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

4 AMUSING PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. This day Is published In small Br - w, price 10s. 6d., elegantly bound, gilt edges , a Portrait of the author, anl an Illustration by Phiz, T COMIC MISCELLANY FOR 1845. icy JOHN POOLE, Esq. " author of " Paul Pry," &c. henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ALISSfiTItICI~LA L'S LIV3iS OF THE QUEEN 2 OF Effql.A2CD. Tama TN& ISTZ.NTIt IS NOW READY. :SSW and REVISED EDITIONS of the FIRST SLY votr-mrs, price lOs. 6d. each, may also now be had of all Booksellers. “ These 'volume, have the fascination of a romance united V. the Integrity of history."—Times. Maury Cal►urn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THa, EVENING, DECEMBER 12, WE be repeated PGransl opera Serie, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Liisignane, Mr. Sordid ; Andrea Corriere, Mr. #orrani ; Moncemgo Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Ceurcy, Mr. W. Marrist4i; Catarina jornaro, Miss Ftainforth To•eenclusie with a DI VER CISSEMENT' called A FETE AT SEVILLE, in whieh Monsieur and Madame heart (Principal Dancers from the Grand Theatre at Madrid), will make their Second Appearance in this country in a New Grand Pas de Deux. hoe Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. TH&ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will be Imarfonned a New and Original Comedy, m Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUN• HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ; Littlason Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- a ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster ; Rob, Mr Bockstone; Jesse lihural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Ft.nlyien, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawtheri, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. Atter which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ZLSE. Mans Monts, M. Charles Mathews; Minnie, 'Madame Vestris. _ _ _ To be Itllcfored by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNIS IiNSILAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. Johns James Pooley, Mr. Bucketono; Mrs. tooley, Mrs. Huraby. Priv.ate loxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Nalf each. Tickets aid Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.oftice, 1. - ona Ton till Five o'Clock. TREAT/LE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Willi)* performed VICTORINE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alex. aisdre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael. Mr. Striy; Victerine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitswilliain. After which a New Gramma entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGE. Count Neap de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson; Count canine, Mr. Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, &Want* Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Sreith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, flu which Messrs. Wright, Shelby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. GaLlot ; Principal Painter Gr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-otice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. - LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Wig be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF ATMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Riabard, Mr. Him. ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks; Ivor, Mr. LaMar; Hersaine, Mille, Helen Conde!! ; Gertrude, Airs. Foskroke. To be followed by the New Drama, called DON CESAR DE I3AZAN Don Cesar, Mr. Wallack ; Clarles the Secont, Mr. Walton ; Mdritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countou di Rotondo, Mrs. Fs.breke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Air. Edmund Brad well. DAWN Circil, Ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a.; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Drew Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, St Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Promo. ilium Boxes, Two guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Nox-oMee, under the direction of Mr. W. Massinghana. Private Scan and Erie Admissions for the Season to be had at the Teatre. MEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER It, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarno ld, Turner, Stoker, and Kerley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woellidge. Te be followed by THE SC/VISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Yarnold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullicn'a Mazurka and Cellarius Valae will be danced by Wiles. Louise and Adele, Miss Janice, and Mi,s Fairbrother. To conclude with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wilrau; Miss Fairhrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES •F ADMISSION.—BaIcony Esixes. 4:.; Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. tld.; Pit, is. Private Boxes son the Balcony Tier tr,;.l..ting eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight petsons), One *trine& and a-Half. Private Bees on the Pit 'Liar (holding six persons), One Guirea, the Box-office Is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three. tims:of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. CI teat atteactAen every Eventng— S quire Batty's Mounds meet This Eioniiir, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPMITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unnyualled Natien , al Fetes. Rossi Fox-chase on the Stage and i■ the Circle bv living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased ;Mr. Batty et Mc. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. on Races and other tiporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Ceuscripta. .sting and stage.nutnager ? Mr. W. IX Broadfook Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons In the Art a Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVII)(4E'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOIL THE BENEFIT OF MIS ji. TERREY, AND LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will be performed OTHELLO; the Moor of Venice. Othello, Mr. E. 1. Saville ; lago, Mr. H. Hughes; Desdeinona, Hrs. R. Ho.iner ; *stifle ' Mts. W. Daly. After which, THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Frisky, Mr T. J. Johnson ; Jacob Earwig, Mr. H. Hall; Cecilia Moonshine, Mr,. liontgometie. To coneluyie with the Favourite Drama of MARIE, The Pearl of Charnotner. Guyette (a Savoyard Girl), Miss E. Terrey ; Marie, Mrs. R. Hißner. Places and Private 3.11(126 to be ha/ of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box cffise, frdin ICleven to Four. THE WEATIIER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 26 ; Highest, 29 ; Noon, 28. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, NOTE.-The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and .4 Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Noirlng ... 18 minutes after 31 Evening SO minutes after 4 vi e" ; lk • . - 1 11. .A. 4 ., f • - ..•'IIOIIII O A I • 111 ,0 ( •••••••••=''" 4 • 4 I • ---. SECOND EDITION. . ...:, li ~, 1 1 Inuit c =--z Alit Al 0 l ‘ l op LONDON, TIIIIRSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1844. The LEAGUE, whose death the monopolist journals had announced with great joy and exultation, re appeared, in more than its pristine vigour, at Covent garden Theatre last evening. COBDEN, and WILSON, and VILLIERS, and BRIGHT, are all alive, and, as the farmers' friends will find to their cost, kicking too. There is no appearance of mortality about them, or the army that supports them. Tile house was crowded to excess—not with females who, at Exeter Hall and soma other places, are mustered to make a show— but with men evidently intent on a purpose, intent to destroy every incubus on trade, and deprive the land owners of a tax raised on the rest of the community, which, as regards its oppression, and especially the mode of levying it; has nothing like it in the Sta tute-book. It stands alone. To no other tax but the landlords' tax is the sliding-scale applied. When our misguided Contemporaries pronounced the League defunct, they mistook silence for death, and seemed more ignorant than our Gallic neighbours, who could always judge of the terrible onset which was to follow the death-like silence of the brave ! If the enemies of the corn-laws have been quiet, they have not been idle. They have been arranging plans for a new campaign, collecting statistical details of registrations and elections which will make an impression in higher quarters than Stowe or Goodwood, and realise in right earnest the memorable saying of Sir R. PHaL, that the battle of the Constitution is to be fought in the registration .courts. On this subject the speech of Mr. WILSON is replete with important facts—facts as cheering for the present, as pregnant with promise for the future. Already ninety-eight boroughs, out of one hundred and eight, have been shaken to their foundations, and the Monopolists are quaking in the terrors of corrup tion ; and should a general election take place to morrow, thirty-two seats which now support the corn-laws would be changed into free traders, making a difference of sixty four votes ! This is a fair be ginning, and time and perseverance will work the rest. As with the boroughs, so will it be with the coun ties—the strongholds of the landlords. 'What the CHANDOS clause has done to fortify the aristocracy in their domination over the connties, the forty-shilling freehold will speedily neutralise, and eventually destroy. The Monopolists have presumed so long on the patience of the people, that they fancied they might go on for ever. But the exertions of the League will soon convince them of their error. As Mr. Vimassts truly observed, they will find that the "enormous wrong" of the corn-laws has at length roused the country not only to think, but to act too. Endurance has had its limit, and now oppression must give place to justice. The voice of reason has gone forth, and finds a ready ec h o i n every unpre j u di ced mind. i i This s the true secret of the success of the League ; and it is their conviction of that truth which makes the Moaepolists tremble. We will not discuss the merits of the several speeches here—t o b e f u ll y apprecia ted, must be read. We never heard more soul-stir' they soul-stirri ng and the vast assemblage se eme d to fge:lenciet's force by their mute attention for the naomeut—and their simultaneous bursts of hearty enthusiasm when the chord of feeling wave touched. It was altogether a scene to be witnessed—not described. Sir ROBERT PEEL will do wisely to take heed in time. Such meetings as that of last evening must eventually carry the purpose for which they assemble— that purpose being, not for the advantage of a class, but for the general good. How much better, then, would it be for him to yield, while conces sion were grace, rather than be com pelled to grant that emancipation to commerce which he formerly did to conscience I The very tendency of his acts points to free trade—why then does he hesitate—when a prompt avowal would so much redound to his own fame, and conduce to the permanent prosperity of the country ? A meeting of the Association for Promoting the Health of Towns was held yesterday in Exeter Hall. At this meeting men of all parties were present, Whigs, Tories, and Radicals ; and Sir R. INGLIS and Mr. SIIEIL, though wide as the poles asunder on most public questions, yet vied with each other in the heartiness with which they supported the impor tant objects which the Association has at heart. But indeed there was not an individual present who did not speak as if his heart were in the cause which he was advocating ; and we do hope and believe that this Exeter Hall meeting—far different in its tone from the falsely-styled religious ones so often held there prove the commencement of a spirited and comprehensive practical movement for improving the condition of the humbler classes of society, that will at no remote period effect quite a revolutionary change in the thoughts, habits, and feelings of the classes in question. At present there is no gainsay ing the fact that vast masses of them are in the very lowest state of physical and moral degradation, and this abject state has for the last ten years and upwards been slowly and surely on the increase. While the commercial resources of the country have been more and more developed, and the comforts and luxuries of the upper and middle orders have been multiplied in proportion, no improvement has reached the lower classes, who have been left to carry on, from day to day, the painful and difficult struggle for the bare necessaries of existence, with scarcely any aid from those who should have been their friends and guardians, and have devoted a portion of their own superfluous means to better their condition. The last returns of the Income-tax show a prodigious in crease in the pecuniary resources of the middle classes, but the published reports of the destitute state of the poor too plainly demonstrate that they have in no re spect been bettered thereby. Even the crumbs that fall from Ditv.es' table have not yet fallen to the share of LAZARUS, But, thank Heaven, society seems at length to be roused to a full consciousness of the evils with which it is beset. A kindlier and more generous tone of feeling than has ever yet been exhibited towards the poor is now springing up in the hearts of their superiors in station ; and the latter will benefit not less than the former by this improved state of feeling. The allotment system—the proposals for public walks and parks, and public bathing-houses, together with many other projected remedial measures that do not just now occur to us—all these are signs and tokens un equivocally that an excellent spirit is at work in the right direction. But, though individuals may do much, when formed into institutions and associations, towards ameliorating the condition of the destitute poor, yet the evil cannot be fully remedied with out the powerful aid of the Legislature. Govern ment must come promptly forward and testify by its acts that the humble operative and labourer are as much the objects of its friendly and provident consideration as the wealthy manufacturer or the aristocratic landowner. One of its first efforts should be directed to furnishingthe poor with the means of obtaining a cheap, rational, practical education, such as may in some degree—as education always does compensate them for the want of fortune and con nexion, and enable them, by conduct and industry, to elevate themselves in the social scale. This will be at once laying the axe to the root of the evil, for nearly one-half the sufferings which the labouring poor experience —their uniform poverty, their pe riodically recurring seasons of absolute destitu tion, their dirt, their immorality, and the want of self-respect that too often marks their character ; all these evils may be traced to their eiceeding ignorance, which prevails among them to an extent that no one would believe who had not read the recently published Parliamentary Re ports on the subject. From the speeches lately made by Lord WitaaxcurrE at Leeds and elsewhere, we infer that Government will take an early opportunity, next session, of turning its attention to this important question of national education, which can no longer be postponed with safety to the interests of the community. Madrid journals of the 4th instant, announce that the discussion on the Reform Bill had closed, and the Bill passed by a majority of 124 to 46. The follow ing are the other Bills to be introduced during the present session :—A Bill for the maintenance of the clergy and public worship. Another respecting the support of nuns. A third respecting church property, which proposes that all which formerly belonged to the Church, and which remains unsold, shall be re stored to the Church. The salesialready made are not to be disturbed. A fourth Bill is for the con version of the Floating debt, contracts,[4scc., into Three per Cent stock. Nothing certain was known respecting the retreat of ZURBANO. He was said, according to some reports, to be within a few leagues of the Portuguese frontier, and, according to others, concealed in Madrid. A letter from Herce, of the 28th ult., gives the follow ing particulars of the return of his wife and daughter in-law, from their fruitless visit to Madrid : " Yesterday, at seven in the evening, the wife of Zur bano and the wife of her son Benito entered the olive grove near Armedillo. They were accompanied by a priest. The wife of Zurbano was on foot, and her daughter-in-law, who is in the last month of her preg nancy, was on an ass. During the preceding two nights, which bad been dreadfully cold, these poor women crossed the mountains. The Alcalde of Armedillo, being informed that the ladies desired to speak to him, went immediately to the grove, and being informed by them that they were anxious to proceed as rapidly as possible to Logrono, he hastened to place at their disposal two of the best mules of the town, and at the same time pro vided them with everything necessary. He also sent some of the inhabitants armed to protect them. At the little village of St. Vincent they were no longer able to bear up against the cold, and took shelter in a house, where a good fire was made for them, and refreshments were provided, but they were in such a state of ex haustion that they could not partake of them. On the following day they arrived at Logrono. The wife of I)on Benito had heard that her husband was taken near the inn of Tamarices, and that he was to be shot at Lo grono. It appears that Don Benito had been three days without food, and that in venturing forth to obtain some he was captured." MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 4.—Three per: Cents., for cash, 31 ; for account, 31i. Five per Cents., fur account, 21k. The new loan forms almost the only topic of dis cussion in the Paris papers ; and it is curious to see the different views taken of the subject by the Minis terial and Opposition journals. The former express the utmost surprise and delight at the high price given by the ROTHSCHILD!' ; while the latter say there is nothing surprising in the matter, and the price is much below what might have been expected. There may be some truth in the remark, but the writers in these journals can claim no merit for this marked rise in the credit of the country. They have been eternally stirring up the French people against " perfidious Albion," and had their purposes been carried into effect, or France placed in the situation she was when M. Taunts was Minister, we doubt much if the Three per Cents. would have stood even at 65f., or about 20f. lower than they are at present. Such has been the effect of the rational policy of the Kix°, and his Minister. The .Messager consequently may be allowed thus to boast of the result :—" This is a new proof of the confidence inspired by the KING'S Government. It is shown, we think, not merely in the price at which the adjudication was made, but also in the offer of the other company which tendered, and which is alike composed of honourable men, whose experience and caution are well known. This is certainly a double proof of general confidence, and the progress of pub lic credit. The adjudication of the loan, under ,such conditions, is an important fact in the administration of M. LAPLAGNE, and the country which has long acknowledged his experience and prudent skill, will preserve the remembrance of it." ‘ "To form a c l earer id ea ," sa y s th e J ourna l d es D e b ats, ‘, of the advantage resulting to the State from this negotiation, its rate must be compared with that of the loan of 150 millions issued in 1841. That was effected at 78f. 5211 c., and there was besides almost the whole gain of a coupon of six months' interest, or lf. 50c. It is therefore 77f. that ought to be placed in comparison with 84f. 86c. But thikhigh quotation of French stock in no way surprises us. It is not alone on account of the prudence of the French Go vernment, and the excellent policy of order and peace to which it adheres more and more firmly, that it is to be attributed. French stock has not been, up to the present time, at its natural level. The difference of ISt, which existed even some days back, between the prices of French and English stock, is not justified. When the English Threes are above par, the French Threes cannot remain about 80. The following extract from the Commerce will afford a fair specimen of the dissatisfaction expressed at the result by the Opposition press : ___ " We have been told that the Minister of Finances was quite elated when he proclaimed the price at which the loan was taken. He reminded the company present that the 150,000,000 f. last issued was only at 76f. 75c., while the 200,000,000 f. then called for had found takers at the real price of 82f. 45c., a profit to the public of sf. 70c., of which the present Government claimed the honour. It would have been quite enough to impose silence on the Ministerial vanity to have called to his recollection, that previous to 1840 the Three per Cents. of France were at 86, while the same stock of England was at 92 ; and that yesterday the French Stock was under 84, while in England the Three per Cents. had reached par, without the dividend. What could our statesman have answered to this comparison, which shows a difference in the prices of the French and Eng lish Funds to have been formerly 6f. per cent., and at the present day 141, At all events, the duration of the Minister's satisfaction can have been only very transi tory, and be must have felt some shame on seeing the new loan immediately up at nearly three francs higher than he had obtained. " According to the New Zurich Gazette of the 7th, great excitement prevailed among the rural popula tion of Basle against the Jesuits, and that the people have held a meeting, at which they resolved to march to Lucerne if the admisston of the Jesuits should be finally decided on. The authorities of Berne have marched a considerable force towards the frontier, a s a measure of precaution, in consequence of the excite ment at Lucerne. The French Three per Cents. closed on Tuesday at 85f. 15c. for cash, and 85f. 40c. for account. The new loan was quoted at 86f. 90c. THE BOURSE—Tuzsatz, Dzc. 10. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price . Price. French FivsperCenta.. •• 121 3.5 121 51 .. 121 30 121 80 Four-and-a-Half.. 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 28 Three per Cents 85 40 .• Si 40 .. $5 .. 85 15 New Loan •••••••• 56 75 .. 56 80 .. 86 55. .. 86 80 Bank of Frauee• 3265 ••3265 ••3265 ..3265 Laffitte Bank,ll ,000 f. Shareelloo ..1100 .• 1100 ..1100 5,000 f. ShareesoBs ..5090 ..5085 5090 Belgian FiTee,lß3l. 1840 •••••... 1031 .. 1031 .. 1031 .. 1031 1842 •••••••• 107 .. 107 .. 107 .. 107 Two-and-a-half.... 62 75 .. 62 75 .. 62 75 .. 62 75 Dutch Two and-a-Ha1f..... 631 .. 631 .. 631 . 631 Spanish Threee•• •—• •. •. •. 36} .. 36i .. 36 .. 36i A.ctiye . ....... 321 .. 321 • • 321 .. 321 Passive - -. ... .. 6 .. 6 .. 51 .. 51 Portuguese Five per Cents•• b 6 .. 561 • • 56 .. 561 Neapolitan... ..... •• . •• 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 Ronan ... ..... .......... 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Clermainl•• •• .• •• 980 .. 580 .• 980 .• 980 Versailles,R.E. L.B.•••••• •••• •• 335 .. 340 .. 333 75 .. 340 Rotten .• Orleans 75 "1672 50 —lO5B 75..-.10-7-0 Strasburg to Ea1e....•••.•• 290 .. 292 50 .. 290 . 252 50 Avignon to Marseilles 925 .. 925 .. 925 .. 925 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dzo 16. St. Germain:. 981 25 .. 981 25 .. 981 25 .. 951 35 Versa!Bee, R.B 427 50 .. 475 .. 457 50 .. 472 50 L.B. Rouen •• Rouen to Havre. • Orleans ......... •. •• •• —1073 75 ..1075 ..1070 —1072 50 Strasburg to Bale— •••••• 292 10 .. 293 75 .. 292 50 .. 293 75 Avignon to Marsoilles• :928 7$ 92$ 75 .. 925 .. 926 25 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, Dec. 7, was 988, that of the preceding week being 1,075, showing a decrease of 87, and the average for five years being 942. In the first class, including epidemic and contagious diseases, there is a considerable de crease, particularly in small-pox and scarlatina. There is an increase, however, in complaints caused by cold weather. Bronchitis is marked 30, while the average is 12 ; and pnuemonia (inflammation of the lungs), 127, average 79. The deaths from small-pox oc curred at the following ages :—Eleven under 1 year; four, 1-3 ; four, 3-5 ; six, 5-10 ; one, 10 years ; one, 17 ; and four, 20-30 years. Among the violent deaths are six cases. The unfortunate victims, with one ex ception, being very young children, were burnt to death from their clothes taking fire. There are only two suicides recorded. THIS DAY'S NEWS IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. This being the day to which Parliament stood pro rogued, both Houses met pro forma. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Haddington, and the Earl of Dalhousie, at a quarter-past two o'clock took their seats as Lords Commissioners in front of the Throne, when The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod to summon the House of Com moms to hear her Majesty's Commission read for the further prorogation of Parliament. In a few minutes Mr. Ley, jun., attended by several officers of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar, upon which her Majesty's Commission for the further prorogation of Parliament was read by one of the clerks at the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in the usual form, declared that it was her Majesty's royal will and plea sure that her Parliament should be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 4th of February next, then to meet for the dispatch of business, and the Parliament was pro rogued to that day accordingly. The Lords Commissioners then withdrew, as did also the officers of the Mouse of Commons. PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) The Committee of the Privy Council for the affairs of Guernsey and Jersey sat to•dsy again. The Lords present were—the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Their Lordships sat at ten o'clock instead of eleven o'clock, as on the former occasion. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1344. Shares are very good, but the transactions have not been extensive. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) for Accoun` Bank SI 508 S_per Cent. Reduced Annuities .......... ..... 1110%%%%% New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO3 102% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan, 1960„„..,., l2 1-16% Consols for Opening ...•..“...• lOO% % Exchequer Bills. 1 j(d. I %d 1 nu .—..........."-- - .........• 56 52 pm. ?.. ••••••••••••• .. •• •••••••••• 58 54 pm. Ditt0r .. man.......• •••••••• •••• ..„.».......,...,..... 56 58 pm. Ditto Advertised, FOREION FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ................. ...... 30 % Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Scrip Columbian 80nd5........... ......„ 14% Portuguese Bonds ' „ 5 per Cent.............. , Ditto Converted 573( Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.,.....",„ „ Ditto for the Account 25 24% Ditto Three per Cont. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43 Dutch 2% per Cents...... ........... .......... Ditto for the Account ... ....... ...... .......... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 2 73s 98 97% Dutch 5 per Cent 5.................... ......... APICES OF SHARES I HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAY/, PAIL. PER SH•itil Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......... 37% %... to 37 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley .......«.».»........ ...«.„.. 3%% Eastern Counties .................. 25 ........ 14 Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 21. 13a. 4d. ... % ,to Edinburgh and G1a5g0w............ 50 ....... 62 .. to ..... Ditto 4 Shares Great Southei n and Western/ 5 (Ireland) Great North of England. lOO 122 ......... to 121 Great Western .................... 75 147 London and Birmingham. l9O .........221 Ditto New Thirds , 5 9 0 2 _ .. I . lll ' 50 263 7: .. . :. :. . t t t to 50 Ditto % Shares London and Blackwall..... ..... ... 16% ...... 6 % London and Brighton London and Greenwich ...... London and South Western London and York 234....... 4% 311 ... to Lynn and E1y...... . .......... 70 ... ..... 1.8 Manchester and Birmingham ... 41 ........ Dit o % Shares Midland ........ ........ Birmingham and Derby........... 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 ........ 60% North British 5 ***. 5%% ... to Northern and Eastern .......... ..... 45 ..... Ditto 4 Stares CI 2% •I 1 6%%... to Norwich and Brandon ..»,»..... 2 ..... 1 234 ...... to Ditto New 1 .....».. 33 j ... to Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,/ 2 % 2 % to Dudley„and Birmingham ... South Eastern and Dover ....•... 33 36 Ditto New Trent Valley Boulogne and Amiens 2 ........ 5%%% to Orleans and Vierson Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons ~.. Parisand R0uen................”..-sss 20 •••••••• 3 ' 4 % PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Die. 10. 3 per Cent. Consols ....................... ....... .... ;- 3 per Cent. Reduced — Three and a Quarter Stock.... 102% Ditto New, 1:30 334 per Cent. Debentures Lm g Annuities Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock — Grand Canal Debentures, 8 per Cent. . ....... Ditto 4 per Cent M." 4 per Cent. City Debentures 4 per Cent. City Debentures, New 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures 4 per Cent. Pipe Water — Kingstown Railway Debentures — LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES R•ILW AYR. PAID. Pan SHARE. Dublin and K. Railway E Drogheda Ditt0... Great Southern and We5tern............ S . ..... Ditto Extension. 24 Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% ..... 4 Dublin and Cashel ditto Athlone Railway . Belfast and Ballymena 2% Waterford and Limerick Hiberr,ian Bank 2534 ...... 33 Royal Bank National Insurance 25 3B Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland.. '7 Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company ...... 100 ...... Steam Ship Building Company ,„... 50 Ditto Ditto 5O — British and Irish Steam Company ~. 50 Li mer ick Extension Railway MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 11.---We have had a large buSiness to-day, and prices are firm. Eastern Counties, 14; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 38i; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 5 ; Mid land Railway Consols, 109; South-Eastern, 384 ; Ditto, New, 114 ; Ditto, New Creation, 74 premium ; Barnsley Junction, 4i ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Junction, 6 3-16 ; Blackburn and Preston, 7 15-16 7i ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3 1-16 ; Churnet, 3 5-16 7-16.; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4i ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 31 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5 9-16 ; West Yorkshire, 6 51 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 51 ; Paris and Strasburg, 21. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind this day at noon, fresh northerly breezes, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. i l. —Wind S.E. by E. moderate.—Sld., Duke of Bronte, Ascension. GUERNSEY, DEC. 7.—The Brilliant, for St. Samp lona, in leaving, struck on the rocks on the South Beach, but came off the following tide without much damage. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.—W ind N. to N. E. light.—Sld. Princess Royal transport, Barbadoes. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC 1 1.—Arrd. Groat Liverpool steamer, M'Leod, Alexandria. SCILLY, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Acadia, Hog, Quebec ; Mes senger, }tiviere du Loup, Tronsas; Maple, St. Domingo, for Havre. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 11.—The Triune, Pallant, whore on Ness Point, has been assisted off leaky and much broken. The Albion will be sold, having been surveyed and condemned. SHEERNESS, DEC. 10.—The New Eagle, from New castle to London, was reported ashore on the Nore Sand this morning, but has been got off, and proceeded. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.— Arrd. Cinnana, Hoodless, Calcutta, left St. Helena Oct. 24 ; Lady Bute, WKinley, Calcutta ; Isabella, Briggs, New York ; Portland, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Agent, Miramichi ; Henry Bliss and George, Quebec. Sid. Bucephalus and Mary, Bombay ; Ann, Bahia ; Wanderer, St. Lucia; Eutatia, Havanna ; William, Hon duras ; Hope and Solon, New Orleans ; Elizabeth and Syria, Savannah ; Pocahontas. Baltimore ; T. P. Cope, Philadelphia ; Princess Charlotte (supposed), Bombay ; Alice Brooks (supposed), Valparaiso. The Sybil, of Wexford, grounded yesterday in Kingstown Harbour, but was got off leaky. WHITEHAVEN, DEC, 10.—S1d. Lady Shaw Stewart, Antigua. DUBLIN, DEC. 10.—Shi Maranham, Mobile. CROOKHINEN, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Agnes, Bryer, Ichaboe. 8. Maid of Mona, Ichaboe ; Economist, Quebec for Newport. The Jean, Catharine, of and for Arichat, for New foundland, was abandoned 13th ult., in a sunken state ; crew saved. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Strickland and Mr. T. F. Matthews, both very meritorious actors, we perceive, are to take their joint benefit this evening at the above theatre ; and, as they appear to have provided an admirable bill of fare, we hope they will meet with a bumper, which they se richly deserve. HACKNEY HIGHWAY SESSIONS. —Yesterday above 1,000 defaulters were summoned for non-payment of the high way rate. Nearly the whole of them were excused on the score of poverty ; and many of the appellants were parties once moving in a respectable position in life, the detail of whose reverse of circumstances excited general commlsera, tion from the Bench. Mr. George Dunn, of Kingsland, ad dressed the Bench at some length, in appealing against pay ment. He raised several objections, but the Bench refused to entertain them, and recommended Mr. Dunn to appeal to the Quarter Sessioas, a course which he declined to adopt. After hearing many other appeals, the Court broke up. SHIPPING.—Ihe second sale of the Hartlepool Shipping Company took place yesterday, which was numerously attended. Although there did not appear so much interest excited as at the previous sale, and the vessels did not sell so high as antiaipated, yet, on the whole, it was a capital sale, and the whole were eagerly bought up. The Margaret, 264 tons, built in 1837, sold to J. T. Wawn, Esq,, M.P . , for 1,402/. ; the Friendship, 251 tons, to M r Parkin, 1,3 50/. ; the Rosa, 219 tons, to Captain Green, North Shields, 1,370/ the Queen, 249 tons, to Mr. Watkin, 1,5251. ; the Gipsy, 226 tong, to Mr. Alcock, 1,3101. ; and the Thomas Wood (cop pored) 281 tons, to Mr. Smith, at 1,9001. DEATH OF MARTIN TUPPER, ESI./...-••A MOSt dis tressing event occurred at Soutlibill Park, t seat of the late Earl of Limerick, On Sunday morning. Martin Tupper, Esq., of New Burlington-street, a gentleman not less known for his eminence in the medical profession than he was be loved for the amiability of his manners, had long been the medical attendant of the above noble famili, atm was accord- ingly at Southhill Park when the late Earl expired, on Sa turday evening. Mr. Tupper retired to his apartment about 12 o'aock in apparently perfect health, but when his servant wel4 t 9 oil ig the mornin* he was f 94114 dead i>l his bed. r MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday Was rather quiet. Sales, 5,000 hales. Speculators took 1,000 bales. Prices were steady.—There was not mach acti vity in Shares, but they were steady. Bristol. and Glou cester, 37; Churnet Valley, Si. Is. 3d.; Dastern Coun ties, 13 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61i Grand Junc tion, 225; Ditto, Quarters, 564 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 211 ; Ditto, New Shares, 374 ; London and Birmingham, 221 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 3121 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 261; London and Croydon, 161; Lon don and South-Western, New, 33 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52} ; Midland Counties, 1081 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 114 i • South-Eastern, Ne w , 12 ; T reut Valley, ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 6-20 ; Boulogne an Amiens, 5. The state of the Money Market is calculated to excite attention just now, capital continuing as abundant as ever, although there are so many new sources of em ployment constantly opening to it. Trade is certainly not in a speculative sense absorbing much money, for ne one seems inclined to operate till after Christmas, but still the steady consumption going on must require a fair amount of capital. We perceive that among other pro jects there is one for forming railroads in British India, but we regret it did not come forward sooner, when the large amount—five millions sterling—stated to be requi site, would have been raised, in preference to that sub scribed for more doubtful projects. The English Securities have been rather flatter to-day, and there have been a few sales made. This cannot arise from any pressure for money on account of the French Loan, as there will be no further instalment, it. is said, till next March. Consols have been 1001 to par for the opening. Exchequer Bills have realised 565. to 58s. pre mium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. aro 103 to 102 f, and the Three per Cents., 1001 to 1. The announcement of the dividend upon the Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds has not made the stock higher, as it was fully anticipated, but prices are firm, the Five per Cents. being 25 to 24Q, and the Three per Cents., 371 to 37. Portuguese Converted, are 574; Columbian realise I•ti; and Brazilian have improved to 89 and 891. Belgiaa Scrip, is 1 prem. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 644 to 634. THE LIEUTENI.NT-GOVERNOR OF GUERNSEY. Their Lordships proceeded with the further consi deration of the petitions of the bailiff and jurats of the Royal Court of the Island of Guernsey, touching the conduct of the Lieutenant-Governor of that island. Mr. S. WORTLEY resumed, and concluded his address on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. ROEBUCK then proceeded to address their Lord ships on behalf of the Crown, and had net concluded when our reporter left. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at the Guildhall at Nisi Prius, before Lord Dzmicart and London Special Juries.) This was the first day of taking special jury cases in the City of London. The Court was occupied the whole morning in trying an uninteresting case relating to the non-delivery of some hops. The case of the Queen v. Douglas, which was expected to come on during the present sittings, is postponed until the sittings after next term, in consequence of the unavoidable abscise.) of Mr. Kelly. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY PERRY V. PEACOCK. The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover the sum of 201. for goods bargained and sold, and for goods sold and delivered. The defendant paid 101. into Court. It appeared that in February last the plaintiff sold to defendant a quantity of shop fixtures, including a bin, counter, together with weights and measures, some of which were removed by defendant, and some left in plaintiff's hands, those removed coming under the deno mination of goods sold and delivered, and those left, un der the denomination of goods bargained and sold. It was proved th at on the day on which the goods were soli defendant offered plaintiff 18/. for them. After that plaintiff said that he was anxious that no mistake should be made concerning the price of the goods, and he used the words, " I have this day sold to you a quanttty of fix tures for twenty pounds," to which defendant made so reply. Defendant has often been requested to remove the goods which had been left on plaintiff's premises, to which he always replied that he did not want them at present. Mr. PEARSON, who appeared for defendant, said that, in his opinion, the plaintiff had made out bet a very poor case. It was proved and admitted that certain fixtures bad been sold by plaintiff to defendant, but what was the value of those goods had not bees proved. Now he (Mr. ' Pearson) would undertake to prove, by the evidence of two experienced brokers, that the goods were not worth more than 101., which sum had been paid into Court by defendant. Mr. Cook and Mr. Gardner, the two brokers alluded to, proved that on the 30th of July last, defendant em fixtures ( p w lo h y i e ct f t o h r e ra m ed to par m t a o k f e th a ose v o al n ua a t c io c n oun of t o c f er w ta h i i n ch the ac tion 8 7 . a l. s ss brought) ; the valuation made by them was The jury, after some deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff: They put the damages at 8/. on account of defendant's admission that the goods were worth 181., 10/. having been paid into Court. The Court rose at half-past eleven o'clock. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) The cases heard this morning before the Hon. Com missioners were principally ilsolrencies from the country, of no interest whatever. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) SNIT LIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow flay, 3! 12s to 41156; Useful ditto, 4116 s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6i ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 176 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand at very full prices. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, a 1 15s to 4/ 15s; Useful ditto, 41 166 to 5145; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to i/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to Si 16s ; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s per load. Trade throughout firm at our quotations. WRITECHAYEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3118 s to 4/ 16s; Useful ditto, 41 17s to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 516 s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10; to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 138 to 11158 ; Wheat Straw, 1 / 1 6s to 11 18s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather (lull. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTILALL, DEC. 11.—For prime Beasts and Sheep— the numbers of which were rather limited—we had a steady demand at fully last week's quotations. All other kinds of stock met a very sluggish inquiry, at barely late rates. Beef, from 2s 6d to 43 4d; Mutton, 2s Ed to 4s 4d; Veal, 33 to 4s; and Pork, 2s lod to 3s 10d per albs, to sink the offal, Supply :—Beasts, 47 ; Sheep, 1,700 ; Calves, 48; Pigs, 56. ROMFORD, Die. 11.—W e had an improved inquiry for all kinds of fat stock, at full currencies. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; Mutton, 3s to 46 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d ; and Pork, 23 8d to 3s 10d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Milch COws, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. HAILSILi)f, DEC. 11.—This being our great market, the supply of stuck was good, and of very superior quality. Prices ruled as follows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 641; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s Gd per 81bs. ARUNDEL, DEC. 10. —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Supply good, and trade on the whole dull. CHICHESTER, DEC. 11.—The show this year was quite equal to that of last. The trade was not to say brisk, and a good clearance was effected at our quota tions. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s to 3 s 8d ; an d P or k , 2s 10 d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, las to 286; quarter-old Store Pigs, 166 to 183; and Mitch Cows, 161 to 191 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 7 1844, made up from the Returns of the In pcctot in the different Cities and Town' in England anti Waled, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat........, 4as 2d Oats ........ 2ls 10d I Beans 'sit 5d Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WiIIAT. 1 / 1 11LEY.i OATS. I are . I BEAN& ,-....-.......• „,-,....,1 TIABIL Way. 2 .16 1 35 7 t 21 2 V I_____ 3. 36 11 .35 I 9 ...... 46 3, 36 1 21 6 34 1 37 11 34 7 16 46 41 35 9 21 9 34 2135 4 35 7 23 4.5 IS 35 2 21 8 30 9 3B 4 36 30 45 435121 8 1 32 f.: 39 035 11 Dec 7 ,45 2 34 9 21 10 31 9 37 5 34 4 11'4/ . 114.1AL AGIBRIOATI AVELAGIB Or THZ !II Warn, Wheat 455. Illd i Oats ...... ... 21s 7d.1 8ean5.........3/s. Mi. Marlay.....— 351 Si.l Rye .. ..... .. 334. 4d.1 Pea5e.........35a. Id. DUTIZI ON FORZHIN CORN. Wheat .. ..... 2es. Odd Oats ......... 61. Od.l 8ean5......... 5% 6d. Barley .... ...... 31. Od. 1 Rye ......... 9.. 6d.1 Pease ......... 7 6d. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke and, Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Red the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, at tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, and the Baron de Alvensleben, arrived at seven minutes past four o'clock at the Castle in the char-a-bane, from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale 3, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, arrived from Claremont with their usual at tendants, in close carriages. The Lord Steward arrived via town from Clare mont at six o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday after noon from his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Haddington had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. In the evening Sir Robert left town for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation from the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Charles Jen nings, Mr. James Lyle, Mr. John Boyd, Mr. Ilill Irvine, and Mr. James Coombe, accompanied by the Marquis of Downahire, the lion. J. 11. Knox, Sir John Rennie, the engineer of the Company, and Mr. Bryden, the Parliamentary agent, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Tuesday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a rneetimg on Tuesday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Ripon, and the Dean of West minster. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords pre sent were Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, was heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Pryce Jones v. Francis Godrich."—Judgment was not given. Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Jackson were heard on an appeal from Bengal, " Chowdry Deby Persad v. Chowdry Dowlut Singh.--The case was adjourned. FATAL ACCIDENT on the DOVER RAILWAY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The accident happened on that part of the line known as the Wooden Viaduct, which runs over Blue Anchor-fields, Bermondsey, about three-quarters of a mile from the termi nus above named, to the original line of the Croydon Rail way, between New-cross and that of the Greenwich line. The viaduct is formed of massive fir timber, having upwards of two hundred arches, each with a span of full twenty feet, and supported by piles driven into the earth; the whole, as will be, seen hereafter, was of great solidity. It appeared that the ill-fated train left the Bricklayers' Arms station for Dover at twenty minutes after twelve o'clock, the engine being driven by Robert Buckley, an ex perienced driver in the employ of the Company, attended by a fireman or stoker, named Aaron Wilkinson. It con sisted of eleven luggage waggons, a break, and a second-class carriage, in which was deposited the packages for the fo reign mail, under the charge of an officer of the General Post-office. There were in the break waggon the Com pany's guards, as well as the servants belonging to the carriers—in all five or six persons. This carriage was the last on the train, and fortunately escaped uninjured. The whole of the others, excepting the second-class carriage, were more or less shattered by the force of the concussion. The engine, which is comparatively a new one, and of more than ordinary power we understand, on quitting the station proceeded along the line towards the viaduct, to use the ex pression of those who were present at the time, " as easily as if she had nothing behind her." It is the practice pursued by the engineers to have another locomotive engine in readi ness, to assist in driving all trains over the viaduct, which is rather upon the incline. As the train advanced towards that spot another engine followed in the roar, and, it Is stated, had just reached_ the break, when a terrific explosion oc curred, which was thus described by one of the guards to the Directors of the line, who met yesterday :—The first thing that occurred, he said, was a smart explosion, which, the next instant, was followed by another explosion of far greater force than the. preceding one, and which, with a subsequent tremendous crash, almost stunned him. The concussion threw him forward, and the carriage in which he was was so violently shaken that he thought it was falling to pieces. He immediately jumped up, and got off the carriage to see what had happened, but could perceive nothing in conse quence of a cloud of steam, and large pieces of burning coke descending in a shower in every direction. For a moment or so he was completely bewildered, it being too apparent that some fearful accident had occurred. As soon, however, as the steam and smoke had in some measure cleared away, he discovered the flue to be completely blocked up with the waggons, which were spread across the two lines of rails, and piled many of them upon one another. He, with the rest of the guards, called to the engine-driver, and also his companion, the stoker, but receiving no answer, they climbed over the pile of waggons in the direction i n w hi c h they expected to find the engine, a work not accomplished without considerable difficulty, for they found that some of the waggons were shattered, and that, to all appearance, the viaduct had broken in. On arriving at the other end of the train, they discovered that the engine had burst, and had gone over the viaduct, and was partially burled in the earth beneath, whilst the tender was hanging over the side of the viaduct, torn and folded up, as if it had been made of mere pasteboard, its carriage having fallen to the ground about twenty yards from where the engine lay. It was evident that the explosion must have been hoard for a considerable distance, as numerous persons were to be seen hurrying to wards the spot, but to obtain efficient aid, the pilot engine, which was to have propelled the train from the rear, was dispatched back to the station. In the meanwhile search was made for the engine -driver and the stoker, and shortly the for mer, Robert Buckley, was found lying some 20 or 30 yards up the line where the engine went off, with one of the large waggons partly resting upon his body. From the dangerous position of the waggons, some time elapsed before it could be ascertained whether he was alive or dead. However, upon reaching him he was f ound to be dead, and even then the body could not be extricated for upwards of an hour and a half. The stoker was found in the rear of the train, lying on the opposite rails, bleeding prefaettly, and apparently dead, with the whole of his jacket, ex ce pt the cuffs, blown off his back. Immediately upon the arrival of assistance from the station, Mr, George, the secretary, who came w ith th e engines, had the poor fallow wrapped in blankets, placed in a PeCOMI•PIAUI carnage and conveyed to the station, and from thence taken by a cab to Guy's Hospital, where it was found that he was still living. As soon as possible the line was cleared of all obstructions, so that the regular traffic might not be impeded, and at an early hour the Directors, who had assembled on the spot, with Mr. Cubitt, the locomotive engineer, and Mr. Gregory, of the Croydon line, considered it necessary to forward im mediate intelligence of what had happened to Colonel Pasley, the Inspector-General of Railroads, and who arrived soon after nine o'clock, when a strict examination was gone into, the result of which is as follows : The bursting of the locomotive being the supposed cause of' the accident, their first object was to examine the engine, as it lay imbedded in the earth. After getting off the viaduct it had pitched bead foremost into the earth, a depth of four feet, and then turned over. They found the fire box was blown out, as well 43 the whole of the fire bars; and the inner casing, between which and the outer casing the steam generated, was also torn away. The next point was to examine what effect the explosion had had upon the viaduct, and the probable cause of her getting off the same. They found, upon inquiry, that there had been two explosions; the first apparently ~took place about eighty feet from the spot where the engine was lying. The fire bars at the bottom of the fire box had been blown completely through the yiecluct into arch No. 13f, making a bole tlitee or Fur feet square. The second explosion (the most severe of the two), not only blew the fire box through the arch No. 133, but such was the force of the steam, to use the phrase of our informant, that .the engine "jumped," and descended partly 04 the rails and partly off, a distance of eight or ten yards, crushing the immense pieces of timber that supported the viaduct. The force of the explosion carried the ponderous machine still further, rebour , ding as f• pniceeded, tearing away the timbers of the viaduct, and finally throwing her over the side, a depth of eighteen or twenty feet. The fire bars and part of the inner casing of the fire box were found at the bottom of the arches above mentioned. The front door of the smoke box was discovered about 100 yards dis tant, to which place it had been blown. The engine does not possess any peculiar construction, the form being similar to the others employed on the same line ; and according to all accounts she had made several journeys before. The inner casing of the fire box, where there is little doubt the mischief originated, is of sheet copper nearly an inch in thickness ; and although General Pasley's opinion was not publicly made known, we understand from good authority that he attri • butes the cause to a flaw in the copper, or a defect in ri vetting the casing. So far as regards any defect in the con struction of the viaduct, he has pronounced it to be perfectly safe and secure. Throughout yesterday workmen were busily employed re pairing the viaduct, which will occupy considerable time, as the damage is extensive. One line, however, is uninjured, and the traims continue to run as usual. Upon inquiry last night, we ascertained that the stoker. Aaron Wilkinson, was still alive, but in such a deplorable state as to be unable to give any history of the shocking oc currence. His skull is fractured, his left arm broken, and other portions of his person dreadfully scalded. His unfor tunate companion was about thirty-two years of age; he was a single man, and resided at Ashford, near Dover, where his relations live. The Company give him a most excellent cha racter, and say he was one of the most experienced hands in their employ. The foreign mail, which was in the second-class carriage, was taken out, and, by order of Mr. George, the Secretary, forwarded by coach to the New-cross station, where a special engine was in readiness to convey the same on to Dover, and where it arrived about the usual time. The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate driver has not as yet been appointed. MORTALITY . in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in ale Week ending Saturday, the 7th of December, 1844." The:Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General: CAUSES OF DEATH. Weekly Total. Average of Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagio u s Di seases 191 rive 178 Tears Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B5 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 159 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 336 285 Disease, of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c l6 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 7 10 Diseases of the Joints Bones, and Muscles 6 6 Diseases of the Skin , Old Age, or Natural Decay 6B 71 By Violence Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... Deaths from all Causes ...... DEATHS FROM THE PRLECITAL DISEASE& INCLUDED UNDER TES ABOYZ RICADIL Teta. Weeklv Average Consumption ll2 of Five Years. 147 Scarlatina Pneumonia : Dropsy .. ... .. .. ..... looping Cough 26 33 Typhus 2l 31 Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles ... 39 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain 8 9 Diarrhea.. Sudden Deaths ... ... 11 15 DISTRICTS. West l3B 138 ' North 164 171 Central East 216 207 South 283 242 Total ••" 00000 ............ 988 - - LONDON ELOCUTION SOCIETY.—The first public meeting of the London Elocution Society took place yesterday evening, at the Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, and was attended by a very nume• rous and respectable audience. Mr. Albert Smith presided. Several extracts from the works of popular authors, and from the speeches of great orators, were given with very great effect by the mem bers of the Society. An address, written for the occa sion by Mr. Lawrence, was very well delivered by Mr. IL Sanders. The object of the Society is to cultivate among the younger inhabitants of the city that which is as much required of them as of any other persons in the metropolis, the art of speaking well in public, which has hitherto been very much neglected, and the want of which has been felt by many of the citizens on their election to civic honours. Speak ing is abundant enough, but good speaking, which the Society is to encourage, very rare. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Moxhay for his kindness in allowing them to hold the meeting in the Hall of Commerce, and to Mr. Albert Smith, the chairman. The meeting sepa rated at a late hour. NEW ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT AT WOOLWICH. —The whole of the arrangements for making the new ecclesiastical district at Woolwich has been completed, and will be submitted to the Queen at the first Council, and it is intended to designate it the district of St. Thomas, Woolwich. The appointment of the clergyman, who will be denominated perpetual curate, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, will be made by the Prime Minister. Woolwich is rapidly increasing in population, the number of inhabitants being now about 28,000. Up wards of 1,000 new houses have been built during the present year, especially at the west end, and they are almost all occupied the moment they are finished, and numerous others are in progress ; and next season is ex pected to be equally prolific in the erection of buildings to meet the demands of intended residents. The exten sive additions to Woolwich Dockyard and improvements requiring a great number of workmen, has given rise to a number of dwelling-houses at New Charlton, and the population has greatly increased in that quarter, con siderably enhancing the value of the property in the neighbourhood. DEATH AT A WZDDING.—A most dreadful acci dent occurred yesterday near the village of Llangeler. In the morning there had been a wedding, very nume rously attended, from the neighbourhood, by upwards of fifty or sixty horsemen, among whom was James Evans, a groom, in the employ of W. P. Lewis, Esq., of Velindre. He was an excellent rider, and was mounted on a valu able chesnut mare belonging to his master. After the wedding the horsemen began racing against each other on the high road, and the mare ran away, galloping down the hill above Llangeler, at an awful pace, and in the village struck her head against a stone in the bank, and died instantly. Her rider was thrown off with fearful violence, fractured his skull, and within three hours after the accident was a corpse. The man with whom he was racing broke his leg.--Carmarthen Journal. DOMESTIC DRAINAGE.—It iS impossible to make cesspools water-tight by building them with common mortar, fur mortar becomes friable and rotten when im pregnated with acid. The carbonate of lime contained in the mortar combines with the acid it meets with, and forms a lactate of lime, which, being soluble, is carried away, Therefore, while the lime is being gra dually removed, the silicta remains unacted upon, and thus the rotten and friable state of the mortar is easily accounted for. It is to be hoped that in future builders will pay more attention, and give their workmen stricter injunctions with respect to the proper construction of drains, for most assuredly the health of the whole community is somewhat dependent upon such construc tion. The inefficiency of common brick drains, their improper forms, and the dilapidated and rotten state in which they are universally found, ought immediately to lead to their re-construction where practicable, by using the cylindrical tubular drains. With these the escape of deleterious effluvia would be prevented, and the at mo_sphere kept pur e .--Th e B u ild er. Nzw Poon-LAW.---The streets of Rochdale are posted with bills, calling upon the rate-payers to come for ward with their contributions, in order to assist the guardians in every legal and constitutional struggle to prevent the introduction of this law into the parish of Rochdale, It is very currently reported in Rochdale, we have no means of knowing how far correctly, that there is to be a new batch of magistrates, who will give their aid for the introduction of this law. The persons mentioned are the vicar, who is already in the commission of the peace for Yorkshire, and Mr. Joseph Butterworth, Belle-green. These two, it is stated, are to be assisted by the Rev. Mr. Mills, new incumbent for Littleborough, who lately used to sit at Oldham.—Manchester Guardian. T Pat LATE EARL or LIMERICK.—NearIy all the more immediate relatives of the late Earl of Limerick were present with the Noble Lord at the time of his de cease on Saturday. Mr. and Lady Caroline Russell, Mr. and Lady Louisa Pole Count J. and L a d y C ec i l Delafeld, Sir H enry and Lady Frances Calder, and the Hon. Edmond Perry, continue at South-hill Park with the afflicted Countess, LYCEUM THEATRI.—MiSS Walcot, who made a successful debut at this house a short time ago, appeared on Wednesday night as Rachael Ryland, in the Momentous Question. Miss Walcot sustained the character with her wonted taste andability. The performances were for the be nefit of a Jewish charity, and the house was well attended. It was the Ist Life Guards, and not the Ist Dra goonsl who formed the g uar d o f h onour at the funeral of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda • and it was the first, and not th e secon d , b attalion of Fusilier Guards, which did duty at Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl cf Wemyss, Lord Melville, Lord Howlek, M.P., Lord Jeffrey Lord Mackenzie, Lord Fuller ton, Lord Murray, Lord W ood, Lord Cuninghame, the Rev. Bishop Gilles, Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart., General Mayne, Sir W. Allan, the Lord Advocete, Sir A. M. Gibson, and David Dundas, Esqi, are among the subscribers w h o con triblited liberally towards establishing baths for the working classes of Edinburgh. THE OFFERTORY AND THE PARISH or ST. GEORGE, HANOVER. SQUARE.—On Sunday last the Bishop of London preached a sermon at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on behalf of the Visiting Association of that parish, and ad vocated the claims of the charity with his usual earnestness and eloquence, when, to the surprise of the congregation, it was found, on leaving the church, that no collection was made. It appears that the bishop's intimation that the col lection should be made from pew to pew while the Offertor7 service was read from the communion-table was in oT;;Osition to the practice which had i nvar iably been fe l .lbwed in that church; and, as the churchwardens did not feel justified in departing from the custoim sanction by the congregation, the consequence was, that no collection was made, and the charity did not receive tho sliAlites pecuniary advantage from his Lordship's advocacy.—Times. A DOG 14.1NG 00 RATS WITHIN THREE MINUTES. —On Tuesday a match for 5/. a-side was decided at the George, Gravel-lane, Southwark, which was for a dog (of the bull-terrier breed) to kill 60 rats in the short space of three minutes. The number of rats were let loose, and the dog turned upon them and speedily oommenced destroying them. He succeeded in killing the whale Whither Within the stipu -44E1 ggitA SUMMARY OF NEVIS S. Publtr izpinton. " Who runs may read." I. ZIEZON. The King and Queen of the French and the 2, 611 0 1 members of the R o y a l F am il y , w h o were a t St• t.` arrived at the Tuileries on Monday afternoon, to take their residence there for the winter. itt° A destructiv e fi re b ro k e out on S un d ay morn ing o f Rue Cadet, Paris, which destroyed property t ° o l amount of 12,0001., and by the fall of a wall one nis il . ,4o killed, and eleven more or less injured. About 3 00 of wine were destroyed. During part of S un d ay n i g h t t h ere was a f a ll ofi s° l 4, in Paris, and on M on d ay morn i ng, at six eek ler id of Chevalier's th ermome t er mar k e d a d i m i nut i on of FO, l . t y more than two d egrees cent i gra d e, as compare d Nish °a same hour on S un d a y. Th ere was a s li ght f a ll ot , also on Mond a y. O n T ues d ay morn i ng, at c os the thermometer (Fahrenheit) marked 19 deg. , t ed The Presse st a t es th at t h e num b er of d o gs desll , l o r, in Paris by th e p o li ce , s i nce the b eginn i ng of the amounts to not less than 10,000. It expresses 8 0 4 that something s i m il ar cou ld b e d one w i th t h e rats, 700 are in such numbers at the Bibliotbaque du WA they commit great damage. The St. Petersburgh Journal announces that at peror, in consideration of the expenditure whichoa be caused in 1845 by t h e ma ki ng of the railroad fr 4 o Moscow to St. Petersburgh, has by an ukase orderee,i a loan of twelve millions of silver roubles shall be riri r j abroad, on the same basis as those adopted for the 4 per cent. loan. std t The Diet of th e G ran d D uc h y of Hesse -Dallpood was opened at D armsta d t on the sth b y t h e t r ey Duke. His Royal Highness made a long speech . ,_° ° o . occasion, in whi c h h e congratu l ate d the D i et on te e , if terprise displayed i n ra il roa d s, an d ot h er wor ks to provement, and declared his determination to to-or in all means of improving the welfare of his subjects'. e A Vienna letter of the 26th ult., in the Universal man Gazette, mentions a rumour that, at the date elm', last accounts froaa Constantinople, the Sultan was w ' gerously ill. The Augsburg Gazette states from Albania, but w itt f out date, that the Turkish Pacha had given hattl e g j and defeated th e re b e l s , an d t h at i n consequence ° result all the insurgent villages had tendered the ir mission. t hat thi A letter from Saragossa of the 28th ult. states 'al late arrests there were for the purpose of aseertatnt _,,,,t whether there mi g ht b e amongst the persons si'jr some who were strangers to the town, and might ~,s t posed to have hostil e i ntent i ons towards the Govern 00. All who could not give a satisfactory account of "' selves were sent to prison. LAW AND POLTea. 1 bee° At the York As s i zes Willi am K endrew, farm -11,A,5; aged 22, was con v i c t e d o f t h e mur d er of Me. Incls"tios Dunsforth, in Sept em b er l ast , an d ordered for exeegoar Joseph Smith, a bey only ten years of age, was tlO mitted at Guildhall f or stea li ng 113 farthings f l Rainbow Tavern, in Newgate-street. ft' At the Greenwich Police-court Charles ilasefL f ed siding at 2, Park -place, East Greenwich, was cr o p with indecently assau l t i ng C ather i ne Franc i s, * °di about 14 years o f age , i n one of the carriages,A s ed London and Gre enw i c h R a il way. After the 01706 two other witnesses had given evidence, the P r „ s er said he was mi s t a k en i n t h e person. Mr. Jereeli tenced him to pay a fine of 5L The Taunton assizes were opened on MontleY...l er fil ing by Mr. B aron Ald erson. The calendar certsnol one of rather a novel character, and presents W o o lowing summary of the offences :---Murder. 1 ; slaughter, 2 ; maliciously wounding, 1 ; ro 'bberf o k maliciously wounding, 2 ; robbery, maliciously s t 4% ing, and rape, 2 ; robbery, 16 ; burglary, 5 ; ra p e ' 1; cattle stealing, 1 ; sheep stealing, 2 ; besti ality' larcenies, 9 ; uttering counterfeit coin, 1 ; assau lt ' making a total of 48 prisoners, but there is not one among them. At Wandsworth P o li ce - court, J ames James, wu"til , nine years in the M division of Metropolitan policelo afterwards chief officer of the Banbury constSh e ol was placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter, for I o si examination, upon t wo di st i nct c h arges of feioni bol Richard Tyas, described as a watch case-Ini r slif who was for som e ti me i n t h e Ci ty police, was als o , a , 0 examined upon a c h arge o f en d eavouring corruptly obtain reward fo r th e restorat i on of the property sue' by the first-mentioned prisoner. They were he° mitted for trial. The Liverpool Assizes commenced on the 10th• p oi calendar contains the names of fifty-seven prisloff, There are three cases of murder, four of manstseg s o three of burglary, fi ve ( o f cutt i ng and wounding 0f attempt to poison, o ne o f a tt empt to murder b y sPv" • one of rape, two of arson, and five of forgery. CONDIC—PASSUCONABANI. r sd It is said that the Duke of Wellington has rnfot an intimation fr om th e Q ueen, t h at the day intended the visit of her Majesty and her Royal Consort 10 is ducal seat in Hants (which was to have taken PlO l the course of th e ensu i ng week), must be Poslolo' until after Christmas. Nearly all the arrange/nee i r the royal recepti on were comp l eted when the 1)01".0. ceived the royal m essage . We also learn, that jesty's visit to the Duke and Duchess of Buekingw" — Stowe, has been deferred until after Christmas. The Duke of Cl eve l an d arr i ved in St. James's-4110f on Tuesday, fr om R a b y C astle, Durham, where Duchess still remain s . The Duke of Richmond has arrived in town t $l ll north. His Gr ace atten d e d the annual meetinglkes members of the Smithfield Cattle Club, at the PI" street Bazaar. The Marchioness of Westmeath has returned t° W. from a tour of visits. af ,fl The Marqui s an d M arch i oness Camden intend t 0 sr tertain a distinguished party at the Wilderness' Sevenoaks, during the approaching Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesburf• er panied by Lord Charles Bruce, and attended by s 1 1; or ous suite, left Grosvenor-square for Paris, with tention of residing three months in that capital- 00 0 The Marquis of Douro has returned to town visiting the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield lieero , Viscount Gag e came to town on Monday, froulfcaat place, Sussex, to be present at the nuptials of the de Jarnac and the Hon. Miss Foley. r e' Lord and Lady De Ros and the Hon. Miss Dell an /1, turned last week, from visiting their estates in Ir e , l— stis The venerable Earl and Countess of Macclesfield', Lady Louisa Parker, are not expected to leave 00 : 6 00 street for Brighton, until after the Christmas, "ds" His Lordship, we regret to state, still labours uncle' privation of sight. 0, The Earl of Powis arrived in town on Tuesdsi b igh from Wynnstay, Sir W. W. Wynn's seat in p e j s a p,,t ° , shire, expressly to repair to Windsor Castle t o4 ;ftr be invested with the Garter, vacant by the demise Duke of Grafton. susezia.amrsoms. , iee da A dinner wa s g i ven to Si r H. Pottinger on- Tinajost day, by th e merc h ants of London, in Merchant 1 1 6 00 Hall. The dinner was of the most sumptuous hit, the entertainment a lt oget h er was well suited tw wealth of the m erc h ant pr i nces of the most' 1 1 Pf o , city in th e wor ld , g i ven to honour an individual wP.„iuti been the me ans o f open i ng a new and extensiie e m' to their enterprise. The council and officers of the Royal Agr i . 0 0 Society h ave ma d e arrangements for the next ;ow meeting. The e l ec ti on of officers took place some IL, tli ° back. Th e p resi d ent f or the next year is his Gl'aotos Duke of Richmond, in place of Bad Spencer. *O O additions ha ve b een made to the list of vice- p reilopeti! and some new n ames h ave b een added to the ef but the old sub-committees have been re-electel Society is reported to be in the most prosper° s efficient state. 0 P r The Scotch o x , f e d b y P r i nce Albert, has been pot; chased by M r . Bannister, of 'Threadneedle-stre et veyor to h er M a j esty, for the sum of 60 Vine.'" several other b eas t s rea li se d equally large sums. bolde''„ There are no f ewer t h an ten ordinations to be dioc e on Sunday, the 22d inst. The following are the 5# in which this ceremony w i ll occur, vis. : —Londoe' r elt bury, Chichester, lixford, St. D av id' s , Gl o uceste r , ste Bristol, H ere f or d, Li c hfi e l d, Lincoln, and Wore° —AO BIRTHS. At St. George's-place, Canterbury, Mrs. Frederick GP I I ° of a son. it op On the 3d inst., at Highbury- place ‘"-- , Mrs. John u a daughter. f 1° On the 9th inst., a t Bi r dh urst, Croydon, the ° W. Suthe r l an d, E sq., of a daughter and son. eat . B On the 9th i ns t., a t t h e Vi carage, Milton Ernest, Onlad the Rev. C. C. Beaty Pownall, of a son. 11 P' the 10th in s t., at Witham, Essex, the wife 0- f JO ° Pattison, Esq , of a son. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bryanstorn4 Robert John, son a Robert Ramsden, Esq., of Ca rit :thel it ' s Notts, to Mary Matilda, eldest surviving daughter Rev. H enry Gi pps, of Hereford. 4 0 4 On the 11th of October last, at St. John's Church , Captain Ed gar M ould Moorhouse, Infantry, officiatin g p ens i on paymaster at Menrutl/4 1 , 0 0, 1 per, t o Mar y Ann, eldest daughter of Dr. A. Do' Light Cavalry. 35th Regiment ont"ti DIED. On the 7th i nst., at South-hill:park, the Rig ht lloil. ao ~I Earl of Li mer i c k , aged 87. Ma" - On the Bth inst., at Greenwich, Lavinia, eldot daub Mr. Meddlicot, aged 19. c;n d s , Or e° On the 18th of September, at Shikarpor_ l e in ' 3- illerr Captain William Timbrell, of the Bengal Horse AL . 'p e wee' f On the 16th of Oetober, at Balicherries, near we: o f Bombay, Francis Henry Denys, Bart, of Stratford- L. b, On the 14th of October, at Meerut, Captain D• Dpi the 10th Bengal Cavalry. ced 6S ',,e, On the 3d inst., at Snow-hill, Mrs. J. Edmond", 1 - !for Samuel E the sth inst., at Bletchingley, Surrey, Esq., aged 73. ‘ l-- On the 7th i ns t. , M r. Thomas Nunn, 0- f Great unier street, Bedfo r d- row, aged 68. ld ooeief Cheam Ott the 7th inst., Elizabeth North, of Hare 3% . Ref' qi3 On th e B t h i nst., at Midway- t errace , Exeter, th e ._,.. othill, Rector of Hittisleigh, Devon. Reck' i On the 9th inst., at Greenwich, John Wadinstn , _ A f AO' of Abingdon- street, Westminster. the r elict 0 On the 9th inst., at Peckham, Sarah, , ue Wil l Scott, Esq., aged 78. m a jor On the 9th inst., at Clapham New-par k , 49. t o Henry Grote, late of the 33d Regiment, aged On the 9th inst., at New street, Kenning t o n, 0 0 Ifn wife of Mr. W. J. Browne, aged 45. ningt er4 On the 9th i ns t., a t D o ddi ngton - gr ove, Kke _, A 5. Vale, wife of Mr. Sam ue l V a l e , co median, aged 11 Y 0 17141 1 London: Printed and Published by MOW° - $ O . 1 2 o( No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TM Sim !- liiic4 C,olo ll Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in isw - Bliddlesex, Thursday, December 12 ,1844• .11re ti sH 1 4t h t 4), 110 4 11 IQ 4 4%14: t 4c , t ~•~ • t • ta t k thei 411,1 . bat G' ~ Gi to t