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ROT LS' cf7.TT7 -4 .T __(TITT,9 ) IN ttE 134.1),,0N. T his Was a petition on the part of Charles Vere Webb u s,°n, and Thomas Rushton, solicitors, praying to be at linerty to except to the certificate of the taxation of , e ,? S tSt made by direction of an order from the Court, of 'ae 21st day of February last, having reference to cer ;.,44 proceedings undertaken in behalf of John M'Arthur rrapbell, arid Jane, his wife, to whom they had been solicitors, and also praying that the said certificate might varied as should seem meet to the Court. Rig LORDS HIP d e li vere d j u i grnen t, s t a ti ng th a t he e ot isidered the petitioners were entitled to have the Prayer of tlieir petition granted. EARL NELSON V. LORD BRIDPORT. HODGSON resumed his arguments on the part of f;e defendant, contending at great legth that the nature feud must be regulated by the terms of the grant' Horatio oratio Lord Nelson's power of alienation was li tded, and th a t t h e l aw o f t h e c i v il co d e app li ca bl e to Ti ease was that of " delegatus non potest delegart." e a rguments of the Learned Counsel occupied the greater part of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) GAM DEBT.—EDWARS V. MITCKLOW. ru this was LING an action taken by the D assignees of a bank -11413,it ?l amed Hunt, who at one time kept a billiard-table a gaming -house, to recover from the defendant, who a man of fortune, given to billiard playing, and much " gag ed in horse-racing, the sum of 1601., which he had t i st to Bunt at p l ay. I t appeare d t h at t h e d e f en d ant ',Zed with Hunt at billiards, on the 2d of May, 1845, @flint's) table, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens. S IX or seven hours, and during that time lost 1601. to Which, however, he did not press defendant for, expected to get some information from him (de rael4ant,./ relative to some matters connected with horse 4ellig, in whi c h he (Hunt) was also engaged. Having thg d e t bankrupt, his assignees now sought to recover °ril eb . Mr, Runt was examined, and having deposed as to t o " 'acts, no other witness was called, and the jury found t the plaintiff 1601., the full amount of the debt. NORTON V. DOWLING. I 4 this case it appeared that defendant accepted a bill plaintiff, which he now refused to pay, on the th e e nd that he was not of age at the time of accepting bill. 6 . ' 40 witnesses having been examined to prove the of the birth of the defendant, the jury found that ''delendant was not of age. ANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE POULTON. )1 / 1 6 bankrupt in this case was described as a straw TVmanufacturer at Luton, and to day was appointed 'qa• choice of assignees. l u tie preliminary arguments were as to whether the e~t'ant was a trader, and the facts were peculiar. It ared that he had partially built some houses, and k tu ne to his father, who, it was alleged, carried on busi }4oB a bsershop-kecper, &c. Defendant, however, and Zgned the requisition to the Excise for the license, it t ana Tan Poulton," was over the do9r. The sttipt, however, positively swore that the business h it tus father's, who enjoyed the whole of the profits, ‘ 4 ,Pept himself being a commercial traveller. He, N et er, admitted that he had written letters for goods, 14 16 ever made any distin.ction, by saying senior or Pl k ir . • His wife assisted in the shop, and also bought a nd made bonnets, which she sent to bankrupt's Vers. ‘bi Excise officers said that they held the bankrupt Tt e ttnde r th e requ i s iti o n. L. , arned COMMISSIONER said, the profits of the 1 0k ,t ll the' plait manufacturing might , perhap s, be Aetent aloe'. li)',..golieitor' e .as called, who proved that when he went 44' 4 the bank:upt with a writ, he saw him serving in and also e sttering in a book. 15 4 e LAWRENCE, for the defendrnt, said he could no llotil et "(intend against ' the fiat, although the re was no th e had very un i n tentionally made himself liable— lly intended only to assist his lather. e choice of assignees took place. CONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) 1 4 (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER ) !MEN RE-FINED.—Four gentlemen, who were ‘tit h ' l l the last court day 5/. each for non-attendance, ikkagain callei on their recogn;sances. One ans wered ; der had his tine remitted, as his name ought to have !te l „.. Tithe Grand Jury list. The others not answering, kll"ed a second time, the Secondary observing t ha t tee stied become absolutely necessary to enforce the attend 's jurymen. ply case possessing the slightest interest was— GRAFTON V. BOND. k a .lv as ad action for goods sold and delivered. The ,Iria,tiff is is a e - atchmaker and jeweller, in Eastcheap. 117 ere d t ge ntleman residing at Stockwell. kin a defenTaiit ha . :l put in a special pl!a, and . Counsel ll e t itle,„ bri ef , but the instructions were insufficient, and attorney or witoesses were in attendance. ett th t refore said he would consent to a verdict for / , 1 1 , :l °nrit to be settled with the attorney . e SECONDARY said that he could not take the con 'l4-isett,calit from the defendant in person or his attorney. Witmust prove his case. Late sai d were called—the first a "schoolmaster," L'at e h st tid he was always with defendant, and a gold chain, seal, ring, snuff-box, and pencil-case, had 1 41101 d to defendant either at his (witness's) !louse, or 4 , 1 "- - , 4ll titrs shop. The watch had been sent back to be Th'cl, and plaintiff for some reason detained it. a ftth e S aCONDARY said the verdict must be for the value qta, e Whole, and defendant's remedy was by action of l '''' - Verdict for the full amount. - "`MINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) der OLD COURT. elr.Justice PATTESON and Mr. Bann , ALDERSON.) e cod 'i llE MURDER AT WESTMINbTER. iat, 'ha Brown was indicted for the wilful murder of treth Mundell, on the Ist of December last. ~w i itir l . . ,CL l arleson defended the prisoner ; and Mr. Bodkin ;ea Cuctu e b -es Mr. Clarke) stated the dase for the pro- IA so m e length. His statement was only a sum of the evidence. At its conclusion la! called— i.'l2e-ti' Gaze, who ,stated that she was the wife of Ed weld Ittl l l, n d the daueh ter of the deceased. She resides . in ea l e t Rochester-street, Rochester-road, Westminster. 11 t' anew the priso ner at the bar, and has known her , 11 41 1 7 11 t Six months. She had lately lodged with her klty i l. • She had lodged with her for three weeks , and 4 "in the and slt in the ame be. gte„ • m otherC lived at same No. room, 1, Providenceplace,s Brewerd eb,estraiester. On Monday, the Ist of December, • r s °ller called at witness's house at about a quarter gt:idßht o'clock in the morning, and said that Mrs. t i was was very ill and had had a fit about L k° 11 ,°'clock She also said that witness was required N o t here directly.. She also said that Mrs. Mundell fie ?;7"ecl out, " Murder, murder, what are you doing to Apr On the way to the deceased's lodgings witness A pher why she did not admit the person who had 'tie:: at the door, and the prisoner said that she was k tIZ the deceased's bands at the time. On ar rivin g ~ete th room witness looked towards the bed. There tlttetiapt ree chairs on the b sh Witness was turning to of the room when saw her mother lying on her e b " 4 a box. She was in her night clothes. There `'iel t a cord round her neck ; it wa s about as Pei;as her little finger. (The ro p e was L I QIi t-e u .., .) It was twisted twice round the ~a n tl knotted at the side. The knot was the 0% 4 it is now. Witness called out, and some other 1: 4 Came into the room. A baker's boy cut the ' 1 • Witness went for a surgeon, but he could not Vhself, and sent his assistant. There was an in )Aett,"eld on the body of the deceased the sane night. 41 0 '"sonee was the first witness called.. After the cp s N Was over, the prisoner went with witness to the et s h of the deceased. The inquest was held at the 174 ‘, o ' f ,and Horses, in Dean's-yard. After they got ei t i°M , the inquest, witness's husband said that t L et * - not like the appearance of the bed, as e e y t. The prisoner remained constantly with witness l'lts e :u-ond a y night to Wednesday morning. When , Ra o - „ 44 Bat up she sat up, and when she lay down the '"tti - t : l ' lay - down beside her. In consequence of 4 %,„ - "°g that she said on the Tuesday afternoon, wit lltltt j e ,n,t with her to Bedford-street. The prisoner said f icu- which she had saved in service was there, and : 4 4,"ered to lend witness a sovereign. Witness did ' 5 ,4 / farth r than the corner of the street, as the pri itaoktequiested her to wait there. She was about ten 1, 4 gone. When she came back she said that she .i t :lD ‘ re - “`' e hinte . , and that if witness bad enough money for be y, Sh tit, she would not change it until the next t op]e e said that her master had re commended money with the person in Bedfor d-street. th4ene the to witness's house. On the m o rn in g of hd 1 3 t-t: s h lay, the prisoner kissed the body of the deceos ed, h 'dcg round to witness, said, " Oh, do you thi nk t 1 ,4 46%,, aPPy ?" They then came out of the room. Her asked her if she had any money, and she replied pris e s he had not. That was in the presence of the Ott t - b et • Witness then told the prisoner to get the ) 4 "% ir„Mged. Mr. Gaze offered to go, but she would • -"'`' him do . so. She went into the Blue Cost Dublie to k , 114 -house. On . her coming out, she said, " Oh, )% played a trick on me—they have given ORla t l s Bank of Elegance instead of a Bank of L e t(1.,,." note. She said that it was the person in Bed letleat who had cheated her. Mr. Gaze asked her ,743 th ' t ra look at it. but the:prisoner hesitated. Wit t'ua el e o asked her also, and the prisooner then gave e a r' to Mr. Gaze. When Mr. Gaze got the note thenell witness aside, and showed her the note, and • b ret urned it to the prisoner. He subsequently asked ki 11 1 1 ,. (1 , °wed to look at it again ; and witness's husband Oka must know where you got the note from, for s'aze - "",or had two." The prisoner said, "Oh ! Mr. had." She repeated the expression in 1 1 ,ate oe in wi le • Witness observed the il ' is elen 4 :),,t that time, and saw that it had eVitt to her mother, as there were two grease t 44 ' 4 it near the corner. When they got in doors eti,."Zain asked for ithe note, and the prisoner hesi tier? much, and then gave it to her. When she ke de at witness looked attentively at it, the prisoner Z 11 (1 f snatch et it, but witness avoided the movement Lioisb, - , o 'ued up the note.' She afterwards gave it to her iVi t4 -114 , when the prisoner attempted to snatch it. t hen 7 "Martha, I shall not let you have this note ' 4 11., -* * "ow where it has come from." The prisoner INs t ' v e, In down into the water-closet, and afterwards atop, 4 ,tong the passage towards the door, but was ih f l ' ec ' by the landlady. Her mother kept one of these be,her,;Pecliet in a housewife. That housewife had since thC , uncl in the bed. The note produced is the One 1% e longeii to her m other. Wl lO Justic e PATTESON was of opinion that the person I received the note hail better stand up. hm ns Pector,P ertr i t i ge was t h en sworn .—H e sa id that 1 e eft er re n _eeived the note fronu t Mr. Gaze on the Wednesday the death. The whams identified the note as the tbe ° S 3 0d 41 19°1 vrO b ill st r y ODr If 100 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY LIVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1845 one she had &yen to her husband, and the one that be- • Lci By Mr. CLA RKSON—Iiad seen her mother about a week previous to her death. Had not seen the note for three months before the death of her mother. It was in the possession of her father before her mother had it. Her mother sometimes drank a little. Had not seen her mother intoxicated for some time before her death. Had known her mother to have taken poison, but she said it was by a mistake. That was about three years ago. She was then living in Douglus-street. Her family had seen better days ; but her mother was not low-spirited. Don't know what poison her mother took. Her father told her that her mother had taken poison, but the deceased insisted that it was a mistake. When the prisoner came to witness on the day of the murder, witness went instantly with her. Witness did not say, when on the road, that if her mother did not alter she would have her pnt into the workhouse. Witness did say "If my mother dies to-day, before to-morrow, I shall have nothing to answer fur." When witness got up stairs and saw her mother dead, she called out. The prisoner asked a Mr. Nightingale to come up and cut the rope, but he declined touching it as the woman was dead. The prisoner was not in the room when the baker's boy cut the rope. Does not know whether Mr. Graham told the prisoner to rub her mother, but she did rub her. Does not know whether any person said, " She is not dead ; she moves her eyes and her mouth." The pri soner paid 1 s. 6d. per week for her share of her mother's bed. The prisoner offered to lend witness some money of her own accord. The fact that they were not well off was very well known. Witness saw the prisoner go into the water-closet, hut did not see her come out. Her mother was not subject to fits, and witness never knew her to have one. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while insane. Her mother never made any attempt on her own life. Wit ness said on the inquest that her mother had taken poison. Witness saw the prisoner at Queen-square. She was in convulsions during the taking of the depo sitions (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) MARLBRo'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) Thomas Hulbeit, a strong, able-b . odied young man, was brought up on a warrant, by Lacy, the officer of St. George, Hanover-square, charged with , having (con jointly with Elizabeth, his wife, not yet in custody) deserted their children—Henry, aged eight years ; Arthur, aged six years ; and Mary Anne, aged two years—and left them chargeable to that parish. The desertion took place in August, 1842, and the children have since been chargeable to St. George. They were brought to this Court by the directions of the overseers, in order that the magistrates might satisfy themselves as to the manner in which they had been treated at the workhouse. Their appearance was very favourable, and Lacy stated that the boys could read and write. Neither of the parents had been to see their offspring since the time of desertion. The prisoner is a carpenter, for merly in a good way of business, but ruined by his dis sipated habits. Latterly, however, he has come into possession of several houses left to him by his father, and last evening Lacy succeeded in apprehending him at the Plough public-house, Notting-hill. He was committed for one month to hard labour. The wife will be apprehended as soon as possible. Francis Hill, a working man, about 60 years of age, James Wootton, aged 14 years, and William Ellen, aged 9 years, were charged on suspicion of feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. William Wyatt, of No. 17, Brick-street, Picca dilly, licensed victualler, and stealing therefrom a quan tity of wine, spirits, and other property, to a very con siderable amount. It appeared that between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Wyatt, jun., accidentally discovered that a portion of the party wall in his wine and spirit cellar had been loosened. On a closer examination he found that such a quantity of brickwork could be removed as would admit a child crawling through from the kitchen of the adjoining house, which the prisoner Hill occupied, the other prisoners lodging with him. The police were immediately applied to, and on searching the kitchen six bottles of wine of Mr. Wyatt's property were found secreted under the flooring. On the mantel- shelf was a bottle of pale French brandy, which had been opened, and a small quantity taken out ; and about the place were found a chopper and a small knife and fork, which had been removed from Mr. Wyatt's cellar. Hill was on the premises at the time, Worther was concealed in a water butt, and Ellen was lying by the side of it, pretending to be asleep. The prisoners merely denied being concerned in rob bing Mr. Wyatt, and were committed f or re-examination. S DAY CLERKEN WELL.-(T Hl._ - •) A notorious thief, named Hearne, was charged with attempting to pick pockets at. S Adler's Wells Theatre. The prisoner, who although hardly eighteen years of age, may be said to have passed the greater part of his life in prison, took his stand at the door of the theatre on the previous evening, a minute or two before the doors were opened, when there was a large crowd and some excitement. He dived into that part of the crowd where there was a group of f-males, amongst whom he began to ply his vocation. Reynolds, the constable of the theatre, had however a sharp eye upon him, and before he could fish up more than one purse, secured him.—lle was committed for three months. A M EIRICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived in the Mersey at half-past five o'clock yesterday morning, having on board Lord Metcalfe, who leaves his go vernment on account of ill-health. Bishop Hughes, of New York, is also a passenger. Lord Cathcart is Governor of Canada till another is appointed. The Britannia left Boston on the 2d instant, and Halifax on the 4th. She met the Cambria when a few miles from Boston, and brings 75 passengers. The news by this steamer, especially the com mercial items, is interesting, though the public and the press appeared to be rather at a standstill till the receipt of the message of Mr. Polk. The general impression appeared to be that, though the President might perhaps reiterate his former strong assertions, that his party in Congress would take no action in the matter, but that the affair would be negotiated in Washington. The Union, published at Washington, and recog nised as the " organ," comes out in the strongest terms for the "whole of Oregon or none ;" but little attention had been excited by its remarks, as it is known as one of the " alarmist" papers. The negotiation, it was understood, is going on at Wash ington, not in London. Congress was to meet on Monday, the Ist of December, when the President will at once deliver his oration, which will probably be brought to London by the Ashburton, which was to sail from New York on the 6th instant, or the Europe packet-ship of the Ist, which might possibly lay over two days for the news. ' Mr. Polk would recommend a reduction cf the tariff to a revenue standard, but whether Congress will pass such a measure is somewhat doubtful. Accounts from Mexico are of the most pacific character, the southern republic thinking it best policy to spare at once their dollars and their terri tory, both of which would, in case of hostilities with their neighbours, be lost to them. The Mexican Government now desires to have a boundary defined, to acknowledge Texas as one of the United States, and to continue on the best terms possible with the sister republic. The last advices from the " army of occupation " in Texas represent the existence of a great anxiety to return hune, there being no fighting in prospect, not much to eat, and no pay forthcoming. An im mediate recal was looked for. Accounts from Havannah estimate the sugar crop at 700,000 boxes. The crop of tobacco is also said to be unprecedentedly large and fine. Business matters were very thriving. On the arrival of the Britannia, on the 20th, con firming the previous accounts of a short crop of grain and potatoes throughout the United Kingdom, the greatest excitement commenced in the corn mar kets at New York, and up throughout the interior of New York State to Buffalo. Flour rose to 7 dolls. 25c., about 275. 6d. per barrel, but has since fallen to 6 dolls. 88c., at which holders are very firm, waiting advices by the Cambria. The quantity of wheat and flour sent from Buffalo is unprecedented; and:the list of vessels and their frights, from New York to Liverpool, from the 24th to 30th of Novem ber, show that a considerable part of the increase is destined for England. The wheat crop of the United States is about 125 millions of bushels, the largest ever known ; the crop of 1842, which was the largest till this year, was 103 millions. The canals from Buffalo to Albany were open on the 29th of Novem ber, and were expected to remain open perhaps a wee'c longer. In the meantime, the departures of boats from Buffalo for Albany, all laden with flour, averaged sixty a day ! There were at the last ac counts 250,000 barrels of flour at Albany alone, waiting shipments to New York or Boston. The news from Liverpool by the steamer caused a fall in cotton, at New York, of a quarter of a cent. per lb. ; but since that time the market has been gradually getting firmer, and prices had fully re sumed their previous level. Holders, however, looked with some anxiety for the arrival of the news by the Cambria. Business generally at New York was good, parti cularly in all descriptions of provisions. Exchange was lower, and still falling, being quoted, at the sailing of the "steamer, at 8 to 8i premium; on Paris, 5 27k. All was quiet at Monterey, in California, on the 30th of September. A new Governor, with troops, was expected from Mexico. Papers from Guatemala to the 10th of September, received in the city of Mexico, state that that unfor tunate republic at last enjoys some repose. The commanders of the troops at San Salvador and Hon duras entered into an armistice on the 26th of August, and commissioners were appointed under it to confer upon the conditions of a general peace. The accounts from Otaheite state that her Britannic Majesty's ship Collingwood, Admiral Sir G. Sey mour, had arrived there and saluted the French pro tectorate flag. Sir . G. Seymour has command of the English fleet stationed on the North Pacific coast, and t o operate on the shores of Oregon, if need be. It is this fleet that Commodore Stockton has just been dispatched in the frigate Congress to watch. The United States ship Levant, Commander,jd. N. Page, was at Oahu on the sth of September, to sail next day for California and the west coast of Mexico. The United States ship Savannah, Commodore Sloat, was daily expected at Oahu. The United States ship "Warren, Commander Hull, sailed from San Pedro, California, September the 6th, 1845, for Oahu. CANADA. We have Canadian advices to the 26th ultimo. The departure of Lord Metcalfe is thus an nounced in the Montreal Courier : " His Excellency the Governor-General has, we believe, decided on leaving Canada immediately. Lord Metcalfe did not tender his resignation to her Majesty, but we are informed that: the state of his Lordship's health being known to the Home Government, they very considerately offered to Lord Metcalfe to relieve him of his onerous office. We have not heard who is to be Lord Metcalfe's successor. The government will in the interim be administered by the Earl of Cathcart. For the sake of the colony we cannot but regret that we are to be deprived of Lord Metcalfe's services, but knowing as we do the state of bodily suffering under which he has been labouring for some months, although he has supported his afflictions with the most heroic for titude, we cannot but be pleased that for his Lordship's sake the cares of an onerous office are no longer to be added to the sufferings of a painful malady." The Gazette wiites— " He will depart with the fervent good wishes and sympathy of all the loyal and right-thinking inhabit ants of Canada, and have behind him a feeling of pro found regret fur his less ; and his departure will be at tended on the part of the inhabitants of this city by such testimonials of their respect as harmonize with the pain ful occasion of his retirement, and with the obvious wish on the part of the illustrious sufferer to escape the fa tigue and excitement of public leave-taking." meeting of the Montreal Town-Council, held on the 26th ult., agreed upon and presented to Lord Metcalfe an address, expressing the deep sympathy which, " in common with our fellow-subjects through out this province, we feel for the cause which has necessitated your Lordship's retirement from the government of British America." "The discussion of the Oregon question," says a Mon treal letter published in the New York journals, " and the probabilities of a war between the United States and Great Britain are the chief topics at present with the Canada press. The recent orders from the home Go vernment to extend the frontier fortifications, and to erect new ones at several points on the St. Lawrence, add not a little interest to the matter. The projected improvements are on a magnificent scale, and, with all the labour that could be had, will take two or three years to complete them. From this fact alone, in my view of matters, there is a great cry and little wod.' The en largement of the locks on the canals is not yet finished ; and from the gigantic sise of the proposed ones (240 feet long and 45 feet wide), it will take the whole of next season to complete them. The improvements made this season have already reached 2,000,000 dolls., and I am informed by the engineers that there are at this time about 7,000 labourers on the public works."* OREGON. (From the Boston Atlas, of Nov. 22.) The forbearance of the Whig press, in reference to Oregon, has encouraged certain editors, who are dis pose, d "to go for th e w h o l e ," to assert that a majority of tne people are in favour of that desperate course. This forbearance has been commendable, inasmuch as it indicates a willingness to let Government make the best ofits negotiation. But when circumstances show that advantage is taken of this well-meant disposition, and that a misconstruction of public sentiment may lead to measures fatal to the public peace, it becomes proper to break silence, and to speak loud, as the least of two evils, although the enemy mu s t over h e ar. If it were really t r ue that a majority of the people are in favour of persever ing, at all hazards, in the ext e nt o f our c l a im to Oregon, it m i g ht still be pertinent to inquire, what porticn of such majority possesses the informati on w hich qualifies it to decide upon the merits of a m ost grave an d co mplicated question of international law, which has occupied, for forty years, the research of great jurists and statesmen, with different results.. Is it disr es p ect f u l t o asser t that the number of five hundred persons is a lib era l estimate, i of those who h ave i n fact n ve,tig a t e d the documentary evidence on this subject ? And ndi sv i e s t sot it thii ?gb l ar e ntm s iu s omna l i nb b oe e ofr r itj a hi o l nef t i ottitintptilorenesi those s l v u t ' hnoe seems, athe a themselves, t competen t i fi e ul e , tn t h u and t that any number of persons. cAsit erable in reference to a m a j or i ty o f t h e people, in the Uni ted States, are judges of the merits of the claim, or can be ready, from their sober conviction, to embark in " war to the knife," to maintain the say-so of President Polk. If t he y push things to this extreme, it must be upon advice of counsel, and not from their own conscientious persuasion of the justice of ou r c l a im. On such advice then, and suc h alone, it is to be fe are d t h a t many of our enlightened representatives are ready to act, and will act. But it fortunately happens that, while the great body of the people are, and must re main, ignorant of the merits of our r every man of common understanding, is capable of estimating its value—in which estimation, honour may be included— and cf I,r! 7-ith hcneur anr l the value of the subject in controversy, on one side, and war on the .other. But honour may be carried out, blank. Let us see, then, whether certain facts and probabi lities sufficient to guide the judgment, and decide the course of every dispassionate friend to his country, are not of public notoriety ? And first, everybody knows that the question between the United States and Great Britain is neither more nor less than a ques tion of title to land, either to be regarded as vacant, or in the joint peaceable possession of both parties. Consequently, no consideration of national honour is involved in the nature of the claim. It belongs to a dif ferent category. Honour has no more to do II ith it than in a dispute between John Doe and Richard Roe, tenants in common of Black-acre or White-acre. As honour is not at all, so interest is . in a very limited degree, the " subject of the story." In the immediate view, the value of Oregon, as land, is considerably minus nil. It will be a drain to population, which we want, and aug ment the quantity of land in market, of which we have enough and to spare. In a prospective view of com mercial and other contingencies, it may b2—though that is doubtful—as valuable as a part of New Holland woald have been, if, perchance, we had acquired the same sort of title to it. One country is, indeed, about six thousand leagues distant, and the other not much more than four thousand—by sea. But, for all the pur poses of final and ultimate jurisdiction, the ocean bar rier would be as effectual in one case as the other. South Wales, if annexed to our glorious Republic, would be not less likely to remain a member, than Oregon. No thing can be more attractive to the taste of the " young" West, than the splendid galaxy of patriots and states men, who generally form the group of a Washington Cabinet—and the congregated wisdom, purity, and pa triotism, which adorns the halls of Congress. Still, in process of time, the charm would not resist the barrier of the Rocky Mountains ; and the " village Hampdens" would set up for themselve, after Uncle Sam should have paid roundly for building up the villages. Secondly—lt is undeniable that offers have been re peatedly made, by our Government, to relinquish claim to, and cede a portion of the debateable ground. There is, also, good reason to presume tbat these offers, with, possibly, some modifications not derogatory or injurious to the United States, would be accepted. Third—Each party has refused to cede its claim to the entire territory. Hence, it plainly and inevitably results, that the only alternatives are—first, a Compro mise on the basis of continuing the joint possesion, or otherwise ; second, Arbitration . ; third, War. Now, to suppose that a majority of the American people are ready for the last of these alternatives—or that they will plunge into and support a war for these Siberian wilds, until the other alternatives are finally and offensively rejected, would be to imagine the case of a nation run mad. Instances of such delirious infatua- tion in popular governments have sometimes occurred. It is, then, the duty of every man and community, within their respective spheres, to resist the first symptoms of this tendency—although there is little doubt that the delirium would be of short duration, and find its cure in the excess of suffering brought upon the nation. The ca lamities of a British war lire fearfully inappreci able. The means of annoyance possessed by Great !Bri tain are multiplied, ten-fold, by the agency of steam power ; and ours, of defence, are relatively impaired, in the same ratio. Every harbour, river, creek, and inlet, would be accessible to their various craft. Our whole seaboard would b© lighted up by successive fires—and our commerce nearly annihilated. Such a war would be terminated only by the exhaustion of our resources, and the abandonment of its object ; and the country would be driven back, in its career of prosperity, quite beyond the point from which it started, at the close of the last war. Great Britain, say our vapouring statesmen, will not, dare not, cannot make war. No doubt she will be extremely reluctant to draw the sword. No doubt, a war would prove inconvenient, injurious, and, in so far as it might tend to embroil her with other nations —hazardous to her interests. But the ignorance of those is an object of compassion, who can believe that the sleeping lien will suffer our Government to tread on his toes, without rousing him to action and to vengeance. The true question is, whether, when the negotiation is terminated, Great Britain will introduce, by sea and land, an armed force into Oregon—under the pretence, perhaps, of merely taking quiet possession. In that event, our spirited Government and people can do no less than attempt to follow suit—which, as respects an expedition by sea, may be found no easy achievement. Such a state of things would be, in its beginning, ex ceedingly like a war, but it would be only the ‘..‘ begin ning of the end." If these considerations are well•founded, the time is approaching—perhaps now is—when the people, espe cially of the Atlantic States, in every mode in which their voices can be expressed and heard, should have it understood, by the Government, that this war must not be ; and that it is time for them to act under other influence than that of the impassioned portions of the Far West, who deceive themselves with the illusion that national and individual glory consists in showing fight, in every controversy; and that their local and sectional interests may be promoted by a war, whatever may befal their brethren on the seaboard. The watchword,of considerate men, of all parties, who are in favour of peace, should be, compromise, or arbi tration—but no war. The distinguished statesmen, of both parties, should rally their forces under this stan dard. The north and the south should pull together, and form a coalition of parties, on this ground ; regarding it as distinct from all party questions, which may be left to take their course. It is unimaginable, that the southern States can be ready to provoke a war, pregnant with every danger to themselves, and without any just reason or occasion ; and their senators and representatives will, it is believed, have sufficient independence to resist the first step, which would be—notice to discontinue the joint occupation. This step, if taken, must be followed up by military pos session, in some form, or government will be regarded as a mad dog, showing his teeth; and, with this position, our western fire eaters would not be content, even if Great Britain should not think fit to forestall us, by a fort or two at the mouth of the Columbia, and a few steamers to play on and off. In short, there is a moral certainty that war would shortly follow the first change in the stutu quo. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, DEC. 15.—The weekly meeting of the asso ciation was held this day, Alderman O'Brien in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having expressed his gratitude to the meeting for placing him in the position he occupied on such an important occasion as the present, observed that he scarcely ever remembered a period when a greater anxiety pervaded the public mind to learn what would Le the policy adopted, and what the course pursued by their illustrious Liberator in the present crisis. 'Whatever that course might be, he (the Chairman) felt confident it would meet with the universal approbation of the Irish people. Mr. O'CONNELL, having read a letter from the Right Rev. Dr. Blake, Bishop of Dromore, observed that the time had come for every man to double his subscription. —(Ci ies of " Hear, hear.") He (Mr. O'Connell) and his family were accustomed to pay 11. each per month ; hence forth that sum should be doubled. He was impatient to speak to them on the present posture of affairs. They were too important to be postponed; but first he should allude to his late visit to Waterford, and he was happy to say that his mission had been crowned with the most complete success, and the repealers of that town were determined to struggle, in perfect unity, for the object for which they were contending. Sir Winston Barron had trilled with them too long. Neither he nor his col league, Mr. Wyse, were members of the confederation, and they would therefore be relieved, at the next elec tion, from the trouble of representing the constituency of Waterford. The electors of that town had two gentle men, who were identified with these in sentiment, ready to stand at the next election—he alluded to the present mayor, Sir Benjamin Morris, and the late mayor, Mr. Meagher. which, if the late Government remained in power, would be spent in London, He had other demands on the new Administration, and if they conceded them, they should have the support of the Irish people.— (Cheers.) He required that the dismissed magistrates should be restored to their commissions ; he made that demand on the part of the dismissed Orange magistrates, as well as on behalf of his friends. It was rumoured that they proposed sending Lord Fortescue here as a Viceroy, but he was entirely opposed to that appointment, as his Lordship had endeavoured to re-nationalize the youth o!' Ireland, by declaring that no person who was friendly to a repeal of the union should 13,4 promoted to any place ofemolument under the Crown, He did not think the Government would have the hardi • hood to send that nobleman here. It was of the utmost importance that the people should at once he set to work, and to effect that desirable end he would require the Government to advance sums to the different railway companies equal to the preseLt paid-up capital, nut as a gift but as a loan ; the interest to be one per cent. for the three first years, and four per cent afterwards, the railways to be mortgaged for the amount advanced. It were most desirable if such en arrangement could he effected. He would also require that Ireland should be placed on a perfect equality with England as regarded the frarchise and corporations, and that they should have I: just proportion of representatives—he would not take less than one hundred and fifty. In conclusion, he moved that a committee be appointed to watch over the progress of registration throughout the country. Mr. Caleb Powell, M.P., Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P., and other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the rent for the week was announced to be 207/. 19s. 11d. The meeting then adjourned. MEPHYSTOPHELES. No. L This is a new weekly illustrated periodical, devoted to wit, fun, and satire. The artist, whoever he may be, to whom the illustrative department is confided, is a very clever fellow. His "Dr Russell rescuing Dr. Peel from his Landlady," is a first-rate sketch, founded on the ,eII-known picture of Johnson and Goldsmith—Lord Johd representing Johnson, Sir Robert Goldsmith, the D u k e 0 E ; landlady, and Lord Brougham the bailiff. The other illustras are all excellent. The Duke of Wel lington, in the c . ,tqtraeter of James 1., publishing " a counterblast against to:.'wco," is a very happy hit. We subjoin a few extracts from the literary portion of the number, and leave our readers to jndge of their merits. " STANLEY'S GOVERNMENT OP THE COLONlF,S.—Stailley is a great man for the colonies: just the man to elevate them into nations. He began with Ireland. He found it miser able, but English. He left it miserable, but Irish. His genius worked that astonishing revolution that has trans formed Ireland from a neglected province to become the corner stone of European politics. He has sown the seed of a distracting nationality which may grow up to, we know net what of mischief. New Zealand will never forget his 14dly care. Stanley has no ability, if he fail to give back that fine island to the barbarism and semi-solitude of its original possessors. He chooses governors to prove the inefficacy of civilisation in securing common sense, and uses English soldiers to teach savages how to fight. His protocols prepare—his generals organise defeat, his system is to evolve out of barbarians, victors of Englishmen ! Already has he turned a hero out of the cannibal Heki. What then shall be done with the profoundest statesman the great country England can place over nearly one-half the civilised globe, its colonies? How long, because he can utter smart commcn places in Parliament, shall he be privileged to knock about our colonies as if enjoying his round at nine pins?" " LORD HUNTINGTOWEIt ON DEBT.—Whether a man owes anything or not, is a matter of question between the assumed creditor and the supposed debtor; no man is a judge in his own cause; therefore, no sensible person pays anything at all without taking the opinion of twelve impartial' individuals upon the subject." " LIGHTLY TREAD 'TIS HALLOWED GROUND.'—A great landholder isle. tender-footed critter, who fears nothing so much as your treading on his corn." SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. It is not often that the Colonial Magazine favours us with poetry. In the present number, however, we find the following beautiful little poem, and we fear that the author, like the poet of the olden time, is a prophet also, and foreshadows but too truly what must be the in evitable fate of all aboriginal semi-civilised races:— TIIE INDIAN HUNTER. BY li. W. LONGFELLOW. When the summer harvest was gather'd in, And the sheaf of the reaper grew white and thin, And the ploughshare was in its furrow left, Where the stubble land had been lately cleft, — An Indian hunter, with unstrung bow, Look'd down where the valley lay stretch'd below. He was a stranger, and all that day Had been out on the hills, a perilous way; But the foot of the deer was far and fleet, And the wolf kept aloof from the hunter's feet, And bitter feelings pass'd o'er him then, As he stood by the populous haunts of men. The winds of autumn were over the woods, As the sun stole out from their solitudes • The moss was white on the maple' s trunk, And dead from its arms the pale vine shrunk, And ripen'd the mellow fruit hung, and red Were the trees' wither'd leaves around it shed. The foot of the reaper moved slow on the lawn, And the sickle cut down the yellow corn ; The mower sung loud by the meadow side, Where the mists of evening were spreading wide, And the voice of the herdsman catne up the lea, And the dance went round by the greenwood tree. Then the hunter turn'd away from that scene, Where the home of his fathers once had been, 4 . And heard, by the distant and measured stroke, That the woodman hew'd down the giant oak ; And burning thoughts flash'd o'er his mind Of the white man's faith, and love unkind. The moon of the harvest grew high and bright, As her golden horn pierced the cloud of white; A footstep was heard in the rustling brake, Where the beech o'ershadow'd the misty lake, And a mourning voice and a plunge from shore, And the hunter was seen on the hills no more. When years pass'd on, by that still lake side The fisher look'd down through the silver tide, And there, on the smooth yellow sand display'd, A skeleton, wasted and white, was laid ; And 'twas seen, as the waters moved deep and slow, That the hand was still grasping a hunter's bow. The present number also contains a valuable paper on the railway prospects of New South Wales, and a vast mass of useful statistical colonial information. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE BLACKWALL RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a young man named Francis Burnand, in the service of the Blackwall Railway Company as guard, at the Limehous• station, met with the following accident :—The poor fellow, who is but 22 years of age, and only three weeks married, had just returned from breakfast to assume his duties at the station. Having got on the wrong side for his carriage, be was about to cross the line, when seeing a carriage coming in he became undecideo, hesitated for a moment, and then attempted to retreat. In doing so, he fell, and the flange of the wheel passed over his legs, crushing the left thigh in the rail, and grinding the bone and flesh to a jelly. The other foot was also severely lacerated. He was removed to the London Hospital, where the leg was amputated. Little or no hope of his recovery is entertained. A vacancy has occurred in the office of Landing Surveyor of Customs at Portsmo uth, b y the death of Mr. Collins, who held that office for a considerable period, and it is expected that it will be filled by the promotion of Mr. P. Bamber, the senior officer of the Landing Department at that port, and who, from his having acted in that capacity during the lengthened illness of Mr. Collins, is considered qualified for the office alluded to. THE MINISTRY. Now (continued Mr. O'Connell) I come to the business of the day.—(Cheers.) Hurrah for repeal !—(Loud cheers.) No compromise !—(" Never, never.") No sur render !—("Never, never.") No postponement !—(Loud et ies of "Never.") Come weal, come woe, they would struggle for repeal.—(Cheers.) These were not his sentiments alone—they were the sentiments of one of the most distinguished patriots that Ireland ever pro duced—William Smith O'Brien.—(Cheers.) He would read a letter which he had received from that patriotic gentleman on the present crisis. The Hon. Gentleman then read the following letter from Mr. O'Brien ; " Cahirmoyle, Dec. 13, 1845. " My dear Sir-As it will not be in my power to at tend the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday next, I write, instead of speaking, a few brief words to the Repealers of Ireland upon our political prospects. " Assuming that the intelligence of a change of Ministry which has reached me to-day is correct, I fore see that no pains will be spared by the Whig leaders to induce us to waive our agitatiog for the repeal of the union, and to engage in a struggle for party ascendancy. They will endeavour to effect by corruption that which their adversaries failed to accomplish by intimidation. " Deeply indeed should I regret that I ever espoused the cause of repeal if I could believe that these machi nations would be successful. Indescribable will be the scorn with which the people of Ireland will be named, not only in our own time but throughout all future ages, if the pledges which we have recorded before Heaven and before man should so soon be forgotten. " Never, in the day of danger —never, in the hour of hope—never to desist—never to pause from our high and hallowed labours until we shall have obtained a Parlia ment for our own native land—is the vow to which the Irish nation is irrevocably pledged. " That pledge shall be kept—that vow shall be ful filled. " Our leaders give the word—REPEAL AND NO COMPROMISE. Our electors, whilst they realise our triumphant expectations, will repeat the cry—REPEAL AND NO COMPROMISE. The shout will thrill through every Irish heart, and every, every patriot tongue will re-echo—REPEAL AND NO COMPRO MISE.—BeIieve me, very truly yours, WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN." He (Mr. O'Connell) would not pause to move the inser tion of that letter on the minutes—its sentiments would be found written on the heart of every Irishman. " Wil liam Smith O'Brien and no compromise" would in future be the rallying cry of every man animated by the love of Ireland, and compassion and sorrow for the miseries of her population.—(Cheers.) But while they sought the repeal without delay or postponement, it was neces sary to look into the state of the people,of this country. Famine was staring them in the face, and pestilence was following in its wake. The potato disease was making frightful ravages, and had reached a height that should cause the greatest apprehension. Pesti lence, the first results of famine, was already com mencing in Ireland-Lin Waterford, Limerick, Drog heda, and in various districts of the south, fever was raging violently. It was their duty to rally the people, and endeavour to raise them from the miserable condi tion into which they were sunk. Whilst in Waterford he ascertained that the wages of agricultural labourers in that county were one shilling and sixpence a week, with some miserable diet. That state of things should be changed. The present, or rather the late Govern ment, had been humbugging the Irish people with their promises of relief, and their commissions were issued merely for the purposes of delay. Well, then, the Ad ministration was broken up. Was it by the superior eloquence of their opponents that that matter was achieved ? No. What was it, than, that dispersed them ? He (Mr. O'Connell) might be considered super stitious—but he did not care what might be thought of the declaration—he was firmly persuaded that the dispersion of the Peel Administration was the act of a benevolent Providence, and he bowed his head before his Creator in thanksgiving for the blessing.—(Cheers.) Yes; they consulted to the last —they could agree upon a Coercion Bill, and ho dared say they could agree upon a " projected massacre," but they had no occasion for military massacres any more ; the British bayonet might remain resting in its scab bard, they had more potent weapons to use in the work of death—they had the weapons of famine and pestilence to conquer, to kill, and to destroy. But he rejoiced to say that the Ministry who tolerated the massacre of famine and starvation was scattered to the winds, and its members were as powerless as drivelling infants.— (Cheers.) Yes, he rejoiced at their dispersion; but what should he say of the incoming Ministry?—(hear, hear.) He would say this— let them give the Irish people food— let them abolish the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) On that , question he would join the people of England—he would , make common cause with them—he would insist with the English people upon cheap food—he would raise his voice for the opening the ports, and join in the cry for the abolition of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) He would sup port the incoming Ministry with all the zeal and earnestness in his power in that cry—and he did not care whether he should be Whig or Tory, the man that fed the people should have his vote. He proclaimed from that spet that he entirely agreed with Lord John Rus sell on the subject of the corn-laws. Indeed, he believed that he and Sir Robert Peel also agreed on it. He was entirely with Lord John Russell, and he felt it to be his duty, as well as the duty of every other Irish Member, to attend in London from day to day, and vote on every occasion in support of cheap bread and food for the people.—(Cheers.) Dow could any man in his con science refuse to vote against that measure, the direct effect of which was to spread poverty and destitution, and strew the land with the corses of its victims?— (Hear.) How could any Irishman refuse to vote for the abolition of that law, when tne result of such abolition would be to make food cheap, and give the means of subsistence to so many of their famishing and poverty stricken countrymen.—(Hear and cheers.) He cared not whether the slaughter be by the bayonet or by starvation; but that man was an enemy to the human race, to Chris sianity, who at such . a time and under suc h circum stances, could refuse his vote and his exertions in get ting rid of such an abominable law.—(Cheers.) He did not hesitate to say, without abandoning or compromising his opinions on repeal, that he should be prepared to vote for every motion in support of Cobden and Bright, and on this question to give his steadfast adhesion to Lord John Russell, who had the manliness to proclaim his conviction that the corn-laws were a calamity which ought not to be allowed to continue longer on the statute bcok.—(Loud cheers.) Why should they not be for the abolition ? It was said, to be sure, that the corn-laws were good to some classes, and that they had the effect of raising the wages of the labourer.—(No, no.) In Ire land, which is exclusively an agricultural country, I ask what has been their effect ? have they raised the wages of the labourer ?—(No, no.) On the contrary, in this most agricultural country in Europe, wages are lower than anywhere else. No reason can therefore be advanced on that head; and he might mention that a nobleman of high rank had become a perfect convert on the subject, being convinced that there never could be a steady rental till the corn-laws were abolished.—(Cheers.) What was the effect of those laws ? They gave a fictitious value to land; they induced the farmer to offer for land more than it was worth ; in two or three years the capital was all sunk ; the absentee landlord got more rent; the tenant pays mere than he ought; the landlord squanders his resources in foreign countries, and the tenant starves at home.—(Hear, hear.) He asked any Irishman who now might hesitate, how he could go to any Government and ask to have money ad vanced for labour ? How could he pledge the security of railroads if he refused to give his voice for making provisions cheap?—(Hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would therefore proclaim as a decided enemy to Ireland any man who would not now rally with Cobden and Bright, triumph at the success of the League, glory at putting down the oligarchical Administration of England, and rejoice at the utter defeat of the mono polists of food, wbo would refuse the unfortunate widow the opportunity of getting another slice of bread, and place the famishing artisan in the position of having his children crying to him for bread, and not having it in his power to offer them even a stone.—(Hear, hear.) It was a cruel and hard-hearted thing that the man who calcu lated on wealth, station, and luxury for himself; makes that calculation upon the misery of others, and supports and extends these thingc by a perpetuation of the wretchedness of the poor. In Ireland they were tor honesty ; in Ireland they were fur the poor ; in Ireland they were for free, fair, and perfect justiee.—(Cheers.) Ireland had the merit of carrying out the Christian Fin ciple, for they would cl ithe the naked, feed the hungry, and throw open the prison doors. It was their duly to act so, for no man's life or property was secure it' the famine and pestilence spread as they were spreading. He was, therefore, for supporting the new Administration in getting rid of the corn - laws.—(Hear, h givingup the vessel ? No s uc h thing.supporting the Administr at i on on ti r. ) Was Was h h ee for f'o r any other measures ? That would depend on the nature of the measures proposed. — (Cheers.) He could tell them what he wanted from them. He would require that they should immediately pass an A c t t o h o ld the committees upon Irish railroads in D u bli n an d not in London. He was not in their secrets ; but he knew from o thers that there would be no difficulty on the p a rt of the new Administration to allow us to have all the com mittees on Irish railways hold in Dublin. That would be a gift at once of half a million to be spent in Ireland, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. LUTTERWORTH, DEC. 11.—We have frequently heard of two parties meeting each other, and forming a mutual attachment at the first introduction ; but never having known an instance of the kind, we were somewhat scep tical upon the point till yesterday, when our doubts were removed by the following narrative :—A short time since, a gallant captain, holding a commission in the army, and also distinguished for his exploits on the turf, took up his quarters at the principal inn in the market town of N m, Warwickshire. Shortly after his arrival, the daughter of the landlady, a remarkably fine, handsome young woman, did the gentleman the honour of attending upun him. Struck with the appearance of the pretty maiden, the Captain paid her such atten tions as seldom fail to have 'the effect intended, espe cially when backed by a scarlet coat and handsome countenance, as was the case in the present instance ; and so enamoured did the young lady become of her military adorer, that, upon coming out of the room, she made a confidant of one of the servants, telling her, that " she felt convinced that the gentleman in the other room would be her husband ; and that she should see him again before long." Nor was she mistaken in the latter part of her opinion ; for so smitten was the gallant cap tain with the charms possessed by his fair inamorata, that he who had never feared the dart of the enemy, was obliged to submit to that of Cupid, and the result was thdt he suddenly found the town in which he was located afliarded many advantages for carrying on the hunting campaign, and he, therefore, decided upon taking stables fbr his stud ; after which, as a matter of course, he found it necessary to pay frequent visits to the hotel, when his inamorata made it an invariable rule to attend upon him; the consequence of this frequent intercourse was, that a more familiar footing was established, and a correspond ence was carried on between the parties during those in tervals that the gallant captain remained at home; but letters intended for the latter, instead of being addressed to him and sent in the family bag, were directed to " the post-mistress, to be left till called for ;" the captain pay ing a daily visit to the office for the purpose of ascertain ing whether there were any communications so addressed for him. Affairs went on in this way till the gal lant captain's " leave" had expired, and he was obliged to join his regiment at Dublin ; but, previous to this, such srrangements had been made between the parties that the whole of the young lady's wardrobe, &c., was re moved without the slightest suspicion being excited in the minds of the members of her family; and, even tually, the young lady herself took her departure. Upon being missed, the feelings of her mother and brother were distressing in the extreme; the following morning, however, a letter was brought, addressed to the " miss ing fair;" and her mother, thinking it might afford some clue to the fugitive, opened it, when it proved to be from the gallant captain, directing the young lady to proceed by the route they had previously fixed upon to Dublin, and there inquire for him at the barracks. This intel ligence being communicated to one or two friends of the family, it was determined that the brother, accompanied by an uncle, should immediately post to the nearest railway station, and proceed thence to Liverpool, on their way to Dublin ; and such expedition did they use, that they actually arrived in Dublin before the packet in which the young lady had taken her 'as sage; and, upon landing on the quay, her astonish ment may readily be guessed, at finding that the two first persons to salute her were her brother and uncle, both of whom, she fondly hoped, were some hundreds of miles distant. The uncle, fearing that the hasty tem per of the young lady's brother might hurry him into some rash act, should he happen to meet the gallant son of Mars, resolved upon having an interview with the latter himself, and ascertain what his intentions were. lie accordingly went to the barracks and inquired for " Captain —," to whose presence he was very speedily introduced. As might be expected, the Captain was as much confounded as the young lady, upon learning who his visitor was, while the latter, finding that the military devotee " humni'd and haw'd" rather too much before he would give an answer to the very plain and direct ques tion, as to " whether he meant to marry the young lady?" took an abrupt leave, and returned to the inn where he had left the brother and sister. The young lady finding, from the relation of her worthy uncle, that " nothing but loss of character and utter ruin awaited her should she remain behind," she had the good sense to accompany her friends back to the home she had de serted, whence she removed to the house of a near rela tive, who resides at a small village in the neighbourhood of Lutterworth, in Leicestershire, where we understand she will remain till the excitement attending the affair has blown over. The young lady in question is one of four sisters, three of whom are married, and each pos sesses 1,500/. in her own right, upon the former " coming of age." She is now about nineteen, and is possessed of considerable personal attractions. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A RECRUIT. —John Smith, a recruit in the Royal Artillery corps, was taken before Mr. Thomas Jackson, the Mayor of Kingston, on Monday, charged with the offence of misdemeanour in having unlawfully attempted to destroy himself. Wm. Smith, another recruit in the same regiment, deposed that he was in company with the accused and some other recruits at a beer shop in Heathen-street, Kingston, and Smith, the defendant, was very drunk. In a short time he left the room, and very soon afterwards the servant came in and told him to go and look after John ; for when he went out she heard him mutter something about " and he would go and do it," and as he had been talking in the course of the day about de stroying himself, she feared he make would an attempt to do so. Witness accordingly made a search, and on going to the water-closet he found the door fastened. He burst it open, and found the defendant banging from the ceiling, black in the face, and nearly dead. He cut him down ini mediately, and sent for a surgeon, but it was some time before the accused could be restored to consciousness, when a policeman was called in and he was sent to the station house for security. The defendant said he was very sorry for what he had done, but it was through drink; he had been drunk for three or four days, and bad quite lost his senses, or he should not have done such a thing. Sergeant Wilson, of the Royal Artillery, who is at present recruiting in the town, in answer to a question from the magistrate, said that the accnsed had been recruited about a month, and latterly had given way to drunken and slovenly habits. He added that when he had been recruited six weeks he would be sent to head -quarters at Woolwich. The Mayor said that he considered the practice of keeping recruits so long before they were sent to head-quarters a very improper one, as the men had nothing else to do but to idle about and get drinking; and he wished to know why it was adopted? The sergeant said he did not know; but it was the ordinary rule to send in drafts of recruits every six weeks. The Mayor then ordered that the defendant should stand committed to Kingston Gaol in order to give an opportunity to communi cate with the commanding officer of the regiment; and the sergeant was directed to report the opinion of the Bench upon the subject of detaining the recruits for so long a period before they were sent to head-quarters, to the proper quarter, with a view to the alteration of the system. MILITARY FLOGGING AT CHATHAM.—This morn ing (Monday, the 15th), the whole of the troops, comprising the provisional battalion at this garrison, assembled on the general parade-ground, to hear the sentence promulgated of a Court-martial, held the beginning of this month, on Thomas Short, a bandsman of the 31st Regiment, for general insubordination, absenting himself from barracks, and when found in the town of Chatham by a military escort, having struck some of the soldiers with his bayonet, and threatened to kill the corporal in charge of the escort for taking him prisoner. The charges and sentence having been read by the Adjutant, the troops were marched ay to the Spar Battery, to witness the sentence carried into effect, that of his receiving 150 lashes. The troops, being under com mand of Colonel Thomas Weare, K.H., on their arrival were immediately placed into a square, and the prisoner was placed at the halberts, and received the whole of his sen tence with much fortitude, now and then only uttering a piercing shriek. On the close of the proceedings the pri soner was removed,and the troops returned to their barracks, and the prisoner to the hospital. He bears a bad character, and flogging at this garrison is not resorted to but in cases of strict necessity. T • BATHS AND WASHHOUSES role THE LABOURING CeAssEs.—A public dinner was given yesterday evening, at the London Tavern, in celebration of the laying of the first stone of the first of the institutions for providing cheap baths and washhouses for the labouring poor. There were present, Peter Borthwick, Esq., M P., Archdeacon Hale, C. Banbury, Esq., C.Turner, Esq., G. F. Young, Esq., Joseph Somes, Esq., R. Hankey, Esq., J. D. Powlies, Esq., E. Brewster, Esq. , B. Hawes, sen., Esq., N. Gould, Esq., Charles Cochrane, E. G. Stonehouse Griffith, Esq., and upwards of two hundred : , other gentlemen of importance in the commercial w The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor occupied the chair. After the dinner, which, with excellent viands . provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, had been duly discussed " Non nobis" was sung by the vocalists present, Messrs. G ~ G enge, C. Kenny, Farquharson Smith, and J. King (comic), under. l? The usual loyal and the direction of Mr. G. G poi V e d . n ' y Y tn r e . chairman, and most en thusiasticallypatriotic toasts were n The Lord Mayor then proposed responded to. Prosperity to the Baths . and Wit.shltouses for the Labour.. Ir e said that he hoped to be present at the in , Classes. ' layini; of the foundation stones of many more in - 'titutions of the kind, and that lie shoul d also be present at many future anniversaries of the institution of which he had that day laid the foundation stone.—(Cheers.) He then proceeded to ad vert in very favourable terms to the merits and advantages of all institutions of the kind, and concluded by expressing a wish that they would not b e a ll owe d to fall to the ground from want of funds. The toast was then drank in a most enthusiastic manner with three time three. Several other toasts followed in succession, including " The City of London," " The Lord Mayor," " The English and Foreign Press," &e. &c. A large collection was made during the evening. The total of it amounted to more than 1,0001., •the several subscriptions being very large and very numerous. The festive meeting was not broken up till a very late hour. Mr. Toole efficiated, as usual, as toastmaster. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the grounds around the Castle, and also visited the Royal Gardens at Frog more for some time. Afterwards her Majesty rode out in a pony phaeton, the PEnce driving. The Countess of Desart, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Deve reaux, were in another pony carriage and four. Major- General Wemyss and Sir Edward Bowater attended on horseback. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their accustomed early pony and walking. exercise. Th e Royal Family were also taken out in the afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to day. The Earl of Liverpool did not arrive yesterday on a visit. Mr. R. Ormsby Gore has succeeded Captain Meynell as the Groom in Waiting to the Queen. Major-General Wemyss has relieved Colonel Buckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. The royal dinner party th!s evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Lady in Waiting, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards will at tend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend at the Castle. A meeting was held at Lord John Russell's residence in Chesham-place, yesterday. There I:ere present Earls Grey, Auckland, and Cla rendon, Viscounts Palmerston and Morpeth, Sir John Hobhouse, Sir George Grey, Right Hon. Edward El lice, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Right Hon. T. B. Mac aulay, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The meeting broke up at three o'clock. Lord Monteagle visited Lord John Russell yesterday. Sir John Hobhouse arrived in town yesterday morn ing, and immediately went to attend the meeting at Lord John Russell's. Lord Morpeth has arrived in town. The Right lion. Edward Ellice has arrived in town. Mr. H. Lambton, M.P., arrived in town on Monday night. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Mr. Ross had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. _ Sir John and Lady Yard° Buller and Miss Buller have left Farrance's Hotel, for Lupton House, The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry ar rived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave•street, from their seat in Scotland. WILL OF THE LATE EAEL GRIT, K.G., P.C.- llis Lordship has devised his real estate to his son Henry, the present Earl, late Lord Viscount Howick, subject to an nuities, viz., to his wife, the Countess, 4,000/. a-year, and to his daughter, Lady Georgians, 2001. a-year, to be increased to 1,0001. on the death of her mother; to his daughter, Lady Caroline Barrington, 2001. a-year, to assist her in educating her children. His Lordship, under the respective marriage settlements of his sons, Charles, John, and Francis, secured to each of them and their wives an annuity of 200/., and by his will gives to each of his other sons a like annuity. Leaves to the Countess for life any house in London he may die possessed of, together with the furniture, and that sbe may also select plate, the same at her decease to go to the present Earl or the possessor of the estate, and may select books, musical instruments, pictures, and other articles of furniture or ornament for herself and daughter Georgians. To his he gives a year's salary, alland to tilis g v; wages. The residue he leaves lanaseerritnAtis r a . l Fear's e g b sen, to the present Earl. A sum of 8,000/., secured by the Countess for younger children under marriage settlement, and to be left as his Lordship might by swill direct, is to be divided as fol lows :—To Lady liattue, Lady Barrington, and Lady Wood, who each received marriage portions, and to Lady Georgians, 20W. each, as mai ks of his affection, the remaining sum, 7,2001., among his seven younger sons, equally. The still is dated Jan., 1842, and was proved in Durham by the present Earl on the 18th ult. The personal estate in that diocese was sworn under 30,000/. The will was proved in London on the 12th inst., by his Lordship, the sole executor. The personalty witin the province of Canterbury was sworn under 14,0001., being in addition to the above, and exclusive of the real estate. His Lordship died on the 17th July last, at the age of 82. Yost. HONOURABLE CONDUCT OF A TRADESMAN.—The InCoNffVeiel'-°llno' jun., the publisher, as- use, Paternoster-row, on of a circul ar f r om him, and e ac h re sembled eeTuesday, Ni,be creditors ela o si t.fn7Atlitoi: con e sequence Chaptertertnhcle pound, m a ki n g, with the dividend e a already received upon the estate, 20s. in the pound. Mr. Effingham Wilson came into property to the amount ofabout 1,400/.., and he generously devoted 1,350/. to pay Lis creditors in full. ' DARING OUTRAGE in TIPPERARY ATTACK ON BIANCONI'S CAR, AND ROBBERY OF ALL THE PASSENGERS.—lntelligence was received in this City late on Thursday evening of a most daring attack having been made on Bianconi's car on Tuesday, and the rob bury of the passengers in th e b roa d day light, the parti culars of which we have learned as follows :—The branch car to Tipperary, which takes up the passengers at Mitchelstown from that on which they travel from Cork, had changed horses at Galbally at half-past two, and when two miles fr6rn the stage and within six of Tipperary, seven armed men jumped over a wall and ordered the driver to stop, which not being instantly complied with, one of them presented a pistol at his head and the man was forded to yield to them. There were on the ear six passengers and the driver, namely, Mr. Benjamin Deeble of this city and his shepherd, who %sere going to the fair of Tipperary to buy sheep ; John Short, William Shaeghnessey, end John Brien, of this city, vietuallersi ; a nd M r . Jere miah Mullane, of Buttevara, victualler. Six of the attacking party had their faces covered with crape, with holes for their eyes, and one man a hen he saw the passengers observing him closely, stuo2ed down and rubbed mud on his face, so as to conceal his features from them. When the car had been surrounded, one of dean presented a coeliad pistol at Shaoghnessey, and told him to dtliver his money. Shaughnessey said he had none—the rubber said if he did not instantly hand out, he'd blow his skull eft: Shaughilessey tdea said " Search me, and if I have it take it." He then turned to Brien who stood up in the car, upon which his assailant told him if he moved an inch he'd blow his brains our. Brien then put his hand in his pocket and handed out a purse containing six pounds in silver. The 'rob ber who spoke to them, then came to Short, who was last on the car, the others standing by with presented arms all the while, and used a like threat, when Short declared he had nothing, and that he was a very poor man, but the fellow instantly collared him and putting his hand into his pocket, drew out his purse, containing 91. Os. iu silver, which he took. While this was being done at one side of the car, a like scene was going on at the other. Mr. Dceble, seeing the inutility of offering resistance to a formidable band of armed ruffians who had presented guns and pistols at his head, handed them his purse, which, however, only contained about 41. 10s., to cover his travelling expenses, as he was provided with bank cheques, &c. for his purchases. One of the fellows then laid hold of his guard chain, and piffling it, asked " what's this ?" Mr. Deeble told them it was his watch and offered it to them, but they re fused it, saying " we only want money to buy powder." They next demanded his money from Mr. Mullane, and while he was endeavouring to gain time by appearing to search for it, one of them gave him two severe blows en the chest with the butt-end of a gun. Mr. Deeble remon strated with him saying the man was getting his money. They then took what silver he had, and mach the driver come clown, when they searched the boot closely, saying they expected to find a quantity of silver there, going to the banks. In this, however, they were dis appointed, and finding no more money, they walked back along the road in the direction they came in the must unconcerned manner. The car and passengers then proceeded to Tipperary, and information huing been at once given to the police, a party, tinder Sub-Inspector Egar at once proceeded in two jingles to scour the country, and taking a byeroad towards the locality where the robbery was committed, arrived there early in the night. Atter a vigilant search, they arrested, from the description given, nine persons, and lodged them safely in Tipperary Bridewell. Ncxt day, after the victuallers had made their market, they proceeded with Mr. Hunt, J.P., to the Bridewell, and Short, at once distinctly identified one of the party, as the person who put his hand in his pocket and took out his purse. Most of the others corresponded in dress and stature, and appearance, with the descriptions given, but their faces were so closely covered, that further identification was then impossi ble.- There is, however, reason to believe that the whole gang w ill be amenable to justice. One of the parties robbed, from whom our reporter made inquiries, in formed him that the Cashel butchers had been robbed of 1501. the eight before the fair on the way to it, and most probably by the same armed gang. It was most fortu nate that the robbers did not search more minutely, for each of the victuallers had sums varying from 301. to 501. concealed upon their persons in notes, the loss of which would have been very serious to these poor in. dustrious men. IVe are also informed that an extensive dealer in pro visions, and contractor for the supply of beef to the navy, was one of the passengers by the car; but that coming up a to a lot of cattle that were being driven to the fair about half a mile before where the ear was stopped, he got off to speak to the owners with a view of making a purchase, and as the day• was dry and pleasant determined to walk into Tipperary. By this fortunate circumstance he escaped plunder, as he had upon his person eight hundred pounds in notes.—CotA Southern Reporter. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR, MARY MAYHEW MANLEY. In the year 1810, an elderly gentlerlan, by the name of Jones, placed in a boarding school, With a Mrs. Ral son, No. 3, Charterhouse square, a little girl, between four and five years old, of the above name (Manley being afterwards added to M a yh ew ) , w h o was said to have been brought from abroad, and whose infantine re membrance is, that she had a brother, William. She was there visited by a Miss Mortimer and sister, now Mrs. Whittaker, a Miss Ethcrington, and other ladies of or from Bath. After the manifestation at first, of much kindness and solicitude, these parties, from some unexplained cause, forbore to call, pay for, or to notice the child ; some time elapsing, Mrs. liaison- ad vertised, heading !ho advertisement with " Most Shameful Transaction," which brought for ward a Captain Lea, who paid the then arrears due, but from a full boarder the girl was then reduced by him to a half-boarder, he (Captain Lea) continuing to pay through a Mr. Collier for her board and education, but desiring that the girl should be made a governess. She believes that a hundred a year was paid for her by Mr. Jones, and who, with a Dr. Mayhew, of Bath, she un • derstood were her godfathers. All of her earliest recol lections are that she was rich, and belonged to those who were so, and these juvenile impressions, or dreams of prosperity, remained up to the coming forward of Cart. Lea, by whom they were at once blighted. Time rolled on, and her education being completed, a governess she be came; but before quitting Mrs. liaison's upon one occasion her attention was drawn to a remarkable advertisement, requiring information as to the whereabouts of the chil dren of a General Manley, of India, for whom some be quest was made, and she then took steps to ascertain her parentage, but without effcct, Captain Lea invariably evading giving her any clue to the same, he, Captain Lea, it seems, satisfying Mr. Brown Roberts, then of Bishopgate-street, but now of the Old Jewry, the re feree, that she was not the child of General Manley. The Miss Mortimer already alluded to, it is necessary to state, became the wife of Captain Lea ; they are bout now no more; and to every inquiry since no traces can she obtain to the authors of her being. In the hope these particulars may catch the eye of some of the parties in terested or concerned, either in Europe, India, or else where, so as to bring about the mysterious solution of her b!rth, this short sketch is put forth, without at all glancing at the helpless and fbrlorn state she has for years been left in. Reference to be made at West Cot tage, Southbaiik, Regent's-park. The kind and humane offices of the press are respectfully solicited in this country, India, and elsewhere, iu giving circulation to the above. The Earl of Shrewsbury, who has been passing the season at Rome, has left that city for Sicily, with the inten tion of sojourning there during the winter. His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Metcalfe, has arrived at Liverpool, by the Britannia steamer, from Halifax. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— WEST DRAYTON, TUESDAY.--This afternoon J. Charseley, Esq., the coroner for Buckingham shire, held an inquest at the Swan Inn, at her, on the body of J. Green, a labourer, who was killed by a special train yesterday morning, near West Drayton Station, the par ticulars of which appeared in 71e Sun of yesterday. After the examination of several witnesses, the jury returned A verdict of " Accidental death, with a deodand of one shilling on the engine." A HUMAN SKELETON.—On Wednesday a labourer, while digging in a field belonging to the Rev. T. A. Methuen, .at Allcannings, and within a hundred feet of his house, found a human skeleton. It is of a small size, and probably that of a female. That it is the record of a murder, whose perpetration must remain unknown till all secrets shall be unfolded, is, alas! too probable, and the more so as the back of the skeleton was considerably bent downwards, while the face was turned upwards. Titus, it would seem, that the body was hastily committed to the ground. The skeleton is now literally in small pieces, with the exception of one leg bone.— Wiltshire Telegraph. ISLE OF SSYE.—DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—OR Thursday, the 20th of November, a party of three men and a young woman, named Catherine Martin, left Portree, with the intention of walking home to the district of Steinscholl, in the parish of Kilmuir, by the romantic hill-path through the farm of Scorribreck. The distance which they had to travel was upwards of twenty miles, over one of the most rugged and picturesque scenes in the island. During the previous day, thunder and lightning were very prevalent, and rain fell in torrents, which continued with little intermission until the evening of Thursday. The mountain rivulets were much swollen, which rendered it a difficult matter a t many places to ver, succeeded well enough until when, having to cros s a p th a e s y s h tl a te d m a - lm l o ' s li t e e l e ia d rt e 3 d •, t l i i l o e w ir e rapid stream, the woman lost her footing, and was instantly swept down the stream. The rivulet, near the spot of the fatal accident, enters a larger one, which, at a abort distance below, rushes over shelving precipices, and forms a sucmsion of rapid cascades, as it falls immediately into the deep. The body of the unfortunate woman must have been swept over all these places, and into the ocean; for, although almost all the articles of her dress were found, her body could not be discovered for a week after the melancholy accident, and little hopes were then entertained of its recovery at all.—/nrernms Courier. A NOBLE LECTURERS—On Wednesday evening a lecture was delivered at the Plymouth Mechanics' Institute by Viscount Lbrington, td.P., on the health of towns. The Plymouth Jo urn al,which gives a full report of the Noble Lord's lecture, speaks of it as follows:—The lecture itself, indepen dently of its elegant, striking, and terse style of composition. will reflect credit and honour, not only on the Noble Lord indi vididually, but on all, like himself, devoted to the cause cat humanity and justice, whose claims he has so ably advocated and enforced. We recommend to alt literally, the perusal of every sentence tittered, as far as we are able to give it, for we believe that in no one similarly compendious form will so, much information be found as is embodied in the lecture re-- far red to. ST. MART, ISLINGTON.—An information in Chart , . eery is now pending against the trustees of this parish, t o compel them to refund a sum of 900/., alleged to have been illegally paid by them out of the poor-rate; and on Monday evening a meeting took place at the chambers of the Attorneri- General (Sir F. Thesiger), to hear the parties on a memorial presented to him by the . trustees to stay th e f art h er proceed ings, when, after beariag 11ir. Rodgers, the counsel for thee' trustees, acid Mr, Roe, the solicit or f or the relators, tisk At . .► torney-General decided against the trustees. The therefore proceed. ~~,._r_ .. '~'ry U r 00 0 . o :14 4 : rt. VO r 11 0 ,0 to ;' 0 0 ' 4 4 5 oiOv t :r e too