The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

THE -SUN; LONDON, ..PRIDA SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, as iii wfiieli of the - taxes he ought to abolish or re lit= THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. duce. But if he adopt the principle which we have TIMES.—The most important political character- laid down as that on which to base his financial istics of' the Romish Church are the dependence of its schemes for the coming fiscal year, he can hardly he clergy on a foreign potentate, roan whom they re- at a loss as to how he ought to proceed. There is ceive their spiritual authority .an I the consequent one point which we would press on the consideration emancipation of that clergy ard of their flocks from of the Premier in connexion with his contemplated many of those civil obligations and national usages financial operations. It is this, that he ought to let which are recognised by the members of the Este- the country have the benefit, to the utmost blished Church in this country, and are not systems- prudent limit, of the available surplus which will tically impugned by any sect of Protestant Dissenters. be in his hands in April next. Our meaning; But these two characteristics—independence of the we presume, is sufficiently clear. It ought to civil power and obedience to a foreign authority in be so. What we wish to be understood as saying, spiritual matters—are not peculiar to the Roman is, that Sir Robert Peel, instead of carrying over Catholic subjects of Great Britain. Wherever a to the following year any surplus, as a sort of re- Roman Catholic population exists, whether it be u n d er serve f un d f or poss ibl e contingencies—should appl y the Protestant supremacy o f Holland and Prussia, or every farthing in his exchequer, over and above the under the Catholic Sovereigns of Austria and France, estimated expenditure, to the reduction or repeal of the same fact and the same tendency prevail. The such imposts as press most severely on those who are, Courts of Catholic Kings have not ohen supported or least able to bear the burthen of taxation. With thei submitted to Papal domination with more complacency improved state of trade and commerce, the Minister, than the stoutest upholders of Protestant freedom; will not only be justified in doing this, but will incur and even whilst they acknowledged the whole theory the blame of sacrificing the present s and perhaps of Romish power, they took care to limit its ap- future interests of the country, if he fail to adopt our, plication. Every state, whether it has discarded advice. With a declining revenue, a Minister mays or preserved its communion with the Church of I e warranted in proceeding cautiously in his financial, Rome has sedulously applied itself to curb those s heroes. It is not only natural, but right and proper ' powers, and to limit that spiritual ascendancy, which ti at he should be careful lest his expenditure should' in all countries presented most fo-eirlable difficulties exceed his income. But when, as is happily the case: to the civil government of the nation. Every state at present, the revenue has been steadily rising for a l has settled upon a distinct basis tee conditions and c'nsiderable period, and there is every probability limits of the proper power of the government and of that it will continue, at least for some time, to the authority of Rome in the :OW rs of the Church. 1 increase, the matter assumes a different aspect. The more Catholic tee power, as fc r instance Austria, Not only, indeed, in such a case, is the Minister the more independent of Rome has she be come; an d b oun d to re d uce taxation to the full amount of his the result of the disputes which retied for centuries calculated income over his estimated expenditure, between the Church and the em; :re, is a State of but the public have aright to expect that he should things in which the Church has liven transformed , even stretch a point, and give a people who have from being the most formidable opeenent of the state been so long suffering from an unusual pressure of into its most useful ally. To this remark the condis taxation, a little more relief than the exact financial tion of the Roman Catholic Chu,. I. in the British conclusions at which he may arrive would suggest. dominions, and its relations with the civil power in He would be doing nothing that would subject him this country, present a signal ex ' . option. Our ex- to the charge of imprudence or incautiousness, were treme eagerness to rid the nation 1 the last vestiges he to give the public the benefit of a reduction of of Popery has affireled to the :Stoutish Church a taxes to the amount of 1 0 500,000/. over and above singular opportunity of asserte Le- an influence what may be the estimated surplus in the ensuing which it has everywhere else lost. We believe financial year. Sir Robert Peel needs no ghost to it to be demonstrable that in proportion as the tell him, that this would be one of the most popular traditional policy of England bag led us to re- measures which he , has yet devised. Instead of ject and to proscribe all negotiati .n with the Court weakening, it would tend to strengthen and establish of Rome —nay, even to refuse to recognise the exis- his Government; for relief from fiscal burthens is one tence of a power which we regard as an imperium in J of those argum en t s i n f avour o f a G overnment which imperio, dangerous t o our na ti ona l i n d epen d ence and I never fail to carry conviction to the mind. to our civil and religious liberty--we have, in fact, I GLOBE.—Lord Ashley has, we perceive, pledged been throwing aside the very means which all other , himself—in a letter written in reply to some appli- Governments, both Catholic and Protestant, have 1 cation on the subject from a Ten-Hours' Committee used in order to secure to their subjects the blessings :in the north—to renew his efforts in the next session of peace, and to themselves that ielluence in ecclesi- to obtain a legislative restriction of labour in factories astical affairs which cannot be abandoned with impu- to ten hours a day. After the experience of the last nity, either to the voluntary principle or to the 1 session, when those who advocated the restriction of Roman Pontiff. We do not hesitate to affirm that ' factory labour to ten hours afterwards voted against the power of the R. mish Church over its members it when it stood part of the Factory Bill—and thus and its clergy is at this time more absolute in the shirked the question and stultified themselves, on the British empire than ir. any country in Europe out of groundof theembarrassrnentswhichan adherence to the the minor States ..f Italy. Here this power is not " cause of humanity" would occasion to Ministers, who only independent of the State, but habitually opposed opposed the ten-hours' resolution—we have no appre to it. The spiritual authority which governs the I hensions of any very firm stand by Lord Ashley consciences of the people of Ireland, and the temporal and the other ad voca t es . f or restr i ct i ons on factory I laws to which they aee r es p ons ibl e , are p i tted one labour. There will be a grand exhibition of micros= against the other. Su .th a power is less dangerous to topic benevolence. Cases of factory labourers' debi the public welfare e hen it is ascertained and regulated litated constitutions, and of their shortened existence, 1 by law, than when it is occult and uncontrolled. We will be cited. Medical opinions, and statistical returns may refuse to recogni s e its existence, hut we cannot of Sanitary Commissioners, will be quoted. Every be blind to its effects ; and whilst we deny it that mea- effort will, in short, be used to " make out a case" for sure of official respect which we pay to the least of the legislative interference in the way asked for. All this states of Europe, it deer in reality posses a force which will be done —without the least idea, on the part of may rouse to rebellion a third of the 'United King- Lord Ashley and his supporters, that their attempts dom, and affects the councils of the empire. Our will prevail with the Government or with the House object, on this occasion, is to bring torward in the ,of Commons. The former will remain firm to their narrowest compass the facts by which this striking declared purpose of resisting any legislative inter contrast between England and the other states of ference with the rights of labour in the Europe is suggested. These facts at once demon- men, and of capital in their masters. The House etrate that the Church cf Rome has acceded to terms of Commons will be careful how it allows itself with other Protestant countries, which go far to to be caught napping, when it ought to be wide moderate and direct tba power to which we have i awake. Members w h o support h er Majesty ' s hitherto opposed a luenly stubborn, u n i n t e lli gent re- l Ministers will call to mind the confusion of face distance. The example of Prussia at once offers a and agitation of feeling which were caused by the striking analogy to Ireland. The principal here- awkward affirmation by the House of the ten-hours' ditary dominions of the Crown are Protestant ' • the resolution move d by L or d A shley: how Sir Robert reigning family is Pretestant ; the Kin g i s the head Peel was compelled to employ alternate reproaches of the Protestant chur c h. To this Protestant state and entreaties—remonstrance s and persuasions; how the treaties of 1815 anoaxed the Rhenish province, in Sir James Graham was even driven to utter express which the Catholic population is to the Protestant sive threats of resigning office--and the fears which as three to one, and at the eastern extremity pervaded the possessors and the expectants of place of the kingdom the same proportion occurs. The and profit from the Government, lest, if the ten &it care of the late King of Prussia was to este- hours' clause passed, the Cabinet should be shaken, blish in the University 4 - 4 f Bunn a Roman Catholic if not, indeed, be broken up. There will be no repe seminary for the education of the Prussian priest- tition in the next session of any such scenes as hood. The second was to open negotiations with those which took place on this question in the last. A the Court of Rome, whir .h were brought by Prince speech of the character we have described may be de- Hardenburg to a successful termination. No con- livered by Lord Ashley. He will be followed by a cordat or public treaty was signed, but the Pope pub- few speakers, pro and eon. Sir James Graham will lished in 1821 his hull de salute unimarum, which wind up the debate by a good common sense view o' confers upon the Crown the power of directing the the question, in which he will demonstrate the Mi. ; ' chapters in the electi on o f bi s h ops , an d a b r i e f of the Pest absurdity and glaring injustice of the propos' dim,,„'" same date obliges the chapt ers t o e l ect personam regi And thus the matter will end for another year -cfe. gratum. Thus the Prete:stant King of Prussia exer- should not think it worth while to adve• + - cues over the Roma n C a th o li c Ch urc h i n h i s domi- subject, were it not that there are a num'„,elr of well nomination .. to t he ow their nions the principal act e l sovereign auth or ity, i n th e mean i ng people who, like Lord Ashle , nomination of bishops, which is v es t e d i n t h e Q ueen feelings to lead their reasoning facult' 5. , a as the head of the Established Ch urc h i n t hi s country. listen to exaggerated and freq uen''ms's astray. They dry fse accounts of /Car is this all ; thr oug h ou t G ermany, b ot h C atholic the sad effects of working in factor al ies for twelve and Protestant, all the c irrespondence between the hours ; and embark on aCe exotic enterprise of pre. Catholic clergy and the Leese passes under the cogni- venting such results by als' • ,eating for an Act of Bence of the Government. The Papal ordinances liament to restrict t' _eel hours of labour. The Par are returned in the same manner, and whenever benevolence of hear' they are at varianc e w ith th e v i ews o f the Govern- as Lord Ashley ' . 'which mores t o suc h e ff orts ob went, the pacet regium is w ithh e ld f rom suc h pas- ject, claims c• has employed to e ff ec t this in sages. Concordat s , fennel treaties, o r o th er s i m il ar tellect ernmendation—th e p ervers i on of or - arrangements with R ome , a ll con f err i ng under various powers, ee tether th e d e fi c i ency o f t h e reason i ng . forms nearly si m il ar powers, were concluded with tion. ,each such eff or t s di sp l ay, moves comm i sera- France in the an IX., an d i n I M7 ; w i th Bavaria in I quir .ware of the i n fl ue n ce w hi c h suc h sc h emes ac -1819; the Netherl an d s i n 1827 ; H anover i n 1817 ' .e ever the more amiable feelin gs o f our na t ure —s oy and 1823 ; and sub sequen tl y w i t h t h e sma l ler Ger , v I 'fetch the jud gmen t i s bli n d e d to the i r inevitabl „on. • man Protestant s t a t es . A s f or A ustr i a, there sequences —we deem it nec essar y t o place before such - find, to borrow the l anguage o f M r . T urn b ull u se pers ons some o f t h e reasons which induce us to lend Sovereign prof e ssi ng th e cree d o f R ome, and ' A our aid t o G overnment i n i ts opposition to Lord rninti e f r t ex- Ashley's proposition ; although by so doing we find eluding the interference of the Rotnish P , toro o an ours elves in antagonism to some influential indivi extent unknown in any other country ' duals o f ou r own party, with vvhom, on questions of erecting and suppressing M'gim's con' .4nunities , Z e n ; trolling and directing their finery . ., s ; nationa l po licy, ith we generally concur. All inter enforcingon position w the employment of labour is in direct the clergy of every creed alike 11 '..4 Imperial p leasure, contravention of the principles which ought to go even as to the forms of word , ' en and to theinstruc- vein contracts between employers and the employed, lions given from the pulpit , ; and actuall annulling, and is an infraction of the laws of society which are in - in virtue of his supreme ledhorit the for y c h e . of sacra- dispensable to the freedom of the individual and the subjemental ordinances V.:nen performed - b Romish "i postulates of commercial undertakings. The prin cts in contrav ,ention ef his civil enictrne is nts. f ciple, to he wor th anything —and if essenti to the such are the 'nor establi l shed b e t ween th e C ourt of well-being o f the social system—must be a t general'. Rome and most faithful adherents, by what Where can its limits be‘placed ? The Legislature errors of ' po li cy can it have occurred that her has no more right to • i n t er f ere b etween the owner stutheelty is most formidable where it is least re- of a factory and his artisans, than between the mas s elegnised ? 1t i s not i n the spirit of our laws ter of a h o u se an d his domestic servants. There are isr administration to thrust the hand of the civil many trades and commercial establishments in rower into ecclesiastical iefairs, or to intermeddle e rich it is utterly impossible to ap ply a restrics with the religious obserrances of the people. But Live enactment to reduce the hours o labour.Tak e it is impossible that the civil government of this the case of a daily morning paper. To produce i d kingdom should for ever ignore the spiritual govern- the journal, a larg e number of mennaus . t be employe d anent which is recognised in Ireland alone by six during the entire nig ht. The .places in which they millions of the people. In Canada the Roman Ca- ply their respective vocations, in' furtherance of the tholic clergy are amongst ties most loyal subjects of common object, n ar to e li t w i t h l gas. Th e men are nec es . the Crown ; in England they are not disaffected; in sarily crowded im a sm rf a e l t spa L ce, t an d Lord A s hley ventilation hi midnight,ors aenydvihsiit Malta, Gibraltnr, and the celonies of French origin, is more or les s the Roman Catholic Church is a matter of pare- one of those establishments e at mount importance to the Government; and, what- benevolence will prompt him to interfere for the s ever may be the future condition of religious parties prevention of the consequences to -human health in Ireland, events seem to point to a more direct and and life from such intense application in such an dignified mode o f comm ut,ioating on these subjects atmosphere, for so many hours, constituting the entire with the Vatican. We shall. not attempt to explain I night. Bat prudence will step in, 'anrevent him by what mea ns i n th e p resen t a b sur d state of the law from interfering between the proprietors d o f the morn any intercourse between the British Government and ing journals and the men in their employ. the Court of Rome may have taken place. But it is yet, if Lord Ashley's " princ . iple of . hutniy And A n d the Court of Rome rosy have taken place. But it is / yet, if Lord Ashley's " principle of hum a ni t y" be notorious that such intercourse leas takes place at worth anything, he is bound, in consistency-with his various times ; and, although the indirect mode in princi le, to make the attempt. The - same argu whlch it must have been carried on was unbecoming anent le apply to the thousands of tailors who, in the great interests affected by such negotiations, the a posture il. confessedly injurious to health, ply their interests of peace and conciliation have been no losers by these transactions. We allude to the con- t hrough the live-long day, and borrow from e t c h l a e . in n g ight some of the hours_ which tired nature sent of Rome to the veto, which was subseque ntl defeated by the Irish Roman Catholic laity ; to th y e As hle y i nclude repose and re-invigaration. Will Lord iof "over in his " charter of benevolence?" influence of the Pope in calming the excitement of The sy ste m p m eriodq o o f ver o hours," by which men extend the Canadian insurgents, and in proscribing the slave the us y u s al e by two, three, and f w u r r k h under special circumstances trade; and more recently to the sanction which is ours, should also be taken understood is have been given to the important into the Noble Lord's humane consideration ; and a measure just promulgated in Ireland. On these special enactment he made, to render w su r ch excessive l s o p e e d nal both lr occasions it has been found that the good order and taxation of man's limited physical welfare of the Roman Catholic Church presented no upon the employer and the po w e rs obstacles, but r a th er a p owe rf u l assistance, to a wise admit the abstract desirableness, of assigningemp lo y ed. I t and tolerant policy in civil gevernment; and, since man a moderate and carefully -regulated r? the laws of this country have ceased to persecute the ' tion of labour, that recreation may be P e e n- Roman Catholics and to d en y their civil existence, I joyed, intellectual and moral improvement properly there is no secure or tenab' e resting-place between ! cultivated, and rest from fatigue insured. The miss that state of things, which it. now passed away, and 1 fortune of Lord Ashley, and of the super-humane the recognition of those ar.. horities, to which the i persons who adopt his theory, is that it is simply im- Roman Catholic clergy and leity a3cribe a controlling i practicable e We should be sorry, indeed, to believe power in the direction of • heir spiritual concerns. it the only one w hi c h could b e proposed for the " con- They have already cea se d t ( b e a mere abstraction, I summation devoutly to be wished," of improvement and they must therefore be dealt with as a reality; lin the lot of labour—and amongst the greate s t o f such and the danger c ons i s t s no t ;n ;that ought to b e done, ; impr ovemen t s, undoubtedly, must be ranked the re but in remaining as we are . I laxation of all extreme degrees of toil requisite for ADVERTISER.—New elsimants for the benefit support or comfort. of the surplus revenue, which it is now certain will be STANDARD.—The lhih we have at the the disposal of Si r R o b er t P ee l at the close of the scribed for ourselves, and r e u h e ich w our reade rs have so financial year, are s t ar ti ng up every day. A n d so' long kindly indulged, prevented our a ll u ding as we very clamorous are some of them becoming, that it ' could have wished to 'the admirable charge of the may be doubted whether the Premier will not find I Bishop of Worcester, published in yesterday's his riches prove a source of greater embarrassment Standard. 'That noble and most seasonable address than even an empty exchequer would do. He who, 1 could, however, well dispense with an introduction. under any circumstances, attempts to please all , par . - Our readers have seen and appreciated it, and any ties, undertakes a proverbially eopeless task. This compliments on our part would be ' flat in com will be found especially the case when mone matters parison with their own sense of its merits, and of are at stake. Do as Sir Robert will with hi s surplus the good Bishop's claim on the gratitude of the revenue, he is sure to give offence. It is impossible countri. The excellent Bishop of Salisbury, at pre that he can repeal ' or modify all the A ta ,, xes which he sent a ini rator of the diocese of Bath, in consi m• . st is asked to extinguish or redue urplu fo s r of t riot deration of Dr. Law's infirmity and great age, has ad less than 10,000,000/. would be e. requi red What then is he to do ? Why, to disregard a lt this. dressed the clergy of the last-named diocese in pre cisely the same spirit, urging the same advice. We mourers and all clamouring, mei repeal or amodelifa- b ane not seen any copy of the Right Reverend Lord's those taxes which will afford the greatest amount oyf a d d ress, and we do not know that any copy has been relief to the greatest number of an over -taxed people.but we have what we consider su ffi cient Until we have learned the amount of the surplus re- aPurthloerft f or . saying, that it was in all respects venue whieb will be at the disposal of the Minister, precisel Y similar to the address of the Bisho p we will not be in a condition to express any opinion of Worcester. y Lastly, what gives us a'siecere plea!). sure on every ground, we are able to communicate the following graceful letter of the Bishop of Exeter, putting an end to the differences that have latel, disturbed his Lordship's diocese:— " TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF EXETER. " ashopstowe, Dec. 23, 1844. "Dear and Rev. Brethren,—lt has been represented t me by many of you, in different parts of the diocese, tha the use Of the surplice in preaching is more repugnant t the feelings of the people than could have been reasonabl; anticipated. To these feelings, however erroneous, deem it my duty to surrender what may be abandonel without the sacrifice of any principle. I therefore with, draw ray order, as respects the surplice. " That order was avowedly issued fiy me, not, for the selr of enforcing an express rule of the Church, but in executior iof the power given to me to appease a diversity' is Divine Worship, and so to remove a symbol of disunior amongst ourselves. If my object cannot be obtained in the way which I had pointed out, without leading to othei evils of as grave a kind, let me, however, hope and enJ treat that in using your own discretion in this particular' you will so use it as shall least expose you to the re-; proach of cherishing party spirit. Wherever, thureforel the a trpliee is now used without offence, .there, I- hopei it will be continued in use. " The enforcement of the rubrics rests on different ground. In them the Church has spoken clearly; and to the voice of the Church, when it gives not an uncer tain sound, every true Churchman, and especially every faithful minister, will hearken with reverence and sub mission.—l am, Rev. and dear Brethren, " Your faithful friend and brother, " H. EXETER." May He who guards his Church forbid that any- Churchman fall into the grievous sin of treating this accommodation as a victory. There can be no victory in such a case without a war, and he Who, should now triumph would confess that he has been, at war with his spiritual superior, and would, render himself obnoxious to the charge of, making a hypocritical pretence of a conscientious' scruple, in order to disguise his enmity to the, proper authority of the Church. Let us rather understand the arrangement as, what in truth it is, the effect of the Right Reverend Lord's disco very, that the innovations or renovations to which he for a moment thought it his duty to give countenance, are in the minds -of the people intimately and inseparably connected with a profession of the Tractarian heresy, and that it was on this account, and this account only,. that his just authority has ever been resisted. Once satisfied that such is the true state of the case, the Bishop has acted with the affectionate care and the manliness that have ever distinguished him. It remains now for the people to show that they merit the favourable, and, we are thoroughly convinced, just - estimate of their • motives which has led to his Lordship's con ciliatory and truly paternal concession. Let the peo ple show that they never ceased to cherish a grateful veneration for his Lordship's personal character. and• sacred office, even while they seemed to resist his ' command. This they can most satisfactorily demonstrate by a careful recollection of all his Lordship's manifold services to the great Protestant cause, and the multitude of the be nefits he has conferred upon his diocese. As care fully dismissing from memory the occurrences of the last month, as a well-disposed man dismisses recol lections of the rare and accidental harshness of a father, whose whole life otherwise gives proof of kindness, care, and deeply-seated love. THE LOSS of the BRIG FIRE PLY —INTERESTING NARRATIVE. The brig Firefly, Captain Kerr, commander, bound for New Calabar, on a trading voyage, and laden with a general cargo, left Liverpool on the 14th ult., shortly after noon. After clearing the docks and entering the river, sbe was towed as far as the Light-house by the Mona steam-tug, from which point she set sail at four P.m . , steering N.N. West, aided by the influence of a favouring breeze, The atmosphere even then was somewhat hazy; light rains, too, fell, with intervals between, up to eight o'clock, after which the fog became more dense, ac companied by drizzling moisture, with little inter' s mission up till pretty near the hour of midnight. Previously Mr. Dick, M.D., and surgeon to the ship, had been on deck, assisting to keep a goad look out ; but on observing that vigilance was duly exercised, and the greatest pains taken by the captain, the second officer, and the watch on duty, he at length ventured to retire to rest. His sleep, however, was not a long one, and whether sound or otherwise, scarcely two hours had elapsed, when he was aroused by cries of "Keep her off—keep her off —helm to port—helm to port —hard to port—hard to port," &c., &c. These sounds were sufficiently alarm ing, and anon a fearful shock ensued, accom panied by such a creaking of timbers, that convinced the surgeon that collision of some sort had been the fate of the Firefly, in all probability with some other vessel, despite the persevering efforts made on deck, to avert, by every means, the pOssibility of such an accident.' Immediately the surgeon left his cot and rushed on deck in his shirt, haunted by the idea that the vessel was about to sink in deep water; while the first object that met his view, was the steamer that had occasioned the whole mischief, proceeding on her course, as if nothing had happened, although vociferously hailed to turn back. On ascertaining these signals of distress, Mr. Dick rushed back to the cabin, threw on such garments as he could most readily find in the dark, and then ran forward to ascer tain as correctly as possible under the circumstances the full extent of the injury the brig had sustained, stopping by the way to encourge the men en gaged at the pumps, depressed rather than animated by the impression that their's was indeed a struggle between life and death. • The bows when attentively examined were found torn and stove, more particu larly the starboard bow; and from these and other appearances, it became too certain that the vessel would soon founder, however untiring and herculean the ex ertions of her crew. After orders had been given to launch the boat, in the hope of attracting the attention of the steamer that slackened not her pace, she after a little time was discovered returning with two lights on her star board quarter, and then for the first time the com mander inquired whether the brig had been damaged ,by the collision; but when answered in the affirma tive, in place of dispatching his boat to the* wreck, .he requested those on deck to send their own to the steamer. Although this appeared strange, the boat was launched as speedily as possible, and when the men sent to guide it were about to put oft; the word was given that not a single rowing-pin was' forth ‘coming. After some little delay a piece of wood was (found, fitted if split, for the - purposes required; but, unfortunately, every axe was amissing. In this Way half an hour el - spsed—the steamer, in the 'meanwhile, plying round the Firefly —going off, perhaps, out of s - , g .ht, INTERESTING OCCURRENCE. called by the . outcries of the sinking crew, and The Avenir National contains the following inte. the lights , and again returning, re exhibited on the starboard of the resting recital :—" Some months back, a pris'Jner, wreck. Se escorted by two gendarmes, was brought to Tulle, heightened by the thick darkness which brooded .ch, indeed, were the panic and confusion, sentenced to undergo there five years' imprisonment. around His wife, a young woman in black, covered with a the s - argeon picked up one among the crew's feet. that every oar for a time was amissing until thick veil, accompanied him to the door of the prison. The prisoner is a per son na me d vi nso t, a receiver of '4ll answer returned that it was out of order. By Ca l s'is were again made for the Firefly's boat, and taxes in the arrondissement of Tulle, who had been condemned by the Court of 'Assizes of the Corres ' r. water in the hold, and the steamer being then at some I Pais time the carpenter had announced six feet of under the following circumstances :—At the 1-40.,1 distance, Mr. Dick jumped into the long-boat to essay; where M. Vinsot lods•ed before his marriage. 'pretty girl, to whom lie was said not to. be in di:Arent: 'from want of an axe to Cut the fastenings. I t was woman, of excellent education, an d t er was a whether it. co u ld' no t be got 'afloat; but in vane s He got marri e d, h owever , t o a must ami.4l.,te young 'then he felt a d ec id e d emot i on o f terror, and a sink , to him. The girl at the inn l a y ins, sane m o nth s a f ter, b ut t h e fi t was momentary, and, in place of relax sterly att ac h e d i ng o f h ear t , more easily conceived than described; and her child di sap p eare d. Sh e a charge of infanticide, and, arm the inf orma ti on i ng c h ance o f of escape—the steamer brought along she had g i ven the chld seas taken u p un d er h ag, h e re d ou b led his efforts to secure the only remain which she gave, M ' Vine et, to whom s h e sa id s id e as near l y as possible. Hailing and rehailing were, i ~ affair plunged b o th hi-s family an d th at o f hi s wife while two lights were kept moving to and fro in the 'was also arr es t e d. Thi s as a l ast effort, resorted to with the greatest energy, into the gre a t es t gr i, i; the country. The dand caused much surprise - in brig, in the direction in which the steamer had on the received a drearl young wife, as may b e supposed, l ast occas i on disappeared. And at length her red her husband AtTh shock, but re f use d t o b e li eve that lights were perceived at the distance of 400 or 500 eras guilty. She att en d e d hi m d ur i ng yards, twinkling dimly through the haze, and bear his d trial ar , d the prelimi nar y proceedings with great ing do wn on the Fireflly. devote• a par' cress. He was found gu ilty b y th e C ourt as At this juncture the men had abandoned the pumps -ey. to the concealment of the birth of the child ; in despair, on finding the vessel filling so fast,. while hl nr A the girl, who declared him to be her accomplice, the helmsman,' who had s.imilarlydes h e . rte a d el his t w ari e n e , was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. They was seen under the . dim light of the . l inn ,, were in due course removed to their places of confine. his hair, , and exclaiming unceasingly, ment, Vinsot being accompanied by his wile to lost!' By persuasion, r 0 heingyw, as L:o . :s . t l e lel men ~ ~,ed back Tulle, as already stated. Her conduct soon became to his post, and then the ero b v . ' .•ix in number, known, and the people, who seldom fail to admire resumed operations, in all ero the collision. It la ' e .Oll i ty at the most arms applied ta pUthping in others what is really noble, treated her wi'l,' n critical moment supervenie ,g , the utmost veneration. Months passed over in . thi s ,astonishing what willie ..,g . case of an accidentally disabled way, the young wife remaining firm in le, / . e onv i e • can effect, in the . , there was a momentary gleam of hope lion of her husband's innocence, when one child had disappeared fell ill. S',.,e, at last, became whet..? trfe steamer re-appeared within forty or fifty in so dangerous a state, that . , a priest was sent for. yarcl, .. i and at length alongside, although not until girl whose ship, and t aga: a 7sith the water. Thus Alarmed on his represent peering before her D; :,tae at the thought of ap- the main deck was level .:.tne Judge without atoning tor favoured at the eleventh 'flour, or rather beyond, the her sins, she confs.ssed before witnesses that she had , boat was got roun.q; but, whefi at length afloat, call, child Vinsot, having herself killed the the want of gearing, seemed to be little, if at all, wrongfully child with ' 4l view to ruin her former lover, whom she under th e con t ro l o f the crew. Never can the detested, for leaving h er . Sh e di ed shertly after this writer, who communicates, forget the heart-re n di n avaw.al. The circum s t ances were immediately ins- cries simultaneou s ly ra i se d when the steamer for theg '.,arted to the Procureur•General, who at once applied last time stopped short at a distance of about fifteen for a royal pardon for Vinsot, which, we doubt not, yards, as if those who manned her dreaded the con will he at once granted, to the heartfelt delight of his sequences of a second collisio n , and dur s t no t r i sk i t attached wife." fee their own safety. The wild shrieks uttered, with oththeemeoffaencitntghasttlthaet b d o i e x d es m c o o re nta fa in in in t g ly s a u w rg ay ic , a W l i e r r , e ., suffi cient to the spot, with the view of claiming them, iso soon as his health, shattered no doubt during the law shipwreck, enabled him to undertake so long .8 taken by Mr. M`Deugald, superintendent of the rural erao Thiesaprrtopo,efrtsyto,anned. that t C h o e m w e ou al l or d )gside --we're sinking, sinking!" would have found mourn ful echoes had the solid land been nearer, and con , trasted dismally with the three hearty cheers which saluted the ill-fated barque' when she left her moor ings in the port of Liverpool little more than twelve hours previously. The steamer at length within grappling distance, the surgeon lost no time in springing 'into her ,rigging; and then commenced a fearful struggle to get over her bulwarks, rendered the more difficult from so many clinging to the same points, and the terror of cattle close at hand, threatening amidst the darkness to toss 'every adventurer overboard. The ,horned animals cleared, Mr. Dick immediately made Mr the quarter-deck to survey the wreck ; at that awful moment not a sound was uttered, although shortly after the wail of woe was distinctly heard. Again all was still, .for a few moments, when a gurgling sound again smote the ear, and though the gulf between the two vessels was then fifty or sixty yards, a rope was instantly thrown overboard. As near as may he at the same time, the commander of the steamer exclaimed, " I'll go no nearer at so great a tsit, for the sake of a single individual." On this Captain Kerr said the surgeon should take 'a note of the determination—surely even one life was prect us ; and a life-buoy, in consequence, as tng that to approach nearer might risk the fo board, the steam-master re . mar l : : ltdering of both vessels. i • s'sress had now become fainter, al `‘-- 41- .;rown over thoTuhgeh;tile.;sioL: sounds were still audible, as of pro ceeding from persons struggling in the water. Ces sation, however, quickly followed, and then the com mander of the Britannia steamer, Dublin, inquired of Captain Kerr and his friend whether there was any necessity for tarrying any longer ? To this question Captain K. having made no answer, the surgeon said he feared all hope was lost, but expressed in the same breath his conviction that a boat might have been dispatched in time to save them all. To this the ready answer was, that no sooner had the collision occurred, than they became all masters on board ; that his crew refused to obey their head officer, and that one man in particular averred, that if they ven tured to go alongside the wreck, every soul on board would jump into the beat, and infallibly swamp her; and not only this, but that his venturing to return in the first instance was contrary to the wish of all on hoard—a circumstance which accounted for the numerous returns and departures of the steamer. Out of the twenty-three individuals that embarked in the Firefly all were eventually saved excepting the chief mate, the individual who was heard struggling in the water. But he had been somewhat wilful, as was afterwards ascertained, by maintaining that his vessel was not much damaged —that she would still float—and that, in place of a boat, it would be better to crave a tug from the steamer into Beaumaris har bour. His last words were, " I'll not desert her, I'll stick to the last," after which he ran aft to the cabin, in place of seizing the rope thrown overboard. [ln reference to the above catastrophe,, our readers will recollect that weeks have elapsed since we atatsd boards had been that portions of the wreck of two vessels with name picked up 'on the shores of Galloway, p p o a o r l t , ly t on the Borgue shore, and partly near Garliem town. In consequence of these notices we received a letter from the surgeon of the brig Firefly, the pro perty of Messrs..A.W. and G. Maxwell and Co., Live.r strum e nts,hootoks;m&cel.wt journey. In our last number we mentioned the pain.% police, Kirkcudbri g h t , to avert pilfering, and preserve everything. as far as possible intact against the visit to Galloway of the lawful owner. From a private source we learn, that the cabin of the Firefly, from being situated on deck, was upset during the colli . sion, and subsequently washed by tidal influences '‘o the shores of Galloway, while the frame -work of the ill-fated vessel itself was discovered at eea, keel up wards,' and towed by steam to the port of Liverpool To these facts we have only to add, that the' narrative rests exclusively on facts supple ' ----- — f --„, w SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. The quiet village of Ashford, a short distance from Staines, has been the scene of a shocking affair, which has created very great sensation in the neigh bourhood. So far as the facts have been ascertained up to this time, it appears that a man named William Oliver, and his Wife and family, consisting of several children, occupied a miserable cottage by the road side, near Ashford, for some time past. The woman vas in the habit of vending lucifer matches, and the children were sent out to beg, the man being repre sented as an idle and dissolute character, and these being the only means by which the family could eke out a subsistence. The family had been in great dis tress, and' were receiving relief frjm the parish of Isleworth. • On Tuesday morning William Oliver, one of the sons, came to a neighbour's house in a stat 4 of alarm, and said that his rather and mother. were' very ill, and tie' person to whom he applied j immediately went for Mr. Richardson, the overseer, and accompay!Led him to the miserable hut occupied by the far.'nly, where a dreadful scene presented itself —the woman lying upon the bed quite dead, and her hilsband, in the agonies of death, by her side. A messenger was immediately dispatched for Mr. Cur tis, the medical officer of the union, and he , soon the sufferings of the man, but without attended, and did all that was possible to a Ivan, as he lieviate Ir e was undressed, mod. The man, when a e n xp d i l r y e i d ng alm ne % k a r t ly im o m n e h d e ia r t f e a ly c; i T n it ,d e first found, was partly dressed , and lying on his wita'a body, and the scene was altogether of a most• aw;ul character. The room presented an appearanc e of the most wretched poverty; all the covering for the wretched parents and their children was a few rags ; there was not a chair in the apartment, and the only article in the room was an old saucepan, that had ap parently contained coke to warm the room. The actual cause of this double death at present remains a mystery, but it is believed to -be from the effect of poison. The constable who was called in found a piece of paper, which contained some white powder, believed to be arsenic, which has been taken away for medical examination, but the result has not yet transpired. On a further search the constable 'found one penny and a small quantity of bread and bacon, which the little boy (William) says his father wished him to eat in the night, and awoke him for that purpose, but he would not do so. There is some reason to believe that there was an intention on the part of one or other of the unhappy deceased persons to destroy the whole family; for another child (Eliza) had evidently partaken of some noxious ingredient, as she was very ill when the surgeon was called in, and exhibited all the appearance of having taken poison, although she is now out of danger, and, with her brother, in the union -house, under. the care of the parochial authorities. The cot tage and the remains of the unhappy deceased are at present in the charge of the police, and will remain so until after the inquest. Dr. Curtis has expressed his i opinion that from the appearances the deaths were I the result of poison; and it is supposed, from the posi tion in which the man was found, that he had got up and partly dressed himself with the intention of leaving the room, but had sunk down in the attempt. Both of them had been dreadfully sick, •and their Mouths and nostrils were covered with froth when they were discovered. The time for the inquest is not yet fixed, but information of the melancholy oc currence has been forwarded to the proper authority. A BRAVE rnt.Low.—A g r enad i e r o the 47th re / giment, named Viriiille,' was remarked for his daring and coolness at the late fire in the Rue Cadet. When on the roof of the burning building, finding it impos sible to retain his position on account of the intense heat, he passed a pump -hose round his neck, and then, by means of a ladder with hooks at the ends, he got on the roof of a neighbouring house, and by his presence of mind prevented the flames from communicating with it. This brave fellow has before on several occasions distin guished himself by acts of courage and devotedness. In 1839 he saved a woman and child from drowning in the Canal St. Martin : and in 1843, on the occasion of a fire breaking out in the Rue Ventadour, hearing that• a man had remained in a room of the burning house, he rushed into the flames, and, after some minutes' absence, re-ap peared, bringing the persosa for whom he exposed his life safely out.—Galignani. 40 0/11 Dick, surgeon of the ship, although somewhat marred in effect from the lack of space, which ppe• vents us enterin g int' I§ %4 ry particular. Darlifiii WILL OF THE LATE MR. DUNN. From an examination of the will of the late Mr Dunn, now en record; It hiiPe'ais that prior to the re; 11 - 113 Val of his superb Chinese collection to Europe he had made provi s io n f or l eav i ng i t to the city of Phila delphia. After appointing his executors, the will proceeds :—"I give and bequeath my Chinese collec tion, and all th e goo d s an d chattels comprising the same, or in any way belonging to or incident thereto; to GoverneUr Emerson, M.D., John R. Latimqr k James H. Bradford, M. 8., Frederick Brown; And W., B. Langdon, in trust, to hold; ree..l'Ve, and as far as may be practieable i to perpetuate the same." After stating the Nysiem and organisation of the trust, the, will proceeds to endow the institution with the prosi seeds of his interest in Leurelxhill C'etAelety,, for the purpose of insuring, pteserving, and resusci-. tating the Chinese collection. He desires that the trus tees shall invest the sum of 10,000 dollars which they, will receive from his executors, and apply the interest and income thereof in purchasing wood or coal, or both, and potatoes, to be distributed during the in clement weather of each winter among deserving in digent persons. Nor did Mr. Dunn's charitable views stop here. After providing for the payment of large legacies to the trustees, the will directs that should, at any time, the Chin ese co ll ect i on, contrary to his earnest hope by any calamity, cease to exist, in its present character, certain sums shall be paid to trus tees, after which the residue of the fund or proceeds of the collection, provided it did not exceed the sum of 50,000 dollars, shall go to the Union Benevo lent Association of Philadelphia, to be applied to the following objects, viz. :—" I desire and autho rise the managers or directors of the Union Benevolent Association of Philadelphia, to invest the same in good securities, and to pay the interest and income thereof to a board composed of twelve re spectable ladies of the city of Philadelphia, who shall be appointed by the said managers or directors an nually, and whose vacancies shall be supplied by the said managers or directors, so often as they occur. The said board of ladies shall keep regular minutes of their proceeding s , and shall apply an d use sa id in terest and inc ome for the relief and benefit of re spectable married women in their accouchements, who are indigent or in very moderate circumstances, by giving them assistance in their own dwelling places or apartments, furnishing them with a nurse, a physician, clothing, and pecuniary aid besides, not exceeding thirty dollars in the case of one individual on one occasion, as the said board of ladies may think best. ' The benefits of this fund are to extend to any parts of the city of Philadelphia or liberties, and to the wives of mechanics generally, and the de serving of professions, and of any age. If any part of the said fund should remain after providing the said sum of 50,000 dollars, in manner aforesaid, then I desire said trustees to distribute the same among such charitable and literary institutions as they may think most eligible." Such were the munificent and cha ritable views of Mr. Dunn, whilst prosperity shone upon his affairs. Unhappily, a train of circumstances occurred by which his estate was so much depreciated as to prevent his carrying out his views, as above expressed, with justice to his family. The part of his will relating to the Chinese collection was revoked in a codicil ; but the continuance of his kind disposition towards his fellow-citizens is shown in other liberal bequests to charitable and literary insti• tutions. To the Indigent Widows and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia he leaves 10,000 dollars; to the Apprentices' Library Company, 10,000 dollars • Union B enevo l ent Association, 10,000 dol lars ; the American Philosophical Society, 10,000 dollars ; the Academy of Natural Sciences, 10,000 dollars. These last bequests are contingent upon the winding Up of his estate, which, with judicious ma nagement, is deemed sufficient to cover the whole ground marked out by the hand of noble generosity. — Philadelphia Inquirer. GROSS ABUSE of the PARDONING POWER IN AMERICA. The public ear has become familiar with reports of excitesmile, the exerci s i ng o f the pardoning power by Governor Porter, of P ennsy l vania. The latest instance in eetncy ludicrous in favour to of a a r ogue, which his E xce ll ency has interposed the executive clemency bis u furnished r b ; s y p t e h r e . Shippensbur g h W eekly .Arete.r. Th e story is suffici ently of delegated auth • ority on the part of a high functionary It are too serious a matter for laughter. foco hi- seems ...at one John Pip er , a no t or i ous loco • •-ockguard, who had taken a very active part in .ne late election, had committed an assault and battery upon the editor of the paper above-mentioned, fur which he had been indicted by the grand jury. The trial is thus reported : COMMONWEALTH V. JOHN PIPER, INDICTED FOR AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Called up by the Court. Court—Call a jury in the case of " The Common wealth v. John Piper." Sam Hammill—You need'nt call a jury. Prosecuting Attorney—Will there be a submission ? Sam Hammill (with a grinning smile and quiver ing lip)—No, there won't. Prosecuting Attorney—Well. Sam Hammill—lf the Court please, I should lik e to have an opport un it y t o ma k e a speech in this case, and lash the dastardly coward that brought it into Court. Court—Mr. Hammill, we don't want to hear Sam Hammill—l have here'a previous pardon (un folding the paper) from Governor Porter (handing the pardon to the Court), got on the petition of 300 good Democrats of Cumberland county, under the broad seal, too. (This was said as Sam sat down with a most hyena grin.) The Court was astounded, the bar woke up from its slumbers; jurors, witnesses, and spectators, all were surprised at this new and speedy mode of dis posing'of criminal cases. And then the means by which the previous pardon had been obtained, the pe tition of 300 good Democrats of Cumberland county ! Verily; verily, democracy is not what we took it to be ; we knew it to be bad enough, in all conscience, but this new movement " caps the climax."—Bostun paper. -- - Lord and Lady Campden have a family circle staying with them, including the Earl and Countess of Erroll, and the Ladies Hay. Lord Kilmarnock, her Ladyship's brother, is on duty with his regiment, the Rifle Brigade, in Nova Scotia, A BURGLAR CATIGIIT.—On Tuesdayevening, about six o'clock, a most d ar i ng attempt at burglary was made at No. 21, Walcot- square , which fortunately terminated in the eaptur e of the burglar just as he had effected an entratide into the house. It appeared that a gentleman residing 'next door was in the act of entering his hottsa, when he perceived a man in the doorway of No. 21. He crossed the road unperceived, and watched sire fellow'is actions, when he distinctly saw the latter 'open the door, and just as he was in the act of entering he ran over and pounced upon him. They had a most desperate struggle, in which the fellow beat his captor in a dreadful manner, but he did not, however, let him go until the arrival of the police, who secured him, and conveyed him to the station-house, in Tower-street, Lambeth. FIRE AT A COTTON FACTORY. —Yesterday morn ing, about half-past seven o'clock, information was brought to the police•yard, by a police officer, that the factory occupied by Messrs. Waterhouse and Co., cotton spinners, Temple-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, was on fire. 4r. Thomas Rose, with a company of firemen land an engine were soon on the spot, and three other engines followed. An engine from the Pollard-street 'station, and one belonging to the firm of Messrs. Hoyle nnd Sons, whose works are adjacent to Messrs. Water house and Co.'s mill, were also very early at the place. The latter engine, we believe, arrived very shortly after the fire was discovered, and being in excellent condition, was of very great service. Mr. Rose, who is yet suffer ing from the effects of an injury received from the kick of a horse about ten days ago, was present soon after the arrival of the first engine from the police-yard. At that time the flames were issuing from the windows of the second and third stories of a building containing the carding and blowing :machinery ; the building is four stories high, and runs parallel to a larger erection be.. longing to the same firm. Appearances for some ti - me were very alarming ; but water having been quickly ob tained, and branches from thLs Niagara and Thetis en gines got into play, the flames vere soon reduced.r.nd in about an hour completely ext i ng 'uished. The building, which belongs to the firm, is of th fire-proof construc tion, and h as not received any the premi ses , a lerable damage. Th e princip a l d amage was to the cotton 1 / 4 considerabl e quant i ty of wh i ch was coo sumed, anti ot h er portions sustain e d d amage f rom t h e wat , used ir i extin guishing the fire. • The amount of loss we have - not been able to ascertain. The building, machinery stock of cot ton, &c., are, we understand, insured in the Ph I perial, Royal Exchange, Atlas, and Alliance off ices. The fire originated through some hard substance c oming in contact the teeth of a blowing ;machine in the lower story, ane, thereby causing the cotton t o imite, and the flames e iterwards a scended through the " holes" to the hirgher stories of the buildin g . Th e fi ren l en d isplayed ' their usual coolness and intrepidity on the o wain on, and the workmen employed in the mill assisted to the utmost °f their power in staying th e p rogress o f th e eonflagra ti on. Y 0 personal injury, we are glad to say, was re-. ' Jeived.—Atanchester Guardian. G MATCH FOR TWENTY-FIVE Po UNDS A SIDE.---011 Tuesday the six mile walking match I letween Piers e and Hall came off near the Dog and Pth-trit lge public-bow ,e Bedfont. There was a tolerable spz in kle of epeetati u.s, and much betting took place the a . ten being , boa zed "at even." They e nt e red int o the con , : test with sviri t, and performed one mile in three minutes and forty-six seconds. They contended without any ad vun tage on e h her side for five miles, when Hall showed that the pace v9t is too severe, and made strenuous effo' is to keep up w lit h his opponent. Pierce took the le' A and pe;- stage, and came in the winner, bee ,ling his .t by eighty yards. The six miles of toa d were 'walked 'walked over ~o - ‘in \ (fair toe and heel), by the wine ~ jn 64_ +l,reP minutes POLICE INTELLIGENCE (YESTERDAY.) )104,1, 7 4'10N-# 0 USE. A man named bark wiis trod 'h'` Wort the Lord' Mayor, having on Tuesday evening surrendered Mtn.: self upon self-accusation. A policeman stated that the prisoner addressed him; on Tuesda) , , at about five o'clock, and said he was anxious to surrender" h l ati§blf; tts PA been guilty of engaging himself to go out to Bombay gels/fed in: one of the ships of Sir John Pirie and Co., receiving, 9/. from the firm on account, and breaking the con , tract, This pergon also told the witness that he had. paid his landlady tU. of the money thus advanced, and'. that he unfortutiately sat down with a set of friends,! kid tfirdused Until the remainder disappeared; that' he Was Unable to bear the sight of theme he had wronged upon recovering from his debauch, and Mot he was soon reduced to the necessity of hawking luci fers and playing the flute, which, however, he was at last obliged to pawn to save him from dying by star- I vation. The witness produced the duplicate of the flute. The LORD MAYOR—You are aware that Sir John Pirie is present ? Prisoner—Yes, my Lord ; I see him. I was ashamed to go near him when I found I had lost the money, and I thought the only repara tion I could make was by resigning myself into the hands of justice. The LORI► MAYOR—Were you aware that the offi cero ofj ustice were looking after you ? The prisoner '—No, my Lord. I hope your Lordship does not think I would wantonly leave so good a situation. I have been sixteen voyages as steward, and I have borne all along an irreproachable character. Sir J. PIRIE—The man received the 91. in advance in November, and never appeared. Ido not care about the 91., but nobody will take him into employ ment. As far as lam concerned, I do not wish him to be detained. The LORD MAYOR—Then I discharge you, prisoner. The prisoner then left the room, evidently disap pointed at not being rewarded by another engage ment, as well as forgiven. A labouring man named Henry Clack was charged with having stolen a cart- load of bricks, the property of Mr. Brown, builder, of College -hill. The prisoner had been employed to convey bricks to Stanning-lane from a barge, and he contrived to take elsewhere one load, which he was not able to account for. The LORD MAYOR, at the request of Mr. Brown, the prosecutor, who complained that he was dread fully plundered, remanded the prisoner for a few days. A man named William Ling wood was charged with having stolen two turkeys and a goose, the pro perty of Mrs. Howard, poulterer,at Leadenhall-market. The prisoner had been seen by one of Mrs. Howard's men deliberately take one of the turkeys and the goose from the place in the shop where they were de posited, place them across his shoulder, walk into the street, thrust them into a bag which he carried, and re• turn to the stall and pick up the other turkey in like manner. The witness had followed the prisoner and collared him the moment he was walking off with his last prize. The prisoner declared that he knew nothing at all of the lost turkey, but merely that it lay at his feet when he was taken into custody. As for the first turkey and the goose, he had most honestly bought them of two country people who called upon all passers by to " buy the last turkey and goose," and if the Lord Mayor thought of letting Mrs. Howard have his property, it would be a great encouragement to butchers to charge respectable people who had made purchases with robbery, in order to get posses sion of all they had.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR (to Mrs. Howard's shopman)— You swear that you saw the prisoner take all these ? Witness-4 do The tom) MAYou—And that they are Mrs. Howard's property ? Witness—Certainly they are. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Two pickpockets, charged with havingstolen pocket handkerchiefs, were committed for trial. THE CITY POLICE.—It is a remarkable fact, and must be highl e gratifying to the lovers of temperance and order, that not one charge was entered at any of the pollce•stations in the City throughout the twenty four hours of Christmas-ere and Christmas-day; that only one robbery, under thirty shillings in value, was committed ; and that only one destitute case occurred, and that was the case of a man who, when taken to Aldersgate workhouse, was found to have in his pos ses-Nion the comfortable sum of 41. 3s. lod. A great deal of credit is due to the City police for the activity and skill evinced during that usually turbulent and noisy period. UNION-HALL. Ann Davis, 'a respectable-looking married woman was brought up charged with stealing fifteen yardsof Orleans cloth from a linendraper's shop in the Westminster-road. It appeared that on Tuesday morning information was given at the shop of Mr. ttoutledge, linendraper, of the Westminster-road, that a female was observed to take a piece of Orleans cloth and walk away with it. The shopman immediately went down Mason-street and came up with the prisoner walking hastily away, and having stopped her, and charged her with shop lifting, ,he dcnied it, and at the s ame time ex- pressed her determination to give him into custody if he persisted in making such an accusation against respectable married woman. The shopman, however, not intimidated by such a threat, forthwith called a policeman, and gave her in charge. When she was taken back to the shop she dropped a piece of Orleans cloth, containing fifteen yards, and in her defence before the magistrate, she declared she had ricked up the article in the street as she was walking along. Her friends, she added, were not aware of her present situa tion.—She was remanded until Saturday. John Burgess, a well dressed young fellow, was charged with attempting to enter the house of a Mr. Boughton, in China -walk, Lambeth. On the precediMg night the complainant's family being absent from home, while the servant was sitting in the parlour she heard a man at the street door. She opened it, and discerned the prisoner in the act of get ting into the house, the street door of which he opensd with a skeleton key, which was found in the lock. There was another man with him, and they both ran away, but the servant called " Stop thief," and the pri soner was secured. The prisoner, who made a frivolous excuse, was corn mitred for a month. • CLERKEA WELL. A sickly-looking man, named Day, was charged with to sing halfpence. Police-constable Pascal, N 141, proved the offence. The prisoner had 3s. 6d. on him. It was yes terday evening. The prisoner acknowledged at the sta tion-house that he had been tossing during the greater part ofthe day, and won 3s. 6d by it. The inhabitants complained of the tossing as a nuisance. The place in which he was tossing is a thoroughfare. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said he worked for a brickmaker, and named the employers with whom he worked last week. Mr. COMBE—Has he been in custody before ? Sergeant Allen was not aware that he had. The prisoner said he had never been locked up before. Mr. Comm sentenced him to pay a fine of 10s., or ten days' imprisonment. He was locked up, not having the money. HINTS FOR CHRISTMAS. I. Keep up all those old seasonable observances which time has hallowed, which create good feeling and fellowship, and which consist of those innocent recreations in which the young join as actors, and the old enjoy as spectators. II Be sure and decorate your house with holly. Evergreens are Nature's promise of returning summer and a fruitful season. The scarlet berries are pretty and cheerful, and the prickly leaves are excellent weapons to drive away the blue devils, which, with proper management, will become extinct at Christ mas time. 111. Make up your mind to do some little good every day. Farthings make pence, pence shillings, shillings pounds, awl pounds a rich man. Small charities, in like manner, soon mount up. and with care a good capital of happiness may be realized. IV. Pay off every debt of kindness that :you are 'able, and call in, by gentle remembrances, all that are owing to you. V. Be not content with giving your blankets and coals to the poor. Warm their hearts with kind lan guage, as their bodies with good clothing. VI. Establish a - court of equity in your heart, wherein to pronounce sentence on any of those domes tic errors and crimes of which the law can take no cognisance. Make your good sense the judge, and the wholesome commandments of Scripture your jury. Examine and cross• examine the witnesses—listen to the counsel for the plaintiff (Mr. Feeling), and the counsel for the defendant (Mr. Passion). You already know the evidence, and if the jury return a verdict of guilty, lay a heavy fine on the delinquent, and bind him in heavy sureties to keep in future the moral peace which he has violated.—Allas. THE WATERLOO MODEL.—Captain Siborne, the author of the "History of the Battle of Waterloo," has just opened for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall a model of a portion of the Battle of Waterloo. Some years ago the first 'Waterloo model was exhibited at the !same place ; that model comprised the whole field of !battle, and a great part of the adjacent country. It re ' ?presented the battle at the period when the French Im perial Guard was attacked and defeated on their advance to the British position, and to those who have not seen the memorable field of Waterloo, afforded the best and most comprehensive representation of the scene of strife that can well be imagined. In :the present exhibition the model displays only that part of the field on which the splendid charge took place by the British heavy, cavalry, led on by the Marquis of Anglesey, and the in fantry by Sir Thomas Pieton. For the details of this part of the battle we must refer our readers to the little bock which is to be had at the exhibition. The modeller, has certainly beea most successful in placing before the public one of the most complete representations of a battle that such materials can afford. The roads, hedges,' trees, and houses, are formed with great correctness.' she crops, at that time growing in the field, are accu rately marked by a minute representation of their quality, &c. Those figures of horses and soldiers repre sented in the act of moving appear to be more than usually spirited and natural. ... ~~. THE WEATHER—THE PARKS! t ifi ' The wind throughout Tuesday was exceed o . variable, but blowing chiefly from the eastO l Jthough occasionally due s ou th. Th e w eather was " to undecided character, th e t em p era ture being, too tir high for the continuance o f th e f ros t, but notw i standing that some slight rain fell about eight oeltA when the moon changed, yet a cold easterly n' e prevailed, and the mercury was at 35 degrees; shortly after midnight it descended to the freetl e point, and during th e n i g ht th e var i ous waters zero slightly over with i ce . Ch r i s t m as In° 111 ;;;1 at seven o'clock, the th ermome t er , a t the o° -i f Humane Society's R e cei v i ng -h ouse , in liftl e g t il stood at 34 degrees; and a t e i g ht o ' c l oc k at Di ,;od ; t i f °Si was 33 degrees, the wind d u ri ng th e d a y blew from the east, and was occas i ona ll y ve ry n o , piercing, though somewhat mild er th an the three t i T i er preceding. The atmosphere, h owever , Was ril 'f hazy, and apparently humid, g i v i ng i n dication ° thaw. and It being a holiday, and the weather rather foe no dry for the season, a considerable number of Pe rs ,v ers congregated in the vicinity of the ornamental 011 ',,,a , of the metropolitan royal parks, some being engt, g i n th e ,i:nusernent of skating, and others proniew' as spectators. d and Lo ng W a ter, On the Round .t-t;:. 1 t 7 ton-gardens, there were, a;;: ins the day, abo u skaters and slid e r s w h o were ~.Spatting the m ' S r ' upon the ic e w hi c h h a d not been men,,:d b laot frost of this season, and which the frost ch c idea few d a y s h a d rendered sufficiently firm. Na -00 occurred. ' In the Regent's Park there were about skaters and sliders in the cour se o f th e day, t l r e`k, the ice was only ab ou t t wo an d a h a lf i n ches t pne and in so very dangerous a condition that the 1111 %trs Society had dee me d it necessary t o en gage ` ir ra men; but still they could not keep pesens s di preln attempting to do this they were,!...cic• ented by a gang of fellows connected with pockets, who, for the sake of obtaining plunder 1 1.0 confusion consequent upon accidents, were on. ti ef li ally urging persons to go on, saving it was Per fec t o, safe. About half-past eleven o'clock Mr. Creinre"d, coal-merchant, of William-street, Hampsten c taile with his infant son, aged two years, were, "i e tit walking across the ice, suddenly immersed in„ e ertf, feet water. Mr. Cl emen t s , w h o i s a good snnthe had the pres ence o f m i n d t o h o ld t h e i n f ant o ut c i,hri water in one hand, until rescued by icemen v i c e - Hall and Joseph Knight, with the aid of sr l t pc sledge and ladder. The child was conveyed t ° . o % marquee, placed in a warm bath, and afterwar a9 warm bed. Such attention th e f a th er declinenl shortly after, with the child enveloped in blanli o d, placed it in a cab, and con ve y e d it h ome. At one°' e r at Mr. Shires, of Grove. street, Lisson-grove, ter immersed in seven feet water, and was proniPtu cued by iceman Clapson. MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERD* I9 RAY MARJCZTS . , 41 1 6f4 U SISITIIFIELD.-C OSO Meadow Hay, 31 105 ,0 -, 4 0 Useful ditto, 41 179 to 5/ 4s ; fi ne Upland ditto, 5 ,‘,":„ to 5/ 106 Clover Hay, 41 105 to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 185 per load' average supply, and a sluggish demand. d ip; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay ' 31 123 to;; to Useful ditt o , 51 t o 51 5 8 ; fi ne Upl a nd ditto, 51°- 1 .0 5/ 12s ; Cl over H a y, 41 lO s t o 6/ ; O a t Straw, 11 de to 1/ 16s; Wh ea t St raw , 1/16 s to 1/ 18 5 p e r load. 'frtl throughout dull, at the above quotations. a l i5l; WHITECHAPEL.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3 1 15sto to Useful ditt o , 41 16 5 t o .5/4s ; fine UplaDd ditto , 5 , 1 1 5 3 5 , (0 5 ? 103 ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 6145 ; Oat Straw, 1 1 1' 111 5 s; Whe a t St raw , 11 16s to 11 18 s per load* good, and trade rather dull. CORN AVERAGES. Itx GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C° , of t be For the Week ended Dec 0 1. 1814 made u from the Return 10 0 * Wp l he n era pc tlin c .. t i. o ).e r .r..i. i .. n l 4 tie : d r3t i dffereir Oats A Cities a nd Tow ns ~...9 . 1 Barley ......... 34. 2d 1 Rye AVERAGES OF THE L 'l42K A l :T l4 si ii i rßeea dE e*. 4 ....... .:; Weeks ending WHEAT. BAILEY.' OATS. r *TN: ..,,_ lBl- 6' 1 - " -- , - ___.-......„-,...„-E--,-..--,.-., 4 pp- 8 Nov. 16 ..... ...1 46 4 35 9 21 91 54 6, ' L E 'i 1 L IS 11 23 ..».»... 45 10'I 35 3 21 8 20 t ? ...P°! • __,,- 4 38 ......... 45 4 35 1 21 832 •1 f; ' 3. , - 1 Dec. 7 . ........ 45 2 34 9 21 10 :21 r. 1.; 4 . 1 fr 4 14 ...... ... 45 1 34 5 21 11 139 I ! ... 3 ' i i 3 7 21 ......... 45 3 34 2 21 II 132 0 I o .' - oNg . IMPENIAL AOGNIGATE •VINAGIS OF THJ O il w 47. 111, 64 ..* Wheat......... 45s Id, 1 Oats ........, 24e. Od,l Beant..o:"lss. !lade/ , 64. DUTIIC ON TONZIGN COAN. .....? .14. Wheat ....,,,,.20s . Od, 1 Oats ..... Barley An G The Dowager Lady Huntin g fi e ld a nd Lar d i b e Lady Huntingtield have, within the last few data' lib rally contributed to the comforts of the indigent' Y o to on the family estate, in Suffolk, by causing :r i t i clothing, &c., to be given away, as we ll as large qulint` of coal. HIGHWAY ROBBERY ON BLA CSHEATI I.—TO: day morning information was received by the peli c . 4 " that between ten and eleven o'clock on the pret a ,, - night the following daring highway robbery wl,c c° ,[rd mated on Blackheath. It appe a r s th a t as Mr. n i .. e .ar Hope was crossing the heath he was met by t' v jo ° ,o3 to who stopped hi m , an d one o f th em pu ll e d bias - as eon the ground, robbed him o f 201. in gold, which;• The tamed in his fob-p oc k e t, w hi c h t h ey tore U. ' s :4,f , alit ulso took from hi m a bl ue cotton h an dkerc"i i ; e fore which, and th e m)ney , t h ey immediately inade a O r ; Bops Mr. Hope's cries could bring assistance. ears describes th e ru ffi ans, as one about forty-"/- ;blue of age, ab ou t fi ve f eet f our inches high, and Wole:eaq clock and bl ac k h at ; t h e other about twentrl d r ssect of a ge , fi ve f eet seven inches high, thin faee,a'l4-- -e r. in a brown Petersham coat and a travelling "P iot WARE BRIDGE.—Thi s wor k, which has weeks be en suspen d e d , has ag a in c ommenc ed ' labourers are now emp l oye d in drAwing the old PI! (a coffer-dams, preparatory t o t h row i ng t h e iron gir d e Tbe' portion of which have arrived) across the river' f t ha operations ha ve b een d e l aye d , i n consequ ence f the. tro-i work not b e in g rea d y , an d t h e narrow Ws of a l° temporary bridge has caused much incOnvesien ce • public traffic.—Cambridge Advertiser. „ A O , THE WATERMEN'S STEAM-rACKET Coffl• - L T u h ( e ig a .a n ti lll b a i l il i , neeting of the shareholders of this 0°4:4 0. pointed at a former was held on Tuesday, at the London. Coffee-h° ll „ e ' op; s of the ffalr best' r o m r e e r ee m iT e e et t the concern, to declare a dividend, and on 001 0 0 !less. This company, originally called into e l feri i h n e g, r t e o pe in rt ve o n f tio, a at e e o . m_m_ by the IVoolwich watermen, has pursued 9 ea rs prospero us career, an d d ur i ng the first three' Yol of its exist ence di v id en d s o f 10 and 11 pe r ce i l lt. d o or declared, a l arge reserve d f un d was put b y , and I () 0 0 Lion of fifty guineas was given each Yea r Pe; admirabl e i nst i tut i on, the Almshouses for rear sn' cayed, and Maimed Waterman and Li g hternl eij r the their Wid ows , at P enge. Dur i ng the pas t lea bale fares between Woolwich, Greenwich, and Lon Or en at been h cons id era bl y reduced, the competition ha s b e w bich Igh-p ressure po i nt, and the very low prices ° the the Gravesend steamers carried passengers darl e loig e 6-0 whol e o f the season had affected the interestiof t he ts te bridg e compan i es, and some of them are 4 Igoe& bankrupt cy . B y good management and perskeYo-,,,ever' the Wat ermen ' s S team - packet Company were , " the enabled to declare a dividend of 5 per cent' all r r f net profits of the past year, and to keep ' a t ,.; serve in hand. It was then agreed that a shay their 12,5004 should be raised by the issue of new s",f enable the company to increase the number " steamers, and carry on a regular q uarter-of - a r l l oo‘. trade during the summ er mont h s . A d on ation,% , with was also vote d to th e f ree watermen o f G re enW lC i t hen i f a promis e of further assistance. Watkins, one. Ce lli' returned th an k s , an d sa id h e h a d t h e pl e asing 1 , 05 te 41 , genes to comm un i ca te, that an H on . B aro net, c' h l3ja' at the tyranny exercised towards the watermen. as raj sent them a cheque for 2004 This intimation 0:0e,0 ceived with l ou d cheers, and the customary ir ne sse d; thank s t o M r. R o b t. Char l es (t h e cha i rman ) was (I,lsae to which h e expressed hi s ac k nowledgme nts, 5- , meeting sep arate d. w ere On Chri s t mas d ay no ;,-ss than 36 couPecburciab united_ , in th e b en d s o f matr i mony at S t . aterloo-road. The " happy couples" were ma r batches. -.■..:----- -------- BIRTH. ; On the 23d i ns t., at Thorpe Ha S mlet, Ng/I"h' t he la d,' ~,A e ct henry Bryd ges Cl ar k e , Esq., of a daughter. o gi." - ' On the 22d o f December, at Salisbury, Mrs. Jall3, the of a son. 10' On the 18th inst., at Lansdown-crescent, ChelteP lady of H. E. Butler, Esq., of a son and heir. ,f r ,. C1 i P 41...' On the 17th i ns t . , at Clyde-place, Glasgow', ''' je. tree t , the John Ba rr i e , o f a SON. On the 19th i nst ., at Urpeth, near Chester wife of Edward F. Boyd, Esq., of a girl. ______..--------- On the 26th inst., at D lc' . Krby, of DorisLsreet, K r en i n n „ r ir chat c ! HARRIED 1, .. r- 1 10' daughter of Mr. Tweed, ofJuni -' ' ' -41 “ - ' . .J 1111 er-hill, Dorking. - i o On the 19th inst., at Chollerton, Northiunberlano,ogest 'Tomb ' ,Y, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn, to Margaret, i° gingCthounrchto, Surrey. ,An..fe.n., le daughter of the Rev. Christopher Bird. ' 0 04 ' _On the 23d inst., at the Collegiate Church, 50,11,0000, R i c bara ~ , do t Notts, John Sutton, Esq., eldest son of Sir Bart., of Norwood-park Notts, to Emma daughter of Colonel Sherlock, K. 11., of 50ut121t...----- fielenst e' On the 16th nit. Mrs. FT • DIED. On the 16 1' ~ rs. . izabeth Martin, of ...Genera' ,_. l .... t 1 inst., Lady Campbell, relict of lAl° 4 s Campbell. Or d° On the 18t • h Hut, at Mortimer-street, Cavendish-sq Sarah, On tlivid°w of the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran- . e 19th inst., Mr. R. Noble. of Leadenhall-street•l ce, On the 21st inst M John Topham, of Thonael sf• , r. Hammersmith. . JO " On the 9 • -Ist inst., at Potterells, llerts, George - Vernon, Esq., late Captain in the 47th Infantry. el T. M I ' On the 221 - inst., Ernest, the eldest son of Henry Esq., of Chatham. Itir g ' On • • • the 23d inst., at South -bridge House, Croydon, Ilford, Esse%. Diekin s . tO ° l ' d On the 24th Mr. Vesey Bishop, of Sandford -place' Newington. o nes eft 02- On the 24th inst., at Upper Kentish-town, Th nant, Esq , aged 80. of J' On the 24th inst., Frances Marv, the infant daughter Egan, Esq., of Cavendish-road West, St. John's Allen, 13 ' Bti?t i l l t . he 19th inst., in Pimlico' Captail2__Hecrge,..........." V. 8., aged 80. :,/ ----------1114-6, of London : Printed and Published by IkIURDO YO„, lar No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Slot Offic'e , ' o ' t a Strand, in the PreciEct of the Savoy, in the CoUS Middlesex, Friday , December 27, 1844. _wood; ,_,, Th the r , slat !cot Th the 1, be It ............