The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-14 00:00:00

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W urpnott, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the ( P e en Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of axe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of iVur lvnlh"g, the Mareltionus of Douro, Barone,s de h 311 1?Prilwito, 13ron de Alvonzdeben, XI. de Wangen be'in, Capiain Nryoei, Lunt C. Wede,ley, Sir E. _o%vater, and Mr G. E. Anoll, left the Castle for fwc, a party of the Royal Horse Guards, corn roded by Lieutenant Corbet, forming the escort to Slough. ...The E ar l o f H ar d w i c k e an d C o l on el Berkeley urummond left the Castle soon after the royal party. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage airing in the forenoon. His Exellency Baron de Brunnow, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen, left the Castle yesterday. The royal !ifty returned from town at twenty I t l inutes past four o clock, escorted by a party of the °AI Horse Guards, commanded by Lord Alex- Ander Lennox. The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel B. Drum 'blond returned to the Castle in the afternoon. }ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady "he Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw joined "Qe royal circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. In the evening the Distin family attended, by corn !Atid, at the Castle, and had the honour of perform lug before her Majesty, and Prince Albert, and the r oyal circle. The following is the programme : vverthre, "Figaro," her Majesty private band — Mozart. 'iiintette, "Robert toi que j'aime," Saxhorns, a .Messrs. Di s ti n —M a yerbeer. • 441 nuetto and Trio, her Majesty's private band — w d 1* ° ' 3e * °mil Serenade, Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—MS. S cherzo, h er Majesty's private band—Mendelssohn. 1141:41 e, " Vanne a colei the adoro," Saxhorns, ktMessrs. Distin—Costa.. 11 , "Les deux Journees," her Majesty's private lat r „ A nd * -.action and La Chasse, Saxhorns, Messrs. istin_Mendelssohn. The performance took place under the direction of — ` l 4,.Anderson, qf her Majesty's private band. The Queen and Prince Albert were graciously ple s to express their admiration of the perform :Loa of the Distill, Family, and her Majesty corn 4n,bded them to repeat the last piece by Mendelssohn. bThis morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the ,_". of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest "urtemberg, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the %ult.) and the domestic household; attended Divine e 44 ice in the private chapel of the Castle. The . and Rev. Charles Leslie CoUrtenay officiated. b =ier Roy a l Hi g h n ess the Duchess of Kent attended t ef t vine Service in the afternoon, in the private chapel Castle. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting .14, 1%,. 114 / 1 . Royal Highness. R.: . Ler Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Dukes of er Coburg and Wurtemberg, took their accustomed 7ciee in the afternoon. Queen and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and 114 ) attended by the Marchioness of Douro, and goo Baroness d e . Wangenheitn, left Windsor Castle e: l ; _after nine o'clock on Saturday morning in a e o rga and four. Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe t eh ,Prg and Gotha, and Ernest of Wurtemberg, at % ged by the Baron de Alvensleben, following in 440ther carriage and four ; and Mr. George Edward t o 8 ", Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward fen w ri at ,er, M. de Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner, i;• t wing in a third carriage and four. ti 10 41 „,..e illustrious party, escorted by a detachment of lef t •" ° Yal Horse 'Guards, proceeded to Slough, and w than station by a special train on the Great to stern R a il way f or P a ddi ng t on . O n arr i v i ng at that of 'nuel Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dukes the Bazaar and Gotha and Wurtemberg went to 14 4 . 13 ailtar in King-street, Portman-square, where f r-Gen era l W emyss rece i ve d his Royal Highness. c ob e r Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe r ya and Gotha, and attended by the royal suite, pa rt ‘' ed Soon afterwards at the Bazaar, escorted by a of Lan cers , an d was received by Prince Albert. or t i o i c royal and august visitors, remained upwards in au hour viewing the Smithfield Cattle Show, P e l„,Ten Proceeded from the Bazaar to Buckingham tin: Where they arrived soon after eleven o'clock. ke. l l l %al Highness Prince Albert, attended by cft ee - ' n eoll and Sir Edward Bowater, went to the i/ e q.the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House. tl l ,l , l% tajesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and llare ut ,..‘ttended by the Marchioness of Douro , th e Lea de Wangenheim, and Lord Charles Wel t-2, 'cuce ster fed her Royal Highness the Duchess of At tea' at Gloucester House. Party ieft ri„inutes past three o'clock the illustrious linekingham Palace, on their return to tort F .. "' Castle, a party of Lancers forming the es the r om the P a l ace to Paddington. The Queen, Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Mar -11;i fleas of Douro, and the Baroness de Wangen- D l , ll , were in the first carriage; Prince Albert, the ukes of Saxe Coburg and Wurtemberg, and the R ren de Alvensleben, were in the next carriage; and kt Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater, rd Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner , were i n t he "4 carriage. special train conveed the ral party from the '''" 4ll3 gton terminus to t he Slough station. 'n,, from Sir Robert P ee l a rrived in town on Saturday morn s visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. R e Right Hon. Baronet immediately proceeded to Q terminus of the London and Birmingham Rail beltY in Euston-square, and took his departure for his !1 Drayt on M anor , St a ff or d s hire. 11 44 h e Marquis of Downshire and Sir J. M'Neill % .t an inter v i ew w ith the Earl of Dalhousie on lir daY at the office of the Board of Trade. 1 4 ti t is P.' Xcellency the Hanoverian Minister arrived Sit he on Friday from the Continent. " Duke of W e llington, the Hon. Mr. Best, and ter Frederick Trench, attended the early service ves br.t in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.Sloaeiley preached the sermon. The Rev. Dr. Th t ` r ." preach e d th e sermon at the daily service. t r. - r ,"ey• Dr. Knapp read the prayers, and the Rev. at trking the lessons. Sir George Smart presided t (I rgan. Lady Stuart de Rothsay was among Iszotalobility present. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist (. 1 , w, preach the sermon on Sunday next, in the ' j Roy a l, Royal, St. James's. Ivi th Earl o f P ow i s h a d an i n terview on S a turday S he Earl of Dalhousie. o /1 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat ,kers'_aturchy. Dr. Addams and Sir Thomas Wilde heard Bonan appeal from the Prerogative Court, cm: Ter v.kett.” to, 44 1 ' 31115 CW AND YORK RAILWAT.—Every share . in oh tktindertaking has been allotted, and the deposit paid litie;ge,,Whole number of 100,000 shares, producing the °' 250 ,0001, which has been temporarily invested tee irl th te rbst for the benefit of the Company till required litt e -e Purpose of b e ing deposited on presenting to Par- Pte,, a t the petiti on f o r the incorporation of the C0m ....--teeds Mercury. "tt rh - EN DEATU AT' HAMPTON COURT PALACE : — v to „,„ -al lday morning, at halt-past six o'clock, Harriett ?pcu tf s h T r, a cook in the service of Miss Pottinger, who Ni" apartments in Hampton Court Palace, was found t lid„ ° the kit c h en by the housemaid. Mr. Baker, the t ',:141,, - ,;' t surgeon in the Palace, was sent for, but he could assistance, as life had been extinct some time. ta4,,, eased was only 25 years of age, and was in !p -at b; tuod h ea lth on the previous night. Information t eta l .: l forwarded to Mr. Manning, the Queen's Co. IV, tet e ,:„ 3° Eclt.—On Wednesday morning the brig Poll e - ,,t'lizo ? laden with corn, was removing for the pur • s he s ailing, the rope slipped, and by the tide sad ice v e c i as dri ven up t h e r i ver , en d anger i ng t h e sma ll er k ; i Q h ' s i n he r course , un til s h e reac h e d th e b r id ge , ikt teL at which she struck so powerfully as to break her Iv kilt `aast into two pieces, and greatly damaged . her bul tq ti a ‘ : No injury whatever was done to the bridge,. or ei k e e '. c o f the other vessels in the river.—Canibraye T H 4 F ,' le t ; `-' I IuRtecr.—DUMFRIES.—At the meeting of 1i k ,,„' ; ," , 11 Council, held on Friday, Mr. Archibald deer ton brought forward a set of resolutions strongly Pre s „ ee stiag' the interference of the Legislature with our 4( 4 ; 44 currency and banking system ; which resolu were seconded by Mr. Dunbar ; and, after a short the cresol , unanimou s ly adopted. Petitions founded on Ott et i to both Houses of Parliament for presentation. btthIPOUTATION OF PArEß.—Great complaints have belt aside by the exportersof paper for the Excise draNy- N of the inconvenience to which they are subjected . in th e N' t euee of the recent new regulation transferring to tiellanaination of the cases froni . the Excise department Ni ty ° Customs' officers ; the packages, which •are gene iles fas tened in a secure manner, having to be entirely a .ed just previously to shipment in presence of the Thithetng valuesoftearhers are thereby much deranged, and the ' property considerably deteriorated. the 3 alteration in the regulations was professedly for shin Pur Nse of ascertaining the actual quantity of paper chi wefur the drawback, the examining officer on the aa'nia destroying th e o ffi c i a l marks on th e p ac k ages , tae kt K,ing a return of the quantity to the Excise depart. Perfgh for wh at reason thi s cou ld not b e as we ll reil i Ztd by the E xc i se o ffi cers t h emse l ves on t h e pre aliipta_°` the party, previously to the final p ic king for ki tt 'tit, as is done in the case of plate glass, the end-set' then and there finally packed for shipment, sealed • f to of t . t considered necessary ny the Excise, with 44 ," beikl stamp, to prevent the practicability of the pack- Qu,t o ei _ n g re - opened, 'does not very clearly appear. The to e , !las' itutboritit a are evidently aware of the great in utnutieuces to which merchants are subjected in conse pe,u; "! of thi s new regulation, as well as the almost ira te 4 , - Il tY bf a compliance with it, without serious injury tppliPrope rty, f or in numerous instances have they, on Pirti e r°n, all owe d t h e packages to b e s hi ppe d on a pepea exa mination only, the parties urging that as the • th e : . was clos e l y packed and secured for a long voyage, ,on, ixiiposure of it to th e d amp atmos ph ere a t thi s sea of the addition to the injury caused by the unpacking reader eases, would 80 materially deteriorate it, as to it unfit fer the intended Purpose' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAV__:MORNING,, THE LEAGUE-ITSELF AGAIN! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Although you give your support only to the de serving, I am glad to find that you report the "sayings and doings" of both friend and foe, so that the publie seeing both sides of the question, may have an oppor , Lure ty of judging for themselves, It is on this aecount • that I sin happy to find in your to-day's paper the report of a meeting of the "lords of the land" for the "protec tion of agriculture," that is to say, for their own interests. I should advise any one who wishes to judge the case, 'to look on this picture and on that"—to contrast the formal discourses of these noble landlords, inspired by fear and animated by selfishness, with the stirring eloquence of Mr. Cobden and his fellow-labourers--men, ho without the advantages and without the trammels of rank and titles, stand forth the champions of the op pressed, the indefatigable supporters of the rights of the many. It is amusing to hear the terms in which the noble aristocrats speak of the League, the dreaded opponent they affect to despise :—•• It is a ghost—a thing departed—only a registration club!" Their lord ships would be only too happy could they believe, indeed, that the League was—but is—no more. Their " wish is father to the thought"—both alike hopeless. Many have thought, that if not dead, the League slumbered ; they were mistaken. Not exhausting its strength in empty flashes, the steady fire burned on unceasing, and is about to blaze forth with resistless power, heaping coals of fire on the heads of its opponents. Is' it likely ti:e landlords think the League defunct, when they can only muster forty individuals to " protect agriculture," while the meetings of the free traders may be counted by thousands ? 'lt is a great feature of the spirit of this age when men only awake to the knowledge of evil, in order to resolve to overcome it—it is a great sign of the times that the noble edifice, which was deserted when it essayed to picture the scenes of the past, aided by the eloquence of the poet and the genius of the actor, is now thronged with anxious and eager multitudes, wishing to admire, not the beauties of imagination, but the brightness of truth — not willing to gaze on the past, but resolved to improve the present. Let those who think•the League's " occupation gone" but listen to the cheers of Covent-garden—let those who are desirous of protecting agriculture but heed the advice of Mr. Cobden. If they still persist in their opinions, I can only pity their blindness, and wish them joy of their error. Among the numerous converts free trade will gain next session, I trust we may number the Premier him self; be has already half declared in its favour. If he value the respect, not to say the support, of the country, he must cut the cables which bind him to the fast sink ing wreck of Toryisin, and, hoisting the banner of prin ciple; boldly set sail ; rather than trust the coalition of adverse winds let him confide in the broad stream of pub lic opinion, not doubting that a favouring tide will bear him safely onward when once free from the quicksands of expediency.—l remain, Sir, yours obediently, London, Dec. 13. • ADRIAN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -- - LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind easterly, liglit.breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Due. 13. —Wind S.E. to E.S.E., fresh breeze. —Arrd. Calcutta, Preston, Quebec. Ski. Pomona, As cension ; Viscountess Canning, Sierra -Leone. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind E.S.E., squally.— Arrd. Camden, Quebec. OFF TORBAY, DEC. 12.—Asia, Woodhouse, Quebec. Batxuasr, DEC. 13.—The Ida, Venhoorst, from Mar seilles to Antwerp, which put in here yesterday, was in contact with a brig, name unknown. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. St. Croix, Blampeed, Honduras. FALMOUTH, Dxc. 13.—Wind E.S.E., strong gales.— Arrd. Magnolia, Johnson, Manilla • Mountaineer, Fleming, and Princess Royal , Foster, I chaboe ; Ospra, Stoldt, Buenos Ayres ; Albion Steel, St. John's, New foundland, (in 1 2 days); Bolivar, Faro for Newcastle, with bows stove, damage to bulwarks, stancheons, &c., and sails split, having been in contact with a brig on the night of the 7th inst., lat. 49, 100. 10 W. ; her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, Helvoet for Batavia, 13th ; Wood manstein, Hindenoell, Ichaboe. The Velocity, Bland ford, from Hambuigh to Fogo (Newfoundland), out .19 days, has put back leaky, decks swept, bulwarks, sails, and stancheons carried away, and with one man washed overboard, having encountered severe gales trom N. to W., and proceeded as far as lat. 49, lon. 50 W. MILFORD, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Cornelius, Quebec for Gloucester. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 13.—Wind S.S.E., very fresh.— Arrd. Eli, Whitney, Savannah. Sld. Tenedos, Ichaboe; Herculean and Ocean, Mobile. Off, Princess Charlotte, Bombay ; Joshua Waddington, Valparaiso ; Susannah, Collings (supposed), Porto Cabello; Adelaide, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF HOLYHEAD, DEC. 12.—An American packet-ship, supposed Hottinguer, from New York (21st ult.). YOUGHAL, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Cuba, Quebec. CLYDE, DEC. 12.—Sid. Blonde, Mobile ; Amity, St. John's, N.B. 1 lth, Fortitude, Valparaiso ; Aspendus, Newfoundland. CORK, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Tottenham, Brown, Quebec. LEITH, DEC. 13.—The sloop Carron, bound to Aber lady, laden with grain, drove ashore, 9th inst., within the creek at Aberlady, and fell with the tide; cargo saved in a damaged state. The Thomas and -James, of Shields, from Leven to Dundee, foundered, Bth inst., off Todd's Head; crew saved.' GRIMSBY, DEC. 12 —The Lavinia, of London, got on the Middle Sand to-day, came off, and sank about a mile above the Ness Buoy. The Sylphide, from Ba tavia to Amsterdam, has put in here with both pumps going, having struck on: the Solar Sand; crew exhausted with pumping. The Meridian, of South Shields, got on the Middle Sand, came off leaky. The Glenalvon, Gibbs, from Stettin, is in the Roads, with eight feet water in her hold, and extra hands on board to work the pumps, and will, if possible, be gut into the harbour this evening. TELLIGENCE. 'ER —FRIDAY. 20 to I agst Idas 40 to I agst Calypso's d. 22 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 45 to 1 agst Lycurgue 30 to 1 agst Old England 50 to 1 agst Collier—t. 40 to 1 agst Laird o' Cock- 500 to 8 agst Cabin Boy— pen—taken taken several times. SPORTING IN' bIANCHEST INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CATTERICK BRIDGE, 1845. Handicap for the Revival Stakes; to declare Jan. 1. Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst 31b— Parthian, 5 yrs, Bst—Lightning, 4 yra, 7st 121 b —Godfrey, 4 yrs, ist 81b—What, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Inheritress, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Jamie Forest, aged, 7st 51b—Bay Momus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Poussin, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Porto Bello, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Agriculture, 5 yrs, 7st—Purity filly, 4 yrs, Tat —Prince Royal, 4 yrs, ist—Betsy Bird, 5 yrs, Est 101 b _Rosamond, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Staley, 4 yrs, Cat 101 b Beaufront, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Cobeiress, 4 yrs, 6st 71b_ Pigskin, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Advice, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Spinster, 4 yrs, 6st—Jinglepot, 3 yrs, Cat— Wynyard, 3 yrs, 6st— Comical, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Fair Helen colt, 3 yrs, sst 71b —Twig, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Punjaub, 3 yra, sst. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cumberland stag hds., Tues., Chalk Foot ; Fri., Elephant inn, Broadfield. Wigton harrs„Wed„Longthwaite ; Thurs., Kirkland-8. Allston burrs., Fri., Curthwaite—S. Eamont harrs Wed., Salkeld-dykes ; Sat. Low Plains gate-101. Cheltenham stag hds„ Wed., Andoversford ; Sat., Beech turnpike-1 0 . N.F.EL—The first hunting day, at the kennel. Craven hds., Wed , Brimslade ; Fri., Great Shefford ; Sat., Hunt's-green. liatnbledon lids., Wed., Bordean-house ; Thurs., Warn ford-park ; Sat., Preshaw-house-1 0 }. Surrey harrs., Fri., Mnsey-green. It is computed' that this year not less than 60,000 persons have visited the Cattle Show. A meeting of those favourable to the repeal of the malt-tax duty took place yesterday. From the late hour at which we write it is impossible for us to enter into the question at issue between us and this party, though we shall probably refer to the matter on some future day. We agree in many of Nlr. Baker's remarks, more espe cially in reference to what he said regarding the opera tion of the tariff and the effects of the currency upon the prices of labour and agricultural produce. We also agree with him that a necessity exists on all occasions for the employmen t of home labour; but, while the pre sent corn-law exists we do not see how this is to be ac complished by a repeal of the malt-tax. We are fearful that a repeal of the malt-tax, with the duty on barley at 3s. or 4s. per quarter, would, instead of substituting English-grown malt for foreign oil cake in the feeding of cattle, only lead to further importations of barley from abroad. We are glad to observe that the question of currency is at last making an impression on the farmers of the country; that this subject, which we have so long advocated, is at the eleventh hour considered of im portance.— Post of Saturday. FATAL OCCUREENCB.—An accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Skegby Colliery, near Mansfield, Notts, last week. Four men and four boys were engaged at work in one of the pits, when the waters from another pit (an old one), burst in upon them, and one of the men, besides a valuable ass, 'was drowned. The rest of the party had a very narrow escape from death--Doncas ter Gazette. Tim FISIIERIES. Immense quantities of soles (says the Eastern Counties Herold) arc weekly imported into Hull and dispatched by railway. One day during the past week 57 packages, weighing together five tons, were dispatched by train for the London market; and the day preceding, four tons had been forwarded to the same destination. Contrary to the general rule, that when we have large exports, Hull is ill-supplied with fish, the opposite is now the case, for the fishmongers have their stores abundantly supplied with the best. The take is extraordinary. One vessel consigned to the old-established house of Wilson (late Askew, Todd, and Johnson), -delivered on Monday last 2,040 pairs, the actual fishing for which had only occupied twenty-four hours. From 50 to 70 vessels, from Yarmouth, Rams gate, and other ports, may daily be seen upon the fishing grounds at sea off Yarmouth. By making Hull, the fishermen have their produce much earlier in the market. All that is landed in Hull on one day, before five o'clock in the afternoon, is in London early in the morning of the next day ; besides which two or three da y s are saved in every voyage by coming to this port instead of Ramsgate. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Saturday night a frightful occurrence took place at this theatre during the performance of ti" Revolt of the Harem. In the second act of the ballet the is lies of the harem are discovered bathing, among whom Zulica, the royal slave (Miss Webster), is one. During the scene the gas placed at the bottom of the stage, or under the sunken portion of it, where the water-pieces, or waves, are placed, caught the light drapery of Miss Webster's dress, and in an instant her whole person was enveloped in flames. This frightful event, taking place on the stage, in sight cf the audience, the whole house was in a state of con sternation, and screams issued from the ladies in the front of the boxes and pit, who were the first to per ceive the appalling accident. The unfortunate young lady rushed round the stage, actually in a blaze, uttering the most heart-rending cries, and in her agony attempted to seize the dress of one of her com panions, but this lady had the presence of mind to avoid close contact, to push her off, and thereby save herself, although her own dress was for a moment on fire. Miss Webster at last rushed towards the P.S. wing, and was caught in the anus of a carpen ter, who, with great presence of mind, threw her down and rolled himself over her, and thus extinguished the flames, though, as it appears, at his personal risk, for his hands and face are said to have been much burnt in the generous effort to rescue the sufferer. Miss 'Webster was instantly taken to the green-room, when it was ascertained that her arms, bosom, and face were severely burnt. Sur gical aid was procured, and the young lady, by desire of her friends, was removed to the residence of Dr. Locock, in- Hanover-square. The accident was of so sudden an occurrence that the whole scene did not i occupy the space of two minutes. The carpenter who was injured in extinguishing the flames, was con veyed to the King's College Hospital in Carey-street, near Clare-market. 'Whilst the house was in such a state of alarm Mr. W. H. Payne, who played in the ballet, endeavoured to address the audience, and stated that hopes were entertained of Miss Webster being only slightly injured, though at the moment nothing but the worst fears were entertained. The ballet, notwithstanding the alarming occurrence, was concluded in the usual way, though much delay ne cessarily took place. DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE. We are to have bur Christmas pieces this year, in a manner, before Christmas, and the changes are to be rung on Dickens's " Chimes " at our theatres before they are even published. This rather unusual course is about to be pursued at the Adelphi and at the Lyceum in the first instance, where productions founded upon the new Christmas tale of the writer of " Pickwick," " Oliver Twist," " Martin Chuzzle wit," &c., are to be brought out, " by permission of the author," in the middle of next week. In the one case the work has been dramatised by Mr. L. Rede and Mr. G. A'Beckett, and in the other by Mr. Stirling. We happen to know the principal ingre dients of which the two works will be composed, and it is easy to predict that they will be popular. The theatres we have named will have the start of their rivals, but sure we are, that when the tale itself appears, there is hardly a minor theatre in or near metropolis that will not bring out some version of it. Such was the case with Mr. Dickens's last " season able" performance ; but the difference now is, that people are in such a hurry to have and to see it upon the stage, that they cannot wait even until Christmas is past. The story itself will be found of a very novel and attractive character, quite unlike the last in most essential respects, but with a little ingenuity not ill-adapted to theatrical purposes ; indeed, it seems to us, that while the author was composing it, he had an eye to its representation on the beards, bearing in mind the manner in which his former " Carrol" was run after to all parts of the metropolis. Scribe's new vaudeville of Rebecca has already reached this country, bDth in its original and in its translated form. We shall no doubt soon have it pro duced in this country, perhaps, first, at the Princess's Theatre, to which we are told a version has already been forwarded. The heroine, as our readers may be aware from the French papers, is a young Jewess, who has two lovers, one of whom is confined in prison, and near the perio d: of his execution ;he is m arried to Rebecca, expecting within an hour to leave her a widow ; but he is reprieved, and hence arises the di lemma, for her other lover hoped to have married her with her full consent, after the death of her first hus band. However, the author, with great inge nuity, contrives to overcome the difficulty, and the piece terminates, not like his former drama, of' which a Jewess is the heroine, with the firm adherence of the lady to the ancient faith, but with her somewhat sudden conversion to Christianity. We doubt how far this instantaneous conviction might be relished by an English audience, and yet we cannot see how a happy catastrophe can otherwise be brought about. Our adapters are unquestionably very ingenious, and they may accomplish the end in a way that we do not anticipate; or, possibly, they may adhere to the original story. The vivacious and enterprising lessees of the Lyceum have been put in possession of an admirable and most laughable burlesque on the story of Valen tine and Orson, which is in preparation, and is to be produced immediately after Christmas-day. Prepara tions of the same kind are proceeding at Drury-lane, the Haymarket, and indeed at nearly every theatre, great and small, in London and its neighbourhood. A new impulse seems to have been given to theatrical affairs, and it has been operating most beneficially during the whole autumn ; people are now beginning to talk of " going to the play" in something like the old style, when families were in the regular habit of visiting a theatre so many times in the season, or they did not think they had had their due share of amusement. Thirty or forty years ago most respect able tradesmen seldom omitted to take their wives and families once a fortnight at the least to a dramatic entertainment of some kind or other.—Observer. SHIPWRECKS. WRECK OF THE ST. MUNGO. By letters received in the City on Saturday, from the Cape of Good Hope, dated September 28, we are informed of the total loss of an East India trader, called the St. Mungo, a fine barque, 355 tons burthen, commanded by Captain Lamond, and, what was worse, ten of her unfortunate crew met with a watery grave. It appears the melancholy event occurred on the night of the 20th of that month (September), on the point of Cape L'Agullas, during a severe gale of wind from the westward. She was on her homeward passage from Calcutta to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to which place she belonged, and had a very rich cargo on board, consisting of merchandise of every description. For several days the weather, it seems, was exceed ingly stormy, when, on the night in question, the wind blew terrifically, in the height of which the ship, to the consternation of the crew, struck on some rocks, which subsequently proved to be those on the extreme point of Cape L'Agullas. In a few seconds after wards the vessel pitched on her broadside, followed by the mainmast giving way and falling overboard. Whether any of the poor creatures took to the boats or not we are unable to say, but at daybreak ten of the crew were foumi to be missing, and in the course of the morning it was ascertained beyond a doubt that they had perished. The remainder of the crew were saved. The names of those who were drowned are as fob lows :—Mr. Thomas Sheppard, first mate ; T. W. Milne, second mate ; J. Webster, ship's carpenter; Joseph Harrison, sailmaker; John Th omson , stewar d, Williams, cook ; Thomas Rose, seaman ; Francis Ramerro, seaman ; Robert M'Arther, apprentice ; William Hunter, apprentice. The names of those saved are :—Captain Lamond, master ; Williani Miller, John Truman, James Jack son, James Fisher, John Frolick, and T. Shank, All the sugar has been washed out of the bags. The ship was buit at Glasgow in the year 1839, and, with the cargo, was valued at 60,0001. The loss, it is stated, will amount to 25,0001., of which, we believe, no part will fall on any of the metropolitan insur ance companies. DREADFUL WRECK NEAR HARWICH. During the heavy north-easterly gales on Tuesday morning last, a vessel was lost under the most dis tressing circumstances on Langguard East Beach, near Harwich, accompanied with shocking loss of lite. The vessel was the Hero (a schooner of 180 tons), belonging to Amsterdam, Mr. South, master, to which port she was bound from London. The master, observing the weather was not likely to mo derate, and the gale direct against them, attempted to run into Harwich harbour, but unhappily it proved fatal to the ship, as well as to all (except one) on board. In running along the coast, past Walton, she struck on the sands called the Andrews, within 200 yards of the coast, upon which she was dashed about with fearful violence by a heavy sea. Thecrew, seven in number, including th e m as t er , t oo k t o th e r i gg i ng , for safety, but the excessive darkness of the night pre vented them being seen until the ship had almost broken up. The first attracted to the spot were the men belonging to the revenue cutter Scout, quartered at the Harwich station, who fired rockets and blue lights, for additional help, but, alas! no life-boat was sent, or any other apparatus, from the adjacent coast guard station. As .the vessel was thrown by the waves towards the beach, a man and a boy could be seen clinging to the bowsprit. The principal officer of the Scout endeavoured to save them by a line, which he had contrived to throw over the wreck, by the aid of a common rocket ; however, the poor fellows were so benumbed with cold, there being an intense frost, that they wer e completely powerless, so that they could not keep a tight hold, and sunk in the boiling surf beneath and perished. All the rest met with a similar fate, except one, who was washed ashore, lashed to a spar ali ve , th ough in a dreadful state of exhaustion. He gtin regiains in a precarious state.. The vessel, by the following morning, 'as discovered to have gone entirely to pieces, and her cargo strewed for miles along the beach. N one o f the bodies have yet been found. LITERATURE MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI- BRARY. No. XV. Murray, London, 1844. In the present Number of this monthly Miscellany we have a condensation of the most interesting por tions of Father Ripa's History of the Chinese Col leze, which was published at Naples in the year 1832. This venerable priest went to China about the commencement of the last century, where he made a protracted residence, and was much noticed by the reigning Emperor, who treated him with unusual kindness and condescension, and allowed him to see the interior of his palac es and pleasure-grounds, and obtain an insight into his domestic mode of life—an honour never before granted to European travellers. Father Ripa was not slow to avail himself of the opportunities he enjoyed, and wrote a lengthy account of his residence in China, of which the present book is an abridgment, and from which we gather that manners, and customs, and prejudices in the Celestial Empire, are little, if a t a ll, a lt e r e d * from what they were upwards of a century ago. Civilisation, that has made itself felt, more or less, in every other part sof the world, has been at a complete stand-still among the Chinese, who seem to pride themselves on their inveterate prejudices, and the unchangeable character of their customs and institutions. We quote the Father's curious account of the mode of treatment to which he was subjected by a Chinese surgeon, for a severe wound he received in his head by a fall from his horse : " Wh?.n I recovered my senses, I found myself in a house. but everything appeared dark and indistinct, and I felt as if- I had fallen from my horse two months before. The Emperor sent me a Tartar surgeon, for he and his Court were fully, persuaded that for falls Tartar surgeons were better than Europeans. And, to confess the truth, although the mode of treatment was of a bar barous description, and some of the remedies appeared aseless, I was cured in a very short time. This sur geon made me sit up in my bed, placing near me a large basin filled with water, in which he put a thick piece of ice, to reduce it to a freezing point. Then stripping me to the waist, he made me stretch my neck over the basin, and, with a cup, he continued for a good while to pour the water on my neck. The pain caused by this opera tion upon those nerves which take their rise from the pia-mater was so great and insufferable, that it seemed to me unequalled. The surgeon said that this would stanch the blood and• restore me to my senses, which was actually the case ; for in a short time my sight be came clear, and my mind resumed its powers. He next bound my head with a band, drawn tight by two men, who held the ends, while he struck the intermediate part vigorously with a piece of wood, which shook my head violently, and gave me dreadful pain. This, if I remem - ber rightly, he said was to set the brain, which he sup posed bad been displaced. It is true, however, that after this second operation my head felt more free. A third operation was now performed, during which he wade me, still stripped to the waist, walk in the open air, supported by two persons ; and, while this walking, he unexpectedly threw a bowl of freezing cold water over my breast. As this caused me to draw my breath with great vehemence, and as my chest had been injured by the fall, it may be easily imagined what were my suf ferings under this infliction. The surgeon informed me that, if any rib had been dislocated, this sudden and hard breathing would restore it to its natural position. The next proceeding was less painful and extravagant. The operator made me sit upon the ground ; then l assisted by two men, he held a cloth upon my mouth and nose till I was nearly suffocated. This,' said the Chinese Esculapius, by causing -a violent heaving of the chest, will force back any rib that may have been bent inwards.' The wound in the head not being deep, he healed it by stuffing it with burnt cotton. He then ordered- that I should continue to walk much, supported by two persons ; that I should not sit long, nor be allowed to sleep before ten o'clock at night, at which time, and not betore I should take a little hifan, that is, thin rice soup. This continued walking caused me to faint several times ; but this had been foreseen by the surgeon, who had warned me not to be alarmed. He assured me that these walks in the open air, while fasting, would prevent the blood from settling on, the chest, where it might corrupt. These remedies were barbarous and excru ciating ; but I am bound in truth to confess that in seven days I was so completely restored as to be able to resume my journey into Tartary." KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. Vol. 20. C. Knight, London, 1844. _ _ The Part before us of this cheap weekly Miscel liny forms the first volume of a History of British Commerce, from the earliest times down to the pre sent period, when it has attained to such an unex ampled height of grandeur, and extends itself over the whole habitable globe. The work is a reprint from the " Pictorial History of England," but it has been carefully corrected throughout by the author, and numerous useful additions have been made to it. BALLADS, AND OTHER POEMS. Clarke, London, 1844. These poems are the production of an American writer named Whiltier, and have, it seems, been favourably received by his countrymen. They ex hibit much freedom of versification, and the thought and imagery are occasionally of a superior order ; but there is nothing national about them—nothing that reflects the genuine feelings, tastes, and pre judices, of the American character. Like the essays in Was hington Irving's "Sketch-book," Mr. Whil tier's poems are all cast in an English mould. The best are those which are directed against the atrocious system of slavery carried on with such intrepid effrontery in the Southern States. GALSTON-CESSNOCK IRON - WORKS. The whole estate of the late Cessnock Iron Com pany, sequestrated by his Grace the Duke of Port land, was brought under the auctioneer's hammer on Monday last. As an evidence of the flourishing state of trade, much higher rates were got for many of the lots than anticipated ; in most cases double the amount of their estimated value was the result. Messrs. Finnie, of Kilmarnock, and Howie, Hurl ford, were among the most extensive purchasers. The Cessnock Iron Company were among those unfor tunate enterprising persons who speculated largely shortly before the late trade stagnation. In the year . 1838 they procured a lease of the minerals Cess nock estate, from his Grace the Duke of Portland, and ground whereon to erect works. Abundance of minerals were considered to be on the estate, but after working part a deficiency was feared. No black-band ironstone could be found. Abundance of clay ironstone of superior quality was found in beds of from four inches to fourteen inc hes in thickness, running through the estate. Little of it, however, could be wrought open cast, and mining, of course, was the result, which was carried on at an incredible expense. The coal-fields were extensive, and of superior quality for smelting iron, but the limestone was inferior ; and the limestone used in smelting, which was excellent in quality, was brought from the estate of the Marquis of Hastings. It was ap parent to all, from the large amount of capital ex pended in the erection of the works, and from many parts, after being built superficially, requiring to be taken down and built more substantially, that the speculation was not likely to be conducted to success. After a great many seemingly unsurmountable ob stacles had been overcome, small quantities of de ficient iron were produced, which, from its hard nature, did not suit the Scottish market, and was ac cordingly regularly exparted to Liverpool, where a market was found—but at a low figure, not even commensurate with the expense incurred in its pro duction. Of course, this could not last a length of time. Two furnaces were kept constantly smelting iron, producing, on an average, twenty tons of iron every twenty-four hours, at a loss of twenty shillings per ton, or twenty pounds sterling, daily. The Company became iavolved in debt, and bankruptcy followed. Part of the estate was sequestrated by the Commissioners of his Grace the Duke of Portland, and sold as above, and the remainder was sold for behoof of the other creditors, whose claims amount to about 18,000l.—Kilmarnock Herald. CORONER—On looking at the fragments of the engine and tender, what is your opinion of the way the occur rence took place ? 'Witness—Upon my word lam not in a position to say. Wilkinson is now dead, and no one alive to say how the the thing occurred, except on mere opinion, formed from the state of the things (broken carriages, &c.) as they now are. Mr. Day, surgeon, said that on Wednesday morning he was called to see deceased, and found him on the line where the accident occurred. Ilis left arm was broken. lle was bleeding from the nostrils and ears, and the back part of the skull, at the base, was fractured. He died of the latter injury, and fracture of the back of the neck, caused by the head having been forced against the g round.. Mr. Berry, engineer, of Wolverton, said I have been on the line where the occurrence took place, and made an inspection of the engine and tender, and endeavoured to ascertain the cause of the accident. [The witness then described the injuries to the engine and tender in the same words as the second witness.] The con nexion between the engine and tender was by means of a screw and two side links, called safety chains. The screw was broken, but the links were apparently perfect, which makes me think they had not been attached. I have no doubt that the explosion of the fire-box by pres sure of steam forced the fire-bars and ash box to the spot at which they were found, after having passed through the boarding of the viaduct. I think the ex plosion took place near that part of the viaduct, and I think the momentum of the train pushed the engine to where it was found, so far from the spot at which the explosion is supposed by us to have taken place. If the fire door was open at the time of the accident the rush of steam wauld have driven the fireman (Wilkinson) backwards to the spot at which he was found. This is supposition, but the steam must have caught him some how or other. By the CORONER—I cannot form any opinion as to how the explosion took place, unless it was from exces sive pressure. The engine does not differ in principle from others used on railroads. I have examined the safety-valves, but I cannot form any opinion as to the precise state they were in at the time of the explosion, for they have received such a blow that they are quite put out of shape. No part of the machinery appears to have given way, and I could not detect any flaw in it. By a juror.—The train was a mere triflng load for the engine. No danger arose from that ; indeed, had it been heavier this accident might not have happened, as there would have been a greater consumption of steam. By the CORONER.—The value of the engine, including the tender, is about 1,400 L Mr. John Gooch examined—l am an engineer, un connected with this Company, residing in Clapham road. The engine is so much broken, that it is impos sible to form an opinion as to the cause of the explosion. I think, however, it was the result of extreme pressure on the boiler. The copper at the upper seam, near the door, gave way. Cotritia—ln the absence of the parties (the deceased and Wilkinson) who had control of the engine, we must remain in darkness as to the cause of the explosion. No other persons could give the proper information. Mr. Gooch having confirmed the other parts of Mr. Berry's evidence, Mr. Benjamin Cubitt, superintendent of the locomotive department of the South-Eastern Railway, attributed the explosion to over-pressure, and said it was impossible to state the cause of the over-pressure, whether neglect on the part of the deceased parties, the driver and fireman, or circumstances over which they had no control. By the CORONER—The deceased had been driver under my authority for two years. He was a steady man, and suite efficient for the duties he had to perform. He was what may be termed a zealous driver, anxious to get over his road within time. The CORONZR summed up, and the jury having deli berated with closed doors, returned the following ver dict :—" That the deceased died from bodily injuries re ceived by the sudden explosion of the boiler of a certain locomotive steam-engine, but from what cause that arose, by reason of the death of the only persons present at the time, we can derive no evidence." STATE or TRADE.—Adverse winds continue to keep out many ships, and consequently the stocks of produce are now suffering some reduction, without, however, improving prices, There has been a large business in cotton, about fifty thousand bales having been sold since our last publication ; speculators have been freely in the market, and have taken probably one-third the quantity. The great supply on sale has prevented any advance, and importers are gene rally willing sellers. Even at our present low quota tioas many of the next imports will return a profit to the shippers, and thus there will not be the common inducement to withhold them from the market. The Manchester trade is not so brisk ; it rarely is, so late in the year, when a great proportion of our export business is stopped ; still manufacturers of all sorts are doing a good and highly lucrative business. Money conti nues cheap, and apparently very plentiful ; thus stocks and shares of all sorts, which usually feel the first pinch, are yet as buoyant as ever. Opinion is much divided as to the ultimate fate of the multitudineus schemes now in the office of the Board of trade, but we think we express the ideas of a large portion of the community when we state that they ought to pass through a very strict or deal; very great interests are at stake—the public con venience, the public purse, and the national welfare, de mand the utmost invest►gation before such a vast outlay and such evident injury to existing interests are permitted. As the time approaches fur the meeting of Parliament, we hear on all sides of energetic endeavours being made by differently interested parties to obtain reductions of the existing duties on many of the leading articles of commerce. Thus we find cotton, tobacco, and tea pushed very prominently forward, and with a very different ground-work for the application, as at present cotton is subject to a duty of about 7i per cent. on the value; tobacco 900 per cent.; and tea probably 150 per cent. on the average; whilst the sorts i 0 greatest consumption by the poor pay fully 200 per cent. on their value. The Ex cise regulations, too, seem likely to promise some occu pation for the next session ; this is a department of the revenue which has always been collected with more an noyance to individuals than any other branch; it entails a very great expenditure on the country, and it will be a me, tter for serious consideration whether the cost cannot be diniinished, and the revenge protected, whilst menu facturers are allowed greater license than they now eu joy.—Liverpool Mercury. DEATH OF THE OLDEST PREACHER IN SCOTLAND. —The Rev. Thomas Jolly, minister of Dunnet, in the county of Caithness, died in the manse there, on Monday, the 2d instant, at the patriarchal age of ninety-one. Mr. Jolly was undoubtedly the oldest preacher in Scot land, having been upwards of sixty-five years in the pulpit at Dunnet, as assistant to his predecessor, Dr. frail], and minister of the parish. He was ordained in August, 1784. He retained his faculties to the last, and preached regularly till within a few weeks of his death, with all the vigour and clearness o his early years. When the disruption in the Church of Scotland took place, the venerable minister addressed a letter to Dr. Chalmers on the subject, which was acknowledged to be one of the ablest of the vast mass of letters and state ments which that unfortunate c4lceastan called forth. Mr. Jolly was a native of the Mearns, and studied at Aberdeen and Glasgow Colleges, where he was distin guished for his acquirements in metaphysics and natural philosophy. He was also an accomplished classical scholar, and cultivated to the last his taste for these elegant studies, as well as for the exact sciences, Ili§ benevolence and charity were truly unbounded, and Memory will' be long - 4.4avresl,in Calihne,s.—.4eerneo Courier. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. NOTTINGHAM. INQUEST ON THE ENGINEER. NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—The adjourned inquest upon On Friday Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a Mr. James Bolestridge was resumedyesterday afternoon. respectable jury, assembled in the first-class waiting- • Mathew Kirtley, the superintendent of engines on the room of the Bricklayers' Arms terminus of the South- , Midland Counties Railway, was exami ne d, b u t hi s Ci i- Eastern Railway, i n th e K ent - roa d , to i nqu i re into the deuce differed in no material particular from that which circumstances connected with the death of Robert Buck- he had given before the previous inquisition. ley, an engine-driver, aged 24, who was killed on the Mr. James Wildey, an auctioneer, of Nottingham, and line on Wednesday morning last. Joseph Pettifer, the - bock-keeper ,of the- Nottingham The Conoamit having briefly adverted to the nature of station, were also called, but their evidetje was unim the duties the jury were called. upon to perform, they rtant proceeded to vi ew th e rema i ns of the deceased, which Po The CORONER, in summing•-up, .recapit ted the were deposited in a shell in the waiting-room of the whole of the circumstances, laid down the law of man- . third-class passengers on the opposite side of the station. slaughter, and dwelt particularly upon th e f ac t, th a t b e - The back part of hi s s k u ll was completely driven i wells hisii; et tween two and three o'clock on the day when M r . Light the racket, right temple ; his' left arm was j er k e d out of • foot went out with the train from Nottingham, n o d own and his che s t an d legs were much lacerated. Upon the jury co nc l u di ng t hi s pa i n f u l part of their dot train was due, and it was not within the re a ch of proba y, bility that a train could come on the down line while he they proceeded in a special train provided for that pur- j was going up to Beeston. A great portion of the charge pose to the spot where the fatal occurrence took place. was similar to that given on a former inquest. The damage done to the viaduct, &c., was attentively The jury remained in deliberation five hours, and at a examined by the Coroner and jury; but, as it has been already de scr ib e d, i t i s unnecessary again to detail it. quarter past eleven o'clock returned their verdict : Upon th e re t urn o f t h e C oroner an d j ury to the inquest " T 1 • that James Bolestrigde died in consequence of in : juries received in a collision with two trains on th e Mid room, i land Counties R a ilw a y, o n th e 21st o f N ovem b er l as t ; Thomas Wickens was exam i ne d—l am a private watch- duty about a ; 1 . and that Robert Li g htf oo t an d J on ath an R aven are man in Manor- l ane , B ermon d sey, an d was on guilty of manslaughter, by causing the death of the said quarter past twelve o'clock on the morning of Wednes- ; arees Bolestridge." day last, about 60 or 70 yards from the railway, when 1 Several resolutions had been agreed upon, but my attention was attracted by a loud report and a blaze th e jury declined making them public till the next of fire issuing from the train. Th e t ra i n was coming ill day at 2 P.M. the direction from the station ; and on seeing the flames, A warrant was immediately issued by the coroner, which illuminated the whole neighbourhood, I looked i and placed in the hands of Sergeant Meldrum, of the towards the viaduct, and saw fire flying in all directions Nottingham police, for the apprehension of Jonathan over the side of it. The line in that part is formed of Raven, residing now, we believe, at Leicester. wooden braces. I got over a f ence , and ran towards the The following is a copy of the resolutions agreed u p on train, but I could see nothing. Th e fi rs t p erson I saw by th jury : was the guard, who called out to me t o l oo k a b out and a I.e That the management upon the Midland Railway see if any body was lying near me, as one of the men is exceedingly defective ; and the jury cannot too was missing. I examined the spot, b u t cou ld not find strongly express their disapprobation of the manner in any person. I did not go upon the line. The explosion which the engineers, stokers, and guards are selected, it was very sudden. I heard nothing before to call my at- not being considered a requisite qualification that they tention to the train. I think the viaduct off which the should be able to read and write, and that a present train ran is about fifteen or eighteen feet in height. I ment of these facts be made to the Board of Trade, with was below when the explosion' took place. and saw a per- the signature of the foreman and jury attached. son picked up dead, but I should not know him again. "2. That a memorial from the jury be presented to Edward Austin sworn—l am a guard in the employ- the Directors of the Midland Counties Railway Company, ment of the South-Eastern Railway Company. I knew on behalf of the widow of the late James Bolestridge. the person here lying dead very well. His name is a 3. That a petition, signed by the foreman and jury, Robert Buckley, and he was an engine-driver. On be presented to Parliament, immediately on its assem- Tuesday night it was my duty to go with the goods- bling, praying for an alteration in the law, which pre train from this station to Dover, at twelve o'clock. The vents the relations of persons killed by culpable negli train consisted of eleven waggons, one second-class car- gence from obtaining compensation ; the jury also re riage with the foreign mail, and a break waggon. There commend that a petition to the same effect be forwarded was also an engine called the Forester attached. The by the inhabitants of Nottinghans." deceased had charge of the engine, and there was also a - - stoker, named Aaron Wilkinson, upon it. I h a d severa l -- minutes' conversation with the deceased before the train started, about some orders from Captain Charlewood to start the train with a green instead of a white light. At the time I was conversing with the deceased the steam was blowing off strongly, and we were a few minutes beyond our usual time in starting. Besides the train, there was a pilot engine on the line, for the purpose of assisting us up the inclined plane, towards New-cross. I got into the break-waggon, and the pilot engine had scarcely left us a minute when I felt a sudden shock, and in two or three minutes afterwards I heard an ex plosion. I was thrown against the end of the break waggon; and on getting out I saw a quantity of steam, and CO, ke and other things, strewed about. There were three carriers and a brealsman in the waggon with me, and we went forward and saw the'tender off the rail, and torn to pieces, and also the engine. I called out to Buckley and Wilkinson, but I obtained no answer ; and, as I could see nothing of them, I sent up to the Brick layers' Arms station. Subsequently Wilkinson was found on the up line, lying near the fence, with his face covered with his clothes. I found on removing his jacket he had a wound upon his head, and I put a horsecloth round him, and sent the pilot engine to this station for medical assistance. Wilkinson appeared to have been forced against the fence, and his jacket forced over his face. He was bleeding when I found him. We had not started above four minutes when the explosion took place. The pilot engine was attached to the rear of the train, and after the shock it overtook the train, but scarcely touched it. After sending for a surgeon to this station I searched for the deceased, and found him lying upon his face on the ground, under a waggon that was rpset, and resting upon his hips. I felt his pulse, and found he was dead. I could not pass nay hand between the deceased and the waggon, so that it pressed heavily upon him. I obtained a " jack" and raised the waggon, and got the deceased from under it. His bead was fractured, and also his left arm, and I have no doubt those injuries were the cause of his 'death. lie was brought with Wilkinson to the station here. I did not feel any check until I heard the sudden explosion, so that I have no reason to believe that the engine-tender or the carriages had previ ously got off the rails. Three of the waggons were shattered to pieces, and blocked up the line. They were those next to the tender. At first I thought the acci dent had been occasioned by an explosion of steam ; but I found on a more close examination that the fire-bars of the engine had been driven through an aperture in the viaduct. There were other holes in the viaduct, caused, apparently, by the cylinder or springs of the engine. In advance of the three broken waggons there was a truck lying on its side, under which Buckley was discovered. From the first aperture the engine was found distant 25 or 30 feet. I took notice of the engine and examined it. Its chimney was gone, the smoke-box injured and out, and one of the wheels off. The body was found nearer to the first aperture than the engine. I thought the engine, after the explOsion, must have gone over directly, propelled forwards by the velocity of the train. Before the explosion took place there was not the slightest observation by any of us with regard to the state of the steam. THE LATE MR. TUPPER. INQUEST AT SOUTH-HILL-PARK. A coroner's inquest was held at South-hill-park, the seat of the late Earl of Limerick, on Tuesday last, on the body of the late Mr. Martin Tupper, of New Bur lington•street, who had cone from London to attend upon the late Earl, and was found dead in his bed at the above residence on Sunday morning last, a few hours after the demise of the Noble Lord. Richard Long, under-butler in V the late Lord's esta blishment, deposed to his' haying gone to the apartment of the deceased at twelve o'clock on Saturday night with some grapes and a glass of water, as he was accustomed to do when deceased visited his Lordship. That deceased was then walking about the room apparently in his usual good health, and desired to be called at eight o'clock the following morning. That witness went at the appointed hour to the door, and, after knocking several times without receiving an answer, Count De la Feld, his late Lordship's son-in-law, being roused by the noise, came from the adjoining apartment, and, entering the room of deceased, desired witness to open some of the window shutters ; and the Count, looking into the bed, discovered the deceased (although at first sight apparently sleeping) to be in reality dead. The Rev. Count John De la Feld, son-in-law of the late Earl, stated that the deceased had been for many years the medical attendant of the family. That he had come from town a week ago to attend the deceased Lord, and had then complained of a pain in his chest. That deceased returned again from London on Saturday, ' and upon witness asking him if the pain which he had complained of had left him, an d if it arose from cold, deceased replied, " That it was not cold, but that he suffered from a heart complaint, although he was then pretty well." The Count deposed that the late Lord expired at seven o'clock on Saturday evening. De ceased was then present. lie took some refreshment afterwards with part of the family, and retired to his room about twelve o'clock, apparently in perfect health. About eight o'clock on the following morning witness was roused by hearing an unusual knocking in thegallery adjoining his bedroom, and, leaving his apartment, he found the for mer witness knocking at the door of deceased's room ; and stating that he could obtain no answer, the Count directed the former witness to open the shutters, and, looking into the bed, discovered him, as he thought, to be fast sleep, but not hearing him breathe, and being struck with an unusual appearance is the features, he found him on, a nearer inspection, to be dead. Mr. Croft, of Bracknell, stated that he was sent for, at about a quarter-past eight on Sunday morning, to come with all speed to South-hill-park. On arriving there, and being conducted to the apartment of the deceased, he found him to be quite dead, and that life had pro bably been extinct three or four hours. A slight dis colouration in the region of the heart left no doubt of the rupture of a small vessel having taken place, which had suddenly terminated the existence of the deceased. The jury immediately returned a verdict that the de ceased had died from natural causes. DISTRESSED CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS IN MID DLESEX.. On Friday a meeting of the landholders and principal inhabitants of the parish of Ruislip, Middlesex, convened by Ralph Dean, Esq., the Lord of the Manor, was held in the vestry-room of the church, for the purpose of adopt ing means for bettering tho condition of the labouring poor of the parish. The meeting was held in consequence of another meet ing convened by the churchwardens and overseers, and held on Wednesday, the 4th instant, having terminated without any satisfactory result having been come to. Ralph Dean, Esq., having been called to the chair, the meeting was addressed by several of the gentlemen pre sent, and the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : -" That certain lands in the parish of Ruislip, the pro perty of Ralph Dean, Esq., amounting to about forty acres, be hired for the purpose of spade cultivation. " That a person be appointed to live in the house situate on such lands, which person must be a good ac countant, and capable and accustomed to measuring land generally. " That the lands so hind be held in trust by the said Mr. Dean, the Rev. C. Packs, vicar, and Messrs. Soames, Pearce, Houghton, &c., for such poor persons in the parish of Ruislip, desirous of having the same, as tenants in common, subject, nevertheless, to the fol lowing conditions : " That the person appointed to superintend (as pro posed in the second resolution) be authorised to issue tickets upon the treasurers, Messrs. Hall, Smith, and Co., bankers, Uxbridge, for all works the tenants shall perform, at the rate of twopence per pole for the digging, and for the other works in proportion. That the owners and occupiers of land in the parish of Ruislip be and are hereby requested to come forward and make up a fund, to be advanced for the cultivation and cropping of such land, such fund to amount to the sum of 2001. " That every person who advances 2L and upwards shall be constituted a member, and shall be entitled to vote upon any question that the trustees may bring for ward, as to the present or future management of the land. That every .person advancing 51. shall have two votes, 101 four rotes, 15L six votes, 201. eight votes ; and that the churchwardens, overseers, and guardians of the parish be appointed visitors during the term they hold such offices. " That the farmers and others in Ruislip shall give all the assistance in their power, by occasionally drawing manure, &c., t 3 the said land. " That a sale of the whole of the produce of the said land shall take place annually, by auction, the last week, at the latest, of the month of October, in"cach year, after which a division of the proceeds of the crop, and a state ment of the receipts and expenses, shall be laid before the trustees. " That after paying the rent and taxes on such land, and the money advanced for carrying on the work, the balance of the sale of the crops shall be paid over by the trustees to such poor persoas who shall have so laboured, in equal moieties, according to their respective shares. " That any person having a share in the division of such profits, being convicted of felony, shall be excluded from the benefits of such division." Messrs. Dean, Houghton, Hill, Pearce, Pearce and Stone, Soames, &c., immediately put down their names for sums amounting to upwards of 1001. ; and the above, and several other gentlemen, at the suggestion of Captain Tite, entered into a liberal subscription for the imme diate relief of the poor of the parish, during the present inclement season.—The meeting then adjourned. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—It appeared from the statement of accounts submitted on Fri day to a general meeting of the subscribers to the guarantee fuud, that the income from the sale of tickets to the Festival and to the balls, and from all other sources, amounted to 2,9141. 18s. 2d.; the expenses were 2,1671. 25., leaving a deficiency of 747/. 16s. 2d. The sum realised from the guarantee fund amounted to 1,3231. Is. 5d., which would leave, after defraying the deficiency, a balance of 5751. ss. 4d., to be repaid to the subscribers. It was agreed to pay back Bs. 6d. in the pound, and to allow 51 extra to bliss Hawes, the tw o Misses Williams, and Miss Barrett. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—NOW that the allot ment system is extending to the labouring class, let us call public attention to another plan for " allotment," greatly needed. It is unreasonable that farmers (us vast many have) should occupy such very extensive farms; and these of coarse are men of property, other wise they could not undertake theso " monster" firms. These farms ought to be subdivided, and, by that means, thousands of other families might reap a comfortable maintenance. Thiskis a subject, at the present time, worthy of general consideration. Tur Bomor or Ex FATEiefil PASTORAL ',JITTER. — The county is up ! Every post shows that the feeling of the laity is aroused against the last move of the Bishop of Exeter, and the resistance is so determined in its g.ha meter, that we are ce r t a i n success mu st attend it. Th e people will not be carried basak tu 140nie. or Romani sm , at the beck and nod of the Right Rev. Prelate, who has, untoftußately, to o genera lly had it his owa way, W e ere glad to see this, as we have witnessed something of the heart-burninga that his rule has occasioned in the county of Cornwell.—PdroutA Journal, PARISH OF ST. DAVID, EXETER. At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the parishioners of the parish of St. David, assembled in Vestry on Thursday, the 12th day of December, 1844, duly convened for the _purpose of cons id er i ng the Bishop of Exeter's Pastoral Letter, and to take steps relative thereto as such meeting should determine—B. T. Rad ford, Esq., in the chair—the following resolutions were adopted That this meeting, in the first place, fully recognises the duty of ready and hearty obedience by the clergy and laity to the legal requirements and Godly admonitions' of their Bishop, earnestly wishes to maintain that reve rence so justly due to his high and holy office, and dis claims all desire to interfere in matters appertaining solely to episcopal jurisdiction. " That, influenced by these feelings, this meeting deeply regrets that a Pastoral Letter, addresied to the clergy alone, should contain imputations so undeserved by, and injunctions so obnoxious to, the laity at large, as to demand and justify their respectful, but strongest remonstrance and opposition. " That this meeting with confidence appeals to the public and private charities of this city and county, and to the experience of the ministers of this parish and of the clergy of the diocese generally, whetle r the uni vete al objection that exists to the revival of the offertory can justly be stigmatised as proceeding from preju dice, selfishness and worldly-mindedness ?' and thi s meeting emphatically protests against the application of any such epithets as wholly uncalled for and unjust. " That this meeting desires to express its highest esteem and respect for the valued ministers of this pa rish, and its entire satisfaction with their accustomed mode of performing Divine service, and its strongest ob jections to any change not sanctioned by the united voice of the heads of the Established Chureli ; and this meeting respectfully submits to the Bishop and to their ministers, that all such innovations will be highly offen sive and objectionable to this parish and, it is conceived, to the whole body of the laity, for the fullewing (among other) reasons : " 1. Because the offertory (although necessary and proper when used before the poor-laws were enacted, and at a time when the suppression of monasteries left the poor little other resource), has long been discon tinued on sufficient grounds ; and thus usage, which in ecclesiastical matters is but another name for law, adds the fullest sanction to the reasons for dispensing with it. " 2. Because there are abundant and daily increasing means of exercising private charity and benevolence, and, it is therefore inexpedient to close every sermon with au address to one only of the Christian duties of the con gregation, which is calculated unduly to exalt that duty and to weaken the eppeals of the minister to the hearts and consciences of the congregation on the more Da... mentous subjects connected with man's salvation ; the faithful preaching of which must result in that faith which will be known by its fruits, and cannot fail tt) abound in every act of benevolence. " 3. Because the revival of this practice will afford ex cuses and reasons for vvithholdingrfaid in the numerous daily appeals to the benevolence of the laity, and direct their resources into channels they may neither contem plate nor approve, as in the recent case of the curate of Hurst, in Berkshire. " 4. Because the offertory and other innovations pro posed will produce and ' auct i on t h e very changes ' the Bishop desires to prevent, and destroy the unity he seeks to maintain, by creating diversities of practice in tho country generally, as well as discord and disagreement between ministers and their flocks, and between parish ioners themselves, who may respectively differ as to the propriety of such novelties. " 5. Because any change in the long-established forms and practices of Divine worship should have the sanction of the Queen as head of the Established Church, and the united concurrence of the highest ecclesiastical autho rity, and be simultaneously adopted by the whole Pro testant Church of these realms, and not confined to one diocese. " G. Because the strong objections of the laity to the revival of obsolete and useless forms deserves respect, Itsl evincing the progress of pure spiritual religion, and of attachment to our Protestant Church; which feeling must be therefore endangered or weakened by disregarding the voice of the people, who naturally view with suspi cion and dislike every apparent approach to the Popish views of a party now disturbing the peace of the Church, and which party commenced its career by reviving un meaning and superstitious usages. " That for the foregoing and other reasons, so ably advocated by the Chancellor of this diocese and by 1)r. Bull (to whom are due the warmest thanks of every friend of the Church), this meeting protests against the present adoption of any of the changes referred to in the Bishop's Pastoral Letter, and respectfully, but most earnestly implores his Lordship not to risk the allegiance and affections of the truest friends and firmest supporters of his Church for things in themselves (as his Lordship admits) indifferent, but, as associated with error, of vast importance to all who value the truth. And this meet ing further entreat his Lordship, while thus respecting the wishes of the people, to co-operate with the heads of the Church in the general establishment of such uni formity as shall effectually prevent the introduction of Tractarian errors, allay prevailing fears, and insure the affection, obedience, and respect of the people to our national Protestant Church. _ _ " And this meeting, considering that the present occa sion should be improved to the restoring and perpetua ting of unity and peace to our Church throughout the land, strongly recommends that parish, city, and county meetings be forthwith held, in order respectfully, but firmly to express the apprehensions and wishes of the friends of the ,Chureh on this momentous subject, and to petition our most gracious Queen to adopt such measures as her wisdom shall devise for the accomplish ment of this most happy end. " That these resolutions be forwarded by the church wardens to the Bishop and to the ministers of this parish, accompanied by suitable notes ; and that the same be printed, advertised is the public papers, and extensively circulated. " That these resolutions be signed by the chairman en behalf of this meeting. " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the churchwardens fur their promptitude in calling this meet ing, and to the chairman for his conduct in the chair. ( " Signed on behalf of the meeting.) " BENJAMIN TUCKER RADFORD, Warden." THE SURPLICE MOVEMENT. (From the Western Times.) Sunday last was a heavy day for old Exeter. The weather was bright, the air keen, clear, and bracing— but all good churchmen felt a sadness creep over their souls, as with unwilling steps they wended their way to church, to see the beginning of the end of that Protestant form of worship under which they were born —for it was the pleasure of Bishop Phillpotts that the parsons of this Episcopal city should adopt the surplice, as the badge of his authority to dictate, and the sign that what he willed should be done—to that would he force a slavish clergy to submit. In several of the parishes the surplice was adopted by the clergy at once. In others its adoption was deferred. NEWTON ABBOT.—It appears that a most determined opposition is about to be offered in this neighbourhood against the proposed innovation of the Bishop in the church service. The town has been placarded with hand bills, calling upon the churchwarden of the neighbour ing parishes to convene meetings to consider the present state of the Church. The churchwardens of Stokein teignheaci and of Abbotskerswell have called parish meetings, respectively, on Monday and Tuesday next, with that view ; and at the former place it is expected, from the unanimity of the parishioners, that the resolu tions will be condemnatory not only of the proposed altera tions, but also of the conduct of the Bishop's son, their present minister, who, by his caprices, has driven a large portion of his parishioners to other congregations. The following bill has been extensively posted. Many other able papers have also appeared :—" Tux BEGIN.. NINO AND THE END. , --The beginning is the Pastoral Letter ! the end is" thus described by the celebrated. Puseyite, the Rev. Dr. W. G. Ward, in his book, the ideal of a Christian Church,' page 473. 'For my own part, I think it would not be right to con ceal, indeed I am anxious openly to express, my own most firm and undoubting conviction, that were we, as a Church, to pursue such a line of condnet as has been here sketched: in proportion as we did so, we should be taught from above to discern and appreciate the plain marks of Divine Wisdom and authority in the Roman Church—to repent in sorrow and bitterness of heart our great sin in deserting her communion, and to sue hum bly:at her feet for pardon and restoration.' Protestants, beware ! and do not begin I" DREADFUL FIRE AT STETTIN. We have been favoured with the following extract from a private letter : " STETTIN, DEC. 4.—A1l business is at a stand here. At half-past three yesterday afternoon u fire broke out in Schmidt's distillery, which quickly communicated with the next house, and then to their warehouses, when were laying 5,000 qrs. of rape seed ; this made such an awful blaze, that it threatened to be a second Hamburgh. and may yet become so. The fire has burned through the 8011-werk to the Oder- street. The wind being from south-east, every body in the Oder-street moved their furniture, expecting for certain that the whole street must burn. At present the strong walls have prevented the fire spreading further that way, and if the walls stand on the other side all may stop there ; but, should they fall, the whole marketplace must go. Besides which, there are 1,000 hhds. of spirits lying in Schmidt's vaults, which they say are fire-proof, but, if they do burn the whole town must go. The worst thing is that the river is frozen over, and the engines are so frozen that they cannot work without pouring in hot water, and all the men are so drunk that they cannot work, and several men are killed. I saw, myself, three men covered by a wall that fell upon them. The mail leaves—the fire continues as before." FALL or SNow.—The snow is very deep for many miles round Exeter. The mail from London did not ar. rive for more than two hours after the proper time I there are heavy drifts on the roads near Cullompton, Chudleigh, and Dawlish. It is the heaviest fall of 8110,1 r that has fallen in South Devon for several years. TIIE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.—In conseTienee of the investiture, on Thursday, of his Royal Ilighneas the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Goth, the Mar quis of Abercorn, and the Earls de Grf.,y, Talbot, and Powis (the four latter noblemen p the Yacancies occasioned by the deaths of the late Dukes of Grafton and Dorset, the MarquiFi Wellesley, and the Earl of Lonsdale), an entirely new arrangement of the banners, swords, helr,wis, and other insignia, of the Knights of the Grder, in St. George's Chapel, has been rendered necessary. In order to effect this object, which will necessarily occupy some d a y s , Si r Ch ar l es Y oung. Garter 104 g of Arms, will arrive at Windsor in the c t ourse of the week after next, for the purpose of super intending the required alterations in the choir of the Chapel of St. George, when the banners, &c., of as newly-created knights will be placed ove r th eir respective DECEMBER 16 1844. D 0 ter ler a-