ( ::' \ 7::: .c........„ :,;', : -- - -. . - - - - - -r-1 - :.A., „...„„ z , ~.:-. . .-...0 „ ..,,,,,,,,,; . .4. '-'' ? '' ''''''c* t l irW'.:• I 3 C A (•=l,-A*,l-:k''lL'l,,ii-IZ ^. 'N \ N . .., ' :;;;,--• _- ',::: ~~~ IRELAND. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—The Commissioners are to have no office in Dublin Castle. A house has been taken for the use of the board in Gardner-street, a short distal ice from the establishment of the National Board of /, due a tion. , ~_ NAVAL INTEL : K: - ..-.:1 -- -'' imrsx - ' (From the Hampakire s t ils7:" The Mutine, 10, Commander Crawford, i s or i l ere d to the Cape of Good Hope, and the Waterwit c h, IA Com mander Birch, and the Pantaloon, 10, Commander Wil son (acting), are to proceed to the - west coast of Africa, there to be und er th e or d ers o f C omm . odore J ones . Th ese DEATH OF MAJOR GALLWEY. 1 three are to start together from De,vonport, an d w i ll We regret to announce the death of Major Ga llwey , Com p e te with each other on their way t out to th e i r re .. deputy inspector-general of the liish constab, ulary, epeetive stations. They will probably continue their which took place yesterday, at hi s rxidence, B, irton trials as far as Ascension. Th e comman d e r e l the Pa n - Lodge, Rathfarnham. He had been attacked 1 vith taloon has been promoted from a lieutenant to the rank typhus fever three weeks since; but subseq,aently gest.* of commander, and has been appointed acting commain fever set in, and proved fatal. Major Gallw,ly, who wa s der of the Pantaloon for the purpose of the triaL a Roman Catholic, was a most admirable officer'—efficient, . The Firebrand steam frigate, Capt. Hope, is ordered painstaking, an d p er f ec tl y i mpart i a l i n t h e di s charge of to embark, at Devonp or t, M r . G ore O us l ey, t h e newly -1 his duties. The Dublin Evening Post says —" Major a ppointed Minister to the Argentine Republic and suite, Gallwey had been promoted to the deputy inspector- and convey him to the river Plate. She will be ready in generalship about fi ve years since during the a' iminis- about kg fortnight. tration of Lord Normanby, and ' his appointment was The N,'T aterwitch is fits ng a t D evonport, to em b ar k one of the many hi g hl y h onoura bl e to t h e Whig Mr. J. Gae'riel, jun., recently a pp o i nte d an ar bi trator i n Government, and which contributed so much to create a mixed corm. eission of English and Portuguese for ad- popular confidence in the administration of justice." judicating on tn.. titters connected with the slave trade, for STATE OF TIPPERARY. conveyance to Loallgo. She will be ready by Wednes- The Tipperary papers, received this morning:„ thus day next. report progress:— The Hyacinth sloop of war is ordered to Bermuda, TOOMEVARA. MEETING.—We understand that; this that two of her lieutenants may be tried by court meeting will be held about one o'clock to-morrow {Sun- martial for a breach of the new . regulation in regard to day), at which it is hoped that every friend to the . peace duelling. We are told they had a difference, which and well-being of society will attend. The Rev. .John they referred to their captain, Commander Scott, who Meagher, the respected parish priest, ever foremost in had arranged the matter between them ; with this the suppression of crime, and indefatigable in the per- arrangement, however, it appears they N - vere not satisfied, formance of his duties, will be present with his resp ected and they either subsequently fought a duel, or were curates, Re. Messrs. Molony and Burke. Seven al of about to do so ; and for this disobedience of ari order they the gentry and farmers of the district have also inti- are to be arraigned. mated their intention of attending. We believes that The Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George P,eulet, was much valuable information will be given as to the state at San Blas, all well, on the 30th September. of the parish in reference to the land system, mad the The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, flag-ship at causes of these outrages which we all deplore,. and this port, has had an increase to her establishment which we must endeavour to suppress.—Tipperary Yin- ordered. She is now to bear 700 men, the complement dieator. of a first-class third-rate. She has also had her marines ATTACK FOR FIRE-ARMS.—HEROIC CONDUCT , OF A augmented, 35 having embarked on board her hulk on YOUNG WOMAN.—A daring attack was made orr. the Wednesday. This makes her complement of marines night of Tuesday, by a gang of ruffians paid for dis- equal to a first-rate—viz., 160 men. She has opened a turbing the public peace, on the L-onse of a hrmable rendezvous, and is entering able seamen. but industrious, well-conducted man, of the name of Thirty-six men of war were paid off in the last year, Flaherty, in the neighbouring _parish of IVionsen, ti.nd of which 17 were put into ordinary at this port ; load within two or three miles of Nenagh. The .'utention of the 47 ships commissioned, 14 fitted out at Portsmouth of the miscreants was to steal a gun of which the; PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. were aware Flaherty was possessed. Having made au 1 PROMOTIONS. entrance, they loudly demanded the prize for which' I Lieutenants—Edmund Wilson (1824), in command of they sought. Much to their astonishment, they were ' ,:be Pantaloon, to the rank of Commander ; Thomas instantly met by defiance ! A young woman, Mary Cr..awford (1807), to be Commander on the retired list Flaherty, daughter of the owner of the lowly abode, of 1 ,830. encountered the first of the ruffians who entered, Ass. ; stant-Surgeon--Dr. Charles Pa, et Blake (late and resolutely declared that she was determined senior .ti ssistant of Cornwallis), to the rs,nk of surgeon, to die before she would permit the contemplated rob- for service."' in China. bery. This, of course, did not prevent the ruffians from APPOINTMENTS. persevering ; and one of them, in an endeavour to strike Lieutenants- - William F. L. A. Selwyn, to the the heroic girl down, failed, hilst she took up a milk- Actmon ; T. it Christopher, to the Acorn ; Charles pail that was near her, and fought most bravely, break- Pechell, to the Persian ; A. Barrow, to the Ranger ; ing it on the head of a villain, calling on her brother, William Robson, of the Victoria and Albert, to cora who was also in the house, to aid her ; and, after an mand the Nautilus ; A. G. West, of the Superb, to' the effectual resistance, in which she received several blows, Vindictive ; 11. T. D. Le Vesconte, from the Excellont, some of them of such a desperate character as to en- to the Firebrand • H. A. Hollingworth, to the Excel danger her life, the miscreants were driven off, unable to lent ; G. 0. Wines, to the Rolla ; John R. Thompson,. accomplish their design. The young woman was brought of the Caledonia, to the Pantaloon ; W. F. Robinson, to , into Nenagh on Wednesday morning. She lies in a the Vindictive. very precarious condition, under the care of Dr. Kitson. Masters—James Bulley Tucker, to the Vindictive ;,. Her conduct is the theme of universal praise.—Thier. Robt. Studwell, to the Firebrand, vice Russell ; William. An atrocious outrage was perpetrated on Thursday Weatherley, to the Osprey ; W. H - .. Crane, to the Sky night, in the parish of Ballymackey. The house of an lark ; W. Squire, to the Rolla industrious man of the name of Kennedy was fired into Paymasters and Pursers—J. B. Hay, to the Lily, via) by certain infamous miscreants, for what cause is un- Chimmo, supe rse d e d ; W. H. R eeves , t o th e F an tome ; known. Three balls were lodged in the wall beside the George Waller, to the Vindictive ; W. C. Boom, actin, bed in which Kennedy and his wife lay.—lbid. to the Rolla • Charles Walker, to the Acme. On Tuesday last, at dusk, a party of eight men, black- Surgeon—Thomas William Jewell, in chane of the ened, met the steward and workmen in the employment convict ship William and Henry. of William Middleton. of Elm-hill, Esq., when returning Chaplain—Rev. George Austen, of the Eagle, to:the from work, near the village of Tuomevara, and having Vindictive. collared the steward, asked him for a man named Hogan, Mates—Fred. W. Smith and Armine Wodehouse,- Of for working (as they called it) under hire, or for any the Excellent, to the Superb ; Octavius Bentall, of ,the other man daring to do so. Two of the party remained Albion, to the Osprey W. George S. Boys, of the Albioer„, behind a fence, one at each side, supposed to be. armed to the Mutine ;C. T. G. Cerjat, of the Excellent, too with guns, the rest had large sticks and two stoves each. the Firebrand ; Ralph Buchanan and S. T. Dickens too Mr. Middleton is a large public contractor, and employs the Albion ; Mr. F. O'Reilly to the Actmon ; G. Er-• over fifty men daily. This is the second attack on his skine to the Lily. men, one of whom was very severely beaten a few days Second Masters—F. B. Tucker, to the Raven ; Wil since for working for him, and had. to quit. Mr. Mid- liam By - ford, to the Albion; Christopher Grigg, to the dleton had just parted from his steward and men to go Locust ; Robert Walker, to the Caledonia ' • Edward home another road, when this daring out rag e took plAce, Vincent, to the Firebrand ; John Sy m o n s, of the Cale which, no doubt, was very fortunate for some of the donia, to the Nautilus. ruffians. We have learned that all Mr. Middletot.''s Master's Assistant—E. M. Vincent, to the SL Vincent. men have quitted, and left his work unfinished—Neeogit Assistant Surgeons—Henry Edwards, additional, to Guardian, the Action ; Henry_Willan, from the Albion to the COUNTY OF MEATH—MEETING OF MAGIS TRATES. Several magistrates of this county'assembled at Na van, on the 27th ult., to adopt measures for the discovery of the persons who made an attempt on the life of Mr. Potterton. The sum of 5521. was subscribed, including 651. contributed by the tenantry of that gentleman. It was announced that the Government had consented to strengthen the police force in the district. RAILWAYS--GRAND CANAL COMPANY. The Evening Post contains a report of a general meet ing of proprietors, held this day at the Grand Canal Company's house, when it was resolved to send a depu tation to London, to give the most strenuous opposition to the projected plan of a railway running to the west of Ireland by Portarlington, and in conjunction with the Cashel Railway from Dublin to that town. In the course of the proceedings, Mr. J. Put, jun. described certain proposed arrangements with the Dub lin and Cashel Company, by which four directors of the London and Birmingham Railway were to act as direc tors on the contemplated Galway line, to be secured from loss by a guarantee fund of 1,0001., and he con demned such a proceeding in the most decided terms. Mr. R. GUINNESS denied that any such arrangement was in contemplation. Mr. Pim, who returned to the room, repeated his statement, and required Mr. Guinness, who was a Direc tor of the Company in question, to confirm or deny his assertion respecting the guarantee. . _ _ Mr. GUINNESS said there had certainly been an over ture to that effect, but the arrangement had not been sanctioned by the board. For his part he should deci dedly oppose it. Mr. PIN observed that he was well aware the bargain had not been concluded, but Mr. Guinness admitted the overture had been made, and this admission confirmed all he had stated. Before the close of the proceedings, Mr. Pim stated that Mr. Brune], engineer of the English Great Western Company, was coming over to survey the banks of the Grand Canal, with a view to a railway along the line. MEETING OF JUDGES.—Yesterday the Right Hon. the Chief Baron, Baron Lefroy, Mr. Justice Perrin, and Justice Jackson, sat for a short time in chamber, for the purpose of appointing a treasurer to the benchers of Queen's Inns for the present year, in room of Chief Baron Brady, whose term of office had expired. Mr. Baron Lefroy was unanimously appointed. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER.—Writs, bearing date the 2d instant, have been issued from the Hanaper office, for electing a temporal Peer of Ireland in room of the late Earl of Limerick. The Earl of Devon arrives in Dublin on the sth. There are thirty clerks employed at the Castle in pre paring for the land commission report, The Registrar of the Court of Chancery has issued circulars to the solicitors practising therein, and concerned in the ma nagement or receiverships of properties under the court, to make a return thereof of the locality, extent, and amount, for the information of the Landlord and Tenant Commissioners. Her Majesty has most graciously and promptly sig nified her royal pleasure that her name should stand at the head of the list of contributors to the repairs of the Cathedral and Chapter-house of St. Patrick's, Dublin, with the munificent donation of 2004 BARONSCOURT.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn continue to entertain a distinguished party at their princely mansion of Baron court. Admiral Proby (father of Lady C. Hamilton), and family, and the Hun. and Rev. Dean Maude, passed through Belfast on Wed nesday morning, and the Hon. A. G. Stuart and Mrs. Stuart the day following, on their way to join the guests assembled there. Lord Blayney, who is at present residing' at his beau tiful scat in Castleblayney, has been entertaining a number of the gentry from the neighbourhood. Among those lately on a visit with his Lordship were—Sir George Forster, Bart., Lady Forster, Miss Forster, and Mr. Robert Forster, Coolderry, Carrickraacross ; Mrs. Leslie, Miss Leslie, and Mr. Thomas Leslie, Glass lough House ; E. P. Shirley, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Shirley, Loughfea ; James Major, assistant barrister, county Monaghan, &c. The Earl and Countess of Roden have been enter taining a large family circle at Tollymore Park during the last two months. Amongst the guests assembled are the Dowager Lady Le Despencer, the Viscountess Powerscourt and her children, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Strange Jocelyn, Lady Emily Stratton, Mr. Stratton, &c. We have much pleasure in stating that our gallant and distinguished townsman, Colonel George Madonald, late Governor of Sierra Leone, has been promoted to the government of Dominico, West Indies. This brave and meritorious officer has served his country in every quarter of the globe, and was three times wounded at 'Waterloo whilst serving with his native regiment, the 27th Enniskilleners, at that memorable enagement.— Enniskillen Reporter. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On Friday, at the Man- held before chester Royal Infirmary, an inquest w as Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner, on th e of Simon Dawson, carter, late in the e h m at p , y body Messrs. as Mr. John Boyd, of Kearsley. It appeared t ho about heard two cries o'clock of Ilolker, farmer, was returning h u o i na t. in the mornin of the 11th but death in " an which adjoining p " e ß ar a e r d ni t i log proceed t o death fr. from a b u cabinr n rr g or r o t b oefm ng ea r s e r p s. ea ß te o d t , hw he ei l:en co t a to the cabin, field. The cries which belonged proprietors, and was situate near to the works, and there ho found the deceased, sitting before a fire-place, and shivering as if f rom cold. His clothes were much burned, but the fire had gone out. He said he had been lying across the hearth asleep, and that a large cinder had fallen out of the fire upon him, and ignited his clothes. He also said that he bad extinguished the flames by going outside the cabin, and rolling himself on a heap of ashes. No one was near at the time. The deceased had been to the Rising Sun public-house on the previous night, and it was supposed that he had gone into the cabin to sleep, in consequence of being too late to get in at home. Ile had nothing to do at the works, and had no right there. A fire was kept in the place for the use of the carters who went at early hours for coal. The deceased died at the infirmary on Wednesday night last. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."—Manchester Guardian. The Earl of Jersey, Lord Forester, Sir R. Sutton, and a select party, have been enjoying the sports of the field with the Duke of Rutland, at his Grace's sporting box Stanton Wodebouse. Maine ; Gawin M'Clure, M.D., and John Jack, f;om the Albion, to the Actaeon. Clerks—Henry Downes, in charge, to the Nautilus s Jobs' M. Jefferson, to the St. Vincent ; James Win stanlel;• to the Victoria and Albert. midshitnman—Angus Campbell, to the Victoria and Albert. Boatswain—Richard Bullmore, to the Victoria and Albert yacht. COAST GuAnn—Lieutenants : W. Coles (1838), to the command of a station ; William Browncker, from Saltfleet to Staith ; Mr. S.B. Glover, from Sutton to Saltfleet. DEPARTURE OF THE CAMBRIA LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The British and North American Mail steam-ship Cambria, Capt. Judkins, left the Mersey this after noon with the mails and passengers for Canada and the United States. Her mails were the largest ever taken from this port ; she had 60 passengers, and steamed away in beautiful style, firing her guns as she passed down the river. She is a new and magni ficent boat, built in Scotland, and is thus described in Willmer and Smith's European Times, a paper pub lished at Liverpool, for dispatch by steam-ships which leave Liverpool and Southampton : " We transmit the European Times to-day by the new and splendid steam-ship Cambria, which makes her maiden trip across the Atlantic, under the pilotage of that able commander and excellent-hearted seaman, Captain Judkins, whose triumphs in the Hibernia are familiar to our readers on both sides of the Atlantic. With every succeeding ship built by the spirited and enterprising Company to which the Cambria belongs, new triumphs have been achieved—triumphs of mecha nism, of skill, of taste, and of improved accommoda tions for the comfort and convenience of the voyageur. The career of this Company has been brilliant, but the outlay has been great, and the wear and tear make sad inroads even upon a princely capital. Unassisted by the Government, the splendid fleet of steamers (of which the Caoibria is one) could not pay, and even with the pecu niary allowance for conveying the mails, the return upon the invested capital is, we understand, limited. This we can readily believe, from the past and present expe -1 rience of the enormous expenditure peculiar to ocean steaming. The French Government talked some time ago of running steamers between Havre and New York, but, appalled byt Tylersuggests, h e e expense, seem in htos Message, have given the up the project. Mr. y es tablishment of a fleet of steamers between Europe and the United States. The more the merrier, say we. But if the President for the time being is anxious to have a surplus income over expenditure, he will pause before he makes the experiment, for assuredly it will prove a blister upon the finances of the country. The commu nication is at present so rapid and direct, that improve ment seems hardly attainable, and the embryo steamers must be able to compete in speed and in build with the hitherto unsurpassed excellence of the steam-ships at present navigating the Atlantic. Again, the prejudice which prevails in this country respecting American steamers, owing to the frightful accidents and explosions, of which every arrival brings an account, must be over come. We do not mean to say that the United States cannot produce ocean steamers equal to those of any other nation—far be it from us to libel in this way the ingenuity of a clever and scientific people—we are merely stating a fact. Continued success and time would pro bably wear out the prejudice to which we refer ; but in the interim, the waste of dollars, in establishing a cha racter, would not be trifling: compared to it the Presi dent's salary and the whole travelling expenses of Con gress—would be a mere flea-bite. If the project is once determined upon by the American Government, we have no doubt it will be spiritedly carried out, albeit, it does appear unseemly for a nation to appear as the competi tors of private enterprise, especially when the transit between Boston and Liverpool is not unfrequently per formed in a dozen days. But no commercial country can find fault with the communication being too frequent or too rapid. The only fear we have is, that an ill-con cocted or ill-digested scheme may—as it unquestionably will—result in failure and disappointment. " From this digression on Atlantic Ocean navigation we return to the Cambria, which has been built, like her predecessors in the Clyde, by the same able hands and clear heads that have already turned out so many chefs d'ceuvre. If there is skill in augury, she will outstrip all that has gone before her. We had intended to have entered into a minute description of the vessel's appear ance—the beauty and symmetry of her form—the vast power of her complicated and elegant-looking machinery, engines, boilers, and fittings—the magnificence of her saloons, with all the appointments for the comfort and happiness of the passengers—the accommodations on deck, studiously arranged, to combine safety with ele gance ; but after som e cons id era ti o n we have deemed the labour superfluous. We entered upon such a de scription in the case of the Hibernia ; and making some allowance for the superior tonnage and capability of the new ship, the same remarks apply to both. The Cam bria's performances will be her best test—her own advertisement. She is commanded by one who is every inch a gentleman and a sailor; her passengers, we have no doubt, will be right merrie fellows,' and in her maiden efforts to annihilate time and space, on the broad and swelling bosom of the Atlantic, our best wishes—fears we have none—go with the good ship Cambria, her gallant crew, passengers, commander, and all ! Vivant the Cambria GAS MONOPOLY AT SHEPTON MALLET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ _ ;OTI. --- ha;espftc; in your valuable journal for exposing this monstrous monopoly, you will much oblige your readers here by inserting the following. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A DAILY READER. Considerable dissatisfaction has prevailed in this town amongst the consumers of gas for the last two years, in consequence of the exorbitant charge that has been made for gas, viz., 12s. 6d. per thousand feet, besides 6s. per annum for the use of meter. Three memorials, respectably signed by the inhabi tants, have been sent to the Directors, soliciting them to reduce the price to 10s. ; but all to no purpose. The last of these was to the effect, that unless the price was reduced to 10s. at the commencement of the present year, they should discontinue burning it. This the Direc tors, who call themselves men of business, took no notice of, although it was signed by upwards of forty of the most respectable tradesmen ;n the town ; they had not even the eourte3y to acknowledge it. The consequence was, that last Thursday a busy scene took place in the town, through the removal of the Company s meters to the station, where the greatest part were delivered safely before the evening, much to the astonishment of these self-styled men of business, some of whom talked great things, and made many threats. The greater part of the shops are now illuminated in the good old sytle of lamps, candies, &c., and will continue so, unless these moiopolist men of business choose to reduce the price of their gas. The price of coals here for making gas, is not more than 7s. or Ss. per ton. THE LATE INQUEST AT KIRKBY LONSDALE.—DE CISION OF TFIE POOR-LAW CODIMISSIONERS.—The fol lowing is the decision of the Poor-law Commissioners with regard to the conduct of the medical and relieving officers of the Settle Union,in the case of the child, Eleanor Mackenzie, the subject of the recent inquest at Kirkby Lonsdale. The Commissioners have carefully considered the evidence, and they are of opinion that Mr. Sellers, the medical officer, and Mr. Thompson, the relieving officer, were both guilty of neglect in this case, more especially the former, Looking to the circum stances of the case, the Commissioners feel it their duty to dismiss Mr. Sellers from his office of medical officer. With respect to Mr. Thompson, the relieving officer, the Commissioners have already stated their opinion that he was guilty of neglect in this case. It may be remarked, however, that although the relief he gave in this case was illegal in form (being money instead of articles of absolute necessity), and was probably insufficient in amount, still he visited the case and did relieve it. The Commissioners, therefore, under a ll th e c ir cums t ances , will permit him to retain his office ; but they feel it their duty to reprimand him most seve rely, a n d t o cau tion him that the Commissioners will certainly dismiss him from his office in the event of a recurrence of any similar neglect of duty on his part ; and the Commis sioners request that the Board of G ua rdians w ill com municate to him this reprimand and caution.—Signed, by order of the Board, George Coode, assistant secretary. W. Foster, Esq., clerk to the guardians, Settle Union.— Lancaster Guardian. An interesting fact—the exist ence of cell u l ar cavi ties in the lungs—which has been denied by many ana tomists, has just been ddemonstrated by M. Rouchoux, of the Academy of Medicine. M. Rouchoux estimates the number of these microscopic cavities at 600 millions, divided in 17,790 groups. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert walked for some time in the grounds adjacent to the Castle, in the forenoon. On the return of the royal party, his Royal Highness went to shoot at Cranbourne, attended by .Mr. Anson and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Charle mont, rode out in a pony phaeton yesterday morning, Major-General Wemyss attending on horseback. The Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their accustomed airings yesterday morning. The Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess De la Warr and Lady Mary West, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Captain Meynell, and Mr. Barnard, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Coburg, arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. . . . The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance at the Castle during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the remainder of the evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the Riding-school for an hour yesterday evening. This day the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Court, and the Domestic Household at tended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny Howard. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took an airing in a carriage on Saturday. Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord and Lady Stanley and family arrived in town on Saturday evening from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Lord Granville Somerset has left town on a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange. Archdeacon Hamilton preached the sermon yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the Lessons by the Rev. J. Haden. Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord S. Osborne, and Lady S. Des Vceux were among the nobility present. MR. HOOD'S PENSION.—Mr. Hood's pension was, we understand, granted in the most hind and hand ' some manner by Sir Robert Peel. The amount is 1004 a.year, and it is for the life of Mrs. Hood ; that of the author being, from ill health, unfortunately (in all human probability) of a more precarious tenure. When we think that such poems as his " Eugene Aram," ' " Old Oak Tree," " Song of a Shirt," and many others of great power and pathos, not to mention his comic originalities, will be read with delight two hundred years hence, perhaps by the royal descendants of our Queen and the noble descendants of our Premier, six or eight generations removed, we could have bored that the one hundred pounds might have been two. Bat the pen s i on list, we fancy, requires tender handling to make it hold out enough, where much deserved and much wanted. Let us, therefore, be thankful for this instalment.— Literary Gazette. THE REGISTRATIONS. — The progress of the regis tration movement has more than equalled our anticipa ctioomnsm.ittle)eusr haveing thebee been past kept w i n e e f k u l o e u m r o g o e 3 n m e r e al n t aprovidingnd local q ualifications for those who are anxious to obtain the franchise, and we have little doubt thas at the next re gistration for the county of and winnin li g id m d a l j e o s r e i x ty t o h n e t f h re: r - e t gi ra s d te er r a . all other l e l o p tsh l t a er c or e ne a gol : iy v n o rt r ie k ec i so n g e m o m nn e e n c d te t d he wi f t o h rm m a a t n io u n ftw o t f u c r o e m s, m or it h ter vin i g n large towns sufficient to countervail the landlord domi nation, so as to have everything ready for work as soon as possible; and in the mean time we recommend every individual free-trader who can obtain a qualificition to do so, and not to be deterred by finding that the mono polist , appear to be supreme at present in the district where such qualification is situated.—The League. TURN-OUT OF POWER-LOOM WEAVERS.—On Monday, the 16th ult., about 250 weavers in the employ of Messrs. Simpson, Thompson, and Co., of Crumpsall Mill, turned out for an advance of wages. A few days previous to their doing so, a deputption from the weavers waited upon the firm, and demanded an advance of about 10 per cent. on their wages, when they were informed by their employers that they would allow them to select the six best houses in Manchester and Salford ; and,i` it was found that the average wages paid by these firm• exceeded their own, they would regulate their list a( cordingly. This offer, however, was declined by th weavers, who left their employment. The works wet re-opened on Thursday last, in order to give those ham who were willing to resume work upon the terms offerer an opportunity of doing so ; but many of the weave. still remain out.—Manchester Guardian, SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—EarI Spencer h generously caused to be distributed to the poor in ti neighbourhood of Wiseton, four pounds of beef and 1 loaf to each applicant, amounting to almost four exce lent fat beasts, to supply their wants. The number wi applied were more numerous than on any former ooetisiot but not any were turned away without the noble Earl annual gift.—Manchester Guardian.