The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

HOSPITAL. iti, OYA.L FREE CHARGES. TSTIGATION OF THE RECEN T iliest,:trietties.;nequenee of e a long Times of T w u with a4ll4anitas" which appeared in the institu.ion the •sYlast charging ' the officers o f this from communication, sign e e i cil and cruel conduct, in turning away two girls hospital on Wednesday. meeting of ”sohacl applied for aidesat the lalon, without ading them assistance ; died, a mmit tpth inst., one of whom has sinceers 'governors, trustees, and members yesterday, in r of the inq't tion was held the charge! 01.134, at tai o'clock to and investigate other offi of the co Gray's rtught r.^-ainst the resident surgeon, eers,„iof the tnstitut ion. Bailiff of High h ort mer_ i:ntr ll ere were present, Mr. Pritcha r d,ev D r . W . iwark; the Rev. Dr. Rice, the 1-1 thatit ' r' ° 5 ' 'he Rev. M H rwood, John Watson, a L r s e g en ' , Mr. ' IN r. d with the 41,, ;:diriseivilesra' lESotith'erAlgrenStliemr?Pesnonelra. connected with i4.l.Qtation. Dr. Marsden, the Lev- ll:el' gentlemen connected with the Il t of the hospital, were alsoresent. r., lx TIIINGT°N' chair. ),4r_the motion of the I{ev. 'Jr' ' 7(i s r‘ called to the Noble l!ii Pritchard, the High Bailiff, immediate ma , he ‘ os 7 etted that the always l' tasid eellAtaliiki said that re-' who had ebb.' ent, Lord Robert Grosvenor,res in the institu tijirtl so deep and sincere an intferomt p residing of ov era thet4.ll'as prevented by indisposition consequence newspaper 1;44_ The meeting was called the Times neolsepyFan of itnt which had appeared, the e public 14ien,0140..ead.alitytulldasty,e I I . ; and prejudicialw clt t a s impressioncalculated o t n o •was con he institution me. to 4 4 4 4 to the manner in which t They were t , e _ i„,eeel, to its funds disposed of- made, andol tooffer. al4lgttte the statements that were were any to s ital It 1 ,, 44 eXplanation of them, if there ee of the hodpthat Ihlt t 8.3 tlecessary fur the maintenantim estimation ; an it th; l t t should stand well in public es Nat do it that a full a et forth in an ttti . 80. it was necessary f what w-s s he pro - lie pg:hon should take place leluded. Before to read .tnent to which lie had a and Secretary impartial the'.7,larther, he would call on the Times. ii'sPps,`!%,!Otent which had appeared in the e 6eeretary having done so, lemon had anything ta p 0 ettatanto asked if any gent. , et tk ) )t ' s scl o.th itshtzv said that, as the conduct had been seriously the Ittittt., ° kers of the establishment.___ thatall the sat n . ' u pon, he would beg leave andtp suggest examine of the medical Partiphould tall before them facts, an l in' of alit ttelaiplicated, or who knew anti ma d e to the ttryiiklttruth or falsehood of the charges those charges they l'arketiteln. lie felt, that although. the )ret, in nanie to the insti.ut a io g n e whichtli they ere. t he '0 well calculated to 144 tateeNlY intended to hurtdam. 'soot -„„`a Was most anxious for !'-'' d the meetingants aatild F"Ho in•restigaion he hope _ ofit the servf.-all ' individually ld Of th4l the examination of any orhianm- fullest those employed, conducted. kitty thoespital, and by an inspection o o f t the books' ) 4aCekk4i ii, %selves as to the conduct. , was con, raanner in which the hospita` executed their on 444: %to upend to say that the officers of the institu i. °ocitsion in Question had strictly h nital; an ' Ther e • 'd • thencl the eto , were five war ain ofislied, elaaptittang of the 19th they were of the rulesr Ilia 4: of the venereal ward, and one none but venereal_ petal was that in that ward ission, as many sometimes with th o e . ta stki.,_should be They had an d a i tileitersolls in spat,da demanding p adm that such a n' 41' :174 means it Was im essible resident medical London a bea co dated. The City of rout -..' Pnrtere tr (Officer of the I tep t i) and the other persons present rea of the com et attendance, to await the pleasure The f it ncl concerned, „Geohoet„Person called was stated, the hospital. lie • others, ‘4 It41:1,. aiertler, the porter of Chairman anddo to be tilitt „`.! to qaestions from the and was oblige a atteZlesided on the premises, ititot4cl;niire 01 hours of the day and women cam, e. to 4 10$74,ithe 19th Inst. two young s all room. rhey blrateb.' I'" and he l. them in a m he rem .b oat ha ,7, 1 be 111. Ile informed. t . 0- patients, dan them.ll `after t,Zen engaged in examinin„ to see - ek.,,ZtY llainutes after he cameif t h ere was any 'dent surgeop 2 see _ 2N for7,4"hig them, he sent me to '"°t4 "teni, and aft r inquiry I venereal war h ir e :k o esPt ia W deß which is found there was Id. the to inform them th , k tui„, • l4 , the sure ' then told m e , I did ; and I tinala,,ll p as no room g" 'f or them, can of broth, rtllly4,"'es went to thecook and got them which by the cook, kicl 0,2- The broth wasgiven to them PN Y 1131 11 k wi th a slice of bread as large which they sat 1144 44 I to o k i , after could ; they h e rth e It eb t and the bread a a s an ordinary t_ey had halintidetirr ev 3'. I informed . said that h to the 4 otlii for la the union. TneY made me go. so. Nlt ng that morn• and that _ doing . that they . alth,, tl , morning didthem T certain Tuesday. , 1V gaveas them; C,.salti Milt the rules not warrant my et`ttlth, Z.Y 0, 1 , ft NVindsor o which He, he could tea 144 r pi nt and not coffee, much bread as. us day's t t ito It „4,141)1nt each, and as was the previous 41.''1. A ff _'• . _ .}l'elie_ breadhewc with three Nt.eilttlie ",;t: tot y_had t Union came up ; but that v, 4 1. otfi ~hQ~fterAle . London patients „ i ward, wb.saftet, said they were venereal the venereal broth and bread, the of& i. t e thevatb,ds. They were sent to at th e Ahe 3.,t"ere ex %ruined by the the s other patients Union ette reeeteterned from delivering of the London Union City i t , aki t() takvt,rd, the officerrwomen urgeon afterw i a ta rds. down t Itoi4oliveyati'e:!lemrtwc young the whenever sa there was NI4 f10) % 41 1, 1411 i M t • the Cooke, tTered to be aoot,yedt-uern. Was sure that they were answered u that icl o that they surgeon, the lver-.t° the thaion ina cab, would not agai . a . ti lait o et ; sick and tired of unions, r! a d ted into an hol i p e i y h" . ' I n itat' l'hey wanted to be i a miatiked awa3i* town,T tt a l net 4 _,art ti but they afterwards they w girls of the been in ; thAtZtl hire`hat they had been and had Union „ i on v,„ L eY had h come from Windsor, London st 1314 t1"15-0.tise. The officers of the London Guy's, or St. ill 5t,44,4 tiring theta to Bartholomeer wick and ti t .. 4 cab, h:t4Pital. Was sure he o they were 7 , a of uilion they would not go • . as well tlit'tite,' ka tts 3 ff ed to cone perhaps be rticu ap, nasbookitil said that it woulddmeetingthePaGros tt,4 the stateeo.4!inunicate. to_ theon 19th. In Dati, 4 iird ,_ ',I the hospital the \ there were thirty-three there were tritittits. ~„ ‘k ienuile ward, A - • one op.t tvard was full. In ward 15N twellynis, and fifteen patients, nineteen beds Mil tile r'rsons. / een C there were d there were siite„e,teen pa t . a Wald , ident war d vac t ' a n . th 4, 4 Becis lents. An tne acc one be there being in ) 04 wi t , a ., I!Ild fiafteen patients, leaving 141'lls forty7eltebltvrd. In the B, syphiliticor r thee of them occupied , ta l . was o, tif! sixteen!, ds, and thirty that the hospital B and 011, Q korlii pare heds, showing t the war wards tlre male h t iR of the 19th full except I, kr r,,, s i t'. '' sl.h"'''s, the s' i u eon, was stainer" ea the prerroei 1( °et ' l°l r w g as in attendancetwe , girls I'4l ° caZt day and nsiegs4ta.o up, theexamined•h uire if the I'4l, weertbere on thaght• 1 9th. He sent toiq next called— ), hae w ,Le f all, and he as informed t the venereal A that they wel.e; til‘td. iiiluea! 4,11 the wards were full except cp- women said T}, 7 Were :4e questioned the young,i. m w Ina 1 the did `esPectable, and had com • I ° they 'son girls, 1 )4 41 TIOt tell hi e h tem all thn , pinta thatthey the ven , war d B, in the h,, wzi rd, .- warns were full except, ivi.l4,. it Id remain o was impossible they could (I then cam „.etitittiottd Jobas-itoetinicezi frO.Ththe City were unfortunate to the union would take them hospital, which he kll,tthsvtcattey could If heegt in the at hi s re of Lon_on latat'd 14 tyro or th -(1° The officer, cab. They R ot , ofr eted , i ter ays. ion in a bread. )4 . 4 Diri, 19 take them to the union slice of T_, hirils,„et broth and a of large "u London the take illtist.ot.; to t'aitte tked h tlrte orhceroffered to taKo.n the yanid had *4(318.4 11°8Pital wrillente ver e t s h n er e was a vacancy 4 0 t oo, The t wo young women did not s t ee e , ame from 141 141.02,,att111. with the three patients u t n h g a women) did leaf thy t hEt ' t 41", Rod they tho two, but n on th e contra_ t ry at 4 ey til ___ Y Were prostitites, 1 4 7 We re Pere respectable girls. Had he known h th I, unfortunate girls he would have . accordance 'thetkncl warel, lth .11 it was not in hi m to so wee rules. His f .ettl. en ' would have induced h to the t tio n " , L ' i en he offered i t ugs d them in p laced them o nio n, the tnev declared theat send them in a cab to the °uld that they were sicka cab to Iffet111:14 Would sooner die than t ae 'Akio several tiraes and the same an engaged th ni , .n At the titne they' came in he was . o . l , the go in one aga s i wer was Stheni`tivnts, and no 1 . e lost in attendine, above y*Lanek Therhalvdasnot been waiting n for. Npn.,-.. imitea II d• see any reaso and ys-Reg 0. , • e id not ediate danger'sted. ile,yenly o;tihneeyd wor .in m he i fa m tiomed and exha a li arra_ 14 radio'l kit consider that th eir in ompraint was of an Times,l i n the ._ Ai , w a , a read an a ‘1:11}Itlaillye:* gtessllly de: That account wa that aggeratel ecount kN 3 lb, 1311 red. It vett said that he had stated . He said .°410:8 thins ruin g 's the admission. 5 ,, f ko - E7 t r,:,R• radona-alanet acquainted believed that, Ak-tIS tr„the boqspitals, and he d itted into to''' e,e '`enhistances, they would not be a . m the other with the regulations i ti adon Ll4oBstaa. ptive eases are not admitted in h. t he Pitals. Meant consumptive _ccases, di ease. When k!Nhati aritsitti attoage of pulmonary that if he would e did 45,n00/. pleut thof I:%rsonweron__ Id be provided, not cases ttle NI ePeak 4 *v_cel as would 4Ortlead-roent in thuesilinYies. Relief is frequently the apPFar ftliti4da °r t.° out,door patients. The question aba .e. , ie tai athe hospital was put to the porter, w_ht n 1 h cer o._44ll dirrciald la ve been_ asked of him; but e r`ah recti4`4.not Ineatt t IT , d the Coroner ; and it 1 , 1 *4 - t °lel, that whecnelaLenwas asked, ' the Coroner ,lhetle-,841 answer, for he did not wait for one. tOir, iinrailiation of this witness being closed, _ 44 in,t'ekstats said that ha thought it right to state, !leat. e ki of the r ' t o f the hospital being 11,0001. ,07 21 , 48 st ke...3 . eCelp s . d to . 'rci.._ Rt., ap,,4':. the Tunes, they only 5,8261. 4s. last year to clu ti lq ., til t , Qi t " .. LI ~.dtsbursenarnts they had relieved le,4g the i i s 'i t i-,0 1, Lon rents Union roanethan_ _ _ amounted 613 cases of loSani,atontlt,feev.c.r.° . 7.l ' e ll rs ho n s e pi t e at had received other 4.4 th. _it building-fund, but these . had nothing to esta 11;,7,n_roent: e4pentliture of the hospitalpart of the t;lent we r -L o a l' as thtlee(m and expenditure 4s dThe fact was, that the tael was 6,000/. intad ottat'e .consequence of affording in that de 'bore'llll•eif than . the ro4ns'olfn pt afforded. 11 0? IN iLIIB°P.N said out relief was often afforded to f I_eobj,l4ll 300 patients daily on the average, and, ' , ,rv., 1.1-,;54 grant it, 500 or 1,000 might be relieved. . VlMA'lad iata.,',,_4oll of the ff e of the London Union, o.;-1),-aq urought threee v'eenrereal patients to the hos t tttn,'" 19hth‘f November He brought them from He 'fkred,-. That WaS betwe'en twelve and one. t 4 .04 the request of Air Cooke the surgeon, to take t h‘ i cl tha t 3.tnleg Women to 'the ' n, and Mr. Cooke N ceol,,e would take back whenever a vacant take th,,' 00 ocured them'n h • I. He offered to tired f -n 1 in areal), buit -tiPe d (2:Pitt " y were sick and atre,t. the workhouse an d would vsaild sooner die in the het theyY 4' 45411110101T1eW to QQ , 134,,,their refusa'l h ,•,‘ ou ad offered , e n to take them It/uli, Would B, or St Tnoina! hour at which ttot ' 4 41 cold, RO.. lie told them the J ' when '4 setgot in tho hospitals, but they woul d .. 's Hospitals, 's tYkna m t he raja passeOVer they left the hospital. ---/ "al father of the lest witness, said that for -~,,~,,~ =-i. ring °II ObbOrlle 3 Frin . Ce Ss Alice bea cb. 3 i r e arij un d s of rr ine : Itooll4 mods of r BObers icS• e of g ~iij e ofOt 10. Vl lr° for 9 ' ',ate be t 11091 3 11 or,A IV o P- to il 1 - ) est o i ci oo r o• 4, $1 • 10 4 001 pli Or ° THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNA NOVEMBER 28, 1845. OCCASIONAL SKETCHES-HERE AND THERE. A PENCILLING OF PRESIDENT POLK. At a time when American men and matters attract so much attention as they do at the present period, a few sketchy notices of each may not be altogether unin teresting. During a recent protracted tour through the United States the writer has had frequent opportunities of acquiring information and of observing character ; and from his sketch-book he now proposes copying a few outlines. The reader who may look for finished pic tures will assuredly be disappointed, but, at the same time, the seeker after facts will have no reason to complain. During the last presidential election, when Henry Clay, of Lexington, Kentucky, or as his friends delighted to call him, " Harry of the West," and James K. Polk, of Nashville, Tennessee, were the rival candidates, the sneering question put by the opponents of the Demo cratic candidate was, " Who is James K. Polk?" This query was a rather difficult one to answer, for, compared with the great Whig candidate, Mr. Polk was an un known man. He had never done anything which could by possibility have rendered him sufficiently distin guished to entitle him to aspire to the Presidency, whereas Clay enjoyed not only an American, but an European reputation for brilliant and substantial acquire ments. It was almost as if a candidate had arisen out of the earth at a moment's notice, for, in the early stages of the election, Mr. Polk was considered even by his own party to be a nobody, and merely put forward to ha rass and annoy the Whigs. But as the time of election drew nearer and nearer monstrous letters on monstrous flags proclaimed the fact that there was such a person as James K. Polk. Newspapers of all sizes, and with amazing names, started suddenly into existence, over the leaders of every one of which a valiant cock was represented in the act of crowing, whilst above the rooster's head floated triumphantly the " star-spangled banner." Occasionally the columns of these election journals would be adorned with likenesses of a stern looking gentleman, one of whose hands rested affectionately on the head of an eagle, and beneath whose effigy was written in double caps, " Young Hickory ;" to explain which appellative, I should remark, that General Jackson, Mr. Polk's patron, had for many years been styled " Old Hickory," from his tough, stubborn, unbending nature, which bore some supposed resem blance to a branch of the hickory tree. Indeed, hickory wood became quite the rage. In the shops, or rather stores, nothing but hickory walking-canes were for sale. Before almost every other house was a hickory pole, on the lofty summit of which hung a " cap of liberty," and from whence floated the stars and stripes, or a banner on which was depicted a cock, crowing valiantly over a deceased animal called a" coon." American politicians are desperately fond of elec tioneering emblems. When General Harrison was elected, loghouses, in which hard cyder was freely dis pensed, were erected in every street, because once upon a time General Harrison had lodged in a loghouse and drank hard cyder ! The Clay emblem was a coon ; but I could never satisfactorily ascertain why the Whigs adopted it : suffice it to say, that this 'cute-looking animal was to be seen almost everywhere : sometimes he was represented seated on a rail " taking a sight" at the cock : in many localities he was to be seen perched on an ash pole in a very victorious attitude ; but, as if in mockery of him, the loco-foco party would frequently hang a dead coon opposite him, and little boy republi cans would sing with amazing glee a song, the burden of which was— " Oh, poor Cooney Clay, Oh, poor Cooney Clay, You never will be President, I heard the people say." With all these flags and emblems it may well be sup posed that the city of Philadelphia seemed to be quite startled from its demure propriety. There was scarcely a house to be seen without its flag or emblem, so that the political opinions of its inhabitants could be pretty well " guessed" at a glance. Where, however, no party feeling was indicated, an American flag was sure to glitter in the sunshine ; for every building, from the State-house downward to the poorest frame hut was decorated in this way. The stars and stripes floated in the air wherever a pole could be erected or a rope stretched ; and these flags were of all sizes too, some big enough to carpet Exeter-hall, and others of conve nient pocket handkerchief dimensions—in fact, thou sands of little boys dishonoured the national flag by blowing their noses in it. Standing at the end of Ches nut-street, and looking downwards towards the river, one gazed through a bannered vista—from either side white stars gleamed from blue fields, and so many hundred stripes fluttered and dazzled, that to look at them was almost like putting one's eyes upon a red-hot gridiron. But the National Eagle seemed to take, also, a very conspicuous part in these electioneering proceedings : for that King—l beg his pardon—President of Birds was to be witnessed everywhere, and in every imaginable position. Sometimes he was drawn so mild, that had it not been for the striped shield which served, him as a breast-plate, he might have been mistaken for a sitting tailor-bird. In another place he was represented as a screaming, ferocious monster, with widely expanded wings, grasping half-a-dozen olive branches in one claw, and a bunch of newly-forged thunderbolts in the other ; and having something like a long surgeon's bandage, with directions for application written on it, in his beak —occasionally he appeared to be busily engaged in waving a banner, or in the act of dropping a wreath from his talons on the head of General Washington or the Democratic candidate—in short he was to be seen in every imaginable position excepting that of repose. This universal eagle never winked his fierce eye, or folded his majestic wings, as common every-day eagles do. No ! he was a wide-awake, go-a-head sort of bird ; and these were his characteristic qualities and appearances of whatever colour he might be, or to which over party he seemed to belong—indeed, some of them seemed to be savagely disposed to both Whigs and De mocrats, for under one savage-looking bird was written — "The eagle shall swoop from his perch on the rock, And his grasp shall be death to the coon and the cock." This was a " native American" eagle ; but it would be needless to farther particularise, for their propen sities seemed to be as various as the tintaof their painted feathers, and there were many differences in this par ticular, for there were visible eagles with plumage vary ir, from the " golden" down to any remarkable shade of colour which the artist, not being, by any means, so particular as Audubon, might conceive. If I were writing a book, instead of a mere newspaper article,l might fill page after page with sketches of Ame rican electioneering scenes. But space forbids my pen, although it is much inclined, to travel through oyster cellars, and bar-rooms, and committee head-quarters, and public meeting places, picking up here and there little " bits" of character, which might be rendered vastly amusing. Nor must I catalogue the valiant pro ceedings of the " Young Hickory Clubs," nor tell how " the Democrats were summoned to ' rally,'" nor de scribe the ceremonials attending: the raising of a hickory pole, nor even hint at the torch-light out-of-door mass meetings, nor the noisy in-door assemblies. I must pass over all these matters for the purpose of introducing the reader to the individual, who by his blustering about Oregon, has gained a notoriety which he never would have known but for a chance combination of circum stances. Some men are born great, many achieve great ness, and others have greatness thrust upon them—to the latter class belongs James K. Polk, President of the United States. _ Accompany us, reader, by a flight of fancy to Wash ington—the city of magnificent distances, as some one has called it. It is a sprawling, scattered, uncomfortable city, with streets unfinished, and, excepting in the time of the session, houses uninhabited. It is full enough, however, to-day, for it is the 4th of March, and Mr. Polk, to the astonishment and even dismay of many of his friends, has been elected, and is about to be inaugu rated. All the world and his wife are thronging to the capitol to see the new President, and from north, south, east, and west, flow in living streams of curiosity hunters, office-seekers, and sight-seers of all descriptions. Surely never was seen before such a motley sight, nor heard such a Babel of discordant sounds. Every window and piazze is crammed with genteelly dressed men and women. At a single glance, you may see the classically pretty little lasses of New York, the intelligent-looking women of Boston, the luxurious daughters of the Caro linas, and the belles of the union, the beauties of Balti more. Music is sounding, canons are booming, and loud huzzas every now and then proclaim the appearance of some popular personage. Let us escape from the dense crowd, and watch the procession as it passes by.• There is a faint and rather a melancholy cheer given as a carriage approaches, in which is seated three or four gentlemen, one of whom has such strongly marked features that from the pictures we have seen of the late President we at once recognise John Tyler, whose un expected elevation to the chair of the Chief Magistrate, owing to the death of General Harrison, earned for him the title of " His Aceidency." He is a tall thin man, with a head half bald, badly set on his shoulders, a low unintellectual forehead, furtively glancing eyes, and a nose of enormous prominency. In the expression of John Tyler's face there is something amazingly little and mean; it is not insignificant, but ridiculously sense less. Whilst gazing on such a face one might feel cer tain that its owner could not by possibility be guilty of doing any great action. As he passes on, some laugh outright, many jeer, and no one regards him with ap parent respect. From obscurity he emerged—to ob scurity he is returning. Let him pass on, for by the hubbub that is making behind him, there comes, it should seem, " metal more attractive." Sitting bolt upright, in a close carriage, and evidently making an effort to be dignified, sits a man with a stern aspect, coldly responding to the cheering of the multi tude, who bellow out the name of " Polk " with asto nishing perseverance and power of lungs. The new Pre sident, for it is he, bows ungracefully to the ladies who wave their handkerchiefs to him—his face is of an ashy paleness; in his hand he grasps nervously a roll of paper, his inauguration speech: on he goes, let us follow him to the Capitol. Passing over the preliminary proceedings, and without noticing the minor incidents of the occasion, let us now confine our attention to the man of the day—and lo I whilst the air is rent with acclamations, the gentleman;we saw in the carriage comes forth in front of the building, and now we can observe him more narrowly. He is short in stature, thin and bony in frame, and somewhat awkward in his carriage. His iron grey, wiry hair is brushed back from his temples, and on the summit of his forehead bristles up stiffly. His brow is high, but narrow, and beneath it are two deeply-set greyish eyes ; the nose is short and thick, and the mouth thin lipped and compressed ; he is dressed in plain black, and looks like a - stern, obstinate man. There is no dignity, no suavity about him. Ho appears as if it would be painful for him to look pleasant, and as he reads his speech his voice sounds harsh and husky, and his manner is awkward and ungraceful. Such is James K. Polk, who, in appearance does not belie his character. He keeps himself wrapped up in a garment of self-suffi , ciency, which he loosens not, though advised to do so by his best friends. Lie relies on no one and distrusts every ' three or four years he had be m in the habit of bring ing (a ual patieats from the London union to the hos pita', and that he was never refused txcept when the house vi as full ; th?,t he had never paid anything there, but that one guinea was charged at the Fever Hospital for every patient. He had, 'within the last two years, brought, perhaps, 600 paCentF to the Free Eospital. Harriet Warner, the cool:, .4vas next called—By direc tion of the Chairman she hi3U ;ht in cans of broth, such as was givento the two your {:- w omen, which the gentlemen present tasted, and declared excellent. She stated that she put 11b. of mutton to ercry 1 pint of water. She corroborated the evidence of the porter as far as the making and delivering of the broth was concerned, which she saw the young ..vomen take. The bread and broth were very good. This concluded the evidence. The books of the hospital were then referred to, and proved the proper management of the establishment, to which the visiting members present bore their testimony. Dr. RICE proposed the first resolution, and expressed his approbation of the establishment. :Mr. SIMPSON seconded the resolution. Mr. JOHN WATSON proposed the second resolution, and commented at great length on the unfair manner in which the statement in the Times had been garbled. He had been an attentive observer of the institution, and he had observed that it was con ducted with the greatest regularity and humanity. The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON seconded the resolution, and agreed with the previous epeakers. Mr. WATSON then proposed a vote of thanks :to the Chairman, which was carried 'Dy acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in a very able and eloquent speech, returned thanks, and the meeting separated. The resolutions, which were carried unanimously, will be found in our advertising columns. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Through the medium of your widely-circulated paper, I beg to complain of what I call a grievous hnpo sition. lam a poor man, and have lately had a house left 'me worth 250/., and I felt desirous to:insure it for 2001. On applying to an office, I was informed that it would be done for 35., with which I was satisfied; but, judge of my surprise when the clerk told me that there was an additional 6s. Government duty, and ls. 6d. for the stamp, making 10s. 6d. Now if this is not a heavy tax on property, Ido not know what is. Surely Sir R. Peel never thought of this when he put on the new property-tax in another shape. There is room for some of your judicious remarks on this subject. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DVALIN, Nov. 24.—The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Captain Seaver in the chair. Mr. O'CoxxaLL introduced, amidst loud applause, to the meeting. Alexander M`Carthy. Esq., candidate for the repre sentation of Cork on the repeal interest. Mr. 3.l•CAnniv expressed his acknowledgment for the gra tifying reception he had experienced, and assured the meet ing, in return, that in the pursuit of the glorious object for which they were contending, namely, the restoration of their domestic legislature, and the assertion of the rights and li berties of Ireland, he should never be found lagging.—(Loud cheers). Mr. O'CONNELL remarked that on the last day of meeting he adverted to some hand bills, purporting to be printed in London, which were circulated through the county of Dublin, instigating the assassination of the landlords. Two of the placards had been posted on that morning on the doors of the Conciliation Hall. He had sent off these do cuments to the police commissioners, but he apprehended they would take no notice of it, and lie might almost be in clined to say that the "detectives" were getting up a conspi racy against the Repeal Association. He trusted that no ex ertion would be spared to bring the villain to justice who concocted and circulated those atrocious placards. Captain BRODERIP moved, in pursuance of notice, " That the Parliamentary Committee of the Association be instructed to consider and report whether the inquiries connected with legislation for Irish railways which now take place in Lon don, before Committees of the House of Commons, may not hereafter be conducted in Dublin with great saving f expense to the country and to the parties concerned." In support of the resolution he showed that the number of Irish railways proposed to be constructed amounted to 112 ; and taking the average expense of obtaining an enactment for each at 8,0001., the sum thus expended for procuring liberty to un dertake these works would amount to 896,0001., all which would be expended in England. If the Government acceded to the proposition of having the Irish railway business trans acted in Dublin, that enormous sum would be saved to the country. But he feared that the Government would not ac cede, for they would fear that if the Irish people became practically aware of the advantages which the seat of Go vernment conferred on the country, they would never cease in their exertions to obtain the restoration of the Legis lature. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN seconded the resolution, and quoted the Evening Packet for the purpose of showing that the Con servatives were friendly to the proposition of having the Irish railway business transacted in Dublin. If the English Mem bers refused to come to this country, for the purpose, he would say they had Members enough of their own, and he felt justified in saying that the Tory representatives would co-operate with them. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the motion and showed that the interests of the bar of Ireland were identified with the repeal of the union. If his anticipations were well founded, he would say that it was contemplated to remove the entire law business of this country to England. As a proof of this, he need only refer to the " Service of Process" Bill, which was attempted to be passed during the last session of Parliament. The effect of that Bill, if it received the sanction of the House, would be to transfer a great portion of Irish law busi ness to the English Courts. It was contemplated to bring that Bill again before the Legislature, and, if carried, it would be the first great step towards centralisation. He would put it to the common sense of English men whether they (the Irish) were not entitled to have their railway business transacted in Ire land, and he would ask, would they (the English) be satisfied with having their railways disposed of in Dublin? Of course they would not; and, on the same principle, he claimed the expenditure of that sum in Ireland. Mr. O'Con nell said, the next thing he had to do was to defend himself. He did not know whether he was to stand his trial : he had been already convicted and sentence passed upon him. He could move an arrest of judgment. The Times newspaper had hired a fellow to go around the island lying, and lie had bestowed the full measure of his vicious ingenuity on him. He (Mr. O'Connell) was certainly one of the best calumniated and abused men in the world. man ever read such abuse, and instead of their being tired of it, after fifty years abusing him, they seemed to be fresher for it than ever, and to be look ing out for new channels of vituperation. If there were any paint on which he considered himself safe, it was with reference to his conduct as a landlord. He had been always the enemy of extortion. He thought he was the friend of the people, and if there was any part of his conduct that he thought would meet with universal approbation, it was his conduct as a landlord. Up to that period no person had attacked him but Mr. Sergeant Jackson, in the House of Commons, who made a charge against him that he distrained for the March rent in the month of April. He (Mr. O'Connell) was able to demonstrate that it was an utter falsehood, and the authority he (Sergeant .Jackson) gave happened to be one of the most lying rascals in the community. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to controvert the misrepresentations of the "com missioner," and quoted several authorities for the purpose of showing that his property was in a flourishing condition. In conclusion he expressed his contempt for the " Commissioner" and his employer. Mr. J. A. O'NEILL defended the Mansion-house Committee from the aspersion cast upon it by the Government press. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the erasure of the name of the Rev. J. O'Malley from the poll of repealers, in consequence of that gentleman having stated that he was not a member of the Association, and then reiterated the many reasons which jus tified the Association in rejecting the Colleges Bill. He con jured the people not to resort to violence in case the contem plated famine should occur, as any such conduct would only redound to their own suffering. At the termination of the proceedings, the rent for the week was announced to be 1581. 2s. 9d. ALEXANDER M'CaßTriv, Esq., was then called to the chair; and the meeting separated. WARLIKE RUMOURS. It is reported in town this afternoon that Government mean to increase the army by 20,000 men, 10,000 to be formed into second or reserve battalions, thus effecting a great saving in the number of officers required for the ad ditional force. It is also confidently stated, in military cir cles, that the militia will be ballotted for early next year, and called out for training. MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. WIL- MAIN'S AND SON. This day, pursuant to circular, a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Richard Williams and Sons, bankers and stock brokers, was held at the counting-house of the firm, in Dame street, in this city. The result, we are happy to say, fully bears out the anticipation of a satisfactory arrangement. All the principal creditors were in attendance. The claims against the firm amounted to about 100,000/., their assets to 116,000/., leaving a very considerable balance, and a rea sonable time only was required to meet every engagement in full. This statement of the affairs of the firm was so favourable, that general surprise was expressed at the sus pension of business, when, if moderate accommodation were obtained from the Bank of Ireland, there need not have been any interruption. Whether such accommodations wore applied for did not transpire. The creditors at once con sented to give even more time than was asked, and ulti mately it was arranged that the payments should be made at periods of six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four months. This is the only failure, if failure it can be called, of an extensive firm that has taken place in this city for a con siderable time ; and as the firm of Williams and Son has been one of long standing and of the highest character, it is very gratifying to find that it will be able fully to meet its en gagements. The firm will continue business, as stock and sharebrokers, as well as notaries to the Bank of Ireland. A curious illustration of the circular theory of storms has been afforded by a circumstance recorded in the log of the Charles Heddle. For four days, from the 25th to the 28th of February, in this year, she scudded round and round in a hurricane circle, during which time she ran up wards of 1,300 miles, and the direct distance made by her, from point to point was only 354 miles.—Falmouth Packet. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENlNG.—Arrangements had been made for the departure of the Duchess of Kent to day from Frogmore House, to pay a visit, during the absence ,! of the Court from the Castle, to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Witley Court. In consequence, however, of her Majesty's not having entirely recovered from the effects of her recent indisposition, her Royal highness postponed her intended visit for two or three days. Intelligence having reached Windsor this afternoon that her Majesty is now con valescent, her Royal Highness will proceed to Witley Court on Friday, and remain upon a visit to the Queen Dowager until Tuesday or Wednesday next. SHANGIIAL—Letters received from this port in form us, that the trade is going on pretty well. All the teas and silks brought forward are finding purchasers at high rates, but long cloths, the staple article of English trade, have a downward tendency. There is a probability of Captain Balfour remaining as Consul, in consequence of a communi cation from the home Government. Two of the new build ings have been completed and are inhabited, the parties find ing themselves much more comfortable than in the city. Several other houses will be occupied before the new year. 'A heavy gale of wind had been experienced between Chusan and Shanghai, but we do not hear of any damage received by the shipping. Most of the business there is conducted through two Cantonmen, who have established themselves as brokers. Other native hongs show as inclination to come fbrward and act for themselves, using some other Canton men as interpreters. Another correspondent writes us, " Shanghai goes ahead. Au English town is rising fast on the ground set apart for the foreign residents." On the other hand, Ningpo does not advance. Mr. Mackenzie, the only English merchant there, has left, or is leaving, to join his brother in Shanghai, there being no trade to make it worth his while to keep up an establishment at Ningpo. Our friend thinks the hopes of increased trade at Foochowfoo will ant be reauked,—.4lort9-Kan9 Repiger, Sept, 30, THE TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT ADVERTISING AGENTS. (From the Railway Express.) . A system has lately sprung up, engendered and nourished by railway speculation, which " has increased, is increasing, and must be diminished." It is alike in jurious to the respectable advertisement agents, and to every journal which is the medium of advertisements. We allude to the practices carried on, against railway companies and the press, by improper persons who take up the business of agents for advertising. It came out this week at a meeting of railway share holders, that out of liabilities incurred on the part of one company—liabilities amounting to 6,5001.—0ne item was for 2,200/, on account of an advertising agent, "who had charged 251. per cent. for inserting the company's advertisements." The established, respectable, responsible advertising agents are bound to come forward and deny (for they can do it) that such a charge of extortion can or does refer to them. We have heard of an advertising bill, and for an un opposed line, too, made out against a railway company to the tune of 2,500/. ; a claim said to be incurred be tween July and November. Can any rational man believe that such a claim was ever fairly incurred ? Our firm belief is that one-fourth of the amount would be sufficient, and more than sufficient, to give proper and full publicity to any unopposed railway project. When such charges are made—amounting, in the case mentioned, to more than one-third of the entire liabi lities of the company—it is certain that they have not been fairly made. How, then, is the bill swelled up to an amount like this ? We can explain how the trick is done. Within the present week, several bills sent in by one of the mushroom agents against different railway companies were examined, to ascertain, by reference to newspaper files, whether the advertisements said to have been in serted therein, and heavily charged for, had actually ap peared. It was found that in numerous cases the adver rsement had never been inserted, and that the actual charges were always far beneath the agent's charges. In one instance, an advertisement charged 5/. by the newspaper, was charged 9/. 9s. by the agent. In another, a two-guinea advertisement was charged eleven pounds. Now these are transparent facts, and their operation cannot be other than injurious to the press. When ad vertising becomes such an enormous tax, railway and other people will naturally shrink from incurring it. The respectable agents are confounded by advertisers with the swindling agents, and suffer, by such confusion, in pocket and in character. What is the real state of the case? Every newspaper has an established scale of prices. On such prices the agent gets an allowance of from sto 10 per cent. We belive that the custom is, for the agent further to charge the party who employs him with 10 per cent. on the gross amount ; nor is this a heavy allowance consider ing the agent's risks. The result is, that for an adver tisement which the newspaper would ordinarily charge 1/. cash, the company, ordering it through an agent, on credit, would pay 1L 2s. This cannot be considered unfair. The agent of the Do-'em-all class asks 25 per cent. from the newspapers, and charges another 25 per cent. to the parties who employ him. This gives a nett profit of 50 per cent. One might hope this would be sufficient. Not at all :—the Do-'em-all agent will not hesitate to take ss. out of every 20i. from newspapers, and then, multiplying the said 20s. by two or three, charges 25 per cent. on the amount thus obtained. We may state a case. A Do-'em- all agent inserted an advertisement in a news paper, the fair price of which was 30s. The newspaper, in self-defence, charged forty shillings, to allow the agent his 25 per cent. The agent made out a bill, not for the 2/., but for St., and charged the company 251. per cent. on that charge, making a total of 1 0 1 . for an advertisement which actually cost thirty shillings, and for which, with the usual credit to respectable adver tisers, the legitimate agent would have charged about 335. No wonder, the public will say, that oertain ad vertising accounts are so heavy. Respectable journals will not allow the Do-'em-all agent more than 10 per cent., and do not like to deal with bin except for cash ; but there are petty mushroom papers, which are glad to take advertisements on such terms, and the agent, having credit with them, instead of putting the advertisements, as he is desired, into papers of good repute and circulation, slips them into the petty unknown journals, where no one can see them, and thus robs the established papers, and cheats the company which unhappily employs him. The press suffer very much from this class of agents. Unless they give them credit, advertisements are care fully excluded from them; and, when they do trust them, the payments are " few and far between," and, at last, when the bubble bursts and the crash comes, when the firm is done up, there are usually amounts on the wrong side of the newspapers' ledgers. Every way, then, the newspapers are the sufferers. The game cannot last long. Meanwhile, we believe that we discharge a public duty in making these re marks. ARMY DISCIPLINE. The general order of the Commander-in-Chief, which was the subject of some observed ns in our paper of yesterday, has called attention to the important fact that the army is not in that state of discipline in which it ought always to be maintained. Whatever may be the cause, the Duke of Wel lington has testified to the existence of a laxity and want of subordination which must greatly mar the efficiency of those regiments that are not kept under proper control. The Com mander-in-Chief, somewhat strangely attributes the admitted evil to the use among the officers of cheroots and cigars. We can see no necessary connexion between the practice of smoking and the habit of disobeying a superior rank; nor do we think that an occasional indulgence in gymnastic ex ercises at proper seasons would incapacitate any one from fulfilling the duties of a soldier either in :peace or war. We regard as utterly frivolous the recommendations contained in the general order of the Duke of Wellington. who has avowed his knowledge of the existence of a great evil, and has followed up his avowal by a few trivial remarks on the impropriety of boxing and the intoxicating influence of smoke. It would have been more worthy of his illustrious name to have endeavoured, by the wisdom which age and experience should have brought, to suggest some method of remedying the defects of a service to which he has brought so much lustre and renown. Mess• room quarrels, ending oc casionally in a court-martial, and petty persecutions on the part of a colonel towards the officers under his command, are simply disreputable in regiments remaining in barracks at home, but such occurrences among troops on actual service abroad would be dangerous to our national interests. We have unfortunately had too many instances of the evils arising from the bad understanding between officers who should have been acting together for the benefit of the cause in which they were mutually employed. Dis graceful and disastrous defeats have frequently been the con sequence of a disunion, which the tact of an able commander would have either prevented or healed. It is painful as well as humiliating to recur to the too celebrated retreat from Caubul, but it is notorious that those in command of the Bri tish forces were so incompetent to the high trust reposed in them, that there was no unity among the officers, whose efforts, until the final calamity occurred, were paralyzed by internal disputes. The long continuance of the peace of Europe has doubtless had its effect in allowing men of ordi nary, or of no talent, to purchase their way up to a station they are unfit to hold. During the war the chances of battle gave opportunities for the display of merit which it was impossible not to recognise and reward. The military pro fession was not then adopted in the same spirit which it has been since entered by many, who, we believe, without intending any reflection on their courage, would avoid very active service as a " bore" which they would not be disposed to tolerate. No one would think of disputing the general bravery or the British officers, but that quality is not guaranteed by their having the money to purchase their rank, and even if it were, it is obvious that bravery alone is not the only requisite for command. Courage without dis cretion, tact, and experience, may be sometimes a disadvan tage to a military chief, and cause him to expose his troops to dangers which must in prudence have been avoided, if they had been foreseen. The intelligence that has recently arrived of the disasters which have happened to the British troops in New Zealand, under the command of Colonel Des pard, shows but too clearly the fatal result of a want of foresight and tact on the part of a leader whose courage it is not possible to dispute. He had a sufficient number of troops to have 'achieved a victory if he had only been able to decide on the best means of employing them, and, by overlooking, until too late, the advantages of a position from which he ought to have made his attack, he suffered an ignoble defeat, attended with a fright ful loss. We do not instance Colonel Despard as a person peculiarly unfit for the important post he occupies, for we fear that under the present system of military promotion, there are many holding the rank of colonel, who would not have succeeded better than himself in the discharge of the duty that devolved upon him. Our objection is to the practice which places our armies, our national interests, our honour, at the mercy of those who may, by their incompetency, turn all the elements for brilliant success into actual disaster and disgrace. The system of purchase has been defended on the ground that it introduces into the army men of rank and wealth, and prevents the service from being sought after with merce nary views—an argument that would hold good if com manders, like poets, were born, not made, or if a certrin amount of wealth would invest its possessor with the quali ties of a military leader. It is true that the price of a com mission is settled by regulation, and wealth is therefore only the standard of merit up to a certain sum ; which every purchaser is compelled solemnly to declare that he has net exceeded in buying his commission. It is, however, noto rious, that nearly twice the stipulated value is usually paid, but the pledge is exacted all the same. The system of pro motion by purchase is thus about as conducive to the honours as it Is calculated to secure the efficiency of the officers of the army. They enter upon a false position by a false oath, and, commencing by an act discreditable to themselves, too frequently end by involving the service in a disgrace, which is felt to be reflected on the whole body when any portion of it is subjected to an inglorious reverse.—Times. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.—We understand that there were upwards of two hundred applicants for the situation of secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange which has just been filled up. The successful candidate is, we believe, Mr. Scriviner, the manager of the British Iron Works at Ruabon, and author of a valuable statistical work con nected with the iron trade. The salary is 8001. per annum. —Liverpool Courier. A NEST OF WEASELS IN A DWELLING-HOUSE.— An unusual circumstance occurred in the house of Mr. James Marris, grocer, &c., of Grimsby. As Mrs. Marris was coming down stairs she slipped off the steps upon the floor, when one of the bricks gave way, under which, it ap pears, a pair of weasels had taken up their abode. The con tinued squeaking for deliverance alarmed Mrs. Marris, who immediately called in a pers-n passing by, when, to their great surprise, they discovered ten young bloodsuckers, not more, to all appearance, than a day old, quietly snudged to gether in a nest. The parents of this numerous family quickly made their escape through an aperture in the wall leaving their offspring to the mercy of those who, our readers will judge, speedily determined that they should never agair be placed under the protection of such fugitives.—Lincoln shire Chronicle. RommurTON.—HOSPITAL FOR CosisumPTioN.— On Saturday evening last a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Biber, at Trinity church, Roehampton, on behalf of the funds of this charity, which is at present situated oppo site the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, ,but will very shortly be removed to the new and extensive building now erecting at Brompton. The reverend gentleman expatiated very warmly on the benefits afforded by so truly a national charity, and the collection was highly satisfactory. WHAT NEXT P—We have written upon paper manufactured from iron, and seen a book with both leaves and binding of the palm material.,Vining Journal. body. His own breast is the sole depository of his secrets, and his Cabinet possesses not a key with which to unlock it. Cautious to an extreme, he suspects where no ground for suspicion exists ; and possessing only fifth-rate talents, h- refuses to avail himself of the counsels of better -nd more able men than himself. It will be well if his obstinacy about Oregon does not result in mis chief. Yet, with nothing but disaster before his cps, he is not a man to forsake a course which he has once determined to adopt. He will proceed in a wrong course because he will. Having been unexpectedly made Pre sident, he seems determined to have his own way in every thing, and as lie is not considered to be very far sighted, his own friends tremble for the results. Mark that striking looking man near him, with an abundance of snow-white hair floating over his fine fore head, and half hiding his coat collar, and whose dark, piercing, lustrous eyes are bright with the fire of in tellect. His face is highly coloured in consequence of some cuticular disease, and his frame is very spare, but he walks the marble floor with the dignity and grace of a monarch. What a contrast does his tall, commanding form present to the little pinched up figure of Mr. Polk. That is George M. Dallas, one of the soundest scholars and ablest lawyers of the United States, of which he has just been chosen Vice-President. Mr. Dallas has long been one of the leading members of the party to which he belongs, and enjoys the esteem and respect of even his political opponents. He has long been engaged in public life, and although holding so high an office in his native land, he still practises as counsellor-at-law in the United States Courts. lie is a beautiful speaker, and very effective in his addresses—in short, he is in all respects, with the exception of his political opinions, the very opposite of Mr. Polk. "Here is the inaug-ration speech of President Poke, which he spoke at the capitol," shouts a newsboy, within five minutes after the speech has been delivered. The crowd begins to break up, and as it is raining as if a second deluge were about to drown the collected iniquity at Washington, let us be off to Coleman's, and there brush up our recollections of a greater than Polk— Daniel Webster. - WHIZ. THE JANUS STEAM-SHIP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The various short paragraphs respecting the Janus and her engines, which have found their way to the public through your widely-circulated paper, having appeared to me to proceed from uninformed persons, I have abstained from troubling you to correct errors; but perceiving that nearly half a column has this day been devoted to the sub ject, and that an insidious misrepresentation has been trans mitted to you, which may impose on the public, I claim of your justice a space sufficient to rectify erroneous assertions, and to place the forbearance of the Admiralty, wisely shown towards the development of a machine (peculiarly adapted to actuate the screw propeller) free from exposure to derange ment by shot, which is of the highest importance to the naval service.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, 8, Chesterfield -street, Nov. 26. DUNDONALD. Memoranda, being Facts relative to the Progress and Per formance of the Revolving Engine on the Principle of those in her Majesty's Sloop Janus. The Earl of Minto, when First Lord of the Admiralty, having learned from his brother, Rear-Admiral Elliott, that rotatory engines had been successfully used (in two small steam-boats), and that their compactness, levity, and celerity of inetion rendered that kind of engine peculiarly suited to the naval service, ordered a trial to be made of the power of a condensing engine on that principle by pumping water from a well in Portsmouth Dockyard. This engine had been at work for full twelve months when the present Admiralty made their first official visit to that yard, and their Lordships had an opportunity of witnessing the energy and power it then displayed, which, by constant work, has now increased to such a degree, that not ono of the thirteen engines in the yard (most of which are :on W'att's principle) has produced a better vacuum, or required less re pair, as is testified by Mr. Taplin, the chief engineer and mechanist of that yard. This result was not, however, obtained without great anxiety and trouble. Thirty times at least, within eighteen months of its erection, was this engine taken to pieces, and at times parts of it were sent to London to be altered, under the impression that some defect or other prevented its efficient performance. Such, indeed, was the prejudice originally existing, augmented by repeated failures to work the engine, that it was on the point of being finally rejected by the authorities, when it occurred that, perhaps, the cold water pipe leading to the condenser might be choked. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Rear-Admiral Bouverie, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Mr. Taplin, and Mr. Blake, the master shipbuilder, were present to witness the result of, perhaps, the last trial; and they and others saw the injection-pipe cut, and a plug of wood withdrawn, which blocked the pas sage, so that not one-fourth of the water required could enter the condenser; indeed, after the pipe was rejoined on the fol lowing day, the engine could scarcely work two of the three pumps it was destined to put into motion ; it was, therefore, again pulled to pieces, and also the air-pump (which had never before been suspected as a cause of obstruction) ; never theless it was found that the delivery valve was not only open, but was retained open by its cover being screwed down upon it, thereby effectually preventing the formation of a vacuum, even by the most free introduction of injection water, and the most complete condensation. It may here be noticed that a ball of rope-yarn and a hank of strands were subsequently extracted from the injection pipe ; and that within the last two months, on examining the lower valve water-pumps at the bottom of the well, in the middle suction-pipe a plug of solid elm wood was found, which completely blocked up that pump, and consequently during five years and a half defeated the trial of the engine by the pumping of water. In confirmation of this Mr. Tap lin says, in a note dated the 18th of September—" The plug must have been there from the time the pumps were first put in motion. As a proof of this we never had such a supply of water as at present." It need, therefore, be no matter of surprise if the large engines of the Janus have been delayed in the performance of their duty, or that numerous trials failed to produce a satisfactory result. On Saturday, the 15th, however, the engines started well, and were accelerating, when the wedges of the clutches of the paddle-wheels (being slackly driven) slipped, and the engine flew round and broke the chain of the air-pump, which being repaired on Monday, the Janus proceeded down the Medway purposely at a moderate rate, in order to ascertain if any damage had been done to the engines themselves by the accident of Saturday. There being no visible indication of derangement, the vessel proceeded, and was anchored near the Mouse Light at dusk, on account of the difficulty of passing through the shoals at night. On the following morning, on setting the engines to work, no vacuum could be formed in one engine, which haying thrown the whole labour on the other, it soon became mani fest that some partial derangement had taken place therein ; and a search having been made, it was discovered that one of the snift valves had been misplaced since the preceding even ing; consequently, the atmospheric air had thereby free ac cess to the condenser. This impediment having been de tected and removed, it was further discovered that the end _ _ plate of the air-punip (lately withdrawn for inspection) had been improperly jointed, so as to suspend its useful action. Every person conversant with the mechanism of engines will fully understand haw totally independent these impediments are of the principle of the engine, yet how fatal to its ope ration, which I have no doubt, like the Portsmouth engine, will be rendered perfectly efficient. Indeed, the brief spe cimen exhibited on Saturday confirms this opinion, hating accelerated from 18 to upwards of 20 revolutions before the accident. With regard to the boilers of the Janus, it is hereby fear lessly asserted, that having been first tested by authority of the Admiralty, under the immediate inspection of the officers of Chatham yards, and the greatly superior evapo rative power a having been doubted, an application was made to the Admiralty to direct the engineer department of Woolwich Dockyard to test the boilers. The result was that their power amounted to 314 cubic feet of water eva porated per hour, at the economical rate of 12.9 pounds, by each pound of Llangenneck coal—a result testified by the engineer's official report of the trial, now in the records of the Admiralty, dated the 19th of last November ; the im portance of which result, in a maritime point of view, every person acquainted with steam navigation is competent to appreciate. Lastly, in regard to the temperature of the "stoke-hole," although the furnaces are opposite, it may truly be asserted, that the temperature is less than at the same distance from any tubular boilers in her Majesty's ser vice. DUNDONAID. CONFIRMATION OF THE NEW BISHOP OF OXFORD. —On Thursday morning the Right Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D.D. (now Bishop of Oxford), late Dean of Westminster, and previously Archdeacon of Surrey, attended at the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, for the purpose of being con finned on his appointment to the see of Oxford. The chan cellor, registrars, proctors, &c., of the dioceses of Canterbury and Oxford attended, and the imposing ceremony was per formed in the usual form, the bishop repeating the oaths imposed in a firm and impressive style, in the presence of a more than usually full congregation for such an occasion, amongst whom were Mr. Alderman Wilson, and several of the Common Council of the City of London. Previous to the ceremony divine service was performed by the Rev. A. Trollope, curate of Bow Church. The bells, both at the commencement and conclusion, rang merry peals. As a caution to persons committing the common offence of stealing a turnip or two, when passing through fields, we have to state that four or five parties have lately been taken into custody in this neighbourhood; and two of them, George Howlett and William Brown, sentenced to four teen days' imprisonment in St. Augustine's.—Canterbury Journal. FLOATING BREAKWATHR.—On Monday last the African (Government steamer) arrived off Brighton, for the purpose of removing the sections of Captain Taylor's break. water, which for the last twelve months has been moored off Aldrington, by way of testing its merits as a breakwater. In the afternoon of Monday the steamer towed the largest sec tion of the three to the mouth of Shoreham harbour, but owing to a vessel having become jammed in, they were obliged to leave the section for the night tied to one of the piers. During the night a gale sprang up, and broke the section away, and on Tuesday afternoon it came on shore, opposite Bedford-square, where it was left high and dry on the beach. On Wednesday thousands of spectators visited the spot. The section is but slightly injured, but it is covered with a variety of sea-weeds, muscles, and barnacles. We understand that a company is in the process of formation fur the purpose of applying the principle to the making of a har bour at Brighton. THE SCOTTISH CORPORATION.—The Governors and friends of this Institution will celebrate, for the 180th time, the anniversary festival of St. Andrew, at the London Tavern, on Monday, the Ist proximo, St. Andrew's-day fall ing this year on Sunday. The Chisholm has consented to preside en the occasion, and gentlemen are invited to support the chairman in the Highland garb, or in uniform. This is a novelty introduced on the present occasion, and we venture to think a very judicious one. THE JESUITL—There are at this moment in Italy 150 houses of the order of the Jesuits, containing nearly 4,000 persons, of whom 1,800 are priests. In France there are 56, containing 872 Jesuits, of whom 362 are priests. In Germany there are 88, of which 14 are situate in Bavaria, 21 in Austria, 3 in Wurtemburg, 7 in Baden, 2 in the twc Hesses, 2in Nassau, 5 in the province of Rhenish Prussia, 3 in Westphalia, 6 in Silesia, 3 in Saxony, 1 in Anhalt-10- then, and sin Hanover and the Free Cities. In the Grand Duchy of Posen there are 7 ; in East and West Prussia, 5 ; in Pomerania, 2 ; in Brandenburgh, 2 ; in the province ot Saxony, 1. The total number of the Jesuits living in these houses is 1,000, of whom 400 are 87 houses, containing 536 Jesuits, of whom 220 are priests; and in Portugal 8, containing 160 Jesuits, of whom 75 are priests.—Frankfort Postamts Zeitunq. a have beer , FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL —Placar ds • f 1001. for such posted on on the walls, offering a rewards formation as would lead to the apphension of Mr. Wm. Lyon, late of Liverpool , Hope priests. In Spain there are cotton-broker, who stands charged with forgery and obtaining money under false pre tences. He is supposed to be travelling under the assumed name of Murray. Th e description states that he is from twen t y - e i g ht to thirty years of age, and that when last seen he was dressed in a black surtout, and had with him a six barrelled pistol, and four boxes of caps to fit.—Liverpx)i Courier. • , APPREHENDED IRISH FAMINE TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—My attention has been called to a paragraph which appeared first, I believe, in the Standard, and has siucefound its way into various other papers. stating that I had pur chased 2,0001. worth of rice for my Irish tenants. This statement is grossly incorrect, as all those who are acquainted with the actual position of the Devon estates must be fully aware, but I should not have thought it worth while to give it a formal contradiction if I had not wished to take the opportunity of making a few observations upon the painful subject which has given rise to that statement; more over, I am unwilling to tak6 credit for an act of liberality which I have not performed, or,as others may probably view the matter, to be supposed guilty of a large and inconside rate expenditure ill-suited to the means at my disposal. But whilst I repudiate the praise, or the blame, which may be bestowed upon this supposed expenditure, I am fully aware of the obligation that rests upon all persons connected with land in Ireland to make all necessary exertions, including the requisite pecuniary sacrifices, cheerfully and promptly to assist in averting the evils of scarcity, with which the coun try is threatened. r I know that the trustees in whom the property of the late Earl of Devon is vested, as well as many other very excel lent friends of mine in Ireland, are prepared to do this, and are only anxious that the measures which they adopt shall be rendered as extensively useful as possible. The purchase of a stock of food to supply, when necessary, the scarcity of potatoes, is of course one of the essential points to be attended to; but as I presume that no man conceives the idea of feeding, gratuitously, the whole agri cultural population of Ireland, the next point, hardly se cond in importance, is to consider in what manner the people may obtain the means of purchasing the food so pro cured. I see no advantage in county or public meetings, in re solutions or in speeches. It is not necessary to proclaim the evil. This will make itself felt soon enough. Our busi ness is to act, not to talk; and the more quietly we act the better. Every landowner, large or small. may have the means, and assuredly ought to feel the duty, of contributing his quota of usefulness at the present crisis. There is scarcely a square mile of land in Ireland which does not call for some improvement of a nature to increase its permanent value to both landlord an tenant, and at the same time to add to the stock of human food. What a field does this offer for the employment of the people? Let each landowner only consider what improyementsmay be effected upon his own estate, and let him proceed to carry these out by such means as are within his reach. If he has capital, he cannot employ it better than to protect from want the people from whose labour his future income is to be de rived, and at the same time to improve permanently the sources of his wealth. If bis estate is heavily burdened with debts, or from other causes he has no command of capital, he has a right upon an emergency like the present to look for that assistaace from the State of which the Legislature established the prin ciple many years ago, by the statute 1 and 2 William IV. c. 33. Other Acts have since passed in the same spirit, and all founded upon the acknowledged truth " that greatly to im prove the resources of any part of the empire, tends to the welfare of the whole." The Legislature, in the Act referred to, proceeded with re ference only to the constant and ordinary pressure arising from want of employment. With how much more force may they now be called upon to give aid towards removing the extraordinary pressure that is now impending, and to arrest the fatal consequences of an actual want of food ? It will be the duty of the Government to propose, and of the Parliament to decide, the extent to which assistance ought now to be given, and the terms upon which it shall be granted : sure I am that terms may be arranged, advantageous alike to the landowner and to the State! The proprietor who cannot advance the 1,0001. or the 5,000/. which the circumstances of the time call for, may be well able and contented to pay interest and an annual instal ment ; and even the mortgagee or annuitant may find it to be consistent with their truest interest to make a small annual sacrifice to uphold and improve the security upon which they depend. The Government have also to look to other modes of giving assistance at the present moment. Some public works may be usefully undertaken at the public cost. Many others, such as extensive drainage for example, may be carried on under Government superintendence, partly at public, partly at private cost. I will not assume that Government are neglectful of this duty because they make no extraordinary stir; on the contrary, from the constitution of the commission which they have appointed, I augur that their object is to take a wide and comprehensive view of the whole subject, and to be prepared with such measures as the actual state of the country, after inquiry and examination, shall appear to call for. But whilst we look to Government and to Parliament for aid upon the present occasion, let us not overlook the duties and responsibilities that attach to each of us as individuals. Some circumstances at the present time are favourable to the success of the work that is now before us. The works upon railroads which are already in progress in Ireland are very generally performed by the labourers of the neighbourhood ; and although the work is heavier than that to which they have been accustomed, and they were at first hardly willing to undertake it, yet, by judicious management, they have, in various quarters, been led to apply themselves manfully to their new task, and, by taking piece -work, are enabled greatly to increase their earnings and generally to improve their condition. Much praise is due to Sir John Macneill for the judgment and perseverance displayed by him in dealing with his countrymen at their first introduction to this new kind of work. His example has been followed by others; and the same course may be adopted most usefully both in public and private works; and I am sanguine enough to believe that if Paddy is fairly put into the right way, he will bo both ready and willing to earn more money, and to get better food for himself and family, by a more energetic exertion of his bodily powers than circumstances have hitherto called upon him to make. This visitation of Providence may teach us all some useful lessons; if we profit by them rightly, good may arise oat of the present evil ; and I indulge the hope that the result of the next year's exertions in Ireland may be a great and last ing improvement in that country, and a large amount of con sequent advantage to the empire at large.—l remain your obedient servant, Nov. 26. DEVON. SUSPENSION BRIDGES.—Mr. Dredge has just com pleted two bridges in Ireland—one across the river Bann, county Down, the other over the Blackwater, county Tyrone. This last is for the Earl of Caledon ' and is the second built across the same river, which Mr. Dredge has built for his Lordship within the last year, and the fourth he has erected within the last four months. Two of them are county bridges, and all of them are calculated to contain a heavier load than can possibly come upon them.—Mechanics' Magazine. THE TURROM Antes POWER OF SMELLING.—An extraordinary power of smelling in a Turkomaun was indi cated to me :—" I smell a caravan of Usbecks," said Khan Saat, drawing up his nostrils; and in a few hours a caravan from Organtsh arrived, full of them. It is remarkable how the Turkomaun's know, by the footsteps in the desert, the person who has been there; nay, the very tribe of Turko mauns or Calmucks see people talking from a distance. I frequently heard them say, "Let us draw our ears." They then lie down on the ground, and hear from a distance what even two persons whisper together, and relate the exact con versation.—Dr. it iff's Mission. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER.—The depres sion which has characterised this market for some weeks past continues without much alteration. Goods are generally offered at lower prices than last week ; and some business has been done at the reduction. There is little more demand for qualities of yarn suitable for the Indian markets; and a fair amount of business has been done in them at full prices of last week. Other sorts, however, continue much depressed. —Manchester Guardian of yesterday. DEATH OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR. — We regret to state that Captain M'Lachlan, one of the Mili tary Knights of Windsor, who left that town for London, a few days since for the purpose of taking leave of his two daughters, who were about to proceed to Ceylon, expired at his apartments in Northumberland-court, Strand, on Satur day. The late Captain M'Lachlan, who was in the sixty eighth year of his age, had enjoyed excellent health until within a very few days of his disease. The Misses M`Lachlan sailed on Monday, from Gravesend, in the Tigris. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS. —On Wednesday morning an accident of a very serious character happened at the works of the new Houses of Par liament. In the :early part of the morning, as two men named Patrick Malyn and Henry Lott were at work on souse scaffolding at the Victoria Tower, nearly forty feet high, some part of it gave way, and they fell to the ground. Several of their fellow-workmen went to their assistance, and both the men were found in a nearly insensible state. Without loss of time they were conveyed to the Westmin ster Hospital. Malyn is suffering from a severe concussion of the brain. Lott has one of his shoulders dislocated, and is otherwise much shaken. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the works at the new Houses of Parliament, an accident of this character has not lately happened. PEEL'S GAMES.—We understand that the Premier is shortly about to publish a new edition of 1141 e, embracing all the new games and tricks of which, by a skilful know ledge of how to play his cards, Sir Robert Peel has become master. Ire intends devoting an entire chapter to shuffling, which is an art of itself, and one which the Premier has ear tied to the utmost perfection. There will be a few pages de voted to hints on cutting, with remarks on the proper time to cut, and a few general observations on the treatment of the pack, so as to make a good hand of it. Tricks will oc cupy a very large space in the Premier's work, but the games will be the chief feature. Cribbage, as played at the expense of the Whigs, will be elaborately explained; and a chapter on revokes will explain how it is that there is nothing irre vocable in the games of the Premier. The work will be em blazoned with a splendid portrait of Sir Robert Peel as the Knave of Spades, in which character he appeared the other day, at the commencement of the works on the Trent Valley Railway.—Punch. FATAL ACCIDEW—On Wednesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., hold an inquest at the King's Head Inn, in the village of Acton, on the body of George Graham, aged 18 years. Deceased was the son of Mr. Graham, a carrier, at Acton. On the sth instant, in the evening, the deceased was in a cart with a younger brother, nine years of age, and they were returning home from town, when, at Shepherd's Bush, his brother discharged a cracker, by which the horse was so frightened that he started off at full spied, and the deceased, o _ e i in his endeavours to stop him, was throw n out asf. t cart, the wheel of which passed over his body. Hwej7o mediately picked up by policeman Dale, T veyed him in his cart to his father's residence, internal here every proper surgical assistance was rendered him; but 113, he injuries he had received were so severe that he expired on Sunday last. Verdict—" Accidental death through the in cautious discharge of a firework." SAPIENT VOLICY OF TIIE ENGLISH CUSTOMS.—O ne . (lay last week the Mary Ann _Purdy, Cook Master, cargo of seventy came into this port (Yarmouth) , and discharged tons of nutmegs, which being the produce of Dutch colonies, cannot be admitted here for home consumption, although such is their ultimat destination. These are consigned to the care of Messrs. Shelly and Co., and were placed under the surveillance of the Customs in the bonding warehouse of Mr. William Saunders, whence they are to be shipped to the Cape of Good Hope, there to be reshipped back again, to be sold here as the produce of British colonies.— Cambridge Advertisek ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY, AND ESCAPE OF THE , TlllEVES.—Yosterday morning, a few minutes after one o'clock , 1 police-constable 24 F, discovered the shop-door of Mr. Dav, the poulterer, of 73, 1 31ackmoor-street, Drury-lane, open, and, from the appearance of the shop, it was evident that the place had been forcibly entered. An alarm being given, Mr. Day, with two officers, went over the house, but the thieves had made their escape. The next house is under going repairs in consequence of a recent fire, and it is sup posed the fellows had effected their escape that way. Some suspicious characters, a short time previous, were noticed near Mr. Day's. No fewer than seven children in Lancaster and its neighbourhood have died within the last few days from the effects of burning, in consequence of their clothes having caught fire during the absence of the persons who had the charge of them.—Cumberland Parquet. FREE-TRADE MEETING in LEEDS. - - - - ----- LORD MORPETH'S ADHESION TO THE LEAGUE. A large and respectable meeting assembled on Tuesday evening, in the Music-hall, Leeds, to "consider the result of last year's registration labours, the urgent importance of renewed exertions, and also the impendiii•P ' deficiency in the supply of the people's food." Lon g before the appointed hour, which was seven o'clock, the hall was filled to overflow ing, when upwards of two thousand persons were present , and we observed several ladies in the gallery behind the platform. At seven o'clock, the Mayor of the borough, J. D. Luccock, Esq., who was unanimously called to the chair, made his appearance, accompanied by Richard Cobden, Esq M.P., and John Bright, Esq., M.P., who were received with the most vehement cheers, and took their seats on either side of the chair. On the platform were Alderman Stansfeld, Alderman Medea, Alderman Birchell, Robert Jowitt, Esq., Edward Baines, jun., Esq., Samuel J. Birchall, Esq., George Hyde, Esq., Obaiah Willans, Esq., John Marshall, Esq., Peter Willans, Esq., Joshua Wordsworth, Esq.,Rev. Charles Wick steed, Joseph Lupton, Esq., R. L. Ford, Esq., Chas, Lupton, Esq., H. H. Stansfeld, Esq., Thomas Plint, Esq., Walter Stead, Esq., &c. The most important feature of this great meeting was the announcement which was made to it of Lord Morpeth's ad hesion to the League. This was communicated to the meet ing by means of a letter, addressed to Edward Baines, jun., Esq., by Lord Morpeth, inclosing a subscription to the funds of the League. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with which this important announcement was received. Mr. Baines, in commencing to read Lord Morpeth's letter, requested that silence should be observed until he had finished its perusal, but it was impossible for the assemblage to , retain their feelings, and the reading of the letter was frequently interrupted by the cheering. It will be seen from his Lordship's letter, which we here subjoin, that he had formed his opinion on the corn-law with out any concert with his old colleagues. " Castle-Howard, Nov. 24, 1845. "My dear Mr. Baines,—l perceive that you are about to have a meeting at Leeds, to promote the qualification of electors, with a view to further the objects of the Anti-Corn law League. " You will probably remember being present. upon an oc casion when, amidst very strong surrounding inducements, I forebore from pledging myself to the extent of those objects. All that has since intervened—especially all that is now oc curring—a fellow-feeling with my old friends in the Riding (althonp I lees than ever anticipate any probable renewal of a political connexion between us), and a sense of what has been effected by the Anti-Corn-law League to advance their great end—alike combine to put an end to all firther doubt or reserve on my own part, and I write this without concert or consultation with any one else. "The contribution (51.) I enclose for your immediate pur poses is of very trifling amount ; it would not be 'easy to foresee what calls may not be made upon any of us in the course of the ensuing year ; but I wish to record, in Om most emphatic way I can my conviction that the time is come for a final repeal of the corn-laws, and my protest against the continued inaction of the State in the present emergency.—Yours very respectfully, " Edward Baines, jun., Esq." " MORPETH. The speakers on the occasion were—Mr. Baines, jun., Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Bright, and resolutions were passed in ac cordance with the objects of the meeting. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. On Thursday forenoon, William Carter, Esq., the Coroner, held an inquest in the board-room of Newington workhouse, Walworth-road, on the body of Isaac Drew, aged forty-five years. James Harding, of Brandon-street, Walworth, deposed that he had known the deceased for some time past, as occu pying a small shed in the same yard, belonging 'to Mr. Riddle, a cab-driver. The deceased was a breeder of pigs, and was well-known as a most eccentric character. On Mon day morning last, between six and seven o'clock, whilst wit ness was in the yard, he observed the door of the shed wide open, and on looking in he saw the deceased suspended to one •f the cross beams. Witness raised an alarm and sent for Inspector Collier, of the P division, who cut the deceased down. He was placed in a shell and removed to the work house. Witness slept in a van the night previous, at the and of the yard, and in the middle of the night the deceased came home very much intoxicated, and caused great annoyance by knocking at the aide of the vehicle with a large hammer. He forced in the panerof the door, but was subsequently per suaded to go to his bed, which was made of a blanket placed at the end of a large pig-sty. The deceased was of very filthy habits, and was very evidently in a deranged state,and generally spoke in an incoherent manner. Inspector Collier, of the P division, stated that he was called by the last witness to the deceased, whom he found hanging by a rope, which was fastened to a beam over a pig sty. The place was in a horrible condition; and how any human person could exist in such a dreadful den, he could not conceive. The deceased sold his pigs on Saturday. for • 51. There were only 6s. and a few coppers in his pocket.: Hannah Drew, the wife of the deceased, said that•she had been in the workhouse of St. George's, Southwark. The-de ceased was formerly a master butcher, in a large way of . business, in High-street, Southwark, but from his dissipated habits had been much reduced. About three weeks since he called to see her at the workhouse, he was then in an ex cited state. Sarah Drew, the daughter of the deceased, was next called, and said that she was in service. The deceased called to see her on Sunday last; he was dejected, and appeared very,ill. He told her that he had sold his pigs, and showed her about five sovereigns, which he placed in a dirty stocking, and put in his pocket. He left, saying, "If anything should happen to me, you will know where to find them." He then left the house, and she did not see him alive aiirain. The deceased attempted to drown himself some years past by leaping into the water at Blackfriars-bridge, but Tras saved. Isaac Drew, the son, stated that he saw the deceased on Friday last in Trinit}••square. He was then in a stale of great nervousness, and wanted witness to take 41., as he leas going to make away with himself. Witness remonstrated with him, but he; replied, " I must, I must do it 1" He then left the deceased, and did not see him again until Monday. when he was dead. Witness thought he had destroyed Ilia own life, but could not make out what had become of .the money which he had in his possession on the night before his death. He was of opinion that he had been robbed, as the empty stocking in which he carried his money was lying in the pigs-sty after his death. Inspector Collier said he had ascertained that the deceased left two sovereigns with a publican, and probaUly he had placed the other portion which was missing in some indiri dual's hands to take care of, which he had been in the habit of doing for years past. The jury returned the following verdict :—" That the . er ceased had destroyed his own life, being at the time in state of temporary mental derangement, brought on by his habits of intemperance." BEGINNING WITH A STOCK.—On the D3th instant was married at St. Mary's, Scarborough, Mr. Nicholas Queen, fisherman, to Mrs. Mary Smith, both of Scarborouh. The happy bridegroom, by two former marriages, is already fa ther to five, and step-father to seven children, and his bloom ing bride brings him an additional supply of seven, in all nineteen.— Yorkshire Gazette. Our Keswick correspondent remarks that during the past week they have experienced a great variety of weather at that place—namely, rain, snow, strong winds and hard frost. On Sunday morning the frost was intense, and yesterday morning old father Skiddiw was presented in his winter garb, being well capped with snow.—CumberlSnii Puequct of Tuesday. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINB.—PLTMOUTR, Nov. 25.—0 n Sunday his Imperial Highness visited the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at Mount Edgcambe, where he remained three or four hours. The day was exceedingly fine through out, and his Imperial Ilighness was highly gratified with the gardon and grounds of the Noble Earl. Yesterday his Im perial Highness called on the Port Admiral, General Murray, and Sir Samuel Pym, Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock yard. In the evening his Imperial iftghness returned to the hotel, Plymouth, to dinner, after which he attended the Plymouth theatre, in company with the ambassador, Baron Bruilrfow, the secretary, M. De Bey, and his Imperial High ness's suite. There were also present Lady West, Sir Henry " and Ladv Leeke, B. Parham, Esq., Mayor, Captain Douglas, Colonel Hamilton, and the Misses Smiths. They took their seats in the stage boxes, which were fitted up for the occasion. About twelve o'clock this day (Tuesday), his Imperial High ness and suite, left the Royal Hotel in the beautiful carriage which has been appropriated to his service during his stay in this country, and proceeded to the Barbican pier, and from thence on board the Ingermanland, for the purpose of putting to sea this evening, or to-morrow morning. A RAILW AY ANBCDOTE.—III a village in the neighbourhood of Lancaster is a knight of the thimble, who is in the habit of working at the office of his employers; and being sent for the other day to measure a farmer for a pair of " smalls," the conversation turned on the merits of a certain railway now in progress, which has excited consitter able local interest. The farmer was anxious to know the nature of the embankments, viaducts, &c., and snip being desirous of obliging him, as he was one of his best customers. took a piece of chalk, and drew on the cloth intended for the " smalls" a fac-simile of the undertaking, which, with the aid of a little oral explanation, completely satisfied the querist, who then went to look after his labourers. And now comes the cream of the affair. The tailor, to make np for lost time, plied his shears with unwonted energy; but rail way matters being uppermost in his mind, instead of the " unmentionables" having a grand trunk and two malt parallel lines, he cut a communication from one end of the cloth to the other, and did not discover that he had followed the chalk marks denoting the " rail" until it was too late to rectify the blunder.—Lire2ool Courier. LORD MONTAGU.—This deceased nobleman has left personal estates in England to the amount of 140,000/., the whole of which he has bequeathed to his wife, the on gs aftert his her four Baroness Montagu, for her life , sub j ect to a few annuities c a enads el,egbaicsiesLotordshbisipserbNas'aut property,tequTe h a e theda daughters, the Countess of Home, Mr b s. Clin t otonf 10000/, Mies Jane Montagu, and M rs. Hope, su bject to aeques his daughter Jane , and specific bequests of family portraits to its in the gallery at Ditton-hall, and other works of ar t, w hi c h his Lordship has left to his nephew, the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duchess, and Lord John Scott. The portraits, by distinguished artists, of the Honourable Campbell Scott, Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch, Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, and Sir Walter Scott, are then to be sent (under an arrange ment of Lord Douglas) either to Bothwell or Douglas Castle, Scotland. Other pictures, armour, antiquities, and the like, in and about the Hall at Ditton- park, Windier, are to remain as heir looms. His Lordship recommends all his pensioners to the kind consideration of his nephew, the Mike of Buccleuch. The executors are—Lady Montagu, and his Lordship's sons-in-law, the Earl of Home and G. W. Hope, Esq. Ilia Lordship died on the 30th ult., in his 69th year. Marlborough Sheep, Cattle, and Horse Fair, was held on Marlborough-common, on the 24th, many graziers and dealers present. About 45,000 sheep were penned, prin cipally of the Southdown breed. Not more than from five to six thousand Dorset and Somerset sheep offered for sale ; a few pens of tine Leicester sheep, and some Merino lambs, the wool of whicb, being of superior quality to even that from the Southdown sheep, seems to induce graziers to favour the breed of them. Prices were equal to those ob tained at the last Applesham Fair, and from le. 6d. to 3s. per head higher than those obtained last Monday at An dover. The quantity did not exceed the usual average; nearly all were sold early in the day. The prices Way be quoted as follows :—Southdown ewes from 265. to 36e. per head; Southdown lambs, 18s. to 355. per head; Southdown wethers, 28s. to 40s. per head ; fat wethers, 4e. to 4s. Bd. per stone of 81bs. ; fat lambs , 4s. Bd. to j ss. per stone of 81bs. Horse Fair. — This f air is noted for the sale or show of cart colts, and other hors es of a superior kind_ brought from Rugby large horse fair , held thereth t ews preyyms ; many dealers attending to pu rchase from me West of Eng land, as also from London . Great prices were obtained ter dray-horses used in London, which iust be of superior size and strength. Fine young ol ca 3 rtcol n s fetched from 20/. to 50/. each ; inferior ditt o, 15 1. to . ditto. RELIC OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART.— A gentleman in Zetland has in his possession a snuff-box which belonged to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. This article is highly 'prized by its owner, who, about thirty years ago, received it from his father, in the Island of Bute. It is rather well finished, is neatly mounted with silver, and has, at the bottom, what in the Highlands is called a scruggag.--• John o'Groat Journal. NI