The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING 'WM/SPOOL, DKr. 28 —The Telumat, hence to Ha. vannah, was wrecked 15th ultimo on Carysford Reef; crew, greater part of the cargo and materials saved. The Countess of Wilton, Bowles, was lost on Otaheite Bar, on July 23. The Hiram, Hackhart, from Wallace to Cork was wrecked on the 9th instant on Prince Edward's Island. The following vessels, bound to this port, were driven on shore in the St. Lawrence, during easterly gales, previous to the 18th instant, viz.—The Covenanter, at Goose Island ; the Crusader and the Sir Robert Peel, at liamou raska ; the Jane, at St. Andre; the Laurel, at Green Island, and would be a total wreck ; also the Mary Sha r p, b oun d t o the Clvde, at Cran e I s l an d ; and the Maria, bound to Bristol, at Isle Aux Candres. The Universe, bound to this port, sunk at the Brandy Ports. The Isaac Allerton, bound to London, put back to New York on the 14th inst., very leaky. RrE, Duc. 28.—A brig, supposed to be the Eliza, of New castle, Oliver, is wrecked in the Bay; crew drowned. FALMOUTH, DEC. 28.—1 t has blown a violent gale all last night, with furious squalls from the W., and continues; ship ping in port ride welL Mit_Foup, DEC. 27.—The Dove, Davis. from Newport to Youghal, drove on the rocks offPepton Point during a heavy gale from N.W. last night, and is likely to become a wreck. WESTPORT, DEC. 25.—The Kate Nickleby, of Glasgow, was totally wrecked 22d or 23d instant, during a heavy gale off the western coast of Erris, near Belltnullet, supposed to have been laden with sugar and rum. LONDON, DEC. 29.—Wind S.W., moderate breeze and fine. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.W., .fresh.—Arrd. Meg of Meldon, Calcutta ; Indus, Taylor, Bombay ; Warwick, Kertlev, Bonny ;:sld. Oct. 17: Orozembo, Benin ; Ironside, Macao; Lotus, Head, Demerara; Suffolk, Crosby, and Scot land, from New. Orleans ; Caspian, Torry, Charlston ; Har wood. Harwood, New York. .• Conti, DEc. N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Marion, Whitney, St. John's,.New Brunswick. Sld. Zephyr, Stivelly, -Barbadoes. Off port, Junius Wilson, Wallan, Nova Scotia. LEITH Roans.—Arrd. Sterling Gordon, Quebec,loaky, with decks swept, loss of bulwarks, &c, CLIFDEN, DEC. 24.—The Mertonn, Hamilton, from Mira michi, has been brought into Rallenakill Bay, with seven feet of water in her hold, stern post started, and lose of spars, bulwarks, &c. Dr.ar, DEC. 27.—Wind 'W. to W.S.W.-28. W. to N.N.E. —Arrd. Lady Clark, Lawrence, Calcutta; Caroline, Hughes, ditto; Mary, Grant, ditto. 28. Emerald Isle, Curling, China; Competitor, ditto: Arvea, Harvey, Singapore; Helvellyn, ditto; Melville, Carnforth, Madras; Msanwell, ditto; Sbephard, St. Helena; Bailey, Dring, Fernando Po; I'almyra, Croal, Barbadoes ; Prince Albert, New York; Apollo, ditto. Arrd. from the River, 27, Juno, Barnhofl; Pernambuco. 28, George Buckham, Buckharn, Bombay; Columbus, Short, ditto; Clarendon, Lyall, ditto • Dot na Carmelita, William s , St. L ucca; R owena, Le Sanbar, River Gambia. Put back, 28, Blundell, Daniel, for Calcutta; Clifton, Cox, Madras; Brunswick, Coppell, Aden; Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica. I'LyNtorrir, Ditc. 28—It has blown a tremendous gals from S.W. since yesterday, but is now (311. 30m. P.m.) more I moderate. IRISH LINES. (From the Irish Railway Telegraph.) We submit particulars of the several railway projects for which deposits have been made with the clerks of the peace:- Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and its Branches ; length, 72 miles, 1 furlong, 7i chains.-Engineers, Messrs. Rendel and M'Kenzie. Do. - Extension from Monaghan to Randlestown ; length, 17m. 51.-Messrs. Bendel and M'Kenzie. Belleek and Ballyshannon ; length, . 5 m. -Robert Ste. phenson. Baltinglass Junction ; length, 23ru.-G. and A. Taylor, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wicklow; length, 53m, 71. sch. 40 links.-Messrs. Leahy and I. K. Brunel. Cork and Waterford; length, 78m. 8301k.-I.K. Brunel. 1. Branch to Tremor° ; length, lm, 1,6501k.-Do. 2. Branch to Fermoy ; length, 18re. 2ch.-Do. 3. Branch to Cove ; length, sm. 73ch.-Do. Cork, Ballincollig, and Macroom ; length, 22m. 51. ay. -R. W. Townsend. Cork, Passage, and Kinsale ; length, 23m. 71. 176 y . W. Townsend. Cork and Passage ; length, 6m. 112y.-Messrs. Leahy. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney ; length, 56m. 132 y . Leahv. Cork. Midleton; and 'roughs], with Branches to Fermoy and Cove ; length, 27m. lf. Bch.-Sir John Macneil. Cork and Fermoy Direct ; length, 19m. 3ch.-Edgar Clements. Dublin and Enniskillen ; length, 77m. 3f.-Robert Ste phew on.:. Branch to Trim and Athboy ; length, 13m.-Do. Branch to Belturbet ; length, 3m. 61.-Do. Dublin and Armagh Inland ; length, 851-111.-Henry L. Lyndsay. Dublin, Belfast, drni Coleraine Junction (Portadown to Portrush), with Branch to Armagh ; length, 70w.- Messrs. Armstrong and Barnes. Do.-Branch to Ballymoney and Randlestown ; length, I Ira -Messrs. Armstrong and Barnes. Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, and Waterford, with .Branches to Kingstown and Carlow ; length, 171 m . K. Brunel. Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Junction to For ninma ; length, 33m. 2f.-Sir J. Macneil. Dublin. I)undrum. and Enniskerry. Drogliede and Kell* Branch of Belfast Junction; length, 26m. ;Ir.-Sir J. Macneil. Dublin and Sands - mount Atmospheric Railway ; length, 3w. Ich.-Sir Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine (2) ; length, 84m. lf.- Messrs. Armstrong and Co. Enniskillen and Sligo; length, 40ns. 5f.-Sir J. Macneil. Do.-Branch to Pool ; length, 3m. 2f. 100y.-Sir John Macneil. Erne Railway and Steam-boat Company Improvement in Lough Erne ; length, 3m. ts f.-Thomas Rhodes and Vanderk isle. Do. -13e71eek and Ballyaliennon Railway ; length, sm. -Thomas Rhodes and William Vanderkiste. Great North Western Junction, Letterkenny Division ; length. 21 miles.-Stewart Gordon. Do.-Bur,crana Division ; length, Bm. 15ch. Great Southern and Western, from Carlow to Kilkenny; length, 25m. 2f.-Sir J. Macneil. Great Munster and Leinster, from Kilkenny to Clon mel ; length. 31m. 51 -Sir J. Macneil. Galway and Kilkenny ; length, 70m.--Messrs. Hitchins and Carter. Great Munster ; length, 120 w. 2f. *h.-Messrs. Leahy. Do.-Branch to Killaloe ; 3m. 2f. 8/ch.-Do. Da.-Branch to Rathkeale and Newcastle, 13m. 3f. /ch. -Messrs. Leahy. Do.-Branch to Tarbert ; length, Im. If. Grand Canal Atmospheric, Dublin to Ballinasloe; length, 95m. 61.-No returns. Great Hibernian Central Junction Railway ; Messrs. Rhodes and Nicholson. Do.-Branch to Templemore; 18 m.-Messrs. Rhodes and Nicholson. Great North Junction ; length, 34w. 51. 115y.-Sir J. Macneil. Great Ceonty Down (Newry and Belfast) ; 80m.-J. Rastrick. Great Southern and Western, Limerick and Waterford Junction, Clonmel to Thurles ; length, 15m. 2f.-Sir J. Macneil. Kilkenny to Clonmel, Branch to Callan ; 31w. 6f.- Sampson Carter. Esq. Irish North Midland, from Kilcock to Belturbet; length, 65w. 4ch.-Sir .J. Nlacnei!. D0..-Brach to Newtownbutler ; length, 7m.---Sir J. Vaeneil. Irish Great Western, Extension to Castlebar and West port, Ballinasloo to Castlebar ; length, 61m.-Sir J. Macneil. Castlebar to Westport ; length, 12m. 51. Irish Great Western. Portarlington to Galway ; length, 91m. 3f.-Sir J. Macneil. Do.-Athlone to Roscommon ; length, 18m.-Sir J. ;Ifacneil. Londonderry and Enniskillen, Branch to •Stranorlar ; length, 14w. 2ch.-Messrs. Stephenson And Ross. Do.-To Lou;;11 Swilly ; length, 7w. 7f. lich.-Messrs. Stephenson and Ross. Do.-Altered Line; length, 23m. 4y.-Messrs. Stephen son and Ross. Marne, Belfast, and Ballymena; length, 38m.-No rt. turn. Do„-Larne and Carrickfergus Branch ; length, 14w. 4f. Och.--No return. Do.-Junction with Belfast and Ballymena Railway ; length, 3:n. 4ft. 4e1).-No return. Ivlidland Great Western Railway, Extension from Mul linger to Galway ; length, 72m.-John Stawell, Midland Great Western Extension, Longford to Sligo; length, 56m. 61.-WehArd V. Boyle. Do.-Longtora Deviation.-George W. Ifemana. Do.-Liffey Branch Extension ; length, 2m. lf.-George W. Homing. Newry and Carlingford; length, 14m. 4f.-Messrs. Bush and Sons. rewry, Belfast, and Banbridge Junction ; length, 27rn. V.-John Godwin. rewry, Warreupoint and Rosstrevor ; length, Bm. 21ch. -.John Godwin. Newry and Castlblaney ; length, 20w. 4f.-H. Lindsay. Newry. Armagh, and Londonderry Junction ; length, 37m. tift.-Sir John Rennie. Now Rosa, Carlow, and Kilkenny Junction ; length 25th. I f.-Sir J. Macneil. Cnazh, Dunp.annon, Armagh, an d B e lf ast ; l engt h , 41m. --Messrs. ' Armstrong and Co. Boserea to Pat - song:own ; length, 22m. 4f. 121y.-Sir J. Macneil. Waterford and Kilkenny E x t ens i on to C ar l ow ; length, 20m. 2ch.-Jelot Valentine. x tension to Ross; length, 1 5 02.-JohnValentine. Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia ; length, 178 w. 2f. Gravatt and W. B. Hays. Do.-Branch to Fermoy ; length, 9w.-William Gra vatt and W. flays. Lb.-Branch t ) Tealee ; length, 19m. M.-William Gra vats and W. Hays. Waterford and Tramore ; length ltn. 50y.-R. W. Townsend. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin.-Sir J. Manned. Btrabane Ship C tnal ; length, 9m. 5f.-Messrs. Cubitt and Bazalgette. Cork and Bandon.-On Tuesday, Robert Carr, E sq ., vice-chairman of the board (attended by the directors, en . gineers, and secretary), laid the first storm of the viaduct rear Castlewhite. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm anti present. It, gives us much satisfaction to observe the steady business-like wanner in which this undertaking is being worked out. We understand that the directors will not find it necessary to call in more than one• hall the amount of each share. Should they be able to carry out the entire undertaking with one-half their capital, shareholders will owe them a deep debt of gratitude.- Cork Repo:ter. The clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, and other members of the Church of England resident therein, have entered into a subscription for the laudable purpose of re storing the ancient cathedral of that diocese.—Cambrian. LTAtiNcroN.—We are authorised to state that it is the intentio n of the llon. Colonel liep t iel to become a candi date for this - borouuh at the nezt election.—ifunpshire 14,14- OPcl4-Mt We regret extremely to have to state that the Hon. Colonel Westenrs, M.P., has been for some days seriously ill at his seat,Sharavog-ue, King's County.—Cork Examiner. PY..7SETITS LIBERALITY.—The Rev. Humphrey Jackson, rector of Holt, has intimated to the principal We leyans in the parish, his determination not to re ceive any more subscriptions f o r the benefit of the . Lying-in-Charity in the town, as his conscience will not allow him to relieve a Dissenter. He also, for the same reason, refuses to unite with them in the management of the Benevolent Society, which association is the means of rendering great assistance to the distressed poor, during the winter months.—Norfolk News. PERILOUS POSIT/ON OF THE GLENALBYN STEAMER. —The Glenalbyn steamer, at present plying, in room of the Vesta, between Newcastle and Leith, appears to have suffered considerably during the severe hurricane of Saturday night. This fine vessel left Leith that evening, about eight o'clock, with a very full cargo, and an average number of passengers, the wind blowing moderately at the time. During the night the gale increased to a complete hurricane, and on Sunday morning, when off Berwick, the vessel became quite unma nageable, and drifted about at the mercy of the elements. The sea had risen to an extraordinary height, and being greatly agitated by the tempestous wind from the north-east, which swept over the deck with terrible violence, the vessel was also found to have shipped nearly five feet of water, and the engines were discovered to be unworkable. In these perilous circum stances, the captain wisely resolved to "lay to" till the wind either abated or veered round to a different point, and the crew and several et the passengers applied themselves in a vigorous manner to the pumps, and likewise lightened the s hip by throwing the deck cargo overboard. After remaining in this frightful position for several hours, the passengers being, all the time, in the gr ea t est i maginable alarm, the wind providentially chapped round from north-oast to north • west, thus enabling the vessel to pursue her course. Soon after, the engines resumed working, and although the sea Still continued high, the vessel made rapid headway, and happily reached Newcastle about eight o'clock on Sunday evening, having been-full twenty-four hours on the passa ge . ---Tynd 41.tercury; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA Y MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 184 BERLIOZ IN VIENNA. (From a Correspondent of the Post) The arrival of this distinguished musician and critic excited much curiosity among the artists and amateurs of Vienna, and various were the opinions as to the pro bability of his success in satisfying the different tastes of the great musical republic of the imperial city, the legitimists and the innovators disputing, inch by inch, the rights and privileges of art domain ; the one contending for established forms, after the models of known masters—the other party repudiating, very wisely, any attempt to curb the fancy, or limit the boundary of the imagination in instrumental music. It is ever fresh in the memory of the present genera tion that Beethoven's ainfonia Eroica, was hissed at its first performance in Vienna, and although criticisms, stringent and unjust, have freely been circulated throughout Germany, on the extravagance and innova tions of Berlioz's wild fancies, calculated to prejudice the public mind, before the music was heard, I am happy to say that posterity will be spared the record of an ill-con sidered and hasty judgment o f th e Vi ennese on the merits of Berlioz's compositions, which have thrice been performed, applauded, and several of them encored. Goethe has somewhere spoken of the power of genius to disturb, and by such a test it may safely be affirmed that Berlioz has certainly claim to be considered a man of some genius, since the power of his muse has dis turbed the musical society of Vienna to a fearful de gree. The imagination has no positive limits, and " who sees not," says an eminent critic, "that this divine art, so vague in its element, has the power to move nature to imitate," and yet there are peo ple who persist in designating inventions in art as unnatural ; new combinations as crude ; novel rhythm in melody as inadmissible, and whatever differs from those forms with which the ear is become familiar in the works of other masters are, to these self-satis fied propounders of the merits of composers, ag gressions unpardonable. History furnishes mankind with so many instances of the persecution of original thinkers —front Galileo to Beethoven—in science and art, that it behoves us, in atonement for the sins of past gene rations, to be charitable, and cautiously investi gate the merits of new styles in art, before we pass judgment upon them. The opinion I expressed in a former communication on the superior musical intel ligence of this city is confirmed by further experience, and I have reason to believe that Berlioz has never wit nessed a public more readily detect the best features of his music at a first performance, or feel more keenly the beautiful effects of his instrumentation. At each repetition of the performances I frequently remarked that several artists who the night previous were declaring against the descriptive music of Berlioz, were most punctual in their attendance, and secured the best seats. This fact speaks volumes, and proves, at least, that if there is nothing to admire, there is some thing to learn by listening to his compositions ; for artists are too poor in Vienna to pay thrice to gratify mere idle curiosity. Intolerant persons are always to be found, and the world seems distracted between realists and idealists. As an art, music is compara tively modern, and the daily discoveries and improve ments of instruments lead to further novelties in com biration; as a science, .restricted to dianontic progres sions, the resources of counterpoint have been nearly exhausted by the Church writers of the last three cen turies, and very little or no variety can now be pro duced to charm the hearers of our time without chro matic harmony, frequent modulation, contrast in lights and shades, and a skilful employment of the elements of a modern orchestra; so that to a profound knowledge of ancient counterpoint, a modern classical writer must add a thorough acquaintance with an art unknown to our great musical scholars of Fugal celebrity. The addition of modern instrumentation to the grand work of science naturally induces young composers, of vivid imagina tion, to strike out something new, and Berlioz has ven tured beyond all his contemporaries in what is accu rately denominated "picture or descriptive music." The subjects, as well as their illustration, are frequently his own; although I have yet to become acquainted with his Romeo and Juliet, I have hitherto preferred those pieces which are purely descriptive of scenes of his own suggestion. The overture to Lear did not equal my ex pectation; nor have some half-dozen overtures to Mac beti, which German composers have published, been considered a worthy appanage to that grand and fearful tragedy. Beethoven's Pastorale, Mendelssohn's over ture to Midsummer Z%iyht's Dream, and David's Desert, are perfect pictures, lovely, simple, and intelligible. Berlioz has attempted still further to push this interest ing branch of modern art, and his attempt deserves en couragement. In the midst of the excitement which his music has produced in Vienna, the most accredited jour nals have put forth several ably-written articles, from the pen of practical and known musicians, which have had a tendency to convert legitimists into a more liberal way of viewing the licenses in art; and as the intelligent portion of this musical city have more or less know ledge of music, the small fry of the press, that speculate opinions at random, exercise no influence whatever over the public mind, so that with the leading press and pro fessors in his favour, Berlioz has gained in Vienna a most signal triumph. The extravagant combinations of Beethoven's later works are not upheld as models of purity in harmony and counterpoint for students to imi tate, nor were the more fantastic passages of harmonics and languishing portamento of Paganini's style of play ing examples for young violinists servilely to copy; yet it would be a pity to hear a musician, in these days, assert that he derived no benefit from listening to the one or the other, and still further would it be unjust to deny that both these composers have revealed to us new charms in art, which only require to be understood to be duly appreciated. In proportion to the sensibility and knowledge of the hearer does music affect and gratify, and without pretending to enjoy advantages denied to thousands in this city, I freely confess that I have been moved and gratified by some compositions of Berlioz, and such was the magic spell of his muse over my feelings, that I could not resist visiting his third and last concert, though confined for some days previous to my room, from it severe cold. There are three of his pieces which have never escaped an encore, and any one of these three is enough to impress a musician with respect and admiration for the learning and genius of its c.imposer. The most popular is the overture to the Carnival of Rome; the next is the March of the Pilgrims ; and the third a ball-scene which occurs in his descriptive sym phony of the life of an artist. Here you hare fancy and depth of imagination, novelty in instrumentation, fresh and powerful final cadenzas of unhackneyed harmony, touching melodies, and endless forms of accompaniment. To enter into a more minute description of these com positions, without the a id o f no t at i on , would be of little interest, and as Berlioz intends to produce his works next season in London, the English dtkilanti will have an opportunity of affirming the favourable verdict which has been pronounced by the most enlightened and the most severe musical ordeal in Europe --the musical tri bunal of Vienna. MUSICIANS lie VIENNA.—The city that has been the favourite residence of a Gluck, Haydon, Mozart, and Beethoven, is yet the resort of men of genius, and here, within these few days, have I seen assembled a rare amount of musical celebrities, comprising Berlioz, Feli hien David, Czerny, Sechter, Gyrowytz, Molique, Alvars, Thalberg, Ernest, Dreyschoek, Mayseder, and several others whose fame is less known in England, but who hold a very honourable rank in the profession at Vienna. Of the quantity, quality, and cheapness of music to be heard in Vienna, I have only to give you an extract of last Sunday's diary :—Eleven, A.M., High Mass—Haydn: half-past twelve, P.M., first act of a grand concert, with Alrar s new symphony ; half-past one, heard F. David's Desert ; four, P.m., Vespers in St. Stephen's ; five, Quartets ----Haydn, Onslow, and Beethov,T. at seven, Mozart's Figaro ; at ten, miscellaneous music by Strauss. No dancing permitted dining Advent. The cost of this day's splendid bill of fare was the price of a ticket to David's Desert—two shillings. The perform ance of this last work was so much better in London. that I regretted having lost the second act of a sp?endid concert to hear an interior performance o music with which I was already so well acquainted. Although David's music does not satisfy the exigencies of very fas tidious critics, yet it finds admirers in every city. The originality of the theme, the poetical sentiment of the national melodies, and the novel effect of the "sunrise," are fully appreciated. I hear that the second perform ance was crowded, and more successful than the first. A third repetition is also announced. Berlioz has announced a fourth concert, to consist of his musical illustrations of Borneo and Giulietta. A grand entertainment is to be given to Berlioz by the artists of Vienna, at which he will be presented with a gold baton. Of this very in teresting festival you shall have a notice in a few days hence. I would not omit, on any account, to bear wit ❑ess to such a gratifying testimonial of noble sentiments as is promised on this occasion. Let me hope that the English profession will, for once, give a hearty welcome to the recipient of honours from their musical brethren in Vienna, and if he fail to please the million by the ex travagances of his muse, let it not be said in after years that Englishmen alone were too obtuse to comprehend, and too illiberal to encourage the daring efforts of an artist that has had the courage to venture out of the beaten tract of his predecessors. THE CLUBS OF LONDON. (From the Patrician.) The aristocratic combination of our days is a club in name only, if the word is to be interpreted by what it was used to signify in its origin, and through a long course of years up to a very recent period. Formerly it meant a social meeting of a select few, held at stated intervals, and at some public tavern, whereas now it has lost every one of these attributes. Some of these mo dern assemblages are exclusively confined to members of the army and navy, others to university men, others again to travellers, this to conservatives, and that to reformers; but in all a certain degree of wealth, and a certain status in society, seem to be the indispensable conditions of admission. Then, too, each club has its own proper mansion built at its own cost, with every accommodation that luxury can demand, and invention, bribed to the utmost, can supply. Without, they pre sent some of the best specimens of modern architecture ; within, they are palaces for velvet-shod Sybarites. It would be too great a tax upon the time and patience of our readers to examine each of these club-houses in de tail, and this is the less necessary, as a description of the features common to all will suffice to give a toler ably correct notion of any one of them. Upon entering the hall or lobby of the club-house, you find it tenanted by the hall-porter, who is seated at a desk, and an assistant servant, their business being to receive messages, answer inquiries, and take care that no unauthorised persons gain admission. It is their duty also to take in letters, and keep an account of the postage; and, for the farther dispatch of this part of the business, there is a letter-box, into which the various missives are dropped, and which is only opened upon the arrival of the carrier from the regular receiving houses. In many of the clubs two or three liveried lads are kept in waiting, chiefly for the purpose of conveying messages from visitors to any of the members. Should the stranger wish to see his friend, there is a reception-room close to the hall, where he may wait, provided his appearance should seem in the eyes of the attendants to justify so much respect; but the old Roman proverb holds good here as well as elsewhere,--" Non cuivia contingit adiro Corinthum," or, according to the fashion of your gar ments are the chances of your gaining admission into the reception-room of a club house. Stulz, Nugee, and Buckmaster, with their satellites, are the chief granters of passports into English society; their certificate being as indispensable in London as the ministerial passport is to the traveller upon the Continent. Various doors, opening from the vestibule, lead to the several apartments upon the ground-floor, each of which has its pecular object and designation. The first to be noticed is the morning room, where the members meet to write letters and read the journals, which in most of the clubs are taken in with very little choice or restric tion, except where a strong party feeling may operate 'to the exclusion of any journal. The Dispakli, fur instance, would hardly find its way into the morning room of the Conservative ; but such exceptions are very rare, and, in general, this matter is conducted with the utmost liberality. Even stationery is supplied to the members without stint or limit; and we remember to have heard of a certain popular author, now deceased, that he was iu the habit of writing his novels at his club. The coffee•roorn differs in nothing but its superior elegance, from the same apartment in any fashionable tavern. Rows of small tables project from each side, leaving a wide open space up the middle, for the con venience of passing to and fro. These are laid for break fasts and luncheons, from a rather late hour in the morn ing till four o'clock, when, in stage phrase, the scene is struck, and the usual arrangements are made for dinner. Here the member, who may wish to dine, is duly sup plied with a carte de four, or, in plain English, with the daily bill of fare, from which he has the same privilege of selection that he would have at any tavern, and with the certainty that whatever he orders will be the best of its kind, and cooked in the first style of cookery. The attendants upon him are numerous and well chosen. First, there is the butler, whose duty it is to provide him with wine ; next there is the head waiter, whose principal business is to take care that his assistants promptly attend to the wants of the feasters, and duly supply the required dishes, which are vsound up from below by a sort of side-board called " a lift," very much after the fashion of that described by Sir Walter Scott in hie " Peveril of the Peak," where Chiffinch gives the exqui • site supper to Julian and his companion. Whether the romance suggested the contrivance to the clubbists, or the clubbists taught it to the romancer, verily this de ponent Faith not, nor is it of much consequence. Lastly, there is a clerk to make out the bills and keep the various accounts, who upon some occasions had need to be quick, both of hand and eye. Such being the appliances, the member, who intends dining there, fills up a form of dinner-bill with the dishes that he has selected from the carte de jour. This is imme diately forwarded by the head-waiter in attendance to the clerk of the kitchen, when the latter marks the established • price to each dish, adding a charge of sixpence, or in some clubs, of a shilling, for table-money, the object of which is to defray the expenses contingent upon bread, butter, cheese, potatoes, table-ale, and other minor ne cessaries of the table. When the bill has been thus filled up, it is sent back to the coffee-room, and the butler adds to it his charge for whatever wine may have been drunk, after which it is handed over to the coffee room clerk, who sums it up, and receives the amount from the member. In this way an excellent dinner, ex clusive of the wine, may be had for little more than half-a-crown, a very moderate outlay, if we consider t addition to s h at r t v h e e d m u e p al w i i s th n o l „i t x o u r r l i y uu o s f a tti c c e o m first i k m in itself,e . In to this, the member dining at his club is infinitely more independent than he could be at any tavern ; he has not to buy the civility of greedy waiters, nor has he to drink more than is agreeable to himself for the benefit of the house, as is for the most part expected by superior tavern 'keepers. Then, too, he may have company, or be alone, at his option, an advantage beyond all price, and which he cannot command in any public coffee room. To carry out this arrangement, a dining-room is provided on the ground-floor, wherein from six to a dozen members may dine together, precisely as they would do at the private house of any one of them, and with every chance of having a much better dinner with out the trouble or expense. The affair is thus managed —printed forms are left in the coffee-room, to which those who choose to join the house-dinner, as it is called, subscribe their names, but in this case no allow ance is made for the Aberdeen man's privilege of " taking his word again ;" whoever once puts his name to this prandatory requisition, may indeed choose whe ther he will, after all, dine there or not, but in any case he must pay his share of the reckoning, which in general amounts to about seven and sixpence a head. These dinners, however, do not take place unless at least six, and in some clubs eight, members have announced their purpose of joining in them. We now ascend the stairs, and come into the drawing room. This is for the most part elegantly, nay, superbly furnished, but it is thinly tenanted, for what is a drawing room without ladies? It is their peculiar domain, and the few congregated in their lonely palace seem like so many mourning widowers. Things look much better in the library that is next to it. There coat and waistcoat seem to he in their proper element again, and the expen slitare, which is so lavish, is no more than what is right and proper. A resident librarian is in attendance, every accommodation being afforded to the reader, and we may form a pretty correct average of the resources at his command, when we hear that in 1844 the books in the Athenaeum amounted to twenty thousand three hun lred, the accumulated result of donations, and of a fund let apart for that purpose. In the club just named this sum is said to be five hundred pounds annually, exclu give of the money devoted to periodicals. A card-room stands in some houses next to the library, but games of pure chance are forbidden under Fain of expulsion, and even at whist no stake is allowed oeyond half-guinea points. We must now ascend to the third story, where we "hall find one billiard-room, if not more, attended by a marker. For this, as well as for cards, a separate charge is made, upon the very obvious and rational ground that it would be unfair to make the non-player pay for the extra expenses entailed by this part of the establish ment. Twelve of the clubs allow smoking-rooms, which are, as they ought to be, tke worst-looking part of the whole building. So complicated a machine as a club of this kind, it will be easily supposed, must require some management to keep it in order and motion. For this purpose it is usual to confide the direction of affairs to a com mittee of thirty or forty, as the case may be, selected from the general body. Of these from three to eight form a quorum, which meets once a week to regulate matters of finance, to appoint tradespeople, to engage or dismiss servants, to inquire into and redress any com plaints that may be made by members, and to superintend all new elections. The general committee has duties scarcely less onerous ; it has to prepare the annual re ports and statements of account, which are afterwards printed for the satisfaction of those belonging to the club, who may like to look into affairs. But these duties have been found too numerous and too heavy for any one set of men, acting in a body, to discharge them. The general committee therefore divides itself into various sub-committees, each having its own especial business to attend to. Thus the " house committee " takes upon itself the charge of household affairs ; the " book committee " manages the library, all works being approved by it before they can be admitted, and from the same source must emanate the orders for their purchase ; the " wine committee" choose the wines, superintends the cellarage, end directs the distribution at table ; it is composed of sage and experienced bibbers, men well versed in all vinous mysteries, and as little liable to be imposed upon in these grave matters, as any one of the tasters at the London Docks. In these clubs which have billiard ro .ms—and this is universally the case—there is also a billiard committee, consisting of those who are most skilful in the mysteries of the game. A secretary is appointed to assist these various boards, one of his duties being to conduct the official correspondence of the club. The minor details are carried on by servants, the chief of whom is the " house steward," and he regulates the rest of the domestics ; in some clubs he is helped by a " superintendent," who in that case has the care of the drawing-room floor, it being his business to see that the writing and reading-rooms are properly supplied with stationery. The chief cook is generally a foreigner, of eminence in the culinary art, and he has for helps one melts assistant and a troop of kitchen-maids. Next to him must be ranked the house keeper, who has under her superintendence all the in visible fetnales of the establishment, respectively offici ating as housemaids, a needle-woman, and a still- room maid, whose duty it is to make the tea and coffee. Taking the Reform Club and the Garrick, with the Naval Club, two extremes, we shall find that the number of domestics varies from fifty-six to eleven, but most of these establishments subscribe to some hospital, either in money or in kind—such as old linen, Sec.—that their servants may by received into them in cases of chronic or prolonged diseases. Where the ailment is of a tem porary nature, a medical man, in the pay of the club, attends, and also supplies medicines. The broken victuals are distributed to the poor, under the direutiou of the parish authorities, and this may be reckoned amongst the greatest of the benefits conferred by such institutions on society at large. Such is the modern club, a sort of private restaura teur's, with the advantages of good wine, good food, respectful 'Attendance, and moderate prices. Much has been said of the disadvantawa attendant upon them ; but as all of them, being twenty-two in number, are quite full, and in some instances with theusands o f ex pectant candidates on the list, it seems quite plain that their utility or their agreeableness must fully counter balance anything that can be said against them. Their names are as follows : White's. These are the oldest of the modern clubs Brook's. of London. White's is referred to by Boodle's. Addison. The Union. Alfred. Arthur's. Senior United Service. Junior United Service. The Army and Navy. Travellers. Oriental. Carlton. rThese two club- houses, in magnificence Reform, of archit ec t ure , sp l en d our of deeora tions, and sumptuous sty l e of furni ture surpass all the publi c b u ildi ngs Conservative. of London.: - - Athenaeum. Senior University. Oxford and Cambridge. Wyndham. Parthenon. Ereethmum. Garrick. The Law. Of those that have had their dny of fashion and popu larity, but exist no longer, we may mention the Cocoa Tree, Graham's, Wateirs' (the favourite resort of the Prince of Wales), the Albion (dissolved in 1841), and the Clarence. The mode of admission is by ballot. In some, one negative in ten excludes the candidate; in others, a single black ball is sufficient—the most absurd of all regulations. The admission fee varies from its highest point of 32/. Ils. to five meetings, while the annual sub scription is in most clubs six guineas, in the lowest five; and in none does it go beyond ten. IRELAND. COUNTY TIPPERARY. ATTACK ON MR. PRENDERGAST'S GATE-1311E1'ER,— Dn the night of the 16th inst., about the hour of seven o'clock, a party of armed men, six in number, went to the gate-house of Johnstown Park, the residence of Thomas Guy Prendergast, Esq., and having entered the gate-house, they attacked his sportsman, Thomas Con sedine, and his wife, demanding arms. Consedine immediately rushed towards the room where the gun was, upon which, one of the party trade a blow at him; on putting up his hand to defend himself, the fellow smashed his arm iu two. The wife took up a chair and struck the fellow who kuocked her husband down. Consedine, notwithstanding his being disabled, made for the'room where the gun was, when the fellows decamped, and, with it resting on the shattered arm, he contrived to fire after them in the direction they took. CAPTURE OW A ROCKITE PATROLE.—On Sunday night last, about the hour of eleven o'clock, as constable Raymond and a party of five police were on patrol in the neighbourhood of Lisbunny, they lay concealed in am bush in the fields ; they heard a trampling on the road, as if by a military or police force, and, having stealthily come upon the party, which consisted of five men, they captured the fellows, and brouy;ht them into Nenagh gaol. On the person of one of them was found a loaded butt, on another a bayonet. One of the fellows had the mark of a recent bayonet wound in his breast, which was still bleeding. CAPTURE OF THE THREATENING NOTICE SERVER.— A fellow of the name of Mackey has been arrested and committed to gaol, charged with having twice gone to the house of a farmer named Bryan Touhy, in Carriga toher, near'Nenagh, and cautioned him not to plough his land, which he was in the act of sending horses into for the purpose,on pain of death.Touhy has been in possession of the land for many years, and had actuallyrurchaseci the interest of Mackey's in the land before he entered into possession. On the 17th instant head-constable Charles Browne received information that some bad characters were at work at Tooniavara• ' he went into a publi c -h ouse an d found a fellow . named Kennelly in the act of writing a threatening notice, and on searching him found in his pocket a quantity of gun caps. During the past week several shots were fired on the lands of Carrigatoher, near this town.—Nenagh Guar dian. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has left town on a visit to the Marquis of Anglesea, at Beaudesert. The infirmary at Salisbury was threatened with destruction by fire, on Thursday. The flames were first ob served in the laundry, but by prompt attention they were extinguished before much injury was done. At Alarylebone Police- court, on Saturday, Mr. John Watson, a retired tradesman, possessing large property, and who for some time past has resided in New Church street, Portman-market, was committed for trial, charged with having committed an assault of a grossly indecent nature upon Lydia Crickmore, only twelve and a half years old, in Paddington churchyard. The accused is upwards of sixty years of age. ARRIVAL OF TIER OVERLAND MAIL.—We are en abled to-day, by means of an extraordinary express, of un exampled ,rapidity, to lay before our readers the information brought by , the:Overland•Mail, from Bombay, to the Ist De cember, which reached us at an early hour last evening, and which but for the extremely boisterous state of the weather would have arrived in London on the evening of the 24th. Great efforts having lately been made to prove that the route through Germany via Trieste, or Venice, was more expeditious than the route through France via Marseilles, and the expe rience we had gained in expressing our Indian dispatches having fully convinced us that if the same exertions were made to expedite our courier through France as Mr. Waghorn made in his late attempt, the result would incontestibly prove that the route via Marseilles was much the shortest, not to speak of the great advantages it possesses over the Trieste route in other respects (the latter route being impracticable when snow is on the ground), we determined, notwithstand ing the unfavourable period of the year fur its performance, upon undertaking the present experiment ; and, in despite of the very severe weather that has lately prevailed, we have succeeded in our endeavours to lay before the British public information from India,' conveyed overland, in a shorter time than was ever befo're accomplished. For the success we have achieved we are in a great measure indebted to the assistance we have received from the French Government, who, upon learning our intentions, at once sent instructions to the proper French authorities to expedite our couriers as much as possible, and offered to help us in any way we could suggest. For the assistance we have thus derived, we beg publicly to thank the French authorities ; and we cannot help adding, that the French Government, so far from wishing to place obstructions in the way of expediting the English mails through France have evinced the greatest possible anxiety to assist us in this important undertaking. Having said thus much in acknowledgment of the great aid we have received from the French authorities, we are bound t o a dd, that we are much indebted to the Egyptian Government, ned thanks. Th e d ates possible manner, an d t o whomwhoas s w i s e t cad, so t r e n a ( g i e e r n t our u i r n u e i v i f e e r iyg brought by this conveyance are :—Bombay, D ec . 1 ; Cal s utia later ina ,Noy.ter than reached2l;Marl Madras, tier. us by 22. There is nothi ng f rom L hthe last mail. The news from India is highly important. The prospect of a collision between the British and Sikh troops was becoming every day more imminent. T he latter had already commenced their march towards the Sutlej, with the view of repelling the anticipated aggression. Meantime, strong measures of defence had been adopted at Ferozepore, and as Sir Henry Hardit.ge has upwards of 50,000 troops at his disposal, any attempt on the part of the enemy to pre cipitate hostilities can hardly fail to be attended by their overwhelming defeat. The Sikh army had been arranged in three divisions; one commanded by Sirdar Tej Singh (the late Governor of Peshawur), another by Raja Lall Singh, and s third by Sirdar Jewun Singh. The affairs of the Gove:nment continued to be administered by the Ranee. Ghoolab Singh was still at Jamoo. Shide was perfectly:quiet, and the troops generally healthy. For the rest we must be content to refer our readers to the copious extracts from the Indian papers which will be found elsewhere.—Herald. SERIOUS FIRE NEAR KENNINGTON-COMMON— On Sunday eve n i ng b etween ten and eleven o ' c l ock, a fire, which was distinctly see n f rom t h e metropolitan brid ge; was dis covered by the policeman on the beat, burning in the lower part oft kiLliabling and store-houses belongin g to Mr. Carter, chandler, of Clayton-place, Kennington -lane. The premises, whick, happily, were detached, were situate in South-place, Kennington Common, not many yards from the extensive vitrol manufactory of Messrs. Farmer and Co. Immediately upon the discovery of the outbreak information of the occurrence was forwarded by the police to the several stations of the fire brigade, and in a very short time engines from Southwark-bridge-road, Tooley-street, Watling-street, and other stations of the London Fire Engine Establisinent„ arrived, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood and the immediate direction of Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the Borough branch of the brigade. The West of England engine, with Mr. Connorton and the Company's firemen, was also promptly at the scene. Water being readily obtained, the engines were set to work; but from the quantity of hay, straw, Sic., in the building, the fire became so intense that it was not possible to save either the stabling or the contents of the lofts above it. Two valuable horses were also burnt; for, notwithstanding ever) device which humanity could suggest was put into requisition, to drag the unfortunate animals from their perilous position, they clung to their stalls, and thus perished in the flames. Fortunately, from the prompt arrival of the engines, and the ready flow of water front the Lambeth and Vauxhall mains, the 'fire was prevented from extending beyond the building in which it originated. DEATH fROSt DELIRIUM TREMENS.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Windsor Castle, Abbey-street, Regent's Park, on the body of Joseph hardy, aged thirty five, a butler, lately in the service of J. Romer, Esq., of 10, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. Mrs. Ann M`Stay, of No. 1, Ernest-street, said deceased had lodged but for a short time in that house, the landlady of which (Mrs Nichols) asked her to sit up w ith hi m on T ues d ay n i g ht last. Wit . ness did so, and at first found him stupified and delirious. At times he was sensible, and told her he had taken nearly a wine glass full of laudanum. She asked him why ? and he replied, " I was out of my mind, and I hope the Lord will for give me for it.* He freely took the medicines prescribed for him, and said," I wish to live, in order to repent." He died on Christmas-day, between two and three o'clock. Mr. John Wilson, surgeon, of Albany-street, said he had attended him from the Tuesday evening till his death. He had ejected from his stomach the laudanum, and he laboured under de lirium tremens, produced by excessive drinking. He con fessed to have taken the laudanum, but said he was not aware of what he was doing at the time. He died of the disease of the brain called delirium tremens, combined with ' the effects oflaudanum. The Coroner said, that since he had been in office the large number of gentlemen's butlers whose deaths resulted from suicidal acts was astonishing. Verdict, " That deceased died of delirium tremens, after an attempt at suicide." YORE" SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 27.—Considerable business has been transacted again to-day, notwithstanding our Exchange remains closed. There were more buyers than sellers in the market, and the business done was at a further ad - ranee in prices. The principal transactions were in York Exteujions, at 30 1 4; Berwicks, 15; North British, Carlisle Brandb, 2% to 4; Grand Uni on , 134 ; Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, -43 i ; Welsh Midland, 2. Newcastle and Darlingtons were in demanclybut no sellers. Brandliogs were of erect at 5514, but afterwards withdrawn, CONDITION OF THE METRO POLITAN PRISONS. The governors of the metropolitan prisons have just made their annual report, the details of which will be found to off-r many matters of great importance and interest, inasmuch as they show the capacity of the several prisons, the number of prisoners who have been committed to their walls, their diet, the mode of their treatment, and a variety of other particulars, which can not fail to attract the attention of the public. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. This prison is capable of containing, in separate cells, as many as 529, whilst the whole accommodation it affords is to the extent of 1.150 beyond that number. These latter are compelled, however, to sleep more than one in a cell. (The report is accompanied by a note to the effect that 1,150 are returned, in order to show the number for which proper accommodation can be found, but as the numbers fluctuate, frequently exceeding 1,200, and once having reached 1,350, the utmost capability of the prison can hardly be defined, as room must, by some arrangement, be found fur that or even a greater number if committed). The number of prisoners who were in confinement in this prison at the date of the report was 947, whilst at the corresponding period in the last year the number amounted to 1,068. Out of the present number of 947, there were 364 males and 163 females, all of whom had been committed for felony. There were then 304 male and 116 female misdemeanants. The number of prisoners who were committed for trial during the twelve months was 7,293. The number of prisoners who had been tried was —males 48, females 188. The number of those who had not undergone any trial, but who had been summarily convicted, was 250 males and 91 females. The number of prisoners who were above sixteen years of age, was 632 males and 272 females, and the number who had not attained that age was 36 males and 7 females. Out of the whole number who had been sent to the House of Correction during the last year, 1,336 had been committed to that prison once previously, 636 twice, 226 three times, and 580 had been committed feur times and upwards. With regard to the nature of the employment the prisoners were submitted to, it appears that 806 had been kept to bard labour, 122 to occupations not falling within the denomination of hard labour, and 19 had not been put to any kind of employment. In the course of the year there had been as many as 907 cases of sick ness, the greatest number who were ill at one and the same time being 54. The deaths amounted to 3 during the year. The officers of the establishment amounted to 96 men and 39 women. With respect to the dietary, the report says,' All the prisoners who are above 16 years of age, whose term of imprisonment ex ceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily, one pint of gruel daily for breakfast, six ounces of meat and one pint of soup, alternately, excepting Monday, when they have, in addition to the six ounces of meat, half a pound of potatoes for dinner. Prisoners above 16 years of age, whose period does not exceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily, one pint of gruel for breakfast, six ounces of meat, and one pint of soup each, twice a week, and one pint of gruel three times a week for dinner. Prisoners under 16 years of age, whose period exceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily ; if less than three months, sixteen ounces of bread daily, one pint ofgruel daily for breakfast, six ounces of meat on Thursdays, one pint of soup on Sundays, one pint of gruel five times a week for dinner. Fe male prisoners of all ages, whose perioe does not ex ceed three months, have sixteen ounces of bread daily. All prisoners have half-a-pint of gruel as an extra evening meal, and those who have been confined up wards of three months have six ounces of meat and half a pound of potatoes on Monday for dinner. The average coat per head is two shillings and a penny three farthings. The employment and hard labour to which the prisoners are subjected is the treadwheel, picking oakum, painting, or whitewashing the prison, labour in the grounds, mat, rug, and shoemaking, also such other handicrafts as are necessary for the service of the place ; needlework, knitting, and washing in the female wards. The average hours of labour do not ex ceed eight hours daily. The chaplain reads prayers daily in two chapels, accompanied by Scripture expositions : and on the Sunday he performs two full services, and delivers a sermon to the males and to the females, and catechises the youthful prisoners ( very week in the chapels. He also visits the prisoners in their cells. Books and tracts are supplied to the prisoners at the expense of the county, or of their respective friends, and are dis tributed under the superintendence of the chaplain, or in some cases by the goverisor, or by the direction of the visiting Justices. Bibles and prayer-books are likewise distributed. Schools are also maintained fur the juvenile inmates of the prison : whilst in every case, where an adult prisoner, who cannot read, intimates a desire to learn, he or she is placed in the school, provided the term of imprisonment be such as to render such instruc tion effectually beneficial." In concluding his report, the Governor thus expresses himself, " Silence, day and night, is itself ordered to be enforced, and all unautho rised communications between the prisoners, on being reported, is visited with certain punishment. The total number of commitments falls short of those of last year by 1,453; and the total proportionate number of punish ments is less by 69. The same determination is still ob servable amongst low criminals wilfully to infringe the rules, apparently by mutual compact out of doors, but all are ultimately compelled to submit. The following is a description of the punishments and their number during the last year:—For neglect of work, 598; for noise, talking, insolence, and bad language, 5,015 ; various acts of disobedience or disorder, 3,880 ; total, involving stoppage of food, 9,493 ; three-fourths of which mainly consisted of the stoppage of a meal or part thereof. During the past year 763 prisoners have been put into cells without work ; 10,256, besides 33 whip pings (23 of which were with the birch rod, and are found effectual in repressing audacious and refractory behaviour which other modes of punishment have failed to correct), is the total punishments within the like period. The daily average number of prisoners was 893, and the daily average of punishments was three and one-eight per cent." THE WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL. The governor of this prison, in his report, states that the number of prisoners which were in the Westminster Bridewell, was 564; whilst the number at the corre sponding period last year was 440. Of this number, 167 were males, and 32 female felons. The number of misdemeanants was 236 males, and 129 females. The number of prisoners who had been committed to that gaol during the last twelve months was 7,374. The number who had been tried was 189 males and 34 fe males; whilst the number that had not been tried was 214 males and 127 females. The number of prisoners who were above sixteen years of age was 486, of whom 34.2 were males and 144 were females. The number of pri soners who had not arrived at that age was 78; namely, 61 males and 17 females. The greatest number of pri swoanse6r s 2l w . h o T h h a e d n n b ni e e h n e r i of t p h r s o prison w h a o t h a a n d y h o e n e e n period com mitted before was-1,159 once, 520 twice, 210 three times, and 12,841 four times and upwards. Under the head of employment and hard labour, it is stated that 359 had been kept at hard labour, 106 were not put to hard labour, whilst there were as many as 99 who had not been placed to any kind of tnip!oyment. In the course of the year there had been as many as 3,829 cases of casual sickness, and 104 cases fur the infirmary, making a total of 5,933 cases during the )(air. The greatest number of sick at any one time had been 12, whilst the total number of deaths in the year was 7. The punishments for this period Lad been —whippings, 4; in irons and handcuffs, 18; in solitary confinement 560 ; and other punishments 11,322. The report then went on to say that this prison is now a house of cor rection, but that a portion of it is appropriated to the purposes of a common gaol for the county, pending the demolition and rebuilding of the New Prison at Clerken well. With respect to the diet in this prison, the report contains three tables, each respectively applicable to the three different classes of prisoners. The prisoners in this as in the House of Correction, Cold Bathfields, are subjected to useful, as well as furnishing, employment. The males are put on the treadwheel, to picking oakum and coir, and to repairing what are termed county shoes and clothing, to gardening, and various other works in the prison. The females are made to pick oakum and coir, to knit, to wash, and to repair and make the county clothing. The hours of labour are in the summer from half-past six in the morning until half past five in the afternoon, which period is diminished as the winter approaches and advances. The maximum of labour, including the time allowed for attend ance in chapel, at meals, and for exercise, is about eight-and -a-half hours per diem. The duties of the chaplain are nearly the same in this as in the House of Correction, of which a description has been given above. The punishments in this prison are separate confinement, with bread and water diet, for several s fl il u e g n g ce ing a . nd th periods not exceeding three days. Occasionally hand cuffing and placing in a dark cell; extra work, and in the Punishmentprisprison rules, e s , neglect administered of work, dirty conduct, damaging the clothing or other county property, theft, profane and indecent language, and general refractory and violent conduct. The re portoHnl y e do s eendn o s of n tooor ctfooebdcss. observe the ee ` t ' t chi tooehnnasyttiirset;hct strictest disciplinesstfsai prisonerser an se e: ares and o npa f dtr s t at h ekl) e i be obedient and respectful to the officers over them. The punishment fur any breach of these rules is con formable to the Act of Parliament. The boys under examination and bail have occasionally a small portion of oakum to pick, rather than they should be continued in idleness."—N.B. This prison affords ample accom modation, with alterations, for a much larger number than is shown by the first. ttpji forrmcias obs extremel nreteeh, oaseamirhmi aecgast cases, o THE NEW PRISON, CLERKENWELL. This prison, as must be well known, has been pulled down for the purpose of erecting one which shall be really available, and supply the actual re quirements of the county. It has hitherto been applied to the object of constituting a gaol, to which untried prisoners are sent for safe custody. The prison, however, was not razed until the 12th of Sep tember last, and therefore it fairly comes within the scope of this notice. The prison contained 165 separate sleeping cells, and would accommodate 313 prisoners when more than one slept in one cell. The number of prisoners who had beers committed to this prison in the twelve months, ending the 13." th of September, was 4,646, whilst the greatest number of prisoners that had been in confinement within its weals at one period had been 262. Of the number of prisoners who had been received into this gaol during the time specified, 363 had been previously committed once, 122 twice, 43 three times, and 72 four times. The increase of 376 in the number committed, and of ninety four discharged at the gaol deliveries in the year (from Michaelmas, 1844), was .accounted for by the commitment of 1,835 prisoners for trial for larceny, under the operation of the Act of 7th and Bth Vic., c. 71, for the better admiraistration of criminal justice in the county of Middiese-z, The prison having been duly presented in •1844 r nsufficiept to; gurpoepes re .. ,• quired, was, by order of the proper authority, closed on the 12th of September, 1845, for the purpose of being taken down and rebuilt. POLIC E INTELLIGEN CE. MANSit IV-11 OUS E. Mr. (lorry, of the Central Criminal Court Bar, ap peared, upon the part of the proprietors of a paper called Bradshaw's Railway Gazette, to represent certain mat ters connected with what was designated the Great European Railroad Company. He did not, he said, mean to apply for a summons, or for any formal legal proceeding, as anything of that description could not be quick enough to overtake the mischief of which he com plained, and to which the public are subjected by the attempt to commit an enormous European imposition. As notice had been duly served upon the parties to whom he referred, he should speak, most unreservedly, on the merits of the question. The proprietors of the com pany had been advertised in several newspapers, but the shares, if ever any appeared, were never quoted any where except in the Iron Times. Amongst the papers in which the advertisement was published was the Times, and that establishment waai, he had no doubt, paid for the insertion ; but Bradshaw's Railway Gazette had never received one farthing, and it was in the vain attempt to obtain payment that the whole affair was found to have nothing like a bona fide foundation, although the pro jectors professed their object to be to bring out railways all over the world, especially in that tract which ap peared under the head of Europe. The necessity for inquiry having most unequivocally exhibited itself by the refusal to liquidate the just demand, application was made to tne office in St. Helen's-place, where the messenger was informed that it was necessary to write to the secretary upon the subject. A letter was ac cordingly written to Mr. Edmund Smith, who called at the office of the Railway Gazette, with the information that the letter had been laid before the Board. The LORD MAYOR—Who is Mr. Edward Smith ? Mr. Adams, who was stated by Mr. Horry to be in the employment of Mr. Bradshaw, the proprietor of the Railway Gazette, stated that Mr. Smith was the secre tary to the company. The LORD MAYOR—Where does he come from ? Mr. Adams—Nobody knows. Mr. Horry proceeded—lnquiry was made at the Re gistrar-office, and it was there stated that the only per son registered for this great European Railroad Com pany was Mr. Edmund Smith, gentleman, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. •Mr. Adams—That Mr. Smith constitutes the board and the officers of the company in his own person. Mr. Horry said a promise had been for a considerable time held out that the names of the provisional commi tee should be published, but it never appeared that there ever was such a character in the company as a provi sional committeeman, or a solicitor, or a banker ; and the project a as utterly unknown on the Stock Exchange. The Loam MAYOR—But how can it be said that any fraud has been practised ? I cannot see how. Have they received money for shares ? Mr. Horry— In all probability they have, but I cannot stay positively. The Times newspaper, •no doubt, would not insert the advertisement without the money, so that the inference is, that shares have been paid for ; but the project does not appear in any of the authorised lists of the Stock Exchange. Notwithstanding that, nothing can be heard of the company. The Iron Times quotes the shares at a premium, the inference from which is that an attempt is being made to give them a fictitious value for the purpose of obtaining purchasers. It is proper to observe, that Mr. Adams, after having repeatedly called at the office for payment of the demand, which amounted to 2.51.. was surprised at his first visit upon seeing posted upon the door his own name, under the designation of a bankrupt who failed i n 1832.—(A laugh.) Now, he never in his life had been a bankrupt, so that it was quite evi dent that the notice was intended to show to what the parties were disposed, in order to check the importunity of claimants. Mr. Adams—l went to Mr. Groom, the official as signee, and asked him whether I was the person meant in the notice, and he said, "Certainly not ; the person meant is dead." The LORD MAYOR—Have you given notice to the proprietors of the lion Times to attend here ? Mr. Horry—No, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps they can give you some information about this company. You certainly ought to have sent intimation to them of what you intended to do. No doubt they will inform you as far as they are able. Mr. HOARY—We shall adopt your Lordship's sugges tion, by all means. We gave to the company distinct notice of what we meant to do, and they have not ap peared. Here Mr. Edmund Smith, who had been near the witness-box all the time, requested to be heard. He was, he said, the Mr. Smith alluded to by Mr. Horry, who had,come.forward, charged with a monstrous batch of falsehoods against the Great European Railway Coen pany. He (Mr. Smith) was the private secretary to the promoters of the company, and his was the only regis tered name for the company, which was not likely to suffer from that circumstance, andalthough he was not a professional man, he could clearly show into what errors the Learned Counsel, who was so unworthily engaged in this case, had fallen. He wished to be cautious in the language he used before the Chief Magistrate of the first city in the world, but he must say that a more thorough-born ruffian than had come forward to sub stantiate a complaint against respectable men, from whom he bad endeavoured to extort money, never be fore appeared.—(A laugh.) It was false to insinuate that the company were without funds, or had raised funds bye improper means. It was false to say that there was no provisional committee ; and all the other assertions made to the prejudice of the gentlemen en gaged in thecompany were equally without foundation, and the offspring of a spirit of intimidation and unjust exac tion. The collector of Mr. Bradshaw had called at the office with an unjust demand. To pay the sum of 20,0001. was with them a matter of no difficulty ; but they were determined to pay none but just demands. They had very recently paid 2,0001., and they were ready to liquidate every farthing for which they were, in fact or in honour, responsible. But it had been said that there was no provisional committee. He had the list in his hand, and he would show it to the Lard Mayor, but neither Mr. Ilorry nor Mr. Adams should see it, for he knew that the respectable names in it would be handed over to unfair applicants for money, and subjected to litigation by lawyers who derived advantage from harass in gentlemen. The Lord Mayor would know a great many in that list, which contained names of great landed proprietors, esquires, baronets, aldermen—(Laughter)— lieutenants, and deputy-lieutenants of counties, clergy men, magistrates, and officers in the army and navy, and directors of the East India Company. ik more respec• table provisional committee could not in fact by any possibility be formed, but then they would not tolerate any extortionate demand. Mr. Horry—Mr. Adams will abandon the account alto gether if you prove that you have a re pectable provi sional committee. It is not by the production of a private paper to the Lard Mayor that you can prove a fact of this description. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Horry)—Why, if Mr. Bradshaw or Mr. Adams hare this claim, an not law proceedings commenced ? It appears that there are funds. Mr. Adams.—lt is not worth the trouble. There is no use in going into a court of law. lam the publisher of Mr. Bradshaw's paper, an we bad the order from Mr. Smith to insert the advertisement. Mr. Horry—lf you are satisfied that it is a bona fide provisional committee, we shall throw up the 25/. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, it is a mere matter of doubt, and a remedy is to be feund, if the claim be just, in the Mayor's Court, in. which I have been told there is a greater quantity of business since I advised that alterna tive than has ever before been known. Mr. Smith—To show the bona file nature of the com pany, the provisional committee of which it is considered - necessary for obvious reasons to keep private at present, we are ready to defend any action if the payment of the costs on the other side be secured. If Mr. Bradshaw will pay down 1001. into the hands of the Lord Mayor, or any other gentleman, wo shall do the same, and we shall defend the action. The LORD MAYOR—I shall have nothing to do with it.—(A laugh.) Mr. 'lorry (to Mr. Smith)—ls your company regis tered ? Mr. Smith—Provisionally it is. Mr. Horry—Ay, but by you alone? Mr. Smith—By me alone. There was policy in that. Mr Horry—No doubt of that at all. Mr. Smith—There was, for while every fellow of the profession is running about hunting up actions upon every complaint, I do not chose to expose those by whom lam employed to all such annoyance. It is our intention to submit this demand to one of the protection societies which have been established, but I am willing to submit the case to three newspaper proprietors, and if two of them decide against us, the demand shall be paid Mr. Adams had no more faith in the company at the end then at the commencement of the case, and declined to hazard any money in an experiment which appeared to him to be not more substantial than the dream of a shadow. The LORD MAYOR repeated that the complainant had acted injudiciously and uncandidly, in not applying to the proprietors of the Iron Times before he applied at the Mansion-house, and he stated, upon looking over the paper handed to him by Mr. Smith as a list of the provisional committee of the Great European Railway Company, that it certainly abounded with highly respectable names, and that many of the gentlemen describKl were his intimate friends. It may not be amiss to observe that the Great European Railway Company has for a considerable length of time, and even during the panic, been con stantly advertised in a number of newspapers, and that from the first it excited the greatest surprise and laughter on account of its glaring impractibility. The Lord Mayor received the second half of a 5/. note, c mtributed by Z. A., and 21. from A. 8., and 11. from C. B. for the poor-box. r.:.7.7°,11,4111,8 ORO UGII-STREET. Joseph Pemberton and George Dickenson, young men, were charged with ro bbi ng th e i r employer, Mr. * George William Jones, of No. 101, Oxford-street, furrier, tinder the following circumstances. The prosecntor had the prisoners, and other young men, in hi s serv i ce as porters. On Saturday morn ing W. in gold and silver were missed from a desk in the shop, to which the prisoners and the other porters had access at an early hour in the morning to set the place in order. On the discovery of the robbery the prisoners were taxed with being concerned in it. They denied it, but in the course of the day the pri soner Dickenson made a confession to the prosecutor of his having seen Pemberton take something from out of the desk, and that Pemberton had afterwards admitted to him that he had only taken 30s. The prosecutor accompanied Dickenson to his lodgings, No. 16, Welbeck-mews, Welbeck-street, Marylebone, and found in the possession of his wife, a boa of the value of 305., which answered the description of one stolen from his stock since July last. Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner Pemberton lOW he bad to say in answer to the charge against him? :.z4 Pemberton said he knew nothing about the prosecuts ir 5/. or the boa. Dickenson—Yes you do. You made a present to my' of it, and she has worn it ever since. 1 told you during day that the 5/. was mis-ing, that I felt certain you • taken it, and you then said you had only taken 30s. The prosecut..r said he was certain between Si. and 61. been taken font the desk. Mr. MALTOY said there was not sufficient evidence to tain Pemberton ' but as the stolen boa was found in the po l session of Dickinson , and he did not account for it, 1° merely asserted that it had been given to him by PernberW he must stand remanded: Pemberton was ketordingiy dischargbd, MARKET NE S.—( Y ESTERDA I ' ) c ORN•EXCRAN G E. • • The past week's arrivals o f Wh ea t o f h ome p ro d u ce, co >u l wise as veil as by land earriage j and samples have Pr e unusually small, and of very middling quality - . or utf id i kinds of English Grain, including Viotti-, the receipts iterrp a full average scale. The imports of Foreign 'Wheat Flour were seasonably good; whi'e the fresh supply of In e Oats was, on the whole, extensive. Fresh up, verb litd English Wheat came to hand, either froth Emsex, e O4 Cambridgeshire, consequ e ntly th e s t an d s here Seltitill i ri plied with samples of that description of produce. attendance of both London and country dew ers—most of whom were very short of stoc% being large, the b es t p arce l s o f English While, both red and white, comm an d e d a steady 61,4 at an advance in the curren c i es o bt a i ne d on thi s day fellniikd of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which a good c l e ar:diet ( such sorts was effected. In th e m iddli ng an d inferior kind* average English \Vheat—which form e d th e b u lk o f t h e supply--i„' amount of business was d one , a t very f u ll ralu — The show of fine ForeignlVh eat samples was by no means INF; For selected parcels the demand ruled steady at extreni" figures; but other descriptions commanded very little ettfi, 0 tion. The speculative dema n d f or a ll ki n d s o f G ra i n un der "--• was unimportant ; yet the imp or t ers were fi rm , an d in PI instances, owing to the adva nce i n th e va l ue o f English, Wo u „,, not sell their Wheats, except at higher rates, savof Is Per tr . We had rather an extensive supply of English Bariej:: show. Very little of it wai, h owever , fit f or ma lting Pile, poses. Selected parcels, therefore, commanded a ready 5111 at full prices. In other kind s excee di ng l y li tt l e wa s dl n n e :, and a clearance of such was no t effected. SuPe3"4 season-made Malt moved off freely, a n d p r i ces w ere I, t supported, while all other kinds were q u it e as d ea r. o u t : withstanding the large arrival of Oats from Ireland last We l the quantity of that article here to-d a y was no t t o sa y sive. This circumstanc e mus t b e a tt r ib ute d to a 1 $1: portion of the supply having been landed in granaryo. o holders preferring holdi ng f orwar d rat h er t h an subtnit' o present prices. The Oat trade must be considered fine n _l ; very full prices. The supply o f B eans was mo d erate ly go all descriptions moved off slowly at late rates. In Per good business was done, yet no advance was noticed in Or The Flour trade was steady at full prices. SMITHFIELD. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fre t up to this morning's maret were very limit e d, an d o f infe c t quality, owing to which, and the increased attendance At, attendance both town and country buyers, the B e ef t ra d e was stea.:lo ee in most, transactions, an advance in the curren c i es o btain r this day se'nnight of 2d. per 81bs., a few very inferior At deenshire and %Vest Island Scots, producing 4s. 6d. per 816 b, Some time before the close of the trade the whole of Beasts had changed hands. The northern droves of n a comprised about 900 short-hor ns . F rom th e Western Midland districts the receipts were 400 Herefords, Dow; Runts, &c. ; from other p ar t s o f E ng l an d 250 o f vsril o , breeds ; from Scotland 80 Sc o t s , an d f rom I re l an d, 60 Bees, The supply of Sheep was unu sua lly sma ll ; nce the Milo, trade ruled active, and the quotations improved 2d peri l( the primest Old Downs selling readily at 5s 2d per 81b. general quality of the Sheep was good. There were f - d, few Calves on offer, yet the Veal trade was by ne mean s 'do tive, though prices were well supported. The Pork old was again steady, at full rates of currency. The number. Pigs on sale was small. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d inferior Beasts .. ••2 10 3 4 Second quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 2 4 6 Large coarse Calves k 0 4 6 Prime small ditty .... 4 8 5 • Suckling Calves .18 • 30 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 6 4 0 s. d. 4 s. 6 second quality ditto 4 2 10 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 a 4 1 Southdown Wethers 5 0 Ditto out ofthewool 4 °6 Large Hogs Small Porkers a 4 • 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 • 2 : 0 Lambs ••• • •• • 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. 2,467 I VOL 280 I Sheep. I Calves. 16,610 79 ATEVTGATE AND ZZADENTRAIM. 4 , 0 (1 Since this day se'nnight the arrivals ot country.slaughl b y meat up to these markets have been tolerably good, bu'oe no means extensive. The supplies of meat killed in 0 1 metropolis have been somewhat li m it e d, yet t h e ge e s e i% demand has ruled inactive, abo ve quo t at i ons . Aben' i l tons of Beef have been received from Hamburgh lIISi l o, condition, which has sold at from 3s to 3s 2d per 120 In addition to this, about twenty carcases of Beef, an d dir ditto of Mutton, imported for Smithfield, have been posed of. At per stone, by the Carcase. A. A. a. d. to s. d. a. d. to "" )0 3 , Beef, inferior.... •. 2 8 210 Mutton, Inferior •• 3 6 - middling .. •. 3 0 3 2 - prime large .. 3 2 3 4 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Po r k, larg nijP e rt . dm . dl . 6l .7 .. .. .. 3 44 1 040 44 , 1 4 06 Veal 310 410 - small •. • ..... 4 • Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves rig- Scotland •• • • • . .••••• • • • • • • 40 300 300 Yorkshire ......... • • Lincolnshire •• .. ... ••• • • • ... 30 I 2 0 101 . - - 10 0 Norfolk .. .. .• .. .... .•.•• • • . • ... 15 90 Suffolk 20 !i0 10 0 Cambridgeshire Essex ••.••••.•••.. • . Surrey •.••• • • .. ... ••••• • • • • • 40 200 100 15° Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts .. •• •..- .. --- Total •• • • •••• • . • . 325 1,560 240 1,650 Previous week's arrival.. Difference since oar last ... • 277 500 10 670 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Since our last report the show of Hops here has b e g : small, nevertheless the demand—with the exception fl best new bags being in better request—has ruled hilted BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDI3. ' The arrivals of Potatoes a t th e water-side during tbl .41 week have been limited, but at the various steam-boat ",,, e itr and railway stations they have be en considerably onT, los crease, and in good condition. an th e w h o l e , t h e trail e 6 to ruled inactive, at 70s to 120 s per t on , f or Y or k R e d s; 1 osi 140 s for Regent's; 80s to 90 s f or S co t c h R e d s; an d l o co Blues 80s to 85s per ton. The i m p or t s f rom F ran ce amounted to 120, and from Germany 70 tons. WOOL. During the week the imports of Wool into London b r: amounted to 661 bales from Algoa Bay, 71 do. from St" 6$ tersburgh, 25 do. from Konigsberg, 275 do. from Sn l yrasl.o do. from the Cape, and 150 do. from Bombay. E°ool Wools continue in air request at full prices ; b u t Foreigll_. l d Colonial, owing to the approaching public sales, cooletY" . very little attention. TALLOW. This market is very firm, and, since our last, price l b .: fine Y. C. Tallow have advanced fully 6d per cwt. There is but little to be had a t th e quotat i on o f this morning; it fo r generally believed that there are many contracts to settle all this year, and the holders are sanguine in their exPec i4 r d tions for higher prices. There are no sellers for fortyl a delivery. Town Tallow is by no means abundant; the prl is 42s 6d to 435, net cash. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— We are happy to inform you that Mr. Ifar who, with his company, were reported "lost," durii?g the late gales from Guernsry to Exeter, arrived safe in the latter city late last night, after a tempestuous 10 8; sage. As the report of th r i r l oss h as appeare d i n sa l of the morning paper s o f t o -d a y, b y i nsert i ng this 3,ut, will vase many an achi ng h eart , an d o bli ge your ou e. client servants, TURNOUR AND HOLLINGSWORTH• Bow street, Dec. 29th, 1845. CAUTION TO ENGINE DRIVERS.—John Burton, Of Shild)n, engine -driver on the Stockton and Darlington Ra in way, was charged on Saturday last, before Robert H. Esq., of Blackwell-hall, with being drunk whilst on duly and obstructing the passage of trains along the line. It ar peared Burton was on his way from Stockton to the collierie s with a train of coal wagons, and had stopped half an hou r at " Urlay Nook" drinking, and when he arrived at Darling', ton he ran his engine into the m erc h an di se tra i n, an d smas heu his water barrel. Four other coal trains were behind bill!' and could not get on when he stopped. •Thiscaused the DW I train from Stockton to be detained 40 minutes, and the WI had to be sent to York by special train. The Magistrate+ after giving him some suitable advice, committed him to th e House of Correction at D ur h am , for six weeks to hard labour.— Yorhshi•-e Gazette. Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re' gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate , forming, as it now does, not only the sins qua non of th e railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentlemen taking out-door exercise. It ma y b e sa id di s ti nct l y to ma r k. the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly' called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling so much at ease' Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also a general public favourite, being so peculiarly English, and avoiding all foreign extravagance of style. It must be SC" knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat , associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sense' tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very *laminas , defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues aro black, blue, brown, and olive ; also the clerical mixture called Oxford, and can be had of the patentees, or only of the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter paletot is three guineas, and is stampted in the lining with the words, " Registered 6 and 7 Vic., sap. 65. H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, Linden. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The fame of Holloway's Pills, ia the cure of headaches, dimness of sight, deranged stomachs , and disordered livers, as likewise in restoring strength and vigour in cases of debilitated constitutions, is so great, that even in the East Indies the different castes and natives are taking but little other medicine than these famous Pills. One native agent in the Presidency of Bombay sold lately, retail, fifty-three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordinerY cures performed by these Pills, when all other means fail, is truly wonderful. Females will find this a most admirable medicine. —S .1d by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. At Maidstone, the lady of Captain Tongue, of the 14th Light Dragoon., of a son, still-born. On Christmas morning, at Chester-street, Grosvenor place, the lady of W. Vesalius Pettigrew, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Berners-street, Oxford-street, Mrs. L. Mosely ' of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at the Rectory, Barnes, Surrey, the wife of the Rev. R. E. Copleston, of a son. DIED. On the 22d inst., at Guernsey, James William, eldest son of Christopher Daniel Hayes, Esq. On the 23d inst.. at Tottenham, Anne, relict of the Rev. William Willan, of Walter Belchamp, Essex, aged 93. On the 23d inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, William Hallett, Esq., aged 65. On the 24th inst., Mr. Stanley John Trage, of High -street, Clapham, aged 25. Con the 25th inst., in Brudenell•place, Miss Mary War wick, aged 83. On the 26th inst., in Queen-square, Catherine, relict of the late Rev. John Quarinton, aged 58. On the 26th inst., at Harleyford-place, Kennington, Miss Barker. . . - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Moe, No. 11Z Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in 01 County of Middlesex, Tuesday, December 89, 1845.4 t i ,