The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-08 00:00:00

S iMARY OF NEWS AND üblit 419ptntran, Who rat., •r 1 , L&W AND 3P014011%. - At the New Court, Old Bailey, Sarah Lyons, a young woman Who has long walked the streets on the Surrey side of the Thames, for the purpose of plunder, rather than prostitution, was convicted of stealing several silver coins from the person of Henry Wheeler. I t Was proved that at a late Surrey Sessions she was, convicted for a alltilar robbery committed in the Borough. The Recorder told her she w as one of those persons who prowl the streets at l a t e hours for the purpose of robbing imprudent and incautious persons. e judgment of the Oourt was, that she be transported for ten 'tan, the maximum term prescribed by statute. Miu Osborn (daughter of Sir John Osborn, Bart., one of the Clete roissioners of the Audit-office, Somerset-house), who stands t/hir ged with several acts of shoplifting, was brought up at Queen_ square for further examination. After the evidence of two wit. lee 'beas which was not of importance, the prisoner was admitted to hail, in her recognizance far 5001., and two sureties for 2501. each. Her fath er and the Hon. Edmund Byng were tie sureties, and the further hearing i f the case was fixed for Saturday week. At the Mansion-house Thomas Collins, the apprentice of a re - Veetable tradesman residing in Walbrook, was charged with li ng neglected the business of his master. The defendant had, e PPeared, returned home drunk, and not only left his work un. finish e d , kut R e use d th e comp l a i nan t an d his brother. The Lord Mayor sentenced him to hard labour for one month in the House e t Correcti on. at At Guildhall, a young man, who gave the name of William ee arts but whose real name is Edward Sturt, was brought zufore Sir Peter Laurie, charged with knowingly uttering certain by requests for the delivery of goods, purporting to be written I °Y Mr, Bird, a draper in the Commercial.road, whereby Messrs b een radb urY and Greatorex, warehousemen in A Idermanbury, had defrauded of goods to the amount of 1141. The prisoner was remanded. • OITAT 1 1, s ow/ -- "'rd Stanley is fast recovering from the severe attack of gout %Sider which his Lordship has been suffering for some days past. II T he Marquis of Northampton, a President of the Royal Society, Laud cards for his first soiree this season. The reunion is axed for. the 224 instant. Sir obert Peel entered his fifty-eighth year on Ash Wednesday. The tke Marquis of Normanby has left the Clarendon Hotel, to join Marchioness a t' Viscount and Viscountess Barrington's, "'at ket House, Farringdon, Berks. e Th e u Earl and Countess of Chesterfield entertained the Earl and ...— elee n of Wilton, the HiM. Mrs. Henry Montagu, and a select y rarg at dinner on Tuesday evening, nt Chesterfield House. The 4ishop of Exeter has arrived in town from the Episcopal -- •:oe, Exeter. t zar ) Fortescue, Provincial Grand Master, has signified his in of holdin g a gra nd lodge at Plymouth, In tbe course of the —.414 month. ar.; z , 41111110‘ v. 'A' 14 00 tk i Monday, th e 20 t h u lt., the nuptials of the Hon. G. Grey, thst ion of Earl Grey, with Miss Jane Frances, third daughter of sal 'Li*. Sir Pat r i c k St uar t, G.C.M.G., Governor of Malta, were (14ta!liaed in the Collegiate Church of St. Paul, by the Bishop a noi r. TPrehension Government have offered a reward of 1001 . for the t' and bringing to justice the person or persons engaged tae Murder of Captain John M'L.eod, resident magistrate. tilt '-Colonel Miller, K.H., Deputy Inspector-General of Con- Stil t o arl, has arrived in Nettagh, and will remain : for some time, sa 4; .e ltdre into th e state o f cr i me i n N or th Tipperary, and adopt measures as may be deemed advisable for its suppression. T ae bell, intended to be put up in the s outh tower of York k e , st ers has recently b een man uf a ctured at the foundry of the jj eit w t Mears, Whitechapel, it being larger than any other in the h o e d Xingdom . . Its weight exceeds 1 2 tons ; i s 7 feet 7 se ain height, and its diameter is 8 feet 4 inches, being heavier I,2"'en tons than the celebrated " Tom" of Lincoln, and by five {1 than " Old Tom" of Oxford. The metal took twelve days t a : ° ° ll , .from the 18th of January, when it was poured into the to the 30th ult. The clapper is not yet put in, but this will hth hetwean 3 and 4 cwt. 13X! Tipperary Vindwator announces the sudden death of Mrs. 414 Fri day last. Hutchins She hadon Vaughanbeen , o but eif Golden.grovg hteene, King's County, 414 4 - months married. u,: a nlilsan was niece to the Earl of Bosse, and related to some 4 : h n 'ost distinguished families in the King', County. set t .,, 4s h Wednesday the performers at the Surrey Theatre pre- Mrs.• "" DaviOge, the spirited lessee, with a magnificent tis ay fin er the value of 300 guineas, subscribed for by the corn. Vtis a : el Others, as a testimonial of their esteem and regard for het 0 1 leC worth, and for the exertions she has made in the cause dram a . 'tuft. th e Auction Mart, on Thursday, was offered for sale an ari ls,. or b r ent charge of 251. per annum, payable half-yearly, clear trikrisf e° e 'rie and all other taxes, on Covent-garden Theatre, with a 140 fora free admi ss io n . The annuity was granted in the year Need term of eighty-five years, fifty of which were unex thaee Michaelmas last (1844). The annuity deed bears, with h e i• other trustees, the autograph of John Philip Kemble. lAddinorst Mier for the share was 50/., and, after a very languid o, i g, Wu' knocked down for 105/., about one-tenth its cost. Tire nli t he night of Friday la t the p:1 , as entry on the ‘NarrC4. Clue) G. urge Reid, of the Roy al Horse br o k e, ' k l4 lue) i3ulstrode Park, Bucks, was burglariously 141 c1 s,:: ) Pen• and robbed of four tame cock prieasants, off, tam, hens, with which the robbers got clear !rard m ni ortnation of the robbery was irnmedis.tely for -14R t 1; t° the authorities, and they commenced search -14:41, P u blic -houses in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge. k, n Otering the sign of the Feathers, they found tour I l u tdni„T v ln ed Daniel, Stephen, and David Grainger, d ord, p4rt of a gang of depredators, living at i' vt4,l4 l , l ,Y d e, Hurts, in the tap-ri ona, and they were in ' ° „tlt it, that there were two baskets belonging to them , olat lc i - L u e Yard. On examining the baskets, they were *1101t:—,, c ontain eight of the pheasants, :till alive. The 111 1S a: rart Y Were immediately taken into custody, an, , Mr.l, llr . s da Y were brought up for examination before L'agnell, the sitting magistrate, at Uxbridge, by f ore rlLtligy were ordered to be removed to Beaconsfield, 4C` ri ltuati,;rt before the Buckingham magistrates. • st e ting of the Committee of the Medical Protec '4ll 'etY was heLt on Monday at their room, ]Exeter t titi r• *Can n o f vieliament-street, in the chair. A teQ of Surgeons Q t ; a th.gjug that the late charter of the 111 14 " was obtaiL'ed by mi.-representation, . 4 004;:Y in g that the College might be remodelled on a • Co the basis of responsibility, and that the .mem . - } t oile c; l l l :_eCullege might have a voice in the election of - rile ...al, was read by the secretary, and signed by . tth I..,'utlemen of the Committee who were members 44. r. ;%Jollege. A discussion then oak place, in which wh eos al d_ r oY_, Dr. Lynch, and other gentlemen joined, as 11 104 " 1 • 1( ' they should petition her Majesty . for a new 11 * at i l e °f _ i i ncorporation for general practitioners, or for • otitis , t kuAent an reoanization of the College of Sur ter Which d the C rg ommittee adjourned. ,-- M.N. ,pi rl 'ilt mo REY O R DER-OFFICE, efficiency its e."--With 'nereasing the . 1 . e ,, t __, B GENERAL P of o t s h •r i ; b POrt it . , a view of I._ 't atin '' Drench of the Post-offic e , of four he appointment this 'aid General G eneral has sanctioned i. service, Iler A aj , y Ile object of i Il le, ,, t,ins for the Money Order-office. .. kn rt P: in the number of presiding officers is, A - -f - . aiTange la eni..,'Peditious system by e to carry out a 4 s l , !I Pi; 4,l:_nd siMplifying the cumbrous machinery . now d .. e . 7: en sw : 144 4 - ,,,,..,7Pe5ing of s 0 much of it as is not considered Inflafa,,sarY as a check for the office and secuarintdy all to the t 'lle ii . 'me new principle is now being tried, . teal.,,te, ,eatiOriits is t ee. , , i are of ground adjoining . ci, , : t developing themselves in the daily expected that the plot L he , n'irea-yard of St. Botol h Aldersgate-street, opposite 4., . Castle •Cr i n And Falcon will P be ' shortly f b er uil t t h u e pmly a t n h d e I) , a- Yll 144 41 '1 a c onvenient office erected _ ` 11 9,111 d of Mon ey - orders, in lieu of the inconveniently . S t ir tMartin's- ill , ePartment now used for the purpose in • ?.ai:d. t (' ID b ,ti ',, ' ..NT T O A HARLEQUIN. tt .kg I.l%tur on Saturday. r. t ; e occurred at Astley's 'Theatre —An accident oy t a o Pei 4:18, !be harlequin of that establishiat„ du i r n in n g ne th n e !he le&„„..' t bee o; the pantomime of Johnny Gilpin. ti.... 11 441-res, the hArlequin had to leap through n. the '`i f 't -4111 i, 3 ' night Mr. Lewis took his usual jumpfr o m 444 1 ,t..e partis, noneglect window, °• " ) )1 °F - " e tage, bct, whether through ignorance or . person was behind the scene to catch enns him, eon it, t. tr.. Lewis fell with great violence. Severalper that he was ve , , t l t4 ~) his assistance, when it was discovered -oin, d.ruised. Medical aid was soon obtained, and his Itl ; were dr essed. tst . .T were M T H —On Monday l ii LI, k o f 51 . AC . ,1/4•4„Ceil's ~_,• a side, between the dog China_evening a v, ea ,A r : e4l ,,,dog, to kill forty rats h • and Mr. at the bi,, - .'clo t L.ill, •-eal-yard, Drury-lane, a e n a d e ter a n n i d in a at h e a d lf b , y w t in he . "r ih mg the forty rats in two minutes , i 5. e inset by on - • te and a half. e minute , k, o b ''! . -1 k". 4 1 j „ .11 ,. ( 'N To CORN DEALERS. C , ircular letters have m &tic.' Trade of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy ..'ll a,.. lor to the different corn inspectors in market . `tie iag tb eturns from h u : im em to particular in forcing due r trender to a towns, II: v (7 20 14 ,. coin, R neglect of which subjects the o es * Laii ,entia:', I VERSIT T OF OXFORD AND MR WARD.-- klt9 ane l . e4 ,° say t , at four eminent cotitis o e f l tliifteveprboeceolcioogn l'°De d bY l i l a" given a - e. , ear opinion in favourcaseof mrs ward. eve As hat t h 'e Rebdorriaa,,• Board in the tie. t ii „ e , e opinion will be rt,'ade public, and indeed we think that 1,"" 'Ael' n° arrived when it cannot prudently be any longer with &l4 :;,°"ing Pape r oI'A L 4 • fit k, returns .. I.IRDER.—On Saturday a man rimme d sutt ,r l , t na from a 2 oughal to his home, N; t • d l' e n u i t li l aY, and biutarously murderitul,i Murphy, b w tl .o is _fully task V tt ed to takeeh3iustit'r'by a person was met _o r n . t n l s ie _roat . • I,l i m s be assigned for this wanton 1 . 1 ..,41417A the victiint and i u h e is au a se ss e as ' sl.n were labouring men. Atitl t Vints a 1 0,1 0 'l . /4,.. 1 , I °N op 20,000 /.--Thipsiay at the Auction tLiki,. ate .911er disposed of by auction the absolute relers Con' l , (statung, secured in a sum of 49,6221. 19s. sd. Three per o Y _.' "-Cot i ( a ing in the name of the Accountant-General . 1 the s,lty. ~,,,E_toncery), and in two freehold farms, one si o tila ( t v ed in t ,?kveont)(4,:iiiluecteoster„ and the other in the county theof Ess alued at AN inch absolute reversion purchaser will aged teTNlve andhe deceitze of the vendor'sgi•andmother, have life in vitt, earns,vt... father, aged forty-nine years, Le . i .t. t inZ 7,,,,_after an animated competition, it who 0 0ld for 6,9201. 131 a , v trni litN,alue was stated to be about 8,0001. Hon. v i zi, u , ~ ItirseuE ELECTION.-1 he light tiq - i 4 r "'L't baying been appointed to the office of secretary . r_ 'Qi:tot t in e L''. 2 ,.tt in . :he Cabinet, a vacancy occurs In the repret. ...,,. ft _„. 4tikean Division of this county. We suppose. however,.,__. n'o* ;ng.a Ilan, ilentleman will be re-elected without opposition. N' ''' iide Peid..at tla 41 %%v./ "•t 44 if -ye ell AND BRA/400N 11Auway.—Wednesday to eta hi _arly meeting of the Proprietors of this Company '-. l l :ri , it fut at their offices, in Gui ldhall - buildings; Adam DutY, tUee Pto the ch air. The Directors, in their report, stated that r k t g•sess Made in the works upon this line since the last IN!AIe !th en hadmet was such as fully to justify the expec• :ittrbtert .iteld out, that the whole railway would be corn y, in the Course of the ensuing summer. There was _N, .1 ream, to believe that the whole length between the .7ab: 1 station aZ• Norwich and Rowdham-heath, a distance 1 74 1 4 arks ,„ of tweoty-three-miles, would be traversed by 10- F 11 (14, 4 'e e ngines in the course of next month. The swing tre•atq ;twee the river Wensuar, at. Norwich (one of the vactap er o Di I:". e rits on the lii2e) was proceeding satisfactorily. The 4;1,i ; foundations were completed, and the superstructure I_o livid of Made in l..ndon was expected to be shipped 4 l' °F next nionla. With respect to the line 1., fiord, ,_ *,\ - ."e' aofi, L ' t ?e Works 11 4 , 1 been suspended aidesn c tr l wa , v ia._,.. na.ving been deter. ..st 4,,,,.._ _Ta bring the main line t.: - nined to make ation T_,,, liZtro'inc4ll4 it by a branch, as orig:;flY rough that town, instead intended. This b::: ti t , wouiv,h had been approved oat! by the Board of Pe- t ' ll d tii:'' not be attended with any iiic,:gas of expense it, Gan operigillal estimate. The time fixed to; the corn ,i.. kizt h 5 (h e Whole line is the Ist of July next. nge t ve be e , *44 lin e het made with the contractors for the open;.'ag tic, *ti nie, __ wean Brandon and Bishop's Stortford by the ~-,, A nd ,s 0 that the railway communication between Nor- Lr.f' ki „1141.4nd0n will thus be perfected in a far shorter V..e. Th e ec'nid have been anticipated by the most san qne_ ; statement of receipts and expenditure gave a ~,ittv e • u favour of thei r l ' u ls w ire the Company of 27,1311. 4s. 11d. Re -1 the li ne So .._ passed authorising the Directors to extend . 1 ,,, , e 'h eart, of ;`, 4 , ro.bring the terminal station at Norwich . into ra, ii ,7 Or 1 26,00 L 0 1 t f-4Y, at a cost of 40,000/., and to raise the —es) aS mai t, • ' eltl / 4 ` by mortgage or the creation of new g tbe , considered advisable. f COURT uit%CULAit. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Wylde, visited the British Institution, Pall-mall, yesterday morning. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past three o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, for the Pavilion at Brighton. The p• tes. Gainsl. , orougil ~f IF in attendance on her Majesty. the next carriage and four. The Marquis of Ormonde, Mr. George Edward Anson, Captain Meynell, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Wylde followed in two carriages and four. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Vice-Cham berlain, Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince, and Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Groom in Waiting to her Alajesty. The royal party proceeded to the New-cross Station to leave for Brighton b y a special train. Mr. Beltridge had the honour of submitting to Prince Albert yesterday, a specimen of papier-mache decorated in a new style, of which his Royal HighnesS was pleased to ex press his admiration. We are authorised to contradict the statement of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge having been present at the performance of the French Plays on Thursday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Ductless of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Earl Fitzwilliam had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the Office of th, Board of Trade. The Solicitor-General had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street: Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. A Deputation from the Hull and Gainsborough Railway Company, consisting of Mr. John Chapman, Mr. William Morley, Mr. W. P. Craufurd, Mr. John Atkinson, Mr. John Gresham, Mr. William Clifford, with Sir John Rennie, Mr. Oldham, Mr. Leech, and Mr. England, transacted business at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade yesterday, when the following memorials were presented : By the Mayor of Hull, from the Mayor, and a majority of the Town Council of hull, in favour of the Hull and Gains borough Railway*. By Mr. Samuel Talbot Hassell, Mr. John Foster, and a deputation from the merchants, shipowners, and inhabitants of Hull, to the like effect. . . By Mr. John Chapman, from the merchants, manufactu rers, and tradesmen of Gainsburough, and from numerous other places, to the like effect. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial cffice for the Governor of Hong-Kong. Mr. Mathew Forster, M.P., for Berwick-upon-Tweed, transacted business at the Board of Trade on Thursday, and presented two memorials in favour of the Direct Northern Railway. the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Jackson were heard on an appeal from Madras, " Natnboorg Selapaty v. Kanoo Calanoo Pulnah." Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, commenced his address for the opposite side, and had not concluded when the Court rose, adjourning the case. Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Lord Alfred Paget visited and examined Captain Siborne's new Waterloo model, at the Egyptian Hall, yesterday. Mathew Forster, Esq., M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed, had an interview, on Thursday, at the Board of Trade, and pre sented two memorials from that town in favour of the Direct Northern Railway. APPEAL CAUSES.—Next Thursday is fixed for hearing appeal eases in the House of Lords, their Lordships beginning thus early with the judicial business of the session. A dreadful affray with poachers and game keepers took place some days since at Fovant when both parties received frighlfulin;uries. Some of the noach,•rs are committed to Flshorton gaol, and others are in Salisbury infirmary.—Sherborn€ Journal. I OPERATION OF THE GAME LAWS.—The notice that has been entered upon the books of the House of Commons, by Mr. Bright, is that on "an early day," he will move the appointment of a Select Committee, "to inquire into the operation of the game laws." Two other notices upon the same important question have been given by Mr. Wakley and Mr. Craven Berkeley. The former has signified his intention to move for returns (on the I lth inst.) for the years 1842, 1843, and 1844, inclusive, of persons charged in Eng land and Wales, with the commission of offences under the game laws ; with a description of the accusation and the result, and . the amount of costs to the county in each case, &c. And Mr. C. Berke ley intends thereupon to move, as an addition to the above returns, "that the crimes of sheep-stealing, stealing fowls, stealing from the persono stealing from dwelling-houses, burglary, and stealing front gardens, be likewise included for the same period." _ A delay has occurred in moving he writ for East Cornwall, in consequence of some informality in the baptismal cer tificate of the present Earl of St. Germans, which has hitherto pre vented the issue of the writ of summons calling him to the House of Peers. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—FOUR LIVES LOST. — On Thursday morning an accident of a very distressing character, by which four persons were prematurely hurried into eternity, occu rred on the r iver, between Barkin g anti Woolwich. nom the few par ticulars that‘pan at present be gleaned, it appears that a sailing vessel, termed a hatch-boat, the property of Mr. William Byford, sen., of Barking, Essex, was proceeding up the river, for Billingsgate market, having On board a cargo of fish, and three sons of Mr. Byford, with the owner of the fish, and James Leach, a waterman of London. The vessel started on her journey from Chapman's head B e acon, the previous night, at a late hour, 'nothing particular occur ring, until between one and two o'clock yesterday morning. At that time the vessel was nearly opposite the " Devil's House," a b ou t half way between Woolwich an d Barking, when a heavy squall of wind sprang up from the west-north-west, which s t ruc k the boat with fearthl violence, so ranch so that she almost immediately fell on to her side. The water then rushed down the hatchway with the greatest impetuosity. What to do for the best, the parties on board knew not, but in their extremity, they clung to the side of the craft, no doubt expecting to be able to stay theme until assistance arrived. Unfortunately, however, they were d oome d to disappointment, for, in a few seconds the vessel sunk, carrying with it the three Byfords and the owner of the fish. Leach, who was on the bowsprit end of the vessel, had the presence of mind to throw off his jacket, and, being tmemcumbered, he succeeded In swimming about for the space of twenty minutes, when he was rescued, In a very exhausted state, by a man passing in a sailing vessel. Although search has been instituted, none of the bodies had, up to last evening, been recovered. The name of tho owner of the fish is at present unknown. The catastrophe, as may be imagined, has plunged Mr. Byford and the remainder of his family into the deepest affliction. His three sons, we understand, were all single young men, which'may be reckoned very fortunate. FIRE IN LAMBETH, AND NARROW ESCAPE OF Two CHILDREN.—On Thursday night, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, a fire; which was nearly attended with fatal consequences to two children, broke out at No. 1, Sidwell-place, Broldwall, Lambeth. It orig;nated in the back parlour, in which two children were. Upon the alarm being given, the apartment was found full of dense suffo cating smoke. A neighbour instantly rushed into the place, and suc ceeded in dragging out the children. The Waterloo-road Brigade and West of England engines promptly attended, but owing to the praise worthy exertions of the inmates in the interim, their services were not required. The damage, however, is considerable, a number of hats and most of the furniture in the apartment being burnt, or rendered useless by the action of the fire. Mr. Duprey, the sufferer, s unfortunately not insured. The cause of the fire is unknown. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCI kTY.—Wednesday, the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the subscribers to this ex cellent institution, was held at the Office, King William street, City. J. Labouchere, Esq., in the chair, supported by several naval officers and other gentlemen. The report stated that the appeal made at the last annual meeting had not altogether been unattended to. The report next stated that the Committee had received from the Spanish Govern ment the sum of 24., as an annual testimony of the Queen's high opinion of the great utility of the hospital to foreign seamen ; also a donation of 25/. from the King of Saxony, &c. The Committee reported five liberal bequests, one fins to the amount of 1,9091., by W. Waters, Esq. ; and anotlt' 9001., by J. Clegg, Esq. The total receipts for the yzlar amounted to 2d. The expenses ast amou p nted to ,706 t/. 1 ls. ld., showing a deficiency of 1,479/. ls. lld. Such were the calls on the benefits of the hospital, that, but for the bequests, the funds would be in a very depressed state indeed. The number of patients ad mitted daring the year was 2,415 ; out-patients, 1,724 ; making a total of 4,209. The number of sailors, of all na tions, who have received the benefits of the institution since the commencement, now amounts to 71,628. .The officers for the ensuing year having been elected , the meet ing separated. DREADFUL DEATH.—On Tuesday afternoon the inmates of the house No. 13, Duke-street, Stamford-street, Lambeth, were suddenly alarmed by hearing a loud and piercing scream proceeding from some part of the premises. The parties immediately instituted a search to ascertain the cause of the noise, when, after going over different parts of the house, they entered the front room on the second floor, winch they ibund filled with smoke. Whilst there they heard a kind of half-suppressed groan, which appeared to come from underneath the bedstead. Upon looking in that quarter they discovered a fine young woman, named Eliza beth Beard, with nearly the whole of her wearing apparel burnt off her back. The bedstead having been drawn away, a most frightful spectacle presented itself, the unfortunate creature being burnt in such a shocking manner that her face looked like a piece of partially consumed leather. A mes senger was instantly sent for medical attendance, and Mr. Menzies promptly attended, but not in time to be of any as ' sistance to the poor creature, for she had ceased to exist. There is no doubt but that the unfortunate young woman's wearing apparel by some accident caught fire, and that in her anxiety to subdue the flames she had crawled to the spot where she was found. Strange as it may appear, the furni ture in the room was not injured. STATE OF TRADE —The market continues in the same state as for some weeks past ; yarn, being exceedingly scarce and in good demand, both for shipping and for the home trade, continues to advance in price ; and some descriptions, particularly No. 30 warps, were sold yester day about one-eighth higher than on the preceding Tues day. For cloth the demand was not quite so good as last week ; and some qualities of 27-inch printing cloth were a shade lower. With that exception, however, prices are firm.— ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—MONDAY, FEB• 3.—There ha , been something like an average market to-day. The manufacturers re obtaining rather more for their prices, but not enough to cover the advance in the raw material. There has been a considerable failure announced in the market to day : the liabilities are stated at 20,0001. This is likely to affect both wool dealer and manufacturer. Wool still con tinues firm ix price.—Mancliester Guardian. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT DONNYBROOK.— On Monday morning the house of Captain Orson, late of the East India Company, residing at Donnybrook, was discovered to be on fire, and notwithstanding every effort to extinguish them, the flames enveloped the en tire houso, which was soon reduced to ashes. At four o'clock in the day some workmen discovered the muti lated remains of four human bodies, supposed to be those of Captain Orson, his wife and two children. Captain Ors:mn was reported to hare been in great pecuniary embarrassment, and he is rumoured to have said, a few days ago, that he had rather set tire to his house, and die in the ruins, than permit his furniture to be seiz, , d for debt. Another singular circumstance is, that he gave his servant leave to go out on Sunday evening, but charged her not to re turn till Monday morning, when she should receive her wages; and it is also worthy of remark, that t he bol t s of all the door-locks appear to have been shot. A waik ing-stick, with a s ilver top, and two silk umbrellas, which have been fully identified as Captain Orson's property, were found by the constable in front of the outer gate. Captain Orson was a tall, powerful man, nearly six feet in stature, and is said to have been remarkable for his excitable temper. lie was seldom seen out, owing, it is embarrassments. The deceased s v, a ,a id s , a t n o E l n ii g s i is pe ti m eit a r n : i/o/. The Aulic Council of War of Austria has just ad dresssd a circular to all the military governments . of the provinces, stating the cases in which the army may be called on to interfere, in order to reestablish public There are—first, when the political com missary declares formally that . his eff callingortsh outaverema thein f ru itless, and that a necessity exists for armed force; and second, when the troops themselves have been attacked. The offi cers are aIA-ays to decide whether the troops are to cha r g e with their bayonets is or discharge their muskets. In the latter case the dis charge is to be genera!, and a runn in g fire never to be perruittOf , . . • _ .. . 1, 0 N T) O.T, . it - Ili i - 1 .-- a • SATtr DAY JOTI,NT .N b ' IPI-111- • ......... . . ‘ _., trATtr B, 1445, .............._.........____ . _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. - HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. RAILWAYS. Several petitions were presented in favour of some.of the intended lines, but they were mentioned in so low a tone that we were unable to vatch their names, LA NC .N.STER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. iiLAiLLE presented a petition in I..vour of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition in fa vour of this line. •-- • • • ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented two petitions from the attorneys practisint; in the neighbourhood of Burton on-Humber and Hull, praying that certain fees might be abolished by the House. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. The Hon. C. P. VILLIERS presented a petition from the surgeons and apothecaries of Wolverhampton against this measure. limited period. That is the nature of the resolution I propose to move in Comraittee of Ways and Means.. Mr. HUME—WiII the Right lion. 'Gentle - man ex. plain to the House what are the taxes he intends to remit ? Sir ROBERT. PEEL—I propose, on Friday, to enter into:a general review of the subject, when I will state v. hat course I intend to take, but I cannot enter into any explanation now. I will give the fullest statement on Friday next, with respect to the nature of the pro posals her Majesty's Government intend to adopt. - Lord JOHN' . RUSSELL —The Right Hon. Baronet proposes to do that in Committee of Ways and Means. Sir R. PEEL—Yes. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT. Mr. WALLACE wished to put - a question to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that an important decision had been come to in one of the courts of Scotland with regard to the Weights and 'Measures Act. The decision affected the general understanding of the administration of the law on that Act in Scotland, and it had caused in particular dis tricts a very great degree of anxiety, not to say dis turbance. He begged, therefore, to inquire, whether it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to take any steps in the matter ? Sir J GRAHAM said that, in answer to the ques tion of the Hon. Gentleman, he had to state that he was perfectly aware of the decision that had been come to on the subject of the Weights and Measures Act of Scotland, and he was aware that this decision affected a large portion of the community in Scotland. The decision to which the Hon. Gentleman referred was the decision of a judge on circuit—a very elaborate and learned decision. and one entitled to great weight—biit at the same time the decision of a single judge. The same que.eLe which had been brought before this in ferior trienn-1 would shortly be brought before all the judges in the Court of Justiciary, and before the deci sion of that tribunal had been given he thought it would be premature to discuss the propriety of any alterations. Mr. WALLACE %ished to know how soon the ques tion would come before the court? Sir JAM ES GRARAMh;devery reason to believe that the opinion of the Court of J usticiary would be taken in a very short time._ NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. YOUNG a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Member for the county of Buckingham, in the room of Mr. Charles Scott Murray, who, since his election, had accepted the office of the Stewardship of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. stated that loyalty existed in this country. It was certain however, if this law were persisted in; it would be im ,possible.that 5s ,Ipyalty could' be continued: Under those circumstances he called .upon - 'her Majesty's Government to declare their intention with respect to the parishes under the Gilbert Act. If it was their intention to continue the Gilbert unions, why not say so at once, and not continue the inquiry, which appeared to produce no benefit? He would admit that it was.impossihle there could be any mode of relief which would not be liable to abuses, and no doubt some trifling abuses did exist in the Gilbert unions, but they were not so flagrant as those of the New Poor•law. If an inquiry were to be made into these unions, it was only fair that there should also be an inquiry into the effect of the New Poor-law, and the case would be put fairly before the nation which was the best means of relief, as well as the evils of both. He had had the honour of coming up to the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, on a deputation from Rochester. They stated to him what had occurred there, and that out of 22,000 ratepayers, they were all against the New Poor-law with the exception of nineteen. The Right Hon. Baronet received the deputation with his usual courtesy, and the answer he gave was, that he had no power to interfere with the law. Now, if he had tn,t the power to control the Commissioners, he (Mr. S. Crawford) felt disposed to give it to him. He could not avoid making those few observations, and if it was necessary to make further inquiry into the subject of the Gilbert unions, he thought that the New Poor-law ought to be considered as well. the motion was then agreed to, and the following lion. Members were appointed to serve on the Com mittee :—Mr. Barneby, Capt. Pechell, Mr. The s. I)un combe, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Colvile, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Be , ,kett Denison, Mr. Wrightson, Viscount Barrington, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Strutt, Viscount Marsham, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Wakley, and Mr. Protheroe. CLASS LAW MAKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, -the infamous " class" law making must be ex p:)sed to the'ulthost. I take the opportunity of noticing two other tricks of the aristocracy. The first, as re spects the window duty. The greater the number of windows a nobleman or gentleman has (though he is the party who can the better afford to pay), he pays less in proportion to those in different stations in life, with a lesser number of windows. The second, as respects stamp duty upon conveyances and mortgages of real property. 'l he larger purchaser and mortgagor (who can the better afford), pays less duty, ,in proportion, to the small or purchaser and mortgagor. The more the public are enlightened upon "class" law making, the more they (except those who have made those infamous laws) are surprised and disgusted. The aristocracy have placed themselves awkwardly at last. Feb. 4, 1845. POOR-LAWS. Sir JOHN EASTIIO4 I E presented a petition from the Corporation of the Borough of Leicester, in council as sembled, with reference to the Bill about to be brought in to consolidate and amend the law regu lating the law of settlement for the poor. He said that, perhaps, he would best discharge his duty in reference to this petition, by stating that it came from a very large meeting of the borough, and the subject it treated on appeared to have been very deliberately and carefully considered. He knew he could not enter fur ther upon the merits of the .subject without founding a motion upon it, and therefore he would content himself with the observations he had made, and present the petition. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD .RAILWAY. Mr. TOLLEAIACHE presented a petition in favour of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension Bill. —Ordered to lie on the table. NOTICES OF MOTION. Lord EBRINGTUN gave notice that, on Monday next, he should present a petition from the Rev. Dr. Car withen, Rector of Stoke, in the diocese of Exeter, pray ing that the statute of 2d and 3d of Edward VI , cap. 1, and of 2d Elizabeth, cap. 2, might be repealed, and that the House would cause to be mule a calm and temperate revision of the Book of Common Prayer and of the Canons of the Church of England. . _ The NOBLE LORD also gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the exemption from turnpike tolls of carriages carrying her Majesty's mails. POOR-LAW COMMISSION. Colonel SIBTHORP moved for certain returns which he had moved for in the month of May last, but which had not yet been laid before the House. They were a return of the number of days each Poor-law Commis sioner has sat in discharge of his official duty at the office appointed for such official sittings, or at any other place for the same purpose. Also, a similar return of the number of days each Assistant Poor-law Commis sioner has been engaged in the discharge of his official duty, the place and periods at which those have been performed respectively. whether at the office of the Central Board of Commissioners, or in visits and inspections, or other matters of official duty at the dif ferent unions or union workhouses throughout England and Wales, the number of days employed therein, and the amount of expo-nse incurred by each Assistant Poor law Commissioner, in travelling or in other incidental expenses relating thereto. On the question being put, The HON. and GALLANT COLONEL said that he had understood that it had been the intention of the Rip ht Hon. Gentleman to make some observations before the question was ut. Mr. MAN NERS SUTTON said that, perhaps, the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman would postpone his motion for the present. He did not know that there would be any objection to the ground of return, but he knew that his Right Hon. Friend was not at present in the House, and that he wished to wake some observatiOns on the sui:ject. Col. SIBTHORP had no wish to tike any Hon. Member by surprise, and he would postpone his motion. PRIVATE BUSINESS-RAILWAYS. Sir R. PEEL said that the Hon. Member for Greenock had a motion on the paper which was of great import ance as regarded the private business of the House. It was for a Select Committee to inquire into the present mode of conducting private business before Committees of that House,with a view to the improvement of the same. Considering the increased number of railway Bills that w. re coming before Parliament, he thought the time had arrived when it would be expedient to appoint a select Ctnt»ittee, consis:ing of the 11..0. Member himself, and other Hon. Gentlemen who might hereafter be named, to consider what arrangements could be made fur in ‘uriog the facility and dispatch of private business. Points of great importance connected with competing lines of railway would arit=e, and great advantage to private business might accrue from the Committee taking the points of most pressing importance into considera tion,as it might be able to offer useful suggestions to the House. If, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman would postpone the motion of which he had given notice, he (Sir R. Peel) would, in the course of next week, make the necessary arrangements for the appointment of this Select Committee. Mr. WALLACE felt exceedingly obliged to the Right Hon. Baronet for his proposition,- which was en tirely in accordance with his own view of the matter. He would postpone his motion. POOR-LAW IN IRELAND. Mr. F. FRENCH, see,ng the Right Hon. Secretary of the Home, Department in his place, would again put a question to him of great importance to Ireland, and one on which they had a right to expect the institution of a searching inquiry. It was the working of the poor-law in Ireland. Some alteration must be made in a system which experience had shown was distasteful to the people and unsuited for the country. The question he had to ask was, whether the state• ment which had appeared in the Freeman's Journal was correct ? It stated that four executions had been put into the union workhouse of Ballinrobe, and the furniture and effects seized ; also that executions had been put into union houses of Castlebar and Tuam. Under these executions goods and effects had been sold at Tuam at a great sacrifice of property, blankets that cost ten shillings per pair, having been sold for five shillings. lie wished to know from the Eight Hon. Baronet whether these statements were correct ? Sir JAMES tiIIAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had given him notice of his question with respect to one work house—that of Tuam ; but he was not aware whether the statement he had just read from an Irish newspaper as to the other workhouses was correct or not. Inconsequence of the Hon. Gentleman's notice, he had directed his at tention to the state of the Tuam workhouse only. There it was true that an execution had been enforced on the goods and effects, but the circumstances were these : The union house at Tuam was a hired building, and the execution was put in by the landlord for rent. The board of guardians of that union positively refusing to carry the Act into effect, would not make a rate, or appoint a collector. The Poor-law authorities in conse quence of these circumstances had, in November last, moved in the Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel the guardians to make a rate,and appoint a collector forthwith. That mandamus had been served by order of the Court upon the Board of Guardians, collectively and indivi dually ; and they would be obliged immediately to ap point collectors, and to levy the rat?. The execution would then be nullified, on the amount being paid out of the rate. EXPORT DUTIES. Sir R. PEEL laid on the table certain papers relating to the operation of the export duties. THE PRINTING OF COMMITTEES' REPORTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, seeing the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool in his place, wished to put a question to him in reference to the report of a Corn mittee of which the Noble Lord was chairman last year. That Committee made a report, which was laid on the table, and with it an appendix. They were both ordered to be printed. The report was printed; but the appendix was not printed to the present hour. Ile had sent re peatedly to the printers ; but he was told that the report could not be had, because it was waiting for the appendix, and that the appendix could not be had, because it was waiting for the proof, which was in the hands of a Member of the Committee to be cor rected. Now he (Mr. Duncombe) insisted that after the Committee laid this report on the table their functions ceased, and they bad nothing more to do with the report or the appendix. He was in possession of the appendix by special favour of the Speaker, but he wished to know from the Noble Lord why it was kept back, and in whose haads it was ? Lord SANI)ON said that the Committee had en• trusted the task of arranging and classifybag, the docu ments which constituted the appendix to the Hon. Member for Kendal, who had taken great pains with the subject. These documents still remained in the hands of that Hon. Member, and he (Lord Sandon) was,sure that whatever obstacles remained in the way of the pub lication of the report would soon be removed; Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE expressed a hope that 'no further time would be lost in presenting these papers to the House. Lord SANDON said: that as far as he was concerned certainly no time should be lost. DUTY ON TOBACCO. Mr. lIUME presented a petition from the tobacco manufacturera: of London, signed by all but three, com plaining that their grievances still existed, and praying that the duty on tobacco might be repealed. THE LORD-LIEUTENANTCY OF THE COUNTY OF MAYO. Mr. BELLEW inquired whether it was true that Lord Liioan had been ap p ointed Lard-Lieutenant of the county.of Mayo? Sir R. PEEL—Yes, it is true. GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL -- STATEMENT— THE INCOME-TAX. Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Sir, it may be con venient for me now to state the course which I intend to pursue on Friday next. I believe it will be competent for me, without moving for a Com mittee of Ways and Means, to take the course of moving a resolution to continue for a further period the laws which impose a tax on income. But as that is not the usual course of late years, I propose, on Wednesday to adopt the following proceeding, viz., to move for a Committee of Ways and Means, and then in the Committee of Ways and Means on Friday next, I shall propose a resolution to the effect, that the laws which impose a tax on income in Great Britain, and the law which imposes an a iditional stamp duty in Ireland, should l?s, aoutinued for A further BRAZIL Mr. BOUVERIE wished to know whether the report, that commercial negotiations had been entered into with Brazil, had any foundation ? Sir H. PEEL said he hoped unless the case were very pressing, Hon. Members would have the goodness to give notice of their intention to put questions of this nature. He knew the danger arising from a question of that kind; and he did hope that a few hours' notice would be given. Mr. B6UVERIE said he would repeat the question on Monday. SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. On the motion that a supply be granted to her Majesty, Mr. HUME said that he was of opinion that they ought to hear the financial statement before they voted any supply. He did not mean to divide the House on this question, but he wished to guard himself against being misunderstood. Without having some informa tion before him, he was not prepared to vote for an increase of the navy, merely on account of an increase in the steam navigation. His opinion was that the estimate for the navy ought not, on that account, to be increased. His humble opinion was, that they should know the financial state ment before they voted any money for the expenses of the country, and if he did not oppose the present motion, it was because the Right Hon. Baronet promised at an early day to bring forward his financial scheme, His object in rising now was to guard himself, for the reason assigned, against being bound to grant any supply to her Majesty. His opinion was, that the state of the country required that they reduce, by every means in their power, the amount of taxation, and he would frankly state that he was surprised the Right Hon. Baronet should have called on her Majesty to congratulate the country on the amount of taxation. If lie looked at the papers laid on the table to-day, it would appear that fifty-nine millions would be received by the Treasury in the course of the year, an amount much larger than in former years— some ten years ago, when Europe was in an unsettled state, and the state of America required a large es tablishment. But, now, when everything tended to security and peace, an increase in their establish ments was asked for. He would not ask the Committee to support his opinion by pressing for a division ; but he begged leave to enter his protest. for he reasons assigned, against the grant, and he should like to hear from the Right Hon. Baronet his exposition of the plans he had in view. —(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL felt assured that it could not he sup posed that her Majesty's Government would propose a vote for any amount ot supply, without laying before the House a full statement of the reasons why that amount of supply was demanded ; and therefore he did hope that this llon. Member would not prejudge and condemn the course the Government intended to pursue until he had heard what that course was. The Hon. Member had said he conceived that the increase of steam navigation was a reason why the taxation should be lessened ; but were it not possible that it might become necessary to build new steam-vessels —(Hear)--as the commerce of the country might extend itself.— (Hear.) Therefore, all he now asked of the Hon. Member was to suspend his judgment until he had heard the state ment he (Sir R. Peel) had alluded to.—(Hear.) Surely, it was a legitimate cause of congratulation to the House and to the country that the revenues had increased, and that there was a surplus, and not a deficit in the Treasury. Mr. HUME bad no objection to the Government con gratulating itself on that subject, and he for one would, of course, be better pleased to hear of a surplus than a deficit. But he would say that the only chance the country had of a reduction in the public expenditure was by keeping the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Treasury short of money.—(Hear, and laughter.) Therefore he could not concur with the statement of the Hon. Baronet, for he would repeat it, that the increase of steam navigation was no reason for an increase of the public taxation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no doubt but that when the Right Hon. Baronet made his financial statement he would assign good, and sufficient, and legitimate grounds for the course he had announced it as the inten tion of the Government to adopt.—(Hear.) He did not concur in the opinion of his Hon. Friend behind him, that it was matter of surprise to have at this early period of the session the financial statement of the Government brought forward. On the contrary, he (Lord John Russell) wa s no t t a ken by surprise at this announcement, f o r h e conce i ve d it would be a very convenient course t o t h e country t o adopt. It was a perfectly legitimate course for her Majesty's Ministers to state, at as early a period as possible of the session, the amount of revenue they conceived necessary for the public service, and then to state the means by which they intended to meet that demand; at the same time he did not look upon such a course as a precedent for future years. Sir R. PEEL said the reason he had made the intima tion he had upon this subject was, in order to prevent confusion and inconvenience to the public service ; but he did net intend that the amount the Government in tended to ask for should be a precedent for future years. Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord had acted contrary to what he would do in the management of his own private affairs—(Laughter)—for the affairs of the nation should bo conducted on the same principle as those of a indi v c p o ar t u i ev l d ai tned p d . i—uv d ( l pay.—(Renewed wa and it e did d laughter.) act w l el s ttesro e . e k Tu n hr o re : yd • n smh t oo h ur a ol td than hb h p ae e nsth ri- i lel more particular, more careful, and more cautious, as the money they spent was not their own, and belonged to the Mr. S. CRAWFORD was happy to find that, after the lapse of two years, the House had adopted his pro position.—(Laughter.) He begged leave to state that he had, two years ago, moved the suspension of the esti mates until after the financial statement had been made. He would not, however, offer any opposition to the mo tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the House resumed. POOR-LAW UNIONS. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON moved th at a S e l ect Com mittee be re-appointed to inquir e i n t o t h e administra tion of the law for the relief of the poor in the unions e 3 th , her it was s. 83, and to fm r o e r por e t d t u o nd t t h .r e th ß e aa A se ct 2 their 2G o e p o i . a l o l n l., , : h . ex pedient that the said union should be maintained. Mr. SHARMAN CRANyFORD did not rise to give any opposition to the appointment of the Committee, but he thought the a ppointment of it wa s completely useless, and an entire waste of time. If the G overnment h a d determined to abolish the Gilbert uni ons, i t was b etter to save the waste of time which would b e consume d i n making the report. Circumstances had occurred at Rochdale from which it would a pp ear th a t the Government ..were determined no longer to permit such relief in any place. The people o f R oc hd a l e h a d been accustomed to administer to the necessities of their own poor under the Select Vestry Act, but the Com missioners determined that they sho u ld d o so no l onger. But when he saw that this law was pertinaciously per sisted in in the borough with which he was connecte d, if it were the opinion of the Government that no other peer-law administration s ho uld exist in England but that which was provided by the New Poor-law Act, he t.id not think it necessary that they should go i n t o a fur therinquiry into the Gilbert unions. Th ere were essent i a l difference between the Gilbert Act and the new Poor law Act. The Gilbert Act gave partial relief, while the Poor-law Act gave no re lief at all, unless the par ties relieved were reduced to the lowest circumstances. He protested against the latter law, and the people of Government. England looked upon it as a violation of their rights. —(Hear, hear.) There was a contest going on on this subject between the people andthe It was a desperate contest, and ono which the people of England would not easily give up. He could not, there fore, avoid taking that opportunity of calling the atten tion of the Government to the necessity of considering the new Poor-law. It wa s a thing which could no longer go on. The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department had heard from several Hon. Members, the other night, ce what bad been the result of this law. It had produced l amen t a ble distress, - and it oug ht t o be d in some way amended. If the Government, however, were determined to vp through with the law, they need not go into any further napery sores: ping the Gilbert unions. It was a moiety* of sios? isar c h woe . Is ba d beou POOR-LAW COMMISSION. Colonel SIBTHORP, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department in his place, would renew the motion which he had made in the early part of the evening for the returns which had been ordered to be made in the month of May last, but which had not yet been made as to the occu pations of the Poor-law Commissioners. The return had then been assented to, but he understood that the Right Hon. Baronet now intended to object to it, and would assent only to make a partial return on the sub ject. But, unless the Right Hon. Baronet could give some aatisfactory reason for objecting to that to which he had assented in the month of May last, he (Colonel Sib thorp) should certainly take the sense of the House on the subject. He understood that the Right Hon. Baronet considered that there would be some difficulty in making the return, but there was no roster kept of the number of days on which thePoor-lawCommissioners were employed, The Right lion. Gentleman, as he understood, said that there was no roster kept of the number of days which he was employed at the Home-office ; but he (Colonel Sib thorp) did not wait for any return of the number of days which the Right Hon. Gentleman was employed, because he believed himself, and it was the general opinion of the public, that there was no public officer more attentive to the duties of his office than the Right Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) He did not say this out of flattery—(A laugh)—but he believed it was generally admitted that it) one had given greater satisfaction as Secretary of State for the Horne Department than the Right Hon. Baronet.— (Hear, hear.) He did not want any roster of the num ber of days the Right Hon. Gentleman was in his office, because he believed that the Right Honourable Gentleman performed his duties faithfully; but he did not belive that the same could be said of all officials. Now, with regard to these commissioners, he had no opportunity of knowing if they were properly employed or :,ot. He should like to see a statement of where they we.: e. They might be in improper places for anything that appeared to the contrary, and he had no opportu nity of knowing whether they were or not, and he should like to have an opportunity of knowing.—(Laughter,) He wanted to know where they were, and what they were doing ?—(Laughter.) Now, unless the Right Hon. Baronet would assure him that he had no suspicions with regard to them, he must have the same return which he had before moved for, and the Right Hon. Baronet was bound to furnish to the House and the public the reason ashy he now refused what he had before assented to. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said what the Hon. and Gallant Officer had stated was true, that towards the end of last session he thought it his duty to make this motion, and that he (Sir James Graham) did not oppose it. But he submitted to the Hon. and Gallant Officer that with regard to the first of these two questions, there would be a great difficulty in making any return. With reference to the attendance of the Chief Com missioners, no roster was kept any more than of the attendance of the Commissioners of Customs or Excise, or of the Revenue Board, and without such a roster it was hardly possible to give in detail the return the Hon. and Gallant officer desired. At the same time he was bound to state of his own personal knowledge, that no public ser van s were more attentive in the execution of their duties than the Poor-law Commissioners. It would be for the satisfaction of the Hon. Gentleman or the House, that as far as possible this information should be afforded. So far from resisting it, he would do all in his power to furnish it. Could it be considered as any reflection on the Poor-law Commis sioners, he should have felt it his duty to have resisted the tnotion, but as he did not think this could be the case, he should grant the return. Mr. F. FRENCH said that in the appointment of the Committee of Inquiry the word "operation" had been omitted. He begged to ask the Right Hon. Secretary fur the Home Department, whether this had been done designedly, and if not, whether there would be any ob jection to have the omission corrected ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that, although it had been stated by an Hon. Member just now, that suspicion at tached to every thing that was connected with the poor. laws, he could assure the Hon Gentleman who put the question to him, that he had not been . ware of the omis sion to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. But if it would be any satisfaction to the Hon. Gentleman, he (Sir J. Graham) would not object to the insertion of the word " operation." The returns were then ordered. RAILWAYS. - - Air, YOUNG, according to motion, moved a resolution to suspend, for the present Sessioh, Standing Order No. 102, " That all Petitions for Private Bills be presented within twenty-one days after the First Friday in every Session of Parliament," to fix the days for receiving Petitions for Private Bills. Mr. ENTWISLE objected to the suspension of the standing order. At the same time he wished to explain that he was mistaken when he said, last evening, that the preliminary expenses for preparing a railway Bill were only about 301. or 401. He found that the cost of printing only was of that amount. There were other expenses considerably above that sum. The Board of Trade had made their report against cer tain parties, and they would be enabled to delay printing their Bills until they had ascertained thereason on which the Board of Trade had grounded their decision. The parties, therefore, rejected by the Board of Trade, would be in a more favourable position than those in whose fa v(air the Board of Trade had reported, because they e,.uld be enabled to draw up their Bill, embodying clauses to meet the objections which the Board of Trade had entertained to their plans. On that account he would object to granting so much time as had been asked to enable them to draw up their Bill, after the reasons of the Board of Trade had been given. Ile had very little experience in that House, but he bad considerable experience out of it ; and he could as sure the House that, from the very day in which the case was placed in the hands of Parliamentary agents, that their expenses commenced. All those expenses the Company in whose favour the Board of Trade reported had to bear, while the Company against which the Board of Trade reported only had to bear the expense of getting up and printing their Bills. The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. ENTWISLE said he should move that the standing order with regard to petitions should not be suspended. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said (as we un derstood), it was indispensable that the original motion should be agrced to, in order to carry out the resolution of last session, for the appointment of the Board of Trade. Mr. HODGSON HINDE thought it had been clearly made out that it was necessary to take some step of this kind in order to prevent injustice from being done to those companies against whom the Board of Trade had re ported. Great injustice would be done if parties in whose favour the Board of Trade had reported were obliged to delay going into Committee till the adverse Bill was in a state of such forwardness as to be com mitted also. He therefore hoped that the parties wr.o were promoting an adverse Bill should be obliged to bring their case before the Committee, though they were not in a state of forwardness to entitle them to come before the Committee. If some such plan were not followed, the promoters of an adverse line might delay until the last moment, so that parties who had a bona fide intention of proceeding with their Bills might be delayed for three weeks, which, at the commencement of the works on a line, would be equiva lent to six months in the opening of a railway. He hoped, therefore, that his Noble Friend would give his attention to the subject. Mr. ENTWISLE then withdrew his amendment, and the following resolutions were agreed to : Board yl :ee resolutions asulpvtnpihooei PrivateiFl w r i a d y a Board the r d o t h h 2 e a Br s t hn thando a t y yet eaf I. Resolved—That this House will not receive any petition for any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill a on pp w ea h r i e c d h t in he th r e ep G or a t reet by en, t o h af e te ß r this 2. i n stant Resolved—That February. Railway Bill on which the Report by the Railway Board has not yet appeared in the Gazette, be read the first time after Friday the 28th day of March next. 3. Resolved—That this House will not receive the Report of any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill on which the Report by the Railway Board has not yet appeared in the Gazette, after Friday the 30th day of May next. 4. Resolved—That this House will not receive any petition f9r any Rail% ay Bill, of which the report by the Railway Board has not yet appeared is the Gazette, later than the twenty-first day Ether the day of the pub lication of such report in the Gazette. 5. Resolved—That no Railway Bill, of which the re portntea which 3 e - b e dt eth printed. n p r p et e hp a eo r r e in t the ( t tt ; e e e rftthhedrayetiftri9onmfotse day of the twenty-eighth day after the day of the reception by this by the Railway House of the petition for such Railway Bill. Gazate, shall be read the first time late u r ch th ß an ail t w h a e y 6. Reso l ve d, That this house will not receive the Brl l r ae t e i a tc i le i le o l .rp vi r tt • t a ihA o o y a f r4inl ß b a d t o y : h a y tet r hh d r le a tsi i h a l tH w a hh s et a ii y us l af o ß eio t d i uo l Ito 'louse then lourued at si4 0'44. EXPOSITOR. DESTRUCTION OF A ' NEW MILL AND Two THOUSAND POUNDS DAMAGE AT BLACKHURN.—A t about a quarter past nine o'clock on Sunday morning, when the wind was howling with great force, a noise was heard throughout the town, as of the s u dd en dis charge of distant artillery, which was speedily discovered to have proceeded from the falling down of an entirely new and unfinished mill at Bank top, the property of Mr. William Dickinson, iron -founder, &c. The mill was what is called an " eight bay" mill ; the area of the spinning part of the premises being 60 feet by SO feet in extent ; and the mill four stories high. Attached to the spinning mill was an engine-house ; next to that, a large boiler-room ; and then came an extensive foundry shed. The first floor of the mill was completed, the boards of the other floors were not down, all the windows were in, and the mill roofed over. The engine -house was arched over, and the boiler-room covered in. In these two latter places the buildings were partly iron ; great iron beams, from 15 to 18 inches across, were erected in the engine-house ; the roof, &c., of the boiler room was supported by iron pillars, stout iron bars, &c. It appears that at about a quarter-past nine o'clock, some men employed upon the premises, and living close by, observed one of the walls of the mill to bulge out ; and they were discussing the readiest means of propping it up, when the gable end of the mill, against which the full force of the wind bore, was seen to bend inwards ; and becoming thus loosened from the roof, the latter was lifted up by the wind, and falling back again with great violence, went to pieces, and carried down to the founda tion every thing with it. The destruction was instanta neous and complete ; part only of some of the walls re maining. The roof, first floor, beams, supporters, and the walls that fell with the roof were all smashed to pieces. The roofs of the engine house and boiler room were destroyed, the thick iron beam ends being broken like glass, Part of the roof of the foundry shed was de stroyed; as also some premises adjoining another side o the mill, and belonging to Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett. The damage done to Mr. Dickinson's property cannot be calculated at less than 2,000/. Upwards of 300/. worth of glass was destroyed. It is said that the whole building was not to be surpassed for strength and compactness in Blackburn. In a short time the three upper floors would have been put in; and then this diastrous accident could not have happened. In about two months the mill would have been at work.—Blackburn Standard. STATE OF THINGS.—When the confounding and stupid additional Poor-law Act was passed, at the close of last session of Parliament, Mr. Lumley, one of the Assistant Secretaries to the Poor-law Commissioners, and a barrister, framed a set of forms to be used by justices' clerks under the bastardy clauses, and those forms were copyright. Last Thursday, in the Bail Court, before Judge Wightman, the form of orders in bastardy was deJared, in several respects, bad. If justices' clerks prepared forms of their own, and had them printed (for Messrs. Shaw and Sons are the mono polist printers here again), the printer became liable— one was actually proceeded against! Is not this " a nice state of things _ _ BARNSTAPLE.—A melancholy accident occurred on Friday last, the 31st ult., at Mr. Puddicombe's limekiln, situate at Fremington Pill, about three miles from this town, which has spread a gloom over the whole of that parish. John Fairchild, one of the men employed at the kiln, having incautiously descended without the ladder, soon found that the sulphurous effluvia from the culm affected his respiration, and called to his brother-in-law, Richard Gayton, for help, who instantly lowered a rope, which, in drawing him from his perilous situation, unfortunately broke. Gayton then immediately descended to the poor fellow's assistance, but the exhalations proving too strong for him also, another man, named Shaddock, jumped down, and Taylor, a fourth man, stood ready to render immediate aid, should it be necessary, who, soon perceiving that Shaddock was overpowered, put a board and slid down. He happily succeeded in getting him up, and he ultimately recovered. By this time the neigh bourhood became alarmed, and Gayton and Fairchild being got out, medical assistance was procured, but life was extinct. They were men of sober and industrious habits, and have each left a wife with a very large family. We are informed that eight of Gayton's children are under 15 years of age, and the number of children thus suddenly bereaved is nearly 20. THE LATE MR. STURGES BOURNE.—The deceased was son of the Rev. John Sturges, Chancellor of Winchester. He was born in 1769, and married, 1808, Miss Bowles, daughter of Mr. Oldfield Bowles, of North Ashton, Oxon. On the death of his maternal uncle, he assumed the name of "Bourne," in addition to his patronymic. In early life he was educated at Winchester College, and then graduated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was brought up to the bar, but retired from the profession on the death of his uncle above alluded to. In 1798 he was elected representative fur Hastings. He was Joint- Secretary to the Treasury from 1804 to 1806, under Mr. Pitt ; but, on Lord Grenville coming to the Treasury, he went out of office. From 1807 to 1809 he was a Lord of the Treasury in the Duke of Portland's Admi nistration. In August, 1814, he was appointed one of the Coin- missioners for the Affairs of India, without salary, and was then appointed of the Privy Council. lie became two years afterwards one of the three salaried Commissioners, and con tinued at the Board of Control till 1821. In 1827 he was for a short time Secretary of State for the Home Department, and in July, when Mr. Canning resigned, he succeeded the Earl of Carlisle as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, which office he continued to hold until January, 1828. He sat for a period of above 30 years in the house of Commons, having represented Hastings, Christchurch, Bandon, Ash burton, and Milbourne Port. On the passing of the Reform Bill, he retired altogether from political affairs. The de ceased was the author of the vestry statute which bears his name, "Sturges Bourne's Act." He was Lord Warden of the New Forest, a sort of honorary situation, which he had held ever since 1827. He was also one of the principal mem bers of the Commission of Poor-law Inquiry, along with the Bishops of London and Chester, and Messrs. Senior and Chadwick. Of the merits of those Commissioners we shall say nothing in this place. BATHS AND II'ASIIIIOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.—Yesterday a numerous and important meeting of the clergy and influential gentry of the parish of St. Pancras took place at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-square, for the pur pose of carrying into effect the establishment of baths and washhouses for the labouring classes in that populous and extensive district of the metropolis. Mr. J. llarris, of the Hampstead-road, occupied the chair, aid amongst the gentlemen present we observed the Rev. W. Dodsworth, the Rev. Dr. Stebbing, the Rev. H. Hughes, the Rev. D. Lang, Mr. J. P. Gibbons, Mr. E. Wilson, Mr. W. Douglas, Mr, J. H. Smith, &c. A report was presented, from which it ap pears that the parish of St. Pancras contains at least 130,000 souls, the far greater proportion of which consists of the labouring classes ; and that in consequence of a communi cation having been received from the Central Society for the Establishment of Baths and IVashhouses for the Labouring Classes, recommending the formation of a branch association in that parish, a Committee had been appointed, who had come to a resolution, " That the establishment of baths and washhouses was highly desirable for the comfort and clean liness. as well as for the health of the labouring classes, and they therefore cordially approve the formation of a branch society in the parish of St. Pancras to carry out that ob ject." Baths and washhouses for the labouring classes had been already established in Liverpool and other populons towns with most beuelicial results, and there was but little doubt they would prove equally successful in London. The Central Society had met with very liberal support, but when the extent of the metroplis was considered, it was manifest that in order to obtain for any particular district the advantages of such establishments, local exertions must be made. The Committee, therefore, felt it their duly to make an earnest appeal to the inhabitants to furnish them with funds necessary for the erection of public baths and washhouses on a suitable scale in one or more districts of the parish. The report having been adopted, it was resolved that deputations should wait on his Grace the Duke of Bed ford, the Marquis of Camden, Lord Southampton, Lord Somers, and other great landed proprietors of the district, to solicit their aid and co-operation. Committees having been also appointed to canvass for subscriptions in the respective districts, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. GREYFRIARS' CHURCHES.—The scene of the confla gration of Sunday week, which we have described, has been visited since then by thousands of individuals—all of whomare much struck with the total ruin presented by the walls of the Old Church. From the gateway, at Candle maker-row, the scene is quite picturesque, and as one approaches nearer, or gets within the shell of the - once strong edifice, the tire appears to have worked, in a few hours, upon the arches and abut ments, the slow effects of one or two hun dred years upon some of our older ruins. Al though DO permanent arrangement has been made, it is understood that on Sunday next the congregation of Old Greyfriars meet in St. John's (Rev. Mr. Fraser's), and that the Rev. Mr. Robertson, of New Greyfriars, is to officiate in Newington Church, which has at present no stated minister.—Sccternan. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SCENE-SHIFTER. —An in quest was held on Monday, at the Harlequin , Burns,Drury-lane aged before Mr. Higgs, on the body of Thoma thirty-five, a scene-shifter at Drury - that e on Saturday last, The g atre. Thomas Heatord, also a scene-shifter, said at twelve o'clock, he saw the deceased o a n n t e h n e , work ing the scenery during the rehearsal ofand i piece,n stage, w so weak that he was about a quarter of an hour he found him suffering from a pain at his heart. Deceased soenagnre finding him gradually unable to proceed with his work, home. The The whole of that sinking, he had him conveyed c, 13 excited and flurried at his morning he had been work, for be was rathergbeeahindhand with what he had to do. Edward Percival, another scene-shifter, corroborated the above evidence , and said that the deceased di ed soon after his return home. A witness named Samuel Coles made a charge against the person having the management of the d epar t m ent to which the deceasedbelonged, of over -working the men and treating them in a harsh manner. Mr. Sloman, the person referred to, denied the charge, and attributed the comp l a int made against him to the ill-feeling of men, jeal ous of the situation he held. Considerable discussion ensued,but at length an adjournment until Wednesday was agreed to, that the jury might obtain the opinion of a surgeon as to the cause of the deceased's death. THE GAME MANlA.—Whilst the odious game-pre serving system continues—whilst our " English country gentlemen" continue in the condition of " poulterers,' as the Duke of Portland properly termed them—poach ing (with all its evils and consequences) will also con tinue. The extent to which the preserving mania is carried is a premium for poaching, as much as givieg to gamekeepers half of a penalty (which they get when pena'ties are paid), is a premium for perjury. The mania gentry are so jealous of each other, where their estates adjoin, that they quarrel like children about toys. .Farmers are, no doubt, right gla.l when they find that the poachers have paid a nightly visit, and carried game; (ra_ i good stock of the surplus indeed they have sub btantial reason for being glad. U N ROYAL INSTITUTION. 4 A lt. :. . r., „Tr\-- Professor Faraday devoted the greater portion of h ture last week to describing the results of previous at . .: - 17 ; c: to liquify liquifv and solidify different gases. He first exp the distinction between a gas and a vapour. The 1' though resembling in all its mechanical properties a pernkg_.- . nentiv elastic gas, is nevertheless easily condensed into4rjav r f s v ' liquid, by reduction of the temperature by ordinary meant': : under the pressure of the atmosphere. A ✓ gas, on. the con trary, cannot be condensed by auy ordinary reduction of tem perature. He had originally succeeded in condensing carbonic acid gas, by generating it enclosed in a tube,' by which means the pressure was • increased to thirty atmospheres, and then the liquid carbonic acid appeared at one end of the tube. He had subsequently succeeded in liquifying some more of the gases, and other chemists had added to the number, so that there were known to be nine gases capable of being condensed, by pressure, into liquids. M. Tillorier discovered that by the expansion of liquid car bonic acid in escaping so much cold is produced that the liquid becomes sohd, and assumes the form of snow, but all the other gases had resisted the many efforts that had been made to reduce them into a solid form. He had now to announce, as the results of his recent expe riments, that he had succeeded in liquifying six addi tional gases, 'and had solidified seven that had never. previously been known in that form. The principle on which he had proceeded in those experiments was to subject the gas when under pressure to the lowest temperature at tainable by artificial means. It had been an error in other experimenters to endeavour to succeed by pressure alone, for • each gas may be considered to have its freezing and its liquid point as well as water; it would, therefore, be as,.: reasonable to expect to freeze water by subjecting it to immense pressure without cold as it would be to freeze a gas by pressure alon e . A ct i ng on this principle, he sub jected the gases to be operated on to the lowest possible • temperature under great pressure. Solid carbonic acid was the substance employed for generating cold. When mixed with either, it produces a degree of cold equal to 105 deg. below the zero of Fahrenheit, that is 137 deg. below the freezing point of water. To diminish the temperature still lower,he placed the vessel containing the solid carbonic and ether tinder the receiver of an air-pump, by which means the ether was made to boil and the temperature was re duced sixty degrees lower. Into this " cold bath," as Pro fessor Faraday termed it, he placed a strong tube of green bottle glass, connected with a series of small force-pumps, by which means he was enabled to obtain a pressure exceeding one hundred atmospheres. The pumps were fed with gas to be operated on, and thus he obtained his results. Professor Faraday illustrated by experiment in his feli citous manner the various parts of the process he described. From a reservoir containing liquid carbonic acid, he ob tained a large quantity of it in a solid form ; this he handled without inconvenience, for the film of gas formed between the hand and the solid body prevents actual contact. When, however, ether is mixed with the snow-like substance, the absorption of heat from surrounding bodies is very rapid, and a mass of quicksilver exposed to its action speedily became a solid metal, and a piece of wire with which it was previously stirred became as firmly fixed in the mercury as if it had been solid lead. Of the sensation' of cold produced by the mixture of solid carbonic acid and ether, when placed under the air-pump, no more idea can be formed than of the heat of a forge, for the nerves would be destroyed by contact with a body much less cold. Pursuing his ex periment whilst operating on (defiant gas, Professor Faraday exhibited liquified " olefiant" in the tube ; that being, as he observed, the first time that any one, excepting himself and the assistant operator, had hitherto seen olefiant gas reduced to the form of a liquid. In commencing the course of experiments, be hoped to have been able to liquify and solidify hydrogen gas, which, however, he had not yet accomplished, though he did not despair of succeeding. He expected that that gas, when so lidified, would prove to be a metal. One of the compounds of hydrogen had been obtained as a liquid. He had also operated on oxygen, but hitherto - without success. Most of the gases which had yielded to his process were com pound gases. In the course of his lecture the Professor dwelt upon the great advantage he had derived in con ducting his experiments from the use of tubes made of com mon green bottle glass, which are much stronger and less liable to break from sudden changes of temperature than flint glass. Without those tubes he questioned whether he should have succeeded, or at least the experiments would have been attended with much more danger. He produced some tubes containing liquified gases, obtained by his formet mode of operating, which he offered to the inspection of the company, with the caution to handle them .cautiously, as they were bearing a pressure of eight thousand pounds, and might, if knocked, burst with great force. The lecture ex cited great interest, and was listened to with the greatest attention, by an audience that compris3d most of the scienti fic men of eminence in the metropolis. GIRVAN. The storm of Sunday week was the most violent that has visited our coast this season, and has left with us, as evidences of its fury, one large schooner ashore, and one that fortunately succeeded in riding out the gale at anchor, a short distance to the westward of this harbour. The first schooner is the Ellen Stewart, of Dundee. She was on her voyage from Waterford to Glasgow, with a cargo of flour. The latter is the Liska, of Waterford, also for Glasgow, with bacon and marble. Both vessels were descried from this port immediately after daybreak, and their precarious sivation created the most intense excitement and alarm for their safety. The Liska drove her anchors, and was brought up on good ground about half IL mile from shore; and, to the admiration of every one, rode out the gale in safety. Her rigging, h owever, is completely dismantled, the sails having been blown into rags, and the foretopmast, spars, &c., carried away. She is left, in fact, without a stitch of sail to enable her to remove from her anchorage, and in con sequence, a tug steamer has been sent for to take her up the Clyde. The Ellen Stewart was not so fortu nate. Being farther in shore she was obliged to make for this harbour to prevent her being driven among the breakers to the northward; and the tide being little more than ebb at the time, she struck heavily on the bar at the harbour -mouth—the sea making its way right over her. The master and crew immediately took to the rigging, with the exception of a bow, a • passenger, who was lashed to the windlass ; and from this time, about nine o'clock, a.m., till half-past twelve, the situation of both vessel and crew was perilous and distressing in the extreme. Every means was tried, for a time in vain, to get a line from the shore to the unfortunate vessel, but at length this ob ject was effected by those on board attaching a line to ' a small buoy, which floated ashore. Having by this means gut a hawser on board, which was made fast ashore, the vessel was kept more steady, and the wind being right in shore kept her head on, and thus saved her, for had she broached to in the bar she would inevitably heve gone to pieces. As the tide flowed. she was driven gradually up the river, and the seamen were got off in safety, but much exhausted. They were carefully and kindly attended to, and soon re• covered their strength. The greatest praise is due to the shipmasters and seamen of this port, for flip energy and humanity displayed by them in doing everything that could be devised to save the vessel and crew, whose escape altogether was most providential, and was deeply sympathised in by thousands of anxious spectators ashore. The vessel is very much damaged, and the cargo of course destroyed to a considerable extent. —Ayr Observer. _ LOSS OF VESSELS IN THE NORTH CHANNEL On Saturday evening, and all day on Sunday last, a tre mendous gale of wind, commencing about south-west, and suddenly veering round to the north-west, swept, with fearful violence, along the north coast of Ireland. During the hurricane, two vessels went down, near Larne Lough, one laden with coals, and the other with lime. The crews of both are supposed to have perished. A large sloop, laden with iron, for Belfast. • ' went down at Garron Point, near Cushendall, the crew of which escaped in the boat, and, after enduring much hardship were driven into Cushendun. A schooner was observed to go down between Ballintoy and the Giant's Causeway ; and on Sunday, about three in - the afternoon, a large brig, bound from Sligo to Liver pool, laden with corn, was dashed on the rocks, at the Bull, on the west end of Rathlin Island. Three of the crew were drowned, the captain had his thigh broken, and was otherwise dreadfully injured. He lies on the island, with little hope of recovery ; for, unfortunately, there is not a medical man upon it, to render him any assistance. Between Ballycastle and Portrush, feather-beds, sea chests, ship's round-house, painted green ; topmast, painted white ; Baltic planks. twenty-one feet in length, together with many other articles, have been cast on shore, which leads to the con clusion, that much more damage than has been witnessed has been done by this gale.—Correspondent of the Noithern Whig. SHOCKING AFFAIR.—A few days ago a young female from Borgne, gave birth to a child in a lodg ing-house in Maxwelltown. A rumour of the eh-- cumstance having gone abroad, and no child ap pearing, suspicion was excited, and search w as made by tim tehdeipscooli,c,eeredofl! in a officers premises , abo d u u t ng th h eui,ther emains of a who in a short new born infant shockingly mutilated, the head, arma and legs being cut off, and th e bod y otherwise m angled in such a manner, that it was i m p ossible to distinguish the sex. APCartney, the female who kept the lodging house, was immedia . ely taken into custody, and the midwife who had attended at the delivery of th e mother was examined. She stated that the child was still-born, and that she had dressed it in grave-clothes before leaving the house. The mother also asserted that she knew nothing further of the matter than d ey th a a ll t, e t h h e e s lay. r e e A h l e `C rs a , r a t n n that the corpse was remo ve d f rom the apart gas d th in e etZt e re: t m h e a n t tt the grave- h el O s had nothing to pay fo r th em, she had take n them off the corpse and dispo se d o f t h e body in the stated. The mu til ate d remains of the child manner above were then taken up and interred in the Troceer church-yard, and the fem a l e M'Cartney in retained custody. PILOTS.--411 consequence of a correspondence between th e E ar l of Morley, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of this port, and the authorities at the Trinity House, two of the Elder Brethren, Captain Wheeler and Captain Bax, visited Plymouth last week, for the purpose of examining the pilots. They were as sisted by the local Sub-Commissioners, Mr. W. Walker, Queen's llarbourmaster, Mr. W. Cuming, Lloyd's Sur veyor, and Mr. George Jones, Collector of her Majesty's Customs. The Elder Brethren expressed themselves satisfied with the general appearance and qualification of , the pilots, two or three of whom are to be superannuated, through age and deficiency of vision. The pilots have sent in an application for an increase of pilotage from the Channel to the harbour of Plymouth Sound, and for modification of the rates when bringing vessels in the second tiine.—Plyineuth JuzirnaZ THE GAME-PRESERVING MAMA.— Farmers are at last beginning to speak out respecting the destruction committed committed upon their crops by suelociusth'eg,r;racet-ai them go on in right good abated.earnest, By speaking out, preserving propensity will t . l - e e ven grasping and selfish they need not ftar dischas to. have farms upon their owns landlords will not like hands. 'Farmers have on ly to act independently to pro tect t heir own interests , not onl y as regard s the injury by game, but in other respects. Depend upon it they m ay s hake oil their bondage if they will. I rm. t o A loe, 102; oig I