The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-13 00:00:00

to ••••• Vire can es been lge and on and South , West kY.) DAY means sluggish Torten:. Id er s o f nsacted istilling i s were Oath re by no state, lit flatten. :a 4d $0 Ai) raed (s.), tealan , and for ki ng toa wreck; Gibson' o ats), to be• , NO , n d the Maw° Wed at pposed , froze y COlO Iy. 51111 it from es And )oe. ;uebeo. raiS o ; I, 14eW dell° . I. V ie ' ter6 o . ll ' erooo, a nd ? ohn'°' sweYs haboev a W* . of 1 " Th° loch cow. ,ff the /Übli n ' evioll ga l° {rota f and ester - Y bsa ?Am' ; a les; C a pe na da; 'rinse FLANDERS MAIL. BnussELs, Nov. 9.—The Belgian schooner Fille d'Osteode, arrived at Antwerp the day before yester day from Villa Nova, with a cargo of figs and almonds. This vessel, which is built entirely of iron, had a very good and rapid voyage. The Chamber has confirmed . to-day the debate on the proposed increase of the salaries of the judges. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister Of Finance presented a project of law relative to the Public entrepots, and the Minister of the Interior one On the militia. The Minister of the Interior an nounced at the same time that he should present a project of law on the re-organisation of the civic guard. BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The King who was expected at the palace of Lacken yesterday from Ardenne will not arrive till Monday. Two sections of the Chamber of Representatives have been engaged in considering the treaty with the Zollverein, and have named their reporters. Both these sections (the second and the fifth) are favour able to the treaty. S. PRT ERSBURGU , OCT. 19.—From the middle of June to the end of August, there were several bril liant combats of our army in the Caucasus, with the mountaineers in the northern part of Daghestan, in which our troops, always victorious, manifest the most heroic bravery. The results of this campaign thews that the foreign journals, which stated the con- I r l i t t Y, have spread reports that were wholly false. f„ e , will mention only the action of the of Goloroin, which was attacked on the The of July by a body of 3,000 mountaineers. he fort had a small garrison, commanded by Lieu bant-Colonel J an tschin. The enemy stormed three bastions, Jantschin, without losing his courage and P re sence of mind, retreated with two of his compa nions into the fourth bastion, in which was the powder agazine. There he waited for a favourable oppor linitY to make a sally, resolved to conquer or die. //T hen the moment came he and his men sallied ! I d with fi xe d b ayonets on th e enem y, w h o were so b ut i n num b er, d rove t h em f rom th e f or t, an d r lt irely dest ro y e d th em i n th e i r fli g ht. (?) We men -lOn also the march of the detachment of Daghestan to Zadacha, and the occupation of that place, in whicis v_Perations they were constantly followed numer 'tll: enemie s , whom they compelled to retreat, and ti n k from them three cannons. Lastly, the occupa- G ll of Jelis, on the 15th of July, the action near in which all our warriors gained glorious th ° e P-ies by th e i r di s ti ngu i s h e d b raver y. S e veral o f the f ourth class for their conduct on that occasion. „, BELA:HAN FUNDS.—BausseLs, Nor. 9. i t t `‘na Debt, 934 per Cent., ................ othschild's Loan, Five per Cent....... ..... of Thirty Millions Four per Cent.... 98% Three per ns, ditto ........«.» ' (1840) II2N _ 103 ...an of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 102% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent. 6O - ye AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA,iques Nov 5. D" pe r par Coots• ........... ..... ........... MOW. 100% ree, g er Cents. ...«.. . ...»..».» .............»«......». y 4 Shares ••.. . **N. 1 60 '3 Aiggemeine Atung, Nov. 8. I 3 RURY-LANE THEATRE. r e !' these degen era t e d a y s it i s rare ly our l o t to rd the hundreth representation of any dramatic [is: 7e. To h ave to record t h e h undret h representa- N 4 ef , an opera by a native composer is something s ue ir"7 unique. Since the days of the Duenna th e D circumstance has never occurred, and thanle a is, after all, rather a vaude an opera, and although many " the , na i n: airs are original compositions by Linly, the .„,,;"', ll tY of the songs are merely adaptations of new speaking,-r to previously popular airs, so that, strictly n., the Duenna is not an opera by a t c"ve composer. Last night, however, the opera— was Eltg lish opera —of the Bohemian Girl, rePeated for the hundredth time at Drury-lane . , an d Balfe, the man whose genius has achieved this I lll Ph, again appeared in the orchestra to conduct own composition, • His reception was most e nthusiastic. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the house was crowded In every part, and his appearance in the orchestra was the signal for a burst of applause so lon g , so loud, and so enthusiastic, that the walls of Old Drury rang again, as they have not done since th e days of Edmund Kean. At the end of each act this enthusiastic greeting was renewed, and when at the fall of the curtain he appeared on the "'ago, in obedience to the call of the audi- Z e, cheer followed cheer in q uick success i on. ntil the enthusiasm reached its climax, when Miss j!sinforth pr esen t e d hi m a l aure l wreat h , w hi c h h ad ( le r en thrown u p on th e s t age . N ever did E ng li s h Beve r composer enjoy a grea t er t r i ump h ; an d ~o v er has there app e a re d an E ng li s h d ramat i c corn ' s er more r i c hl y d eserv i ng o f i t. At t h e conclus i on ~ e 4 t e opera an elegant service of plate was presented ""e gifted comp ose r, by those o f th e dil e tt an ti w h o kirers p r oud to rank themselves among his ardent ad- XHI RALDY..--.All the branches of the li e n a e t n ae d t e iv p i a ty rt; depart ment in this neighbourhood continue in . g 'he prices. of yarns has advanced cons . ide r rab n ly d , t t h o at th n e f extent of about 2d. a spindle on heavy fl ax about 4Z a ton. Manufactured goodsslzes and ofe_ltthae eorresPending rise, and there is every prospect f lraprovement being permanent. 2 IIE AVY FALL OF S NOW. —O n S un d ay an i mmense ~1 1. , a m ity of snow fell in the neighbourhood of Dartmoor, -" en Monday Dartmoor itself was found covered w h. ibex to the depth of more than six inches. The wea tfuer throughout Devonshire has been extremely rough n „.°_r several days past, and the wind on Monday set i ~,7 strong from the north-east. tki?'l% CrtoaGes, MARTLEDONE.—It is determined to ~ t ;." t: advantage of the vacancy i n t h e rectory o f thi s e x 11-,2 7 v e parish, an d to break it up into smaller parishes; G o appo in tment will b e ma d e to t h e rectory of St. eff ee ° te e d is until complete arrangements shall have been T HE WEATHER._ Nilered i Yesterday ripe raspberries were n the grounds of Mr. Park, gardener and liipst, Vic toria -road, K ens i ngton, and ripe strawberri es th also in t ile ground s o f another gardener near Hounslow, b: richness and flavour of which could only be equalled ' it_hose produced in the height of the summer season. by-'l,°N COLLIER. —Some curiosity has been ex cited . e tile arrival in the Thames of a Newcastle collier, w a ,„. n e looking vessel, built of iron, and fitted' with a She e e is Trier, working an engine of 20-horse power. vi t. , feet lon g , 27 f eet 6 i nc h es wide, and, when loaded 9 in c h o a4o tons of coals, her draught is only 11 feet . e s R f. di,p e ", and 10 feet 3 inches forward ; her . . hold is u d into separate chambers, after the principle of ° fitter -t int° 'gilt bulkheads, hermetically closed false floor, b. ,„ Which the water can be admitted by large taps for ballast, and when not required, is pumped out again by h o _ anghie. Her bows are sharp and wedge-like, and 4r: stern un usually projecting • though low, her counters i_ so flat that s h e lifts with :very swell, and it is nearly "rsible for a wave to break over her taffrail. tubular STEA MER. —Yesterday the enormous ildeg . ar iron boilers, manufactured by Messrs. Mau ieit? and F . ield, Were' removed from their foundry to the ast India Ducks, preparatory to their being fitted in p o t new war steamer which has recently been built at arrivseta.outb, and named the Scourge, and which was to tude of the River yesterday. Some idea of the magni two of tue boile rs may be formed from the fact that eighteettliuti fuur compartments of the boiler alone weigh Ployed in r°ellB' an d required fourteen horses to be em moving it from the factory to the wharf. TH E L ATE / oi_ ui tt, 2s i su d an. fear4OaD W ESTERN _The ,e„ departed nobleman will be removed this day from mortal remains Relvedon, Essex, for interment in the •,!`_ r i!)? vault, a short distance from that seat. The Noble ;:',`,l_ . whose rental in the above county was about i1,1,"°04 per annum, has l e f t the bulk of this property to a listant relative. The Rev. Sir J o h n Page Wood, Bart., exe cutor to the w h ill. D T I ,_ SART HARnouß.—The extreme point of the pier :.sere.was partially demolished on Saturday last by the e . " . _,a, yi consequence of the severe easterly gale which ,oatrittnued during the G r eater part of last week. The L' hour has sustained considerabl e amount of damage mossthe gale. The fair way is half shut up by a large kill of broken fragments of stone and rubbish, which it require considerable expense and labour to remove. 'Fife Journal. MAIL COACH ACCIDENT. --About twel o'tveock on urday n i ght last, one of the wheels of ve the cl London l coach going northwards, about a mile on the north side of the town of Shap, in the county of West -1!?orela0d, gave way, b u t f ortunately the accident was aiseovered before the coach was overturned, and on the lttlriver pulling up it was found that the wheel was in sadly damaged state ; the horses were obliged to walk "Privowly to Penrith, a distance of ten miles, where they ed upwards of three hours behind the usual time. Tiere was not a coach in the town but the Darlington un til, into which the bags, luggage, and passengers were turnput, and a f ter considerable delay roceeed on their ey to C ar li sle, where they arrived abov d e four hours ehind the due time. rauti, Rou, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—A ful male giraff e , recent l y arrived by way of Hol and, accompanied by its keeper, a native of Nubia, was, nn Friday last, add e d to t hi s collection. Te ical de was n ever so complete as at h the zoolo pres g ent li ne, and the most extensive preporations are already a' advanced fur the coming season, which promises to a one of unusual attractions. I'lln WEATIIER.—That om i nous bi rd, " the stormy '" Peterel," is r e p orte d to have been seen off the mouth of ,0 T ine, on Su n d ay l ast. It is rarely seen here, save tempestuous weather. For the last few days the se ta ears of wild fowl upon the coast, both north and 11° Ith, have been very great. All these things are indi cations of a severe winter.—Newcastle Journal Ilia liwiis.—The works on the Brighton, Lewes, and Rl, t iags Railway have been commenced between Hod .MN and Ashcotnbe, where large gangs of labourers are set on, who proceed merrily in remov i ng t h e earth. "ae day last week, Mr. Acton, of this town, was sworn It)at the B righton Ben c h t o t a k e c h arge of the police con eted 'with the r a il way . S everal policemen were sworn 44 at the saute time.—Brighton Guardian. NEWS FIRES. If Cotton is scarcer • to 6d4 5d.; -and erican at some of 1011 ; 6n, 41. Is.; Eastern Lancaster •, 202 i Quarter, ester and ; North rewsbury OW; and d Lyons, 16s. 61 ; Reduced nsferred ave been the Ac pon Ex tuck has e-and-a 1021}. morning Ire been e Porte d Dutch Mexican ielan are lay, and ' 205% )2Vlffi4 10 to -- to-- to to to to to to to to .... to 16 to -- to to Ws}i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13. 1844, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BUI{LEIGH. The time arranged for her Majesty's departure from the Euston-square terminus was a quarter-past nine o'clock. With her usual punctuality she arrived at the station exactly at the appointed hour. The usual preperations had been duly made for the reception of the royal travellers. They were received in the state room by G. C. Glyn, Esq., chairman of the company ; J. J. Jedrum, Esq., deputy-chairman ; T. Young, Esq., P. S. L. Grenfell, Esq., Directors ; R. Creed, Esq., the secratary, and the other principal functionaries of the railway. The train was driven by Mr. Berry, and soon pro ceeded at a tremendous speed, flying over the country and the several stations at a glorious rate. The morning was dark and lowering, a heavy wet fog rolling in wreaths over the fields and clumps of leafless trees, and everything certainly looking cold and cheerless enough. At Tring the train stopped for water. A consi derable number of persons had collected at the station, and a perfect legion of children, drawn, we suppose, from all the schools in the neighbourhood, were ranged in two long lines along the platform, and kept up a series of shrill juvenile hurrahs. The distance from London to Tring was performed in about fifty four minutes. As the royal travellers approached Bletchley, the weather began to clear up, the distant mist rose from the ground, and presently the sun shone forth merrily. At Wolverton there was a strong muster of spec tators, consisting chiefly of the workmen stationed on that part of the line, with their wives and fa milies, and her Majesty and the Prince were loudly greeted as the train shot past. On the portion of the line between Wolverton and Weedon, a good many spectators had stationed them selves—farmers, their wives, and labourers in their smock-frocks, clustered together in little groups at gates where cross lanes intersected the railroad, and from every such party there was a momently-heard shout, and a momently-seen flutter of handkerchiefs, and then they were left far behind. Roade station, thronged with anxious groups, was soon passed, and then Blisworth, and then came Weedon, the town and the station gay with flags and triumphal arches. An immense crowd thronged the little station, dis posed in every available position, and cheered most heartily as the royal train arrived. Outside the station were drawn up the 47th Regiment, lining the road through the village, and an escort of the 7th Hussars was disposed in due order. The road leading through the straggling little hamlet was seen mounted by several very pretty triumphal arches, and the inha bitants were ranged in a double line, dressed in all the variations of rural dandyism, every third or fourth man holding a little leaf-crowned banner; the whole presenting a really very pretty array. Her Majesty and the Prince were received by the Marquis of Exeter Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Sir H. Dryden, High Sheriff; and the county ma gistrates. After a brief delay the royal party entered their carriage—the Hussars formed around it—the infantry presented arms, and amid the enthusiastic cheering of the multitude, and the merry peals of the bells, the royal cortege drove rapidly off towards Northampton. The activity and general bustle of preparation in the town of Northampton for the last few days were such as to prove that the inhabitants of that ancient borough were by no means behind hand with their fellow-subjects elsewhere in devotion to their Queen, and in a just appreciation of the honour and advan tage conferred upon their town by the presence of the Sovereign. In every thoroughfare through which it was anticipated that the procession would pass, workmen were busily employed in constructing scaf folding, and fitting up windows and balconies for the accommodation of those who would, no doubt, con gregate from all the neighbouring parts of the coun try, to enjoy a sight which to them must be as rare, as it could not fail to be delightful, and even in those localities which presented no opportunity of partici pating in the general gala, the residents were at least enabled to gratify their loyalty and taste by deco rating their house fronts with appropriate ornaments and gratulatory devices. Shortly after leaving Northampton, the day became again overcast, and continued dull and heavy. Bullock's Booth was the first stage—it consists of an old public-house and a few cottages. The inhabi tants had turned out right loyally, with flags and wands, and a tremendously loud brass band. The brief stay afforded time for the usual demonstrations of loyalty. and the cortege proceeded. At Meldon the horses of the Marquis of Exeter were stationed to convey the royal party the stage between that and Stamford, and at Wakerly-ford 800 of the tenantry of the Noble Marquis, well mounted, were ready, and escorted her Majesty and her noble host to the conclusion of the journey. At Stamford, as everywhere else, the most devoted loyalty and attachment was manifested in every way. Among the company who will be entertained this day at Burleigh-house, are the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Rutland, Lord and Lady Thomas Cecil, Lord and Lady C. Wellesley, Lord and Lady Willoughby, &c. &c. At a quarter before one o'clock a salvo of artillery from the castle walls announced the appearance of the Royal cortege at some little distance, and within a few minutes afterwards Queen Victoria and her illus trious Consort arrived. The procession having been formed, with the cl erg y and the Corporation in the rear, then preceded the Queen's carriage up Black Lion-hill, Ware-fair, Horse-market, and Gold-street, to the Market-square. Here the cortege halted, and the Mayor read the ad dress, which appeared in The Sun of Monday last. Her Majesty acknowledged it in a few appro priate and expressive words. The procession having been again got in motion advanced along the Market square and passed down Abingdon-street, on the road to Burleigh. Here, as on the previous parts of her route, her Majesty's admiration must have been ex cited by the taste and variety of the decorative insignia displayed. Scarcely a single house along the whole line, extending upwards of a mile, but was enlivened by flags with loyal mottoes, transpar encies, bearing inscriptions of devotion and attachment, or wreaths of evergreens suspended from the opposite sides of the street. The royal visit was also celebrated by the erection of five lofty and very elegantly de signed triumphal arches, chequered and festooned with various lively colours. In the evening a dinner in celebration:of the happy event of the day took place at the Angel Inn. The Mayor was in the chair, and was supported by the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood. After the dinner, which was an excellent substantial repast served in good style, the company proceeded to do honour to the several toasts proposed to them. STAMFORD, SI% O'CLOCK.—The royal party have arrived at Burleigh-house. All along the route from Northampton her Majesty has been received with the most loyal demonstrations. The peasantry mustered in great force at every available point along the road, and every little village had its triumphal arch—its flaunting colours, and its evergreen-decked windows and roofs. Nuneaton Railway, including Mr. Mann, (member of the committee), Mr. Chinery (solicitor), Messrs. Bridges and Mason (solicitors), and Mr. Addison (engineer), had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday. A deputation from the Brighton and Chichester Railway Company, consisting of Captain B. Marwood Kelly, R.N., chairman ; Hon. George F. Hotham, deputy chairman ; Mr. James Cordy and Mr. Ed ward Crowley, directors ; Mr. John U. Rastrick, engineer; and Frederick Utley, secretary; had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The nomination of Sheriffs for the year ensuing took place yesterday (the Morrow of St. Martin) in the Court of Exchequer, before the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. The Privy Councillors present were the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who presided in his gold robe of office), the Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, Sir J. Graham, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and Sir James Parke. The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and the following Judges also assisted at the ceremony, viz., Judges Alderson, Matteson, Gurney, Coltman, Rolfe, and Cresswell. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Their Lordships having been sworn, the names of the three gentlemen nominated for each county of England last year were read over, and as each county was called the Judges who had been on the different Circuits rose and proposed a gentleman in lieu of the present Sheriff. Excuses of various kinds, such as no house in the county—building a new house, and in convenient to serve the office until 1847 ; ill health, a martyr to the gout, and having had to resign a com mission ; 60 years of age and infirm ; residing on the Continent on account of the state of health ; were prof fered to the consideration of their Lordships. In those cases where the excuses were allowed by the Court, or where death had occurred, the Judges gave in the names of other parties to supply the deficiency, three gentlemen being placed on the rolls for each county. The list having been completed, was again read over in alphabetical order, and their Lordships then rose. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln had a dinner party on Monday evening, at their residence in 'White hall-place. Among the company were Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and Mr. Bonham. RESOURCES OF INDIA—IRON ORE, &c. We have heard that some of the superabundant wealth of this country is likely to be appropriated to the development of a vast field of enterprise in the South of India. Some of the provinces in that part of the country abound in Iron ores of various kinds, of the richest and purest descriptions known : wood charcoal, for fuel, may be had, in inexhaus tible quantities, for the cost of cutting, and making it. Labour of all kinds is procurable in abundance; cheaper than in any other country : and the facilities for transport of materials, are such as will admit of Iron being manufactured there, at a cost, far below that at which Iron can be made at any other part of the world. We understand that this is not a merely specula tive project. A small Association of Gentlemen in India, engaged in the prosecution of it, some years ago; and by their labours, and at their cost, re sults of unexampled value have been established; but the nature of their Association was far too limited, and the capital they could afford to embark in the undertaking altoge ther inadequate, to enable them to make more than a mere demonstration of facts. The local Indian Go vernment, under the sanction of the East India Com pany, impressed with the value, in a public point of view, of the objects of this Association, has granted them considerable pecuniary assistance, and has con veyed to them rights and privileges, which with those obtained from private proprietors of land, give them complete, and exclusive possession of all the materials for Iron making in these provinces. A large set of Iron Works has been erected by this Company near Madras, which is now in active opera- , tion, with all the improvements recently introduced into the manufacture of Charcoal Iron on the Conti nent of Europe; the difficulties they had to contend with, at the commencement, have been gradually surmounted ; and the extraordinary character of the Indiail Iron has been fully established : a proof of this is afforded by the recent purchase , after pre vious trial, of several hundred tons of it, by one of the first English Iron masters, for conversion into tin plate. With the improvements now in the course of introduction at their Works in India, there is now no doubt that Iron may be made there, and sold at a very large profit, for the consumption of the whole of the markets of Asia, so as to supersede foreign im portations ;, and that it can be disposed of, in this country at a great profit, to replace the produce of Sweden, and Russia, for conversion into Steel; and for use in all purposes, where a superior quality of Iron is required. The recent enormous development of railway con structions has created a demand for a description of Iron which England does not produce. The smelt ing of Iron ore with charcoal in England is now limited to a few hundred tons a year; and - the price of foreign charcoal Iron of good quality, is too high to admit of its use in this country, for Iron purposes. Indian charcoal Iron, of a quality equal to the finest foreign Iron, can be delivered in England, at a cost, not exceeding that of common English coke Iron; while its value, for use, as Iron, is at least double that of the best coke Iron. All that is now required to realise these statements, we are assured, is the application of sufficient capital; and at a time when rail way projects, hold ing out expectations of moderate returns, are so eagerly sought after, it is expected that the attention of capitalists will soon be attracted to an undertaking, the success of which, when vigorously prosecuted, is now placed beyond a doubt; and the profits from which will so greatly exceed those of any other project now offered for public participation. The original Projectors of this undertaking being now satisfied of the utter incompetency of their means to occupy the gigantic field of enterprise in their pos session, in an efficient manner, have agreed to place the whole, on most favourable terms, in the hands of a public Company, who can bring to the prosecution of it a capital commensurate with its importance. As this neighbourhood contains the largest Iron Works in the kingdom, the above information will, we presume, be of more than ordinary interest. — (Abridged from the Bradford Observer.) DUKE DE AL VICTORIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett,--With reference to the mendacious statement in aei n me , the Paris lithographic sheet s , regar di ng th e a lleged de parture of the Duke de la Victoria from London, on his whaey Abbey to honour L Sp o a vsi s to Park,ttmention hains d I Gra ce t a h m a , t ha Ita happy pi a syv residence, t j o u s s a t y h h a d e is in the enjoyment of excellent health. I also beg leave to state, that at th e ver y ti me w h en , according to these apocryphal and ma li gnan t accounts , tdoignf: permitg Rsgne a t it had been given out that the Duke was confined to his house by indisposition, as a cloak for his clandestine de- 1 parture for Spain, his Grace (being in perfect health) did me the honour to come to see me, when I was labour ing under the effects of a dangarous illness ; and that, ever since, scarcely a day has passed in which I have not been indebted to him far those kind inquiries, and kind acts, which all who have had the advantage of being per sonally known to his Grace are aware are as characterise tic of him in his private relations, as are all the noble and high-minded qualities in his public station, as a distin guished soldier and a patriot , . To my certain knowledge, the Duke de la Victoria has not been absent from London for twenty-four hourasince his arrival, about fifteen months ago. You insertion of this refutation of one of those " in famous and daily inventions," which you have so justly censured, will oblige, Sir, yours respectfully, AN ENGLISHMAN. P.S.—I send you my name and address, which I am sure you will c onsider to be a su ffi cient guarantee of th e correctness of the above statement. Nov. 12.—A fall of the cliff, near the Town Jetty, took place this morning early, and we regret to state, destroyed a cottage tenant e d b y a poor . .s Grace the Duk e o f W e l l i ng - Hi man of the name of H art, and killed two of hi s ch i ldren, aged eight and twelve years. . The fall i s attr ib uted to the late heavy rains — inquest at th e C r i c k eters, Welling ton and the Commiss i oners of Dover Harbour will hold a sessions here on Thur sda y next. THE PLEASURE OF HANGING.—On M on d ay after noon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest Camden-street, on the b o d y eve of William Carter, a veteran Chelsea pensioner, aged ity-three, who h ang hi m . self at his lodgings, 14, Wellington-street, last Friday. In the course of the proceedings, the Coroner obser ve d that it was extraordina r y how pleasing the effects of hanging were. That was apparent from the fact, that of all the persons who committed suici de by ha ng i ng , th e majority were found either i n a sitting posture, or with their feet or knees touching the ground. In one instance a young lady, who was watched by two females, one at either side of her bed, strangled herself with the strings of her night dress, without their knowledge, O n an other occasion a man hung himself wh ile stretched upon his face, with his nose almo s t touching the ground. A short time since he held an inquest at Balls P on d upon a man, who having hung himself up, the cord broke be fore he was dead, and he surv ived the attempt thirty five hours ; ho stated that he had enjoyed th e most pleasing sensations while suspended. Persons wh o com mitted suicide by hanging (continued the Coroner) went off as in a sleep, and died without pain. He did not speak of malefactors hanged at the Old Bailey, w h ose necks were broken, but of those who, like the deceased, hung themselves without subjecting their bodies to a jerk. In the latter case neither was the neck broken nor was the windpipe closed, but a congestion of the brain ensued, which caused death. The jury returned, in the case of William Carter—" That he destroyed himself, but that there was no evidence of his state of mind at the time he did so." DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLO SION AT BLACKWALL. MR. SAMUDA, THE ENGINEER, AND SIX MEN KILLED, AND FIVE OTHERS DANGEROUSLY INJURED. An accident, in its effects fatal to seven persons, and most serious to five others, and in its details shocking in the extreme, occurred off Blackwall last evening, in consequence of a steam explosion on board a new iron steam-boat, named the Gipsy Queen, built by the firm of Samuda and Co. (the senior of which is the chief victim), for the Waterford Navigation Company. From the naturally confused state of the surviving parties, arising from the sudden transition of their companions and friends, a moment previously in the full vigourof life, to the awful and irrbcoverable state in which many of them now are, the particulars of the occurrence could be ascertained only with great difficulty. It appears, however, that the steam-vessel, which previously had been only partially tried in Bow Creek, near Blackwell, came out from the creek yes terday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, in command of Capt. Price, and with Mr. Jacob Sa muda, the constructor of both the boat and engines, a friend or two, and a number of workmen belonging to the factory of Messrs. Samuda, on board, made her first trial trip down the river, as far as Woolwich. She returned at five o'clock, and was moored to the buoy off Blackwell, the result of this trial having been sa tisfactory to the parties on board. The Gipsy Queen is about 600 tons burden, and has paddle-wheel engines equal to 300 horse-power. Her engines are of a peculiar character, the invention of Messrs. Samuda. They are what may be termed " bell-cranked" engines, and, as we are informed, in • stead of the ordinary eam, the beam of the Gipsy Queen is divided in the centre, each half being socketted in the other, with connecting rods at each end working at an angle, instead of perpendicularly ; there being two bearings in the centre, instead of one. Another peculiarity in these engines is that they are placed fore and aft—one before the other, and not side by side, as is usually done. The boilers, which are tubular, were constructed to bear 401bs. pressure on the square inch, but during the trial they had not been worked to more than half that pressure. As soon, however, as the vessel had arrived at Blackwell, it was determined to try the boilers at a pressure of 251b5., and it is said the safety valve was set accord ingly, not the least danger being apprehended. Mr. Samuda, with the engineer, the foreman of his fac tory, and a number of fitters and others, were present in the engine-room to see the operation, when, about ten minutes after five o'clock, the unfortunate catas trophe took place. A slight explosion was heard by the persons as sembled on the Blackwall Pier, and on all eyes being turned in the direction of the Gipsy Queen, the his sing of steam was heard, and the vapour was seen issuing from all parts of the engine-room. The cause was speedily imagined, and Captain Routh, the Director of the Blackwell Railway, and several others, raised a loud shout for boats to put off to the assistance of those on board. But it was some time before any could be procured, and meanwhile the persons on the pier became most anxious. As soon, however, as boats could be obtained they put off to the steamer, and the result of the explosion was quickly known by the return to the pier of two boats, with five men in them dreadfully scalded and dis figured, and from them the intelligence was gathered that they had escaped up the ladder at the time of the explosion, and had left several of their com panions in the engine -room, amongst them Mr. Sa muda, sen. This information much increased the excitement ashore. Women rushed down to the pier to ascertain the fate of their husbands and friends, and Mr. Joseph Samuda, who had become ac quainted with the then imperfect rumour, was also on the barges in a state of mind bordering on distraction. What with the rain, which fell violently at the time and the darkness of the night, the occupants of the Blackwall Pier presented a very woeful ap pearance ; and so eager were they to learn the worst, that it was with great difficulty some other serious accidents were prevented by the parties who had charge of the barges, as the people were pressing to the very edges. On board the Gipsy Queen it was impossible, from the escape of the steam, to descend to the engine room, and axes were procured as soon as possible, and the decks were cut up in order to allow the steam to disperse more rapidly, and thus half an hour elapsed before the fate of those in the engine-room was ascer tained. When that place was sufficiently free from steam for the persons on deck to descend into it, it disclosed the bodies of seven men in the most ghastly condition. They were quite dead, and lay in various positions. The unfortunate sufferers were : Mr. Jacob Samuda, Mr. Dodds, engineer of the vessel; Mr. Scholefield, an engineer; James Slanders, fitter ; Thomas Nugent, apprentice ; Jchn Newman, stoker, and another man whose name we could not ascertain. On examination, it would appear that the accident was caused by the bursting of the steam from the main pipe at a joint. The connexion of the main steam-pipe with the foremost engine is effected by a " stuffing-box," which renders the joint, where there is any vibration, more secure. The pipe at this stuff ing-box, which in its right place led downward to the floor of the engine-room, is now turned up to wards the deck. The steam in its course, it is evi dent, must have found vent here, and, without any warning, must in its bursting out have dealt the dis astrous consequences which the floor of the engine room presented. Mr. Saniuda, with those who have perished, must have been standing near this stuffing-box at the time. Several had left the engine-room just before for the deck, and the five who are so seriously injured were going up the ladder. The whole force of the ex plosion was therefore encountered by the seven de ceased. The bodies were literally boiled, their hair was stiffened and standing straight from their fore heads, the features all puffed and some of them dis coloured, and the teeth of many displaced. Mr. Sa muda was more disfigured than the others, and seemed to have offered the greatest resistance to the devas tating power. The stoker had a severe contusion over his right eye, and his shoes were found scorched on his feet. The bodies were taken ashore, and to the ware house of the Black wall Railway Company, and were subsequently removed to the bonehouse at Poplar, to await a Coroner's inquest, which it is expected will be held this day. The injured persons were :—William Ryley, fore man of Messrs. Samuda ' • Charles Mills, boiler-maker of their establishment; James Hill, ditto; William Donovan, stoker ; and a stoker whose name did not transpire. Ryley was much scalded and scorched about the head. The stoker had his hand very much shattered. It is feared that one or two of them are in a very dangerous state. They were taken to the Blackwall Railway, where every attention was paid them by Captain Routh, and as soon as possible were removed to the London Hos pital in an omnibus. Many are the interventions of Providence recorded in favour of persons on board at the time of this sad occurrence. Mr. Samuda had, a minute before, sent a man, an engineer named Lowe, on deck (who thus escaped), to look at the steam pipe, and he had scarcely moved two steps from the compan!on-way before the explosion took pace. The concussion, though not loud in report, was so severe as by the vibration to lift the persons who were on deck off the boards. _ _ Mr. Samuda, we understand, is unmarried; but several of the deceased and of the sufferers have wives and families. The estimated pressure to which it was intended to raise the steam was 251bs. to the square inch ; but when a boat is lying still, , as was the case with the Gipsy Queen, the steam rises so rapidly that a minute or two makes a very great difference in the amount of pressure, none being consumed at the time by the engines. The Coroner s inquest will, however, sup ply all the particulars necessary to form a correct judgment on the matter. MYSTERIOUS DEATIL—Late on Monday night a lengthened inquiry was proceeded with before Mr. Wakley, on the body of a woman, found on Friday last, in the Counters' Creek sewer, King's-road, Fulham. It appeared, on Wednesday, about a quarter-past one, the deceased came down stairs with a jug in her hand, as if going for her dinner. The deceased appeared in good health and spirits, but never returned, nor was she after wards seen alive. All her relatives rejected the idea that she had committed suicide, and said it was most myste rious how she could have come into the water at that spot, unless she had fallen into the river below bridge, and the body had floated with the tide to that place. Mr. Waring, surgeon, deposed that he had examined the body, but could find not the slightest mark of injuries on it, although the lips were much swollen. The body exhibited the usual external characteristics of drowning. Several of the jury commented on the unsafe state of the Counters' Creek sewer at several parts, and stated that two persons had very recently fallen into it, and although they were not drowned, their deaths resulted from the effects of the accident. About a fortnight ago a carriage and two horses, mistaking their road, were nearly smo thered in the creek. The Coroner said, a representation on the subject ought to be made by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood to the proper authorities. The jury returned a verdict of " Found dead in the Counters' Creek, but there is no evidence before the jury to show how she came into the water." LEGITIMATE USE OF A UNION WORKHOUSE. — The Rochford union-house contains at this time 207 in mates, of whom 51 are old and infirm, 128 children, 11 persons temporarily disabled, and 17 from want of work and other causes. There are 41 persons 60 years and upwards, whose united ages amount to 3,054 years, consequently averaging 741 years each.—Essex Herald. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 1; s. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 .12:1 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shoe t being 25 572, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg h the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ; and the exchange at llamburgh on London at short being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in London than in Ilamburgh. Opinions seem to differ much as to the effect which the French loan will have upon our money market. The amount will be 8,000,0001. sterling, and not 12,000,000 L. as was originally expected, and the times of payment will be spread over a period of twenty months. Bence many are of opinion that the loan will have no great influence, but it is to be recollected that a liberal discount will be allowed where the payments are anticipated. In consequence of a modification in the Bank of Eng land's scheme for charging a commission on remittances, the statement made yesterday does not now present a perfectly correct view. To prevent error the whole plan had better be restated : First, with respect to remittances. All sums advised for the credit of a person having a drawing account at the Bank or branch, are to be subject to a charge of 6d. per cent., the minimum charge to be Is. Thus, sums not exceeding 200/ are to be charged Is. ; sums not exceed ing 300/ are to be charged is. 6d., and so on. Any fraction of 1001. is to be charged as an entire 100/ Secondly, with respect to payments. Where neither the party paying nor the party receiving has an account, the charge on sums not exceeding 5001. will be I f per cent., the minimum charge being 2s. Gd. On sums ex ceeding 500/., and not exceeding 3,000/., the charge will be 4 per cent. on the first 5001, and * per cent on the remainder. If the sums exceed 3,000/., the above charge for 3,0001. will be made, and Is. Gd on the excess. Where on the contrary, the party lodging the money has an account, the commission on sums of 100/ is to be 2s. 6d., on sums of 1001. and under 3001 it is to be 4s. 6d., on sums of 300/. and not exceeding 3,000/. it is to be Is. fd. per cent., and on sums exceeding 3,000/ it is to be Is. per cent. The distinction between "remittances" and "pay ments" which is made in the above statement is the one adopted by the Bank of England. Where money is paid to the credit of a party who has an account at the Bank, the sum is of course not paid over to him at once by the Bank, but he remains credited with it, until he draws it by means of a cheque. This transaction, when pay ment is made by a credit, is called a " remittance." When the money is paid for the use of a stranger, and is there fore given to him by the Bank immediately, and not through the medium of a credit, the transaction is called a " payment." POST.—The English Stocks continue steady. Money is not quite so easy as it has been. This is shown by a fall in the premium on Exchequer-bills, but the quota tions for the permanent securities have, nevertheless, been very well supported. The proceedings of the French Government, relative to the forthcoming loan, occasion no great anxiety in the minds of our capitalists, because the payment of the instalments is to be carried over so long a period of time, and, therefore, in some • what minute proportions. How the stock that may be created will rank in the London market is another ques tion. The French authorities affect to think it hard that their Three per Cents. should not stand as high as our own, but prudent persons cannot but feel that the future holds out the prospect of some fierce political struggles in France, and this at no very remote date ; nor is it likely, therefore, that capitalists of that character will have much, if anything, to do with the loan. The pub lic at large should take warning from this circumspec tion, and be equally wary. French stock is certainly not a desirable investment just at the present moment, and, without reference to price, oar own feeling is, that parties here would act wisely in leaving the native capi talits of France to fill up the subscription lists, and keep the whole of the 200,000,000 francs to themselves. The circumstance that the Government will be content to receive 400,000 L per month from December next to August, 1846, and which is of course an easy mode of collection, should be no temptation in a case where the consideration to be given for the money is one, the value of which depends on contingencies of a palpably critical description. _ _ SUN.—Consols leave off the same as yesterday, viz., 100 - 4, there having been Money bargains also at 100 g. Exchequer Bills were at a decline to 625. and 60s. prem. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 102. The Foreign Market was rather flat up to the close. Spanish Three per Cents. were 35i, and the Deferred, 15 1-6 to 15. Mexican were 35i to ; Brazilian, New, 85i to 85 ; Colombian, 131 : ; Belgian Scrip, premium; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 624. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Cambridge and Lincoln, s ; Churnet Valley, 4 ; Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth, ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), ex New, 34 ; Great Western, Half, 35:4 ; South-Western, 32 ; Croydon,* Manchester and Leeds, Half, 15 ; Newcastle and Dar lington, 28 to 21 ; Norwich and Brandon, 34 ; Ditto, New, 11 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, K ; South Devon, 1 ; South-Eastern, 9i ; Ditto, Scrip, 111; York and North Midland, 60i; and Boulogne and Amiens, 2 premium. Direct Northern, I ; and Brighton, 31 dis count. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 64 premium. The Foreign Exchanges were firm on Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburgh, and on Frankfort rather higher, but were barely supported on Paris and Trieste. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin to Mauritius 332 ounces. Silver Coin to China 4,000 , Silver Coin to Rotterdam lOO,OOO „ A Hamburgh newspaper, Der Freischutz, contains a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Times as follows :-" The British newspaper, the Times, is known to be the largest in size, and has the greatest number of copies circulating in the world. The budget of the expenditure of that journal at the present time is as follows, namely :-Editorial expenses, weekly, 651 ; salaries of correspondents, 40/ ; Parliamentary reporters (twenty in number, 51. each per week), 100/. ; scientific, tine arts, and literary reporters, 21/. ; penny-a-liners (re porters of the occurrences of the day in London, viz., fires, murders, curiosities, &c.), 211. ; for extraordinary information from authors of celebrity, per week, 301 ; law and police-courts' reporters (several in number) per week, 20/. The whole of their expenses for literary matter (as above stated) amounts per week to 3001 The expenses of printing and composition weekly amounts to 250/. ; the expenses for the managing clerks, bookkeeping, &c., 2564 ; adding to it the interest upon capital sunk by the es tablishment for building, machinery, and type, &c., amounts to the sum (weekly) of 1,0001, therefore, per annum, of 52,0004, or 364,000 thalers. The payments to Government for stamps and advertisement duty, 35,0001. (Qy., the paper ?) The budget of receipts of the same journal is as follows :-In the year 1842-3, 6,300,000 copies were sold per annum, amounting to about 125,000 L, or 1,000,000 thalers. The entire ex penditure, with the exception of the payment to the Government for stamps, &c., amounts to 600,000 thalers. It appears the annual profits derived from it amount to 400,000 thalers, without the profit derived from the advertisements, of which we are unable to give an account, but the average number of each copy of the Times contains from about 700 to 1,000 an nouncements, 4,000 to 7,000 per week, and annually 208,000 to 364,000 announcements • as stated before, we regret not being familiar with the rate of charging those advertisements, and we are unable to give a statement of the profits derived from it by the proprietors. It has also been calculated, that 480,000 typographical letters are used to each copy on an aver age, and each such copy, divided into octavo pages, will form a volume of 300 pages ; so that the 6,000,000 im pressions of the Times annually in circulation would form a library of 6,000,000 volumes in octavo." [Our Contemporary, who has mixed a . good many errors with a considerable portion of truth in this statement, has made one omission, which we will take upon ourselves to supply. He has said nothing about the number of letters we receive, and the time consumed in reading and answering them. • We leave the latter point to the cal culation of our readers ; but with respect to the first, we take this opportunity of stating that we receive 130 letters every day upon an average, or, in the whole year, the immense number of 40,000.]- Times. PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN WALES AND JERSEY.- It is satisfactory to us to know that the wages, added to the privileges of the working classes in this vici nity, are superior to those of the same class in many parts of England, while they have house-rent and pro visions much cheaper. It may be interesting to our distant readers to learn the prices of the luxuries of living in Carmarthen; our London friends in particular will be astonished at finding that in the market last Sa turday might be bought-fine geese at 2s. each ; a fine young turkey, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d.; a pair of ducks, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 6d. ; and fowls from ls. to is. 6d. a couple. Our poultry is certainly not so large as that from Nor folk, but for succulence and delicacy of flavour it is not to be surpassed. Beef, mutton, and pork are to be bought at 4d. and 4d.; pickled pints of the finest meat, sd. We have a most plentiful year of potatoes; they may be bought fine and good, at one shilling the bushel, 60 to 651bs. to the bushel. Fresh butter, 26 ounces to the pound, at ls. sd. Eggs are now 24 a shilling ; in the summer they are 36. Good heavy oats, forty pounds to the bushel, are at Is. lid. to 2s. Cheap, however, as all this appears to be, we are quite outdone in Jersey, which, being a free port, is enabled to import, duty free, from Brittany, one of the cheapest provisoes of France, provisions, wines, &c., at very low rates. There ' (in Jersey) a turkey is 2s. to 3s. ,• ducks, ls. 6d. a pair ; gunpowder tea, ss. per lb. ; double re finesi sugar, 4id. to 6d. a lb. ; and Brazil sugar, sd. Very good port and sherry at 245. the dozen; claret, at 18s. to 245. the dozen ; brandy, 4s. the gallon; very fine and old ditto, 75.; Hollands, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 4d. the gallon. The prices are still further reduced by the English shilling passing for thirteenpence. Add to all this, there are no taxes, and there is not a t o ll-b ar in the island.-Carmarthen Journal. UNIVERSITY OF EDINDURGII.-The winter session of the University opened on Monday, when an admirable introductory lecture was delivered by the venerable Principal Lee, in the presence of a crowded and most respectable audience. Since then all the professors have opened their classes, Wo are happy to announce that the number of students matriculated during the first five days of the session exceeds the number of the corre sponding period of last session by 119, this excess being divided almost equally between the Faculties of arts and medicine. The law classes are not yet opened, DA the students of divinity are enrolled separately at the Theological Library.-Caccionian Mercury, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vttbitir ptuton. " 'Who runs may read." rox:lfaars. The Paris Patrie contains the following:—" It is said that the Ministry, warned by the unanimous observa tions of the press, is disposed to relax its rigour respect ing the seventeen pupils of the Polytechnic School, whom the Commission has proposed to expel, and that a special amnesty, on the occasion of the Duke d'Aumale's mar riage, is to open the doors of the school to them, some days after the return of their comrades, which will take place towards the 15th or 18th of the month." The Toulonnais mentions a report that General La moriciere is to act as Governor of Algeria during the absence of Marshal Bugeaud, who is expected to arrive soon in France. A letter from Tangiers of the 30th ult. mentions a re port that A bd-el• liader, after having taken refuge at Melilla, one of the Spanish presidios on the coast of Morocco, had withdrawn to the south, to avoid the exe cution of the orders communicated to him by the Em peror. The Commerce says, the Government, after having laid its hands upon 120,000,000 of deposits in the Savings' Banks, is about to take 100,000,000 more, and to provide by legislative means against restitntion by the Treasury in a moment of crisis, when the depo sitors might call for reimbursement. During the last month, the consumption of meat in Paris v,ai 6,070 oxen, 1,495 cows, 6,044 calxes, and 37,445 sheep ; being 11G oxen, 254 cows, and 1,653 sheep less, mid 537 waives more, than in October, 1843. Four youths, of from seventeen to twenty-two years of age, were tried on Saturday, by the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, for having been guilty of gross miscon duct in mocking and insulting a funeral procession, sing ing a bacchanalian song to the notes of the De Pro fundis, and throwing stones at the mourners. On the trial they expressed great contrition, and one of the priests who accompanied the procession recommended them to the indulgence of their judges. They were only fined 16£ each, without imprisonment. A report has been received from M. Petit, who was charged by the French Government with the horticultu ral experiments at the Marquesas. He states that all the plantations of cabbage, carrots, turnips, French beans, pease, salads, tobacco, sugar-cane, tea, pine apples, coffee, &c., have succeeded admirably, and that as many as three crops of tobacco are obtained annually. The clerk of a commercial house at Marseilles, who was arrested a short time ago for the forgery of an in dorsement on a bill of exchange for 2901. sterling, has committed suicide in prison. A sum of 4,5001., part of the proceeds of the fraud, were found upon him when he was arrested. The Duke de Leuchtenberg arrived at Munich on the 4th inst. Until his return to St. Petersburgh he will re side alternately at Munich and Eichstadt. We learn from the German Universal Gazette that Mr. Holman, the celebrated blind traveller, is now in the country of the Lower Danube, after having visited Dal matia, Bosnia, and Wallachia. He is to visit Moldavia and Transylvania before he returns to England. LAW AND POLICM. At Guildhall, Catherine Bennet, a woman about thirty-six years of age, was charged with intending to commit suicide at Blackfriart-bridge about one o'cbsek in the morning. After some inquiries Sir Peter Laurie said he would consider whether he would send the pri soner to trial upon the present evidence, and remanded her till Thursday. Baron Moritz Dam Vander Pforte, an individual who held an appointment in the late King of Saxony's house hold. was charged at Marlborough-street, with having obtained, by means of a fraudulent cheque, the sum of 21. from Mons. Deneulain, the prtprietor of the Hotel de Provence, Leicester-square. The charge led to a long investigation, when Mr. Hardwick asked the Baron if he had evidence, letters, or documents to show that he had any real foundation for asserting that money would shortly reach him from the continent. The Baron said he had letters to show that he was justified in asserting that he would shortly receive remittances. The investi gation was adjourned. At Lambeth -street, Francis Palmer, a man of gentle manly manners and address, was charged with stealing c a o s n i l ly ch er an w d a le tc r h ; in the c p h r u o re pe h r_ty ian o e f , M w r. h J itec oh h n a T pe . I S . cr T iv h en e era pri soner, who seemed a good deal affected; admitted his guilt, but said that dire poverty and the want of bread alone had driven him to the act. His father, he said, had been for many years an extensive builder and a Common Councilman for the City of London, and had left him, at his death, both a good property and a good business. Mr. Henry observed that the case was a melancholy one, and remanded the prisoner, to give time to inquire into the truth of his statement. At Worship-street, Ann M'Cormack, a servant at the house of Mr. J. G. de Silva, King-street, Finsbury square, was charged with stealing a sovereign from Leah Abrahams, her fellow servant. The charge was completely proved, but in the course of the investiga tion, it appeared, that the theft was as nothing in a moral point of view, in comparison with the other crimes of which the prisoner had been guilty. She had actually decoyed away a child ten years of age, the daughter of her master from her home, and agreed to sell her to an old procuress for ten guineas, to devote her to a life of infamy, and in order to procure money to carry this diabolical scheme into effect she had stolen the sovereign from her fellow-servant. Fortunately the absence of the child was discovered immediately. Search was made, and Fhe was rescued from the horrible fate to which the prisoner would have consigned her. It also appeared that the prisoner had endeavoured, but in vain, to induce the nursemaid in her master's service to em brace a life of prostitution. She was remanded. GOVIILT-3PASEILIONAB 3 hIs. The Duke of Buckingham, who arrived last week at Buckingham House, Pall-mall, fora few days, from Stowe, has returned to that splendid seat. His Grace, it is said, in the event of the new Austrian Minister Plenipoten tiary, Count Dietrichstein, not occupying Chandos House, intends to let it, and not remove, as has been stated, with his establishment from Buckingham House, which has been recently re-embellished. The Earl and Countess of Lovelace, and their family, who are at present at Ashby Court, Somerset, are ex pected to return to Ockham Park, near Chertsey, at the end of the present month. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln had a dinner party on Monday evening at their residence in Whitehall place. Among the company were Viscount and Via. countess Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and Mr. Bonham. The Countess Poulett, accompanied by Viscount Hinton, arrived in town on Saturday from Wahner Castle, and has since left for Downham, the seat of Lord and Lady W. Poulett. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire. The Lord President, Lord Wharncliffe, is expected to arrive in Curzon-street, on Monday next, from Wortley Hall. lITZSCESLANIZOII IS . The candidates of the Rectorship of Glasgow College for the ensuing year, are the Earl of Eglinton and An drew Rutherford, Esq., M.P. for Leith. On Tuesday morning, Mr. Gilpin, a Master of the Merchant Tailors' Company, introduced by Major- General Dyson, waited on 6ir Henry Pottinger to tender him the freedom of that company, which has been the first mark of mercantile approbation bestowed on Sir Henry. On comparing the taxes paid in Belgium, it has been found that the average of the sums paid by every indi vidual is less than in France, in the Netherlands, and in England. For Belgium, it is 19f. 86c. per head ; for France, 30f. 63c. ; for the Netherlands; 39 f. 63 c. ; for England, 56f. For the duties of Customs, Excise, and for general consumption, the average is as follows : For Belgium, less than Bf. ; for France, more than 12f. ; for the Netherlands, more than 16f. 69c. ; for England, more than 38f. Mr. O'Connell has given notice that, at the meeting of the Repeal Association on the 25th, he will bring for ward a motion for an application to Parliament, for an impeachment of the persons principally concerned in the late monster persecutions, and in particular to consider deliberately the propriety of addressing the people of Great Britain, in order to procure their aid in enforcing on Parliament the necessity of such an impeachment. The repeal rent for the week amounted to 8381. 16s. 3d. The Directors of the Dublin and Drogheda Company have presented the Rev. Mr. Mathew with a free pass on their railway. The County Life Insurance-office has offered a reward of 1001. for the apprehension of parties suspected of hav ing set fire to the premises at Coxside, Plymouth. The tanning premises of Messrs. Tanner, destroyed by fire on Friday morning, were heavily insured in the West of England Insurance offices. The senior Queen's Counsel in years' standing at the bar is Sir C. Wetherell ; the junior Queen's Counsel, in point of time at the bar, is Mr. Roebuck. Some of the Radical Paris papers have become hostile to Mr. O'Connell, and would turn him into ridicule. The Reforme states, that a distinguished statuary and carica turist is about to make a cast, representing O'Connell holding a torch in his right hand, and in his left a pail of cold water. An extraordinary quantity of rain has fallen in the metropolis and neighbourhood within the last twenty four hours. Up to the hour of going to press the rain continues without intermission, with a strong gale from he west. FROM CHOKING BY A PIECE OF MEAT.— Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Prince Re gent, Globe-road, Mile-end New-town, on the body of Samuel Knox, aged sixty-eight years. Elizabeth Knox, of No. 13, York-street, Mile-end New-town, a daughter of deceased, deposed that on Saturday last he was eating his dinner, which consisted of beef and mutton stew. In the midst of his repast he was suddenly seized with a fit of coughing. Witness, with the assistance of her sister, took him immediately into a back yard, when, finding he was apparently choking and turning black in the face, she went for Mr. Todd, a neighbouring surgeon, who promptly attended. Mr. Todd stated that he found de ceased quite insensible as if from suffocation. He put his fingers down his throat, but could find nothing. He then passed a candle down his oesophagus without suc cess, but upon a second trial with his fingers he found the top of the trachea open, and upon introducing his fingers he succeeded in drawing out a piece of grissell, about two inches in length, which had lodged in the windpipe. Death almost immediately ensued. It ap peared that deceased was in the habit of " bolting" his foodinstead of properly masticating it. Twice before he had nearly met with a similar death. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death by choking with a piece of meat." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Royal Family at the Castle this morning, and afterwards returned to Frog more House. _ The weather was so unfavourable throughout the forenoon as to prevent the Royal Family from being taken their accustomed walks and rides in the vicinity of the Castle. The Duchess of Kent left Frogmore Lodge in the afternoon for town, in a carriage and four. The Queen honoured Mr. Thornburn with a sitting for her portrait on Monday. The Prince of Wales also sat to Mr. Thornburn yesterday and to-day. The Hon. Miss Paget has left the Castle for Hampton Court. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at five minutes before nine o'clock yesterday morning, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, for the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, en route for Bur leigh, to honour the Marquis of Exeter with a visit. Lady Portman, the Hon. Georgians Liddell, Col. Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde, followed in a second carriage and four. The Lord Chamberlain and Mr. George Edward Anson followed in a third carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, from Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, Countess Wra tislaw, and Sir George Couper, Bart. A deputation on the subject of the Exeter and Creditor' Railway, consisting of Mr. James Went worth Buller, Mr. Henry Hooper, Mr. Richard Bastard, Mr. Pring, solicitor, Mr. Dymond, en gineer, and Mr. Ellicombe, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in White hall• place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord Ashley, and the Dean of West minster. A deputation from the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Rail wa y C ompany, cons i st i ng of Mr. Ellison (a director), Mr. Fowler (the engineer), Colonel Humfrey (the secretary), and Mr. Charles Parkes, (the parliamentary agent), had an interview yester day with the Earl of Dalhousie. Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen left town at eight o'clock yesterday morning for Bur leigh House, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, to have the honour of meeting her Majesty. A deputation from the Coventry, Bedworth, and ~~/- r V")\•:ic..4L l 7 THE WEATHER SYSTEMI''' - •••• Abridgment of Yearly_ averages of the Weuther in Gre - at Britain, founded on thirty-nine Years' Regis ter, commencing on the Ist Nov., 1862 : Days, Easterly Wind Whitt r Sca,-,on.- .. 64 Z .Summer . ... 76S 140 Westerly Wind Winter ... 113} 217 — . Summer 104 Moderate Wind..... Winter 152 Summer B2 Generally clear Winter 35 72 Generally cloudy ...Winter 53 / 111 — . Summer 5B Frost Winter 72 } 81 Summer 9 Rain, Snow, &c...... Winter lO3 } 201 Summer 9B Fine (mild and cold)Winter 7l } 143 .— . Summer .Summer 72 _... - The seasons are thus divided : Winter, froin the Ist November to the Ist May ; and Summer, from Ist May to the Ist November. The shove is a very brief selection extracted from the Regiskr of Mr. Mackenzie, in which is recorded, in separate columns, not only the months in which all the phenomena occur, but nearly 200 others in detail, forming a system of the weather, which, when considered as the performance of a solitary individual, exhibits one of the most useful, continuous, and stupendous works of research and labour, ever put upon record in any age or country. In elucidation of the short tabular view now given, it may be observed that the average rate of easterly wind upon the winter season is at present 64 days; and the rate of the same wind upon the summer season, 76 days; but it is shown, by the cycle of the winds, that in the succeeding 40 years, or so, these proportions will be re versed—the winter having the greatest amount, and the summer the least. With respect to the yearly average, it is here seen that there is a proportion of 140 days east to 217 west wind; but in the course of the time just mentiored, the process will be reversed —easterly wind be a [vile higher in amount; westerly, the contrary; and so on alternately and for ever. And upon this cycle of the winds all the other phenomena, operations, and effects of the weather, without the shadow of a doubt, necessarily depend. This opportunity ought not to be neglected to correct one of the current errors with regard to the weather-- namely, that "hot weather" is commonly considered • fine weather." It is not so; it is a scourge—witness the summers of 1800 and 1826, when the cattle, in many places, perished for want of water, and the crops were literally scorched and ruined, thereby bringing up the first necessaries of life to a famine price, the wheat botng, in the first-named year, 110 a., and in 1801, 116 s. a quarter. It is the mean rate that is best entitled to tha appellation of "fine weather ;" but even fine weather is not the best. That which is seasonable—moderately cold in winter, and moderately mild in summer —consti tutes the best weather ; and the great value and beauty of Mackenzie's system consist in the certainty with which such seasons, or the reverse, can be forecast for many years to come. ; :7 1 !rS ' 0 -* II `~_: <ll i‘l"' < 1 • 1- REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX, The farmers never knew the full extent of their strength till they last year measured it with the League; but having made the discovery —having ascertained the amount of pressure which they can exercise upon statesmen—having, in feet, squeezed the celebrated declaration on the corn-laws out of Sir Robert Peel, they conclude that by the same pro cess they can squeeze the repeal of the malt tax out of him. Accordingly, a Committee has been appointed in London, and subscriptions entered into; and it is probable that ht-tween this and the meeting of Parliament, the question will be agitated and discussed in E ssex an d in all parts of the kingdom. Of the injustice and impolicy orthis tax, and the advantages that would flow from its repeal, we need say nothing : they are so clearly pointed out in the speeches of Mr. Ellis, Mr. Robert Baker, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, and others, that we could add little to the arguments they ad vance, or the force of the illustrations they employ. We may assume, for it is not denied, that there would be a much wider growth of barley, which in itself would furnish a large increase of labour for the poor, now so much required, and carry comfort, and we believe, by weaning them from the haunts of vice, a greater degree of morality to their cottage; while at the same time it gave greater scope to the farmer, and furnished him with a ready and better market for the inferior descriptions of this grain, which cannot be now malted on account of the high duty. A. substitute for the tax, which cannot be yet spared, is the only question. Double the property tax, if neces sary, say the leaders of the new movement. This is a bold, though not very popular way of putting the question, because it is calculated to provoke a powerful antagonism to the repeal ; but we do not see why a well-regulated property-tax for a limited period—certainly not the tax in its pre sent shape—should not be adopted. We say, for a limited period, because we are told that the altered tariff and the new Corn Bill are bringing large sums into the coffers of the State, and if the revenue goes on increasing from this source, the farmers, who were the principal sufferers from the changes, have a right to demand that the increase shall be applied for their benefit ; and in what better way can this be done than in the repeal of the malt tax ?—Essex Herald. THE GRESHAM LECTURES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. read with pleasure your remarks, con mined in your journal of Monday last, under the head of " Mis cellaneous," respecting the course of lectures now delivering in the Gresham College, Basinghall-street, and am not all surprised at your burst of honest indig nation when you designate them as " mere farces ;" but you should, I think, have gone a little further, and pointed out the cause. The fact is—that these lectures are appointed to be delivered at twelve and one o'clock in the day, the most inconvenient hours that could pos sibly have been fixed upon, and it is well known that scarcely any onesttends, and the lectures, when deli vered, are hurried over, in a most monotonous manner, to empty benches. I repeat when delivered, for should it happen when the hour arrives that no person is present, the door is shut, and the noble minded lecturer calmly walks away, with the lecture unopened in his pocket, no doubt well pleased in attributing it to the apathy of the public. lam really astonished how any man with a spark of talent or right feeling can satisfy his own mind by going through such a tame, dull duty, and receiving 1001. a year for this farce. Ido sincerely hope that the time is not far distant when these lectures will be made as useful as they ought to be, and which was evidently the design of the benevolent founder that they should be. Now let us for a moment turn t ) the course of lectures delivered in the same hall by E. Taylor, Esq., the very talented Gresham professor of music. These are deli vered in the evening, and are always well attended, and the deep interest excited by a numerous and respectable audience, and the delight manifested by all present, is a proof, if any were wanting, that if the other lectures were delivered at the same hour, and the lecturers were to exert themselves to render them popular, the same happy effects would follow, and we should no longer have to lament over well-paid, useless farces, and empty benches. Do pray, Mr. Editor, aid us in calling atten tion to the subject, in order that a better system may speedily be adopted, and your laudable exertions will be hailed with delight by a grateful public, and none more so than, Sir, your most obedient servant, 9, Billiter-street, Nov. 7, 1844. A CITIZEN. [This letter, from some accident, had been mislaid for some days.] NERVOUS DEAFNESS.—TREATMENT OF THE TON SILS AND UVULA.—How come the tonsils to be swollen? How comes the uvula to be elongated and tumefied ? That such consequences occasionally arise from disease itself, independently of any foreign agent, I am willing to admit, but that they more frequently arise from im proper interference, I equally maintain and assert. But what is the treatment adopted under such circumstances? Snipping off the uvula, as a fungus from a fir tree, and extirpating the tonsils, as if Nature ordained these parts as a useless burden to the system, of no other utility than to display a surgical dexterity in the mutilation of some of the most important parts of our frame. Such unfortunate instances have come under my notice, nor have the sufferers been in the least benefited, but, on the contrary, to their original deafness, more inveterate than ever, have been added numerous other inconve niences, extremely distressing and annoying to the patient. As an instance, I may adduce the case of a gentleman who, suffering from nervous deaf ness, applied to an aurist. The examination of the fauces showed that the uvula was relaxed, and hung doe n pendulous, resting upon the tongue. The tonsils were slightly swollen. There was a sort of erysipelatous swelling of the fauces, indicating a considerable degree of irritation, apparently caused by great . derangement o f e l . eas T 'in h g e the digestive functions. The first thing done in th is . 15)o u t he e x i l i S i t a e t n e c , s w c as arce t l o y s a n t i r p ac o e ff to th in e di u c consequences were extremely unfortunate; an indolent v a u te la its clo p s r e ev t erysipelatious inflammation was converted in to . an active were ar rested with very great di ffi culty. The effects, however, one ; ulceration and sloughing followed, which were extended to the air passages, and the unfortunate patient now suffers from habitual bronchitis, at times assuming all the appearance of pulmonary co nsumpt i on. to the great terror of himself an d all his f am il y , The melancholy termination of this gentleman's history ought to act as a caution.—Fro m Dr. Cl o7t i ll ' S (Craven street, Strand) Treat i se on Arn i ca Montana, in the Cure of Nervous Deafness and Palpitation of the Heart. NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE —The beautiful and elaborate Mosaic pavement w hi c h was destined to adorn the merchant s ' area of this b u ildi ng, i s to be immediately removed, owing to many parts of it having broken up, through the - injudicious use of a water cement, in which the pieces were embedded. It has been determined by the Gresham Committee to pave the entire surface with Seyssel Asphalte, a decision that must give satisfaction to those merchants engaged upon 'Change, frem the fact of this material being a non-absorbent, and soon becom ing dry after a shower of rain. This property, for such a situation, combined with an oven and agreeable sui face to walk upon, may be regarded as a boon to the mer chants during the winter season, advantages which, no doubt, induced the Committee to adopt it in preference to stone. 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