The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-01 00:00:00

`~ ~. _ 'tTw.~ Y.-~... INner.. :•.I,e'rer S3W him after. Had, kept his eyes closel uponierson• all the time, and is certain he is the same but does 1 'Kite sure. Prisoner cap at the time, oot , score a )3,n0,:w. what kind of cap. otite•ide4tifieGiantes.--1 Witness did t see as 51 paid; fl,- the Al 1u1). s quite sure.l thew 5 • s 75. whole amount vas . it was paid a e nsT na - Knows—Knou s br ad to4r beforeg, oilman, Wal vort - o . He had seen e , . more than once. Is acquainted with him as a 1 ,- n l ler• Ile may have come to make purchas s es shop last 1 4 1 11 r or five months Prisoner was last at his tbur o'clock. ba re b 'B afternoon, about four or a quarter-past said, for the 11 4 *,, e l it a pennyworth of gunpowder. He it, hada Pennyworth of gnnpowder, and let it b the best." and witness said " Let :tie liot,lp, the best. He said nothing more, an ounce, „ °1 ~ about it. There might be about half 1 , 1'1 41111 3'110t an ounce. It was not weighed.• He left the shop i' i t ti n i O s Ut inany h about a minute observation. Witness observed nothing unusual ilto gth _a" r• He might be in the s op m ite, , .r. It was his usual manner—his usu w al as m no o t d h e in o g f Itrreelat lot benyer,au 8 girl iatrosust t°,'Zriel,llellgsul:pitieniec,stis.• He seemed, quite sober. There. of him. askedyears i'o or age, es tlO konti-islllLs lived with her father there . be N tter 'than hint Yeacock thti:44 . - t il i , a labourer. Knows the prisone k r. str S ee ar , n n e i a n r i ),11 thursday evening at the top of Peticoc .. - ~,, e ___ as NV,tie aruek, about a itarter put five "lo t c h k a . t she saw l' j...when the pistol went 'off. Before that 1 6e w o : . ,"; and said to her companions (little girls) k as ulu not it -a that way ; she saw somethin, so When men in white clothes. Witness had scarce l l e y a - n s i a n i g d I t i th 1 1 1 ! the pistol was fired. Witness saw prisoner a man irkzelio to st7.,,,tbraecekt. aninst Mrs. Brent's door, and 1). ,at knw :now was Fitzgerald, he was standing_r. illock ca me up T p h e e ae pi o t saw in witness, , pri d .. N et r\l against her, nearly knocking her do • i s l t Y rret fi , raedndimpmaesdseiadtelyafter s . P an i_ Witness then k° ' • FP wal king then up Peacock-street. Mrs. Brent lifttii,, ,zgerald near Mrs. Brent's, and Inti on ' er ile ' d n'an up. Witness is not sure sa th w at 1 1v 14 whe leaned against Mrs. Brent's door. into his tac k ;she prisoner who assedher • she looked up_ u__ Sliite eras sure e ttai, etharii,seo..ner began . to p run when . he g . ot up to the I) hips do u b t h gFock. Witness is certain ot the prisoner. Has at ,.. eul the game who passed her. t4tl4 h!ustvidence 'the Magistrate committed the prisoner to .4,lLtrial at the sessions. kkki o 4ltes thought it proper at present to refrain from tllll observations. ai t , t 114 ' J 1.67 i 11 4 ii A, 4, 00 1P, i ' I V t : 0 I 4tlt t ,,, (c m . Y ,os BENCH. (THIS DA.) Thi lip tinned from cur Afternoon's Edition.) k at h s a , •Ilt V. HAGAR AND OTHERS which created a ttt, .(1410,",action for trespass, and one_ acted as their own teNt , buj oa el, ,laugliter while it continued, by reason of the th e kl, ti ad, 4 'e by the defendants, kr ti P.roVe r b tilla consequence, gave has a fool 1, c0, 13 Ole nt 1, 4 he who acts as his own counsel hairdresser, 11 . 13'i0 •It a e w pr h a u ctical illustration of ' -street, St. Giles's ; VII 4 i sh op in Great St. Andrew s but 4 . g a ei._ . ppeared that plaintiff was a dt,t•etnakeei lien acting as his foreman, a acitv. The lodiot,subsnquently acted in that c p se s and q W ' - . entered the premise, left him, and a kh, to tat as the landlord, d " deserted." Nth 4 Inae, possession, conceiving that plaintiff's son, 14'tift'd "°"ed upon as his tenant, . had ts a , in March tr z t o r sttel then went, with some 11'1,834, and the defendants, whole looked u upon as k t 11 1 / 4 , 4 "d .the a row ensued. lekk,, qa on . , havingbeen he pro - Itt , e Zto c l o i ons lie pleased to the lyitne 4 3- r ' stn. ~ 6, s ot I was 114,,".11)1 ) , aa s . ? ; but when the reply was in . th a e se n s egative, he They l ''' `` es, I did:" "Yes, pie p,., e ,pti tt , ~ , not 4 k r ,0 1 41„ ;,` ll linded the defendant that he was . you did ; ensemble Gt N •ilo z ~, 'Alt to confine himself to asking questions. it k• a rat, nuttve gentleman, to the Cou 1 6 l ' l ill ' -41. ' a diall • whose tout tail-kthlift v,,,, eirer dusky appearan , ....e, . 61 itt " 11 a heal" er o , a eons pie-racy against ,him by fifteen persons, k m es t ~ (.. ki, st ;i` th at ' ;I_44led Mickey Daly, to IN 4r, /.., 4e went to the place on the occasion he aid he t let l the,,e firath. In answer to Mr. Hagar, having been called, de but to I t 4 l) ,Pai O t t r . 4° „Purpose but to see justice done,r Box,and was N k eat 'hat M Ile did not go there to box . M e . saw Mr. ' l , ll j ''' ,l iit e l. ' 130 X boxed nobody else. 1 - 1 hereupon Mr. ' l lit ll4 l b o , ~a Paper to Mr. exclaiming '` • ll, a ,,attk -ea Mr. Heath, andsnapped w b the paper, of • 14'; ti li r ,. flagar expressed his approval /4 '41, . ~ , x r;', l • i °zi, turn all them d—d blackguards bleparent - l' -410 l - B°ll denied that his respecta erac yof y oat." 1;) ; Th t t dtaruage, and disputedbarebeven it' deposed le l ' 1 11 1 ,t'lice l l , l ' e O l'e besides a Olt, I, thd ro. , ra called in to t l h ull t the storm, nts that had createdit. yam4/1,,1 'mg other,he elements odated them with which they th .henry i a ll.tnd a. and accomm q t ,N th e „ one of . of the justice . to a 4, 4 elke - ging in the apartments at the station ; jir tti at wh o .' Paid a morning visit . Th e . aan un derstanding highly , agreeable to them '4(,l. r ' ap o l'a, after a short conversaion the took their Jtu y co Mary 4 ' l for the plaintiff-40s. damages. (0 1 k3, ''''---________ itti Na at Ni PLEAS. --(TH IS 1 , t l\.ia. 1 %4, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a IS DAY.) ini: ll D 4 lr a , Common Jury.) 1.,,,, 1 ,t til e - 41 0 at)TOPart V. KEMPSHEAD the defendant 4 •4,,pd t o fur breach of contract, Southwark, t rus t suttee,, el, ave neglected to supply to the plaintiff's , e„lfactory, in the Borough road,. A 'lt t -'(l4antity of steam power according " I It, A . N la t -• th r all ch was Mr. Lush, com- Nt t t q„. .annell, with whom to his con ii A . f ter u i r l th; t ln f ticr, I vlo eke "'Want tiff 0, 14 g 8 • • case ; • and Mr. Sergeant Byles ap sides, the jury ah. 11,,t eseral witnesses on both . es 1001. short time, tkl •-•". at e(' a • found a verdict for the plain- Ai llx —..--„...........,__ L COURT—( ; z t r,,, ch f, NPW COURT. THIS DAY.) 41,111::,,,tii' tii:;.: lr a c„l4 r. .' Commissioner B . ur.Locre.) Iroi, Nl o„'ll th'at sh e a Woman of repulsive appearance, to r i",,N o ,'„ll en ,., l on the 26th of November did make an er inflicted a 1,'Il i " Qer f',.:'a[l Connor, and with . a choPp ame was grievous 4 Ir, 1„411s. "tehead with intent to do her s 4t a 'att ' 4NI 0 44 1 4et k i, r th, defied the prosecution, and ,' , r ' P ktili?" ll nor ence . a shoe- NtOid e , -- .ng at s ated that she is • the wife of Mr. Huddlestone ~ 44,1 4 l a 11 1 mother, ttip't4 h ,' haq,:_ tame room with her in father, the room 49 ' Half -moon -street, Bishopsgate-street. 4dil 4 4e 11 7,' 0 11 1 V. The prisoner lived_ a 4 4 ' Nth "4 g o ," evening of Wednesd t Just as she 0 e water _istairs to fetch nose me th w e yard, and ran up a y e , n the 26th, her ir tl St ,4 n ilt t t b at ', l , e heard a noise in that she had not lie 1 1) kt ; 10 w ,..ut it, a „ piag the door. Her . father asked her if )N 4 4 1% i';Bt4i,.,-/ When she told him the door tp t k l ttt the Passag e" Purpose of shutting . it. The prisoner kul t4 r ° I ) rt and became abusive, saying 1,11:t44 itt,:,' "o:a...the purpose of annoying her. He s r 1140 N er and "ie down. and some words • 'lessen separated. 4 said 4 4 w the prisoner, but they were and 11 1 to •as th e went up to her, cho film ikat oes ,i,i standing at her . own room-door, tlo t litr f . 41 e es at ' .cente here." W.less forehead. The lie r lr . It a , r ° l 4 behie within reach the prisoner drew a small 1 4 Nt to , vi o 4 her, and struck her on the she found that ti,,, had t I ble, •.,,_ that it knocked her down and rendered W: r ed‘ s ,„QVed a ue n. she came to herself ~,,,, k r 'ci couir• Witness had not. her in any Ish i ~ n 1.4,,,,,, sertous wound on the foreead and was 1 / 4 \: 4 l3l liiii 9 t nut a t n ,, ° Y her. great many spoken to : 4 t ( 1 41: n ade b -E —There had been a lodgers ttwoe RI . .ee,, le f t 7 the landlord that the back door of the ,10, ° „a not ti o Pen, to the annoyance of all the top it t ,Nie taa°,,,°l,'• Witness put a stone against c s t k 4141t4 qi , , llB eb el p:(l loudly when ,she get upbsrmsaid, but it and et t ), lle t • ‘4,l)t refer to that her father there were 4,, 4 k a , l. ;4t d owu Lito_tier leaving the door open. When her , t :tru e i v? .° l ll3 use lci spoke to the prisoner, after that, tt ' 4 4 q C lillt e i n . .,"'ut not remember anything J„, ik ko ller, ~_il, but no blows passed before the pri -1,910 ev oe,tchii settstble. stated that kfettttott:liing. of fee father of the last witness, ediaiely th ili . 1 k k f rght e ,, r ,:_,Sile came running up stairs imm Itt n r . 4 k i . °) e w at ednesday last, he sent his daughter_ down 'OP' slie - - """ 1 - He asked her if she had shut the } I LI vid ° M44'11,1,1 that He bad not. He then went down r 41 k 4 kr j" 400 r, and the prisoner came out of her tit,l4 4b le became „verY abusive. After some words had t i4, , 1 / - 7,, i gte t. r 'it taliellf°PPer from ehind her dress and struck a t , 1• k r the iv., orehead. The blow rendered her insen 4teir lit utiM inflicted bighting or ,In k , otiLts,.. „ bled to an alarming extent. k I t ) . fore the"l,E----There had been no 1. , t, In eat blow Was inflicted. ,le Orisoaernnuth, a 11' st, el and t , r into cnst d ere from 60 to 70 i k r. i _elo o „,, Ile (toot oy. There w . P o lice-constable, proved that he t I Al t - , 4 th e , and there was a great. disturbance. rtet case for the prosecution. G,,.410 ti ' am e4rE then addressed the jury at some length 11141 q e8 11 d'Yan l i s ci 4 - Itecl tl fati. ti -e landlord of the house in which the I t , ti r t t .he iyi Iveree stated that the family of the Connors r... ii tlX • It ! HI d EfenrY "isY, and that they beat the p ro i .. k t , t ja Ith a c b nag herself accidentally struck the p 4 4 , 1 t ,,, 'Y ret4epciPer which ;he had in her hand. feel,'t h ' o il , a verdict of " Guilty of a common ed „ 111 4,4 0 ,, 'g 4 lat th-" tirta.ock i passim sentence, said that ietl:4rZeir3•l',.4lll4l.4.Pprtiesell_e_r_ sold a indulge in no further bad as the coma l el lt \ ,, it r, ern ao tte ' su L l u r e , d as , she hadl3d appearance, as her k,t°4l,lo:rdeatuh.which the in j a urY er vYas a infli p ged might have Tgr t: i l Nv o e : int o t) The Court, however, taking all the cir ieo t„t,hat aettNideration, would pass a lenient sentence A l qi end a , e _b_ e imprisoned and kept to hard labour 4 it -.lentils. t e • ' ) I 4 , 1 01 2 . 1 7;• . " - *-,___`••••-........„....,...........A.--..............._____ tol4lNt,t,' 41bIttlEr, -, NORTH I r km). ,:,tl gate ', ,"" sN TUE OF RE .. r "Ith tilitely 1 4 of of Nov' ti• --It is with extreme regret I ha\ e .‘, ) !lt ai,, e hC,,Aftv e of I _? e thsoose barbarous outrages whichiin ' t ' il l o t ',N of itAfir-,....., requen9y deluged our country_ Al " I tta i or ti los gent= Again must your cod= rp... ti tq 4 ,, , tOve. horrible records of the e . ad th,,1i31,;,:q. Air PlFsued throughout ' this faction tr)t'l4 Nil Yotia,,,. Wilso an intelligent, promising, 't4)• chug. k W aYfi .11 TlllOl, employed upon one of the nor kty itle,%a°l3tiaa,harilt:wthhil. .neighb?urhood of Carrickmacross, t i , et, him, ein the discharge of his duties yester otbllto. ritifhous "Y . two attendants as chainmen, was accosted Li, r o , , t.O h ty set.o hose names are at present, I believe, un oiito(l ' i li hi o ellzed his theodolite, which they smashed in br, J 'att h! il att 4 i',loa, which they threw into the river close 4\V l ln °ed Mr Wilson, kt4 (4 11• 11 aa. t ,.._ , • who was wholly unarmed, NI , r ed r(I, wil _' iei manner. His life is despaired of by .s. I' BAI th at ois in ant attendance, his skull being i ll. t, i, ()pen j.ePanting is deemed absolutely necessary. II 41 . ' ,,C4 ) \veil 14 to inform you that poor Wilson is no A t Ali lia r 1,, t1 .11k4 ,Cpr oner , e.the ruffian.% acted the part assigned bpp'l'n ortilt,ll 41i:quest will, I hope in God, throw some ~,\._, T yr, _ the tiii , us transaction, and lead to the appre ttohiki'rrlet a nd bieYe Parties. Mr. Wilson was from 8en ,,,. ', , tn. ~, left a „ • - • tstt 4..),6 1 . AI 1 e tithes tb ai , % In A in .pucke, are awful. What is to happen 4444 ,pril'qllttil I , \ `; till 141 dy .4 ) wisik t • 'AttItIAGEs.—All young men and Nc•ilti, t , ,, oln losllow the example of Captain Ibbetson 44,.t.:.)vi11gr,': iin ilar l' t t (I° ' so s peedily, for, by a recent Act, telt d i a - 4 3e . t o be ,0 that recently performed at Gretna it.,_qa I.:eee,. legal after the Ist of January next.— ttl . 4 ", f;work, lii4stbv. t ,i p m att e „ ip ave been Tnce the furnaces of the Blair qi alnaitl,t, ~izePt constantly going, so vividly do , J l) ,zi„ tlav'e la,equattelrn:fdistiict, that the street lamps in ocirti4llll. ,been er ,ltirely tt e'le distant after being fairly 4.) • ~,,, lac , Aft 8 p__ Gaipensed with. —.Ayr . Advertiser. ()i,e thti.tlie- shri le : by,.ectged herself to make a pilgrim liikt th a ,totati, havi nv , ll- ',,,_ , xi OnTnorsz.—An elderly provaeref,.oet, her friends persuaded her 1 4 a 4 I (I R ta .e .1:1(!nld . i „ 4 a eh• ai ; rine and 4 l-a.l. She persisted, however, th ' tie b • in going barefoot —but she went c '''' int all ics Of N °llltB il l s Veastle. YGt lti „on depesi ta t uPon-Tyne have increased 41 at ; "der tl arid r raised cen t, , their an d d b i e S : e to 64 Ino'r.epte° rlli.opnetrh;etnotsta. cent. g put in• is an ngr t cmev , i d re a strted . 1 J aa rejec n ote o , a f the la t the pla o i'tit l .ant t o Biolu DAY) clerk, cane.lT opposed on tn. action. (solvent 0:0103 e bt to a bec° te e q uoit., le of i n the n3n e a nd tp solvent, ,ainecl vent comP I d that e trial, a n Is not defence s a be Lyall e this 3 attend a " e i n t he of absence titled " was eD „At atiosort lovosstbi"Fwv t h e Cou r t thatt .eit e d h b at e agre P ut he ins° lcelit ion Aft" 1 n c it eses t 1 were Pc t vi o 6 Ls fi t lse ; I come 01) him t beA the ld 10 11 (1 the in". tea e ,, ad ot it : f ; pre vious uld not' op poor ht come . A a case Riilcb 1010011 - HIS pAY) 10 ,4 t c0 95 :11 0 Irv, 9-4 iliy aiost i)orteej ,i l to be t r3ll ;p ' ef t Lily toll ERTL ) THY SUN, MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S. The article on the corn-laws, which is headed the "Scottish Harvest," is one of the roost rimusng for its absurdity that has appeared in Blackwood for many months. North is never in such al,towering passion against Whigs, and Liberals, and Radicals as when some rich prey that his party have wrongfully obtained, and long enjoyed, is about to be snatched from them, and justice done to the rest of the community. The repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the Catholic Emanci pation Bill,'and the Reform Bill, were all horrible enor mities. Month after month were their mischievous ten dencies pointed out, the ruin of the country prognosti cated, and the downfall of England announced us an event as certain as the rising of the sun. Yet still he will not learn wisdom, and will go on prophecying, though all his predictions have been falsified, and the people of this country are more contented, and loyal, and prosperous than at any former period, and their wealth and gigantic undertakings surpass al that have gone before them. The noise against abolishing the corn-laws may, therefore, be considered a good omen, and regarded as the forerunner of what this seer of the north calls the greatest calamity, but what most men consider as the greatest boon that could be granted, not only to a hard-working and industrious population, but to the very landlords and tenants them selves. It is curious to witness the beautiful visions which his imagination draws of the present working of the system, the incalculable benefits which it confers on all classes ; and contrast these with the dismal, dark clouds that, owing to the malevolent machinations of Cobden and Bright, have been for some time lowering on the horizon. "We cannot," says he, " conceive a measure more wise in its operations, inasmuch as it ac commodates itself to the peculiar circumstances of the times, than the present form of the corn-law." ! But how awful would be the change should the Parliament, led astray by coin selfish traitors or some infatuated statesmen, be so mad as to abolish protection, and de prive the country of the inestimable blessings of the sliding-scale. Then the thaw-bacon would be driven to the railroads. " The flail would be silent in the barn, and the song of the reapers in the field. o,Devirs- dust — Devil's-dust ! have we really declined so far that you are to be the Sinon to bring us to this sorry pass." "It may be so," he adds, " for a small shard-beetle can upset a massive candlestick ; and it will be so assuredly, if the protection principle is abandoned." These are fair specimens of the entire article, and on the whole are very consolatory, for they show that the greatest anomaly in our system of lesgislation, and the most ruinous and unjust law ever passed by the aristocracy cannot be supported by better argu ments. It may be necessary to state, however, that the communications in the same article respecting the state of the crops in Scotland, made by Mr. Stephens, author of " The Book of the Farm," are of a very different character, and furnish apparently a very impartial de scription of the Scottish harvest. The light reading in this number requires no particular notice, but there are two historical reviews, ably written, and possessing much interest. One on the reign of George 111., by Horace Walpole; and the other a third notice of the achievements of the great Duke of Marlborough. The difficulties which he had to contend with both from op position at home, the miserable jealousy of the Dutch generals, and the imperturbable obstinacy of the States, were not at all inferior to those whiCh so long harassed Wellington in the Peninsula, and totally defeated some of his best laid plans. Like the iron Duke, however, Marlborough rose superior to every obstruction, never despaired of his country, and finally beat all the best generals of France. In describing the movements of the allied army some nine months previous to the battle of Ramilies, the writer has furnished i . some:interesting particulars of the relative position of the two armies on that small tract of ground rendered classic one hundred and ten years afterwards by the glories of Waterloo. On that very battle field, Marlborough, on August 18, 1705, had made all the arrangements for a great battle and a decisive victory, but the Dutch generals and deputies refused to co-operate with him, and he was re luctantly compelled to retire from the field without striking a blow. With heavy heart he remeasured his steps to the banks of the Dyle, and on retiring, said " I am at this moment ten years older than I was four days ago." We subjoin the description to which we refer:— " Finding it impossible to prevail on the Dutch deputies, who, in every sense, were so many viceroys over him, to agree to any attempt to force the passage of the Dyle, he re solved to turn it. For this purpose the army was put in motion on the 14th August; and, defiling to his left, he directed it in three columns towards the sources of the Dyle. The march was rapid, as the Duke had information that strong reinforcements, detached from the army of Alsace, would join Villeroi on the 18th. They soon came to ground subsequently immortalized in English story. Oa the 16th they reached Genappe, where, on 17th June, 1815, the Life Guards, under Lord Anglesea, defeated the French Lancers; on the day following the enemy retired into the forest of Soignies, still covering Brussels, and the Allied head quarters were moved to Braine la Leude. On the 17th August a skirmish took place on the plain in front of Waterloo; and the alarm being given, the Duke hastened to the spot, and rode over the field where Wellington and Napo leon contended a hundred and ten years afterwards. The French upon this retired into the forest of Soignies, and rested at Waterloo for the night. The slightest glance at the map must be sufficient to show, that by this cross march to Genappe and Waterloo, Marlborough had gained an immense advantage over the enemy. He had interposed between them and France. He had relinquished for the time, it is true, his own base of operations, and was out of communica tion with his magazines; but he had provided for this by taking six days' provisions for the army with him ; and he could now force the French to fight or abandon Brussels, and retire towards Antwerp—the allies being between them and France. Still clinging to their fortified lines on the Dyle, and desirous of covering Brussels, they bad only occupied the wood of Soignies with their right wing, while the allies occupied all the open country from Genappe to Frischermont and Braine la Leude, with their advanced posts up to La Haye Sainte and Mount St. John. The allies now occupied the ground. afterwards covered by Napoleon's army: the forest of Soignies and approaches to Brussels were guarded by the French. Incalculable were the results of a victory gained in such a position : it was by success gained over an army of half the size, that Napoleo n established his power in so surprising a manner at Marengo. Impressed with such ideas, Marlborough, on the 18th August, anxiously recon noitred the ground; and finding the front pi acticable for the passage of troops, moved up his men in three columns to the attack. The artillery was sent to Wavre ; the allied columns traversed at right angles the line of march by which Blucher advanced to the support of Wellington on the 18th June, 1815. Had Marlborough's orders been executed, it is pro bable he would have gained a victory, which, from the rela tive position of the two armies, could not have been but de cisive ; and possibly the 18th August, 1705, might have be come as celebrated in history as the 18th June, 1815." FRASER'S MAGAZINE. " Cambridge Studies " relates to old grievances often brought before the public—the defective systems of edu cation pursued at the two Universities. But these grievances cannot be too often exposed, and all who en deavour to abate the lamentable defects and put new life into the consitution of those venerable seats of learning, merit public approbation. These influence the character and acquirements of statesmen and senators; they have a still more powerful effect upon men destined for the Church, and, indeed, all classes are more or less affected by the manner in which the youth of the nation are in structed for the duties of life. The writer of this article, who seems well acquainted with the working of the sys tem, says, his strongest objection to one feature of it is, the compulsory infliction of mathematics upon the classi cal student, without binding the corresponding classical yoke on the neck of the mathematician; and he asserts that not one mathematical student in a hundred has the the slightest pretension to even a rudimental acquain= tance with the classics. This is a strong assertion, but there is too much truth in it. The monks, who regulate the course of study, are among the most ignorant of the people, and know little or nothing of what is useful, nay, absolutely necessary for the business of active life. Students may leave college good mathematicians; they may be announced to their admiring relatives as senior optimes, or wranglers, but their studies are limited almost entirely to the solution of mathematical and alge braical questions, the knowledge of which, except, per haps. for those destined to be schoolmasters, confer no benefit on them whatever. The following extract may be a little too severe, but, unfortunately, the facts are so palpable that there is no possibility of denying them " But we take up the second division, and go on to inquire whether it be true that Cambridge mathematics have worked so extensive and so wonderful results in mental development and power. Do we recognise their undercurrent in our lite rature of the pulpit, the bar, or the closet? Have they helped to form a prose style, like Dryden's, of whom the only record in the Trinity Register is a confinement to gates for a fortnight? Can you tell us of any senior wrangler within the last ten years, who can write an essay, having the lucid order or the connected sweetness of Addison ? We say nothing of the imagination or the humour. If we must speak plainly, we will say at once that all this supp osed advantage of geometrical analysis, with its attention, its coherency, and its continuous argument, is simply and singly —trash. Nothing more. Great mathematicians, as mathe maticians, are not only the most incorrect writers, but they are also the most slovenly and inaccurate conversers of all educated men. Newton, stammering out an explanation of coining, and confusing his hearers in informing them, was a type of the race. We knew one eminent mathematician, whose obscurity and unconnectedness of talk it was impos• sible to equal, except by his composition. When it has hap pened that able mathematicians have shown themselves to be transparent and accomplished writers, it has been not only because the vehement flame of natural genius cleared the air, but because the vigour of their classical taste has enabled them to repel the enervating and corrupting influences of the infection. The poison has been mastered by the antidote. This has been the case with some of the living judges • you may trace it in the urbane facility o f Shadwell, and the daring superficialness of Alderson." In another place he asks, "Under whose hands are the noblest buildings rising upwards ? Who invented the steam-engine ? Who defied the storm of waters with the column of Eddystone ? Do you find them in the calendar ? No—the real men of science are seldom reared in Cambridge or Oxford air !" But this is not putting the case in a fair position. It is true that nei ther Watt, nor Davy, nor Brunel were educated at these seats of learning ; but it does not follow that they might not have derived advantage from an early mathematical education. It only proves that the learning of schools is not absolutely necessary for the development of great genius, and that minds cast in a superior mould over come all obstacles. But great men might be pointed out who were alumni of Oxford or Cambridge; and one rises towering above all the rest—the immortal Newton, " in whom," says Hume, " this island may boast of having produced the greatest and rarest t,enius that ever rose for the ornament and instruction of the species." The article altogether, however, merits attention, and we hope some of the defects pointed out will attract the attention of Dr. Whewell. The other papers in this number are hardly equal to the usual werit of those which appear in Fraser. There is another article on the defensible state of the country, which contain 3 some judicious recommendations, both as regards the fortifica tions of our harbours, and the embodiment of a military force, solely for the defence of the United Kingdom ; and those fond of light reading will find amusement in • the " Pryor's AWE, ttliprn," ttiud " Old London Sipe." Morgan Rattler tries his hand at railways, but that sub ject is Out of his line, a,nrr , he is obliged to till up the article with scraps from newspapers and twice-told pre dictions. with which common rea4crs are quite familiar. • TAIT'S MAGAZINE. Mr. De Quince - ha; another article on Gilfillan's " Gallery of Portraits," in which he draws at consider ab!e length the character of William Hazlitt, with a degree of severity approaching to personal hostility, which we think totally unwarranted by facts, Hazlitt was a singular character, and in many instances exposed himself to just censure; but, in the words of Gilfillan, " he was a subtle thinker, an eloquent writer, a lover of beauty and poetry and man and truth, one of the best of critics, and not the worst of men." De Quincey con curs in this eulogium, while he preposterously endeavours to contradict it throughout the whole of an article which appears to have been dictated under the influence of one of those morbid fits to which some people are subject. The political retrospect for the month is rather a poor affair; it contains little novelty, and what novelty them is exhibits a most unpatriotic and cowardly disposition, not at all in unison with the noble sentiments expressed by Tait. After alluding to the opportunity now offered for supplying our wants from the granaries of the United States, it makes an attack on Sir Robert Peel fur defending the undoubted rights of England, and preventing the Americans from monopolising the whole trade of the Pacific, and it recommends that England should show " magnanimous weakness." This shows a mean spirit. England in her contests with America has shown herself so weak that she cannot afford to be mag nanimous without being assailesi by the whole Union %%ith one universal cry of cowardice. There are no men in England who will follow such contemptible advice. We leave our readers to judge for themselves:— " Correspondence between 'Washington and: 'Westminster is in a state of the greatest activity. Is it engaged in herald ing the supplies which the fertile fields of the central and western states of America are ready to pour into the lap of Great Britain and Ireland? Alas, no! instead of discussing how much each may serve, and aid, and benefit, and bless the other, we are occupied in fierce controversy; we are on the verge of alienation about barren districts, whose very names are unknown to us; . which have never produced to us any revenue, never given to us any produce, never associ ated themselves with any real interests of commerce or colo nization ! We dare not believe that the madness of men on either side of the Atlantic will peril the general peace by un willingness to submit the question to any ordeal but that of war. And should every effort fail, it is a case where the of strength England might "' bend, • But in magnanimous weakness.' " BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Albert's Smith's romance. " The Marchioness of. Brinvilliers," is finished in the present number, and the concluding chapters, describing the trial and execution of Marie, are of the most intense interest. This is by far the greatest work that Albert Smith has yet given to the world. It is full of power. The " Gaol Chaplain" continues his dark pages from life's volume. In his present contribution he pays a graceful and just tribute to the memory of Mrs. Fry, and commences a story en titled " The Avenger's Witness against Murder," which promises well. " The History of Miss Dora Hobbs, the Young Lady that was fond of Dogs," is capitally told by Everard Clive. The author of " Wild Sports of the West" gives us the second chapter of "Brian O'Linn," in which the hero is introduced to the reader as a rejected recruit and leader in a faction fight, and is about to relate his adventures, which we suppose he will do in the next number. From "A Literary Retrospect, by a Middle-aged Man," we extract the following sketch of poor Dr. Maginn, as lie appeared in his prime..— " It was a low, long, narrow room through which I made my way into the throng of a party. That gentle confusion prevailed which shows that all is going off' well. That Trophonius's-cave look which we sometimes see on the faces of those who are coming out as you go in, and which ap pears to proclaim that they are never to smile again, was not to be ob3erved. And yet there was no singing, no dancing, no charades—and yet—it was that hateful assemblage known by the name of a literary coterie. " I made my way into the very thick of ,the throng; el bowed a poetess to the right, trod upon the slipper of a lady historian, touched the saintly shoulder of some Charlotte- Elizabeth of the day, and oh! more formidable than all, brushed, may be, the sacred dust off the sleeve of a Re viewer. All were. standing, all were listening to some one who sat in the middle of a group; a low-seated man, short in stature, was uttering pleasantries, and scattering witti cism about him, with the careless glee of his country—this was Maginn. His articulation was impeded by a stutter, yet the sentences that he stammered forth were brilliant repar tees, uttered without sharpness, and edged rather with hu mour than with satire. His countenance was rather agree able than striking; its expression sweet, rather than bright. The grey hair, coming straight over his forehead, gave a singular appearance to a face still bearing the attributes of youth. He was thirty or thereabouts, (yes, saucy niece of mine, thirty is still young); but his thoughtful brow. his hair, the paleness of his complexion, gave him many of the attributes of age. I am, however, a firm believer in the axiom, that age can never be concealed upon a careful in spection, —we may look older than we are, but we rarely, alas ! look younger. True, the first impression may deceive ; but there is always some line, some tell-tale change some where, which betrays the ugly truth. I looked on for a mo ment, as the crew of authors, reviewers, plav-wrights, and novel-weavers paid homage to Dr. Magian. Re was then in the zenith of his glory—the glory which radiated from John Bull or sent forth a rich stream of light from the pages of Fraser. His conversation was careless and off-hand, and, but for the impediment of Lis speech would have had the charm of a rich comedy. His choice of words was such as I have rarely met with in any of my contemporaries ; for, in deed, in my day it has become the vogue to corrupt English in many ways, to bring down your subject by homely, if not coarse phrases, and to neglect all those adjuncts to rea soning and to wit which a true use of our language affordn." In the same paper there is a sketch of one of the most gifted men whom Ireland has ever produced— Gerald Griffin, the author of " The Collegians." But he was, alas! to quote the words of poor L. E. L., " a poor and almost friendless young man," and with saddened heart sunk into an early grave, his talents unappreci ated by his contemporaries—another sad exemplification of the truth of the aphorism, "The world knows nothing of its greatest men." Mrs. Mathews finishes her gallery of deceased en nobled actresses by a lively sketch of the career of Harriett, Duchess of St. Alban's; and Alfred Crowquill gives us some excellent pictorial and pen and ink illus trations of one of the many phases. of London life, in his mystery, " The Old Woman at the Corner." The magazine is illustrated, besides, with an engravincr re presenting the procession of the Marchioness of Brin villiers to the place of execution, and with a portrait of Albert Smith, the author of the romance, accompanied by a biographical sketch. The other papers are all pleasant reading, and Bentley this month is an admirable fireside companion for a winter's evening. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. There is a lack in the present number of those light and amusing magazine papers (par excellence), the pre sence of which formerly distinguished the New Monthly so favourably from its contemporaries. After a heavy course of politics and literature in Blackwood, and before commencing a similar course in Fraser or Tait, the New Monthly came like a glass of champagne, sparkling, re freshing, and reviving. Ent where be those quips and quiddities now—those dissertations upon walking sticks and umbrellas—those sketches of eccentrics of all a;es, and of both sexes, which were wont in days gone by to keep the features of the readers of the New Monthly radiant with smiles? Alas !in the present number we find them not ; but, instead, we have no less than six portions of six separate works, continued from former numbers, and not ended in the present. Now, although all these are good of their sort, yet we must protest against a novel or a romance, which should be a sort of prose epic, and of which unity is one essential characteristic, being broken up in this manner into vulgar fractions ; and we must also protest still more vehemently against these fractions being per mitted to usurp the place of legitimate magazine articles. These continuations actually outnumber the contributions which are complete, and which amount in number only to five, and of these two are sonnets from the pen of Thomas Roscoe. One of these, on sleep, is very beau- tiful : " Sweet death of each day's weary laden life! Balm of hurt minds—care's nurse—heart soothing sleep ! Soft air the mourner's couch thy calm watch keep. No sigh—no murmur wake past thoughts of strife; Nor Hope's fond dream with troubled visions rife Breathe o'er the folded lids thy still dews steep; No memory's scones again to live—to weep— The conscious bos,nn bare to fate's sharp knife. Oh, blest forgetfulness 1 thy votary's prayer In hour of fiercest pangs to thee ascends, Thee the wish'd haven of his heart's despair, . . His genius of the stormy deep that sends lis shatter'd bark through life's seas of care, To that far shore where his strange voyage ends." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The present is an excellent number of this admirably conducted periodical, and contains much information that cannot but be most valuablo to its professional sub scribers, whilst the general reader will find ample amuse ment in the perusal of the narratives of " moving acci dents by flood and field," with which its pages abound. THE• FLORAL ALMANACK, 1846. This, without exception, the' most exquisitely beauti ful specimen of printing in colours that has yet been pre sented to the public, is executed by Owen Jones, and published by De la Rue. The almanack is printed on a sheet of card-board, and is surrounded by a deep border ing of leaves and flowers of the most brilliant colours, and which are given with minute fidelity. It is impos sible by words to convey an idea of the gorgeously brilliant, yet at the same time, chastely tasteful effect which is produced in this exquisitely beautiful specimen of decorative art. It bears a nearer resemblance to the most fini)hed enamel paintings, or the finest specimens of porcelain, than to any other decoration which we re m tuber to have seen ; but there is a softness and deli cacy, a velvety appearance, as ,it were, about the decora tiUns of the Floral Almanack, which we look for in vain in the floral decorations of porcelain. This exquisite production, at once useful and ornamental, should find a place in every boudoir or drawing•room. CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF OxFoßD.—The consecration of the newly-appointed Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Wilberforce, took place on Sunday at the Palape, Lambeth. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canter bury in his Grace's private chapel, assisted by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester (under whom Dr. Wilber force had for many years acted as Archdeacon of Surrey), and the Bishop of Salisbury. ' The service commenced at eleven o'clock and ended shortly after one. Prayers were read by the Rev, Benjamin Harrison, private chaplain to the Archbishop, and the sermon, a very impressive one, was preached by Dr. Robert Wilberforce, Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and brother to the Bishop. Amongst those present were Sir Robert H. Inglis, M.P. for Oxford University ; the Rev. Messrs. Hawkins, Munro, Bennett, and upwards of fifty other clergymen. . ~~ 14 ON 1) ON, MON D Y E COURT ClRcai LAB.. The Queen and Princf?, Albert, ati the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended service yester day morning in Whippiugharn Church Their Royal Highnesses the ?tire° of \Vales, the Princess Royal, and• the Princess «•ere take❑ an airing yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort Ora their ac customed early walk on Saturday. Prince Albert afterwards went out shonting, atte•ndctl .by Lord Charles Wellesley and Lieut.• Colonel Wylde. The Prince of Wales, tho Prine?.ss Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a carrhge drive on Satur day in the vicinity of Osborne House. WlNnson, SUNDAY.—IIia Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing yesterday in the pleasure grounds around the Castle. This morning her Roy d llighnesi the Duchess of Kent, and her Lady in Waiting, atOnded the morning service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay The Dalce of Cambridge, attendi.d by Baron Knesc beck. arrived in town on Satimby, from Catilands, Southampton. His Royal Ilighneis attended Divine service yesterday morning in the eiapel of the Female Orphan Asylum. His Royal fliginess attended the afternoon service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. At .the morning service in the Chapel Royal, the prayers were read by the Rev. C. Pe.elte, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleati. The anthem was " Hosannah to the Son of Got," (Gibbons). Mr. Tilde presided at the organ. Lord; Wharneliffe and G. Paulet were among the nobility present. His Excellency the RusAian Minster transacted busi ness on Saturday at the Foreign-office. - The Secretary-at-War had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has been slightly indisposed during the last few days, at his residence in Clarges-street. The Earl of Haddington had au interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday. Th 4 plans of the numerous projected railways were received yesterday and on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. HAYMARKET THEATRE. An admirable piece de circonstance, from the pen of Mr. Stirling Coyne, was produced hero on Saturday evening, under the title of Railway Bubbles. The hero is a certain Nir. German Hudson (Hudson), a genuine llilesinn, the beau ideal of a "rattling, rollicking, jig of an Irishman," who has managed to captivate the heart of Miss Seyton (Miss Telbin), the niece and heiress of General Bungalow (Tilbury), a rich old East Indian. He follows her to London, and finding some paviours at work opposite the general's door, assumes the disguise of a " mender of ways," and watches an opportunity of entering the house and obtaining an interview with the heiress. The general approaches, and Hudson makes his escape up the chimney 'of the house and descends the chimney of the general's next door neighbour, Mr. Braggs (Brindal), whom he finds engaged with his clerk, Nobbleton Noakes (Mr. Clark), in the concoction of railway lines to all parts of the globe. To the pro jector this sudden appearance is the avater of a De►is ex Machind. He wishes for the patronage of the Railway King, and lo ! G. Hudson, Esq., has dropped down his chimney. In every provisional committee does the name of G. Hudson, Esq., prominently appear. Shares rise to an enormous premium, to the great satisfaction of the members of all the provisional committees, who are anxious to be introduced to the groat man. Among these committee men is General Bungalow, who, of course, is but too happy to bestow his niece upon the great man who, by a nod, can regulate premiums. Hud son makes a good railway speech, which told exceed ingly, and is hailed as the Railway King, when the honest Irishman, who has been as much hoaxed as the rest, repudiate the title and exposes Braggs. Bungalow, however, having made a good spec. through the intervention of Hudson, bestows on him the hand of the lady, and all ends happily. Them is an amusing underplot, of the loves of Kitty Crisp and Nobbletcn Noakes, which gives rise to some amusing contretemps. The farce is full of bustle and incident, and the dialogue sparkles with wit. It is the best farce . Stirling Coyne has yet written, and it is the best thing that Hudson has yet done. He was fitted completely, and kept the audience in a constant roar. May Coyne write many more suck farces for Hudson, and may we be there to see him act in them. It is need less to say its success was complete. The house was crowded. • DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—This splendid house is now nightly Varonged to see Flora Fabbri in the Devil to Pay, and Wallace's opera of Naritana. Amongst others, on Saturday, we noticed these distinguished persons :—Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Count Kielmansegge, Baron Rehausen, Count de Noailles, arl and Countess of Harrington, Marchioness of Conyngharn, Coun tess ofCardigan ; Earls Fitzhardinge, Bruce, Munster; Lords Gardiner, Canterbury, Foley, Ernest Bruce, Thomas Clinton, Sussex Lennox, Cantalupe, Mandeville, Alexander Lennox, W. Paget, Ranelagh, Duplin, Suffield, Russell; Ladies Ernest Bruce, Foley, Graham, Tyrwhitt, Thomas Clinton; Hon. Mrs. Granville Berkeley, Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre; Right Hon. Henry Baring, Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Sir 1% Brink man, General Meade, Captain Rochfort, Colonel Knox, Colonel Walpole, Captain Hudson, Captain Maitland, Colonel John son, Hon. Henry Berkeley, Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Montague Gore, Esq., M.P., Colonel and Mrs. Fitch, &c. &c. ... EW WEST-END THEATRE.—A project which has been for the last two or three years in agitation, is now being brought forward. The object of it is to build a new theatre, on a grand scale, to be devoted to the encourage ment of English authors, English actors, and English musi cal composers, and for the exclusive illustration of the English drama. The vacant ground on the east side of Lei cester-square, now in the occupation of Mr. Buckstone, is the site upon which it is proposed to erect this new theatre. 'rho Earl and Countess of Abingdon are passing the winter at Wytham Abbey, Oxfordshire. The Noble Lord is in improved health. The Earl of Liverpool, after attending the funeral of the late Earl of Verulam on Tuesday, returned to Fife House, and on the following day repaired to Buxted Park, Surrey. The Earl of Yarborough and Lord and Lady Worsley, who have been passing some days at Manby Hall, return to V.rocklesby on Friday next. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney purpose to re ceive a succession of visitors at Frognal-lodge, their seat near Footscray, this week. Earl Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and Henoria Cadogan arrived last week at Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea's villa at Roehampton, from. a protracted visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, at Beaudesert, Staf fordshire. At the close of this week the Noble Earl and daughters go to Bath, where they contemplate residing during the winter. The Earl and Countess of Jersey have,, it is under stood, deferred for the present their intended visits in the provinces. Lady Clementina Villiers's health is greatly im proved during the last fortnight. Tr. MUSTARD Caor.—During the last twenty years an immense tract of valuable pasture land has from time to time been broken up in the neighbourhood of Moul• ton, for the purpose of growing mustard, and the exceedingly remunerative prices generally made by the article has caused parties to give most extravagant prices for old grass land, with the view of growing the golden crop. This year, however, has disappointed the hopes of many, the yield has been very deficient, and the price low, the crops have proved of far less value than the wheat crops.--Lincolnshire Chronicle. _ _ HUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY.—The half yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was lied on Saturday, at the offices, 9, Villier's street, Strand, the Earl of Devon, the chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The business was opened with the usual formalities, after which the secretary read the report of the directors. It stated that an agreement for the sale of the bridge had been entered into by the Charing-cross bridge Company, for the sum of 226,000/., reserving the rights of the Market Company therein. The report further went on to state that negotiations had been pending for the sale of the market to the same parties, but as the • terms finally offered by them were such as the market directors could not recommend the proprietors to accept, the negotia tion was now at an end. The directors had given notice to Parliament for power to dispose of the market property, in case such a course should be finally determined on. The statement of accounts and disbursements was then read, from which it appeared that there wa.4 sufficient surplus to warrant a dividend of 21. per cent., which was declared ac cordingly. The report was received and adopted, and a vote of thanks having been tendered to the chairman, the meeting separated, highly satisfied with the improved prospects of the undertaking. A MAN GORED BY A Bomt.—On Friday last, No vember 28, as a young man, named Alfred Hardman, in the service of Mr. Birch, of the Ivy Farm, near the city of 'Wor cester, was crossing his master's fold-yard, a large boar kept there rushed upon him, and gored him in a skocking manner, tearing his arm, ripping open his leg and thigh in a dreadful manner from the ankle to the hip. The poor fellow was un able to defend himself from the attack of the ferocious animal, having no weapon at hand, and it was with considerable difficulty that he escaped from the fold-yard by scrambling over a hedge. He was conveyed to the infirmary at Wor cester. where his wounds were promptly dressed, and where he still remains in great suffering. Indeed, should his wounds heal satisfactorily, it will be many weeks ere lie can leave that institution, of so serious a nature are the injuries which he has received. It seems that the animal has frequently been teased, and it is supposed that he mistook Hardman for one of its tormentors. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT POYLE, NEARCOLNBROOK. —SLOUGH', SUNDAY.—Last night, at a quarter-past eight o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the farm-yard of Mr. John Cane, an extensive farmer at Poyle, near Colnbroek,. about three miles and a half from the Slough station on the Great Western Railway. For the time of its duration it raged with inconceivable fury. A considerable time elapsed before any engines were on the spot; at last the Colnbrook engine arrived, followed by those from Windsor, Staines, and Uxbridge ' accompanied by a number oflabourers, and a party of the T division of the Metropolitan Police. At this time the flames had reached three stacks of torn, two barns, the granary, stables, and other outbuildings. By the great ex ertions of Mr. Buley, of Colnbrook, and the constables of the adjacent villages, assisted by a strong party of - la bourers, the live stock, with the exception of the poultry, was rescued from the flames. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood, notwithstanding th e inclemency of the weather (the rain descending in torrents during the time) made strenuous exertions to save the thrashed corn and other property. The engines were a t length got into full play, and. there being an excellent supply of water from the neighbouring mills, the fire was subdled. The property destroyed consisted of a rick of wheat, one of barley, and one of beans, two barns in which a large quantiy of oats and wheat had been housed for thrashing, the granary-stored with wheat, only a small portion of which had been saved ; part of a rick of hay, a large stack of straw, the farmitig utensils, and all the outbuildings. Too much praise cannot be giv e n t o th e labourers in the vicinity, who, although drenched with rain, s continued their exertions during the night and this morning were still playing on the smouldering ruins and still smoking remains of coin, &c. It is not known how the fire originated. Mr. Cane, who is insured, is an excellent taster, and it is not probable that it was the act of an incexcliary. Excellency Connt de St. Aqlaire, the Freuph Ambassador, is expected to arrive to-day at Manchester house, from Paris. We hear that the Noble Count will be accompanied by his son, the Marquis de St. Aulaire. The Countess, it is expected, will not leave France for London liefore the first week In January'. DECEMBRI-1 DREADFUL LOSS OF THE MART EMIGRANT SHIP, OF LONDON. . STATEMENT OF THE SURVIVORS. The melancholy details of the appalling shipwreck of the Mary, an emigrant ship, of London, while on her homeward voyage from Sydney, and the dreadfnl fate of nearly all the passengers, have been received by the arrival of the Penyard Park packet ship, yesterday, in the London Docks. The Mary, which was built at Ipswich in the year 1811, had for some years been engaged in the conveyance of pace sengers and• emigrants between London and .New South Wales, and was the property of several persons. She was barque-rigged. and measured 368 tons burthen. On her de parture from Sydney, in addition to her crew, she had on board forty-three passengers, viz.:—Captain . G. Collins, late Captain 13th Light Dragoons, his lady, four daughters, a son, and an attendant, named Sarah Saroom • the wife of the commander, Captain Newby, and three daughters; Mrs. Evans, five daughters, and one son ; Mrs. Heather, and three sons ; Mrs. Turnbull ; Mr. and Mrs. Bushel, with child ; Sarah Guy, Sarah Fontes, Eliza Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Hofferman, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves, and ter. emigrants nained J. Abbott, W. S. Hall, Heather, M. Nicholson, S' Gayer, G. Hannon, G. Jones, J. Neale, J. Wilkinson, and T.. Newman. She was also freighted with it valuable cargo, comprising wool, talloW, oil, and other merchandise, with a case of bullion. The loss took place, xis days after leavilig Sydney, en a sunken rock oil' Flinder's !island, in Bass Straits, between three hundred end four hundred miles from Sydney. So sudden was the catastrophe, which happened in the middle of the night, that seven minutes only elapsed from her striking and breaking up, and seventeen women and children met with a watery grave. As considerable blame has been imputed to the owners of the vessel for navigating her in the condition she is alleged to have been in, and to the surveyor of Lloyd's at Sydney, who certified that she was sde and sound, the following statement of the survivors will more fully explain the cite cuinstance attending the wreck : Captain Collins, of the 13th Light Dragoons, states—The Mary sailed from the heads of Port Jackson on Monday morning, the 19th of May, and the wind being unfavour able for New Zealand; Captain Newby coasted to the south, and attempted the passage through Bass's Straits. After doubling Wilson Promontory, the wind veered to the west, and the captain, fearing that at the advanced season of the year the wind would continue for a length of time to the westward, resigned all hope of going home by the Cape of Good Hope, and putting about ship, made for New Zealand. He expressed regret at the disappointment he had met with as from the leaky state of the ship, which made six inches of water per hour, he wished to keep near the land as long as he possibly could, the rigging being also defective, and not having a second set of sails on board. At about a quarter past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, the 24th instant, the alarm of the ship being in danger was given by Captain Newby to the cabin passengers,. who were all in bed, and he • desired them to dress and hasten upon deck. The cabin passengers were Mrs. Newby, her three daugh ters, and servant, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Collins, four daugh ters, and one son at the breast, two maid servants and my self. We had scarcely left our berths when the ship struck upon the reef .- and the crushing noise of the timbers was distinctly heard above the roar of the breakers, and in less than three minutes the water rushed violently into the cabin as high as our knees, when she struck a second time. The mainmast than sank through the bottom of the ship, its maintop and topmasts being supported by the main deck. The same shock that caused such devastation forced the cabin door, which opened and shut in a slide, to close nearly on us, the ship at the time being so much on her starboard - side that it was doubtful whether she would not capsize. Fortunately I perceived the door closing in sufficient time to introduce my hand into the open space so as to push back the door, and with the utmost difficulty I succeeded in getting upon deck all the passengers. This was scarcely effected when the bottom of the ship separated from the sides, carrying away the lower cabin deck, which we had just left—the tuns of oil and cargo dashing against the reef. and the breakers washing over us with fearful vio lence. The only boats that were available were the whale boat, on the larboard quarter, and the long boat., on the main deck. Some of the passengers were put into each of these boats, and I had just placed Mrs. Collins in the long boat, when I heard Sarah calling for me to take the boy from her, as she was unable to hold him any longer. I with great difficulty reached her, and put a rope into her hand, which I desired her to hold by until I had put the child into the boat, when I would return for her and my two girls— Augusta and Kate. I had scarcely left her when a breaker broke over the deck, carrying me with great force against a water-butt. I effected my way to the long boat, and, while giving the child to its mother, the main topmast fell overboard, crushing the whale-boat, which was lying upon the skids alongside of it, and immediately after the fore and mizenmasts, with all their sails set, also fell overboard on starboard side, on which the deck righted, but the rigging of these masts, all lying across the deck, inter cepted the communication fore and aft. I was searching for my two daughters, Augusta and Kate, and the maid Sarah, when I saw the captain, who informed me that he had just put them with his family, a moment before, in the whale boat on the larboard quarter, when they were all safe ; that the deck was about breaking up, arid if I valued my life I would follow him. He wished to have returned to the whale boat, but the deck beginning to separate, he made imme diately for the long boat, which we contrived to reach. The breakers continued to wash over us, and the masts being gone, we had no power to launch the boat. At this critical moment, when all hope of preserving life had nearly aban doned us, the deck suddenly parted between the main and foremasts, and the long boat pitched stern foremost into the sea, and, notwithstanding the quantity of water and people in her, she quickly righted. We discovered that both the plugs were out ; on which one of the men tore the sleeve off his shirt, and by its aid partly succeeded in stopping the water. With the aid of boots, shoes, and hats, we contrived to keep the boat afloat, but having only one oar, we bad the greatest difficulty in avoiding the numerous casks and broken wreck which threatened us on every side. From the time the ship struck, until the deck broke up, only seven minutes had elapsed. While we were surrounded by the floating pieces of the wreck, a huge wave dashed a cask of tallow over my head against the in side of the starboard side, near the stern, and carried away eighteen inches of gunwale and upper streaks; a tun of oil followed the course of the cask of tallow striking off my hat in its passage ; but the cask of tallow having already made Si breach in the side of the boat, it met with no resistance, and passed into the sea, deluging the boat with oil. One f the sailors named Todd swam to the boat from the wreck with ' an oar, and we then got into smooth water. The sea outside the reef as well as the wind being nearly calm, we heard the voices of some sailors, which we supposed to be the men in the whale boat, and we steered in the direction the sound came from. On nearing these men they stated that the whale boat had foundered, and that Mrs. Newby was the only person saved. Her escape was effected by her catching a rope alongside the broken deck in the water, when one of the men hauled her on deck. The piece of the ship that was afloat was the quarter-deck. on which we found twelve men and Mrs. Newby. We obtained six oars more and two tubs, the men also found a cask of brandy, and asked whether they should drop it into the boat, but the sailors, noble fellows! were unanimous in rejectiug the brandy, from a sense of the evils it might cause. Nothing could surpass the undaunted self-possession which charac terised the conduct of the captain and crew throughout this fearful night, and the men we rescued from the wreck waited there in the most collected and steady manner until each was called by name, when he dropped quietly into that part of the boat assigned him. The ladies and children were sit ting up to their waists in water and oil, and the boat was stove in three places. The large breach made by the tallow cask the carpenter had contrived partially to repair with his coat and some tallow he found in the boat, and the broken piece which he picked up. In this Wretched state, the water gaining on •us whenever the least inter ruption took place in bailing the boat, we continued for nine hours and a half, and at half-past eight o'clock on Sunday morning we landed on the island, about eighteen miles distant from the reef struck by the ship. On reach ing the shore those who were piously disposed returned their grateful and unfeigned thanks to the Almighty for the miraculous interposition he had been pleased to manifest in so signally preserving us from the numerous dangers that had threatened us. The very rottenness of the ship, in the end, insured our safety, for had not the bottom separated from the sides, and the deck broken up, we could not have freed the long-boat ; we probably should have died from hunger, or been crushed by the casks, &c., which the breakers dashed about in all directions. The day was mild and warm, and we commenced arrangements for our future conduct. On reckoning the number landed, we found that 42 per sons had been saved, and 17 drowned. On the afternoon of Sunday Capt. Newby, with five of the crew, left us in search of the settlement, as we knew Government had a station on Filmier's Island ; but we were uncertain that the Island wo were on was the same. The only food the party took with them was one slice of pumpkin each. All Monday passed over, the ladies and children began to sink, despair waeexpressed by many, and fervent were our prayers to God for aid. Never did the words of our Lord's Prayer appear to me so impres sive as they then did—" Give us this day our daily bread." On the morning of Tuesday, the third day, my eldest sur viving daughter, near seven years old, showed greet symp toms of debility, and death seemed stamped in her counte nance. I had succeeded in collecting some limpets, and was entering the bower when I heard a cheer, and in a few mi • nutes a strange man and boy, with a havresack, made their appearance. The man said he brought supplies of food and clothing. The distance from the settlement was twenty-five miles, and the road impracticable to delicate females and children. The wind was unfortunately adverse, and we de termined to await the return of the captain, ho arrived in the middle of the night. The next morning, the wind being still against us, the captain sent off all the crew and passen gers capable of travelling by land to the settlement. The rain continuedto descend in torrents, and the wind remaining unfavourable and strong, the communication with the set tlement both by land and water became impassable for ten days, only the females and children receiving an allowance of food. We, on the eighth day from our landing, got into the long boat, and proceeded by water towards the settlement, and reached it about half-past ten o'clock that night, Captain Collins concluded by stating that it is evident, from the man ner in which the old rotten bottom separated from the sides, which were comparatively new, that the Mary would have foundered in the first gale of wind; at all events, she could not have been reasonably expected to double Cape Horn. The owners of the Mary, in the most positive terms, re futed the declaration of the ship's unseaworthiness, and in proof produced the certificate of her soundness, as given by Mr. Ashmore, surveyor for Lloyd's, Those who perished were Mrs. Heather and two daughters, Mrs. Guy, Mrs. Turnbull, Sarah Folkes, the whole family of Mrs. Evans (six in number), the three daughters of the com mander, Captain Newby, and the Misses Augusta and Katherine, daughters of 'Captain Collins. The ship was a total loss, and all she contained, valued at between 20,000/. and 30,000/. SouTnwattic.—The free traders of this influential borough are up and doing. Not content with the declaration of their opinion in favour of an immediate opening of the ports, incidentally made at a meeting called by the League on Tuesday last, they have since then got up a requisition, very numerously and respectably signed, and had it pre sented to William Pritchard, lisq., the High Bailiff, who, with his usual promptitude, has appointed a public meeting for Thursday next, at the Town-hall, when another over flowing assemblage of friends to the unrestricted importation of every description of grain, is expected. In the requisi tion the objects are specified to be, a memorial to her Ma jesty's Ministers in favour of the immediate admission of every description of vegetable food, and an unconditional repeal of the corn• laws. FATAL KICK WHILE CUPPING A flouss.--On Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Middle sex Hospital, on the body of George Holloway , aged 24. On the 4th ult. the deceased was assisting a clipper named Hughes, at the stables of Mr. Hill, job-master, High-street, Marylebone. The deceased was sitting on the ground . just finishing off one of the hind hocks of . a very timid horse, hlclied out its hoof, when a dog passing by startled it and was . removed to the striking deceased in Ali; for4ead. hospital, where fie was found to be suffering from depression and concussion of the brain, and a severe fracture of the skull. The operation o f trefineing was performed and every remedy used to save life, bnt he never rallied, and remained in a state of insensibility till his death, which took place pn Tlaursthq last. Verdict ; " Acci,de;4414.0a..", 1845. ritia, AND. SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTMEATH. DUBLIN, NOV. 29.—The Wardcr of this day says :—" We have learned from undoubted authority that Government. has resolved on issuing a Special Commission for the county of Westmeath. The judges named are Chief Justice Do herty, the Chief Baron, and Baron Pennefather. One of the first duties of the Commission will be to try the persons in custody for the attack on Sir Francis Hopkins. The day of present named for the opening of the Commission is Satur day, the 27th of December. THE EIGHTY-TWO CLUB. The annual dinner of the above club took place on Thurs day night in the Rotunda. Upwards of one hundred mem bers were present. Many of the prominent members of the club were pre cluded from being present at the banquet. Amongst those unavoidably absent was the president, Mr. O'Connell. A recent domestic cslamity, which had deprived him of a near relative, precluded him and the immediate members of his family from participating in the festive scene. The place of Chairman upon this occasion was filled by Wit inns Smith O'Brien, M.P., V.P. ; Henry Grattan, M P., V.P., and Richard Albert Fitzgerald, M.P., V.P., filled the vice chairs.. The banquet-room was without decoratioo, says that the banner of the club waved from the central gallery. Crowds of ladies thronged the benches. The banquet having been concluded and grace pro- nounced, The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret that Mr. O'Connell and Mr. John O'Connell were absent, and that . one so un worthy as he was had been deputed to act as president. lie then gave the health of "The Queen."—(Cheers.) The toast having been received with all the honours, The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—The next toast which I have to propose is, that we denominate our charter toast—(Cheers) —the test of our political creed— (Cheers) —the vow that we renew at these our meetings, that we shall be contented with nothing less than the legislative independence of e:n7 country.—(Cheers.) After expressing his regret that more of the wealthier class had not joined them, the Honourable Gentleman pro ceeded—Thank Gcd that source of disunion which arose from our becoming the abettors of English factions is at an end.—(Cheers.) Irishmen are no longer Whigs or Tories; they are Patriots, Nationalists, Repeaters, if you please.— (C eers.) But no longer shall it be said that we are di vided by English factions.—(Hear, hear.) I shall not con ceal from you my belief that we are ourselves in some measure in fault on account of the distrust entertained by some. I cannot but fear that the course we often take in the press, and in our public assemblies, partakes too much of the spirit of ancient times—the disposition to vituperate the characters of those who, perhaps, may be in error. I ask no compromise with error itself. I ask no one to screen injus tice; but I ask and enjoin the men I see around me, on all occasions, to treat with respect honest indifferences of opi nion. In conclusion, he gave " The Legislative Independence of Ireland." The company. rose, and pledged the toast with unbounded enthusiasm. _ _ Mr. ALEXANDER APCARTHY proposed the next toast. It was "The memory of the Volunteers of 1782." The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. O'NEILL, of Bunowen Castle, next rose to propose " The health of Mr. O'Connell." The toast was received with unbounded enthusiasm. Mr. JOHN MITCHELL then gave " The memory of Thomas Davis ;" and lauded the patriotism, private worth, aad intel lectual power of that lamented gentleman. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN then gave the " Irish House of Lords of 1719," and took a review of Irish history at this and Preceding periods, which was received with loud applause. He then said he had heard it stated that repeal could not be obtained. How absurd was the thought? Was there anything more unfavourable to their nationality than their position in 1719? yet how gloriously had they achieved their independence. Did not the same blood flow in their veins as in those of their forefathers, and why should they doubt that they would obtain a repeal of the union 2—(Cheers.) They should imitate the example of the volunteers of 1782—for give their past injuries, and forget their past differences. False friends might betray them, but onwards they would go. The cause had sunk deeply into the hearts of the Irish people, and if they persevered they would accomplish the dream of Molyneux, the hope of Swift, that for which Flood struggled, and that which Grattan upheld—the independence of their country.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. DOHENT next proposed—" The Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, and the Patriot Clergy of 1712." The CHAIRMAN then proposed—" The Commons Majority of 1789, and the Minority of 100." They were also taught by the events which preceded the union, that no confidence could be placed in England.—(Cheers.) In connexion with the toast he might be permitted to refer to the memory of a father to whom he was much attached, and amongst the most cherished reminiscences of his family was the fact that he was one of the noble band who refused the honours that dishonoured those who accepted them; and in referring to the subject of the toast he could not avoid homage to the memory of a beloved parent."—(Cheers.) Mr. H. GRATTAN, M.P., next proposed "Their Native Land." This toast, which was the last, was warmly responded to, and the assembly broke up at eleven o'clock. THE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE ON THE ROYAL CANAL. The proceedings at the inquest on the fifteen persons drowned in the passage boat on the Royal Canal, was con cluded on Thursday. An immense number of persons were present. It was painful in the last degree to witness the visitors examining the bodies—as many persons had come from town and country with the view of identifying their friends or acquaintances, and in two or three instances bodies were recognised, and then arose a shout of grief and lamentation which the sternest heart could not resist. There still remain six persons whose bodies have not been recog nised ; one of them is a beautiful young girl, Christian name supposed to be Mary. She came from Liverpool in company with a person named Morris, and she told him she was going to a place called Rueskey. A Mrs. Beattey, who was going to Leitrim, had a most miraculous escape, and gives a fearful account of the accident; Mrs. Mulligan (lost); lived some where about Longford, and was returning from Boston, in America, where she had gone to bring home her daughter, a pretty young girl, who was saved by the courage and hu manity of Jessop, a private belonging to the Bth Hussars, a fine fellow of undaunted courage, who saved two or three lives with his own hands, and for which the company has rewarded him in a handsome manner. Coffins were provided for all the bodies, and some of those recognised were taken away by their friends in the course of the day, when the jury was called over. Mr. Perry said, on behalf of the Company, that they had resolved on sending the survivors home free of all expense; the Company would make good any loss or damage sus tained by the passengers, send them home free, and give to each of them 1/. in addition to their expense and loss. To Jessop they would give W., and make good his loss, and also recommended him strongly to his colonel. In fact; nothing should be left undone by the Company to make every repa ration they could, and as to the property which was now in possession of the police and the superintendence of the magistrates, the Company would give a guarantee to the magistrates for it, in order to bear them harmless if any mistake might occur in the distribution of property or claims to it hereafter by the representatives of the deceased parties. The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. After about half. an-hour's consultation, the jury returned the following verdict : " We find that the said Edward Rutledge, Thomas Bannon, Michael Moran, and Catherine Mulligan, with four men whose names are unknown, and five women whose names are unknown, and two children whose names are unknown, came by their deaths by being suffocated and drowned in the pas sage-boat, Longford, in the Royal Canal, near Clonsilla bridge aforesaid, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845, and that it was in some measure occasioned by the neglect of the master, Christopher O'Connor, the steersman, James Dunne, and the very culpable neglect of Patrick Teeling, a free pas senger; and we further find. that the upsetting of the said boat was occasioned by the most gross negligence of the said Patrick Teeling after the helm was given in his charge by the said James Dunne; and we further find the said Patrick Teeling guilty of manslaughter. We also fiether find a great want of caution in the existing regulations concerning the construction of the passage-boats, the regulation of the number of passengers to be carried, and the duties of the crew; and we further find a deodand on the said boat of 100/. sterling," The coroner then made out his warrant, and committed Treeling for trial at the commission for manslaughter. The proceedings then terminated, THE LATE FAILURE. The following notification appears in the Dublin Gazette of last night : " Abel Labertouche and Hugh Stafford, both of the city of Dublin, notaries public, stock- brokers, merchants, traders, dealers and chapman, and co.partners in trade; to surrender on Thursday, the 11th day of December next, and on Friday, the 9th day of January following." The liabilities of this firm are said to be much larger than had been supposed,' and rumours are afloat respecting the nature of those liabilities which it would be premature to no tice at present. Much less alarm prevails in monetary circles here, and it is likely that confidence will soon be re-establihed. THE CORN-LAWS and LORD.JOHN RUSSELL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The tide has at length reached its higher3i point, and the agitation of years is crowned by obtaining a Russell. I am truly thaakfal that he has forestalled Sir Robert Peel. That statesman, the stereotype of improvement. will con tinue, as he has always done, a mere copyist. But in our acquisition, we must not forget that this country would have escaped many of the perils it has passed through had Lord John been sooner convinced ;--however the efforts of the League are well and amply repaid in at last securing such a tower of strength as Lord John Russell. May he be the man to open to his country a long era of happiness. Sir Robert must indeed be sadly annoyed, when he reflects how he has allowed the opportunity of placing himself in the po sition that Lord John Russell will now occupy, pass by. Let the corn-law be abolished to-morrow, Sir Robert has lost the credit of doing it; he has become the servant of other men's opinions, and not the master of his own. The hope of obtaining a niche among great men, after death, must burn very dim, on the reflection of his having dallied with one of the greatest questions of the day, at a time, too, when famine is pointing to the corn-law as the cause of her appearance. Yours, &c. OBSERVER. Devonport, Nov. 28, 1845. STRIKE AMONG THE RAILWAY LABOURERS IN Piamisumr.— In consequence of the shortening of the hours of daily labour at this season, the contractors for the portion of the Scottish Central Railway now in course of formation near Auchterarder, intimated to their workmen their , inten tion to reduce their wages two shillings per w eek. rsd Ti a, is ant re duction about 400 persons resisted, and on Thtl with Friday they walked about the streets of Auchterarde r but committed their working implements on their shoulders, no acts of violence. The sheriff ansduc° other authorities authorities had such an emergency, by previously made provision against_ additional constables s ns o3t oa sof nf gthl ee i n a constituting a large n w u e m re b t e sv r ooe o: if f iaecy ad stl d v _ m a t all; the railway; and the districts to be traversed by the . line of whole arrangements outrage occurred. After 1 th •masters' d to work upon their terms, and the contents returned remain dr went off peaceably to see and obt a i n b etter else where. At first some of the railway officials had objected to the streng th of the permanent railway p o li ce established by the Sheriff in the districts where the labourers are congre gated; but they may see from this instance that the preven tion of crime is not only better than its punishment for so ciety, but for these public undertakings also.—Perth Courier. BUCKINGHAM PA LACE. —Above 100 workmen are engaged in making necessary alterations and re-embellishing the interior of this regal residence, and we understand the orders are, that the whole aro to be completed by the second week in January, for the reception of her Majesty and suite. Tun RoyAL Q kJ TAGHOUNDS.—His Royal Highness prince George of Cambridge, Lord Rosslyn, Sir John Heath cote, sever a l o f t h e off i cers of the 4th Light Dragoons, from Hounslow, and a field of upwards of two hundred were at the meet 00 Friday, at Stoke Common. The celebrated deer, Jim Crow, upon being unearted on the Common, took away to the vicaraxe, heading to the left to lledgerley Park, througli the village, where it "took to the road," for three 1 wiles on to Beaconsfield. Jim Crow, after three-quarters of an hour's run, was taken close to the town and housed at Mr, Hare's. A. podia , number WAS Up at the f1i..11, THE THIRTIETH OF NOVEMBER. Yesterday (Sunday) being the 30th of November, the offices of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade were opened for the reception of plans, sections, &c., which had to be delivered not later than that day, in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Commons. Considerable alarm prevailed for some time amongst the promoters of the new schemes, in consequence of the 30th of November falling this year on a Sunday, on account of which circumstance it was feared it would he rendered necessary that the plans should be lodged ou Saturday evening, Sun day being generally esteemed a dies arm, as far as matters of business are concerned. The rule, however, was relaxed in this case. At one o'clock the offices were opened, and during the air ternoon cabs and carriages of all descriptions came down, but not in very rapid succession; and the plans were de livered without much trouble to those who had charge of them, or inconvenience to the Government officials. As the evening advanced the arrivals became more fre quent, and at nine o'clock they poured down Whitehall "Thick- as autumnal leaves that strew The Vale of Allambroia." Having diF , gorged their freights of parchment and paper, the cabs drew off, and the depositors exhibited unequivocal signs of joy at the triumphs they had secured. The method adopted for the reception of the documents was as follows :—The parties charged with their delivery were admitted to the lobby of the office of the Board of Trade, where they entered the names of the agents for whom they were concerned, in a book provided for that pu: pose. The name was then passed to an official, who conveyed the same to the inner office, where it was entered by the clerks. The several parties were then successively called in to de scribe the name and titles of their respective plans. This arrangement went on very well until eleven o'clock, when the delivery became so rapid, that the clerks were quite un able to keep pace with the arrivals. The entrance hall soon became inconveniently crowded, considerable anxiety being expressed lest twelve o'clock should arrive ere the requisite formalities should have been gone through. This anxiety was allayed by the assurance that admission into the hall before the hour would be sufficient to warrant the reception of the documents. A good deal of amusement was caused by the similarity of names amongst the agents particularly when any gentleman of the name of Smith was wanted. At every such call there were at least half-a-dozen respondents, and it very seldom happened that the right agent was pitched upon by the subordinates below, who, being ignorant of the projects with which the agents were connected, always ushered up the Mr. Smith who happened to be mest clamorous. From an early period of the evening a large concourse of persons had assembled and displuyed the utmost freedom in their remarks upon the huge piles of paper. which were to be consigned to their resting-place. The bearers were also, in several instances, made the objects of so me bitt er j es t s; but their attention was too much occupied by the matter they had in hand to heed them, As the clock struck twelve, the doors of the office were about being closed, when a gentleman charged with the deli very of the plans of one of the Surrey railways arrived, and with the greatest difficulty succeeded in obtaining admission. These were the last notices deposited. A lull of a few minutes here occurred, but just before the expiration of the first quarter of an hour a post-chaise with reeking horses drove up in hot haste to the entrance. In a moments its occupants (three gentlemen) alighted and rushed down the passage towards the office door, each bearing a plan of Brobdignagian dimensions. On reaching the door and finding it closed, the countenances of each drooped; but one of them, more valorous than the rest, and prompted by the bystanders. gave a loud pull at the bell, which was an swered by Inspector Otway, who informed him that it was now too fate, and that his plans could not be received. The agents did not wait for the conclusion of the unpleasant corn inunication, but took advantage of the door being opened and threw in their tremendous papers, which fell upon and broke the passage lamp. They were thrown back into the street with as little delicacy as they were pitched into the hall. When the door was again opened, again went in the plans, only to meet a similar fate from the officers. The three agents were now maddened to despera tion, and the principal amongst them commenced to tell his tale of woe to the bystanders, from which it appeared that they had that morning left Harwich, charged with the depo sition of the plans of a certain railway proposed to benefit that district; that they had arrived in London as early as half-past ten, but, through the ignorance of the post-bob, had been driving about Pimlico, and its neighbourhood in search of the office of the Board of Trade for more than an hour and a half previous to their fruitless arrival thereat. The crowd, who had patiently listened to the recital of the unhappy individual, greeted its conclusion with a burst of laughter, which seemed to pierce his already broken heart. At two o'clock—the time at which our informant left—the three luckless agents of the Harwich Railway were still standing at the door, vainly endeavouring to move the sym-. pathies of the obdurate officials. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 26.—The Scheld's steamer, which ar rived on Monday at Antwerp, from Rotterdam, had on board 100 German emigrants for Texas. A large boat, with 3,000 hectolitres of rye, arrived at Ant werp on Tuesday, several others are expected. A cargo of 3,500 sacks of potatoes has arrived at Antwerp from France, and another of 1,150 sacks from Scotland. A letter from Ghent says, a hundred sacks of potatoes were exposed for sale at our market to-day. The prices begin to fall, for a good portion of this supply was sold at different prices --from 9f. to 15f, according to the quality. The splendid bridge which the city of Manheim has jest had built over the Nichar, has been opened in a winner which deserves to be imitated, it was crossed by 80 waggons loaded with provisions, wood for fuel, and turf. which were immediately distributed among the poor. Baussets, Nov. 27.—The Chamber of Representatives in its sitting yesterday discussed the project of law relative to the pensions to be granted to some persons who lost their offices in consequence of the events of 1830. The Chamber rejected the Ist article of the project of law, At the opening of the sitting, M. Rodenbatth urged the necessity of modifying the postal system in Belgium, espe cially with respect to the postage of letters, and desired thot a report might soon be made on petitions relative to Vail; subject, which has been presented by a great number of the inhabitants of Bruges. The receipt of the State railways during the month of October was inferior, as is the case every year, to that of September. The diminution is wholly in the amount paid by passengers, who aro much more numerous in September during the holidays. The total receipts were in Septem ber, 1.272,7891. 78c. ; in October, 1,134,220 E 55c.; decrease, 138,569 f. 23c. But there was In the month of October this year an excess of about 83,000 francs above the month of October last year. The receipt of the first 10 months of this year was 10,481,011 f. 57c. Auosnurto, Nov. 20.—The Allgemeine Zeitnng, of this date, publishes accounts fl'ont several places in Gernut4r of the state of the markets, by which it appears that the plugs of corn were &Ring. The following is an abstract : " STRASBURG, Nov. 22.—Yesterday's market was well supplied, and prices fell, yet a large quantity remained un sold. " KURSERSTANTERN, Nov. 19.-10,382 hectolites of corn were brought to market yesterday ; 7,168 were sold, and prices fell," " ULM, Nov. 22.--The market was favourable, the price of all kinds of corn fell, and large quantity remained on hand, " CARLSRUITE, Nov. 18.—There was a decline in the prices at the last market at Durlash, which, though not consider able, gives reason to hope that corn will not become dearer. The potato desease proves to be much less destructive than was. apprehended. __ "COLOGNE.—The Rhenish Observer says that the prices of corn on the Lower Rhine aro falling, and that the supply is large enough for the consumption, but that there is no over phis for exportation, " COELENTIt. —The result of "the - corn-market on the 20th shows that the decline in the price will be continued, es pecially of rye. " VIENNA, Nov. 20.—Accounts from all the provinces slur that the prices of corn are falling."—Allgemeine Zeitseug. November 26. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bsersszu, Nov. 29. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ....... -• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• . Ditto Three per Cent.. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. Ditto, ditto, 1842 Ditto, 1144........... Ditto, 1136.. • • Ditto, 1838 ..... •••. • • •• 74% Ditto of the 1832 •. • .. 101 Ditto s 1 10 ,43 100% Bank bfßelgium.. •• •• • •• •• • 762 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 29. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—YIENNA, Nov. 22. 5 per Cent. Meta11ique5............. 4 per Cent. ditto • .............. ...... 3 per Cent. ditto • • •• 76 Loan, 1834 Ditto, 1139 .............. Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • ...... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 196 Gloggnitz••.. Vienna—Milan • • • • • .................. 119 Leghorn ... ................................102 Pestoia ......... .... •• • ..... ••• • • • —.llllgontelao Zeitung, Nov. 25. ................ 100 OUR RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES.•—• Notwithstanding the angry and offensive tone of the Go vernment organ of the United States as to the Oregon ques tion, and the echo given to it by several of the American journals, we find it is the opinion of some of the most emi nent American houses in Liverpool and Leeds that there w ill be no war. Mercantile men who came over by the last steam shipPoli bluster.the Le gislatu re stWie It were surprised to find the excitement prod uced in this former cou ge neralnt i b n y i t n h o e f intelligence i g g e e n n c t e l e from m en. thattheir shouldown. President is tlie even assume the tone that has been a ntici p ated, in h is Mes sage• htoim in Congr it, es an s, d ne n i i t l h w er il b l reannedchino President, has been f Mr. John Quincy Adams, the devoting the whole of the rece s s to this question, and that he out for the occupation of Oregon. We only will be prepared to oppose wit eff ect the party who have that they proceed parties in the northern and eastern States, the most b re e m en ar c k ry o i n n g these statements and opinions, i s r on oiu si t le an d pacific portion of the Union • that no doubt the prevailing sentiment in that part of the United States will be against the violent courses and quarrelsome spirit of the ,rest ;—but that we cannot implicitly rely on their senti ments, if the west and south, which have a preponderating influence in Con tr ess , should r e s o l u t e ly urge an o pp os it e course.—Leeds Afereury. The late eminent architect, George Basevi, Esq., the younger, who died at the age of 45, Trom a fall at Ely Cathedral in October last, had made his will in the beginning of the year 1841, and hadtherein appointed his wire, together with his brother, Nathaniel Basevi, Esq., his execcutors and the guardians of his children. lie thereby left his property to the trustees named in his marriage settlement, to be held and applied by them in the same manner as the trusts thereof; but has requested his wife to consent to 3,000/- being invested at his death in the Funds instead of an annuity, for the benefit of herself and children ; and has left her 5001. for immediate use, and all his furniture, pictures, books, &c. The personal estate valued at 9,0001. The Hon. Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, wife of the Hon. Member for Lewes, and daughter of Baroness Rothschild, is considerably better, her illness having been attended by great danger. All apprehensions as to her recovery has ,ceased, but :from the severity of her indisposition she con tinues in rather delicate health. BASINGSTOKE CHEESE FAIR.—On Friday, the large annual cheese fair was held here. About 250 tons were pitched for sale, principally from Somerset and Gloucester.. shire. Prices still on the advance , and a ready sale was eflbcted. Prices as folllow : — Good Somerset , 58 s. per cwt.; singleditto , ditto blue 54,. t moul ded,os6s. ; 38s .W hite cheddar, 50s. t o 58 s. ; lower ; double Gloucester, 58 s. t o 6 2 5.; part of Somerset cheddar , ver y superior, from 72a. t o 74 5 . • skim cheese, from 30s. to 345. The stocks were nearly all sold, though only a one-day fair. The Newcastle banks have increased their interest on deposits to 3/. per cent., and raised their discounts on bills under three months to 51. per cent., and beyond that date to Si. 10s. per cent.—Berwick Advertiser., F ~ ~ ~ .~ - ` `~='.;