The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-16 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Publtt ftptnten. " Who runs may read." rom.Exara. A rumour prevailed at Paris that the King had caugh it severe cold at Fontaiubleau, but it appears to be un. founded. On Tuesday evening their Majesties received the Mi tisters of Marine and Commerce, the Duke de la Roche foucault, and the Count de Biral. A Madrid letter of the 7th states that the Count de Trapani, brother of the King of Naples, is in that capi tal, and that the r e p o rt o f an i n t en d e d marr i age b e t wee n him and Queen Isabella has been revived. On Saturday morning, during a severe storm, a seri ous accident occurred to the Spanish steamer El Se cundo-Gaditano, in entering the port of Marseilles. The man in charge of the boilers having neglected to turn off the steam, one of them burst, and four men were so dr eadfully scalded, that two died almost immediately, and the other two were, on landing, taken to the hospital in a dreadful state. All the passengers escaped injury. An interesting ceremony took place at Boulogne, in the church of the lower town, on the 7th inst. Mme. 811 uvage, a widow l a dy, celebrated the anniversary of her hundredth birthday. A great number of her friends, children, grand-children, and great-grand children were P r esent. The officiating priest, M. Dufour, was 92 years 0 1age- The old l a dy' s c hild ren are 72 a n d 75 y ears d- She has seen four generations, enjoys all her facul ties, and is remarkable for her unalterable good humour. L ieutenant-General the Count de Grouchy, Inspector- General of Cavalry, and recently appointed to the com mand of the 13th military division, has just had the mis fortune of mut lacing one of his hands in the machinery of a will upon his estate. In 1815, when colonel of a regiment of hussars, 31. de Grouchy had three of the 'angers of the same hand mutilated by a sabre-cut in a c harge against the Prussians at Fleurue. So active has the war department been, says a letter from Vienna, in substituting percussion-muskets for those hitherto in use in the Austrian army, that 200,000 p e rcussion-muskets are now ready. All the troops in 14 4 are to be furnished with them. In the S even th Ch am b er o f th e P ar i s C orrec ti ona l polies on Wednesday, a complaint was heard of the cele brated Vidocq, against M. Legris, a watchmaker, for libel. It appeared that in September last, M. Legris b ad heen robbed of some watches and other property, lind by the advice of his friends had aplied to Vioc to discover the thief. A woman named Debonnair d was was it tak e° up and convicted for the offence, and, on the trial, M . Legris expressed himself in terms relative to Vidocq Which the latter thought unjust, and calculated to do him a s injury. He brought an action against Legris in con sequence but the Court considering that the defendant b ad spoken on his oath, and that the plaintiff did not come forward in person to urge his charge, dismissed the c ase, and condemned Vidocq to costs. . u ..BY a royal or d er , d a t e d M un i c h, the Bth i ns t., the l'atig has ordered that until he shall have decided other !rise, all soldiers who are not Catholics, and who serve to forming virtue of the conscription, shall not be employed in the lines of Catholic processions when the host being carried. LAW Azna PO LICY,. In the C our t o f Exchequer, the Lord Chief Baron attnounced that the Court was of opinion that rules should be granted in the cases of Harrison v. Wright, Crellin v. Calvert, and Crellin v. Brook. His Lordship also announced, in the early part of the day, that Friday text should be additional special paper day. At the Mansion-house, five young women, who had Just been discharged from Peckham workhouse, con nected with the City of London House, were charged With having broken eighteen panes of glass in the Man sion -house windows. It was stated that, while in the act of smashing the windows, they indulged themselves in roars of laughter. The Lord Mayor, in passing sen telice, said—You shall all go to Bridewell, to hard labour and economical diet, for two months; and so shall every win dow -breaker who is brought before me. l lr- Bingham, an auctioneer, in Ryder's-court, Lei ceSter-square, was summoned, before Sir Peter Laurie and Sir J o h n Pirie, at Guildhall, for making an exces sive and unlawful distress on the goods of Robert Kew, in Ring's Head -court, Shoe-lane. Bingham contended that the magistrates had no jurisdiction. He would try Pie questi o n w i t h t h em . Sir Peter Laurie said he would if necessary, ass i st th e complainant to try the question, .from his own p urse . The defendant was adjudged to Pey 50s. as a compensation, which order he refused to comply with. The boy Watts, who draws crowds together in the streets, by standi ng on hi s head on the spike of any iron railing, was brought up at Marlborough-street, charged with standing on his head on the railings of St. James's Church. He expressed a great dread of the work house, and said h e p re f erre d a prison ; and on bein g asked by the magistrate how many times he had been in prison, he thus replied Tell yer worship the whole lot. First of all I got seven days in Coldbath-fields for begging. Ven I come out I gave up that dodge, and stole a penny loaf, and got a fortnight at the mil Next me and my partner stole some horranges, and the beak guy us a mouth apiece at Tothill-fields. Arter that got seven days for jumping Jim Crow. Arter that two months, cos a pleseman cotched me by the scruff of my neck, and I hey a stone at him, whot missed him and kit a boy behind a slap on the nose. Next got three reeks at Horsemonger, for notink as I know on. Arter that 3 05., or three veeks at the New Prison, for breaking vin ders, cos they chucked water over me ; and that's all except this here, which is either Brixton or the verkhus, vet yer vership pleases. This history of convictions was given without the slightest hesitation, and as a matter of course, Mr. Hardwick gave the boy the option of ' fl aking his election between a prison again or Maryle- I sMe workhous e , as he appeared to have a settlement in that parish. The boy, after a short pause, decided on eying the workhouse another trial. , The att ent i on of the Magistrate at Queen -square was 'arawn to the case of a young lady, who gave her name eeorgiana Leigh Hayes, and stated that she was twenty :le - yen years of age. She repre s ented herself to be the d aughter of a wine -merchant, who had formerly carried oni bu siness on To wer -hill, b u t w h o di e d w h en s h e was only s even years old. Her mother shortly afterwards ~1 12 2.!ed to Hull, were she was married to Mr. Picards, 1:1-Pveputy-Recorder there, and proprietor of some ex en,ml a lead works in the neighbourhood. He was for Iv, a y years i n t h e most affluent circumstances, and kept inY business large establishment ; but owing to severe losses suit, , and an expensive and long protracted law which ultimately was decided against him, he be flinch reduced, and died about fourteen months ago. xe onti 7ife (applicant's mother) survived him but a herself blicant who had endeavoured to maintain needl e- P keeping a day-school, and by doing plain t o 1 ,4 1 1 '131.k, fou n d h er e ff or t s unsuccess f u l, an d came dis a „„ u ° ll in hopes of having better fortune. She was ale n hliointed in this respect, and having expended the in u e r means l e f t by her mother, parted with her cloth nyjril she wa s l e f t w ith no thing but what s h e s t oo d d u e t lri• She was wan d er ing the streets in the mos t cute condition, w ith ou t f o od or shelter, wh en s h e itet.t sl t th Mrs. Carr, who, recognising her, took her c and afford e d h er a ll t h e re li e f in her p ower . M rs . one making the case to Inspector Taylor, who, g inquiries, found her statement to co n ( t it!ite correct, and various sums of money were the libuted for her relief. Shortly before the closin of Court, a . gentlem an en t ere d and stated he was g in q u est of a miss Georgiana Hayes, the daughter of a c oal • Duty's, and s h ou ld t hi s l a d y prove t o b e th e idea titled to Party of whom h e was i n searc h , s h e wou ld b e en very considerable property. He subsequently 1Y co mmunicated the result of his visit. Miss aye's was the d aughter of a Mr. Charles Hayes, b ut had st ated that her f a th er h a d no b ro th e r s . If this Z e t r is e n s e o she could respect. not be the Miss H party, but he id not rest years fin that ayes was d only seven moved From at her father's death, aud had been re the f _London, She bore a strikiq, resemblance to many, At Woralin street Anne M'Cormack, recently a do mestic in the l- • Indi anaereh an s t ervi ee of Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a Wei!' :Was br ought ' r esiding in King-street, Finsbury. square, inveigled away for r e . _examination, charged with having child, ten years of age, her master's daughter, an interesting With havin g stolen for immoral purposes, and also Aa rons, her fellow a sovereign, the property of Leah -servant She was committed on the calliteiregheilodf. theft, and r eman d e d on t h at of inveigling away OCIIIitIrPASIEZONABMI. The Marquis sa d Marchioness of Normanby are ex- Mar to arrive in town on Monday next, from Mul _grave Castle. eldieT M arquis of Londonderry entertained his tenantry ne ? last. Mn- in the a ssem b ly-rooms, Newtownard, on o the Countess of Glengall and the Ladies Butler have arrived at Lower Grosvenor -street, from Brighton. The Earl o f Gainsborough will preside at the anni or versary of the Rutl an d A gr i cultural Society, on the 4th the ensuing month. .....Lady H oward de Walden and family left Harcourt 'louse, the residence of the Duke of Portland, on Thurs day last, f or Southampton, where her Ladyship was to nabark yesterday for Lisbon, to join Lord Howard de Walden at the British Embassy in the Portuguese capital. Lord and Lady Beresford intend passing the winter at Bedgebury Park, Kent. The Dowager Lady Ridley still continues at the Cla rendon Hotel, Leamington Spa, at which place she has been sojourning for some months. Her Ladyship is still in a very precarious state of health. According to the latest accounts from Harcourt House the Duke of Portland was getting gradual better. The karq u i s o f T i tchfield has, for the present t, relinquished iris pr o j ecte d continental tour. The oble Marquis, 'win the Ladi es M ary an d Harriet Bent N inck, and Lord Heurs , Bentinek, remain at the Abbey with their noble Parent. =ISO IMIIMIUMBOVII. On Friday evening a banquet was given at the Albion, Al dersgate-street, by the Western Circuit to Mr. Justice Xrle, on his elevation to the bench. Mr. Rogers , the leader of the circuit, was in the chair ; and, in addition to the members of the circuit, there were present Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant l ierewether, Sir John Awdry, W. llayter, Esq., M.P., and others, who, having some time left the circuit, were anxious to participate in this mark of respect to the dis tinguished guest. A numerous and highly -respectable meeting took Place in the Town-hall at Bridport, on Wednesday evening, the 13th inst., for the purpose of welcoming the arrival of Mr. Cochrane among his constituents. About three hundred of the electors sat down to supper, and every corner of the hall was densely crowded. After the customary loyal toasts had been given, the health of the Hon. Member was drunk with great enthusiasm, •luid the Honourable Member replied in a long speech, to Ave referred in a leader. On Thursday an important meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, including most of the large and influential manufacturers of the district, was held in the rooms in Town-hall-buildings, King-street, Manchester, for the purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton wool. The attendance of members was large. Several gentle mum addre-sed the meeting, who all agreed in condemn ing the tax in the strongest terms. In the end a memo rial to the Lords of the Treasury was unanimously adopted in favour of the immediate repeal of the tax. Upwards of 500 tons of hay have been completely de stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of the waters of the Shannon. The relatives of the late Mr. Arthur Gloster, of Moy lish, have offered a reward of 8001. for the discovery of the murderers of that gentleman, on the 4th November inst., near Rathlooba, county of Clare. In consequence of the high winds and extremely boisterous weather which has prevailed for the last week, and particularly during the early part of it, nearly the whole of the steamers trading to and from the Con tinent have been considerably behind their usual time, and several of them have been prevented from making the voyage at all. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TIZAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1844. - Week Last Z ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. E U 14/soy. 9 Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • - • • • ..... 112 137 8 Birmingham and Gloucester • 2,249 1,667 - Brandling Junction . 9 Bristol and Gloucester •• • • ..... •• • 949 - 8 Chester and Birkenhead . 383 335 7 Dublin and Drogheda.. .• • . - 12 Dublin and Kingstown •••.• • • • • ..... 656 665 10 Dundee and Arbroath 228 216 - Durham and Sunderland .•••••• • • • - • • - 808 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow . 10 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • . 3,845 3,139 9 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• • • 1,360 1,220 9 Glasgow and Grecnock• •• • ..... •• • • 663 756 8 Grand Junction ...... • ... • • 7,782 6,787 9 Great North of England • .... • ...... 1,686 1,302 10 Great Western . 8 Liverpool and Manchester • ......... 4,240 3,880 9 London and Birmingham ......... 14,509 14,214 10 London and Blackwell ....•... 9 London and Brighton ...•.. 4,278 3,433 12 London and Croydon . ..... 14 London and Greenwich • 10 London and South Western 10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .•• . • • 824 719 9 Manchester and Birmingham.. • 9 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc• • 6,500 5,465 9 Midland Counties .••• • • • 9 Newcastle and Darlington ........ • • 953 9 Newcastle and Carlisle • 1,610 1,400 9 Newcastle and North Shields ••• • • • 325 341 8 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,474 847 11 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans 5,593 4,823 11 Paris and Rouen • • • 9 Preston and Wyre •••• • • • • ... •• • 293 237 9 Sheffield and Manchester •••••• • • • • • • 579 459 14 South Eastern. 4,034 3,079 9 Taff Vale ..... . ....... 717 592 631 561 10 Yarmouth and Norwich - 9 York and North Midland .•.• • • • HOP DUTY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DUTY ON HOPS OF THE GROWTH OF THE YEAR 1844, DISTINGUISHING THE DISTRICTS, AND THE OLD FROM THE NEW DUTY. DISTRICTS. DUTY. Barnstaple Cambridge Canterbury Cornwall Derby Dorset Essex Gloucester 273 24 821 12 0 21 7 10 7 51 1 7 Grantham 11,083 8 1 1 k 25,142 3 11 f 562 16 6 4 1 7,296 17 is 1,086 7 10 11 11 2 10 0 Of 2 10 2f 113,960 18 0 3 11 Hants Hereford Herts Isle of Wight Lincoln Lynn Oxford Reading Rochester Salisbury Salop Stourbridge Suffolk Surrey Sussex Wales, Middle Wellington Worcester 16 18 2 6 8 3f 1,327 3 5 615 12 34- 9;11 3 49,857 5 55 10 11 73 18 4 5,265 17 11 £256,240 15 21 Old Duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb 140,322 17 21 12-20 New Duty at 1 8-20 d. per lb 103,716 17 114 8-20 Additional Duty of 5 per cent per Act 3 Victoria, c. 17 12,201 0 01 £256,240 15 21 G. F. COTTRELL, Accountant-General. Excise-office, London, 16th November, 1844. LATEST FROM CHINA. Letters have been received overland, from her Majesty's ship Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, dated Hong-Kong, July 31. The Agincourt, 72, Captain H. Bruce, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, was lying there, in company with the Minden, hospital-ship, Captain Quin, which ship was to be paid off in a few days, and the officers and crew, it was reported, would be sent home in the Pelican. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, it was ex pected, would take a second instalment of the Chinese ransom to Singapore, to be forwarded by the Harle quin, 16, Commander the Hon. George Hastings, which ship may be expected to arrive in England about the end of January or beginning of February. A court-martial had been held on Lieutenant James B.:Kinsman, of the 'Wolverine, on charges of drun kenness, which being proved, he has been dismissed the service. The commands in the East were to be divided, that of the China forces to remain under Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the East Indies to be under a Commodore, supposed Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., of the Fox.—Devonport Independent. THE FIRE AT WEST BERGHOLT.—APPREHEN SION OF THE INCENDIARY.—Yesterday a man named Enoch Bibby was taken before the magistrates of Col chester, charged on suspicion with having set fire to the premises at West Bergholt Ihll, the property of Mr. J. Round, M.P., in the occupation of Mr. Ward. The prisoner was in Mr. Ward's employ, and had, it ap peared, been seen by one of the police, near one of the barns, with a candle and lantern, without being able to give any satisfactory account of himself. He had also said, while the fire was raging—" This is the way to get Ward's old beer out." Dlr. Ward had just at this time sent some beer out to the men who were helping to ex tinguish the flames. At the house of the prisoner s grandmother was found a part of an old stuff curtain, which exactly corresponded with a piece of stuff, found partially burnt, in the farm-yard, and the prisoner had first denied and afterwards admitted that he had been at his grandmother's on the Sunday. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the cause of the fire ; but the circum stances stated in the evidence appeared of so suspicious a character that the magistrate remanded him until Monday next.—Abridged from the Chelmsford Chronicle. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAILWAY.—A cir cular to the Railway Companies has been issued from the War-office, referring to the Act of last Session which renders it obligatory on the proprietors of several existing and all future railways authorised by or re quiring further powers from Parliament, to convey the military, their baggage, &c., at fixed rates, and stating that the Secratary-at-War considers it proper that the existing contracts with the railway companies for the conveyance of her Majesty's troops should be revised, am ; !hat. if possible, the rates of charge and general terms for their conveyance should be the same upon all the United Kingom. The circular ex the railways 1 2 presses an opinion 'that the rates fixed by the Act will " afford adequate remutination for the service per formed ;" and an early answer is requested, as to whether the company addressed, if not coming under the Act will consent to these terms. —Railway Record. SUICIDE FROM DISAPPOINTED A FFECTION.—An inquest was yesterday held at Brompton, on the body of a soldier of the 11th Regiment, who had shot himself while on duty in his sentry-box, in Chatham Dockyard. The mother of a girl whom the deceased bad desired to marry stated that on the morning he committed the dreadful act she had told him it was of no use his seek ing her daughter, for that she was about to be married to another man. The deceased, she said, shed tears. She told him it was of no use his fretting—she thought nothing about him. He said, " Let who will have her, I hope the Lord will bless her." The girl herself was examined, and said that she had never given him any encouragement. The deceased's comrades deposed to some recent expressions of his strongly indicative of despair. The verdict was—" Temporary insanity. LOCAL LEGISLATION.—Last night's Gazette, amidst the now usual host of railway notices, informs us that the Corporation o f London are about to apply for amended powers for improving the navigation of the Thames westward of London-bridge, and that a railway is projected, to commence at Richmond, by a junction with a " certain intended railway, called, or to be called, the Richmond and West-end Junction Railway," and to terminate at Staines, passing through Twickenham, Isleworth, Hamp ton, &c. Further, it appears to be designed that the present thoroughfare for carriages, horses, &c., along the eastern side of Lincoln's Inn-fields shall be stopped up, and a new footway formed " of the width of twenty feet," on the same side, in lieu thereof ; the residue of the present road to be " annexed to the gardens and ground" of the society. ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPHS IN FRANCE.—The Mi nister of the Interior has just appointed a Special Com mission to report on the advantages of the system of electrical telegraphs, and the possibility of their appli cation. The Minister had previously directed M. Al phonse Foy, the administrator in chief of the telegraphic department, and two of the principal employes, to inspect the model of Mr. M,in's electrical telegraph, which has been for some time privately exhibited in Paris. We are happy in being enabled to state, as we be lieve we reay do on competent authority, that the Benchers of the Honourable Society of Linc,oln?s Inn, and the Benchers of the Honourable Society of Giay's Inn, have instituted an inquiry into the alleged malprac tices at the bar of Messrs. Pyko, Crouch, and FnlT,en. Fur the present we abstain from all remark.—Chronicle. LATEST NEWS FROM THE RIVER PLATE. (From the Times.) ._ _ For the following intelligence we are indebted to the courtesy of a highly respectable firm at Liverpool. The date from Buenos Ayres is the 31st of August. The Argentine Minister, General Guido, had in formed the Brazilian Government that Buenos Ayres would consider the departure of General Paz through their territories as an act of hostility, and accordingly Paz had been detained at Rio. This had caused a great sensation at Monte Video, and the circum stances was considered as most unfavourable. There had been a guerrilla on the evening of the 29th, in which the Monte Videans were said to have lost 100 men, their advanced posts having been sur prised by the Italian Legion of Oribe, so that the fight was entirely between foreigners. A French corvette had arrived at Buenos Ayres with dispatches for the French Admiral, The news brought from Europe by the packet was considered favourable for the Government,* and the accounts from Brazil being pacific we may naturally look forward for an improved business here, but no thing satisfactory can be done until the war with Monte Video is ended, on account of the constant squabbling with foreigners which the blockade and a state of warfare creates. The following protest against arbitrary and inju rious impositions by the Monte Videan Government had been signed by the various British residents and mercantile firms in that city : " Monte Video, Aug. 22. " Sir,—The undersigned subjects of her Britannic Majesty, reading in Monte Video, and occupying or owning houses or warehouses therein, respectfully call your attention to a decree of this Government, confiscat ing the real and personal property of all absentees (na tives or Spanish), also all rents due, or to become due, from such property. " Also, to another decree of the present month, exact ing new and exorbitant taxes monthly of four and six rials on each window or balcony, and two, four, and eight dollars per month on each door of house, shop, or warehouse, in addition to the municipal tax of ten rials per month hiterto paid on each door. " We beg to remind you, that under the first-men tioned decree, both shops and warehouses have been forcibly opened, and their contents seized by the existing authorities, to the serious loss of their lawful creditors, amongst whom are some of the undersigned. " We have also to remind you that the rents of the houses we inhabit belonging to absentees (if paid to the present authorities as demanded) will, in the event of a change of rulers, be inevitably demanded from us a second time by the owners, and we shall, at any rate, be liable to troublesome and expensive law suits and their results. " The second decree imposes upon us new and exorbi tant monthly taxes on our doors and windows. We be lieve this to be in direct violation of the tenth article of our commercial treaty, which exempts us from all mili tary contributions. .Some of us are proprietors, against whom this is a direct tax ; others are only tenants, but such have no hope that their landlords will deduct the amount from their rents ; and such tenants will be finally implicated in the same vexatious law suits as before stated, should a change of Government take place. Be sides, the tax (not only contrary to the treaty, but enor mous in amount) is to be exacted by force monthly, and to support a war which has already ruined one half of the inhabitants of Monte Video, and is rapidly conducting the other half to the same abyss of misery, and, in many instances, to death. " We, therefore, request that you will allow us to ex tend a protest to her Britannic Majesty's Consulate in this city against both of the above decrees, as well as against the seizure of goods belonging to parties absent, indebted to us as before stated, and against the acts and deeds which have or may be practised against any of us by the existing authorities in endeavouring to carry the above into execution. " And we further request that you will permit us to deposit in her Britannic Majesty's Consulate the full amount in cash of all and every claim which the Govern ment may make against any of us, under either of the decrees above stated, suck deposit to be finally paid over by you to the parties that her Majesty may in her wis dom direct ; or, if you object to this, that you will be pleased to guarantee us,- that whatever change may take place in the political relations of the country, we shall at no future period be liable or be compelled to again pay the sums thus exacted. " We finally request that you will, at your earliest convenience, forward to her Britannic Majesty's Go vernment copies of the decrees in question, and also a copy of our letter, and be pleased to solicit their early attention to, and decision upon, all bearings of the ques tion, and beg respectfully to assure both them and you, that we confide in the wisdom and justice of their decision. " We are, Sir, your obedient humble servants, " To Adolphus Turner, Esq., her Ma jesty's Charge d'Affaires." (Copy of the letter which accompanied the representa tion to Mr. Turner.) " Monte Video, Aug. 23. " Sir,—We have the honour to wait upon you with the accompanying letter, addressed to yourself by various British residents in this city, and respectfully requesting your attention thereto." (COPY OF REPLY.) "Monte Video, Aug. 24. " Gentlemen,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d inst. (received to-day), in which you protest against two of the decrees of this Govern ment—one confiscating the real and personal property of all absentees (natives or Spanish), also all rents due or to become due from such property ; and the second im posing a new monthly tax qn the doors, windows, and balconies of the houses of this city. I have to inform you that according to your desire I have caused due note to be made of your protest in her Britannic Ma jesty's Consulate-General in this city, which may be ex tended at any time you may require it. I regret that I cannot comply with your request that I should permit you to deposit in her Majesty's Consulate-General the full amount in cash of all and every claim which the Government may make against any of you under either of the decrees above stated, or that I should guarantee, that in whatever change which may take place in the politital circumstances of this country, you should at no future period be compelled again to pay the sum exacted. "I do not feel justified in authorising you to resist the operation of a law which has been passed with the usual formalities required by the Constitution of the Republic, and I cannot depart from the usual practice observed by her Majesty's diplomatic agents abroad, by giving 1a gua rantee with reference to possible future contingencies. " I consider it to be my duty to state to you that I cannot approve of the language of that part of your letter which refers to the contest which is unfortunately being carried on in this country, as I consider it to be highly desirable that her Majesty's subjects residing here should abstain from any public expression of sentiments which might be viewed as indicating a desire for the success of either of the contending parties. I have transmitted a .copy of your letter and a copy of this reply to her Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " AD OLP fIUS TURNER. " P.S. I have to request that you will furnish me with a copy of the first of the two decrees referred to in your letter." * Referring, we believe, to some loan. DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO DUTCH CHAMBERS. We have just received the Handelsblad of Wednes day, which contains an account of two sittings of the Second Chamber of the States-General, and of the discussion concerning the rejection of their address by the First Chamber. During the first sitting, Ileer Thorbecke, Ileer Witwerf Sterling, and others, argued, with some warmth, that the Second Chamber was competent to present a separate address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, and that it was even bound to do so. This will appear a bold statement after the official notification by the Minister of the Interior, Baron Schimmelpenninck, that the King must decline receiving a separate address. In the evening sitting of Tuesday, after several members had spoken, it was put to the vote whether the document transmitted from the First Chamber should be received as a notification, and it was decided by a majority of 29 to 25 that it should be rejected. The second question, whether the Second Chamber alone should present the address to the King which had been drawn up by it was resolved in the negative, by a majority of 35 to 19. The third question, whether the address adopted by the Second Chamber should be laid before the King, with an additional one informing his Majesty that the First Chamber had not thought proper to coalesce with it, was also resolved negatively by a majority of 32 to 22. The fourth question, whether the King should be merely informed of the reasons which prevented the States- General from presenting an address this year, was re solved in the negative by a majority of 39 to 15. Finally, the fifth and all-important question, whether the adopted address should be presented by both Chambers of the States-General with a notification of the difference of opinion on the 15th paragraph, respecting a revision of the fundamental law, was put to the vote, when there appeared an equality of num bers-27 on each side. According to the rule of the Chamber in such a case, the decision of the question must be referred to the next sitting of the House, and it was conse quently resolved that the Chamber should take it into consideration on the following day, Wednesday. —Herald. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmwrEaDem, Not 13. Actual D Monet. Bills. ebt, 2% per 62% Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent • — PAW. ditto 5 per cent. MAW Syndic, 4% per cent 993 Ditto, ditto, 334 per cant ........ 9O Commercial company, 434 per Cent 145% Loan 1837, 4% per cent.. ....... .... ..... -.9% Exchange on London, Onemonth Two months ..... Hamburgh, One mmth Two months tis 25 Dutch Papers, Nov. 14. A QUACK DOCTOR COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. _ An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mrs. Mary Harris (late of Aston-hall, Shropshire), before Mr. 11. Churton, at Birkenhead, in consequence of the fol lowing certificate having been sent to the Coroner : " We, the undersigned medical officers of Birkenhead' at the request of Mr. Booth, the constable, have made in quiries relative to the death of Mrs. Mary Harris, of Aston hall, near Wein, and find that the deceased was attended by a person of the name of Port, an unqualified practitioner residing at Tranmere, who professes to cure cancer without the aid of the knife. She died, after the application of two plasters, under symptoms such as might be produc e d b y the absorption of arsenic. " B. VZUGHAN, M.D. " T. C. FOULKE'S, Surgeon." The Coroner issued his warrant for the disinterment of the body, which, after some difficulty, wm obtained, and a jury was empannelled on the 4th instant, but ad journed to yesterday in order to give time for the neces sary inquires and analyses to be made. The facts in the certificate briefly stated were given in evidence by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Foulkes, and they were clearly of opinion that there were no marks of internal disease sufficient to cause death, except such as were the effects of some irritant poison. The whole of the internal viscera was healthy with the exception of the lungs, which were slightly emphysematous. On the right breast there was a large slough about the size of a breakfast cup, extending about one inch into the substance of the flesh, and in this breast was a tumour, not partaking of a malignant character, about the size of a hazle-nut. (This was the part treated by Mr. Port for cancer.) The breast, sto mach, and its contents, as well as several other portions of the viscera, were removed, and placed in the hands of Professor Brett, of the Liverpool School of Medicine, for the purpose of being analyzed. Both witnesses were clearly of opinion that death had been caused by some irritant poison, and that had arsenic been applied to the breast, it might have been absorbed into the system, and would have produced the appearances and symptoms which presented themselves. Professor Brett stated, that he had made a careful analysis of the breast, the stomach, its contents, and the other portions of the viscera which had been delivered to him. He was, however, unable to detect arsenic in the internal portions of the body or their contents, but in the breast he clearly discovered it. This he obtained by what is termed the silrer test, Marsh's test not being delicate enough. He added, that if arsenic had been applied externally to the breast of the deceased, it wonld be absorbed into the system, affect the stomach, and produce death, but that the period between the applica tion and the death would entirely depend upon the susceptibility of the patient and other circumstances. Mr. Port pffered to produce a number of persons who were in attendance, and who, he stated, had been cured of cancer by the application of the same plasters. He also offered to produce before the jury, several cancers which had been extracted by them, but the Coroner de cided that such evidence could not be received. The CORONER, in summing up the case to the jury, said if they believed the evidence laid before them, it was their duty to find Mr. Port guilty of manslaughter. The jury, after half•an-hour's consultation, returned that verdict, and Mr. Port was forthwith committed, under the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the next Chester assizes. [We understand the prisoner has amassed consider able property in the neighbourhood of Birkenhead by his practice as a medical man, vast numbers of persons having placed themselves under his treatment, including persons of rank and title, and much larger fees having been paid to him than would be given to regular and authorised practitioners. He at once admitted before the Coroner that he had no diploma as a medical man.] IRELAND. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHAPEL. DUBLIN, Nov. 13.—The followin g s t range statement appears in the Tipperary V indicator:—" CLONNEL, Nov. 10.—On this day the Catholic soldiers belonging to the 4th Royal Dragoons, Artillery, and 90th Light Infantry at present stationed at Clonmel, were marched under arms, as usual, to hear mass at the new Chapel, under the command of a young Sub, belonging to the 90th, when the Rev. Mr. De Burke, the clergyman officiating, turned round to announce to the congregation that the tribute of a nation's gratitude to their liberated martyr would take place on next Sunday. The moment that the much-dreaded name of O'Connell was mentioned, up started the gallant officer and rushed down the gallery, his long sword knocking against the steps, and which in his haste was nearly tripping him up, and sending him down in more haste than he bargained for in the onset. Arriving in the aisle of the chapel the commander of the forces beckoned to his troops to leave the chapel, but the poor fellows were too intent on listening to the eloquent appeal of the patriot priest to see what their officer was at. He then ran up to the front of the gallery and or dered the men to march. They, of course, obeyed, with seeming reluctance, when they were ordered to fall in, and the roll called, it was discovered there were some of the gallant fellows still in chapel, and a file of men, with shouldered arms, were ordered in to bring the defaulters out r--a mission which was effected after a very short time. The poor fellows were then marched to their bar racks." MR. O'CONNELL AND THE ARBITRATION LAWS. DUBLIN, Nov. 14.—The Freeman's Journal contains he following correspondence : "Darrynane Abbey, Nov. 10, 1844. " My dear Gray—There is a subject of the greatest importance to which I think it is now time to call your attention. I mean, that of forming tribunals for ar bitration in as many places in Ireland as may seem de sirable. " I call your attention particularly to this subject for ,wo reasons. First, because you are no longer a member of the As sociation, and cannot, therefore, be indicted by the noble pair of friends, Brewster and Smith, for a ' foul conspi racy' to enable the people of Ireland to obtain justice without any expense. "Secondly, because no man is better acquainted with the details for wor ki ng out efficiently the plan of such tribunals. Will you th en , my good friend, join with me in set ting the crow n l awyers and their prompter at def i ance ; and helping me t o b r i ng home cheap justice to a ll t h e Irish people, w h o are anxious for (as who is not ?) that inestimable arti c l e ? " For my part, I have made up my mind, no matter at what risk, to assist the Irish people in the establishment of a universal system of arbitration. " There will be three great advantages derived from that system:— " First—lt will enable the Irish to have their cont versies decided by judges of their own choosing ; and in whom, therefore, they have confidence. " Secondly—lt will enable them to have their con troversies carried on and terminated without any expense whatever. " Thirdly—lt will greatly diminish the awful flip pancy of oath-taking ; and will, therefore, diminish con siderably the horrid crime of perjury. " If I were able, by wasting all the exertions of the remainder of my life on the subject, to prevent only one perjury, I would deem my labour most amply rewarded. Will you then, my excellent friend, assist me ? Will you, in fact, become my secretary, to carry out my plan for the working of the arbitration tribunals upon as ex tensive a scale as possible ? If you do, and I have no doubt that you will to arrange all th e materials for suc h a pl an i n th e in terval that will e l apse between t hi s an d m y re t urn to Dublin. , agree to assist me, Ido beg of you " Our plan must have no connexion whatsoever with the Association, so as in any way to involve that body in our acts. But I trust our plan will not be the less effica cious on that account ; as we will, I hope, compensate by energy and activity, for the loss of the influence which the Association so legitimately possesses. " I propose that, immediately upon my arrival in Dub lin, we should send a circular to some person, clergyman or layman, in each locality, requiring to know whether an arbitration tribunal be requisite or advisable. We shall then proceed to procure persons suited to be arbi trators and willing to undertake that most useful duty. Of these a sufficient number for each district shall be named, and in each case, two or more of them will sit, at stated periods, to hear such cases as shall be submitted to their award. " The submission in each case must be the voluntary act of the parties litigant ; without dictation or control rbi tratton , Association of any other person. as your reports to abundantly prove. " But I need not enter into f urther detail. You a r e perfectly conversa nt with the o peration and modes of " w e s hall keep within the strictest lett er o f t h e l aw. But, doing so, we s hall p rocure f or the people of Ireland cheap j us ti ce , speedy justice, and justice unta i nted b y any sus picion of partiality or corruption. t w h o e r t i o n ygal o s u taatiosynsatleßmepeofa al " soliciting your aid, I have the honour to be, your fellow-martyr and faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " J o hn Gray, Esq. , M.D. , proprietor of the Freeman's Journal." To the above letter Dr. Gray has returned the follow ing answer : Freeman's Journal Offico, Nov. 10. " My dear Sir —You can command my services as your secretary in carrying out your proposed plan for the establishment of arbitration. tribunals. work of am, from the Repeal As sociation, I rejoice that you have assigned me a depart ment in which I ca n again personally labour in the great I unwillingly " Deeply gratified that anything I have hitherto done should be so remembered by you as to have induced you to think my assistance worth asking for, I remain, my dear sir, wit h the . deepest sentiments of respect and at tachment, as a friend and an Irishman, faithfully yours, anraattieodna:.regeneration. . " JOHN GRAY. " Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P." CONFLICT WITH SIOTB.ENERS. POOR-LAW COMMIS- This is becoming a very serious m a t ter. In all direc tioTnstheboarsoguardians are up in arms against the commissioners. The provincial journals, received this day, supply the following details :—The guardians of the Ballinrobe union met on the 31st ult., when a com mittee was appointed to take into consideration the re solutions adopted by , the Limerick guardians. THE LIMERICK GUARDIANS AND THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. —Yesterday a communication was re ceived in town from Sir Coleman O'Loghlen, that there was every prospect of the Limerick guardians succeeding , e court of aggnst th e poor-law 9ommisacners in - t DWICh;-- , Zimerich !teenier of yesterday. The Tuam guardians are threatened with the ven geance of the Queen's Bench by the poor-law Commis sioners, for not issuing warrants to the collectors of the rate, after having declared a rate in the union. The perverse conduct of the poor •law commissioners h2s a tendency to make repealers or federalists of the union guardians.to Ireland.— Limerick Chronicle. Captain O'Brien, 7 . 2 d, has got notice of an action at law for breach of promise of marriage to Miss Forrest, of Mitchelstown. AFFRAY WITH PIRATES ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LOSS OF LIFE. (From the Devonpart Independent.) We have been favoured with a perusal of a very interesting letter from her Majesty's brig Alert, 6, Commander Bosanquet, from which we have made the following extracts : " Information having been given by the master of the Courier, merchant brig, that a party of her crew, as also of the Margaret, merchant barque, having landed on the island of Anguin, near Cape Blanco, hit. 20 47 N., long, 17 2 W., Western Coast of Africa, for guano—which had been represented as being very plentiful there—had been savagely mur dered by the natives (a tribe of Arabs) on that part of the coast, their boats taken away, and that three of the crew were still remaining on the island, se verely wounded, her Majesty's brig Alert was or dered up from the Galinas, to make the necessary inquiries concerning the fate of the three men. She arrived off Cape Blanco on the 7th of September, and proceeded upwards of fifty miles within the shoals ; but from the shallowness of the water and the intricacy of the passage—it having never been sur veyed, and there oftentimes being no more than 13 feet of water, the brig drawing 12l feet, she could not get nearer than Cape Salinas. Having reached this point, the pinnace and two gigs, manned and armed, with Captain Bosanquet, Lieut. H. B. Creyke, Mr. Wilkes, surgeon, Messrs. Parker, purser, and Cooke, and about thirty men, started on the endeavour to find out the settlement; but from the place being so imperfectly known, after exploring every little bay alongside, and sounding all round, they returned the next morning without success. The following morn ing the boats again left the ship, manned and armed as before, and after pulling in another direction for five or six hours, in the heat of the day, (themr. 105 in the shade), when suddenly rounding a headland, came in sight of the island of Anguin, and observed the island literally covered with armed men, with six large boats, three apparently , English, on the sands near the town, in a strong posi tion, under an old French fort—the island having formerly been in the hands of the French. Our boats pulled within a few yards of the beach, but, having heard of the treachery of these people, it was deemed prudent, for the present, not to land ; all this time the natives used every artifice in their power to in duce the boats to come on shore. At last Mr. Parker, in the first gig, was ordered in shore, under cover of the marines in the pinnace, and had a con ference with the chief, who stated that the three men in question had died of their wounds, but he could get no further information. The next thing to be done was to get possession of the merchantmen's boats taken by the natives, as before stated. About nine o'clock in the evening, a murmuring noise being heard on shore in the direction of the boats, sup posed to be the hauling them higher on the sand, we immediately weighed our grapnel and pulled in, just keeping afloat. Sergeant Symes, of the Marines, was ordered to fire a musket, to intimidate the na tives, but he had no sooner done so than they gave a most terrific yell, ran down to the edge of the water in a mass, and commenced a very heavy and well directed fire of musketry on our boats. The firing was returned pretty warmly by our gallant Marines and small-arms party, but owing to the night being more than ordinarily dark, we could only judge of the position of the natives by the flashes of their muskets ; our party was a better mark for them, the ripple on the water, and the white jackets and accoutrements of the Marines, making the objects snore conspicuous, and enabling them to take deadly aim. In a few minutes, in the pinnace, one of the Marines was killed, and five wounded. It being then too dark to land, and not knowing the strength of the pirates, which, at least, must have been upwards of 100, and well-armed, we hauled off, to renew the attack with more advantage in the morning. At daylight, on landing, we found that during the night this haunt of pirates had been abandoned, and not the least vestige of the people, boats, &c., could be seen, with the exception of two guns, one of which—a very fine piece of ordnance, a six-pounder, supposed to have belonged to the Margaret—we brought oft: Not being able to gain further intelligence of the pirates, and the wounded in the boats being uneasy, we soon returned to the ship. From the quantity of blood traced to the door of the chief's house, it is presumed he must either have been killed or wounded, which, in all probability, was the cause of their decamping during the night, as they had showed great spirit and determination on the preceding evening. The names of the killed and wounded on our side are, George Bailey, private, R.M., killed ; John Cole, private, R.M., died from his severe wounds shortly after returning on board ; Abel Seymour, A. 8., wounded in the head, since dead ; Thomas Glanville, gunner's mate, slightly ; George Lumb, gunner's mate, two mus ket balls in right arm, and one in right breast, recover ing fast ; Thomas Hancock, quarter-master, one musket ball in neck and arm-pit, nearly well. " P.S. Near Cape Blanco, it will be remembered, the Medusa, French frigate, was wrecked in 1816. The wind blowing exceedingly heavy, and an ugly sea rising rapidly, it behoves seamen to be careful in approaching that part of the coast." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSIWUTII, Nov. 14.—The Griffin, 3, Lieutenant.. Commander C. Jenkin, arrived at Spithead, this day at noon, from Port Royal, bringing invalids from the squadron. The Vindictive, 50, is reported ready for commission, and is expected to hoist the pendant in a few days, to supersede the Winchester r 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, as flag-ship on the Cape of Good Hope station. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Robson, is equipping in the harbour to protect the fisheries on the Sussex coast, her former duty. The Fair Rosamond schooner, paid off on Saturday, is being surveyed for re-commission. The Lynx, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Nott, was in Tarbert Roads on the 11th instant, expecting sailing orders for Lisbon daily. The Lark, schooner, Lieutenant-CommanderLawrence, was at Nassau, New Brunswick, on the 20th jof Sep tember, all well. The Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, went into har bour at Devonport, on Saturday, to be paid off. The Amazon, flute 42, at Sheerness, is reported com missioned by Captain J. J. Stopford. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Glasse, was ordered into harbour yesterday at Devonport, to be paid off. She ar rived at Bombay on Saturday, having made the passage in seven weeks. She was inspected in the Sound, on Tuesday, by Captain Dickson, of the San Josef. The legistatice troop-ship, Commander Patey, left Plymouth Sound for Cork, on Sunday, but was driven back by stress of weather, on Tuesday. The Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Postle, went into Barnpool on Wednesday, her crew having pre viously received wages. She will leave in a day or two, for Gibraltar. Very heavy gales have been blowing on this coast since Sunday, from S.S.W. to W.S.W. They somewhat abated this morning. Extraordinary high tides prevailed during the gales. The water rose much higher than has been observed for three or four years, and the houses alongshore have been deep in water in the cellars, and considerable damage and inconvenience occasioned. THE EXPERIMENT AT PORTSMOUTH WITH CAPTAIN NORTON'S SHELLS. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.—The trial of these shells took place this morning on board the Excellent, in the presenea of General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenhatn, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Captain F. Rowley, Capt Norton, Colonel Dansey, Ti. A., Colonel Trevor, and several engineer and artillery officers. The firing com menced at nine o'clock, and the shells were thrown from a 68 and 32-pounder guns. The old Swiftsure is lying aground at the distance of about 1,400 yards from the Excellent, heeling over at an angle of about 20 degrees, her deck exposed to that ship. A large canvas target was placed at the port side of the Swiftsure's bow, the intention being to strike her in that part of the ship ; but a strong breeze blowing directly across the line of fire, prevented that accuracy of aim which, no doubt, would have been entirely per fect but for this circumstance. As it was, the practice was most perfect, as the following account of the shells fired will show : Shell No. 1. Missed the ship, when striking the mud a second time exploded. No. 2. Struck ship at the chestrees and exploded. No. 3. Struck the fore pole, or mast, and exploded. No. 4. Missed ship, exploded on striking the mud. No. 5. Missed, exploded in mud. No. 6. Struck ship, port side midships, and exploded. No. 7. Missed ship, exploded in the mud. No. 8. Struck starboard cathead and exploded. No. 9. Entered port broadside and exploded on the main deck. No. 10. Struck ship's deck_ starboard! side and ex ploded._ No. 11. Struck deck and starboard rail and exploded. N 0.12. Struck the forecastle and exploded in the head, blowing out the planking. No. 13. Entered through the quarter-deck by the main hatchway combings and exploded, blowing out part of the starboard side. No. 14. Struck bulwark of forecastle and exploded. No. 15. Passed over Swiftsure and exploded in the mud. No. 16. Entered ship's deck abaft forehatch and ex ploded on main•deck. No. 17. Entered the deck near main-hatoh and ex ploded on main-deck. No. 18. Entered the deck near fore-hatchway and ex plodedon main-deck. No. 19. Entered the deck by after •hatch and exploded on main-deck. No. 20. Entered the deck abaft the mainmast and ex ploded. No. 21. INlissed, and explodod on striking mud. No. 22. Struck deck by fore-hatchway and exploded. No. 23. Struck the canvas target a fm inches above the bull's 7 eyo entered the ship at the port side, f orwar d, and Ciploded. ' It will be seen, from the above list of shells fired, that the firing was veri splendid, very few shells missing the ship. _ _ We visited the Swiftsure after the firing ceased, and we were most astonished at the destructive power of these shells, and at the extreme accuracy of the fuzes ; every shell exploded in an instant after striking the object ; even the concussion on striking the mud had the effect of bursting it, the iron of the shell splitting into small fragments. The quarter deck, main deck, and even the lower deck, were literally strewed with the fragments, accompanied by quantities of splinters of deck stanchions, &c. Had the Swiftsure been fully manned, the decks, from the twenty-three shells fired, must have been com pletely cleared of men—hardly any could have escaped. We are decidedly of opinion that this shell is by far the most deadly and destructive that we have ever seen, principally from the correct and timely bursting, from the ingenious effect of the concussion on the fuze ; and we have no doubt but the competent officers that are ordered to report thereon will give a very favourable account of it. To-morrow, we understand, a further trial will take place, and likewise a trial of Colonel Dansey's shells. (From the Devonport Independent.) Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, 72, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., was towed into harbour on Saturday by the Plainer and Confiance. She will be paid off on Thursday next. Her Majesty's steamer Alban, Lieut. Frederick Lowe, arrived on Thursday from the Cove of Cork. Her Majesty's sloop Pelican, 16, Commander Justice, may shortly be expected from the East Indies, with the second instalment of the Chinese ransom ; and we have reason to believe she will bring home the officers and crew of the Minden, orders having been received to pay that ship off at Hong-Kong. Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36, Capt. Fremantle, and the Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. Charles Elliot, were at Vera Cruz on the 2d ult. Tier Majesty's sloop Rose, 18, Commander henry Sturt, was at Tampico on Sept. 25. ller Majesty's surveying vessel Lark, Lieut. G. Law rence, was at Nassau on the sth ult. Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Capt. Charles Talbot, arrived in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, from Hali fax, on her way to the East Indies, on Sept. 13. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern, 16, Commander Edmund Peel, from a cruise ; and the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander George N. Broke, from Algoa Bay, arrived in Simon's Bay on Sept. 13. Her Majesty's ship Cambrian, 36, Capt. 11. D. Chads, C. 8., arrived at Madras on Sept. 2, on her way to Eng land to be paid off. ENTERTAINMENT TO MR. JUS TICE ERLE. Yesterday evening a banquet was given at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, by the Western Circuit, to Mr. Justice Erie, on his elevation to the bench. A most sumptuous entertainment was provided on the occasion by Messrs. Staples. Mr. Rogers, the leader of the circuit, was in the chair, and was supported not only by the present members of the circuit, but in addition the body were rejoined by Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Merewe ther, Sir John Audrey, W. Hayter, Esq., M.P., and others, who having some time left the circuit, were anxious to express their concurrence in the unanimous feeling which had prompted this token of respect to their distinguished guest. The party were also joined by Sir Frederick Thesiger, as representing the Attorney-Ge neral, Sir W. Follett, who was also a member of the Western Circuit. After due justice had been done to every delicacy which the accustomed efforts of the proprietors of the Albion could provide, and the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Health of Mr. Justice Erle." The company, by their long-continued acclamations, ' indicated how much they concurred in the sentiments expressed by the chairman. Mr. Justice ERLE, in returning thanks for the hearty reception and princely entertainment he had received, begged to add that he accepted the kindness of his friends around him not more for the hearty good , Aill which their applause indicated than for the satisfaction which their applause expressed of his conduct during the years which he had spent in intimate connexion with the members of the Western Circuit. The maintenance of the high character of the bar was essential to its posi tion, and the expression of kind feeling which he had received he hoped might be taken as an approval on the part of those w ith w h om h e h a d so long associated that his efforts had been directed to that end. " The Health of the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals" fullowed, for which Sir F. THESIGER returned thanks ; and the evening ‘s as concluded with the most perfect concurrence of a large body of the bar in a sentiment expressed by the Solicitor-General, that " the only credit due to the Government was, that they had selected the best man." 11 1 " THE CRY FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MALT DEVY. The English farmers are now raising a cry of dis tress—a thing they never fail to do food is cheap and the country prosperous. On such occasions they do not look for relief to the parties who ought to afford it, their land:ords, but they besiege Parliament with petitions, either for the imposition of some new tax under the name of protection, or the repeal of some old tax which, in their opinion, presses particu larly upon their order. Accordingly, a movement is now commencing for the repeal of the malt duty, an impost which is invariably attacked when the farmers do not find themselves comfortable. Sometimes it is avowed that their motive is to raise the price of barley by increasing the con sumption, but in general the false pretext is put forward of compassion for the working classes, or a benevolent desire "to cheapen the poor man's pot of beer." This was the cue taken up at a meeting held upon the subject in London last week. One orator, a Mr. Ellis, declared that "it was more than human nature could put up with for a man to do field-labour, and to be compelled to drink nothing but tea or water." Mr. Baker " considered beer almost as necessary as bread," and was willing to pur -1 chase the more liberal use of this beverage for the poor, even at the expense of an addi tion to the incomo-tax! But Mr. Hobbs capped the climax by announcing the great discovery that water-drinking is fatal to life. " They must all (he said) have seen, in going through the union houses througho-zt the kingdom, numerous children who had lost their fathers from being obliged to drink water ;" and for the benefit of the faculty, he states the type which the water-ill assumes. In the southern counties, " Some men with large families had drunk water till they brought on consumption !" Such are the pitiful fictions with which these men colour over a scheme purely selfish. The froth is, that with the single exception of the tobacco duty, there is not a better tax in our whole fiscal system than that on malt. First, it is very productive. Last year it yielded a clear revenue of 4,873,0001., which, if given up, we defy the ablest financier to replace by any impost which would not be attended with tenfold difficulty and tenfold inconvenience to the public. Secondly, the malt duty has the advantage of being fairly levied, for there is little smuggling in the ma nufacture. Thirdly, it falls on an article more a luxury than a necessary of life , and nearly as muc h abused as whisky an d gin. ourthly, it presses so lightly as scarcely to be felt by the great mass of those who pay it. Upon the species of porter called beer in England, which constitutes the favourite drink of the working classes, it amounts precisely to 66, upon the barrel of thirty-six gallons, that is two pence per gallon, or one-third of a penny on the pot. The fourpenny pot, therefore, if the duty were abo lished, would cost the retailer about one farthing less than is now charged. Abatements, however, are never made by farthings on such articles, and the re sult would be, either that the price would be lowered a halfpenny, and the beer reduced in strength; or the price would remain at fourpenny, with a pro mise to raise the quality, which the brewer would not long be able to fulfil, if the abolition of the duty Oa fected the objected of those who carried it, that of en hancing the price of barley. Like the tobacco duty, the malt-tax being chiefly paid in pennies and far things, its weight is scarcely felt. We ask how a sum of nearly five millions could be raised in any other way so easily, and with so little injury to any person ? Moreover, who could gain by the change ? flow could even a reduction of one halfpenny on the fourpenny pot (one-eighth of the price), produce any sensible increase of consumption, or any sensible rise in the price of barley ? Any person who ex amines the subject patiently may easily satisfy himself that the sole effect of the abolition of the malt duty would be to throw away five millions of re venue, without benefit to any class. Absurd and mischievous as such a step would be, our rapacious landocracy are daring enough to attempt it. Twice within the last twelve years has the House of Com mons, with blind selfishness, passed a vote against the continuance of this tax ; and twice has the Chancellor of the Exchequer prevailed upon the Members, by his prayers and tears, to stultify the mse l ves b y recall ing their v o t e ! It behoves the country, then, to be on its guard, and watch their manceuvres re peal of a tax yielding five millions, IP:' i for the iis inevitably to the imposition of another, 'ai others, of equal amount. The present inait-tax is but a remnant of that which existed in 1815. While the duties on tea sugar, soap, avilPlows, fire insurance, and many others felt to be Oppressive, were left untouched, the land holders lost no time in reducing the duties on malt, always acting on the idea that these duties kept down the price of barley. In 1815 the tax on malt, in cluding the beer duty, was about 565. or 58s. the quarter, or nearly triple its present amount. In the first year of peace, when rents were falling, away went the " war malt duties," equal to Hs. the Winchester quarter. In 1822, a year of agricultural distress, what was called the "annual malt-tax" of Bs. the quarter was thrown overboard. In 1830 the same parties procured the repeal of the beer duty, which was equal, we believe, to 12s. on the quarter of malt. Ab out seven millions of revenue were sacrificed to appease the cravings of the landholders, and aid them in their vain attempt to uphold war prices in time of pence. They are still not satisfied ; and we should not be at all surprised to see the residue of this duty, which burdens nobody, and is very productive, swept away because such is their will and pleasure, while a multitude of unjust, unequal, and grinding taxes are spared. What the farmers have gained by these and all the other real or pretended efforts for their relief by legislation, their present complaints and outcries show. We could scarcely believe the testimony of our senses, when we saw so sound-headed a statesman as Lord John Russell drop some expressions on the last day of the session, intimating that the repeal of the malt tax was a subject worthy of consideration I We sup pose his Lordship, when lie made this remark, was prepared to render the income-tax permanent, or to re-impose the house duty, or the higher duties on glass, paper, and soap, or to adopt some measure equally strong.—Scotsman. DEATII OF Da. ADERCROMBIE.—We are sorry to announce the sudden demise of this celebrated and phi lanthropic physician. The deceased was seised with a fit of apoplexy, at his residence in York-plkee, this morn - ing, which proved almost immediately fatal. The loss of 1)r. Abercrombie will be deeply and severely felt. llis benevolence was unwearied. In his character we have a beautiful combination of intellectual talent and moral excellence—genius surrounded with the halo of Christian virtue.—Scottish Herald of Thursday. MELTON MOWIIRAY.—The arrivals at this place of sporting celebrity are unusually numerous. Among the first-rate Leicestershire studs which have already arrived are those of the Earl of Wiltoa, Colonel Wynd ham, Lord A. St. Maur, Captain Oliver, Sir J. Muigrave, Bart., W. S. S. Crawford, Esq., C. P. Leslie, Esq., H- G. Surtees, Esq., R. M. Oliver Massey, Esq.; and stab ling are taken for many more studs, which are expected in the course of the ensuing week. THE CIIRISTENING AT BURLEIGII.—An amuting mistake occurred at this ceremony. The Bishop of Pe terborough, who performed the ceremony, had com menced it and was going on, when it was dise,vered that the infant who was to be christened was rot in the room. The young lady was immediately bri2, - , l ght in, however, and the ceremony recommenced. EXTRAORDINARY SPORT A:r Ins GRACE TUE Duty OF RUTLAND'S.-011 Tuesday week, in a small cover called the " Links," near Newmarket, his Greco the Duke of Rutland, Colonel Anson, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. FaiTlie, with only four hours' shooting, bagged th 3 txtraordinary number of 714 head of game—nsraely, hares, 336 ' - pheasants, 265 ; partridges 3, rabbits, 80 ; and the following day upwards of 50 .cares, pheasants, &c. (wounded the previous day), were picked up. Out of the four hours shooting, two of the party were absent an hour and a half, attending a meeting at Newmarket—namely, his Grace the Duke of Rutland and Mr. Fairlie. In the evening a considerable portion of the game was distributed to the tenantry, tradespeople, &c.—Leicester Journal. INCREASE OF PAUPERISM.—SiIICe Thursday last, not less than seventy-seven persons have been admitted into the w orkhouse of Banbury Union ; and we believe we ar© not mistaken when we state that an equal num ber are ready to present themselves for a like purpose. Of the seventy-seven, forty-one are from the parish of Bloxham, and they entered together on Friday last, pass. ing through our town in a melancholy procession. —Ban bury Guardian. HER MAJESTY'S STAG IlouNns.—A large field, in. eluding the Earl of Rossiya, several of the officers of the regiments stationed at Windsor and Hounslow, and a considerable muster of neighbouring gentry and yeo men, to the number of upwards of 150, were at the meet, yesterday morning, at Littleton, near Staines. The cele brated stag,Jim Crow, which affbrded some excellent runs during last season, upon being uncartod near Askford,svent away towards the Staines union workhouse, doubling to the left between Ashford and Bedfont on to Feltham hill, and then away for Sunbury Common, crossing the high road for Shepperton. Jim Crow then wheeled to the left and made for Sunbury, where he took to the Thames, crossing the riser near the w e i r t o t h e Surrey side. The hounds were then drawn off, and taken round over Walton-bridge, and again laid on near the weir, the stag taking away for Moulsey Hurst, where there was a check, Jim Crow again taking to the Thames, and landing on an eyot in the middle of the stream s A punt was soon manned by the yokels of Moulsey, and the stag driven from his place of refuge ?;,to the Thames, swimming again to the Surrey side, making for West Moulsey, where it was taken on the farm of Mrs. Edwards, after a run (the first eight or nine miles w ithout a check) of an hour and a half, and upwards of seventeen miles from the kennel at Ascot. In conse quence of the late rains the waters were out in all di rections in the vicinity of the Thames, and the country exceedingly heavy. The meet, on Monday, will be at Broomhall-hut, and on Friday next at Stoke Com. MOIL 111 R. SERGEANT ANDREWS. Yesterday forenoon, Mr. Wakley, coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, and a jury of fifteen householders of Hampstead, assembled at the Coach and Horses Inn, Heath-street, to pursue an inquiry into the melancholy circumstances connected with the death of Thomas Andrews, Esq., aged 68, sergeant-at-law. Considerable interest was felt in the proceedings. In addition to several medical gentlemen, the inquest-room was also crowded by gentl emen o f the legal profession, and personal friends of the deceased. 'l' L! jury having been sworn, procecdtd to view the body, which lay in the sleeping apartment of the un fortunate gentleman, at his late mansion on Hampstead hill. The wound in his throat was horizontal, about two inches and a half in length, and of considerable depth, having completely severed the windpipe to the extent described. =On the return of the jury the evidence was entered into as follows: Sarah Priest deposed she was a married woman, and resided in Medway-street, Somers-town. She was a nurse, and had formerly acted in that capacity in the family of the late Mr. Sergeant Andrews. She was present at the death of that gentleman, which took place at half-past one in the morning of Wednesday last. She had been sent for by Mr. Headland, surgeon, of Guilford-street, on the previous Thurs day, to attend on Mr. Sergeant Andrews. On her arrival she found him in bed, and that ha had a wound in his throat. The medical gentlemen in attendance on the deceased were Mr. Evans and Mr. Headland. She attended him from the time she had mentioned up to the period of his death, but she was wholly incapable of forming any opinion as to the state of his mind. lie did not object during that period to anything which was done for him by the medical men, and the only remarks she heard him make were complaints of great pain in the head. The CORONER—Of what part of the head did he complain ? Witness—He would frequently put his hands up to either side of his head, and exclaim " Oh, my head. Oh, the pain is more than I can bear." Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Willing, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Headland were present at the time deceased died. Mr: Herbert Norman Evans deposed that he was a surgeon, and resided at Hampstead. About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday week he was sent for, to attend Mr. Sergeant Andrews, who he was informed had inflicted a wound in his throat. On going to the residence of the learned sergeant, he found him lying on a sofa in the front parlour, and Mr. Willing, a neighbouring chemist, in attendance. He had a large wound inflicted horizontally in the front of the throat, and appeared very weak from loss of blood, although there was not much bleeding at that time. Witness examined the wound, the pressure of which enabled deceased to speak, but he did not do so immediately. I was told that h© had been found by hire. Andrews lying on the rug in the front parlour with his throat cut, bleeding profusely, wi h a razor by his side. That ho had been lying in bed all day, in conse quence of having a bad headache. Ile had been seen there some short time before by his lady, having nothing on but his stockings, drawers, and night-dress, and was found in that condition. On examination of the wound, he found that it had entered the windpipe, in which there was a large opening. Thought the case serious from the first on account of deceased's age, and the fact that he had been an invalid for many years ; there were, however, no very serious symptoms, up to the night of his death. Was sent for by Mrs. Andrews about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night last, and was then told there had been internal bleeding, but there was only slight in dication of such being the case. He sat by deceased up to a quarter-past one on Wednesday morning, when at that time he suddenly jumped up in bed, and the blood poured profusely from the nose and mouth, and in a few seconds after he ceased to exist. The CORONER—To what did you attribute the bleed ing you allude to ? Witness—To some internal vessel having given way, in consequence of a violent fit of coughing with which deceased was seized at the time. The CORONER—What was the immediate cause of death? Witness—Suffocation. The CORONER—SO then you do not ascribe it to the wound in the throat? Witness—l think if he had not inflicted the wound in his throat he would have been alive now. I think, however, it was a vessel in the lungs gave way, and the internal bleeding caused suffocation. The CORONER—How do you know that it was a vessel of the lungs? Witness—That was my surmise. The CORONER—If a vessel gave way in the lungs, in stead of the wound :in tho throat aiding suffocation, it would be likely to prevent it by allowing the blood to escape. Mr. Headland here stepped forward, and said, as the medical attendant of deceased for some years, that Ser geant Andrews was subject to bleeding of the lungs, but although that was the case, they had agreed that the primary cause of death was the wound. The CORONER said that would not do. The doubt which Mr. Evans had raised could not be removed with out a post mortem examination. In such a case as the present it was of the utmost importance to the family of deceased and others that the precis© cause of death should be ascertained, and for this purpose the inquiry must be adjourned. The inquiry was then adjourned accordingly. NEW MAYORS.—We subjoin a list of the Mayors elected at the following places, on Saturday last : Barnstaple—Robt. Budd, Esq. ; Beaumaris—Thos. Wil liams, E.q. ; Birmingham —Alderman Phillips ; Bolton —John Slater, Esq. ; Carlisle—James Steel, Esq., editor of the Carlisle Journal ; Chester—Chas. Potts, Esq. ; Congleton—J. Bulkeley Johnson, Esq. ; Exeter—Ald. IVooliner ; Lancaster—E. D. Salisbury, Esq. ; Leeds— Ald. Lupton ; Liverpool—Ald. Lawrence ; London —Ald. Gibbs ; Manchester—Ald. A, Kay ; Newport (Monmouthire)—E. Dowling, Esq., editor of the Merlin ; Preston—Ald. Paley ; Stockport—Ald. John Wilkii:- son ; Swansea—John Richardson, Esq. ; Totness— g4ward Luscombe, Esq. ; Wigan—Thos. Eckersley. Esq.—Liverpool Merely y. MIDDX.E TEmrtx, Nov. 15.—Mr. C. H. White-. hurst, recently appointed one of her Majesty's Council, tool; his seat this (lay, as a Beneher of the lion. Society of the M (Idle Temple,