The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

CO URT CIRCULAR. I provisions. It is a notorious fact, that many bankers Virnms ou, enaded in the Home Park f o r some time FRIDAY. The Queen and P r i nce t instead of taking out a license to draw unstamped bilk Albert p rom draw letters of credit payable after a stated peri o d. this morning.ty and Prince Albert took equestrian That these are not transferable, like bills, is not very Her Majesty material, as the London agent pays the letters of c re dit tterixercise yesterday evening in the riding school for on the simple endorsement of the holder without identi fication. The revenue thus sustains an obvious loss. Colonel hour, attended by Major-General Wemyss and It is suggested as a remedy that the powers of issuing Bouverie. notes and drawing unstamped bills should e granted A deput a ti on f rom S t. Th omas ' s Hospital, consist- under separate licenses. As for letters of b credit, the lo g of Si r J o h n Pirie, Bart., the President; Thomas l aw res p ec ti ng th em s e ems t o p resen t peculiar difficul 'l3' Burbidge, Esq., Treasurer ; "William Pitt, Esq., ties, so that it is doubtful whether, ac cor di ng t o th e a nd Edward Tyrrll, Esq., Governors ; attended by 55th George 111., C. 184, they a re l ega l w ith out stamps 11 r. R. A. Wai nwr i g ht, the Clerk of the H os pit a l, at all, although they are in constant use, and their con. had the h onour o f an audience of his Ro) al High- venience is generally acknowled ge d.— Ti mes . ness Prince Albert at the Castle this morning, to present to his Royal Highness, according to ancient t 7 Bt olnt a green staff on his beco m i ng a G overnor o f raat royal foundation. A n ill um i na t e d copy o f t h e !solutions of the Court was presented by the Presi dent to his Royal Highness, who was graciously pleased t o rece i ve t h e same, and also the usual charge as a Governor. The gentlemen of the deputation were graciously invited , by the Prince to partake of luncheon in the Castle, after which they left for town. Their Royal Hi g h nesses t h e P r i nce o f W a l es, t h e Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a c arriage airing, and also for a walk in Frogmore p!rdens. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing this morning. , Her M a j esty and her Illustrious Consort, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, went this afternoon to Ille_riding school for e ques t r i an exerc i se . t, aelud The roy a l di nner party at t h e C astle this evening ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, and n'll:George Edward Anson. Uer M ajesty ' s pr i vate band was in attendance in t he Castle after dinner. A di putation from ofth manufacturin district of S troud, consisting Mr. W. H. Stan g ton, M.P., A:lessrs, 117. H. Hyett, N. S. Marling, and Charles f a nton, had a n i n t erv i ew yester d ay, on the subject the South Wales Railway, with the Earl of Dal housie, at the office of the Board of Trade. Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, rotur ned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Lord Chancellor, at Turville Park. Thll Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to Lord Braybrooke, at Audley-End, Essex. Mr. John W oo d, Ch a i rman of the Excise, and Mr. Higha m , S ecre t ary an d Comp troller -General to the Commissioners for the Reduc tion of the National Debt, had interviews with the Right Hon. Gentleman, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Sardinian Minister transacted business yester daY at the Foreign-office. Lord Grantley had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. £34,327,491 iSFIALL, Chief Cashier. Lry, 1845. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB . EXPULSION OF A MEMBER. The monthly meeting of the members of this club was held last evening at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street. The room was crowded to excess by nine o'clock, at which time the Commodore, W. Harrison, Esq., took the chair. Mr. REYNELL addressed the meating on the subject of a motion, notice of which he had given on the previous monthly night, for the expulsion of a certain member who had published some letters in a weekly paper with reference to th:, disputed case of Lord Alfred Paget's Mystery and Mr. Wilkinson's Phantom. At a subse quent meeting of the club the statements he had made on the subject were declared by a majority of the club -48 to 3—to be of a libellous nature. A motion was then about to be given for the expulsion of the member, when he consented to retract and apologise through the same source as the letters had been promulgated, and did so, but on the very next occasion that presented itself he reiterated the statements above alluded to. The notice for the expulsion of this member (M. H. Fowler) was accordingly carried last evening by a majo rity oc 42 black balls against 8 white balls. The result of the division was received with loud cheers. A letter was then read from Lord Saye and Sele, in which that nobleman, after complimenting the Commo dore in the highest terms, expressed his determination to give a handeti guinea cup (as we understood) as a mark of satisfaction at the Commodore's return to office. The club expressed their warmest thanks, and it was carried that the latter, in the most complinaentar) manner, should be expressed to his Lordship. Other business having been disposed of, the club sepa rated at a very late hour ROMANTIC YET TRUE. Although years have elapsed since the following remarkable circumstance occurred, it by some acci dent escaped our notice till very lately: and even then in so indirect a shape, that it became necessary to enter into a little correspondence, before directing attention to an incident illustrating very forcibly the verity of the old adage " that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.' Such inquiries as we were enabled to jot have at length been answered to our own satisfaction ; and before proceeding further, we have to return our best th an k s t o Mr. Roderic M‘Laren, formerly of Glenluce, but now of Carlisle, and Lieut. Taylor, staff-officer, paymaster of out-pen sioners, Stranraer. As there are two heroes connected with the tale, we begin with the first, David Kelly, a native of Wigtownshire, who at present resides in the village of Portwilliam. As a horse-breaker, or trainer, he has long maintained an excellent character, and as such is well known to the gentleman of the county, by whom he is employed, and even a good way beyond its bounds. In early life he entered the army, as a private in the 2d Heavy Dragoons, or Scotch Grays. From this corps he was discharp,-ad on the 24th January, 1816, on the modarate allowance of sixpence per day, in consequence of a severe sword cut received on his left hand. He had been only three years en listed, when it was his f e•tune to abide the brunt of the most tremendous battle fought in modern times; and at this period, when in the prime of manhood, he must have been a remarkably handsome, soldier looking man. Even yet, at the age of fifty-three, he stands fully five feet eleven inches high, and is so firmly knit together, that nature mint have antiaipated his calling, by moulding his shoulders beautifully for the combined burdens of a fiery war-charger, heavy hel:net, carabines, and sword. Of the other personage connected with a tale cf real life less is known, from the circumstance that IT belongs to th • Emerald Isle. and had also been a soldier in hi :, - auth, in the 4th Draevans, or Ennis killens, in which capacity it was his fate to become an actor at Waterloo. To different persons he ha mentioned that, while in the service, he was promoted to the rank of serg ean t, an d rece i ve d a temporary allowan ce a f ter the great battle which was discon• tinned many years ago. To all appearance he is a man about sixty, having long travelled the whole south of Scotland as an itinerant cutler ; and who, at least in one respect, cannot say with Canning's knife gri llndre—" Story; te, sir." bless you . God I have none to With these preliminaries we proceed to state that on one occasion the above two characters forgathered —point of contact, parish of Mochrum, estate of Mon reith, on the public road leading to Portwilliam. The cutler, who lael bees either treated to a dram, or felt fatigued by a long day's journey, in pausing for a brief space to recover his breath, had fallen fast asleep by the roadside. His barrow and wheel stood close at hand ; but, at the same time, projected rather further on the public path than men in authority, such as road trus tees, willingly permit. At this juncture the trainer appeared, mounted on a young horse he was engaged in breaking, and as the animal shyed at objects so unwonted, he essayed every art to urge his steed onward in the right direction. But, in place of moving forward, it became restive, which so annoyed the rider that he bawled out as loudly as possible, commanding the sleeper to get up instantly, and re move his nuisance apparatus to a proper di6tance. This injunction he repeated more than once without extracting the slightest response, and, losing all patience, he called the poor cutler all sorts of names, telling him, among other thing 3, that he well deserved fine or imprisonment, in thus en dangering the safety of valuable property by daring to obstruct the King's highway. How long the clamour continued we do not know ; but, as much was said and more threatened, the unconscious offender at length awoke, and, after rubbing his eyes and look ing up, on noticing the irregularity, put everything to rights as speedily as possible. A way thus cleared, the trainer moved onwards; but, as his temper was still chafed, he abused the wayfarer up hill and down dale, in a long string of angry expressions, plentifully interlarded with expletives altogether unfit for ears polite. The culter in the first instance bore all pa tiently • but, naturally enough, became a littl e nett l e d when his opponent threatened to dismount and trea him to a sound drubbing, which he would remember all the days of his life. Accordingly, looking sternly, he said, " It's one thing to say and another to Jo; cannot two play at that game ? And to be plain, I would sooner feel the weight of your fist, and you mine, than be bothered any longer with your abomi nable tongue. An' as to the sport you so brag about, I've seen more of that in two hours than you ever saw in your born days, let alone your father and grand isther afore you." Kelly—" You, you lubber; what did you ever see, you thief ? Your brogue I did not nutice before; but now see that, like all your squad, you like to spin a long yarn." Cutler— " Softly, my boy; I an' the Ennerskillers did what we could at Waterloo, a place you never saw and never will." Kelly—" I was there mysel ; but as for you, I would like a better warrant than yours at the foot of the halberds, with the - drummerat your back, ready to lay on with the cal and nine." Cutler —" Say you so, my boy ; and supposing you spake true, what regiment had the benefit of your mighty services ? " Kelly—l belonged to the Scotch Greys." Cutler—" Indeed ! the Scotch Greys; well, I saw one of your lubbers, as you called me, set on by three French cavalry, and, thinking three too many for one, I galloped from my own ranks and cut down one of them; and, when his corn- rades saw that, they made off in a twinkling." Kelly —"An' do you know what became of the Grey after ? " Cutler—" The poor fellow had got his bridle-hand cut nearly through at the wrist, by a Frenchman's sabre, an' with that, and fighting a-while afore, he seemed quite squeamish ; so I took him to the rear, an' gave him a brandy sip out of my pocket pistol; but as I had to lave him to join my own ranks, I never saw him more. I never saw him but that once, an' he may dead or living for ought I know. But as you are an ould Grey, you should be civil to Paddy, for the sake of your com rade." " Civil," retorted the trainer eagerly, " par don, pardon, pardon ! Forget every word I said; if strangers before, we are brothers now; there is the wrist that got so fell a stroke; and by the bl oo d an d wounds that rag e d so rife at Waterloo, you are the very man that saved my life." The sequel of the story is soon told. The two men, perfectly satisfied as to their respective identity, found their way to Portwilliam, where, under the roof-tree of a kind hostess, they spent four days and nights in one another's society, as happy as princes, pledging, on parting, the most lasting friendship, and vowing to boot never, never to quarrel more under whatever circumstances they might chance to meet.—Dun fries Courier. STRANGE STORT.—The letters from Florence men tion an occurrence which is scarcely credible. The Countess Z—, of St. Petersburgh, who is known fur the many male enmities she has kindled, and seems to delight in, had just entered her carriage in order to go to the promenade ; the horses were about to start, when perceiving that she had forgotten something at home, she descended and re-entered her residence ; but she had scarcely passed the door, when 3 tremendous ex plosion blew the carriage to pieces, and killed the coach man. An infernal machine had been introduced into the body of the carriage. This horrible attempt is imputed to a young man who had sworn to be conspicuously revenged on the celebrated Countess. The corpse of the poor coachman was removed to the Brothers of Mercy. —Revue de Paris. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE • The tragedy of Macbeth was performed at this theatre last evening, with Mr. Henry Betty as Macbeth, and Miss Vandenhoff as Lady Macbeth. The Macb e th o f M r. H enry Betty Confirm s us in the opinion which we ex- Pressed of this gentleman's powers in our notice of his Hamlet, viz., that he has it his power to attain the Ver y, highest ran k i n hi s profession, but in order to a 0 this he must devote much time to careful study in the closet, by which he will divest himself of that t endency t o over-acting which is the besetting si n of. almost all provincial Macb e th performer s . His was in parts excellent. The supper Scene in the third act in which the Ghost of Banquo appear s to him, was excellently acted, and with one or two slight exceptions, all the last act was admirably given, but, considered as a whole, the performance 'yeas wanting in finish. It was a magnificent outline, in which all the grander features of the picture were ellfilled in, but wanting in those delicate touches of ."e'llt and shade which make up a finished and per fect eieture. He was much applauded throughout, and was called for at the fall of the curtain. We were agreeably surprised in the Lady Macbeth of Miss Van- Mdenhoff. Beautiful as she is in the Juliets, the iranda; the Cordelias, and all the more interesting and lovely female creations of our immort it bard, we feared that the character of Lady Macbeth would talk her powers too highly. It is true she looked rather too youthful for the part, but her performance of it was most tasteful and judicious. It was evident that she had studied and understood Shakspeare, and he r Lady Mael)eth will add greatly to her w.ll-earned fame. The celebrated " Out, damned spot," was most thrillingly given ; and in the whole of that scene, the last in which she appears, she was very effective, and the audience testified their satisfaction by enthusi astic applause. She was called for at the conclusion of the tragedy, but it was announced that she had left the theatre. We trust that, before Macbeth is repre sented again, the chorus -master will give his subordi nates a good drilling. They stand wofully in need of it. The house was very well attended. BANK OF ENGLAND. (Fr,m Friday Night's Gazette.) 411 Account, pursuant to the Act 7th an d Bt b of Vie t/lia, cap. 32, for the Week ending on S aturday, the 411th day of December, 1844. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 110 tea i s sue X • X. ' s tlect 28,200,165 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion ,Silver bullion £28,200,165 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. ary, 1845. :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (includ ing Dead Weight Annuity) 13,540,619 Other securities - 11,031,821 Notes Gold and silver coin £28,200, 1 1.65! bated the 2d day of Janu Proprietors'capi „ tal .......... 14,553,00_0 Alest ............ 3,113,26, P ublie . .. (.1 posits...(ineludi:g Ex banksthequer,Savings Cow Pais- Sioners of Na tional Debt, and Na divide ac counts) ......... Sev en osits 7,411,605 a Other dep... 8,265079 .dY and , other bah ...... 984,540 BANKING D 1 £34,3271Qk Dated the 2d day of Janul Th e e CO URT OF SEWERS. Ir d . ourt of Sewers for Westminster and part of e i llo ct .. l : ex tnet Yesterday, in their office, Greek-street, the chair. Thomas Leverton Donaldson, Esq., in Le air. t on ", only business of interest was the nomina 1, -'ta eh • • any of Mr. Donaldson, who -etir es. airman in the room Ai r. /3 a nre I rt°llGriTox, the magistrate, had great plea gentle! Proposing Edward Willoughby, E. as a 411 Etirtp, 418 'n every way qualified to succeed their present eo/C. 411 . His experience of the business of hish treitlitnssion extended over a period of ten year ; 3 . f ßee e • llt le gal . qualifications well fitted him for the u e th e : 1 ", being of independent property, he would th e tn e oetter enabled to devote the time necessary for . IltsseCeie/It discharge of its duties. Whilst his bum- Nihr bi t B Were of a first-rate order, his courtesy 14 erab liq be exceeded ; and the general esteem of the + thei r e ll of that Court was abundant evidence that bY rePr'eeedings would, under his control, be marked 048111.arity and good order. 1 1 1 ;8 tttal"AGnE, R.N , had great pleasure in second- Nii,, e \ Ltinnlination of ill.. Willoughby. He (Captain 411 (1 6-I,4,n,evir all the members of this Commission, t illaliß - .," 1 not think another could be found so well Thes'4 as that gentleman. I : l rbe ar /.14TRIssAN, while thanking the Court for the ° e lf, b ore e xhibited on many occasions towards him- I l'hi e h ,:re 'witness to the many estimable virtues Ivas known Mr. Willoughby esteemed wherever he 1 A f eri • tio t tl iou. fh: r n e • Commissioners joined in the conver e fu tur was o other and the elec -4 Pwas aPPointed n (in terms of the didate, 17th bye- law ) The e e da eurt y. Court then adjourned. So TRE STAMP ACT. kl 'Y s ill t e tir e° a-s7c, we called attention to the unsatisfac s regards its effect % b ahn e °f th e Stamp Act, so . far Illtip.4B^o'cint.. _A_ s t,hsession i aroaching, a hope is lot tom, “....Ting the banking interest alap that some amend f the state of the ,1 1 " % B e' s :: take Place, and a summary o . Iv il l iv iers , 31 . u nts to require amendment is given in the gafane, with the view of sho f vs t the public l t : t re i, th ,e, real position of the case. 0 showing statements t to rs D credit work respecting bankers' licenses and Np e 0 1 credi t ~,,,,,; With ~ may use fu lly avail ourselves. . . ' 4 1 4 . : . t atebtat°_ ev er keys' licenses, it is provided by the Stamp h 7 (e," rY banker who issues notes shall annuall): t ‘t th Le th d aml Nth r, shall c Government for a license to 0 so, _ ( i to take out a sEparate license in respect of til'tt.h. W ii. o Or place where such notes are issued . or t „, le i s 'Nler the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 32, ~'t ill 4 proviso that it shall not be necessary to take 71 11 or e th to t to, an four licenses for any number of places at 1 ,,,q , f . 4 Les Were issued under four licenses prior to the Ih t Ni e , 1844. The Act, 9th George IV., cap. 23, 101 s t.nat bankers (except those residing within liq elides of London, and those in Ireland 0 11 4 tte°,tland) may draw and issue unstamped tl kl, Il t ,". notes on payment of 30/., per an t th e °r a license and an ad valorem duty NI ° unio • ' , • NNltit e t , i . unt issued. This enactment frees the . 4 tirs 'rom the necessity of continuing their notes in )4, 4 ', o 4 ula after they are too much worn ,or use. How ti ':, d e result of the Act is this—that many bankers sty ° tot • 4 4 , (4, issue notes, and compound fur the stamp 141 °1 44 ,the bills they issue, have to pay the same ,114:or a licens e as a b anker who, in addition to his Iktlt is, t ), 1 4% t , , e , lll c, e Xtensive not e c i rcu l at i on. The result of 'et 'qui pressin unequally on th e non- i ssuing —4,, an inducement is offered to evade its THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1845, ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF NORMANDY. Great sensation was excited yesterday in Fulham, in consequence of a diabolical attempt on the previous night to murder Charles Louis de Bourbon, commonly known as the Duke of Normandy, who is at present residing at Mulgrave House, King's-road, Fulham. The '° Duke" professes to be the son of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, and consequently the legitimate heir to the throne of France. His life has been twice previously attempted; once before leaving France, and on the 10th of November, 1838, in the garden of the house he then occupied on Camberwell-green. On that occasion two pistols were discharged at him, and three balls entered his person. The following authentic particulars have been col lected : An order had been recently received fsr the manufac ture of some machinery of a peculiar character, and the Duke of Normandy superintended the getting of it up, and worked at it himself. During the last fortnight he had been working night and day in the shop in which the engineer's lathes are fixed, and though generally attended by some of his pupils, he was occasionally alone, as was the case in this instance. The shop is at some distance from the house, and easily approachable at night from almost any part of the grounds without the persons engaged being aware of the fact. It is chiefly constructed of wood, and has a sky light and a casement with two sashes. The panes of this window were whitened to prevent persons from the outside observing what was going on in the shop; there. fore a person from the garden could not distinguish the features of the person who might happen to be at work, although there would be a reflection of the individual's figure. Opposite to this workshop is another, in an un finished state, where there is every convenience for a person to conceal himself in event of a sudden surprise. The space between the buildings is narrow, and a man presenting a gun at the window of the workshop would, to obtain a steady aim, have to fire from the roof of the unfinished building. It appears that on Thursday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, the Duke was at work at the lathe, which faces the window, and was in the act of polishing a piece of brass, when he was suddenly alarmed at a loud explosion, snd the place being momentarily in flames. He at first thought that some of the students had in cautiously left some combusible matter, which had exploded ; but a momentary sight of the broken window convinced the Duko of the true nature of the explosion, and he instantly blew out the candle and stooped down beneath the lathe to avoid another shot. The report instantly brought Mr. Tucker, the manager, and some of the students, to the spot, where they found the Duke in the state described. From a hasty examination it was ascertained that a bullet had been fired through the window, from either a blunderbuss or a large cavalry pistol, that it had passed within an inch or two of the Duke's head, and made its way through the boarding at the back of the garden. From the size of the aperture in the boarding, and the violence of the report and concus sion attendant upon it, two panes of glass were shat tered, besides the one through which the ball passed. It is evident that the bullet must have weighed nearly two ounces. The premises were instantly searched tho roughly, but the darkness of the night favoured the es cape of the assassin, and the only trace that could be dis covered was the mark of a man's footsteps coming up and descending the banks of the river close to the ferry which separates Mulgrave House grounds from Sir Fre derick Roe's premises. The embankment is here not more than three feet in height, and it is easy for an in dividual approaching the place by means of a boat to obtain access to the grounds. Information was instantly sent to the station-house of the V division, in Milman's row, Chelsea, and Inspector Sheppard, with Sergeant [hunt, No. 4 V, immediately proceeded to the premises, which they also examined most minutely, but without success. The Duke informed the police that he believed that the attack was to be assigned to political motives ; that he had recently abjured the Roman Catholic creed, and consequently the Roman Catholics were inveterate igainst him. He had received a letter from a French priest three weeks previously, informing him that there was a plot to take his life, and he had also received two communications from the Baron de Berryer, informing 4irn that two Frenchmen had endeavoured to enlist him a conspiracy to destroy him. Inspector Sheppard asked the Duke if it was not pos 4ible that the attempt might have been made from mo lye,: of private revenge alone ? The Duke said there was no one that he knew of 'airing injured, or that had threatened him. He had dis !harged a gardener named Eccles, on the previous week, seesuse there was nothing for him to do, and the man said he would mark the Duke. The police have made inquiries after this man, and •scertained that he quitted his lodgings in Fulham on Nlonday night last. Yesterday morning Mr. Bucknell, the superintendent ef the V division, visited the Duke of Normandy, and , nade a strict :nquiry into all the circumstances of the ease, and also made a careful inspection of the premises. Pollee-constables Milne, 70 V, and Langton, 35 V, were eaployed during the whole day searching for the bullet, hut the fact of its being expended in the kitchen-garden .nade their search a fruitless task. The general opinion is, that the offence was committed by an individual well acquainted not only with the premises, but with the Duke's habits. subject of the melancholy event which has caused his ap prehension. the valve to be placed, as usual, in a chest, and the piston in a cylinder, either above or below the conical valve. Claim—" What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, as an improvement on the well known conical balance valve, is, connecting the valve ‘sith the balance piston, by means of a hollow stem, as described." COUPLING BARS, FOR COUPLING RAILROAD CARS, LOCOMOTIVES, &c.—Wm. D. Chesnut, Wilmington.— The patentee says, "My coupling bar has a jaw at each end, which is kept closed by a spring, so as to embrace the coupling bolt, and said jaws are so arranged as that they may play freely to the distance required by the curvature of the road, but that they shall open and free the coupling bar from the bolt, should one of the con nected vehicles run off the track, or be from any cause made to deviate a greater distance from a right line than is due to the curvature of the road ; whenever such a d.)viation takes place, a pin, or some analogous device, is brought up against a check-piece under the platform of the car, or, where a platform is not used, by a check piece otherwise situated, near the coupling bolt, and, the jaws being thereby opened, the coupling bar will he liberated." The pin, which is above described as striking against the check-piece, to liberate the coupling is attached to the bar, and independent of the spring, so as to separate the bar from the spring, and thus open the coupling ; or it may be attached to a lever joined to the bar, so that when brought against the check-piece the lever may turn and force open the spring jaw. Claim— " What I claim as new and my invention is, the so ar ranging of the bar, the spring, the pin, and the check piece, as that the jaw shall be opened when one of the cars deviate from the track—the respective parts being connected with each other, and operating substantially in the manner set forth." ROTARY INCLINED PROPELLER.—R. F. Loper, Phila delphia.—This propeller has four wings, or paddles, forming a cross, and their places are at or near an angle of 45 degrees, and, instead of having them project from a cylindrical hub, as heretofore, they are all connected together, or made in the solid, and then put on to a shaft, and the propelling surfaces extend entirely down, form ing an angle at the junction of the several paddles, by which means the inventor claims that he can obtain a greater amount of propelling surface, within a given diameter, than can be obtained by having the paddles attached to and projecting from a cylindrical hub. Claim—" What I claim as my invention is, the before- I mentioned manner of constructing the propellers, by ex tending their inclined planes or propelling surfaces into ~he hub or centre portion of the propeller, as set forth." It may be obstrved, that had it not been for the effi cient aid of the electric telegraph, both at Slough and Paddington, the greatest difficulty as well as delay would have occurred in the apprehension of the party now in custody. CORONERS' INQUESTS. EXTRAORDINARY DEATII BY POlSON.—Yesterday G. J. Mills, Deputy Coroner for the western district of Middlesex, held an inquest, at the Kenilworth Castle, King-street, New North-road, Islington, on the body of Joseph Haggett, aged 21, late a workman in Messrs. Le Paige and Co.'s composite candle manufactory, Great Suffolk-street, Borough. Edmund Phillips, of 5, King-street, deposed that de ceased was his lodger. On last Christmas-day he re turned home and complained of his hand being poisoned by the arsenic used in the manufacture of composite candles, in the manufactory of Messrs. Le Paige, where l ie worked. Deceased was unable to attend to his work. and became so ill on Saturday that witness called in a surgeon, and ho died On the following Monday morning, about seven o'clock. He had been three months in that employ, was frequently sick during that period, and showed how his hands were contracted by the arsenic. He attributed his ailments to standing over the steam of the ingredients used in making the candles, which he said affected his health. Joseph Lee, gardener—l lodged with deceased, who was ill during the three months that he was engaged at Messrs. Le Paige's, and could not eat. When he came home at night, he showed how his hands were contracted by the poison contained in the matter of which the candles were made. On Christmas morning his hand got inflamed, from, as he :aid, the poison having entered under the broken skin. His hands were stripped fre quently by the poison. Mr. Edward Roe, surgeon—Attended deceased on Saturday morning. He found him with the left hand and fore arm swollen. The glands under the arms were also swelled. There was likewise an abrasion of the skin on the back of the hand. The angry appearance of the limb satisfied him that it had been poisoned, and he told deceased so, who with some reluctance said " Yes," and that he imbibed the arsenic from the composition of which wax stearine candles were made. Saline draughts, fomentations, and poultices, were instantly administered. He rallied a little on Sunday, but in the evening got worse, and died on Monday morning. Purple patches gradually covered his arm and side, showing the putres cent state of his blood. By the CORONER—The poison was more tardy in its effects in consequence of its having been absorbed in the skin, than it would have been had he swallowed it, and it acted more insidiodsly as it was a mineral poisou. There was no doubt of his death having ensued from the influence of the poison used in his trade. M. Le Paige having requested to be examined upon oath, was, after due caution by the Coroner, sworn. He stated that he was a native of Belgium, and that for the last twelve months he manufactured wax, sperm, stearine, and composite candles in Great Suffolk -street, Borough. He had twelve men in his employ, and deceased was engaged by him as candle-maker about three months ago in the manufacture of stearine and wax composite candles. Eight ounces of arsenic were generally mixed with the melted stuff in all manufactories, but in his only two ounces, as he was desirous to do away with arsenic as much as possible. The arsenic made the candles have more the appearance of wax, and gave a brighter and more transparent light. By the CORONER—Candles made without arsenic were less dangerous and more pleasant to burn, while those impregnated with that poison sent forth a dis agreeable smell like garlick. In France and Belgium they were not allowed to use arsenic in the composition of candles under a severe penalty. Deceased never touched the arsenic, which was put in the melted stuff by the superintendent. The duty of deceased was to take that stuff in ladles from the boilers, and pour into moulds. Deceased, who was a sober steady man, never complained of illness until after Christmas-day, and then he merely said that he had injured his hand. Witness never heaard of any other man in his employ being similarly affected. The superintendent, a Frenchman, stated that he inva riably mixed the arsenic with the melted stuff as a pre caution against danger, but he admitted that the stearine acid was of a poisonous character, and required to be used with great caution, as it was likely to cause morti fication if It entered the skin. Mr Roe re-examined—He was convinced that the death of the deceased had ensued from the admission of the poison into the wound, and from its having pervaded his whole system during his work. Verdict—" That the deceased died from the mortal effects of his exposure to the poison of arsen i c w hil e at work in a candle manufactory." The Coaosea (addressing M. Le Paige) said that he left the Court without the slightest censure ; but at the same time he (the Coroner) hoped that in future, should any of his men complain of illness, he would instantly obtain fur them medical relief. M. Le Paige promised he would do so. CHILD FOUND IN THE REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, an inquest was held by Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Elephant and Castle, Camden town, on the body of a new-b or n f ema l e c hild found ii the Regent's Park. THE TEA TRADE. The commercial intelligence brought by the overland mail is not of a very cheering character. It is true that hopes are expressed of an improvement in trade; but at present prices are recorded as being very low, and busi ness as being very limited. All seems to indicate that caution should be exercised in exporting goods to India and China. With respect to the latter country, the parties concerned in the tea trade here are drawing at tention to the small consumption of manufactured ar ticles as an argument for the reduction of the duty on tea. The following extracts from two trade circulars illustrate the controversy that is now going on with re spect to this subject. Both of them are in favour of a reduction of the duty. The first is from the circular of Messrs. Carlisle, Capel, and Co. : " If we are to reap the advantages of an extended in tercourse with that vast empire which is now open to the commercial enterprise of the world, it is evident that we must open to that country a market which will re ceive a corresponding return for our increased exports. That no such market can be looked for under the pre sent fiscal arrangements, the history of the tea market for the past few years affords ample testimony, for the depression has been such as to subject our merchants and manufacturers in many instances to losses which have rendered the trade altogether unprofitable ; thus, we find from the intelligent circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co., that notwithstanding the very profitable rates quoted by the last overland mail for the article for shirtings, the transactions entered into in Manchester were 6 limited in extent, which can only be accounted for by the constant apprehension parties are under as to re turns.' It is true a gradual increase has taken place in the consumption of tea, but that increase bears no pro portion to the increase of population, or to the reduction in the bonded price, and oaly serves to indicate to what extent the consumption would reach were the present enormous rate of duty sufficiently reduced to admit of a material diminution of the retail prices." The second is from the circular of Messrs. Lloyd, Matheson, and Co.:— " The injurious effects of the present duty, alluded to in our circulars of January 1843-1844, as being so espe cially oppressive in the lower kinds of congou as almost to exclude them from consumption, is illustrated by the fact, that at the present time, with an increase in the stock of the United Kingdom over that of last year, there is a great scarcity in all markets of the medium and finer kinds, the inquiries for which have advanced them 2d. to 3d. per pound, wi.ile the lowest qualities remain almost stationary, notwithstanding that there have been very extensive speculative purchases. When, therefore, we look forward to another year's importation, which from the extended shipments of our manufactures is likely still further to exceed gur present consumption, we can see nothing in prospect but a further accumulation ,f this class, unless by a great and immediate reduction of the duty a much larger consumption is created, en couragement to hope for which is afforded by the very general opinion ROW prevailing of the necessity, if not the probability, of its taking place. " —Tines. TILE DUKE'S OWN STATEMENT. After an interview with the Duke of Normandy . the Prince gave the following account of the trans action. The Prince said :—" I was standing at the lathe, polishing a piece of brass, part of some ma chinery which has been ordered by a friendly party (at which I have been working night and day, Noinetimes by myself, and occasionally attended by one Of my officers), when I heard my dog, which was fas tened to the kennel outside the shop, barking furiously. I went out and released him, when he bounded down the garden, barking all the while. I returned to the lathe, And had not been at it five minutes when I heard an ex plosion, and saw my workshop all in flames. I thought at first that one of my officers had left some combustible in the shop which had ignited ; but directly I saw the window broken, I knew then that my political enemies had sent some one to shoot me. To save my life I put out the light and stooped down behind the lathe. I know it is a plot of my political enemies ; they thought to shoot me, and believing the shop was full of my in ventions, they thought it would be set fire to, and I should be utterly destroyed." The Duke of Normandy, in tke course of the after noon, had a private interview with Mr. Clive, at Ham mersmith Police-court. Alfred Stevens, the son of a greengrocer, residing at 41. Albany-street, said that on Wednesday morning last, about a quarter past ten o'clock, he, togeth'sr with some other boys, was playing in the Regent's Park, and on passing the garden facing Chester-terrace, a boy, named Combe, said there was a parcel lying on the pathway. Witness and another boy got over the palings, and they found that the pared contained the body of a child. They instantly informed a policeman, who brought the body to the workhouse. Samuel Combes, another boy, corroborated this state ment. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3. —The Oriental Company's steam-ship the Braganza, Captain Lewk left the docks at 3 P.N. this day for Constantinople, Athens, &c. She has taken out the East India and China mails, which, with her passengers, about sixty in number, she will transfer over to the Iberia at Malta, by which vessel they will be conveyed to Alexandria. The Braganza has a full cargo of Manchester and other goods consigned to her final destination. Mr. T. H. Cooper, surgeon to St. Pancras workhouse. deposed to having examined the body, which was that of a newly-born female child. On subjecting the heart and lungs to the hydraulic test, they floated, and were full of air, denoting, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the deceased had been born alive. He could not state the precise cause of death, but it might have been from bleeding. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." CHOLERA PRODUCED BY DISEASED PORK.—Yester day afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Leigh Hoy, Church-street, Mile-end New -town, on the body of Mr. Charles Marshall, horse hair manufacturer, aged twenty-seven, who died, on Tuesday afternoon, of the English cholera. Mr. Thomas Llewellyn, surgeon, Mount-place, White chapel, said that, on being called in, he found deceased suffering from a severe attack of the English cholera. His face was sunk, and he was suffering from violent cramps of the stomach and legs. His screams were so loud, that they could be heard at some distance. Wit ness was told that the deceased had pork on Sunday, and that he was soon after taken ill. It was nearly the same as the Asiatic cholera, without its blueness. By a juror —I believe the pork was the proximate cause of the attack. The same Company's steam. ship the Queen, Captain Russell, came into port at 1.15 A.M. this day from Gib raltar, and landed the Peninsular and other mails, which were forwarded to London by the two A.M. mail train. Her dates are Gibraltar, Dec. 22, Cadiz, 23d, Lisbon, 28th, and Vigo, 29th. She had no communication with Oporto. The Queen had ten passengers, and a small cargo of fruit. The Montrose steam-packet sailed out of dock yester day at 3 P.M., with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails, also twenty passengers, among whom were Lady Granville Somerset and daughter. The Royal West India mail-packet the Clyde, Capt. Symmonds, left the river at 3 P.M. yesterday, for the West Indies, taking out the South America and West India mails, about forty passengers, 800 bottles of quick silver, and 8,0002 in specie. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT SALT-HILL. SLOUGH, FRIDAY EVENING. This extraordinary affair, which is wrapped in the greatest mystery, still continues to excite the most intense interest throughout this extensive neighbourhood. A great number of per sons, anxious to have a view of the interior of the house, and especially the room in which the supposed murder took place, and now containing the body of the deceased (upon which an inquest was held yesterday), visited the house during to-day ; but the constable, with whom is deposited the key of the house, has received strict in junctions from the Coroner, before whew the adjourned proceedings will be resumed to-morrow morning, not to suffer any one to enter the premises, and these orders have been strictly attended to. The deceased had two children living with her at the time of her death—Frederick, the eldest, aged five years, and Sarah, an interesting little girl, one year younger. They had been put to bed by their mother about half an hour before the discovery of the murder of their unfortunate parent. Mrs. Ashlee, who gave evidence before the coroner and jury at the inquest yes terday afternoon, was the first person who entered the house, after the prisoner, John Tawell, had left. Both the children, who were then asleep, were immediately taken by Mrs. Ashlee to her own house, which was ad joining. The boy was - - afterwards asked by Mrs. Ashlee if the gentleman had given his mother any money before be was put to bed. The child said he saw no money ; but he heard his mother say to the old gentleman, " You are a very naughty man, and very cruel," when the gentleman remarked that he should never come to see his mother again. It may be observed, as a somewhat remarkable circumstance, that the boy of the deceased bears a close resemblance to the prisoner, John Tawell. During the proceedings yesterday before the coroner, the boy was taken into an adjoining room, where the prisoner was in custody, and instantly recog nised him as the person who was with his mother on the preceding afternoon. As soon as the prisoner saw the child he turned his head away in apparently considerable agitation. The room in which the deceased met her death is not more than about ten feet square. Her head, when her body was discovered by Mrs. Ashlee, was lying near the door, and her feet towards the fireplace. It was stated at the inquest yesterday that her clothes were in great disorder, her cap off her head, and one of her s t oc ki ngs pulled down and torn. Her shoes were also off her feet, and lying in another part of the room. From the general appearance of the body, and the state of the clothes of the deceased, it was very evident that she had been engaged in a desperate struggle. Her eyes were apen when Mrs. Ashlee entered her apartment, and she breathed her last within about ten minutes afterwards, tud just as Mr. Champnes, the surgeon, arrived. The deceased, who was about 40 years of age, was considered by her friends and neighbours to be a very quiet and respectable person. A pest mortem examination of the body of the deceased took place yesterday in the presence of Mr. Champnes and Mr. Norblad, surgeons of Slough, and likewise of a surgeon from town. The whole of the contents of the stomach were taken away for the purpose of being care fully analysed, there being strong reasons for supposing, in the absence of any external marks of violence, that the deceased's death was occasioned from the effects of some potent poison. The contents of the stomach were taken to London this morning by Mr. Norbald, followed by Mr. Champnes. A phial, partly fixed with some light-coloured liquid, was found this morning thrown over the rails of Mr. Botham's garden, at Salt-hill, ad joining the high road, along which the prisoner passed on Wednesday evening after leaving Bath-place to pro ceed to the Slough station. The contents of this phial, and also the remainder of the porter found in the tumbler and bottle on the table at the time the deceased was dis covered in the agonies of death, have likewise been taken to London to be analysed. - • DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Early on Sunday morning last, the clothing factory, with fulling mill, belonging to Messrs. IV. and S. Rossiter, clothiers, of Frome, was discovered to be on fire, and with the whole of the va luable machinery, clothing materials, wool, and cloths, was in a short time destroyed. The factory being in a lonely situation, near Corsley, and the hour of the fire breaking out being soon after midnight, it was some time before any one came to the assistance of the mill man, who resides in a house adjoining the mill, and whose daughter, who was lying ill, was the first who made an alarm. Great praise is due to this man for his exertions ; he first took his daughter, who is quite help less, and laid her in the field that she might not be burned, and then employed himself in removing what property he could for his employers, and succeeded in getting out 14 pieces of cloth, besides some other articles; working the whole time by himself, with only his shirt on, not having stopped to put on any other article of .lathing. The amount of damage is supposed to be 5,000/. or 6,000/. ; and the property is only insured to about one-half the amount. The most melancholy cir cumstance connected with the fire will be the throwing a considerable number of workpeople out of employ.— Wiltshire Independent. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A great many work men are employed in constructing the temporary build ings intended as Committee-rooms for the approaching session of Parliament. They are being built in what is ierrned the Speaker's court of the old Houses, and are about ten in number. These rooms have become ne2es sary from the alterations made in the lobby of the H ruse of Commons, which has been reduced at least one-half, and the preparations are being made in the Speaker's drawing-room and adjoining rooms, which were used ►s Committee-rooms last year ; thow apartments, as yell as the fine old dining-room, having to be prepared fir the extension of the building of the new Housei of Parliament. The new Committee-rooms are so placed AS to afford every facility of communication, especially to \iembers of the House, by a passage through \Vest minster Hall and the cloisters leading from the lobby. Some months back we stated that Bellamy's refreshment rooms were required to be removed to make the neces• nary alterations. They now occupy nearly the same site as before the fire which destroyed the Houses of Parliament. In the cloisters presses are being formed or the papers of the journal-office, as a temporary de aository. The two large rooms in New Palace-yard are intended as courts for the Vice-Chancellors. Ttie ancient apartment known as the Speaker's dining-room is to be restored to its original architectural elegance ; but the connecting buildings are being cleared away for the building of Sr. Stephen's-hall. The beautiful Gothic cloisters are also to be renovated, and are to form a por :ion of the new Houses. " THE LIGHT OF OTHER DATS."—The parish of it. Pancras is doubly blest in this foggy weather, fur it has its street lamps burning both night and day. We eounted last Friday, in the Hampstead-road, no less than ten napthas flaring up d mly one after the other. vow could not this superfluity of light during the middle pf the day, when its burning must be an insult to the miblie eye, and a rank offence in the nostrils of every political economist, be put by fur the Kensington•roads, and lent to them every night ? Naptha, it is true, is not ,he most brilliant light the metropolis or the age can ioast of ; but still Kensington will see, we are sure, with 'rat' on eye, enat naptha, dim as it is, is better than no light at all,—Punch. Mr. Mills said that the deceased's wife and a young woman parto,)l( of the pork, and that almost imme diately after they were attacked with spasms, but they had recovered. The CottonsEa observed that he never heard of a stronger case of the English cholera. Verdict—" Natu ral death." SUICIDE AND DESTlTUTlON .—yesterday afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head. Fleet-street, Spitalfields, on the body of Richard Wil liams, aged nineteen, a horse-hair spinner. Deceased was living with his mother, a hawker of fish, at No. 4. Little George -street. He was of reserved habits, and had twice attempted self-destruction. On Wednesday last, in the afternoon, he was discovered suspended by a piece of cord, and life was extinct. Sergeant Bar a ker, H 11, was th en ca ll e d i n , w h o f oun d the family in state of wretchedness and destitution. The following morning he, after having given the deceased's mother a shilling, lard the case before Mr. Bingham, of the Wor ship -street Police-court, who instantly gave her 5s from the poor-box, and from the same source ordered a supply of bread and coals, which were thankfully re ceived. The sergeant also raised a subscription in the neighbourhood for her present wants. Verdict—" Te mporary insanity." RECENT AMERICAN PATENTS. (From the Journal of the Franklin Institute.) BREAKING COAL.—J. Battin, Philadelphia.—We make the following extract from the specification of thi , patent—viz., improvement in the manner of combinint. and arranging the toothed rollers used in the machine for breaking coal, which rollers, as com bi ned and ar ranged by me, are described, as follows, in the specifica tion attached 10 letters patent for a ma c hi ne f or t i n effecting simultaneously the breaki▪ ng and screening of coal. granted to me under date of the 6th day of Octo ber, 1843. The breaking part of my machine consists of two rollers of cast-iron, the peripheries of which ar, provided with teeth, so placed as that in the revolution of the rollers the teeth of each of them shall stand oppo site to the spaces formed by two contiguous teeth on the opposite roller. These rollers are geared together, in order to cause them to preserve the same relative posi tions. In the abovenamed letters patent, this manner of arranging and combining the toothed rolle rs was not made the subject of a claim, the sai▪ d patent having been obtained for the combining of a roller breaking mac hi ne with a screen, for separating the coal into different size required; but as the breaking rollers, so f orme d . arranged, and combined, are applicable to the ordinary cylinder breaking machine, when not used in combint;- , tion with a screen—and, as I hare found, by continued experiment, that such rollers consti tute a real improvement in any breaking ma chine, I have determined to secure to myself the bench of such improvement in a distinct and seplratt patent. Rollers for the breaking of stone, of ores of coal, of c mai, and of other substances, have been ire quently constructed, and are well known ; some of then, have been fluted, and others have been furnished with projecting teeth in their surfaces, but they have never. as I very believe, been made to operate in the manner in which my improved rollers operate. Claim—. Wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the so forming and gearing of such rollers as that th. teeth of one of them shall always be opposite to a spac, between the teeth in the other, whenever they are Oper ating upon the article to be broken, the same bein ; : effected substantially in the manner set forth." CONICAL BALANCE VALVES FOR STEAM ENGINES.--T. 111‘Donough, Middletowu.—The followin g i s the descrip tion of this improvement, given in the speeitieation—viz., the nature of my invention consists in connecting tin conical valve with the well-known bala nce piston, bl means of a hollow stem, so that the steam can pa;• through the hollow stem to act below the balance piston and thus always have an equal pressure on th e u pp er a id, of the valve and lower side of the piston, and on the lower side of the valve and upper side of the piston ; The following curious note, bearing no date and giving no clue to ampler information. was written on the ly leaf of some old records that fell into our hands by .fiance. "On the grand deputation's return to Buda, he Diet held a very stormy meetic:;, in consequence of .which the following anonymous epigram was placarded to the hall where they sat : Corrumpit omnia pus ; rodit omnia mus. Destruit omnia lanatismus ; rapit omnia, nepotismus. Infecit omnia egoismus ; trahit omnia magnetismus. Depravat omnia magnatismus; stulta petit Calvinismus. Paria facit Lutheranismus; sed stultior est Papismus. Hie, midi crede, est Dietatis catechismus." ‘. minute search into the history of the times might per aaps throw some light on the origin of this singular philippic.— The Pandora. It will be remembered that when Mrs. Ashlee entered the room, the deceased was lying on the floor on her back, foaming at the mouth.We have since been informed that a quantity of froth, the same in appearance to that which issued from the mouth, was on that part of the table near which the unfortunate woman generally sat. At the adjourned inquest, which will commence to morrow morning at ten o'clock, some important evidence is expected to be brought forward. The prisoner, John Tawell, who is in the custody of Mr. Perkins, the superintendent of the Eton police, is extremely taciturn, maintaining a sullen silence on the A PARROT ADMITTED AS A WIT NESS IN A COURT OF JUSTICE. The following extraorelirary case was decided at the College -green Police-office, Dublin. last week:— Mr. Jones H. Davis, An,glesea-street, summoned Mr. Moore, of the Quay, for detaining a parrot, his property. Mr. E. Fullam appeared for the defendant. The complainant, on being sworn, stated that he wanted to recover a stolen parrot (and here he pulled out a bundle of papers). If his worship permitter'. him, he would read a statement of the case. He was about to commence reading from the aforesaid papers, when Mr. Hitchcock interrupted him, and said—Without reference to that paper, did you lose a parrot, and when? Complainant—Yes, your worship, I lost a parrot, and a very good one too. Mr. Fullam—The parrot is here, or at least outside the court. Complainant—Then, being in the bird, and I'll enrage I'll soon prove my case by his evidence.—(Laughter.) Mr. Hitchcock—lf the bird is to be examined as a witness, he ought not -to be in court; he must be subject to the rule of other witnesses.— (Laughter.) Complainant—Never fear, your worship ; he will not say a word except the truth.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. Hitchcock—Well, go on, and let us hear your evidence at any rate. Mr. Davis said, on Sunday evening, the 28th of April last, he lost the bird, and did not see it after that until Friday evening last. [Here an immense cage covered with black or blue cl o th, w as carr i e d into the board room amid a shout of laughter. The cage was placed in the duck.] Mr. Hitchcock—l said before, if he is to be examined, he ought not to be in court.—(Laughter.) Is there any objection made to his appearance ? Mr. Fullam—l don't object. Tell me, Mr. Davis, when do you say you lost your parrot ? Witness—l will give up the whole matter if the parrot will not prove my case. He is my principle witness.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. Fullam—And do you swear, Sir, that Mr. Moore stole him ? Witness—No, certainly not, for I don't think he did ; but it may have been stolen by some per son, and sold to Mr. Moore ; I lost it, at all events; and it was either stolen or taken away, which comes to the same thing in the end, so far as I am concerned. Mr. Hitchcock—All I can collect about the affair is the fact that you had a parrot, and that you lost it. Witness—Just so, your worship ; bat if you let me read this paper it will explain all. Mr. Hitchcock—You can tell your story without read in the paper, but you may refresh your memory by looking at it. Witness—Very well, your worship. The bird is now in Court, and let me take him on my finger, and ask him two or three questions, and if he don't answer to my satisfaction and that of all present, I will give up the case, because he is my principal witness, as I said be fore.—(Laughter.) Mr. Fullam—Do you inteud to have him sworn ? If you do I'd like to know on what hook, as it is very likely he is a Heathen or a Turk.—(Laughter.) A Voice behind—Get him a Koran then.—(Laughter; in the middle of which the parrot commenced whistling, " Take your time, Miss Lucy," amid a scene of the most boisterous mirth we ever witnessed.) Mr. Fullam—Let him be examined by you, and then I have a right to cross-examine him.—(Laughter.) What words did you teach him ? Here the cage was uncovered, and the parrot stared about the board-room for some time until Mr. Davis stepped over to him and said, " Come, old fellow, give me a kiss." The bird, which is certainly a very pretty one, thrust its neck out of the twisted gyres, and kissed Mr. Davis with great apparent fondness, whilst the by standers were almost convulsed with laughter. A fat young fellow here came forward and said that the bird would do the same to any one in the room, and, there fore, it was no proof that he belonged to Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis said that the parrot would not kiss any one but himself, and cautioned the lad not to try the experi ment ; but the advice was unheeded, and the boy, step ping over to the cage, asked for a buss also. The bird looked at him for a moment, bristled up its feathers, stretched out its neck, and seized the boy by the lip, out of which it nearly took a mou hful before it could be loosened, and the shouts of the lad mingled with the laughter had a very excellent effect, indeed. Mr. Davis requested any other gentleman that pleased to ttek the parrot for a kiss. but the invitation was politely declined by the whole of the company. He again begged the favour of a salute from the bird, which was granted, as in the first instance, with affection, and then he ap pealed to the bench and the audience if the kind bird was not his property. Mr. Hitchcock said the evidence was very strong in his favour certainly ; but Mr. Fullam said his client was by no means satisfied with the proof adduced on that point. Mr. Davis —Very well (taking the bird out of the cage on the fore-finger of his right hand), I will ask him a few questions now, and I think I will settle the matter, " Tell me, old fellow, what does the dog say ?"—The answer was a bow, wow, wow, so loud and musical that one would imagine the " Kildare hounds" had run a fox into the board-room. When the laughter which followed had ceased, Mr. Davis again asked, " Well, what does the cat say ?" The parrot gave a sly glance round the room, and then commenced purring a little, after which lie set up mew ing, which forcibly reminded every person present of a congregated meeting of all the torn cats in the city. Mr. Davis asked was there any more proof necessary' and ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. • The enterprising proprietor of this favourite Gallery of Practical Science, end Theatre of Instructive Antwe ment, has made one of his most successful hits in the production of concerts a la Jullien, since the discontinu ance of those charming entertainments at Covent-gars en Theatre. Th e G a ll er y i s crow d e d every night, .and the splendid performance 'of this orchestra receives the warmest manifestations of arprobalin from the name. rous audience, which is evidently composed of perso: TZ • from the clk.ss of society in which the highest musie'll merit is most appreciated. Last evening, besides the various concerted pieces there were two solos of rare merit and brilliancy, by Mr. Jarrett, - on the horn, and by Mr. Shargool on the violin. They were much and deservedly applauded. In a grand selection from thu Mose in Egitto, and the Guillaume Tell, there were also • introduced Musard's very effective. and expressive solos • on the oboe, and cornet-a-piston—of the latter of which, we mush say, that Kczhig seems to have spread such a rage for its study, that ere long his play will cease to be regarded as miraculous. The exertion of the gentleman (Mr. Davis), who talcos Herr lirenig's place in this orchestra, Eel's by no means far short of his prototype's excellrnce. Previous to the concert, and also between the first and second parts, the gas microscope was exhibited in the theatre, and a highly interesting and instructive explana. Lion of the wonders of minute nature and elaborate'of art therein disp!ayed, was given by the exhibitor. In th.r course of the evening a good deal of sport was afforded, especially to the younger portion of.the visitors, by the administration of the borrliing gas to a number of adventurous and voluntary experimentalists, who, upon their recovery from the eiieeis, enjoyed the laughter which they themselves had provoked, in the most naive and inn. cent unconsciousness of the. capers they had cut during their brief r.nd hilarious intoxication. The drol lery of this experiment has the great recommendation of being as harmless as it, is amusing. The dissolving views continue to be very beautiful and attractive, and, on the who;e, it is gratifying to say, that the Royal Adelaide Gallery receives and merits the patronage which it has so liberally received from the commencement of the pres, , nt management. MILITARY FRACAS and SUICIDE. SUNDERLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. Yesterday being New Year's-day, •-is usual, a great cleat of fe s tive di.s,pation and ss,ci4:lriekin g took place in this town among the lower clas me of the inhabitants, and the puolic-houses and streets were rather numerously filled with persons in various stages of intoxication, amongst whom quarrels and fights were not unfrequent. As the day waned away the excitement among the dis(,rderly increased, and the police had plenty of employmens in the different public-houses and tap-rooms to preserve the peace among quarrelling disputants who were ready and anxious to settle their grievances and maintain their arguments by an appeal to the " fists." In this way the day was spent in the lower parts of the town, and amongst the disorderly guests ac some of the tap-rooms were a few straggling privates of the 26th, or Came ronians, the depot of which regiment is in garrison in these barracks. Efforts were made to get the refrac tory soldiers to the barracks by the police and the sergeants and corporals of the corps, and this was done without creating any mischief or confusion par ticularly calling for notice. At the barracks, however, matters did not pass off so quietly, and some of the soldiers, being highly stimulated by liquor, and impa tient of control, quarrelled with the non-commissioned officers whose duty it was to keep order, and a great deal of wrangling, it is understood, was the result. A pri vate, who was greatly under the influence of drink, in a fit of excitement, unfortunately seized the bayonet of the picquet on duty, and with it made a rush at a corporal, who was endeavouring to enforce discipline, and stabbed him in the side, but we are glad to say the wound is not considered to be very dangerous, and hopes are enter tained that the injured man will speedily recover. In the hurry and confusion of the moment the soldier who committed this desperate attempt made his escape from the barracks into the town, and on being pursued by the police and some soldiers, he made his way to the river side, and threw himself over the quay into the Wear, and was drowned before any assistance could be ren dered, the difficulty attending which was increased by the darkness of the night. His body has not yet been found. This unfortunate affair has been the subject of general conversation and remark in the town, and, as usual, many exaggerated reports of the occurrence have been in circulation. The matter will undergo full inves tigation before the proper authorities. It is proper to say, that the soldiers of this gallant regiment, whilst they have been in this town, have conducted themselves with becoming propriety, and that this unfortunate affair, arising out of a drunken debauch, is the first reproach that has attached itself to the uniform good conduct of the depot. THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM NOTT, G.C.B. The following short memoir of the career of the above distinguished officer will be found interesting, We find we were in error yesterday in stating that the decease of Sir W. Nott took place at Neath. That melancholy event occurred at Carmarthen The exact date of Sir W. Nott's birth is matter of un certainty ; one very good authority setting it down at 1782, and another ai:1780; if the latter date be correct the gallant General would have been at the time of his de cease in the 65th year of his age. He was the second son of the late Mr. Nott, of Pontgarney, near Carmar then, who was for many years proprietor of the Ivy bush Hotel, in that town, and was an extensive mail contractor. During his boyhood the military spirit of England was elevated to its highest point of excitement, and so strong was his predilection for the profession of arms, that he joined the Carmarthen Militia in 1798, and Captain Davis, of Myrtle hill , near Carmarthen, Adjutant to the Carmarthen staff, has now in his possession a book in which are entered the payments made to this distin guished soldier, then serving in the ranks as a mili tiaman. He was scarcely twenty years of age when he went out to India as a cadet. His entrance into the military service of the East India Company took place in the year 1800, but the progress of an unknown and un patronised soldier was necessarily slow. Although his talents, his activity, and his gallantry were universally acknowledged, six-and -twenty years elapsed before he reached the rank of Major. In the year 1826, finding his health seriously affected, he returned on leave of ab sence to England, when he availed himself of that op portunity to visit Carmarthen, in the neighbourhood of which he purchased an interesting seat, called "Job's Well," where he resided for two or three years. At the end of this time an event took place, which, in a pecuniary point of view must have been considered disastrous, but which, in reference to his professional reputation, and his eventual eminence, must be regarded in the light of an extremely fortunate occurrence. He had invested by far the greater portien of his savings in the Calcutta Bank, and the failure of that establishment rendered it once more necessary for him to become a soldier of fortune upon the plains of Hindostan ; he was then nearly fifty years of age, and it is a remark able evidence of his energies, moral, mental, and phy sical, that at that advanced period of life, he should have engaged in a fresh career of military adventure. Hie promotion, however, did not now proceed at a " snail's pace," for in three years he rose to the rank of Colonel, and, finally to that of Major-General. To relate " the moving incidents by flood and field" through which this gallant officer led the troops under his command, would be to write a volume, for which the materials are alike interesting and abundant. By an exercise of skill, judgment, and valour, not often equalled, and probably never surpassed, he extricated our army from difficulties by %%inch they were surrounded in Aff ghanistan, and succeeded in conveying them, and several captives, whom he released, across the frontier, bringing them with perfect safety, and without any loss of honour, within the limits of her Majesty's dominions. The vic tories which be achieved in Candahar closed the Affghan war, and drew forth the gratitude and the applause of the whole British empir e ; even t h e Duke of Wellington departed from that peculiar severity of taste which marks his generally sparing eulogium, and with a fervour un usual to him, he—the best possible judge of Indian war fare—pronounced in a manner the most emphatic his unqualified admiration of General Nott. The Crown, of course, lost no time in conferring on him the highest military distinction—that of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath ; neither was Parliament slow to give expres sion to the national sentiment. Both Houses voted him their unanimous thanks for the intrepidity, skill, and perseverance which he had displayed during the Affghan war. Unfortunately it is not every military commander who, after the termination of his dangers and his toils, is destined, like the Duke of Wellington, to enjoy thirty . years of dignity and repose. The favour of the Crown, the nation's gratitude, the Senate's thanks, replenished coffers, high command, troops of friends, present no barrier against disease. The Afghan war being concluded, Sir William found that the pressure of ;hreescore years, the hardships af a military life, and the insalubrity of an Indian climate, had impaired the vigour of a constitution originally strong. He lost no time in embarking for England ; he landed for a short thee at the Cape of Goad hope, on the home ward voyage', when he was attseksd so severely by disc ase, that from teat tune till the period of his death it could scarcely be said that he was otherwise than an in valid. on his arrival in Eugland he naturally repaired to Carmarthen; and it seemed to afford him much plea sure that he was enabled to re-purchase the place celled " Job's Well." He caused the house to be pulled down, with a view of bui;ding a residence there in the Eliza bethan style, but unfortunately he did not live to effect its completion. His last illness commenced with the be ginning of the present winter, and though his sufferings were at first severe, they appeared during the last few days of his life to have been altogether abated. Sir William Nett was twice married; his first wife was tho daughter of Mr. henry bwinhoe, an attorney in the Supreme Court at Calcutta. ihu issue of that marriage are—the Rev, William Nutt, Mr. H. N. Nett, Miss Not; and Miss Charlotte Nott, all of whom, together with Lady Nott, were present when the subject of this ,me moir ceased to exist. Mr. Hitchcock said the evidemca was quite conclusive, and he would order the bird to be returned to its original owner, Mr. Davis. Mr. Fullam said Mr. Moore was a most respectable person, and he could bring proof that he bought the par rot in July last for 11. 13s. Mr. Hitchcock said that might be true, but it was quite clear the bird belonged to Mr. Davis, and he must, therefore, make an order for ins restoration. Mr. Moore—And I am to be done out of my property in this manner ? Mr. Davis—You admit that you bought the bird after the police notice was served on you. Here it is (showing a printed notice). Mr. Hitchcock—You bought the bird after you read the notice, and I will not allow you anything for its sup port ; on the contrary, if Mr. Davis claims costs in this case, I will give him a reasonable sum, which you must pay him. Mr. Davis said he did not require costs. All he wanted was his bird. Mr. Hitchcock—you have him now, and keep him. The parties then left the offico, the parrot whistling " There's nae luck about the house," amid loud and continued laughter.—Freeman. We understand that in Carmarthen and its neighbour hood the poorer classes vi ill have great reawn to lament the death of Sir William Nott, for his munificent chari ties were at once extensive and well-directed. GREENWICH RAILWAY.—We have authority to state that the paragraph respecting the condition of this line, which eppeared in the Globe this week, and which was subsequently copied inw the Tin es, is utterly with out foundation, the railway and its appointments having been found in a most satisfactory state when delivered up to the Dover Company.— Railway Record. FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY.—The Quarterly Court of Justices for Gloucestershire resolved, on Tues day, to "dissent " from the Forest of Dean Railway Bill, on the ground that the line went too near the County Gaol at Gloucester, although it does not approach within less than forty feet of it.—Railway Record. AN AND HORSE KILLED BY GALLOPING INTO A LIME-KILN. On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Infir. nary, Sheffield, on view of the body of Thomas Wilkin son, a boat-hauler, residing at Masborough. The un fortunate man had been drinking on Saturday evening, at the Lincolnshi re P o t atoe I nn, w i th h i s brother an d others, having on the same afternoon purchased a horse for the sum of 1/. 12s. 6d. About six o'clock, or half past, he set off to return home, being at the time mounted upon his new purchase. His brother was also mounted, and had a little boy, son of the deceased, behind him They proceeded along Blast-lane, the deceased being behind ; and on getting near the toll-gate, the keeper of the gate, named Dodds, heard a crash, but from the dark ness and fog of the night was afraid to venture towards the lime-kilns. On the following morning, about nine o'clock, he (the toll-keeper) proceeded towards the spot where he fancied he had heard the noise on the previous night. and there, at the bottom of a lime-kiln, some 20 feet deep, found the horse dead and the man in a state of insensibility, having laic fifteen hours at the bottom of the kiln. He is as conveyed to the infirmary and died directly. Several witnesses were examined, amongst whom was John Dodds, who said—l live in Blast-lane, and keep the toll-bar near the works. I was coming from Shef field on Saturday night, and two men rode past me. One had a boy behind him. Something dropped, but I could not see what it was. It was near the Mowbray Tavern. They called to a woman to bring them a candle, and a man picked up a cap which had been dropped. They passed me on the other side those houses before getting to the Mowbray Tavern. I thought I heard a noise as of a horse tailing ; when I got further on, nearer home, I stood to listen if I could hear any further noise, but heard nothing, and went forward home. I said to my wile, " There are two men on horseback, and I thought I heard the noise of a horse falling, but thought that I must be wrong, because the other man did not turn again, and pacified myself, thinking they must have gone through the gate, as it was open and she said some body went th roug h, b ut she could not tell who, as she did not go out. I thought if anything had happened, the other man would have turned again. I did not tell the constable that I thought I heard the cr.ish and fall of a horse. On the next morning after break fast I took a walk out, and looked into one of tine kilns, and at the bottom I saw a man's leg and a horse. I told D. Turnbull, who works for Mr. Travis, what I had seen. We procured a ladder and got otr the man; he was just alive, but could not speak. There was a great deal of blood about him, and also on the side of the kiln where he lay: his hat was off, but we did not look for it. We saw the murk by the side of the kiln where the horse had grazed it. The kiln was about four or five yards from the centre of the road; it is a private road to the work, and considered a very dan gerous one—so much so that I was afraid of falling into one of the kilns myself. I had not thought the next morning of finding a man killed. The road ought to he fenced off ; it is a dangerous road from Mr. Booth's to the junction of the Attercliffe-road, and not fit for any body to go along after dark. The CORONER said he thought Dodds was not altoge ther without blame for not looking idler the deceased when he heard the crash. The jury thought the pits ought to be fenced off, and that opinion should accompany the verdict of " Acci dental death"—namely, " That the road from the kiln to the junction with the Aiterchffe-road should Le strongly fenced off."—Doncaster Gazette. • DR. WoLrr.—Our readers will be gratified to learn that authentic intelligen ce h as reached Bombay from :Persia respecting the adventurous Doctor. The tyrant of Bolthara had permitted him to leave, and he was, when the Elphinstone left the Persian Gulf, safe in Persia. We are heartily glad that ho has escaped the clutches of the barbarian ruler of Bokhara, but there are some well-informed people who do not think that Dr. Wolff was ever in any danger at all, and might easily, at any time, have retraced his steps without molestation from the Khan.--Calcutta Englishman. A correspondent ("Anti-Rubric") compares Bishop Phillpotts' attempt to revive practices which have fallen into disuetude, to the case of a judge, attempting to re vive obselete statutes, without the sanction of his bre thren of the bench. He considers the Bishop, in what he has done, has acted in open defiance of his ecclesias. tical superiors.-- Western Times.