The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tiutatc is-ptition. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Constitutionnel, after stating that the Prince de Join !ille and the Duke d'Aumale contemplate a journey into id!itanny, adds—" Their Royal Highnesses will travel incog !"10, their object being to visit the estates which they possess in that country. The Prince de Joinville became, two years ago, the owner of the estate called Carheil, valued at Prince the Duke d'Ainnal e succ eeded, as heir to the de Condi, to a very extensive property in the environs of C hateaubriand, and has re-purchased of the town the ancient chateau which originally belonged to it. It is said to be his intention to lay out several hundred thousand francs M restoring it to its former splendour, and to pass some time 'Leto every year, dining the hunting season, as the property consists chiefly of forests, which afford very fine sport." tb O l t ilie Wednesday uers, M. F. David's Dltsert was performed at in the Salle des Markhaux. Upwards of 1,200 persons Ivere present, besides the Royal Family. The King remained standing the whole time, having his four sons ar und him, an d a ll the Am b assadors near. M. Ilabeneck acoted as director on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses me by t urns and complimented M. F. David. The King, for Queen, Madame Adel a id e , and the Princes, all conversed seine time with the young composer. kI Lakan.al, formerly member of the National Convention, d ied at Paris on Friday, in the 83d year of his age. ftioll Thursday mor n i ng F a h ren h e it' s th erm ometer marked 4 /: at Paris. In the course of the day much snow fell, and on the following night a thaw commenced. larA Brussels letter of the 10th states, that immense flocks of easkst, wherehadust passed over that . city. They came from the fro m probably the snow is deep, and were evidently, _yin the fact of their flying close to the roofs of the houses, almost exhausted. I„We lear n f rom Bourg that the hills in the neighbourhood 1_ that town are covered with snow nearly eight feet deep, )I °,? that in sonic parts of the road to Geneva the snow on the is more than fifteen feet in depth. At Rome, on the Ist instant., there was a violent hurri cane,to with thunder, lightning, hail, and rain • and, in the d,,T i ling of the 2d. the Tiber overflowed its banks,l and inun ;,,,,`eu some of the lower pats of the city. It was the anni ''arY of the flood of 1805, r when the water rose about eleven fit. but an this occasion it did not increase by more than about B L ve .ufeet and a half. On the 3d, in the morning, Mount V ale and the field round Mount Hannibal were covered With snow. s o T he New Zurich Gazette announces the arrival of General m ulenberg at Lucerne, t o t a k e the command of the troops of that Canton. The Journal . du Hacre of W e dnesday says :—" Four per sons, who can h ave b een no ether t h an P ar i s i ens (i n o ther 9rFrench Cockney s ), went yesterday into the sea, near baths of Perrey, in spite of the 12 degrees of cold (about degrees of Fahrenheit). But the police interfered, and Ordered them out, under the pretext that no one was allowed to bath e unclothed at any time of the year, and conducted were to the lock -up-house." During the last year the principal theatres of Paris had contributede towards the poor fund in the following proportion : Royal Opera, 118,145 f. ; the Theatre Francais, duced 8,24 f., and'tle 12%,6t.:77f.• Opera ietes Comique, 76,875 f. ; Vaudeville, 45,972 f. ; 44 ,111 f. • &c.The balls, which in 1810 only pro and 21,169 f. concerts ,244 f., gave in 1841, 34,838 f. The Aroniteur publishes a series of official returns, from t W hick it appears that the number of foundlings in France, rout 181 age, to 1841 i nclusive, amounte d t o 849,612, or, on an aver ' ol ag e , to 31,467 per annum. COTTR.T—FASHIONABI.E.. din e L ord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst give a g rand ve . iler to- morrow, at their mansion in George -street, Hano r L linn• Mrs. Norton, who has been staying at St. ecL h -r o's-on-Sea is considerably improved in health. V .T er - ? 9°lvager'Lady Holland entertained Viscount and ta i r s e; il liesa Palmerston and a select party at dinner, on Sa at-3r J ust, at her mansion in South-street. Sir Cardwell, ALP., has taken the mansion belonging to ' e urY Hardinge adjoining Sir Robert Peel's, in White - 'gardens. ne n Lionel Rothschild has purchased one of the spacious Ve t i t Tansions erected in Grosvenor-place, and a number of t a uten are engacred in its internal embellishment.. %. 0 :1 Somers has ' taken possession of his new residence in 81 vixeneor-place, which he has purchased of Lord Hatherton. satoount and Viscountess Leveson returned to town on • r(i u3'', from visiting the Earl and Countess Granville, at 4 glita *. ac e , ' understand that Captain the Hon. Augustus G. F. to b Carabineers, son of the late Earl of Roden, is shortly X,iler,llnited to the second daughter of Major-General SI for '',"glas, K.C.B K.C.11., commanding her Majesty's pin Scotland. " llov r Y EXcellen e the Russian Minister and Baroness Brun :: a;oi eissuedcards for dinner parties on Wednesday next on the 26th i ns t an t, a t Asliburnham House. The • MISCELI.ANEOUS. of Maor-General Sir William Nott has ust been Doctors j '-commons by Dame Rosa W. Nott, widow be Septe mb e r and one of the executors. It bears date ti_lleaato'l,Ptember% 184-3, and the following is a copy :" In 'of God, amen.—l, William Nott, a Major-General Mdian army, on the Bengal establishment, do make this nly ( ~S t will and testament.' First, I give and bequeath to Dee, Vgliters, Letitia and Charlotte, the sum of 80,009 ru °the'r-,-,° b e equally divided between them. Secondly, all property, of whatever kind or description I may die . 14 thy ,„e" of, in excess to the aforesaid 80,000 rupees, I leave '"ueb-loved wife, Rosa Wilson ; and this, of course, in tok t ° ll to, and exclusive of, her marriage settlement. I 1T t,17 I nuch-loved wife Rosa Wilson, and Richard Swirl-- "e 'IV executrix and executor. Wm. Nott (seal)." Irrbsonal property has been sworn under 3,0001. At t° .. 1 , 1413'a , 1 Highness the Grand Duchess of Baden is about uJest y , B his country, and time Lords Commissioners of her . eti a , treasury have issued orders for the necessary di- Pack et s to be given to the revenue officers at the different h e P n ° ,,, r ts, In order that every proper facility and . respect „"‘inia,.,,,,"orded in the examination of her Royal Highness's " t ler" t ; and effects. The Grand Duchess intends to travel fliel e itt nain . e of the Countess of . Mahlberg. 1 a, R, a , r quia of Westminster is seriousl) indisposed a_ t his His Lordship was taken ill on Saturday week, ta4e as - t - o ul sPesition has since taken a form of such a n.a frien excite the greatest alarm among his family Ladrids. Sparrow has purchased the Huntingdon tt r rtent orefiiat e ' is to be converted into a chapel of ease. An . , euitect is to be engaged to effect the necessary al i t u 4 e s anct ity the appearance and interior of . the building, and eons e j u ,of the Bishop of the diocese will be obtaineu ia I : o o. )aerv. rat!c aL. Funds will also be provided for the . en- Lad,,`„; ) t . it, a considerable portion of which will be given uliy• MAIL. FLANDERS 1 trtt mmencemen r eport in ,1 th e Y,, e , l -9, FEB. 13. —At the Fo z brought up a tition Lae - Chamber to-day M. Pirme D THIS for DAY.) t of the sittin . g :ifto4ll,„llearocfel tete, C r o ef il at in iv i f he entrepot at Antwerp. The tli k :7 l ',. in the construction of the I substitutionanu fa c t u res of o n cast-iron t h e pe __ l e relative o t Laeliori on this petition has been works. It may Chamber diet °f the department of public day tha . t the . d The lesir rci rn some observations ma e united with that i ( ) ) e n s t o l r ie . 1 14 es to have this question the Z ls ,e,r then resumed the discussion e agreed to. , 11 10, 11th, and 12th chapters wer e at thorouil t i h l on the 12th, point. below freezing y e b d u l d sc g u e s t s , e of . which . 1 1 tli:,,,eql continues to be very sever '''t ,lonerning, it was at ten Re" severe. to-day of the Chamber 018gband Bruges it was equally merl jege'; - "e AT• 4 - 8 , PEn. 14.—1 n the sitting d for 300,000 f. f . the s e „, t4 an e xtraordinary vote lativ inister of Public Works presentea project of law r o e; for tot' creditdouble tunnel of Cumpetei(aetittition of a cutting the b y means of the . po _ tio„" 'th e ex ven the"doofathlle gaainnoste yet d' isp e o c s o e v d er o e f d for - the construction of A Feat le tonel. capital are to the - 'Olp: ,that most of the roads leading workmen are em I t % so, quantity of snow has fallen . since yesterday e Ploy -ec,i,,ul_eieby. carriages. Many hundred pte %,1 anng them. Itesth • L.--The cold is decreasing, er ratty be e xpeeted.—Brussels Pa pers. -......_.„......... and a change in the Th ri Bade to e rand Duchess Stephanie de on a visit to Ns throu , ' to England, et d e , , i,h Paris, on her Way_ Douglas.- 1 chioness of 001,71 ,gnter, the Princess Marie, 11 ar is expected . ..„„nat. zift, It. 4,,,, mits CHARLES KEAN.— These st h w i e g e h k l : 3 7 a - t f, i d Qrtistes have been Peforming, during the , ley with the 111411It°P; in Sir E. L. Bulwer's e very . nl, o ft Ph success. The house was . 544 Nat th ' Play of M e ° row ' ded during ni with. . their performance, the . . greeted, says for the I ) ap er ; Which they were ine feeling tiliti;,,', Nficient evidence that a nul i extinct among and the bursts i o , f iv e m n o tl u iu th - Ilk ..,::_g in of the stage is note ho 3' well-merited 111144" Millie journal pays the , following have been too IN h t ° the merits of Charles Kean, as . n actor—ments tet:r.nwe agree with the writer in thinking disposition to speak `witicall7 1. "oder-rated •—" We have no etensions to or of his pr . %rest% arY powers as a tragedian, . feel oft m any undue degree of praise of Alr..Charles Kean's Mit e hem Its a that and a gentleman , but oufhtihieisliwfee, the att" %lir etl, that whenever he retires from , p gith IN world will not often look upon 3 hi the most raki,, a choice selection of character, to which the ihteirous cannot object, aided by a degree of judgment„tho„ who ha, veee,.tual Power, of which the most eminent of ikeagaainna.' 1 tadiv?(ieeeded him might be proud, lie cannot itrankwi f t o h r L e „ e , t tals on whym great powers have been bestowed ellgeral advancement of civilised life." izieNrrLIIST CHURCH, OXFORD.—A , circumstance leha w s i b l e io e h n the ~,T. a few days ago in Christ Church Col eg A large 0,41 ,,rty - Zet of much conversation in Oxford. ere .4i4eol,e,o.,,yioling gentlemen, members of the College, w bling, and for ~,, i , I °Y the censors in the act of *he re se.,l_ock in the morn in g,when the censors entered th ree OAI StE!kes. The discovery took plac g e a b m etween t taT ro a o ill not per • Nv etl. re Party were, and as their presence four t oo to r Jastik : i 3 : tile young men they saw and was heardsuffi . cien t 'jtl i \ „ • , 0111 in their proceeding. The next momin "ndith'i-gng Men (one of them a nobleman) were rusticated, 13t eii tee or them expelled. Two of the latter had previously l MICR tOr tjUsticated. The sequel of the affair does not say e e _ kwue discipline of the college_. On the night after large Dwo,?h 8 torVtidents sallied from their several rooms each 1 course 7ti f C ,„„ 4 9. a bundle of faggots, and he av",,,,nunutes a large bonfire (formed of t lli he f t i l t i r e niture of R ater ( 1 7, 3::)_ung rnen) was blazing in the centre of the Pec o lt i - i 'ue f, if`"ajlrangle. The censors looked on powerless. s _ 4l ' th e ) n„lg night the doors of the rooms of all the heads ~wke , h°"ege were pairl . ted red. On the Dean's door there ..,, 'utikr "Pre of a bear, • with the inscription " ,arse major." e whole „"°„l's were painted with similar devices.. se 'bete, '°."ege is disordered and disorganized 1" ' ef loat i n o t , these proceedings. There are many 41(Iteii."e Lniversity with respect to the severe opinionsniea suere ally ' °Y the D,,,, gen The public are not, perha ps, :s•otln,aware, that e, The from the University closes, to the rof t',- 11 'an Who has suffered the disgrace, the honourable kali". In fact the consequences of an early fault of IN ev " 1°4 3? follow a man through life.—Times. ' ' ' ib lattism A most qt ri , IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE.7 tl‘ol, , e fire, to all appearance the work of an incen diar y_ M e. (taoe on W"lnesday evening last, in the farm-yard of 4igvoyeres Giblin, of Swaffhara Bulbeck. It was . first Ver y mp. ,ed min, through the roof of a barn, and !no a a tlh,e. ql. tnue the whole of the farm buildings were in _ 4lter the n: Swaffham engine, which arrived very short arrival o,.ure was discovered, had little effect ; but on the pe ome of t the Cambridge on P both engines, aided by the trestinr, the neighbourhood, ';ucceeded about midnight in anti b o t , ".le further progress of the flames. All the stock trop, rh a e, I, and a good deal of the corn were saved. The emorable folly ilf,„,..(l"FoYed amounted to upwards of 2,0001. It was oily i - ,,", e". Mr mounted had ihirteen stacks of wheat tt xa - 432, and nearly the whole of his crop destroyed by hall StOrro. Of 1843. • - measure by th . e w hich is a vei Y year. Thererbi: e autumn. 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EGYPT UNDER MEHEMET ALI, by Prince PUCKLER MUSKAU. Vol. I. London: Henry Co/barn. This German Prince attracted some notice in this country a few years age, partly from the freedom of his remarks on English manners, and partly from the rambling and eccentric manner in which he related what he saw. His travels in Egypt bear the same stamp. They are full of gossip and anecdote, and egotism, but we excuse them all for the very exten sive insight which he has given into the character of the great man who now rules that land so celebrated in the history of nations, and for reports of the numerous conversations between them rela tive to the Pasha's system of policy, and the reforms which have marked his government. They are of the manner of Boswell and O'Meara, and are possibly as faithful, for we can hardly be lieve that a man who had been admitted into such intimacy with his host would have given imaginary details or distorted facts. It is true that most of them are favourable to Mehemet Ali, but still there is a point in the expressions, and proofs of deep schemes and enlarged views, which go far to establish their authenticity. Among the first inter views which the Prince had with the Pacha he took occasion to mention the extraordinary improvements which had taken place in Egypt under his sway. " Well,' repled Mehemet Ali, I will not deny that something more than common has been dote here, and I have certainly endeavoured to follow the examples of great men, as far as it was in my power. It is certain too, that I can now continue the work with less anxiety. I am no longer quite alone as I was before ; people begin to understand me ; the machinery is at work ; and my grandchildren, not my children, will be able to reap what I have sown. Where such :infinite confusion pre vailed as here, where there was such a complete dissolu tion of all sound political relations, and among a people so entirely barbarous, ignorant, and incapable of all use ful labour, civilisation can revive but slowly. Yon know that Egypt was once the first land in the world—an ex ample to all others. Now, it is the turn of Europe. In time, perhaps, enlightenment may again have its seat here. Everything, in the world is in a constant state of vacillation.' (This is a favourite expression of the Pasha.)" Among the institutions the Viceroy has established is a hospital for vaccination, but so reluctant are the people, as in fact they were once in this country, to the change, that the parents are to be bribed, and the Government pays one piastre for every child which is vaccinated. " I have always been compelled," said the Viceroy, " either to force the people, or to pay them, for their good." In adverting to other prejudices, and excusing himself for not making more rapid changes, he said " the times will not permit me to go so far as you would wish. After my death, many more prejudices will give way, though I must con fess that it is immensely difficult for even the wisest man to free himself from them ; and perhaps it is impossible for any mortal ever entirely to shake off the bias of his early education. The remainder of the conversation is too good to be abridged : " I sincerely complimented him that he had, neverthe less, already been able to conquer so many prejudices ; and remarked, how grateful the present generation ought to be to him, for the unspeakable benefits which he had conferred upon it. There was a sincerity and originality in his reply which manifested his intimate knowledge of the human heart. A father,' said he, loves his child—wherefore ? from selfishness ; he sees a prolongation of himself in that child ; it claims its origin from him ; it belongs to him ; and he hopes that it will one day be the prop of his old age. A child loves his father because it receives support, and every good thing it possesses from him, and expects on his decease to inherit his property. Master and servant, prince and subject, all are actuated by these motives ; self-interest lies at the root of all human relations ; and if it is skill fully managed, it constitutes good masters and good servants.' " 6 It is a pity, however,' I exclaimed, ' that so few men understand their real interest ; and in this respect I greatly admire the energy of your Highness, who is de terred neither by deceit nor stupidity its the prosecution of your benevolent plans.' " It is true,' replied he, I have to overcome many a severe struggle ; and, perhaps, for this very reason, I have become more closely and ardently devoted to my adopted land. I had neither rest nor peace ; Egypt ap peared to me like a poor, naked, helpless child, which for centuries had been stupified with sleep, to whom I was now to be everything,—its father and mother, its master and servant, its teacher and judge ; and often, when lying sleepless on my couch, have I said within myself :—Can a single Mehemet Ali be sufficient to rear, to clothe, to instruct, and to train this child ? Even now I feel dubious of success ; yet, perhaps, in spite of every obstacle, it may be accorded to me by God, to whom I owe so much, and to whom I have always applied for direction." In the work will be found a memoir, drawn up by a M. Besson, relative to the means which he possessed of saving Napoleon from imprisonment, by eluding the British cruisers oft' Rochefort, after the battle of Waterloo. This Frenchman held some situation in Egypt, and having formed a friendship with the author had entrusted to him the memoir. But little confidence, however, can be placed in his statements when we find that he attributes the failure of his plan to the " petty Camarillo, by whom the Emperor was surrounded at Rochefort," meaning thereby Bertrand, Las Casas, Montholon, and others, the most devoted to his safety and honour. We may mention that the work is translated from the German original, which consists of three volumes, and will be comprised in two English. One volume only has yet appeared, but the other may be expected shortly. THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Vol. 111. Mr. Knight has just brought out the third and last volume of this new edition, which has been re vised and corrected by the author, and contains bio graphical sketches of the most remarkable men raised to eminence during the latter end of the last century and the beginning of the present, by their own ex ertions. Among these are Watt, Dollond, Herschel, and Arkwright—names which will go down to the latest posterity, because they are associated with the most important discoveries of the present age in optics, astronomy, and that great element of British power—the steam-engine. It includes also the lives of many eminent painters, sculptors, and poets, illus trated by anecdotes collected from the best sources. The work is published at a very moderate price, and is adorned with portraits more remarkable for their strict likeness to the original paintings, than their execution. NAVAL AND MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK Pali . I. This is the first part of a cheap weekly periodical, devoted to the record of the achievements of the United Services. It is well got up, is profusely illus trated with wood-cuts, and will no doubt be a great favourite in all ship's and regimental libraries. THE EDINBURGH TALES. Conducted by Mrs. JOHNSTONE. Part I. This is a new undertaking, to which we heartily wish success. There can be very few readers who do not owe some hours of pleasant entertainment to the pen of the authoress of Violet Hamilton and Blanche Delamere. She is as clever as Mrs. Gore, and not as flippant or as heartless; she can produce strong effects without degenerating into coarseness, like Mrs. Trollope. A collection of tales, then, from her pen, is a perfect acquisition. The first part of the present work, under the title of " The Experiences of Richard Taylor, Esq.," contains " Young Mrs. Ro berts's Three Christmas Dinners, Mary Anne's Hair," and the commencement of " Governor Fox." Per haps some of our readers may be curious to know who Richard Taylor, Esq., was—we are happy, by the aid of the Authoress, to be so well able to gratify them : "There must be manypersons in London, particularly in the busy neighbourhood extending from St. Paul's churchyard to Charing-cross, perfectly familiar with Mr. Richard Taylor. His burrow, or central point, was in some lane, small street, or alley, between Arundel-street and Surrey-stairs, whence he daily revolved in an orbit, of which no man could trace its eccentricity. Its extre mities seemed to be Gray's Inn on the north, the Obe lisk on the south, the London Docks on the vulgar side, and Hyde Park-corner on the point of gentility. It was next to impossible, any day from eleven till two o'clock, between the years 1815 and 1832, to walk from Pall mall to St. Paul's, without once, if not oftener, encoun tering The Gentleman with the Umbrella.' There he emerged from Chancery-lane, and here he popped upon you from Temple-lane ; you saw him glide down Nor folk-street, or lost sight of him, all at once, about Drury lane ; or beheld him holding on briskly, but without effort, along the Strand, till, about Charing-cross, he suddenly disappeared to start upon you, like Will-o'-the- Wisp, in some unexpectec corner. Now was he seen in the Chancery Court — now sauntering towards Billings gate-market—now at the Stock Exchange, and again at the Bow-street office. He might, in the same hour, be seen at the hustings in Palace-yard, and hovering on the outskirts of one of Orator Hunt's meetings, as far off as Spa-fields ; at a reasonable hour in the gallery of the House of Commons, and next in Mr. Edward Irving's chapel. The British Museum divided his favour with the great butcher markets, and with the picture and book auctions, which he regularly frequented. The best idea may be firmed of the movements of Mr. Richard Taylor, from the different notions formed of his charac ter and calling. For the first five years of his sojourning in London, many conjectures were formed concerning this Gentlemaa about town,' or The Gentleman with the Umbrella;' by which descriptive appellation he came to be pretty generally known among the shopmen and clerks along his line of quick-march. His costume and appearance, strange as die association seems, was half military, half Moravian. By many he was set down as a reporter for the daily prints—vulgarly a penny-a-liner; a calling universally sneered at by those whose figments and marvels are paid from twopence a line upwards. His frequent attendance at the police •offices and the courts of law favoured this conjecture, as well as his occasional appearance at places of public amusement. A sagacious tradesman in Cockspur-street, a reformer who had been involved in the troubles' of the times of Hardy and Horne Tooke, set him down as a half-pay officer, now a spy of the Home-office. A tavern-keeper in Fleet street, who had seen him at the Bow-street office volun tarily step forward to interpret for a Polish Jew, against whom law was going bard from ignorance of the Cockney dialect of the English language, affirmed that he was a Polish refugee. But he had also been heard to interpret for an itinerant weather-glass seller from the Lake of Como in a similar scrape ; and for a Turkish seaman who, having first been robbed, was next to be sent to prison for not consenting to be twice robbed—of his time and his money—in prosecuting the thief. These things rather told in his favour. One day the editor of a well-known liberal paper was seen to stop The Gentleman with the Umbrella,' and carry him into a large bookseller's shop; and on another he was discovered in a hackney coach with some benevolent Quakers from America, who had been looking on the seamy side of civilisation in Newgate. Here was corro boration of good character. Of The Gentleman with the Umbrella,' we may tell farther, that his sister-in law, Mrs. James Taylor, the wife of the rich solicitor in Brunswick-square, affectionately named him, among her friends, our excellent and tram tunate brother, Mr. Richard;' her husband, familiarly, • our poor Dick;' a young Templar, studying German, quaintly called him Mephistophiles ;' and Mary Ann Moir, his god daughter, emphatically, ' Good Genius.' "It was, however, as The Gentleman with the Umbrella' that Mr. Richard Taylor was best known; for this was his name with the multitude, the many poor women and children of whom he was the daily speaking acquaintance, and with two-thirds of the men. He was, indeed, lavish of his acquaintanceship, but as chary of his intimacy. His circle took in both extremes of society, and and all that lay between them. On the same morning he might have been seen leaning on the cane of the neatly rolled up brown silk umbrella, fixed with its mother-of-pearl button, talking with the richest merchants leaving the Exchange, or conversing with an Irish market-woman, or an old Jew clothesman. Such was the street status of Mr. Richard Taylor, when Peace sent the hero of Waterloo to perambulate the pavement of London; and, in his Grace, the people of Mr. Richard's beat discovered, to his great annoyance, the double of their Gentleman with the Umbrella.' In the height, and the general outline of the figure, the compactness of the person, the alacrity and firmness of movement, and also in the length of the countenance, there might be some slight resemblance, as well as in the plainness, accuracy, and (a certain style established) the unpre tending neatness of the dress. But the main feature was assuredly the umbrella; with something perhaps of that cast of countenance which Richard himself called the mock-heroic, and which he had but narrowly escaped, while he thought it more fully developed in the more aristocratic nose of his double. Any one who had seen these alleged counterparts without their hats would have been on the instant dispossessed of this ideal resem blance. Even young ladies allswed that Mr. Richard Taylor, without his hat, was a quite other thing. And Mary Anne, whose glory was her beautiful and redundant golden tresses, then looked with genuine admiration on the superb development of brain displayed in The bald polish of the honoured head of her godfather; and in his deep-sunk, dark eyes, grey and lucid, saw gatherings of meanings, and signs of thoughts, which do not often visit the minds of heroes. This alleged, or imaginary resemblance, was, we have said, exceedingly annoying to Mr. Richard Taylor, who forthwith became for some months a small lion; or, what is more teasing, the reflection of a great lion, and a re gular spectacle to holiday folks and country cousins. To crown his chagrin, some shabby artist, who had better opportunities of seeing him than his Grace of Wel lington, actually sketched him en hero; and, at the small cost of a few frogs and a stiff stock, posted him in several print-shops as the true lion of Waterloo. This was the more provoking to our hero, as, if there was one set of men whom he detested more than another, it was heroes. He had suffered by them, and seen others suffer; they were but instruments, it is true; but he said ' One does not like the gallows any more than the hangman.' " THEwST)N, LONDON, - MONDAY EVPNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1845 SHIPS LAUNCHED SINCE 1830. Year. Name. Guns. Tonnage. Cost. --- Neptune 1841 Trafalgar l2O 2,721 87,588 1833 Royal William l2O 2,698 82,183 1833 Waterloo l2O 2,718 70,553 1840 St. George Total 319,436 1839 Queen llO 3,104 83,000 1833 Rodney 92 2,626 67,550 1839 Nile 92 2,622 70,909 1840 London 92 2,602 71,648 1842 Albion 9O 3,110 81,349 1831 Thunderer B4 2,279 72,292 1832 Monarch B4 No return 1831 CalCUtta 1835 Vanguard ..... 1541 Collingwood 80 2,585 59,792 1842 Goliath BO 2,596 56,757 1842 Superb BO 2,583 54,980 1842 Centurion BO No"retum Total 233,744 1842 Cumberland-- 70 2,214 45,025 1842 Bosca wen 7O No return 1832 Vernon 5O 2,082 48,437 1842 Worcester 5O 1,473 44,466 1843 Chichester 1832 Castor 36 1,293 29,578 1836 Inconstant 36 1,422 30,922 1834 Pi qu e 36 1,633 33,061 1941 Cambrian 36 1,625 33,289 1844 Flora 36 1,634 No return 1833 Forth 44 1,228 28,542 1833 Meander 1833 Vestal 26 913 1 21,383 1833 Spartan 1833 Carysfort 26 913 } 104,584 1833 Iris 1833 Cleopatra 26 913 j 1833 Calliope 1832 Andromeda-- 26 717 14,845 1832 Conway 26 652 No return 1831 Imogen 26 660 16,314 1831 Acteon 2G 620 No return 1839 Fantome l6 1 484 10,339 1839 Helena l6 1839 Wolverine l6 1839 Harlequin .. 1839 Siren 1839 Frolic l6 1839 Albatross 1839 Snake 1839 Serpent l6 .... .... 153,520 1839 Ringdove 1839 Rose l6 1839 Wanderer 1839 Sappho 1839 Lily . 16 1839 Grecian 1839 Pilot: 1839 Acorn l6 J 1831 Fly 1831 harrier lB 486 12,365 1832 Rover lB 590 No return 1836 Dido 1837 Modeste lB 568 11,097 Total 50,862 The total amount since 1830 was 1,668,406/. TO THE REAL PROTESTANTS OF THE EMP [RE. " Quis Custodiet Custodes ?" Ring the alarum-bell 1 Throughout the land Send forth the cry of warning, stern and deep ; Up, for your liberties a Judas-band Betray the fortress while its guardians sleep ; Or some of them (kind heaven still keep them few) Play Doubleface,—as twain* have dared to do. Shame on those guardians : urge them to their trust ; Rouse them to duty with a shout as dread As that which levell'd, promptly, with the dust, The false king's hopes, what time the false king fled : He of the Stuarts' race ; and Jesuits' zeal ; Last of his line, because—let truth be said— He strove The Reformation to repeal ; But Protestants repeal'd,—his treacherous power ,instead 2. Ring the alarum-bell Too near the throne The vipers nestle who may sting the heir: Ring, till the mother-occupant shall own The peal thrice bless'd that wailed her of the snare. That gentle occupant, so fair, so good, Dreams not of fraud—herself devoid of guile— Of teachings, trim/it'd, to be misunderstood; Of treason, 'tis no less, beneath a smile : For lie is traitor, blank against the crown, Whoe'er the Puseyite poison would infuse, And pull the sworn, imperial wearer down From Protestant to Theocratic views ; Traitor to God, and man, and all his vows : Some such are near the throne—let this your zeal arouse That zeal work out in action. O'er the realm, Fulmine the ceaseless summons of your fears, 'Till Protestant indignance overwhelm, And set the sleek Iscariots by the ears. Hath not the Chapel Royal heard them preach, The Church, a power divine, above the State ? And, thus, before the Queen's own face, impeach Her title to be greatest o'er the great. For quibble as these medium-mongersf may, Who most, on Truth, the well-defined, make war ; The Church which they'd enslave us to obey; Their mediatorial priesthood we abhor; So high prerogatived as they pretend, Were paramount—to such, Queen, People, all must bend ! BOANERGES. London, imprimis : Exeter, misserime. t The " Media Via" men, whose plausibilities tend more than the directest efforts of the whole extreme party to obli terate every line of demarcation between Protestant liberty (civil and religious) and theocratic absolutism, and by dint of such insidious obliteration, to entrap us, at last, into abject priest-worship. As a proof, in action, of this tendency and intent, behold the great " Media Via " impostor voting in favour of Mr. Ward, and, consequently, against honest sub scription, and the commonest good faith. ENAMELLING.—We have received several beautiful specimens of this art, executed in gold and copper on letter paper, by J. Windsor. Those in copper are de cidedly superior, and have a fine effect from the various tinges of colour exhibited according as the light is thrown upon them. Windsor Castle and the New Houses of Parliament aro very favourable specimens both for the correctness of the outline and the colouring. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Notwithstanding the in creasing attraction of the new ballet of Les Danaides further novelties are in preparation. La Bayadere will be produced on Thursday, for Mademoiselle Maria; and on Saturday Meyerbeer's immortal o 1: era of Robert le Diable will be brought out here, with all possible effect. Mr. Bunn's benefit is announced for March 3, and the usual bumper will follow. COURT CIRCULAR Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh Strelitz attended Divine service yebterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Mr. St. Edmund Mildmay was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. Sir Edward Knatchbull had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The Earl of Lonsdale, Post-master General, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting on Saturday afternoon at the office in White hall-place. The Commissioners present were the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Dan daff, the Bishop of Wcrceste.r, the Right Hon. H. Hub house, and the Dean of Westminster. A deputation relative to the Irish Presbyterian Church had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The Mayor of Manchester and a deputation had an in terview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governor of Jamaica, and also for the Governors of the other West India C...lonies, were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview on Sa turday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday afternoon for the Pavilion at Brighton, on a visit to her Majesty. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in St. James's -square. The company included the French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire; the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrich stein; M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister; Mr. Everett, the American Minister ; Count and Countess d'llar court ; the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst ; the Duke and Duchess of Buceleugh; Lady Peel; the Earl of Aberdeen ; Earl of Wilton ; Eatl of Dalhousie; Vis count Castl, reagh; Lord Brougham ; Lord Cantalupe ; and the llon. C. A. Murray. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley read the prayers, and preached the sermon. The Marquis of Winchester, Lords Bective, Ernest Bruce, Palmer ston, Clive, and G. Paget attended the daily service. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Horsley Dakins; the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleuth. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Rochester. The anthem " I was in the Spirit," was sung by Messrs. Holt, Chapman, Hawkins, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Marquis of Northampton, Lords Wilton, Ilawarden, and De Tabley attended the evening service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. THE COURT AT BRIGHTON. SATURDAY EVENING. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by several of the royal suite, honoured the Earl of Liverpool with a visit to-day, at his Lordship's seat, Butted Park. After partaking of luncheon her Majesty and his Royal Highness returned to the Pavi lion, which they reached exactly at half past five this evening. Sir Robert Peel is expected this evening on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken out for a carriage airing this morning by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and after wards on the Chain Pier. Their Royal Highnesses were taken out again this afternoon. HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO BUXTED PARK, THE SEAT OF THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. BRIGHTON, SATURDAY EVENING. This morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, left the palace in a close carriage and four, preceded by two outriders, but without any escort, on a visit to the Earl of Liverpool, the lord steward, at Buxted Park. The royal carriage was followed by another carriage, ',containing the Marquis of Ormonde (Lord in Waiting), Colonel Buckley (Equerry in Wait ing), Colonel Wylde (Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert), and the Hon. G. E. Anson (Secretary to his Royal Highness). The royal cortege proceeded along the north level past the Cavalry Barracks, and was speedily abreast of the Earl of hichester's Park, at Summer. The formation of the new li ne o f railways between Bt ighton and Lewes is progressing rapidly, and her Majesty's attention was much attracted by the ac tivity displayed on the line. The inhabitants of Lewes assembled in great numbers to welcome her Majesty and Prince Albert on their arrival in that town on their way to the Earl of Liver pool's. All the windows of the houses commanding a view of the White Hart Hotel, where her Majesty changed horses, were crowded with well-dressed females. At half-past twelve o'clock the royal cortege entered the town, and as it approached the White Hart her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received with the most enthusiastic cheering, which they acknow ledged with repeated salutations. The union jack waved over the White Hart. The Star Hotel, close by, was also profusely decorated with ever greens, and every available spot where a view of her Majesty could be obtained was occupied. The high con stables, Messrs. Hotter and Morris, received her Ma jesty at the White Hart, and through their judicious ar rangements no interruption or inconvenience was expe rienced. " Old Gabriel," the town bell, was rung. The horses were quickly changed, and the royal party pro ceeded to lick field, where a triumphal arch was thrown across the road at the entrance of the town. The same enthusiastic display of loyalty was evinced here. After passing through the town, where her Majesty was met by the Earl of Liverpool, they soon reached the Noble Lord's seat. Her Majesty remained with the Noble Earl to luncheon, and returned to the Pavilion in the evening to dinner. BRIGHTON, SUNDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Marquis of Ormonde, Col. Buckley, Col. Wvlde, y and the Hon. G. E. Anson, visited the E ar l o f Li ver p oo l yesterday, at Buxted Park, returning to the Palace to dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken out for carriage airings in the morning and afternoon of yesterday, and also walked on the Chain-pier. The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived this evening. The royal dinner party this evening was increased by the presence of Sir Robert Peel, the Venerable Archdeacon Wil berforce, Capt. Francis Seymour, and Sir James Clarke. Sir James Clarke took his departure from the Palace immediately after dinner. .....__ _ _ Her Majesty and the Princess Royal took a carriage airing this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert walked out, accompanied by the Hon. G. E. Anson. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, were taken for a carriage airing on the cliffs this morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal suite and household, attended Divine worship this morning in the Pavilion. The Venerable Archdeacon Wil berforce was the officiating minister. Lord and Lady Petre and the Misses Petre, the Hon. John and Mrs. Boyle, Major Paine, and Mr. Spencer Lyttelton, were among those who called and paid their respects to her Majesty yesterday. The Marquis of Donegal called at the Palace this afternoon. Sir Robert Peel and the Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce will be the only additions to the royal dinner party this evening The royal carriages attracted universal attention. Her Majesty's phaeton was preceded by two o Anders in scarlet liveries, and accompanied by Colonel Buckley and Colonel Wylde on horseback. Her Majesty took one or two turns of the Marine-parade, and along the King's-road, and returned to the Palace about four o'clock. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Palace last night by the half-past four o'clock train, and was immediately admitted to an audience of her Majesty. The Right Honourable Ba ronet dined and slept at the Palace, and this morning at tended Divine worship at St. George's Chapel, where the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, Preacher of Lincoln's Inn, is the officiating minister. The Right Honourable Baronet was accompanied by one of his sons, and the weather being fine, he took a walk on the cliffs, which were crowded with persons. About three o'clock Prince Albert drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton, the royal children being out at the same time, but going in an opposite direction. CALEDONIAN FANCY DRESS BALL. The Caledonian Society of London held their annual assembly in 1% illis's-rooms, on Thursday. The whole suite of rooms were thrown open, and the large one was decorated with flags, and hung with tartan scarfs of various patterns ; at the extreme end, the arms of the Society, which are those of Scotland, were displayed, embroidered on a blue ground silk, hung with rich massive tassels, which had a beauti full effect. The company began to arrive at nine o'clock, and, before eleven, th ere were nearly five hundred in the room. The costumes assumed by those present were tasteful and various, almost every nation of the world had it s representat i ve, but the most predominant were Highland Kilts and Trews ; the patterns, of course, being those of the clan of the wearer : the ladies were elegantly dressed, many of whom wore fancy costumes, and rich plaid scarfs. Quadrilles, country-dances, waltzes, polkas, &c., were danced with spirit and grace, to an excellent band, led ,by Mr.Puiness. The reels of Tulloch and Strathspey were danced with true Highland spirit and cheer, to the stirring music of Mr. Donald .111'Kay, the piper and favourite of his late R o y al Highness the Duke of Sussex. The dancing was kept up till after five. At two o'clock the company descended to the supper room, which was amply provided with the very best of fares, after which ices, and all such delicacies, were served in the refreshment-room, adjoi n i ng th e ball room ; in fact, everything was studied and done for the comfort of the company, and we can not close this sketch without thanking the managing committee and Stewards for their admirable arrangements, and their attention to their f r i en ds a n d visitors. The Society Wasinstituted some years ago by a number of gentlemen connected with Scotland, for the purpose of assisting other societies, having for their object the en couragement of ed uca ti on i n th e Highlands and Islands of S cotland; and also, for the preservation of the Highland costume. ADMIRALTY.—Capt. the lion. Richard Saunders Dundas, C.B. (1824), who commanded the Melville, 72, in the operations on the coast of China, including the capture of the forts of the Bocca Tigris, and the operations against Canton, in 1841, has been appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, in the room of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, vice Sir John Barrow, Bart., retired. Captain Dandas is the second son of the present Lord Melville. We rejoice to hear, on what we believe good au• thorny, that matters are under discussion in a certain noble family, likely in their result to lead to the re-union of two persons of high rank. During their separation the amiable lady has always enjoyed the society and friendship of her lord's nearest relatives.— court %Thurnal. MEETING OF METROPOLITAN DELEGATES AND MEMBERS OF PARLIA MENT. On Saturday a meeting of delegates from the vestries of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, St. James's, Westminster, St. Ann's, Soho, St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and other metropo litan parishes, took place at the Court-house, Marylebone, for the purpose of considering the financial statement of Sir Robert Peel, and taking steps to secure a total and imme diate repeal of the window duties. Sir B. Hall was absent on account of the death of his son. Mr. George Daniell, of Marylebone, baying been called to the chair, Lord DUNCAN, M.P., said he felt highly honoured at the invitation he had received to meet so respectable a body of delegates, representing as they did so many thousand rate payers of the metropolis. In consequence of the recent meeting held at Bath, upon the subject of the window duties, and which was one of the largest ever remembered to have been held there, he had moved for returns which had thrown a singular light on the matter. It had been proved that Bath, which was only a second or third-rate town in size, contributed, next to London and Liverpool, the largest amount to the window-tax. This showed there must be I some gross inequality in the way in which that tax was levied. Since he had received tliat return the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, had laid his financial scheme before Parliament. Now, although he differed in politics with that Right Hon. Baronet, still he had always felt happy to vote with him whenever his measures had a tendency towards advancing the great prin ciples of free trade. Notwithstanding the financial scheme of Sir Robert Peel, which, upon the whole, entitled him to much credit, he begged to state that that scheme had not, in the slightest degree, altered his views with respect to a repeal of the winnow duties. He was told that it was a tax which only affected the rich ; not the poor. This he denied. He paid his taxes by a schedule, which he filled up himself, and time Government took his word for his honesty. But why did they not put the window-tax into that schedule ? The answer was a simple one. The window-tax pressed upon the poor, and the Government did not place it in the schedule, because they assumed they could not take the word of the poor man. The Budget of last night, he must confess, not only somewhat pleased, but surprised him, and he should as soon have expected the enlarged free-trade doctrines enun ciated in the financial statement from Sir Robert Peel, as from the Hebdomadal Board at Oxford. It appeared that the duty was to be taken off glass and sugar. With reg ar d t o the latter, however, the modification was still with a view to protection, as it was called, to the West India planters. Now, the very persons who were called on to pay for that protection were those who paid the window duties. He was camparatively unknown in Parliament, and knew that, in demanding a repeal of this tax, he would have an up-hill game to fight, but he had still a little of the English spirit of his ancestors left in him, and, although he might be defeated once, twice, or thrice, still he would not cease until he had repealed this odious tax. The wool duty, the cotton duty, and even the great question of negro emancipation, had to contend with defeats before they were carried. He could not see the justice of inflicting a window tax and a property- tax upon England and Scotland, while Ireland was allowed to go tree. Ireland was, no doubt, ex empted because the Premier knew that the Irish people had long tongues, and if the people of England were afraid to open their mouths, they deserved all the unjust taxation that Government chose to inflict on them. He was an advocate for justice being equally administered to all, and it was that which induced him to join the Gallant Commodore on his right, in a demand for a full and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble Lord proceeded to cite the opinions of Mr. Bradshaw Ward and Mr. Corbett, the Surveyor, of Manchester, showing the bad operation of the window duties in a sanitary point of view, and declared that its effect was rather to convert houses into dens than places fit for human habitation. His motion was fixed for the 20th, but although he might not bring it on that night, he was not going to give it up. He hoped he should not only be sup ported by the metropolis, but that a cry would be raised throughout the land, and petitions pour in for a repeal of this disgraceful tax. He had begun, and he would go on to the end of the chapter. lie had taken up this subject, and, please God, he would stick to it.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Jonx WILLIAMS, of Oxford-street, congratulated the metropolitan delegates in having such an advocate, and the constituency of Bath in having such a spirited Member as the Noble Lord. Sir C. NAPIER agreed with the Noble Lord that there were some good points about the financial scheme of the _ . Premier, altirougli he did not think that it went far enough. Although he feared that scheme would prevent the abolition of the window-tax, still they must have a beginning. Sir Robert Peel was as obstinate as a mule, and would sooner resign his post than give up any preconceived opinions. Much credit was due to the Right Hon. Baronet for his financial scheme, for he had proposed to take the duty off four hundred and thirty articles, which produced to the revenue, individually, almost nothing. The taking off the duty on glass might in some degree be beneficial to the pocket, but the repeal of the window duties was not only so, but of great importance in a sanitary point of view. He considered the window duties a most unholy tax altogether, and he thought it could only have been the production of Mr. Malthus, as it was calculated to send people out of the world as fast as possible. An instance he had before him—the case of a poor fellow whose cellar was infested with mice, and because he opened a hole to let the cat in to catch the mice, the assessor made it a window, and surcharged him for it.—(llear, hear.) As a proof of the necessity of air to life, a canary-bird placed alive at night in a cage over the heads of two persons sleep ing together in one room, would be found dead in the morn ing. lie was not aware what Lord John Russell intended to do respecting the new financial scheme; but he considered the Noble Lord committed to the support of the repeal of this tax, as it was the Noble Lord's colleague, Lord Althorp, who promised that it should be. He much feared, however, that the whole arguments of that Noble Lord would be con fined to the sugar duties, because the plan of Sir Robert Peel differed from his. Now he looked upon the proposed modifi cation of the sugar duties as a great benefit; three-halfpence per pound being taken off sugar would be a great benefit to the poorer classes. With respect to the income-tax, he called upon his constituents to take that quietly, for he believed they would never get rid of it. lle thought if it was modified —a property-tax of 5 per cent. and income-tax of 3 per cent. would be more equitable. With regard to his opinions on the corn-laws the Noble Lord was in error. He had never pledged himself to vote for a total abolition of the corn-laws. A Voice—Then I hope you will. Sir C. NArrEn had always voted for the total repeal against the present sliding-scale, but if Lord John Russell were to propose a low fixed duty he would vote for that in preference. It was that circumstance which had induced him to pledge himself to join the League. Lord John Russell had said that protection was the bane of agriculture, and having made such a declaration he was bound to let them know what he meant doing. lie was opposed to violent and sudden changes of every description, because he thought they would tend to the derangement of all things at once. With regard to the repeal of the window-tax, he would give the Noble Lord all the support in his power.—(Cheers.) Mr. Jackson, of St. James's, Mr. Crouch, of St. Pancras, Messrs. Geesin, George Tyrrell, Dr. Hulm, Salomons, li. C. Wilson, and several other delegates having spoken, resolu tions were proposed and adopted. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR S I am one of your old readers, but I have not observed in your paper, under railway matters, the great change that has taken place in the Brighton Railway management. Mr. Peter Clark (our best friend) has left the Midland Company, after having raised our shares from 601. to 1301., and undertook the superintendence of the Brighton Line, where no doubt he will effect a very happy change in the ex penses of that Company, by his very able and judi cious management. In future the dividend s will b e very satisfactory to the Proprietors of the Brighton line. Yours, respectfully, A MIDLAND HOLDER. Leeds, Feb. 14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It has been known all along that ships and vessels are found to resist the pressure of sails, and still we go on building on the same plan, and all are astonished they do not sail faster, which is impossible, until . we make use of more power than the sails to increase speed on a wind. Such has been suggested to the Admiralty years ago, and pointed out that ships go faster astern when taken aback, or miss stays, than they ever went ahead ; and if they wanted them to go faster, they must introduce into the hulls of all ships and vessels a power that would continually act on a wind, inde pendent of masts, yards, and sails, which will in crease with the wind t o an y amoun t, by concentrating the force to one point or many, according to the sea then going. But this, like many other suggestions, are treated with contempt, because it does not ema nate from a ship-builder, whose opinion is consult e d in preference to th ose that have to sail them. I hope you will expose the folly of such conduct, and so give a trial to convince those that are sceptical.—Your constant reader, A PR AC fICAL OFFICER. London, Feb 7, 1845. The reception in the City of the financial statement of Sir Robert Peel has been of a mixed character. He ob tains great credit for his sweeping abolition of the duties on exports, and for the general tendency of his proposed reduc tion of the duties on imported articles, to give new life and activity to the commercial enterprise of the country at a time when it is entering on a race of competition with the rest of the civilised world. Looking to. China, however, as the greatest new market upon which that competition is to act, and to the desired solution of the commercial problem of what retarns are to be made for the exports to that country, there is some regret that the article of tea has been 10 entirely passed over without notice—that it is neither mentioned now, nor any hope held out for it in future. His interfer ence with the excise is for the most part highly approved, par ticularly as regards the remission of the duty on glass. The continuance of the income-tax, as distinguished from the property-tax, is the most unpopular part. of the financial ex position, especially as it is now intimated that it will be imposed for one year longer than the term of five years, which was fixed for its utmost duration when it was first laid on. Many persons had previously been sanguine in the expectation that some modification of the income-tax would have been proposed on this occasion; that some distinction would in the first instance be made between income and pro perty, by assessing property at a higher rate, preparatory, perhaps, to the exemption of income, of the mere produce of labour, wholly from its operation. Whether or not this feeling will produce-any direct manifestation on the subject, remains to be seen.—Times. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION.—The [ligh- Sheriff has appointed Friday next, the 21st inst., for the election for the county to take place, at Aylesbury, to choose a represen tative in the room of Mr. Charles Scott Murray, who vacated his seat by accepting the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hun dreds. There is not the remotest chance of any opposition being offered to the return of Mr. Christopher Tower, of Huntsmoor-park, near Iver, who is the only can didate for the suffrages of the freeholders in the field. - Upwards of a cen tury ago a gentleman of the same name, and one of Mr. Tower's ancestors, represented the borough of Aylesbury in Parliament. GRAVESEND AND ROCIIESTER RAILWAY, FEB. 15. —This morning another accident occurred by an up train dashing through the terminus at the station at Gravesend. This This is the second occurrence that has happened within a week—the train left Strood-end at nine o'clock in the morn ing, and in consequence of the accident the down-train was were delayed . a c.tosneslifdefrrotetthiemetr.ainl,t a r p u p n e s a o r ff s , th an at d T h e e detaching i from the velocity of the steam, proceeded by themselves withoute control. Fortunately the passengers and carriages saved from going into the basin of the canal, whi c h is but a slort distapcc (mu the 4tAtiOill SOUTH WILTS ELECTION. RETURN OF MR. SIDNEY HERBERT. SALISBURY, SATURDAY.—A public breakfast was given this morning at Wilton House, when upwards of 400 gentle men sat down in the large banquet-room, forming the right wing of the Abbey. Shortly before eleven o'clock the Rigliellon. Candidate and his immediate friends left Wilton Abbey, escorted by a large cavalcade, and proceeded to the hustings. Wm. Wyndham, Esq., of llinton, then proposed, and John Henry Jacob, Esq., seconded, the nomination of Mr. Sidney llerbert, amidst loud applause. No other candidate being proposed, the Hon. Sidney Her bert was declared duly elected. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT then came forward and said, if they would honour him with a patient hearing, he would not detain them by any long speech ; but he would briefly and simply state to them the grounds on which he claimed their suffrages that day. It was now 12 years since he first offered himself as their candidate ; he then was a very young man, first emerging into public life. He then asked them for their suffrages upon his word, pledged for his faithfulness, upon trust and credit for any abilities which he might pos sess to advance the public interest.—(Loud cheering.) It was possible that during that time he might have made some mistakes, for he would admit the fallibility ef man—(Cries of " No, no")—more especially when dealing with compli cated questions. He conceived that the course he had gene rally taken had been of a nature to conciliate their support, because it had proved to be in unison with the general opinions of his censtituency.—(Great cheering.) He said he was happy to congratulate them on the improved con dition of the country during the last three years. At the commencement of that period the present Government came into office, when they found a sad deficiency in the revenue, which was increasing every year, in consequence of which national credit was at stake, for the books were balanced on the wrong side.—(Hear.) Trade was failing throughout the country, and the manufacturing interests were in a state of alarming distress. Many mills were closed, and great suffirring prevailed throughout those districts from the want ef a demand for their goods.—(Hear.) Then, in India, war spread terror and alarm, and threatened the stability of that portion of our empire, while in other parts abroad feelings of hostility and jealousy prevailed on all sides, distrusting every measure this country might adopt. Now this state of things required the most prudent, moderate, and en lightened policy, so as to restore international bonds of friendship, and so as to place things on a better and surer basis.—(Cheers.) To effect the first they had recourse to a tax which did not increase the burdens of the poor—he meant the income-tax, which was borne only by those pos sessed of property, while, on the other hand, they removed several imposts on articles of food and clothing, the consump tion chiefly of the poorer classes.—(Cheers.) By this tax they had converted a deficiency of 2,000,0001. into a surplus of 3,000,0001. By thus judiciously removing the shackles uponlthe commerce of the country, our exports had been in creased, and thereby a much larger amount of manufacturing industry had been called into action than was ever before re membered by man In this country.—(Loud cheering.) In addition to this prosperity they found that at the present time there were 80,000,0001. invested in railway speculations, which would of course be expended in the employment of labour and encouragement of industry, which would give employment to vast numbers of the population.—(Cheers.) There was but one more topic to which he would allude— that relating to the change which had taken place in the condition of the sister country.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") They had heard of agitation and discontent there almost bordering on rebellion, and at the same time tending to the dismemberment of the two countries. Tranquillity, how ever, in that unhappy country (Ireland) bad been effected by the exertion of the ordinary powers of the law alone, and a state of contentment had been produced. He trusted that he should live to see the day when they would be en abled to legislate fur their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects in a generous and free spirit ; and the Government, with this object in view, looked forward to a very improved state of society in that part of her Majesty's dominions—a state in which capital might be safely invested there, and consequently a state in which much might be done to improve the social condition of the Irish people.—(Loud cheering.) He would again thank them most cordially for the honour they had done him by again electing him as their representative, and he would assure them that, to the best of his ability, he would strive to promote the prosperity of the country at large, by assisting in the successful operation of the measures introduced by the Government, including those mentioned in the House last night; which would materially- tend to in crease the comforts of the lower orders, and the prosperity of all classes.—(Hear, hear.) Three cheers were then given for Mr. Herbert. The Right Hon. Gentleman then rejoined the procession, which escorted him to the White Hart Hotel, where he again briefly returned thanks for their kindness. The sheriffs' banquet was held shortly after this re-election, which was well attended by the greater portion of those before referred to. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, FEB. 17. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. Manchester and Leeds Railway. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old ham and Heywood Branches Extension). London and South-Western Railway, No. 1 (Metropolitan Extension). Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway (Ard wick and Guide Bridge Branches). Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway. West Yorkshire Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction Railway. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. York and Scarborough Railway Deviation. Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Ashton Branches). Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension (Shipley to Colne). Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Diss and Dere ham Branches. London and Yoik Railway. TUESDAY, FEB. 18. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Cockermouth and Workington Railway. Whitby and Pickering Railway. Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway. Kendal and Windermere Railway. Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. FRIDAY, FEB. 21. Caledonian Railway. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal. Manchester South Junction and Altrinchara Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, FRIDAY, FEB. 14. Leeds and Thirsk Railway—Committee on Petition, Tues day, Feb. 25. Varnsley Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Tues day, Feb. 25. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway—Committee en Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 25. York and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway—Com mittee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 25. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway— Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale (Heywood Branch) Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Bridgwater Navigation and Railway—ommittee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway—Com mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 17, till Tuesday, Feb. 18. SOUTH DE VON RAILWAY.— Great progress is being made with the works of this undertaking in St. Thomas. The stone arches over Okehampton •street and Alphington street are completed, while that over Cowick-street is in a state of great forwardness. The ballast along the line is nearly laid for a considerable length, and no doubt is enter tained but that it will be ready for opening at the time ap pointed, should nothing unforeseen interfere with the laying of the rails and the atmospheric apparatus. Great credit ap pears to be due to Messrs. Carpenter and Chesterfield, the contractors for this portion of the line, for the efficient and expeditious manner in which they have carried on the works. —Woohner's Exeter Gazette. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons commenced his Parliamentary dinners on Saturday last, at the Right Hon. Gentleman's mansion in Eaton square. As customary at the first of these Parliamentary entertainments, the leading members of th e G overnment in the House of Commons were invited. The company present included the Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Jerilyn, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. H. L. Corry, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, theJudge-Advocate, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir George Clerk, the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Lord Advocate, the Hon. Capt. Gordon, the Hon. W. Bingham Baring, the Hon. H. Manners Sutton, the Solicitor-General, Mr. G. W. Hope, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Young, Mr. Pringle, and Mr. Cardwell. Sir R. Peel was prevented from dining with the Speaker, the Right Hon. Baronet having received her Majesty's commands to repair to Brighton. Rear-Ad miral Bowles, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Dawson Darner, Mr. Miles Gaskell, and Mr. Greene, were unavoidably absent. RESTORATION OF THE PORTLAND VASE.—At the meeting of the Society of Antiquarians on the 13th inst., the recent demolition of the Portland vase, in the British Museum, was adverted to. Mr. Hindus said it was some consolation to them and to the public that the miscreant had not succeeded to the full extent of his wish. It was but too true that nothing could restore to them the vase itself ; but genuine copies had fortunately been made. The late Pichler, the eminent engraver of gems, struck with its beauty, moulded the vase at Rome. This mould was put into the hands of Mr. Tassi ; and after a certain number (only a few) of casts were made, it was destroyed. The Marquis of Exeter, Mr. A. Pellatt, and h e hi mse lf (M r . Windus), possessed copies. Sir Henry Ellis stated that the British Museum had also one of these copies, which would, as early as possible, be exhibited to the public. The vase by Wedgewood, it appears, is only a modern copy, and not cast from the original. Sir Henry Ellis also stated that the vase had not sustained so much injury as was expected ; that the principal figures were preserved, and persons em ploied in the Museum would be able to put it together again. The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold two levees this session, the first on Saturday, the Ist, and the second on Saturday, the Bth of March. HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON.—This Society held their first general meeting for the season on on Lieutenant- Saturday last, at the Clarendon Hotel, New Bond- General Sir James Macdonell, President, indee d i n n ia t g li n e il c ic h e a n ir t . st l y ' l lm e e , dinner was served up in elegant, and the wines were of the choicestt description. The evening passed off in the mcst convivi ilvpresent and social manner, bringi ng n a the days of "A u ld back to the recollection o f il n fang syne." Our a tte ntion has been drawn to the fact th a t t h e town of Pontypool, in the parish of Trevethin, containing a p u lation of more than 15 , 000 persons, has not h ad the Le. o 4:etit of a money-order office extended to it. We think this must be an oversight of the Post office authorities. DEATH OF JAMES BiscnorF, ESQ.--We announce with sincere regret the death of this excellent and amiable man, the author of the " History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures," and of several valuable pamphlets, intended to promote the repeal of the wool duty and the corn laws. Mr. Bischoff was a Leeds man, brother of the late Thomas Bischoff, and brother-in-law of the Messrs. Stans field. Though settled in London, he was connected by trade with Yorkshire, and he was one of the most zealous, inde fatigable, prudent, and enlightened promoters of the repeal of the mischievous duty on foreign wool. Mr. Bischoff was possessed of extensive mercantile and statistical information, and such was the known soundness of his judgment that he was often consulted by Mr. fluskisson and other Ministers at the Board of Trade. Mr. Bischoff was a sound Whig, and ardently attached to civil and religious liberty. In private life, he was respected and beloved for his kindliness, sincerity, and rectitude; and to his widow and numerous family the less is irreparable.—Lads Mercur,y. OXFORD CONVOCA'IIOI4. LETTER FROM MR. WARD. Balliol College, Feb. 13. Mr. Vice-Chancellor,--I entertain so much respect for the authority of the House of Convocation, when acting within its legitimate province, that I think a statement of the rea sons which led me to consider my position in the University morally unaffected by what has passed to-day, is due to you and to all those who have been instrumental in promoting the censure voted against me. Of course lam not now re ferring to the act of degradation, the validity of which will be the subject of legal decision. I refer to the former of the two resolutions passed in convocation ; a resolution which, as it in effect pronounces certain theological propositions published by me (and to which I firmly adhere), inconsist ent with the Thirty-nine Articles, might seem, at first sight, to impose upon me the obligation of voluntary retirement from all these rights and privileges within the University, for which subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles is a quali fication. Could Ibe satisfied that convocation is the true "imponens " of the Articles upon members of the University, so as to be capable of authoritatively determining the sense in which they ought to be subscribed, I should not be dis posed to inquire how far subscription is necessarily to be con sidered a continuing act, nor should I hold myself at liberty to subscribe any longer in the sense which convocation has repudiated. I should in that case at once relinquish my position in the University. But I think it will be obvious to every one, that my duty, under ouch circumstances, must depend essentially upon the question, whether convocation is the true imposer and the competent interpreter of subscription, or not. If not, it is plainly beyond the power of convocation, either by the ge neral condemnation of any particular modes of interpreting the Articles, or by the express condemnation of that sense in which I myself subscribe, to acquire any moral authority over my conduct in this respect. If convocation cannot rule affirmatively the sense in which members of the University shall subscribe, it necessarily fol lows that convocation cannot rule negatively the sense in which members of the University shall not subscribe. • Now it is well known that the question, whether convocation is legally capable of requiring members of the University to declare that they subscribe the Articles in a particular sense, has been lately the subject of consideration by legal authori ties ; and it has been held by those authorities (nor, as far as I know, has it been disputed by others) that the Articles are imposed, and the sense of subscription determined, by the law of the land; and that the judges of ecclesiastical - courts alone have the power authoritatively to declare that sense, while the Supreme Legislature alone has the power of: alter ing or adding to it. Under these circumstances, great and sincere as is my respect for the House of Convocation, I can not feel that any obligation whatever is laid upon me, in conseqience of the events of this day, to act for the future upon any different view of subscription to the Articles, from that on which I have hitherto acted, and which is expressed in my work and pamphlets.—l remain, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your faithful servant, WILLIAM GEORGE WARD. OXFORD, FEB. 14.—Mr. Frederick Oakeley, Senior Fellow of Balliol College, has addressed the following letter to the Vice-Chancellor, in connexion with these proceedings : " Balhol College, Oxford, Feb. 14, 1845. " Mr. Vice-Chancellor,—The vote of convocation upon the two propositions submitted to it at the meeting of yesterday, seems to make it imperative that I should address a few words to you with the view of clearing my position in the University. , _ " I am anxious then to draw your attention to the follow ing passage in the preface to a pamphlet which I forwarded to you about six weeks ago, and which you acknowledged by return of post with that courtesy and kindness which I have ever experienced at your hands : " I have no wish to remain a member of the University, or a minister of the Church of England, under false colours. I claim the right which has already been asserted in another quarter, of holding (aA distinct from teaching) all Roman doc trine, and that, notwithstanding my subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles.'—(Subject of Tract XC. historically examined, &c. Preface, p. xiii.) " In a Tract which I put out during the last fortnight, I have stated that these words were published ' with th e fullest deliberation.'* I appropriated and repeated them in that Tract ; and here, with the same deliberation and distinct ness, I again appropriate and repeat them. " A statement on the subject of subscription tantamount, in substance, to the above is made, as I need hardly say, in the course of the extracts from ' The Ideal of a Christian Church,' upon which convocation yesterday expressed an opinion. And, as it must also be unnecessary for m e t o ob serve, it is to this statement that I refer in the above passage where I speak of the right which I claim having been already asserted in another quarter.' " This right having been apparently called in question by the vote of yesterday, it seems to me quite necessary, with a view to the defence of my own position, that I should publicly state in what light I regard that vote. " I consider it, then, as expressing a certain opinion upon a series of extracts from a particular work, comprehending a variety of statements, my agreement with which I am in no way called upon either to affirm or deny, except in the single instance, relating to the question of subscription to the Articles, in which I have already declared th a t I t a k e pre cisely the same view of the case with Mr. Ward. Had the cen sure of Mr. Ward been limited to the single point of his state ment upon the subject of subscription to the Articles, the case (as far as this part of my argument is concerned) might have been otherwise. But as this statement is only involved in a commendation with a variety of others, it is impossible, as I conceive, to determine whether, in the minds of the proposers and ratifiers of the measure, all the extracts are considered to be at variance with the' good faith' of the author's sub scription, or only some of them, and if some only, then which in particular of the whole number. I consider, therefore, that convocation, in expressing an opinion upon these passages, has by no means necessarily made any declaration with re spect to the question of subscription in particular, so as to affect those, who, like myself, while appropriating Mr. Wards's view of subscription, do not appropriate (nor yet disclaim) other sentiments expressed in the selected pas sages. _ _ _ But if, in the judgment of the Board over which you preside, and of the House of Convocation, 1 have rendered myself personally liable to penalty by the declarations above cited, 1 am anxious' not to shelter myself' (as I say in my pamphlet) under the cover of supposed differences, as to this matter of subscription, from others who have been di rectly assailed.'—(Preface, p. xii.) If, on the other hand, I am allowed, after this plain and public declaration of my sentiments, to retain my place in the University, I shall re gard such acquiescence as equivalent to an admission, on the part of the academical authorities, that my own subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles is not at variance with good} aith:' " But I am here arguing upon the assumption that the House of Convocation has a power to determine in what sense members of the University shall, or shall not, subscribe the Articles. I wish it, therefore, to be distinctly understood that my argument so far has been purely one ad homines.' I reserve to myself the power of disputing, if necessary, and at the proper time, any such claim on the part of convoca tion. I consider myself to receive the Articles at the hands of the University, solely as an organ and representative of the Church of England, and, inasmuch as the Church of England has nowhere declared against the sense in which I claim to subscribe them, I accept them under no other limitations than those which are imposed by my own conscientious belief of their grammatical meaning, and the intention with which they were at first put out, and are now proposed to me by the Church of which I am a member. " It is necessarily difficult, as I am sure you will perceive, to word a document of this nature so explicitly as its very purpose requires, without the appearance of presumption as well as disrespect. I assure you that I would gladly have embraced a different alternative, had any one presented itself, which seemed to me equally consistent with duty both to the University and to myself. But I am deeply and deliberately satisfied that the course of frankness, whatever present inconveniences or miscontructions it may entail, is at once the kindest, and the fairest, towards all parties, as it is undoubtedly also that which is most agreeable to my own feelings. And I hope that this course will at least have the effect of clearing from the very suspicion of insincerity, those assurances of personal respect towards yourself with which I am most conscientiously able to accompany it.—l have the honour to be, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your faithful humble servant, " FREDERICK OAKELEY, " Senior Fellow of Balliol College. "The Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, &c." * A Few Words to Members of Convocation, on Mr. Ward's Case. A St. Petersburgh letter of the Ist informs us of the death of Admiral Greig, in that city, on the 30th ult. LEWES, SATURDAY EVENING.—Mr. George Baring Kemp, the Liberal candidate, who, for the last three days has been canvassing this borough, has this afternoon sent in his resignation. Lord Dillon was the bearer of the commu nication to Mr. Fitzroy's committee. From the moment of Mr. Kemp's first appearance here there was not a shadow of chance for him. There is a split amongst the Whig party, in consequence of some of the leading men wishing to let Mr. Fitzroy walk over the ground now, in order to conciliate the Conservatives, and get an easy scat for one Whig at the next election. There prevails a sonsiderable feeling of dissatisfac tion in the borough in consequence of this proceeding. Those electors who vote from principle feel that their franchise has been nullified by this onesided attempt at compromise, for such is the effect, call the proceedings by what name you will. The nomination will take place on Monday, and, of course, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy will be elected without op position. A band is parading the town this evening. THE ATmosriiEßlC EAILWAy.—We understand that Mr. Cubitt, the English engineer, has visited the esta blishment of M. Hallette, of Arras, near Calais, and insp ec ted his new plan of atmospheric railway; and that Mr. Cubitt has expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the plan, and has declared that he shall warmly advocate its adoption in England.—Leeds Mercury. RETIRED NAVY LIST.—We have heard from a source generally well-informed, that it is the intention of Government to make a retired list for the navy in all its grades—after each officer has reached his 60th year.—Hanp shire Independent. FOREIGN VINEGAR.—The Commissioners of the Customs having had under consideration the practice which at present prevails for duty by the acetomete , in ascerrtauipnoinng it t s he im s p tr o e r n ta g t t i lLof i n vinegar 1 e referred the scale country, and being of opin ion with reference to the low r ate of duty c h argea ble upon that article, that to in their minute of the 22d of September, 1843, relative to the partial examination at this port of goods entered to be warehoused for foreign exportation only, might with ad vantage be made applicable to the number of casks of vinegar to be tried, for ascertaining the strength thereof, viz.:—ln every 5 packages, or under, of each ma r k, 1 package ; from 6 to 11 inclusive, 2 packages; 12 to 18, 3 packages; 19 to 26, 4 packages ; 27 to 35, 5 packages ; 36 to 45, 6 packages ; 46 to 56, 7 packages; 57 to 68, 8 packages; 69 to 81, 9 pack ages ; 82 to 95, 10 packages ; 96 to 110, 11 packages ; and at the rate of one in ten of all above that number. It has been resolved that the same be adopted accordingly in all cases where no material variation of strength shall be found to exist ; but where such variation shall be considerable, the whole of the casks bearing the same mark be tested, and the particulars thereof recorded. And directions have been given to the officers at this port, and the collectors and con trollers of the several outpurts of the kingdom, to govern themselves in future accordingly. PRIMITIVE DWELLINGS.—In a court, or " wynd," as it is locally termed, in Leonard-gate, within a hundred yards of the spacious mansion of an ex-mayor, may be seen a couple of curious tenements, one inhabited by a small coal dealer, and the other by a retail sandman. Both are con structed of "raddle and daub" (einglicl•—sticks and mud), and differ in 110 material respect frau an Indian wigwam, save that the coal-dealer's has a more aristocratic entrance, the body of an old post-chaise doing duty as porch. The upper part of the court is rented by these two men, and Hie grotesque erections alluded to are the work of their own hands. Each has a wife and family, and in this latter term may be included the sandman's horse, who, Arab-fashion, sleeps in the same apartment with the wife and children of his master.—Lancaster Guardian. and THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—ID consequence of the late accident on this railway, we understand that several alterations the C a o t p ti a o h n y s . haN T 'e w b .o ee ad n cmhtaiodiewinpotlriteersstariavoef been engaged ag en ed iployz t d t b il y e . beenremoved, his place supplied by a man. At Attenborough, since the gates were Nottingham station ; and at Boeston the boy iI2S smashed by the London down train , the woman who had the care of them has been discharged , and aalso man appointed there. Th e number of servants Is therefore now precisely the same as it was be fore the tunalgantatiou.—XottinglictinJournal.