The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ROTTERDAM, JAN. 3.—From the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1844, there arrived in the Meuse and G oree 1,843 ships, and sailed 2,051, be tides the herring busses, and the vessels that came from Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Schiedam, and by the Zealand waters, or along the Wadden, from Ham burgh, Bremen, &c. The arrivals at Dordrecht were 360, the departures 400. The arrivals at Schiedam Were 225. TUE HAGUE, JAN. 6.—According to the accounts Of the state of the river yesterday, no great change lad taken place. The ice, which was stated in our Preceding r e p or t to be still firm, in some pl a ce s w as diminished by . the thaw, and the water was every where falling. On the whole, the state of things was considered to be favourable. Tan HAGUE, JAN. 7.—The accounts of the rivers continue to be favourable. According to the latest statements of the Minister °f Finance, the state of the Conversion is as follows: Debt to Florins. Paid of be con ver t e d 400,251,200 bitto 43,065,200 20,000,000 Ditto 63,065,200 264,500 n • paid off 63.329,700 " 34 Yerted Total 293,533,600 t 4 ": ll ins to be converted Government has at its Pos a 1 at least 145,000,000 — `l ll ired to pay off as above 63,320,709 - '"el n ains at the di s p osa l o f t h e G overnment ' t 1,670,3P0' 1110 conversion is therefore effected within a surn of a _ ll. ow, by a resolution of the 2d instant, an bppor ;unity is again red for the exchange of a iutn - O. millions 5 pe rc ent into 4 per cent. before the 28th month. pence it is evident that the conversion may be eon -"?ed as wholly completed, and that the result has lastvered the expectations that were formed of the 14 cce sa of tbia great measure. L taxmen -1, JAN. 7.—Th e average pr i ce of whet 'abst week was 16f. 62c., and that of rye 10f. 30c. The Minister of the Interior has presented to the *king an, elaborate report on the population of the kingd om : In 1 . 842 it was On the 31st December, 1843 • 172;706 4,213,863 41,157 Their Royal Highnesses the D u k e an d Duchess of axe Coburg are expected at Brussels on the 10th. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDA3{, Jazz. 7. Money. Bill s . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 63:4 65 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto, 4 per C en t. Ditto, 5 per C en t. Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent 992 100 Ditto, 3% per Cent. Commercial C om p any , 4% per C t I47Z 148 4 East India Loan, 4 per Cent 9B 4 994 Exchsuii;e on London, one month Two months l2 20 At sight l2 25 On Hamburg Two months 35 50 On Paris ".butc Two month s 56 75 h Papers, Jan. 8. AUSTRIA_N FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 31. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. Ditto lOl 3 per Cent. Ditto 78% Bank Shares 1650 Eaterhazy's Loan 57% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand Glogg nitz 1287 Milan ` A ligemeine Z e it ung , J an. 2. ll9 BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bucssma, JAN. 7. Actual Debt, 2i per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98% Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto 7B Ditto, ditto 1840 . Ditto, ditto 1844 Ditto Ditto of the City, 1843 ' 2 Bank of Belgium lO2 .Belgium ........................ 602 50 Br nasal Papers, Jan. 8. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEaux, JAN, 4. Bills. Money St. Sebald S c h., 314 per Cent 99% 994 . Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Ct — Exchange on London, 3 months - " - Universal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 5. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JA-Nr. 4. tustrian 5 per Cents ank Shk?Ao 113 —..ares 'lnglo-Ru7 Lr 1660 _ssian Loan It,.llBsian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate 105% 1054 Aptto Ist series Inscription 105% t l it t t o: Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series 991/ l 11%;''n Certificate 9 91 bift:Jer Cent., Hope and Co 9 1 3/ 91 a — ii i.',,ti s ge Litz 904 90 P D* — Aels 5 per Cent 22 21 4 14,, ~ 36 Anfrz ` 3 per Cent -- "ti ? T 2V per Cent 5 8 1? 58 .1),,,,,, o rtugueee ...oan, 2 _ 63 4 831 Polish Debt, 2% per Cent 87 B7 All 8h X eve 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 1,4E4)(3 -banish Loan, per Cent '4°141 Bank Shares Exchange on London. Pete r sburg, Three months 37 13-16 attb,2remen, Two months sntlorsenhalle, Jan. 4. 1404 ........_ •rALITY in the METROPOLIS. gi O th "I"ving e the retTlts of " A Tble f a ro t rE /0 f , el bletropolis,ar showing s the Number ofDeaths 4 t t a f Iles registered in the Week ending Satur ay, tl of ins k 1 845." The Table is issued from the Office I Icegistrar-General -- Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five I ears Picle Dls, Inie,Riademie, and Contagious Diseases 260 184 06 b;._kaes of variable or uncertain seat 16.3 159 bnmea of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 196 '3eases of the Lungs, and other Organs of otespiration.. 4- nseso k ~ 24 big e or the Heart and Blood-vessels 45 0,,te 8 of the Stomach, Liver, and other bi, " a 's of Diestioa 91 71 chil,l!4 of the Kidneys, &c i, 4°4113, Diseases of the Uterus, 3, c• 6 b i. „_. e asea of the Joints, 13 ones, and Muscles lO oid--34 s° f the Skin, &c ........ . 8y V ." ' °I. Natural Decay llO 70 Causeslolence, Privation or Intemperance 954 6 D eath s aPacified. ' from all Ca................... Il tkru s „. USeli 1 1 4 4 1 1 3 7 963 4 404 TR% PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Weekly Average Total. of Five Years, 147 Conatunption .... .. 137 36 Scarlatina 37 SO ~ItUnionia .. ..... 140 33 Dropsy . ... 33 33 30 .I, ll 7 ° l3 () Etn s . g Cough ............: ... _• 3 9 0 Sallutl ... ........ - ........ • ''' 20 Pox. 6l 22 .. ........ I),,j*eaae of the Heart 24 aleaalea ... .................... .. 57 19 ~.4Poplezy .. .. 10 thscare3 of the 1.3 .. '.. - ' 16 13 bi arrhsea.. rain ...... ... 4 Sadden Death... .. "crlucrs .... : '' - ''''' ''' 33 Deaths Weekly Births in Average of in the Week. Five Years. the Week. ti‘......... • ......... 246 142 216 tr,lic ........... 266 176 271 k . • ........ tit , ..... •. . 4 • • Tow ••.. ____ ........ . ..... 1417 963 1462 Ve_ATE or Tll----E 1-0 8IERIr --- AI.ID LACE TRADES. It.t.vondition of the frame -work knitters engaged . in ilZing stoeking,s, gloves, drawers, and shirts, for such tritenearly the whole extent of this once extensive . jee ch - ,11 the th e of Nottingham and Derby, is 's . tor"eetvably wretched. We learn that a newly d rate vi._ process in making stockings, by thre f e eli m irs of labour, by three separate hands ; ro s na ep t a hree of th.t frarnes, is fast superseding the other methods .,, filicnufacture. The agitation of the question or ;ree t ybeen ne tta, , has alread in some instances detri oti tne interests of the workmen ; sok e r r a and Public,masters affecting to be alarmed at the r as some ofthee tote i t " I lf a. meeting recommending the journe) n •- t ° "eP a correct account of the frame-re 't°l3Pd, hd • - f rame-rent, but have, trist, aye de to take the ill t o ad therefore, reduced the wages in such a ratio, that tote eases the hands have had deducted f nea m r e l) . - te4t.le the amount of the former charge for ra , eon ti ,„ I'lle drawer branch, so important to this district ale lle4 v erY much depressed. The silk branches are 01..... e. In the silk glove branch, many of the hosiers wi l T e g h e the frarne-rent by the dozens produced, k i d iata tantamount to an abolishment ofrent, The holes 'g nothing else than an abatement of wages, The ttiat have arisen from the invention of making t his i t'll "' egngs, having again aroused speculation, upon ~,_., t!terestang subject all is in 'notion, but very small ttLt.etities of scolloped lac-es have yet been produced, ,' when they are extended, there is every reason to aect that the patentees will strenuously urge their Pr,e v l it right- The warp lace trade is gradually im -4 Dry in all its branches,. There is, however, no h e ol l i r . t .. h of Lands, the state of the other descriptions of the tili;l7 and lace tnauufacture causing a sort of run upon hedi Illa eli, as the great body of workmen can wok at Lt.._ tnanufacture, which are considered but as various - I?nhes of the same trade.—Nottingham Review. 14 ZPINNING BETIMES. ---The Manchester papers agree tinkting " that for some days past there has been a 1).1 half demand for yarn." This looks as if Sir R. t, " Wrende begun the Quren's flm,t•ti.--Puzeli. trt,r4ertions Of the works on the branch line tu' . I'll v".Y pir4,.. ettnterbury to Ashford have been. sistyed, in CO". t 2 of the opposition of some of the landed pro s' Who 'have not yet received cow the Total SUMMARY OF NEWS A ND Olublit Opinion. " Who runs may read." roxissert. On Monday the Kim; of the French, accompanied by Lieutenant General the Baron de Berthois and two orderly officeiw, visited Neuilly and Saint Cloud, but re turned to the Tuileries to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received the Chargi d'Affaires of Naples, and the Count de S a i n t M aurice, The usual ceremony of drawing the King and Queen took place at the Palace of the Tuileries en Twelfth Night. The Royal Family then went to take coffee in the newly-decorated apartment of the Duke de Nettuttrs. The folloai4 is the last bulletin of M. Villemain's health, dated ruesday :—" M. Villemaitt Is a little better then on preceding days. He was up yesterday the greater part of the day. He took some nourishmtlit, and ennversed without any marked fotigw Wilh one of his frieeds." A grand ball was given at Ore Mistrial). Embassy on Monday evening. The voltiltzany was very numerous, and the dresses of the ladies were remarkable for e their splendour. The mazurka was danced by sevettal Of the young nubility in a style which excited geheral admira tion. An elegant supper wag tO'veti at one o'clock. The Presse states that the Ministry will almost im mediately p resen t t o t h e Ch am b ers a Bill to make a pro vision for the daughters of M. Villemain, and observes that " it would be shameful of the country to permit indigence to be the Inheritance of those who, in serving it forget entirely their own interests." F' jrhe French Academy has elected Count Mol6 as its .Ihrtctor, for the /tarter which has just commenced. A report was current in the Salle des Conferences of the" Chamber of Deputies, that Count tie Montalivet, the intendent of, the Civil list, had given in his resig nation. It does not appear thist it has been accepted. The English theatrital company were to perform, by command, at the Tuileries on Thursday next. Ip cetbkillence of the brilliant success of Shakspeare's tragedy of Afaebeth, on Monday night, it was to be re. 'peated'On-Tuesday, at the Italian Theatre. Owing to the hauiterise. sticcess of these representations, an at teiapt his been made to obtain an authorisation to pro lontthetia flit it few nights, but without effect ; and the public attnietirn, with regret, that they are to olose data f tti -the number of performances already • imp , . s'Aaf the Customs at the port of Havre, for ~,amounted to 26,898,1201., being an in crease iaf ,309,098 f. upon those of 1843. Upon foreign sugars alone the produce was 2,203,394 f., being an in crease of 421,617 f. There was a decrease in the naviga don ,thitiea Of .142,-94f. The Phifre of Bayonne states from Catalonia that, on the 30th ult., fourteen persons were arrested at Figueras, on a charge of having taken part in the plot., at the head of which was General Amettler. Accounts from Madrid of the 2d inst. state that a large number of general officers had been promoted, among others Mazzardo and Breton, for the purpose of qualify ing them to sit in the Chamber of Peers and support their patron, Narvaez. The following appears in a German journal:— " During the celebration of the late anniversary at Koe nigsberg, a young lawyer, when under the influence of wine, spoke disrespectfully of the King of Prussia, for which one of his Majesty's officers called him out. At three exchanges of shots the lawyer fired in the air, every time retracting his expressions ; but his adversary, unmoved by the noble conduct of his opponent, fired a fourth time, and mortally wounded him. When down, the lawyer dragged himself to the foot of the officer, and said, ' Sir, I congratulate you ; you have won your captaincy.' This dying stroke of wit, however, brought severe vengeance on the assassin ; for the King, on being made acquainted wilt the whole of the circumstances, so far from promoting his officer, broke him, and dismissed him with disgrace from the service." Z.A.V7 AND POJ.ICb. The special sittings at Nisi Prius of the Court of Ex chequer at the Guildhall, for the purpose of trying the case of Newell v. Webster, an issue directed by the Court of Chancery, to be tried with the view of ascertaining the validity of the plaintiff's patent for improvements in the manufacture of wire rope, commenced yesterday. The case lasted the whole day, and was adjourned over. The Lord Chief Baron presided. Mr. Hemp, the officer to the Sheriffs of the county of Middlesex, read the usual proclamation of outlawry against a number of persons in the Sheriffs' Court. In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. H. J. Wallack, the late lessee of Covent-garden Theatre, obtained his final order without epposition. Peter Watkins, the druggist, who occasioned the death of William W a tt s , a ca b man , b y se lli ng hi m tartaric acid instead of tasteless salts, was tried at the Central Criminal Court for manslaughter, and acquitted on the ground that the mistake was the result of accident. In th e N ew Court, John Lucas Grierson, a well dressed l ad, 17 a coat, wa i stcoat, a pair of - trowsers, and other articles, years of age, was indicted for stealing value five guineas, the property of Mr. J. Charles, of Fleet. street. The prisoner, who was described as a labourer i n t h e calendar, but is said to be a " Professor of Phrenology," appeared at the bar with his hair cut closely, after the tashi , in of the House of Corrk-ction. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The Common-Ser geant thought this was not the first time he had been before him. His Lordship adjudged him to another and more laborious study in the Compter for the next nine calendar months. At the Middlesex sessions, Michael Hughes, aged 16, William Davis, 19. G eorge Gi lson, 16, Henry Lucas, 16 : Henry Hawdon, 16, Frederick Dowling, 16, William Meredith, 16, John Branch, 18, Edward Cassidy, 16, John Wilson, 16, William Hadaway, 16, and Robert Watson, were indicted lur making a great riot and dis turbance in the workhouse of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, and assaulting and beating Daniel Sutton, the master thereof. The affray took place on the evening of Christmas-day, after the defendants had been regaled with roast beef and plum pudding, and originated in the refusal of the defendants to go to bed at the usual hour. During the affray the defendants had broken 97 panes of glass. The judge having summed up, the jury found all the prisoners Guilty. His Lordship, in passing sen tence, animadverted in the strongest terms upon the con duct of the defendants, and cautioned them as to their future conduct. The sentence upon Watson and Davis was three months' imprisonment and hard labour ; upon Hughes, Branch, and Wilson, two months ; and upon all the others 24 hours' imprisonment. The Clerkenwell Police-court was crowded by parties who had been summoned by the officer of Clerkenwell, for the non-payment of poor-rates. Many of them pleaded non-liability, whilst the majority urged poverty, as an excuse fur non-payment, and they were allowed time to pay. Great complaints are made of the cold and damp state of the new Lambeth Police-court. The fittings up, too, are of the most paltry description, and Shelswell, the office-keeper, complained to the magistrate that he had not coals enough to light the office fires on the following morning. At Southwark, William Compton, a marine-store dealer, residing at Star-corner, Bermondsey, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with violating the per son of Jane Matthews, a girl thirteen years of age. The girl lived in the service of a Mrs. Baker, of Bermondsey, who was a friend of the prisoners, and when the prosecu trix informed her mistress of what had occurred, Mrs. Baker advised her to say nothing aboutit. The Magis trate severely reprimanded Mrs. Baker, and remanded the prisoner until Wednesouy on the capital charge. Elizabeth White and Jane Robinson, two girls, of the relative ages of 14 and 13, were placed in the dock before Mr. Clive, at Wandsworth, for final examination upon several charges of felony. From the evidence adduced in this and the former examination, it appeared that the prisoners, who were exceedingly diminutive for their ages, were sent out by their parents professedly to sell onions, but, in reality, to steal whatever they could lay their hands on. The prisoners did not attempt any defence. Their mothers were in attendance, but their sole anxiety seemed to be to secure the money found upon their children. The prisoners were committed for trial at the Surrey sessions. COtrac,2-- - rAaalitiONASaniii. Prince Alexander Lieven and suite left the Clarendon Hotel yesterday for Paris via Boulogne. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Campbell will leave Inverary Castle the first week in the ensuing month for the Noble Duke's seat in Dumbarton shire, where their Graces purpose making a brief so j Airn, previous to their coming to town for the season. Tne Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in town from Bowood, where the Marchioness and Lady Louisa Fitz maurice still remain. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford have left the Milton Hotel, Dublin, for Curraghmore, county Waterford. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster con tinue to receive a swcestyou of visitors at Eaton Hall. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West have passed through town en route from Windsor Castle to Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The contemplated visit of the family to Gupsall, the seat of Earl Howe, is unavoidably postponed for the present, the Noble Earl xnd Countess having been invited to meet her Majesty at the Duke of Buckingham's next week. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury arrived on Tuesday at Mivart's Hotel, from their seat Alton Towers, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliatn and family, who have been staying on a visit to the Dowager Countess of Pembroke at Wilton house, near Salisbury, have re turned to Hyde, Isle of Wight, for the winter. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are expected in town for the season at the commencement of the week after next. The Countess of Lovelace left St. James's-square on Wednesday Cor Oakham Park. Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby are passing the recess in town. Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn arrived in town from Ireland on Wednesday evening, and yesterday left Curzon-street fur Broadlands, the seat of Lord Pal merston. _ The Hon. Mr. F. West, uncle to Earl Delawarr, the Lord Chamberlain, has arrived at his house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Wales. The Bishop of Salisbury has arrived at the Palace at Salisbury. IWISCJIML.AIOII I OVII, It is rumoured that a very large addition to the navy estimates will be proposed in the coining session. The rumour receives some confirmation from the Govern ment journals. Th'w , A , tY, tht. 24th of the present - month. ' l a y fixed fur the launch of the Terrible from the dockyard at Deptford. bir John 4iirkland has been elected Chairman of the Directors of a the Dover Railway Company, in the place of Mr. Baxendale, resigned. A general meeting of the thattholclets of ate Royal Copper Mines of CobT•e AtSOciation took place 3ester 7 day, at tht eOrnpahys Aides in Austin-frith% bht *lO held with hlosed doors, the Direetoi.s liot wishing the ptetvedings to be made public The Wesleyan says there are 426 Wesleyan circuits in Great Britain, 'and 1,129 itinerant and supernumerary preadrora, averaging 2t03 to each circuit. There are 14,413 local preachers, averaging 814 to etteh circuit. The number of sermons delive.td weekly by itinerant and supernumerary rrenthersjs 3,951, or 205,452 in the year. The nutubtt of sermons by local preachers weekly is 11 1 W, or 605,332 in the year. The number of miles atinnally travelled toy itinerant preachers (exclusive of special journeys anti tOhrerence), 319,692 ; number of miles annually travelled by local preachers, 2,947,448 ; total. Mt 1,140 miles, or a distance equal to 130 times the Zireumference of the globe. EXCISE DOTY ON PAPER. (From the Liberppol Mervar# of this day.) retbili to this Atili i i#At fof the titirpOti3 if Stating libme eircueastalltet donlieeted with it, a knowieclp of which may enable the public to judge how desirable it is that a r?peal of the duty should be strenuously called for, with a view to the general advantage of the country—a ground of action far nobler than the promotion of clique interests—as well as to afford fair play, and a release from intolerable annoyances, to parties who are directly interested in an important manufacture. Taking the latter object first, it must be admitted that men of integrity, engaged in the paper trade, ought, if possible, to be relieved from two competi tive influences; one arising from violations of the law, and the other directly sanctioned by it. Dishonest manufacturers are continually carrying on extensive frauds in the evasion of the duty; and as the duty (which is lid. per lb. on all kinds of paper) is equi valent to twenty per cent. ..n some articles, while it amounts to eighty per cent. on others, it follows that those who defraud the Exchequer that is, those who rob all their fellow-subjects (for every deficiency in the revenue must be made up by increased taxation), can con tinually under sell their rivals, a mere fraction of the plunder serv ing to secure them a preference in the market, while they pocket the rest as the reward of their knavery. To describe all the tricks by which they succeed in cheating the public, would take a large portion of our columns, but one of their contrivances may be men tioned as a sample of others. Paper being taxed by weight, a certain bulk is wrapped up in stout covers, weighed, charged by the Excise officer in attendance, and duly stamped. At a convenient opportunity twice the weight of-paper, which has paid no duty, is compressed into precisely the form and bulk of the bundle before named; this is done by the enormous power of the Bramah or hydraulic press ; and the duty-charged cover is transferred from the former to the latter lot of paper, so that one-half the duty is completely evaded, the cover fitting with the utmost nicety, and all the genuine marks serving to dis guise the fraud. Detections have occurred, and heavy penalties have ensued, but it is believed that so extensively still are iniquities of this sort car ried on, that the honest manufacturer can scarcely keep his footing in the trade purchasers looking, of course, to any fractional difference in their fa vour which any party can offer them. At the pre sent moment some who are punctilious initheir trans actions with the Excise, are fearful they shall be driven out of the thbrket by their less scrupulous com petitors. Previous to the duty being taken off printed calicoes great fraud was practised on the revenue, and the more honest printers were regularly undersold in the market; but when the duty was abolished, the dishonest printers either failed or were driven from the trade, and the calico printing was restored to a legitimate state, and this will be the case with the manufacturing of paper when the duty is abolished. Another serious rivalry, and one sanctioned by our present tariff, presents itself as " a heavy blow and great discouragement" to the trade. Paper is allowed to be imported into this country from France, in bond, and to be exported to our colo nies, duty free. This is an instance of free trade to which, if the duty on paper were repealed, no objec tion could be made ; but the French and English manufacturers are not placed on an equality : the former has no trouble with the Excise, while the latter, to obtain the drawback of duties already paid, has to go through forms, to suffer delays, and to over come obstacles, the whole amounting to a serious detriment to his operations; and in the examination and re-packing of paper for exportation by the Go. verntnent officers, to ascertain the a ccurac y o f th e claim for drawback, injuries to a very large amount are continually suffered. Sir William Magnay, in deed, states that if these various disadvantages be con tinued (as they must if the duty be retained), the foreign paper trade will pass away from English hands altogether. If the return of the duty, in case of ex port, causes so much disadvantage, the regulations attending the mere levying of the duty in the first instance is in no wise more free from objection, for when a paper-maker receives an order, the cheif process for executing which can be completed in about three hours, he is not then at liberty to send off his goods, but must give twenty-four hours' notice to the officer to charge the paper with duty,, after which it must again remain twenty-four hours' in stock for the inspection of the supervisor, thus occu pying sixteen times as long as the whole process of manufacture. Really, John Bull, or rather his rough riders, might have been contriving, in all times past, how his trade could be harassed, hindered, and ruined, while all around him, there have been glaring proofs that, with his skill, his industry, and his capital, " trade unshackled" wouldibe actually trade unlimited, and prosperity unprecedented. But if John Bull be thus bound hand and foot, the French and American paper-makers must be grateful indeed to our law-makers. It appears, according to the Atlas, that in Paris twenty thousand person s ar e employed in making ornamented paper boxes for fancy articles, to be sold in England at a duty of only ten per cent. ad valorem ; while the tax in England, on the principal article used for such boxes, is equal to 100 per cent. I Nor is this all, for the boxes not being likely to sell to much advantage at a Custom house sale, are valued at an extremely low rate, so that the duty is rather nominal than real. Neither is this all, for the paper-makers of Holland, finding they may import their articles into this country bonded, and re-ship them to our colonies, without any of th e obstructions t o w hi c h the English are subject, actually forge the names of our own manufacturers on their paper, and thus partake of the advantage of English reputation, without the disadvantage arising from vexatious revenue restrictions. The Americans, too, are highly favoured by our absurd policy in this case, for, according to the testimony of an intelligent gen tleman, largely connected with both the cotton and the paper trades, it appears that, adding the English duty on paper to the price of the worst materials from which paper is manufactured in this country, the cost becomes such that the Americans can now use raw cotton at once, and produce a cheaper article than we can. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter and a highly respect able jury assembled at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo road, on the body of Embus Meyer, alias Emily Ashburner, aged Vt ; whuse body Was discovered on Monday morning in the trued at Waterloo-bridge. The bridge-keeper hay ibg iieseribed the ;manner in which the body was found, Julia Meyer, a single woman, of No. 5, Seymour court, Church-way, New-road, St. Pancres, deposed that the deceased was her sister, who was an unfortu nate female, and she used to go by the name of Emily Ashburner. Witness saw her alive and well on Satur day night. She was then in good health and spirits. Previous to coming to Buckle's-buildings the deceased lived at No. 40, Barclay-street, Clarendon-square. Mrs. Anderson, the beadle's wife, described the na ture of the wound which she had discovered over the right hip of the deceased. Sarah Ann Page, of 6, Buckle's-buildings, deposed that the deceased came on the night of Thursday to lodge at her house. At eleven o'clock on Sunday night deceased took her supper, after which witness and deceased crossed over Waterloo-bridge. They went to Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. At a quarter past three o'clock on Monday morning witness left the de ceased in Bear-street, Leicester-square. She was then with two females and a man, one of the females wit ness knew by the name of Eliza Simms, the other female was called " Bella." Witness has not seen Simms since then, although every inquiry has been made respecting her. At the time the two females and the man met the deceased they all appeared to be upon good terms. She thought the deceased would have fol lowed her home, for she gave her a halfpenny to enable her to come over the bridge. She had no money while at her house. The address found was written by wit ness. It was a card of address. Deceased did not co habit with any person. Witness could form no opinion how the deceased c a m e i n t o t h e mu d. Sh e never saw either a knife, or a pair of scissors in the deceased's possession. The inquest was then adjourned till Monday. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP. On Wednesday the Great Britain made a trial trip down the Channel, having about 140 visitors on board. It was intended that she shuuld have started from King road as early as eight o'clock, A.M., but owing to the fog in the Channel, the pilot did not deem it prudent to start her until the fog dispersed, which was not until twenty five minntes after twelve o'clock. The consequence was that the trial trip was necessarily much shortened in its distance. No ladies were on board, but among the gen tlemen were—Mr. George Rennie, Mr. I. K. Brunel, Mr. Samuda, patentee of the atmospheric railway ; Mr. T. B. Smith, patentee of the Archimedean screw-pro peller ; Mr. B. Wsodcroft, patentee of a screw-pro peller ; Captain Hosken, R.N. ; Captain Cooksley, R.N. ; Captain Ward, R.N. ; Captain Wallcott, R.N. ; Mr. Pattison, naval architect ; Mr. R. Bruce, &c. The Great Britain now presents a very different appearance to that which she did when she left the docks, her six masts, which are called the fo remast, mainmast, and 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th masts, having been stepped, and tem porary shrouds attached ; the yards of the mainmast are also across. The vast size of the ship will perhaps b e better exemplified to the nautical reader by stating that were she rigged with three masts, her foremast would be upwards of 60 feet from her bows, and her mizen up wards of 100 feet from her taffrail, while each of her masts would still be as far asunder as they are on board of an 80-gun ship. At 25 minutes past twelve precisely she started, and came round from her moorings in the Kingroad in beautiful style. The engines were then put in motion at ten revolutions a minute, when she made 6} knots. During the voyage to the Holms and on her return the log was frequently thrown, and her speed taken, which was as follows 10 revolutions-=--6f knots. Rate of the screw Apparent rate of ship 10.0357 9.0250 Slip At 19 minutes past one o'clock the log was again thrown, 13 and nearly 14 revolutions, 9 knots. When off the Holms 14 revolutions produced 91 knots ; 15 revolutions full gave 9i knots • 15i revolutions 9i knots. When the ship was below Le Holms she was brought round twice, and came round the 32 points in a little less than 7 minutes ; and half round, or 16 points, in 3 minutes 55 seconds. On ber return up channel, with her head to the wind, the speed of the engine was increased to 16 2 3d revolutions, which gave 101 knots ; and sub sequently to 18 revolutions, which gave 11 knots. The engines worked beautifully, none of the bearings heating; but, of course, they were at no time put to full speed ; and the Great Britain made the pasage from the Holms Kingroad (19 miles) in exactly 1 hour and 9 minutes, being head to wind. THE CLIFF AT BLACK Rocx, BRIGHTON.-Dur ing the last three or four winters the rapid falling away of the cliff at the eastern extremity of Brighton parish has excited considerable anxiety. The narrow space be tween the sea and the south side of the road leading to Rottingdean is constantly diminishing. This is especially the case immediately opposite the Black Rock Gas works, where, last winter, the road had become so un safe that if prompt measures had not been adopted, it must have been closed against the public. On that oc casion a piece of land was obtained from the gas com pany, and a new road was constructed. A year has not passed since that work was completed; the sea, however, continues to advance; and if the work of destruction be permitted to go on at the same rate as during the last few weeks, the operations of last winter will have soon to be repeated. We forewarn those who have property invested in the Rottingdean-road, that if some effort be not speedily put forth to stay the further progress of the sea, the safety of the public will require that the road be again set back, or that it be stopped up altogether. On the 12th of November last there was an extensive slip along the whole face of the cliff, commencing at the western boundary of Rot tingdean parish, and reaching to within a few yards of the Black Rock Coast-guard Station. Since then several other slips have occurred on the same site ; and unless the base of the cliff be protected by groynes or a dwarf wall, they will become still more frequent. The rapid inroads of the sea at this particular spot are occasioned partly by the materials of which the cliff is composed, but chiefly by the sea having embayed itself. At one part the distance from the road to the e d ge of the cliff is only about twelve feet. A series of groynes, in continua tion of those erected some years ago by the commissioners of Brighton, would form a certain and comparatively in expensive defence. The inhabitants of Brighton are interested in preserving a road, without which their own Marine parade would lose many of its attractions. Let us hope that something may be done, and without delay, to keep this line of road unbroken, and to remove all cause of apprehension of danger from the minds of those who travel on it.—Brighten Gazette. SUICIDE AT THE RESIDENCE OF SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—Last night, at eight o'clock, an inquisition was taken before Mr. Higgs, deputy coroner for West minster, and a jury, at toe Lowndes Arms, Chesham place, Pimlico, on view of the body of Benjamin Paine, aged 40, butler, in the service of General Sir Henry Pottinger, who committed suicide by cutting his throat at the residence of his master, No. 80, Eaton-place, Ea ton-square. To elucidate the mystery that seemed to hang over the fate of deceased, the inquiry was adjourned for the attendance of Sir Henry.Pottinger, and to ascer tain as far as practicable the cause of his committing the suicidal act. Now ought not something to be pleaded in behalf of our countrymen, in relation to this important question ? If the great and broad interests of the people were to be considered (and it is the people who must pay all the revenue of the country in some shape or other) it would occur to every mind that the first object, as ex nihilo nil fit, would be to liberate the springs and sinews of industry, so that production of value might be facile and abundant, instead of being harassed, and checked, and hin dered, and then, ou t of property realised, would come the ready means of supporting the State. If 20,000 persons are employed in Paris, in making ornamental boxes, why not in London, where sempstresses fit for the work are actually starving ? Sir William Meg nay is of opinion that the repeal of the duty would cause double the present number of persons to be employed in the paper trade, and in businesses con nected with it, as enumerated by Mr. Dickinson, at a late meeting in London, including millwrights, smiths, mould makers, type founders, printers, booksellers, bookbinders, publishers, and others. As a . means of civilisation, too, the Press would diffuse . still more . o c f as t e r in nt w y readily the blessings of intelligence, with a better aya its . own ex chance of profit to authors, for it appears that at pre sent not more than one book out of three, and twenty, the ingredient of o p n en e se p s, a duty is a large and discouraging item. What then is a revenue of 620,000/. from such a source, compared a m n p d hl t e h t ere ou a t re with the demoralising effect of the excise laws, and more particularly so upon such an article as paper, where the amount is so excessive and the production so rapid that it has baffled all the ingenuity of man to prevent fraud, and thus leaving the honest trader's property at the mercy of the fraudulent, as well as the increased employment and prosperity of countless thousands of persons, who would, i n f u l l work, con sume other excisable articles to a greater amount, and thus increase the revenue ? FIRE IN CLERRENWELL.—The fire escape which was so useful at the fire yesterday morning in St. John street-road, was one belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, and was attended by conductor 12, Joseph Weed. ANOTHER CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Jolly Gardeners, Lambeth-walk, touching the death of Emma Jane Cooper, aged 11 years. The deceased was the daughter of a poor widow, residing at 21, St. Alban's-buildings, China-walk, Lambeth. On Friday afternoon last, during her absence from home, the deceased began amusing herself by writing her name over the mantel-shelf, and whilst so engaged her clothes became ignited, and before assistance arrived she was dreadfalg burned. She was removed to Lambeth Workhouse;` hille lobe expired on Saturday last from the effects of bitirni7 The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The following societies ought to join the paper makers in their efforts, and petition Parli amen t t o take off the duty on paper : — The Billie Society—The Society for Promoting Christian' '; :ledge —The Society for the Propagation of the t • kin 'Foreign, P :and 'Cambridge vi—The Society o a Tc r i t he s — teyu— The vle erßs University e B Universitiesai bnide PrinteryHomilyoflOr 4- s t a - 37 . : , - . --The ' Tract 14dinburgh—The a 8:01 dge fUornitvheerspityifißusiibolne ofuefu Printers s of G Useful K o societies interested in the spread of the and all other Gospel, and the diffusion of information for the people. SOCIETY or DANCERS.—Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of the principal dancers of the metropo litan theatres, private teachers, and members of the corps de bullet of the London and provincial boards, was held in the theatre of the Western Literary and Scientific In stitution, Leicester-squai e, for the purpose of taking into consideration a code of rules and regulations which had been drawn up by a committee for the government of an institution having for its object the relief of aged and de cayed dancers, teachers of dancing, their widows and families. The meeting was attended by most of the principal members of the profession, including Mr. Jas. Byrn, M. E. Coulon. Mr. William Oxberry, Mr. George Gilbert, Mr. Charles Byrn, Mr. Delferier, Mr. A. Noverre, Mr. J. Junes, Mr. S. Turner, Mr. W. A. Delferier, and Mr. T. W. Beckett. Mr. James Byrn was unanimously called on to preside. A series of rules for the government of the society was then read, and adopted, and after some routine business the meeting separated. A NOBLE EXAMPLE. —lf those who are seized with the game mania were to follow the noble example of the Duke of Portland, it would be far more to their credit and the better for society. We are informed that his Grace, instead of preserving game (except a mode rate quantity for reasonable diversion) has, for many years, given up one of his very extensive lordships in Nottinghamshire to be sported over. The Duke does not, with surplus genie, destroy his tenants crops end exact rents. flow widely different this to those "English country gentlemen " who have, through the game mania, " reduced themselves to the condition of pdalterers." THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT TIIE ROYAL Ex- CHANGE.—Yesterday morning masons were engaged in cutting the inscription on the pedestal of the statue of the Duke of Wellington, in front of th e R oya l E xc h ange. It simply bears the name of the illustrious Duke on each side, and at the back will be " Erected June 18, 1844." The paving in front of the Exchange has been completed in a very ornamental manner. The design is a large star, set in a circle, and the whole in a square. The different compartments are marked out distinctly by different coloured stone. The statue of the Duke stands in a circle similarly formed. ROYAL SEA-BATHING INFlRM ARY. — Yesterday a quarterly general court of the subscribers to the above charity was held at the London C9fiee-h ouse , Ludgate hill, Rev. Dr. Russell in the chair, supp or t e d b y th e Rev. Wm. Curling, Mr. Leslie Curling, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Paul, the secretary, and sev era l others. The minutes of the former meeting having been read and confirmed, the usual quarterly business was gone through. It appeared that the bathing season had commenced in April and closed in November, during which period 686 persons bad received the benefits of sea bathing, the numbers at the close of the season being 350. The uwnber of pati , 2nit for 18-13. had been 619. and the t0i.41, from the co mmencem,, ,, t of the inititutiou in 1796, in which year there were but 16, 17,718, so th a t t h e in stitution has progressed most steadily, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY PvENYING, JANUARY 10, 1845 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR 1 1 ittilitit4i.--; The Duke Spanish Minister, and de' Sotomayof, attiyed at the Castle to-day, on a visit the Queen. 'he Prltite _-Obert, accompanied by the PlRrquis of Exeter, and atterl6d by Mr. G. E. Ansot; General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, left the Castle in the forenoon in an open carriage and four for the meet, to hunt with his Royal Higtness's harriers. The meet was at Mr. Trumper's farm at Ritebings. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the riding school this evening, attended by Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie. The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Cottenham, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. Httr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard joined the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, yes. terday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the L)rd Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord Granville Somerset. Lord Wharncliffe arrived in town on Wednesday evening, from Witley Court, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Sir J. Graham arrived from Netherby yesterday morning, to attend the Council. Mr. Gladstone arrived in town yesterday from Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. The Council sat three hours. Mr. Gladstone left town, after the Council, for 11 indsor Castle. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Mr. C. J. Palmer, and Mr. C. S. Gilman, attended yesterday at the Railway Department, Board of Trade, and presented a memorial from the Mayor, Sheriff, and 6,678 inhabitants of the city of Norwich, in favour of the London and Norwich direct line. Also a memorial from 142 agriculturists in Nor folk, owners and tenants of about 40,000 acres of land, in favour of the same. Also a memorial from the Magistrates and prin cipal Bankers, Merchants, and traders of Yarmouth, in favour of the same line. The Mayor of Yarmouth presented the resolution of a public meeting in favour of the London and Norwich Direct Railway. M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, left town yesterday evening for the Continent. His Excel lency will not return before the middle of the season. Baron Peyronnet had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir James Graham, Mr. Gladstone, and other Ca binet Ministers visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Earl of Liverpool had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Rear-Admiral Bowles, M.P. for Launceston, and a deputation from the Laun ces t on an d S ou th Devon Railway Company, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. MILITARY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have just been favoured with .tre sight of a circular letter which has been kindly sent to (I suppose) all the overseers in every parish throughout the king dom, by some humane society, exposing the horrors of British military flogging ; indeed it is most dreadful. Is it possible that any Christian government can tolerate such a horrible mode of corporal punishment ? Death, I should think, in most instances, would be preferred by the poor sufferer. Is it to be borne in a land of Bible societies, missionary societies, and tract societies ? Is Sir Robert Peel any longer to boast of being the patron of everything that is good and religious, for the benefit of the poorer classes, and still permit such a horrid mode of military torture, that would actually disgrace the most savage nation ? Forbid it, gracious Heaven ! Is there not one bishop among the spiritual Lords of Par liament who will humanely attempt to abolish such bloody work among professing Christians ? Where are my Lords Congleton and Teynham ? Surely it is a subject deserving their best and most untiring attention. It really makes the heart sick to read of punishment so severe as to require the presence of a surgeon to prevent, if possible, the poor sufferer expiring during its horrid infliction ; no wonder that officers have been known to faint away after witnessing such a disgraceful mangling of human flesh. Let every man in England, and more especially Christians, do justice to human nature, bad as it is, and lose not another hour in doing all in their power to wipe such a "damned spot" from England's statute book. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT TOSSWILL. The Lodge, Upper Brixham, Jan. 8. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton harrs., Mon., Pateham ; Wed., Race-course ; Fri., Dyke. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels combe Tye-10i. Findon hds., Mon., the Kennel ; Tues., Mal Post; Thurs., Applesham. Glyndborne harrs., Mon., Alfriston Race-course ; Fri., Capt. Chandler's hds., Mon., Spetchley; Wed., West wood Park; Fri., Goose Hill-10i. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Bacho Hill; Fri., Aconbury Turnpike. Shropshire hds., Mon., Twemlows ; Wed., Fox (Al brighton); Fri., Cloverley—loi. Essex and Suffolk lids., Osyth Flag ; Fri., Raydon. Warwickshire lids., Mon., . ; erantiborou g h ; Tues., Mit ford Bridge; Thurs., Bilttin.qtange ; Fri., Kineton Kennels; Sat., Red Mr. Drax's lids., Tues., HolaaSt Kennel ; S a t., St one Farm in Yeovil. • Essex Union hds., Tues., KA l s 'Hill ; Sat., Boated, Green Man-10i. East Essex hds., Mbn., Bulmer; Thurs., Rivenhall; Sat., White Hart. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Guilsfield ; Fri., Ciregynog. Wheatland lids., Tues., Billingsley; Fri., lVilley _Park. Mr. Hoe's hds., Wed., Kingstone Village ; Sat., Whit moor Cross. Sherwood harrs., Tues., Mansfield Race-course ; Fri., Bolsover. Surrey harrs., Mon., Catterhaul ; Fri., Warlingham-101. ►Vhitecross harrs., Tues., Bedbrook ; Sat., Buckland Field. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Sudbury Coppice; Thurs., Snelston ; Sat., Blithfield-10k. Donington hds., Mon., Cavendish Bridge; Wed., White Horse Bridge; Sat., Cows Toll-bar-104. Atherstone hds., Mon., Stapleton Village; Wed., Bone hill House; Thurs., Bosworth; Fri., Camp Hill; Sat., Newnham-1 oi. Somerset*• bscription hds., Tues., Buncombe Hill; Fri„ Willit e• Tiverton .. 4 % , uos., White Post, Holland; Wed., Marsh Bridge ; ..urs., Mountsey Common ; Fri., Hawk ridge-104. Cambrideslure hds., Mon., Two Pot House ; Wed., Shearhatch Wood; Fri., Edworth Spinney 10i. Albrighton hds., Mon., Sutton ; Thurs., Dudmaston ; Sat., Hilton-10f. Sir W. W. Wynne 's hds., Tues., Queen's Head-10f ; Wed., Porkington, 11; Mills; Sat., Stock lack-14 1111 k. United Pack, Tues., Mainstone 'Wood; Sat., Ridgway Toll-bar. , - Ludlow hds., Tues., Allison WoodOri., Pipe Aston -10. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Llandier; Wed., Llandewy Wood; Fri., Graig Finger Post-10i. Ross harrs., Mon., Wormalow Tump; Wed., Treadow; Fri., Kilreag. EXPORTATION OF PAPER FOR THE DRAWBACK.— The Lords of the Treasury having had under attentive consideration the representations which have been made by the several exporters of paper, of the inconvenience sustained by them from an enforcement of the order which requires an examination, by the Customs' officers, of paper previously to being shipped for exportation, `their Lordships are of opinion that it will be advisable to modify,the order under which the examination of that article for• export was placed upon its present footing, and have given directions, on condition that all parties intending to expqst% paper in future, give notice to the Excise officers, whla will attend to take account of the packing, in the same manner as in the case of the article plate-glass for shipment—viz., that such packages shall be exported without further examination, under certifi cate of the Excise, unless the Customs' officers, on their being offered for shipment, shall have good reason to suspect, from information or otherwise, that there is any fraud in the transaction. The shipping searchers are also directed, by this order of the Treasury, to attend with particularity to the size, description of, and marks on the packages ; so that, if' any package be offered for exportation without such certificate from the Excise of its having been examined and packed in the presence and under the supervision of their officers, they are in each such instance to adhere to the existing regulation of examining the contents of each case fully, previous to shipment. FATAL CASUALTY.—On Monday, between twelve and one o'clock, a lad about fifteen years of age, em ployed on board the Admiral steam-ship as deck steward, named Alexander Martin, lost his life at the Broomielaw. He was sitting on a short plank, swung on the outside of the vessel, it appears, cleaning the cabin windows, when one of the lines gave way, and he was precipitated into the river. A life-buoy was at hand, and every means were used to save him, but after falling into the water he never rose to the surface, and before he was gut out lifu was extinct. The deceased, we are informed, was upwards of a quarter of an hour immersed, and it is supposed that, after falling in, be was prevented from coming to the surface in consequence of having sunk under the side of the vessel.—Glavolo Courier. DISPUTES IN THE CHURCI 1. PISHOP PiIILLPOTTS AT;HIS DEVOTIC EXETER, JAN. B.—l had thought, and so stet( in toy communication in the earlier part of the - w eek, thi the controversy was dying away—that the clergy , folloi.v1:14 the example of the bishop who had w ith . drawn the order for the surplice, would have ab - sta:fial from 1 use; that they would have ascen , fey d the pulp,:t in the old-fashioned garb, and that wzt h this concessi the storm would have subsides 1. Peace, however, :sag deserted the temple. The w tr. is renewed. The Tractai .4 °' cler gy persevere with if. to surplice, and the bishop 4, *lentiv encourages Cho n therein. On Sunday afternoon last the bilaop.„,attendee I Divine service at St. John's r.,ha;)el, rep prayers were r ea d by one o f th , , (Henry), who has a capital living i., them neigh. bourhood. Th e son b owe d l ower an d quently than clergymen usually bow—such 1),: w11 was scarcely ever seen in a Protestant church before. The bishop, who rarely attends the after noon service, occupied his chair within the rails. He affects to believe that that part of the church is holier than any other. After the prayers were read, the clergyman mounted the pulpit in his sur plice ! the bishop looking notes of admiration right and left, what would be called in London, "sarcy" by that portion of the laity who are most at home out side the fabric. There he sat, as happy as power and supremacy coald make a man. His eye glistening with delight, and his frame swelling with authority— every inch a priest. The sermon was preached from the following text, St. James, 3d chap., verses 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 ; and lam told by one who had the misfortune to be present, that it was the most Jesuitical and offensive sermon that could be delivered to a Protestant congregation. Apostolical, unbroken succession was vehemently enforced, passive obedi ence was peremptorily exacted, and the unlimited right of bishops and clergy to regulate all Church matters was boldly claimed. Bishop Phil/potts wag present. The bowings were lower than ever ; the surplice was worn, as if the order had never been withdrawn; worn, too, in a town where the chi ;web men, in a highly influential and numerous meeting, had protested against it ; and the doctrines most ob jectionable to Protestants were all most strenuously enforced ; and all, be it remembered, in the presence and manifestly with the acquiescence of the bishop : for his son took part in the performance of divine wor ship, and everybody knows that the young gentlem an is kept as tightly in hand as the most rigid discipli narian could desire. When he had to introduce 'the effertory in his own parish, he apologised to seve ral of his parishioners, " because the old genticn ian would have it so." It is to be hoped that when ;this meets the eye of the old gentleman that he wont be lieve it ; nevertheless, it is an absolute fact. Al a consequence of this brazen-faced mode of repentance, as display ed by the respectable bishop at Torqn: you will not be surprised to learn that the anti-svr plice war rages there with greater violence than eve A pamphlet has just been issued by "A Pres byter of the Church," which shows that Bishcp Phillpotts, whilst he has been whipping , up both clergy and laity so sharply for neglect of tilt' law, Lath been equally unmindful of la.w °n his own side. He is bound not to ordain exCePt on some holiday or Sunday, whereas on Saturda . y• the 19th of December, 1835, he did, at Exeter, ordain his own son, and others, contrary to the rubric and the 31st canon. The office for making deacons pre• scribes that the archdeacon or his deputy shall, as examining chaplain, present the candidates for ordina tion to the bishop. But it is melancholy to state that the present chaplain is not an archdeacon ; but much better than that, certainly, for he happens to be (young Woollcombe) a clever and captivating young divine, who is now courting the bishop's daughter, a fact that has been published, and notoriously known to the whole diocese. I should not, however, repeat these facts for publication in London, where there are so many speculative attorneys ready to pounce upon any one, did I not know that the bishop is pro tected by the statute, which says that " no person shall be molested for any offence against these acts, unless he be indicted thereof at the next assizes." But let him look out if he do not appear in alb and cope at the next confirmation he holds, "and also hys pastoral staffe in hys hande, or elles borne or holden by hys chaplyne." You will thus see that Bishop Phillpotts will find both rubric and canons a two-edged sword, and that be may, in dealing out his trenchant blows, wound himself as well as those below him.—From a Corres pondent of the Chronicle. LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAMER AT BLACKWALL. Yesterday, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., engineers, at Black wall, one of the most symmetrical specimens of an iron steam-vessel that was ever sent into the Thames. Her size is not large, but for speed, combined with the quali ties of a good sea-boat, her peculiar form, in our opinion, designed, as it mast be, from results of scientific investi gation, is most eligible for the station on which she is destined to ply—namely, between Dover and Boulogne, or Folkestone and Boulogne. Under the load water line she is remarkably clean, and as she rises to the gun whale she is beautifully modelled—her bow flaring off in a manner most pleasing to the ere, to counteract the effects of wind and sea. She has a very handsome stern, square, but tastefully moulded at the corners. Her figure-head, a graceful nymph, representing Ondine, which is the name of the vessel, is beautifully carved by the Admiralty artists, Messrs. Hellyer and Son. Her paddle boxes are proportionally small. She entered the water about half-past two, in a man ner most gratifying to a large number of spectators, in the yard of Mes s rs. Mill er , Ravenhill, and Co., among whom were Mr. B. Bass, solicitor, and Captain Bushell, of Dover, some officers belonging to the Spanish navy, and a party of ladies. A number of persons also as sembled at Blackwell Pier, and many excellent judges among them expressed their admiration of the beautiful vessel, as she was hauled into the East India Docks to receive her engines. Miss Bushell named the Ondine, as she rapidly glided off the plane, dashing a bottle of Burgundy against her bows. The following are her principal dimensions, &c.:— Feet. In. Length between the perpendiculars Ditto over all, from taffrail to bowsprit l6l 0 Breadth between paddle-boxes Depth, midships Draft of water, about Burden, in tons, 0. M., 282 72-94. The workmanship of the builders has been performed in admirable style, and the ornamental parts are in the best possible taste. She will be fitted with two new en gines, of improved construction, of about 75- horse power each. The saloon and fore-cabin will be d hi ly orna mented, and so arranged as t o a ff or d the-' ~ possible b accommodation for the numerous p assenge ich will be sure to avail themselves of the adva tic - which she offers. There can be no doubt that' weed will be such as to distance all competitortArlaway. But on this point we shall soon have the result of experiment to rely upon, and we predict that that result will indi cate a striking advance in the science of stem-navi gation. A HORRIBLE SCENE.—The prison of Versailles contains at this moment two men, named Delton and Grasset, both condemned to death, and whose appeals to the Court of Cessation have been rejected, but who are waiting the result of petitions to the King for an ame lioration of their sentences. They had been kept in separate cells until the severe cold came on, when they were removed into one room, with a s t ove i n i t . The ~ were heavily ironed, both by th e f eet an d hands, and},' sentinel was constantly stationed in the passage, close`' the door. The day before yesterday a violent quarrel arose between them, and Grasset, on receiving some gross apostrophe from Delton, rushed upon him head foremost, and being unable to use his hands from their being fettered, seized him with his teeth in the abdo minal region, and tore him in the most horrible manner. Delton, rendered furious by the pain, contrived to use his nails upon the face of Grasset, and disfigured him terribly. The noise of their struggle and savage cries brought in the sentinel and keepers, but it was not without violence that these two beings, both on the verge of an ignominious death, could be separated. Galign ani's Messenger. A SEVERE SENTENCE.—A young soldier of a re giment of Carbineers, named Isidore Carron, was sen tenced to death on Tuesday, by the Council of War of Paris, for spitting in the face of his sergeant ! The con demned was the grandson of Colonel Carron, who was executed, in 1822, for conspiracy again the Government of the Restoration. FIRE AT THE FORTUNE OF WAR TAVERN, WOOL wicli.—Yestkrday, about one o'clock in the day, an alarm of fire was raised at the Fortune of War Tavern, Green's-end, Woolwich, kept by Mr. Evans, a bighly respeetable licensed victualler, which seemed to assume a most serious aspect at the fir s t outbreak. Mr. f In spector Clifford, of the Woolwich Rsub-d c i o v n is s i t o a n ble, o s police, was promptly upon the spot with some miners'as well asb fire-engines barracks, which, from Nvith th s e Royal sappers supply ?i appersaid t. which they fortunate:y soon succeeded, the soldiers in water, were soon got into play to subdue the tire, in their best t o the most praiseworthy manner exerting put it out. It appears the origin of the fire arose, as supposed, from a spark failing from a candle, with which Mr. Evans had been down previously to the cellar, in thus caused which some straw was k e p t, but not d i scovered till some when of h a t eh denseotte volumes,and o f smoke t h com pletelytime aft fi e l r l w ed ar t ds he , b alarm to be raised and the prompt attendance of the police and the sappers and miners to the spot. BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. -- Last 7ight, the sixteenth annual meeting of the donors and subscribers to this Institution was held at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen -street, Mr. William Giblett, President, in the chair. The report stated, that the charity was in a flourishing condition, and that five additional pensioners had been elected in October last, making in the whole 110 deserving persons who have participated in the bounty of this Institution, and who, by the philanthropy of the donors and subscribers, have been rescued from a state of distress. During the past year the committee have invested in the public funds the sum of 600 L, which has increased the stock of the charity to the sum of 8,9111. 6s. 7d. Three per Cent. Consols. The officers of the Society having been duly eleeted, and the usual votes of thanks given, the meeting separated. LITER4.II4R4. THE REFORMERS - 04 -. :F*41 1 4# REFOR— MATION. WM ! o ji c k*, " 1845. The object of thfcfristoribai. WWI ake the. great religious movewegt:,Tilicik . .4l4.44., • Europe: a century before th* . ReforriaiitiOn:ll#j Luther, better known and in 'Stitt - V,. It em braces a period of b w s l . ..ht years —that is to say, from t j cinkm.mkr kk e "the great schism of the West ifr tileyell4 . l3n, to :he end of the war of the Hussites, towards the middle cf the following century. A considerable portion of the volume is—as might be expected from. its subject devoted to a biographical account of John Huss, the. famous Reformer, of iNhora the biographer writes kk a spirit of animated panegyric, though we are not; aware that his praises are, in any one instance, un-. duly exaggerated. Th e wor k i s a trans l at i on f rom the French of M. Emilie de Bonnechose, and is per vaded throughout by a fervent religious spirit. 4 :NNY MAGAZINE. C. Knight, -tendon, 1845. k: 'he fourth volume of the New Series of this popu -1... .rnal had just made its appearance, and is em lar JOL with a lavish variety of illustrative wood bellished f which are finished off in a very superior cuts, some the numerous original contributions style. Among find an interesting one on the sub in the volume, 44, ject of the Glacier of the Alps. IRISH 1 „41.1, WAYS. The following Irish rajliyay projects h av e b een l a id compliance with the before the Board o f Tr a d e :. a i g• standing order—but how many be sanctioned we are unable to say : BELFAST AND BALLYMENA, PITY'; A BRANCH TO CARRICKFERGUS.—Amount of capital, 385,0001., in 7,700 shares of 501. each ; deposit, 2/. 10z.. per share. Amount of deposits c 19,2501. Total length of line, 35 miles. CARLOW AND WEXI'f)RD.-- Capital, 300,0001., in 6,000 shares of 501. each; deposit, 21. 10s. Amount of deposits, 15,0001. Length of line, 40 miles. CORK AND BANDON.-Uapitat, 200,0001., in 4,000 shares of 501. each ; deposit, 2/. 10s. Amount of de posits, 10,0001. Lengtr. of line, 20 miles, CORK AND LIMERICK (Vignolles' 1,000,0001., in 20,000 shares ; deposit, 21. 10s. Amount of deposits, 50,0001. Length of line, with Limerick branch to Holy Cross, 94 miles. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION.-Capital, 950,04 0/., in 10,000 shares of 501. each ; deposit, 2/. lOs. Amon nt of deposits, 47,5001. Total length of line frotA Drogheda to Portadown, including the branch from Drogheda, via Navan to Kells, 79 miles. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA (Howth Extension).- No additional capital has been, as yet, subscribed for this line. Its length is 3 miles t . 4i chains. DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN.-oPital, 750,0001., in • 2 15,000 shares of 501. each; deposit, /. lOs. Arwannt• of deposits, 37,5001. Total length of ,fine, including branch to Monaghan, 77 miles. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN EXTENts:MN rao CASHEL TOLIMERICK AND CORK.-Capital, 1,200,0001., in 24,000 shares of 501.; deposit, 21. 10s. Amout it of deposits, 60,0001. Total length of line, 954. T when completeted, will be the longest line of railway undertaken by any single company in Great Britain. The total length from Dublin to Limerick and Cork, including the Carlow branch , being 218 miles. , from Dublin to Cavan. GREAT NOR TH W ESTERN , vital, 750,0001., vin 15,000 shares of 501. each ; de ft, '2/. 10s. Amount of deposits, 37,5004'. Total r h of line, 68 miles • cr , nt. VT WESTERN, from Dublin to Munis igar and Athlonef with a branch to Longford.- Capital, 750,000/., In 15,000. share s o f 501. eac h ; d epos i t , 21.10 5 . Amount of de .-to:.;its, 37,500/. Total l eng th o f line, 68 miles. 1..% the company that propose to ?un a of their line along the Royal considerable poftic 6 Canal North Bank. KILKENNY JUNCT:ON•-• -Capital, 200,0001., in 8:,000 shares of 25/. each • d e, posi t, 1/. 10s. Amount a de• posits, 12,000/. iotal 'Ong th of line, 26i miles. LIMERICK AND ENN.`s• -Capital, 200,0001., in 4,000 shares of 501. each ; ieposit, 2/.155. Amount of deposits, 11,000/. Total 101.;gth of line, 21 miles. STC LONDONDERRY AND ENICI. ILLEN. Capital, 500,000/., in 10,000 shares trf 50t. . each ; deposit, 2/. 10s. Amount of deposits, 25,00 M. Total length of line, 57 miles. NEWRY, ARMAGH, AND ENNISKILL EN. ---- Capital, 90,0001., in 18,000 shares of 50/. eaoh ; deposi . t, 2/. 10s. Amount of deposits, 45,000/. *.Total length of line, 70 miles. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.-Capitt 250,000 in 12,500 shares of 201. each; deposit, 14!, Amoun t of deposits, 12,5001. Total length of line r 32 miles. On this line the wooden rail is to be used as• a substi tute for iron. The wool is to be prepared by Payne's, process, and the engines and carriages are to .be fitted with Prosser's guide wheels. The invention' is ex ceedingly simple and ingenious. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK .-Capital, 750.'0001., in 1,500 shares of 501. each ' • deposit, 2/. 10s. Anlount of deposits, 37,5001. Total length of line, 70 miles. ULSTER EXTENSION.-From Portadown to Ar magh. We ;lave not the survey of this line before us, and do not know its exact length. It was originally intended to run the Ulster line from Belfast to Ar magh, and capital wag taken for that purpose, so that it will not be requisite to issue any new shares. A thirteenth call for the sum of 21. 10s. has just b een made. This will make the amount paid up of 321.. on share of 501. ARMAGH, COLERAINE, OR PORTRUSM—Capit al, 600,0001., in 24,000 shares of 251. each ; deposit,, 1/. 7s. 6d. per share. Total length, 63 miles. The pt•o spectus of this line has only been. recently issued- -a partial survey has been made, and the engineer's re port is very favourable. The country through which the line passes is exceedingly rich and populous. The project appears very feasible, and we understand there is ev(ry prospect of its being successfully prosecuted. The notices of the preceding lines were all regu larly served before the last day of November, but the following are yet to come in proper shape before the Board or Trade. Next session must be their due season for inquiry. AtuLosE TO GALWAT.—This line was spoken of as an extension of the Great Western from Lublin, via Mullingar, to Athlone. A survey was made, but no company has yet been formed to carry it out. CORK, CovE, AND YOUGHAL.—Prelimirlarj steps have been taken towards the formation of a company to undertake the construction of this line. A partial s“rvey has been made, and the traffic taken, and the results have proved of a highiy satisfactory and en couraging nature. From all we have been able to ascertain, we have reason to believe that this under taking will afford a most remunerative investment. DUBLIN AND ARMAGH.—This project was mooted by " Pierce and David Mahony, solicitors," but no prospectus has appeared, nor, as far as we can ascer tain, has any company been formed, or evert a pro visional committee named, to bring the affair respect ably before the public. It is a revival of a project which, in 1837, was set aside when it was attempted to be put forward in competition with the Dublin L‘nd Drogheda line. HELLS TO LONGFORD.—CapitaI, 700,0001., in 14,000 shares of 50/. each ; deposit, 21. 10s. This line is de signed to extend the Kells branch of the Belfast Junction into the interior to Longford. The pro spectus: was published, but we are not aware that anythi more haA been done. We believe the project will-ht warmly taken up on a future occasion. :e-Ac.INGSTOWN, WEXFORD, AND WATERFORD. - AU Announcement appeared relative to this line, which, it is understood, originated w ith th e En g li s h Great Western Company. Be this as it may, a survey of the line has been made, but no prospectus has yet been issued. It is said that the necessary plans and sections have been lodged, and that an application will be made next session for an Act. This line in cludes Carlow also. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE.—This line has been before the public by means of a notice, but no prospectus has been published. PoRTARLINGrox AND TULLAMORE. — The notice of an intention to apply to Parliament for a Bill for this line was published since the 30th November, and the notice states that the promoters intend seeking for the suspension of the standing orders in their favour, so as to obtain their Act next session. An arrangement has been effected between the Great Southern and Western and Irish Great Western Companies, by which the line to Galway will run from Portarling ton via Tullamore.—Dublin Monitor. SINGULAR SURGICAL CASE.---A healthy-looking young man, in great pain and distress, applied to Mr. Smith, surgeon, of Michinhanapton, having, as he stated, swallowed a portion of the bone of a mutton. chop, which still remained in his throat. ➢ir. Smith, on in troducing an instrument, fonnd very great resistance about half way down the oesophagus or gullet; however, by applying very considerable forceihe succeeded in passing the instrument, together with the obstructing substance, into the stomach. The operation, which of necessity was attended with some degree of violence, was followed with immediate and violent vomiting, when a piece of gristle, with a large pin through it, was ejected, and which, nu doubt, had transfixed this portion of food so firmly in his gullet.—Cheltenham Examiner. RUIkIoURED MEETING OF THE BISHOPS.--W e un derstand that a statement in the Evening Post, that there is to be a meeting of the Catholic Bishops on tile 22d, is without foundation. It is certain, at least, that in quarters where the fact should be known, if it were true, no intimation of it has been received.—Dublin Pilot. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--Mohun Lal, the celebrated Orientalist, at present in Dublin, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar a beautiful young lady, a native of the Irish metropolis, and her entire family intend to accompany the happy couple to Persia! Mohun gave 10,0001. towards the ransom of the Lady Sale and Lady M‘Naugf.ten.—Limerick Reports. Sir John Pechell, Bart., we are happy to learn, is gradually getting better. The respected Baronet takes carriage airings when the weather permits, and roccisr visits in the Afternoon and the evenings, though still unable to leave his sofa bed. low, brls I for ) 741 r icer, 55 6 a for d , 54i wer e t 191 w ere b 4 io II It 57 i (1 ti ' './A; / b it 'e e,