The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—We find the following paragraph in Wednesday's Exeter Flying Post . "ENFORCEMENT OF THE RUBRIC.—WO hear that the whole body of the chapter of our cathedral, in cluding both canons and prebendaries, are to assemble to-morrow (Thursday) in the chapter-house, at the special request of the Bishop, to consider the propriety of a regular conformity by the clergy to the rubric throughout the diocese of Exeter. We trust that, on the discussion of this very delicate subject, which has of late caused so much controversial and untoward feel ing to exist in so many of our parishes as well as the Universities themselves, there will be a regard for the laity, whose feelings on the matter we hope will be duly considered." The spirit which presides in these movements in the diocese of Exeter may be estimated without breach of charity from the judgment of the Bishop of Exeter in the case of the Rev. Walter Blunt. It is probable that we may see occasion to revert to that judgment in somewhat of detail. At present we refer to it only for the purpose of " noticing that the authority for regulating ritual practices, most relied on therein, is the 13th and 14th C. 11., ch. 4, com monly called the Act of Uniformity. Now this de ference to Act of Parliament, even as supersed ing canons and rubrics, is, we do think, somewhat suggestive of what is now due to the laity on the part of the Established clergy. We are not aware that Parliament has lost any of the power that it ever had. We are not aware that the clergy have regained any of the power they have lost in late ages. The present generation of high-flying Angli cans, among whom the Bishop of Exeter is so emi nent, may indeed amuse themselves by decrying Parlia ment, since the abolition of tests, as a motley assembly of schismatics. We content ourselves with reminding them that it is the legislature of this empire. It has before controlled the clerisy (by the Bishop of Exeter's own acknowledgement), and it can do so again. It may become—we believe it will, very shortly—its bounden duty to strike in, once more, on the part of the nation, and put an end to the disturbances of public peace, worship, and instruction, occasioned by the overween ing arrogation of independent license of discord amongst parties in the Church. The laity will not continue to submit to be counted for nothing in the proceedings of the priests ; and it will soon be seen whether the Episcopal Bench or the House of Commons (the next, if not the present) best represents the feeling and resolutions of the laity; and what degree of force the protest of bigotry will have against the adoption of some new model, as much within the competence of Parliament as was the Act of Uniformity, and better suited than the Act of Uniformity to the views of these times With regard to this continual employment of the epithet schismatic, which distinguishes so especially Churchmen of the Bishop of Exeter's stamp, it may not be out of place to qnote the following passage from Burke's " Correspondence :" " I cannot consider our Dissenters, of almost any kind, as schismatics, whatever some of their leaders might originally have been, in the eye of Him, who I alone knows whether they acted under the direction of such a conscience as they had, or at the instigation of pride and passion. There are many things amongst most of them which I rather dislike than dare to c•n damn." The Bishop of Exeter, however, and the high-flying 6thurchmen of his diocese, consider not only dissent ing but Roman Catholic "schismatics" as proper sub jects for re-baptism, before they will pray for them on their death-beds. And at this very moment, the other set of high Churchmen (the Romanising Puseyites) consider us all as involved in the sin of schism, till reconciled with the Church of Rome. Here is a well qualified order of men, as regards its present consti tuents, to pronounce upon what is schism, or what is not, outside of its pale ! There is evident• urgency for some authoritative clearance of this clerical chaos. We say, the authority belongs to Parliament ; and ought to be exercised, not to restrict the terms of communion in the Established Church, or exclude this or that party—but to render all continued esta blishment by the State, and all aid to any commu nion—conditional on enforced better behaviour to each other, as well as to their " schismatic" fellow countrymen, on the part of a profession, whose pre sent agitators are drawing on England the pity of immoveable Rome, and the contempt of progressive Europe. STANDARD.—Another extraordinary example of the unchanged and unchangeable spirit of Popery has been recently brought to light, in the abduction, at the instance of the present Archbishop of Turin, of a young lady from her friends, with the view of inducing her to enter the Roman Catholic Church. It is not the first instance of the kind by many, but, looking at it in all its features, it is one of the most remarkable. The father of the young lady in ques tion, M. Heldivier, held for some years the post of Dutch Minister at Turin, where he had resided until his recal in May last. His departure was, how ever, hastened by domestic circumstances. One of his daughters had formed an attachment to a young advocate of the town; but circumstances rendering any permanent connexion unsuitable, their further intimacy was interdicted. Having presented his let• tern of recal to the King of Sardinia, M. Heldivier, would have taken his departure immediately, but that he was detained at the hotel to which he had removed, by the illness of another of his children. It appears that on the Bth of June the ex-Minister and his lady were induced to attend a fife, given in Turin in honour of the birth of the Duke of Savoy, and that during their absence their daughter, who made a feigned excuse for not accompanying her parents, quitted their hotel alone, without even a change of dress. Their suspicions were naturally attracted to her lover, who proved himself to have been wholly ignorant of her move ments. After a long and ineffectual search the ago nised father applied to the Archbishop of Turin, as the head of the Sardinian Church, for permission to pursue their inquiries in the various convents in Tu rin, or for any information he might be enabled to afford of her destination. He replied that he had rea son to believe that she had sought refuge in a con vent, but pretended not to know in which of the many houses of that description she might be found. It turned out, however, that that respectable dig nitary had been the chief party to her abduction. Smarting under the interdiction of her parents, and in the fever of youthfnl enthusiasm, she was per suaded by a Roman Catholic priest, whom she had taken into her confidence, to enter the Roman Ca tholic Church. With the view of promoting this object the wily archbishop, who did not care to criminate himself by a wfitten order, furnished the convert with half a sheet of paper, cut in a parti cular manner ; the other was given to the abbess of the convent of St. Croce, with directions to receive the bearer of the corresponding fragment into her house, at any hour of the night. She, however, was advised by the archbishop to delay her elope ment until her father had delivered his letters of re cal, lest his diplomatic privilege might enable him to defeat the conspiracy. It will scarcely be be lieved that, up to this period, M. Heldivier, al though the most strenuous exertions have been made on his behalf, has been unable to obtain the restora tion of his child. The King was appealed to in vain. Although he did not disguise his own opinion of the transaction, the subjection in which he is kept by the Papal power is such, that he dared not inter fere in the matter, declaring that he would incur the penalty of excommunication, which would inevitably be fulminated against him if he made himself a party to her release. Such might have been the reply of the monarch who devoted his leisure time to em broidering petticoats for the Virgin Mary; but a mo narch so despotic as the King of Sardinia might have mustered courage to do something. In vain did the Mi nisters of England and France protest against so monstrous an outrage. Their threats and entreaties were alike unavailing, and the King of Holland having taken no steps in the matter, the lady still remains in the convent, where she is now undergoing her no viciate. This exercise of the power and disposi tion of the Romish clergy is shocking enough, but is hardly worse than some things that have occ urre d in England in the course of the last few years. In this case the young lady is spirited away,, and then forcibly returned, because she is above twelve years old. A few weeks a go we were called upon to notice an instance in which a Mal tese widow, who had entered the Protestant Church, and married a Protestant, had her two children torn from her by the Popish authorities of that place, on the ground that they were under twelve years of age, so that Popish zealots make sure of their victims of whatever age. The apathy of the King of Holland in the matter would seem to be unaccountable, seing that his peremp tory demand for redress could not he disregarded. Had the outrage been offered to a British subject, the Papist powers at Turin would soon have been taught that it would not have been perpetrated with impu punity. We trust, however, that the matter will not be allowed to rest where it does. If it is, there is nc security for a stranger at any foreign court at whicl Popery is in the ascendant. OXFORD, FRIDAY.—The Archbishop of Dublin and the Bishop of Kildare have addressed the Board of Heads of Houses on the subject of the prevailing errors in the University ; and a committee is now sitting to concert measures for checking their progress. Mr. R. Ley, of Brasanose College, a connexion of the Rev. Isaac Wil liams, has avowed himself the author of a report that Mr. Newman had written to the Rev. I. Williams, inti mating his probable secession from tho Anglican com munion. —Evening Paper. ANOTHER VESSEL SUNK BY COLLISION.—LIVER• yERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. —The Britannia steamer, yesterday, on her passage from Duobulitnwatrod.tbhoisunpdorto, came in contact with the brig Fly, the b Africa, when, owing to the injurz_leceived by she almost immediately sunk. We regret to say, :O . ' the mate of the brig was drowned, not having bee a n t enabled to get out of the vessel before she sunk ; all th e others of her crew were saved. The crew and passen gers of the Britannia sustained no injury whatever. The wcifikut occuocq punt Lynas. THE INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES OF IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the present somewhat dubious political position of the sister kingdom—a position in which it is uncertain whether repeal or federalism will even tually strike the beam in the balance of probabilities —during this temporary lull of the hot warfare of agitation, the justness or judiciousness of which in its motives, its principles, and its tendencies, I will not step to determine, inasmuch as you have often spoken, and very prudently, on that subject—surely, it will not be denied, nay, rather urged with more than usual reasonableness and force, that any attempt to direct the public mind, seriously and practically, to the fruitful, though long-neglected internal resources of Ireland, provided our efforts manifest skill, earnest ness, and accuracy, is peculiarly advisable, as likely to excite a most useful and seasonable interest. The awakened spirit of nationality by which the Irish people are now animated, manifesting itself as it does in divers forms, gives us hope that judicious measures of improvement, from whatever source they may come, will be properly encouraged and supported. It may be true that at the present time there is a stagnation in many of the ordinary channels of com mercial industry; but then it will be admitted, as evincing this awakened spirit, that every new com mercial project is canvassed and examined with an anxious eagerness, bent upon discovering therein some elements of utility, or some prospect of success; and not only so, but that capital is readily embarked in any undertaking which promises, however dis tantly, a profitable return. To this object, indeed, have already been appropriated some of those unem ployed funds which, on account of recent monetary revolutions, have been withdrawn from Government security. There seems to be two probable causes of the ill success or stagnation of industry in Ireland—either a want of enterprising energy, or its misapplication, and both may arise, and very likely do arise, from ignorance of the internal resources of the nation, their extent, and the most available means for their development. Hence a tardiness, on the one hand, to embark in any Irish speculation ; and, on the other, signal failure of some of the schemes that have been projected. But the great mischief has been the pusillanimity, or something like it, which induced the doubt of the industrial capabilities of Ireland. Like as in everything else appertaining to this hitherto " unhappy country,' a feeling of despondency seems to hover over those who are concerned in any com mercial or speculative project. This evil must, there fore, be met in its very foundation. We must attack it in its source. The minute and elaborate returns of the census of 1841, the extensive researches of the, Ordnance Survey, and the reports of the Railway Commissioners, and of the Mining and Inland Navi gation Companies, deficient though they might be in their statement of statistical facts, yet furnished a more satisfactory basis than ever had existed pre viously. On this basis a superstructure has been re cently completed by an able and acute investigator— I allude to Dr. Kane—who, by patient and laborious personal inquiries, and other supplementary means, scientific and practical, has satisfied us, beyond all doubt or hesitation, of the value, magnitude, and, availableness of the industrial resources of Ireland. With regard to the sources of mechanical power in that country, which, for all practical purposes, must be considered to be steam and water, it is obvious that, for the creation of the former, fuel is indis pensable : it must, moreover, be cheap and abundant. It is now demonstrated that the resources of Ireland in this one particular have been, hitherto, vastly underrated. The principal coal districts are four in number, corresponding in name with the four Irish provinces. The Leinster coal field extends over nearly five thousand Irish acres, and, according to Mr. Griffiths's estimate, contains no less than 63,000,000 tons. The supply of coal from this district has advanced to 120,000 tons annually, while the cost has been reduced from 20s. to 11 s. 6d. per ton for large coal, and 4s. per ton for culm. By a certain process the immense resources of the Lein ster and Munster districts, consisting of anthracite or non-flaming coal, may be rendered available for all the uses for which the diffusion of heat is required. The northern district of bituminous coal, extending around Lough Allen, is about sixteen miles in length, and the same in breadth, containing, as Mr. Griffiths es timates, above 30,000,000 tons, and yet are these mines hardly wrought at all, the yearly quantity raised not exceeding 3,000 tons. This unhappy district, abounding, as it does, with mineral wealth, is allowed to lie neglected and fallow; and the population, active, industrious, and eager for employment, are starving in the midst of these hidden riches, restrained only by their innate virtue from turning into un lawful channels the energies which nature destined to an honourable and remunerative industry. " The picture of this district, as I saw it some two years since," Rays Professor Kane, "has never left my mind. * * As I walked on, there lay around my path masses of iron ore, equally rich with the best em ployed in England. I knew that in those hills, whose desolate aspect weighed on my mind, there were concealed all the materials for successful indus try. A population starving, and eager to be em ployed at any price ; a district capable of setting them at work, if its resources were directed by ho nesty and common sense ; but all sacrificed to the stock jobbing speculations of a few men acting on the gross ignorance and credulity of some others." Much might be said of the Ulster field, and par ticularly of the interesting coal district in the county of Antrim, that probably would surprise your readers ; and the same may be alleged with respect to the subject of turf, Dr. Kane's report on which is exceedingly interesting and important. It is now clear that there is scarcely a use to which coal is ap plied, which may not be almost equally, if not equally, supplied by this neglected material. 'Will it be believed, that of the 20,000,000 acres, forming the area of Ireland, about 2,300,000 are turf, the larger proportion of which lies neglected and unprofitable, because either not turned to account at all, or wasted from want of scientific management in the process ? But the most important conclusion from all the investigations instituted is, that the difference of the cost of steam power in England and in Ireland is very trifling in the whole cost of manufacture, so trilling indeed as to be utterly unimportant. There is, however, a question still more interesting—the efficient management of the water power of Ireland. This is a subject greatly underrated. Many are hardly prepared for the fact which is now pretty well evinced, that if the water power of Ireland were economised only to the extent it is in Lancashire, the head-quarters of our coal-trade and manufactures, that country would be supplied with an agency ex ceeding the entire power from steam, water, and every other source which is at present at work in the whole British Empire ! A fertile and instructive topic might be found in the subject of the comparative estimate of the various engines by which water may be applied to machinery, as well as in that of the minerals and the agricultural resources of Ireland, particularly the last; but omit ting these, for the present, we hasten to introduce an extract from the very just observations of Pro fessor Kane relati ve t o th e cons t ruc ti on o f ra il ways in Ireland by means of Government advances, the interest on which should be paid by the profit of the railway traffic ; as to how the surplus (if any) is to be applied, and how the deficit (if any) could be raised : " Three-quarters of a century ago," says he, " when Scotland, poor, barren, and ignorant, lay at the feet of England, the central Government saw the necessity of creating at once such a system of internal communications, as should place at the disposition of the inhabitants the means of pacific intercourse and trade. Hence, between canals and roads, a million and a half of money was given to Scotland. Of this there was to be no repayment. Other large sums, as a quarter of a million to Leith harbour, were lent at very mode rate interest, and an arrangement was made that for all roads required in Scotland, the State pays one-half of the expense, and the locality is burdened only with the other moiety. "The Government did its duty in Scotland nobly, although some of the plans were failures as to the particular result; but what has been the consequence to Scotland ? How much of the intelligence and business habits, the general morality, and amenability to the law, by which th e peop l e of that country are distinguished, is due to the abundant means of inter course with each other, and with their richer and more cultivated neighbours ? Certainly a great deal. Scotland furnishes to the State more revenue in pro portien to her population than Ireland does ; but she certainly does not return a larger proportion of profit on the sums which the State has expended in the sound improvement of her people." 'While it is universally acknowledged that human labour can be obtained in Ireland on lower terms than almost any other country iu Europe, the proposition is demonstrable that cheap labour is not identical with low wages ; and it is even ascertained, from actual instances, that the Irish can be induced, by fair and proper treatment, to do as much work in a given time as English labourers, and very nearly, if not quite, as well. With all these advantages belonging to the sister kingdom, there cannot be a question that, with judicious management and patriotic effort, her indus trial resources are capable of being properly de veloped, and her energies directed to the cultivation of those rational schemes of improvement which reason, and nature, and science, indicate as legiti mately her own.—l am, Sir,your obedient servant, Nov. 14, 1844. lIIBERNICUS. THE YORK MAYORALTY AT A DISCOUNT. The civic chair seems to be in no request at York. At the annual meeting of the Council held on Wednesday, Alderman Swami and Alderman Barber were suc cessively elected to the office of Lord Mayor, and successively declined to accept it, and paid the fine of 1001. Alderman Scawin was then elected, but as he was not present, it was not known whether he would ac cept the office.—Leeds Times. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1844. POLICE MN' fELLIGENCE (S 1 JRDAY.) BO'a r-STREET. A young man, nal avid John Ogilbie, was brought up in custody of one of the City police, charged with having obtained the s am of 51. 10s. and a gold watch, with guard, &c. attached, value 381., from Mr. Fre derick Lewis Mielle vine, a foreign merchant, resid ing at 23, Hanover.: square, by means of threats and menaces. Mr. Hobler attend( xi as solicitor for the prosecution. The prosecutor stated that he occupied chambers in Throgmorton-street. On the 6th of October, about eight o'clock in the evening, he was waiting in Tot tenham-court-road for an omnibus, when the prisoner came up and addressed him ; and on his telling hint that he was waiting• for an omnibus to Piccadilly, he replied that there were none going that way, but added there were plenty of cabs on the stand. Witness thanked'him, and proceeded towards the cab stand, followed by the prism ler, who, after making some obser vations about the weather, stated that he was also going f to Piccadilly, on whic,'l witness offered him a seat in his cab. Witness thers called a cab, and ordered the driver to proceed to Piccadilly. When they got near there, the prisoner put his hand in front of witness's coat and attempted to unbutton it. Wit ness was very much alarmed, and told him that un less he desisted he would stop the vehicle. Prisoner then toad him that he wanted his money, and that if he did not instantly give it him he would take him to the station-house. Witness told him he was a mon ster, and refused to comply with his demands, and threatened to give him in charge, and called out to the cab-driver to stop, upon which the prisoner put his head out of the window, and told him to go to the station-house, but witness insisted that the cab should be stopped at once, upon which the driver drew up nearly opposite Cambridge-house, when wit ness and the prisoner got out. The prisoner repeated his threats, which so alarmed witness that he lost all presence of mind and ran away, followed by the pri soner, who called on him to stop, which he did when he got to Half-Moon-street, when the prisoner came up to him and demanded 201. of him, and in order to get rid of him, being much alarmed, witness took from his purse 51. 105. in gold, being all the money he had about him, and gave it to the prisoner, who im mediately said, " I must have your watch also." Wit ness then gave him his watch, guard-chain, &c., and prisoner having got them, told witness to go in an opposite direction from the place where they had left the cab. Prisoner then ran off the other way, and was out of sight in a moment, and he saw no more of him until the 6th instant, when, as he was walking near the Bank of England, the prisoner came up and followed him to the Old Jewry, when he said, " How do you do, Sir ? " Witness told him he knew nothing of him, and desired him to go about his busi ness. The prisoner said, "It's all very well, I know you," and followed witness to his chambers. Wit ness—it being post night, and the clerks all very busy —was prevented from mentioning the circumstance to them, and when he left the chambers the prisoner was gone. He met the prisoner again on Friday, near the Park, and, by the advice of his brother, gave him into custody. The prisoner was identified by the prosecutor's brother, the porter at his chambers, and his son, as having been seen by them lurking about there. In answer to the charge, the prisoner denied having seen the prosecutor until Tuesday week, when he ad dressed him, mistaking him for a person with whom he had had a difference, and while so addressing him he ran away. He denied the charge brought against him.—He was remanded. Two gentlemen were to-day placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with having been found, one at ten o'clock and the other at t we l ve th e prev i ous night, committing nuisances in Trafalgar-square. The policeman having proved the charge, the gen tlemen complained that there was no notice to warn hem off, and ,that in the dark it was impossible for strangers to be aware that they were doing wrong. One of the gentlemen stated that he had only lately come up from the country, and really was not aware that he was doing wrong. It was so dark and wet that he could not distinguish the square as a place which ought to be kept particularly clean. He did not deny having committed the act in question. He complained that sufficient warning. was not given him by the constable, who came up and ordered him in a brutal manner to desist, and then at once took him off to the station-house in Gardner's-lane, where he was locked up for three hours in a cell more noisome and damp than he could have believed it possible. The stench was awful, and altogether he thought the place was such a one as was calculated to breed a pestilence, and one in which a human being ought not to be placed. He was even refused the favour of walking in the court adjoining the cell, although he stated that he felt very sick ; and indeed, had it not been for a gentleman who came to bail his fellow prisoner, he must have remained in that hole all night, for his own family were residing at a distance, and he could not think of disturbing them at that hour of the night Mr. JARDINE inquired at what hour the gentleman had been bailed. The constable replied that both gentlemen were bailed shortly after three. Mr. JARDINE then addressed the defendants, and said there was certainly a great deal of justice in what was stated. No one could feel more than he (Mr. Jardine) did that it was a great hardship that no suffi eiont notice was given in some way to warn gentle men of the penalty to which they subjected themselves by committing such acts. The police were not to blame for the part they took in the affair, for they re ceived orders, and were compelled to execute them. The law subjected persons sailing any wall, &c., to a penalty of 405., and the police were empowered to take persons so offending into custody. In such a place as Trafalgar-square there ought to be some means taken by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to warn persons against offending in that lo cality, and he thought they were much to blame for not adopting such means; for in the dark nights of winter it was impossible for a stranger in London to distinguish the square, and unless they surrounded the place with policemen, to inform the public that they must not commit nuisances there, it could not be expected that they could be prevented from doing so. The law was clear enough that they had ren dered themselves liable to a penalty ; but still, under the circumstances, and considering the hardships which they must have endured, he should not feel him self justified in inflicting any penalty in either case; the gentlemen must, therefore, be discharged. WANDS WORTH. Mr. Peter Henson, a respectable looking young man, who carries on the business of a builder and house-decorator, in the Bridge-road, Battersea, sur rendered, upon his own recognisance of 501., to answer a charge of stealing a copper and other articles, the property of Mr. William Howie, a gentleman residing at Fulham. The case first came under the notice of Mr. Paynter, the sitting magistrate, on Tuesday last, and on that occasion it:was proved, in evidence, that the prisoner had disposed of a copper and other property which were in a house belonging to Mr. Howie, and which was some time in the occupation of Dalmas, the murderer. The prisoner, in his defence, asserted that Charlotte Dalmas, the second daughter, had sold him the pro perty after her father absconded, and, that that person might be produced, the case was remanded. When the case was called on, Mr. Gilham an nounced that he was for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne, of Battersea, said he appeared for the accused. The court was densely crowded. Mr. Howie stated that, in consequence of informa tion which he received from the police, he went on Tuesday morning to the prisoner's residence, and charged him with stealing a fence, a dresser, a side board, and a copper, from a house, a short distance from his (the prisoner's). He acknowledged taking the fence, which was then standing in his own garden. He said that he was wrong in so doing, and asked prosecutor's forgiveness. At that time he never men tioned Miss Dalmas's name, who was the daughter of the former occupier, and who left the fixtures enume rated for the rent which was due. Cross-examined—The fence alluded to formerly parted Dalmas's premises from those of the late Mrs. APFarlarie. This fence, although removed, was still in my freehold. Mr. PAYNTER—Then I am of opinion that this re moval of the fence from one part of the freehold to another constitutes nothing more than a trespass. Mr. Howie, in reply to other questions put to him by the prisoner's solicitor, said he had appointed an ,ti,g,Aeye,ansrtet of wheno look after his pr o p er ty. He was not aware that his agent had ever en t ruste d t h e pr i soner with empty thefixtures houses xtu r esbelongingere taken to away him, nor from was t h he e abuse. Police-constable Daly, 137 V, said he knew the prisoner. That in accompanying Mr. Howie to the prisoner's house, the latter asked forgiveness of that : 3 ,, entleman for taking th e f ence, and said he would make him any remuneration he wished. The prisoner at that time never alluded to Miss Dalmas. He had had no communication with that female since her father was taken into custody, a few months since. The prisoner was given into custody for stealing some building materials, but the case was not proceeded with. IWilliam MParlane, a youth about 18, stated that last October twelvemonth he was residing with hi s r mother, who is since dead, in the adjoining house to that occupied by Dalmas, and after Mrs. Dalmas had given up possession, he went over the house out of curiosity, and saw the copper there quite safe; next morning, between eight and nine o'clock, on looking over the fence into the wash-house, he saw that the copper was gone. He mentioned the circumstance to his mother and the Misses Dalmas, and they also missed it. Robert Brown, a general dealer, in 31ilman's-row, Chelsea, proved that. about eight mouths since he purchased a copper of the prisoner about the size of the one alluded to, for which he gave him 7s. It was I then lying in th© prisoner's own kitchen► Charlotte Dalmas was next called as a witness ; she had been previously sitting with her two other sisters in a secluded part of the court, and when she came forward to give evidence she excited some curiosity. She stated that on leaving her father's house, after he had absconded from Battersea, which he did in consequence of his debts, she left in it a copper, a sideboard, and a dresser, all of which belonged to her father, but being in arrears for rent they were left to satisfy it. Witness sold a washing-stool, a clothes-horse, some knives, &c., to the prisoner, but not the articles previously alluded to. She had offered him the copper for sale, but the sum he tendered was so little she refused to take it. Mr. PAYNTEa observed that he thought this a clear case of felony, but as it was necessary to have the evidence of Mrs. Lee, the agent of the prosecutor, to prove that the prisoner was not authorised to enter the house, he should remand the case until Wednesday next. He consented to take bail in 401. for the ap pearance of the prisoner on that day. In the course of the examination of Charlotte Dalmas, a question was put to her as to whether she knew where her father was when he absconded. Before the witness could answer, Caroline Dalmas rose up, and throwing her arms about, exclaimed, " So help me God ! my sisters knew not where my father was, and if I never move off this ground,_l was the only person entrusted by my father with that knowledge." Colonel Wyndham's hounds, Wed., Seller's Park; Fri. Gumber Com er . , Surrey Union hounds, Wed., Chilworth; Fri., WiAr-bu- I rough; Sat., Rookery. Fife hounds, Tues., liemback ; Thurs., Fernie-house; 1 Sat., New Inn-101. Torquay harriers, Fri., Petit Tor. BRITISH SEAMANSHIP ina STORM BOULOGNE, Nov. 1 3.—Wt.. have had here for the last four or five days a succession of tempests almost ithout example for their duration and their fury. Happily there have been no wrecks in our immediate neighbour hood, but I heard this morning that many fishing vessels have been driven ashore, with a melancholy lows of lives, below Etables, net far from the scene of the loss of the Reliance and the Conqueror, a year or two ago. At Boulogne the sea has been frightful, and has nearly destroyed the whole of the solid sea wall at the hack of the Etablisiement erected in 1840. It is not, however, with the purpose of communicating events un happily occurring too generally and too frequently to excite much interest, and which, occurring out of eur own island, have less than the common claim to atten tion ; it is not with this purpose that I write, but in order to lay before the public in your columns the solution of a problem of great importance, as I think, in the ad vancement of the science of navigation—particularly of steam navigation. At noon yesterday, when the tempest was at the highest (the sea wall at the Etublissenient had just fallen), I was on the Pont, taking leave of some friends about to depart in the diligence for Calais, when I was startled by a rush of some hundreds of persons, chiefly sailors and fishermen, in the direction of the sea. This was the more remarkable, as the rain was descending in torrents at the time, and I concluded that some hapless vessel had struck. Emerging from the shelter of the Messagerie, I ran with the crowd, and soon ascertained that the object attracting it was not a vessel ashore, but a vessel in sight—an occasion of almost equal horror. Indeed, both were regarded as involving the same cer tainty of destruction. Such was the intense interest excited by the annottncement that, notwithstanding the sheets of rain descending, more than 1,500 persons had in the course of a few minutes—l might say a few seconds—assembled on the Eastern Jetty, and the scene which they witnessed was assuredly one to justify their excitement. The approach to Boulogne harbour, as you know, lies between two long jetties about 60 yards apart, and extending between dangerous sand-banks, some 600 or 700 yards in the sea. These jetties run pretty nearly north and south, and that nearest to the Calais side is called the East Jetty ; the other the West Jetty. The West Jetty is somewhat the longer, and has a lighthouse at the seaward end of it. As the wind yesterday blew south and by west (the worst wind in the Channel, as all sailors know), the Western Jetty was exposed to the whole rage of the sea —such a sea as few have ever seen, and was, for the most part, hidden by the waves that rolled over it. It served, however, as a protection to the East Jetty. Within a few mornots after " a vessel in sight" was announced by the rafting of a flag, the Eastern Jetty was, as I have said, covered with, at the very least, 1,500 persons. The vessel that had an attraction so powerful appeared to be just outside of the dangerous bar, not more than 100 yards from the end of the Western Jetty. She was struggling hard, but struggling gallantly, against the tide, the tempest, and the current of an awful sea, to gain an offing to the westward before making the attempt to enter the harbour. Though so near, the vessel could not be distinguished with any approach to certainty through the thick rain. However, the opinion of the crowd decided at once upon the vessel and the com mander. "No other vessel but the Princess Maude, no other captain but Captain Monger, would dare to face Boulogne Bay to-day." The conjecture was cor rect ; it was the Princess Maude and the gallant com mander named. Whatever opinion, however, had been formed of either ship or captain, the most painful feelings of apprehension were excited by her sitea tion for some time. It was long doubted whether the great steam power of the vessel could win the offing necessary to give her a free sweep in between the light house and the bar. " She will do it"—" It is impossible," ran from mouth to mouth in anxious whispers ; the pre• vailing feeling was however, desponding. At length the first great point was gained--the noble little vessel won her way considerably westward of the lighthouse. Next came a severer trial, to round into the harbour without overshooting it, from the combined force of the storm, tide and sea ; for t o overs h oot the harbour would be to go directly ashore. Having secured his offing, Captain Monger brought his vessel about ; and, to the amaze ment of the timid and unskilful, spread a broad extent of canvas, under the tremendous gale, bearing down upon the mouth of the harbour with a rapidity perfectly ter rific. As the vessel passed the lighthouse, almost every heart sunk under the impression that nothing could cheek or divert her direct progress to the sands. A stifled moan was heard through the crowd, when, as if by magic, the sails dropped instantly, the vessel changed her course full 90 degrees, and then shot up the harbour at the rate of at least 15 miles an hour. The enthusiasm of the spectators found expression in a loud cheer, which was again and again repeated. The most striking circum stance in the whole of this magnificent scene, was the total absence of everything that could be called accident, either favourable or unfavourable. All was obviously the necessary result of means coolly and accurately cal culated, and applied with the characteristic skill and courage of a British seaman. Captain Monger knew what his vessel could do, and he did not scruple to risk the proof. Some naval officers of high rank and of great experience, who witnessed the scene, do not scruple to acknowledge that they for a time anticipated a very dif ferent result, and to confess, that no vessel of the old construction, whether sailing vessel or steam vessel, could have accomplished what the Princess Maude accom plished yesterday. No sailing vessel or old-fashioned steam-vessel could have gained her offing against such difficulties, as no vessel less sharp than the new iron steamer could have been made to obey the helm with such miraculous promptitude. This seemed to solve the problem as to the best quality of steam-vessels, at least of the smaller size. The sharp iron steamers are ma nifestly the best. In the hands of such a man as Cap tain Monger a sharp iron steamer is, in the very worst weather,-perfectly safe—far safer than a London wherry is in the best weather.—Correspondent of a Morning Contemporary. EXTENSIVE FIRE. On Saturday morning one of the most extensive and destructive fires with which the west-end of the town has fur some years past been visited broke out on the premises of Messrs. Horne, Thompson, and Holland, coach and carriage manufacturers, No. 254, Oxford-street. The premises in question are situated on the south side of Oxford-street, between North Audley-street and Park-st ree t, an d are very exten sive and capacious, extending backwards into North row, which runs from Park-lane into Queen-street pa rallel with Oxford-street, and on the south side of North-row. Nos. 25 and 26 were a continuation ofd the premises, which were used as the factory and work shops, and extended nearly to the backs of the houses in Green-street, Grosvenor-square. The fire was first discovered about four o'clock by a groom who was sleeping in the apartments of Mr. Gooch, the foreman at the factory, to which they are attached, who, accidentally awaking, was surprised at seeing a bright light shining in at the window, and on get ting up to ascertain the cause, found that the factory was on fire. The flames appeared to him to be at that time raging in the southern end of the factory, nearest to Green-street, and were rapidly extending themselves along the carpenters' benches on both sides of the workshop on the first floor. He immediately alarmed Mr. Gooch, who rang the large factory bell, which speedily alarmed the whole neighbourhood, and aroused the inhabitants from their slumbers, who instantly began hurrying to the spot, while the police were busily engaged in dispatching messengers for the engines and in assisting in the re moval and protection of whatever property could be saved from the burning premises. Twenty-two carriages, valued at between 6,0001. and 7,0001., were, by extraordinary exertions, rescued from the flames, which had by that time spread themselves nearly over the whole of the spacious building. The heat and smoke was so intense, that all endeavours to save any thing farther was considered both dangerous and fruit less. The engines which reached the scene of confla gration were those of the Baker-street station of the brigade, and two belonging to the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, and the brigade engine from the station in King-street, Regent-street, which was accompanied by Mr. Togo, the foreman of the western district, all of which were immediately got into ope ration. Shortly before five o'clock the roofs began falling in, and the flames being acted on by the strong south-westerly wind, which blew at the time, were carried over the top of the blank wall in Brown's-place to the houses on the opposite side, se veral of which immediately took fire, and there ap peared at that moment every probability that the whole of the immediate neighbourhood would fall a prey to the destructive element. The firemen, how ever, redoubled their efforts, and the flames were by six o'clock sufficiently subdued to allay all fears of extending further, although some of the engines were continued in operation during the whole of the day in cooling the ruins. The whole of the factory is destroyed, with nearly all its valuable contents, amongst which were a num ber of magnificent carriages, the property of noble men and gentlemen, with large quantities of valuable materials and tools of every description, the value of which cannot be at present ascertained. Messrs. Horne, Thompson, and Holland, anticipate their loss will amount to between 20,0001. and 30,0001., a por tion of which only is, we regret to say, covered by an insurance in the Royal Exchange Fire Office. The premises are the property of Thomas Williams, Esq., of Cowley-grove, near Uxbridge, by whom they are also insured in the same office. The premises belong ing to the firm on the north side of the North-row are also extensively scorched and damaged by the fire, but not to any great extent. In Brown's-place, the houses Nos. 1,2, 3,4, and 5, the whole of which, with the exception of No. 5, in the occupation of Mr. J. Palmer, were let out in lodgings, are greatly damaged by fire and water, and the furniture by removal. The houses at the rear in Green -street have also sustained some damage, more particularly No. 9, in the occupation of Miss Ashton S m i t h , and No. 13, occupied by Mr. W. Willan, through which the hose of the engines were carried. Nothing has yet been correctly ascertained a s t o the origin of the fire, which is, howe ver , b e li eve d to hare been purely accidental. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.—The Sparrow, 6, arrived this morning from surveying service on the coast of Scotland. The Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander C. Jenkin, is getting under weigh (11 o'clock A.M.) for Sheerness, where she will be paid off. The Experimental Squadron.—Letters to the 31st ult., at which date the squadron was in lat. 49 N., and long. 9.20 W., all well, state that, in consequence of the pre lence of foul weather, no satisfactory trial had taken place. The Leviathan, late convict hulk, which was ordered to be broken up, is placed at the service of Sir Thomas Hastings, for similar practice upon as the Swiftsure. Colonel Dansey's, IL A., shells will be tried next week. The Imaum, 72, Commodore Sharpe, C. 8., and th e Pickle, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Bainbridge, were at Port Royal on the 9th of October. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Fremantle ; Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. Eliot, and the Rose, 18, Commander Sturt, were in the Gulf of Mexico on the 12th inst. The Syren, 16, Commander Smith, was at Trincomalee on the 28th of August, about to sail for England. The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. Home, Bart., was at Sydney on the 20th of July. The Espoir, 10, arrived at Ascension on the 7th ult., with Commodore Morrel, the newly-appointed Governor, on board. The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon, left Rio for the River Plate on the 2d of September. The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis ; Cocatrice, Lieu tenant-Commander Oxenham ; and the Crescent, 42, Lieutenant-Commander Hemsworth, were at Rio on the 15th September. The Fishguard, 42, Captain Duntze, by private letters, called on the 13th of July at Otaheite, and took Queen Pomare on board. The Bittern, la, Commander E. Peel, arrived at Si mon's Bay, on the 13th of September. On the 23d June, off Quillimaine, she detained a Portuguese vessel of 300 tons, the Emperado Dom Pedro, but having no, slaves on board. The mate and carpenter of the Bittern on land ing were attacked and wounded by the crew of the sup posed slaver, On the afternoon of the same day the Bit tern drove a suspicious -looking brig ashore, which was deserted and fired by her crew. In Harbour—The Excellent, the Victory, the Sylvia, the Diligence; and the Volcano, the Fearless, the Echo, the Dwarf, and the Comet, steam-vessels. In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Victoria and Albert, the Vengeance, the Locust, and the Athol. In the Basin—The Scourge. At Spithead—The Sparrow ketch. SHEERNESS, Nov. 15.----The Amazon razee-corvette, 28, just commissioned by J. J. Stopford, hoisted the pendent last evening. This is a very beautiful vessel ; her guns, we are informed, are all for heavy metal, and her complement will consist of 320, officers and men. The London, 90, was towed to her moorings yesterday morning, having undergone equipment (and masting) as an advance ship. The Crocodile troop-ship was hauled into the basin to-day, to be fitted for surveying service. The Vernon,so, in the basin, is being brought forward for commission with all dispatch. The Bulldog steam-frigate is being completed with all dispatch at Chatham. An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham dockyard to increase the number of artificers by sixty one ; classes as follows :—Twenty joiners, appointed by the Admiralty; eleven smiths, from Woolwich ; fourteen caulkers, eight to be draughted from Sheerness ; sixteen sawyers, eight to be draughted from Sheerness. The greatest activity prevails in every department of this dockyard. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—J. J. Stopford (1841), to the Amazon. Lieutenants—C. J. Hoffmeister, to the Eagle ;A. Anderson, and J. S. Robertson, to the Samarang ; C.W. Bonham, to the Dido ; IL Bacon, to the Dzedalus ; Lord C. Butler, to the Medea ' • F. IL Steph ens , f rom t h e Medea to the Oreste,, vi c e Thorp, who exchanges; J.W. Probert, to the Snake. Masters—G. Andrews, to the Cruiser ;P. P. Cotter, to the Amazon. Purser—W. H. Brown, to the Amazon. Surgeon—P. Leonard, to the Eagle. Mate—H. S. Jackson, to the Eagle. Chaplains—J. Falls, to the Eagle ;C. W. Tucker, to the Albion. Second Master—H. Norway, to the Fearless ; W. Wilkinson, to the Daedalus. Assistant Surgeons—J. S. Davidson (additional), to the Volage ; T. Crawford, to the Eagle ; N. L. Milling, to the Cambrian ; J. Laffer, to the Linnet. Masta's Assistsut—J. J. Wright,4o,4otodalits. Midshipmen—C. L. Waddiloe, to the FAA,. ;E. B• 11- email, 11. itd F. P- „. th Clerks—G M g and IM. ..k.f.tap.l, E . Naval Instructors--J. Gorham, to the Eagle ;G. Brand, to the Lmdalus. COAST GUARD. Appointments—Lieutenant G. T. Smyth, from Har wich station, to command the Victoria cutter, vice 11‘Watson t. Ra-wich, vier Smyth. Inov Cr, - !, it It. ti. J.-ff.ry,, fro' Bern ino,ati to Sr. statio ,, , vice Cox, appointed to the Lapwing cutter ; Lieutenant J. W. Patterson, from Col- Heston to Cromarty, as Inspecting-Lieutenant, vice Thompson, appointed to the Greyhound cutter. MILITARY INT UM LIGENcE. (From the Limei.iek Chia/tick Nov. 14.) A company of the 35th marches from Nenagh, to morrow, for Portumna, to relieve a company of tae 54th. Captain Beamish's company, 35th, marched from R.,s emu for Nenagh, this day. to join head-quarters. Captain Wheeler's company of the 54th will march from Portumna for Mullingar, Friday, to join head quarters, on being relieved by a company of Lilt. , 35A - I, from Nenagh. A company of the 69th, from Templemore, replaces a company of the 35th, at Roscrea. A sergeant and 15 privates, invalids of the 54th Re giment, arrived in Dublin yesterday, to appear before a medical board. Captain O'Brien, 72d, has got notice of an action at law, for breach of promise of marriage to Miss Forrest, of Mitchelstown. Lieut. Stokes, 65th, having been promoted, by pur chase, to a company in his regiment, will shortly resign the command of the Veteran Pensioners at Tralee, as local staff officer. The 6th Regiment has got the order of readiness to embark at Liverpool for duty in Ireland, in place of the 72d, proceeding from Cork to Gibraltar. Colonel Macintosh, K. 11., Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Northern District, Belfast, is about to retire from the service, and will proceed to Scotland in a few days. The 77th depot will move from Carlow to Waterford. Captains Fraser and English, Lieutenant Faris, En sign Wilson, 35th, have embarked at Gravesend on board the ship Bombay, for the Mauritius, to join the service companies. The Royals remain at Barbadoes; the 85th relieve the 46th at St. Vincent, Demerara, St. Lucia, and Dominica; the 23d go to relieve the 71st at Trinidad, Tobago,:and Grenada; the 71st to Antigua and St. Kitt's. Sergants A. Watson, 6th Dragoon Guards, and J. Findlay, Scots Greys, are awarded 171. each gratuity, with medal, in addition to pension, for meritorious con duct. Captain Seward, 37th, at Portsmouth, is released from arrest, by order of the Commander-in-Chief. Captain Cruise, 95th, left Ceylon on the 10th of July, landed at Deal on the 17th October, and joined the depot at Kinsale on the 31st. He is now on leave to his brother in-law's seat, Kelly's Grove, Ballinasloe. Capt. Knox's troop, 13th Light Dragoons, has moved from Cardiff to Brecon. Lieut. Puddicombe, R.M., has joined the head-quarters of the Portsmouth division, from Cork. Col. Maxwell, 36th, has just issued from the press " My Adventures," with portraits. The half-yearly examination of the officers and gentlemen cadets at the Royal Military College, Sand hurst, concluded on Thursday, when the following were presented with certificates of qualification : Captain Hamilton, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieutenant Gordon, 75th Regiment, to which special honorary additions were made of their high qualifications in military surveying. And the following cadets were recommended to his Grace the Commander in- Chief, Ensigncies in the Line, without purchase : Arthur W. Cameron, William E. F. O'Brien, Charles J. Ewen, Christopher E. Blackett, James M. Buchanan, James S. Richards, Charles H. Slessor, Thomas W. J. Lloyd, Charles W. Aylmer, Edmund J. Gardiner, Bar clay Thomas, Charles F. T. Daniell, Francis W. T. Caulfeild, Henry Naugle, William C. Rose, Viscount Malden, Fdolund Y. Peel. One sergeant, one corporal, and 22 privates, invalids, 65th regiment, have arrived in Dublin for examination by a medical board. Lieut. Cochrane, 19th Regiment, has been appointed to the charge of Salisbury sub-division, in succession to Captain Ricard, 75th, who joins his regiment at New port, in consequence of promotion. Lieut. Sherson, 72d, promoted, by purchase, in the last Gazette, to a company in his regiment, is a student at the Royal Military College. Capt. Gore, 72d, who has sold out, is a son of Francis Gore, Esq , Derrymore, county Clare. Lieut. Colonel Grant, Ist Grenadier Guards, Captain Drought, 65th, and Captain Gore, 72d, sold out of the service on Friday. Colonel Grant, a Peninsular veteran, has retired from the command of the Ist Grenadier Guards, and from the army, after 40 years' service. He is succeeded by Col. Clive, of the same battalion, a Peninsular and Waterloo officer. Colonel Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.8., of the 3d Light Dragoons, on his return from India, is to be created a Baronet. Awarded 151. gratuity, with medal, beside pension, for meritorious conduct : Sergeant-Major Walsh, Ist ; Quarter-master Sergeant Oliver, 2d ; Colour-Sergeant M'Carthy, 13th ; Colour-Sergeant Blow, 14th ; Colour- Sergeant Doyle, 15th ; Sergeant Scotcher, 16th ; Colour-Sergeant Baxter, 47th ; Sergeant Chelton, 61st ; Colour-Sergeant Nutley, 67th; Colour-Sergeant Talbot, 72d ' • Sergeant Robertson, 87th ; Sergeant Cl e m en t s , 96th; Sergeant-Major Flory and Colour- Sergeant Power, Ist Rifle Brigade ; and Staff-Sergeant Rankin, Invalid Depot, Chatham. Lieutenant Jervois, Royal Engineers, was robbed by the Caffres on the frontier of Fort Beaufort, Cape of Good Hope, who threatened to cut his throat if he resisted. I THE MORNING MAILS.—The following official list of post towns to which letters and newspapers are for warded by the morning as well as evening mail trains was issued on Saturday, by order of the Right Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General, which con eludes for the present year the arrangements which have been making with the Directors of the different railway companies :—"Abingdon,Accrington, Andover-road,Ap pleby, Banbury, Bangor, Bath, Barnsley, Basingstoke, Beaumaris, Belper,Berkhampstead,Birmingharn,Bi s h o p s Stortford, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire), Brackley, Brumpton, Brough, Bristol, Brighton, Buck ingham, Brunley (W.), Bury St. Edmund's, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Chepstow, , Cheltenham, Chester, Chesterfield, Chippenham, Ciren cester, Clitheroe, Cockermouth, Conway, Coventry, Cowes, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry, Derby, Dunmow, Dover, Durham, Fareham, Fairford, Faringdon, Fenny Stratford, Feversham, Folkestone, Gateshead, Gloucester, Godalmin, Grantham, Gosport, Gravesend, Guildford, Halifax, Haydon-bridge, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hexham, Hihgworth, Hoddesdon, Holyhead, Holywell, Huddersfield, Ken dal, Lancaster, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lech lade, Leighton Buzzard, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate, Mary port, Melton Mowbray, Milnthorpe, Mold, Monmouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport Pagnell, Newmarket, Northallerton, Northampton, North Shields, Nottingham, Oxford, Penkridge, Penrith, Ports mouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Ramsgate, Reading, Reigate, Ripon, Rickmansworth, Rochdale, Rochester, Rotherham, Rugby, Ryde, Saffron Walden, Sheffield, Sittingbourne, Shoreham, Slough, Sunderland, South Shields, Southampton, St. Asaph, St. Alban's ' Stafford. Stockport, Stone. Stroud, Stony Strafford, Stratford on-Avon, Twindon, Thirsk, Towcester, Tring, Ul ver stone, Uxbridge, Wakefield,Wallingferd.Walsall, Ware. Warrington, Warwick, Watford, Weedon, Whiteha- en, Wigan, Wigton, Winchester, Windsor, I;Volverhamptor., Workington, Worthing, York, all the north of England, Scotland, and Ireland. For all the above piques the • letter-boxes at the receiving-houses will be open till 7 a.m., for newspapers, and 8 a.m. for letters, and those at the branch offices, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish street, and the Borough, for the reception of news papers until half-past 7 a.m., and for lett,ors until 8 a.m. At the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the branch office in Lombard-street, the boxes wil close for newspapers at a quarter before 8 a.m., and for letters at half-past 8 a.m.—W. L. MABERLY, secretary. General Post-office, Nov., 1844." SECOND BURGLARY AT MR. WILLIAMS'S, AND CAP. TURE OF ONE or THE BURGLARS.—Some alarm was occasioned during the latter part of last week amongst the inhabitants of Clerkenwell, in consequence of the premises of Mr. Williams, soap-manufacturer, of Compton-street, having been burglariously entered a second time. About nine years since several daring housebreakers obtained a forcible entry into Mr. Wil liams's premises, and were encountered by Mr. Shep pard, his clerk, who slept in the counting-house, and who was inhumanly murdered by the villains. Every endeavour at the time was resorted to to trace the re treat of the murderers without success, and they have eluded the vigilance of the police up to the present time. From the period of the commission of the deed no per son has slept in the counting-house, but greater means for securing the property deposited in it were adopted by Mr. Williams, whose residence is apart from his place of business. On Wednesday morning, however, it was dis covered by one of the workmen that the counting-house had been again burglariously entered, and that the clerk's desk had been rifled of its contents. Information was immediately forwarded to the police, and Inspector Barton and Sergeant Archer, of the G division, minutely examined the premises, and ascertained that the burglars had broken open the desks and removed the keys deposited in them, and had cut out one of the panels of the wainscoting, behind which was an iron safe containing from 2,0001. to 3,0001. The lock of the safe they ineffectually attempted to force open ; and, at length, left the premises, taking with them two coats and other trifling articles. Barton and Archer, after most praiseworthy exertions, have succeeded in tracing out and apprehending one of the burglars, named James Stirling, at No. 1, Providence-place, Bishopsgate. They found at his lodgings a pair of' boots covered with soap ash and of peculiar shape, corresponding with the foot marks in Mr. Williams's yard. There were evidently three burglars concerned in the robbery, but the others have hitherto escaped detection. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE DREADNOUGHT HOS PITAL SHIP AND ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL AGAIN OUT DONE IN THE CURE OF WOUNDS AND ULCERS BY HOT, LOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John Newington, a sailor, living in Adrian-court, Dover, was a patient on board the Dreadnought, and again at St. Thomas's Hos pital, for some weeks, for a very bad"ulcerated leg, of long standing, without obtaining the least relief at either of the above institutions, but was cured immediately af terwards by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The truth of this statement can be attested by G. Ashmere, the - 7;7; yoUliGt i !), very respectable chemist at Dover.—Sold at Professor Lo•!tl , ,n erinted arii. Published b‘ i;o ; 5 % 1 ,1 Holloway establishments, 244 Strand (where advice . 112, :; - 'the' Q may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Of medicine throughout the civilised world. 1 Middlesex, Blonday, November 18,1844. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Sherborne St. J° l3l3 ' Hants, the wife of the Rev. John Lawson, of a dauglit e % of On the 14th inst., at St. J o h n ' s , S ou th war k, the the Rev. Octavi us F. O wen , M.A., I ncum b en t o f Stratton Audlev, Oxfordshire, of a son. Ni'ven On the 20th ult., at La rnaca , Cyp rus , th e l a dy of Kerr, Esq., H. B. M. Consul for thark Island, of a daughtt, On the 12th inst., the wife of Thomas Hawkesley, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, of a daughter. ug ly' On the 15th inst., at Milt on - s t ree t, D orse t- squ are, the of Digby Dampier, Esq., of a daughter. tho On the 15th inst., in Notting-hill-square, Kensington' wife of Henry Adams, Esq , of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Addi scom b e , near Croydon, the of Peter Hardy, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Clapham, Mrs. R. E. Alison , o f daughter. MARRIED. w a iter On the 12th inst, , at Areley Kings, Worcestershire; i 'aisra Hemming, Esq., of Bentley Lodge, youngest son of TY . `l', : i e st Hemming, Esq., of Foxlydiate llouse, to Fanny, " daughter of the ate W. Lea, of Areley House. On the 13th inst., at Tissington, the Rev. Godfrer,ter Arkwright, to Fran ces R a f e ll a Fit z h er b er t, f o urth daug u " of Sir IL Fitzherbert, Bart, of Tissington Hall, Derby- On the 14th inst., at I s li ng t on , M ary , thi r d daughterortio) Breary, Esq., of Derby, to Frederick Simpson, Esq. , °f same place Hier , On the 14th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Gre o f d au gh ter Esq., of Wormwood -street, City, to Ann, ldest R. IL Goodall, Esq., of Dalston- Y ;ise. d' On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Charles Ilford, man, second son of James Graves, Esq., of theCottage,.,,,o. to Emma, fourth daughter of Thomas Southey, Esq., uui'r ton-terrace, Islington. DIED. On the sth inst., Georgians G. Maud, Esq., of York House, Croydon. On the 10th inst., at Acorn-bank, near Temple Sovierb3s Emily, fifth d Westmoreland, Mrs. Rippon. On the 12th inst., at Boulo e-sur-Mer, Montagu M t lic i donough, Esq., late of the 4th, or King's Own R e g imen- ° Foot. wife On the 13th inst., at Milton-next-Gravesend, Mali' of Major James Glencairn Burns. rof G. On the 13th inst., at Brighton, Annette, daughte Orme, Esq., of Merton. rof On the 13th inst., at Clapham-common, Ann, daughte r the late James Atkinson, F .sq. Colonel daughter of J. On the 13th inst., at Barr House. near Taunton, Sir Charles Webb Dance, K if., aged 59. THE INQUEST_ ON SERGEANT ANDREWS: The inquest was resumed on Saturday, when Mr. Herbert Norman East, surgeon, was called in and examined. In reply to questions from Mr. Mills, he said that he had, on the previous day, stated that he had been in a ttendance on th e d eceased from within a few minutes of the time of the violence upon him self until his death. Mr. Mills—You have, since the meeting of the inquest, made a post mortem examination ?—Yes, I have, in conjunction with Mr. H ea dl an d and another gentleman. Have you found, from that examination, what vessel it was that the bleeding proceeded from ?--Not exactly from what vessel, but it was from the left lung. Did the bleeding proceed in any way from the wound in the throat ?—Not at all. There was no bleeding from any vessel in or near the wound. Where did the bleeding, then, proceed from ?--- From the left lung, and there might have been a small quantity from the right one. The left lung, upon examination, was dense, as it were, with blood. It was in this state almost throughout; indeed all of it, except the lower part. The air cells, too, were com pletely filled with blood. Was there evidence, from the appearance of the lungs, that there had been a prior existing disease ? Disease had no doubt been going on for some time in the lungs, but more particularly in the left lung. The witness then entered into a detailed descrip tion of the internal appearances of the body, from which appearances he said there could be no doubt but that death had been caused, not by any effusion of blood from the wound, but from an effusion from some vessels of the left lung. Mr. Wakley—What, then, do you now say caused ' the death of the deceased ?—I should say death was caused by the large pouring out of blood from the left lung, which produced suffocation. Mr. Wakley then said, from the evidence which they had now heard, it appeared perfectly clear that death had ensued from suffocation produced by natu ral causes ; and the jury returned the following ver dict :—" That the death of the deceased was caused by haemorrhage from natural causes, which produced a flow of blood into the lungs." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cumberland Stag hds., Tues., Greyhound Inn, Broad field ; Fri., Thonie's-close. Cheltenham Stag hds., Sat., Kemp's Gate. Mr. Archer's hds., Thurs., Hornacot Chapel-10i. South Berks. hds., Tues., Aldworth; Wed., Aldermaston. Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Downing Arms. Sir J. Cope's hds., Wed., Odiham ; Fri., Silchester Dials. Craven hds., Wed., Henswood ; Fri., Great Shefford ; Sat., Winding Wood-10f. F. B. H., Wed., Roskeymer Wood ; Fri., Kennel-14 Sir John Gerard's hds., Thurs., Newton-bridge -11. Mr. Barnard's harrs., Tues., Ashchurch ; Fri., Coombe-hill. Gilsand hds., Tues., Haltwistle Fell ; Thurs., Hartley Burn-9. Hambledon hds., Wed., Broadhalfpenny Down ; F r i. , Corhampton own ; Sat., Bereley-house. 11. 11. , Tues., Matley-gate ; Thurs., Farley Park ; Sat., Five Lanes. Brushford harrs.,Thurs., Frogwell Cro=s; Sat., Ashway,lo Herefordshire lids., Tues., Wormelow Pump ; Fri., W a ll Hills-10. Haydon hds., Wed., Birkshaw Plantation ; Sat., liar sondale Clough. 1 ; u r l s ' i . Ba y Rough_ , N. F. H., Tues., Pennerley-gate ; Thurs., Stony C ross ; ici ae S bm a yo t . nh , td ‘ s V h. rv t s e .e p , i s ced h a .. a wu a ee z l sl o n ,( b as y td: ; reo S rr) a d_ t .; T 2 h , Skirwith-1 0 1 . i n d k i e—i Sir 3i . y Fo b w a l r es ; co F na ri Ce Rth hounds, ie3 Wed., Dean Prior; Fri., Hayf or d Hall Kennel. Mr. Roe's hounds, Wed., Ki ngs t on Vill age; Sat., Round house—lo. Rutland's hounds, T ues ., W earer ' s Lodge ; Wed., Piper Hole. Slaley hounds, Wed., Lowshield-green; Fri., Oving•ham Boat-house. Wigton harriers, Wed., S%ndwath; Fri., Greenrigg, Lord bouthampton's hounds, Wed., Prest o n Capes; Fri., Foxley; Set., Tile-house. TINT - VT-7T? SIT v TN"'EfJ.IGYNCE . , v. ..:id;ey. Btaii(.l u. Quee(..;oilLgeo 14 L....1±;,, v. on the Michel foundation. W. H. Scott, scholar of Trinity College, and tj. Knott, schola r o f M ag d a l en H a ll, were yesterday electen Fellows of Brazenose College. The R v. ~ f P ,, mbroke College, was : ~.I:ll.c.inc h aestitoenr. h o lden 03 es the Rev. Ja m Davis, of University Cole ge, to the Rectory of S hire Newton, Monmouthshire ; value, 304 i. per annum. The trustees of the late Bishop of Durham have pre sented the Rev. J. Tr o llop e , o f Pembroke College, to the Recto-y f Crowmarsh ; value, 187/. per annum. Ills Gi.1,1" the )(Ike of Wellin,ri !S 1 th e Rev. Rieln..'d l'ole to the Rector ~ iverten, vaire, 2964 per annum. The Lord Bishop of St. Aslph ha' presented the E. llu,hk to the Perpetual Curacy o f M e liden, Flint shire ; valu 90/. per annum. The I, wkt Bishop of St... thy- prest.titi-d the N(*r• Perubreke. . . shire ; 316/. per minuin. The Di , an arid C,inons of Church hay' , Pre sPnted the 114 v. H. Goodwin, o ' Christ Church, to the Vicange of Twining, Gl'aiest,rshire ; value, 127/. Per annum. _ _ The Warden and Fellows of All Souls College 11 4 presented the Rev. S. W a ld, grave, Fellow of that Co l• to the Rectory of Earford St. Martin's, Wiltshire, value, 7981. per annum. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 16.—At the last Congregation the following degrees were conferred:- 1)octor of Medicine—William Francis Price, Emm a— e l College. Masters of Arts— George Nicholas Vansittart, Trinity College; Clotworthy Gillmor, St. John's College. Bachelors of Arts—Alexander Anderdon Weston, Trinity College; Edward Sendai), Trinity College; J O c h t. Warren Trotman, Trinity College ; Willi am Barker, ' John's College ; Augustus Barker Emsworth, Tri llitY College. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—The following students 13 7 just been elected sch o l ars : —F ourt h year —B ur nett, ' li. Smith, R. Allen, Spurrier, Cox, Parkinson, Club be ; Body, F. Brett, M a dd en . Thi r d year —Willi n k, Foste 4 Vassall, J. M. Clarke, G. Frost. Second year—Ottel, Mariby, Newham, Mandson. First year—Pearse, vert, J. B. Mayor, Valentine, Leicester. The following students have been elected Fr ° ,_P e : Sizars :—W. W. How a rd, M a tth ews , M . A . White,lrlu—' Pieters, J. Newton. THE CHURCH. —The f o ll ow i ng appo i ntmen ts bar e taken place :—The Rev. Samuel Ashby, M.A., r elw broke College, to the Vicarage of Corpusty, Norfolk, value 621.• the Rev. Charles Philip Wilb ra h am , of S S ' Peter's College, to the Vicarage of Audley, Staffordsh ire ' value 6301.; the Rev. Robert Collyer, M.A., of Trioit/ College, to the Rectory of Warham, St. Mary magdslel and Warham St. Mary th e Vi rg i n , w i t h t h e R e ctory ° Waterden annexed, in the county of Norfolk; the Ile.; Alfred Cornelius Richings, 8.A., of Christ's College, the Curacy of the Abbey Church, Bath. APPLICATION TO PARLIAMEN T FOR RAILWAYS. Our columns are loaded with notices of intendeal; plications to Parliament f or new ra il ways , or ex tensio n, of exisiting railways. Th e i m p ortant undertalort which are thus formally announced as claiming the sal; tion of Parliament, in Yorkshire and some of the ne i g bouring counties, are as follows : The Midland Railway Branches. The Direct Northern Railway, from London to 1 1° 4 ' The London an l York Railway. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Direct Railway. The Manchester, Barnsley, and Goole Railway. The Barnsley Junction Railway. The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. The Goole and Snaith Railway. The Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway. I , The Huddersfield, Asht , n, and Manchester Ban n ' s ' and ('anal. The Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction B way. The West Yorkshire Railway. The Leeds and West Riding Junction Railways. . Manchester and Leeds, and Hull and Selby ComPsi vel Consolidation. Manchester and Leeds, Hull and Selby, and Manch% l ; ter, Bolton, and B ur y C ana l an d R a il way Cm:IVO' Consolidation. Oldham and Heywood (Manchester and Le eds Branches Extension. Burnley Branch (Manchester and Leeds) Railway Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railwil* The Leeds, Bradford, Skipton. and Colne Bragg' The Leeds and Thirsk Railway. The York and North Midland Branches to Harrow and Goole. The Great North of England Branches. The Whitby and Pickering Railway Purchase a rid Extension. Wigan, Bolton, and Liverpool Railway.—Leeds 0- 11 e 1. cury. - - FRIGHTFUL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.-011 Satin%l about noon, seve r al men were emp l oye d upon some se: folding er ec t e d i n f ront o f a h ouse in S e lli ng t o n-strel Vauxhall-road. It app ears th at a cornice, which h ad just been fix e d near th e summ i t o f the building, sudde n l y gave way and :fell u p on the scaffolding and workm en ; The former was in consequence broken away, and t 7 unfortunate men with it we re p rec i p i tate d to the gro an:" Several persons who witnessed the occurrence ran to the assistance of those beneath the fallen mass, and five V I dividuals were, i n a s h ort t i me, removed therefrom, to , appearance dead or d y i ng . Th e fi rst was a female w name was ascertained to be Clack, and, on her bel conveyed to a surgeon's it was di scovere d t h at s he 11 , escaped with only p resen t d epr i vat i on of consc i oue nn and a few slight br u i ses by some o f t h e mater i a l s upon her as she was passing underneath. She was in ds short time enabled to proceed to her own residence, I _ 3 ' the unfortunate men, named George Goodman, inj forty; George Goodman, jun. ( son o f th e f ormer ), seventeen; Thomas Goble, aged thirty-four; and Willn„, O'', Baker, aged forty, w e r e so muc h i n j ure d , t h at no • was lost in conveying the three former to St. George Hospital, and the latt er t o W es t m i nster Hospital, wilero they remain with at present but slight hopes of their re . : covery. The cause of th e ca t astrop h e i s state d to be; its origin in the dens e h um idit y o f t h e weather, w hie p did not permit the work to set sufficiently to bear its ovi weight. SUICIDE OF A THEATRICAL TAILOR.---OH SS tilt ; day evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Cro c e l and Anchor, Ch ar l es - street, Westminster-road, 00 body of a man, name unknown, but supposed to W . ' s , been recently employed in the wardrobes of Cole°. garden and Drury-lane Theatres. It appeared in ef l e ; deuce that th e d ecease d engage d a l odg i ng at the tsb°fr house a fortnight ago, b u t never di sc l ose d hi s name, nor gave any infor ma ti on a b ou t hi mse lf except t h at he Wils tailor, and th a t h e h a d been employed in maki n g dress o 0 for the actors of Covent-garden and Drury: l9 ' h % Theatres. He was a chee r f u l di s p os iti on , an d was i n tm. habit of talking about theatrical matters. On Wednr; day night List, whilst in the tap-room in converstitt ° „ with s ome o f t h e ne i g hb ours, h e was o b served to er OP , l something he had been mixing in a basin into a pint but and drink it o ff. Th e m i xture appeare d lik e h one y, what it was no one then distinctly knew. The folloil morning, however, th e l an dl or d o f t h e h ouse f oun d __. lll dead in bed. Mr. Hooper, surgeon, sa id th a t u p o n °P': ing the body he found in the stomach a quantity of gel i e l d tenous fluid, and upon an a ly s i ng t h e l atter, b e detect,. oxalic acid, a large deaf ; dose of w hi c h h a d cause d d Allingham, the beadle, said h e h a d ma d e inquir i ss e ..herever he th oug h t i t probable that decease d known, but he had not yet found any one to reeng w. " o3 him. The inquest was adjourned in order that evict° to prove his identity might he obtained. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.-011 Thursdaft, coupe of Hymen's votaries, Mr. J. Biggs and Mrs. A Idri , lge, whose united ages amounted to 142 Ye t , i t h ; were married at Haughendon Church, Bucks. fat bride had been mar r i e d th ree t i mes p rev i ous l y —twia for the above ch urc h, an d once at B r , d en h am ; and fourteen years she acted as housekeeper 'ito her presen t lord and master. A splendid building is forthwith to be erected King-street, Manchester, for the branch Bank of °1i;" land in that town.