The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-24 00:00:00

EWS Alb cli! e' ring tb° f i jo Fop, coil s ? e gnarl 0 ure beeo is in s 01 Painti n itO L t Of int 1w 1t de 511' sr. sist d peos ioll 6/obe m i. in the to ' r e ek °do me of to. 01 0 te r r o o d ) .6 0f ro : a the iP t4 ero° l4 f illo , Bel le • 0 0 4 1 :0 4 Or r fo~oo,a, e 71 011 l ei alai 20" P t / 0 :41 , I , 0 COURT Cii-sti LAE. A INV,11.11)50; TITURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince .',loePt arrived at the Castle at half -pest one o'ene k ;4 afternoon, from their visit to the Duke of Wel .„-lington at Strathfieldsaye, escorted by a party of the °.Yal horse Guards, under the command of Lieut. ncent Rowland Corbet. Her Majesty and the Prince were attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. tb.jineelia Murray, the Earl of Jersey, Lord Charles "llea leY, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel Bow-erie. her Majesty and his Royal flightless were received %their return at the grand entrance by Viecoute• nB37clueY, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Nelson II•Kxl, ~.`- r roont in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Master of the Sousehold, and the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Maid of Honour 1-11 Waiting. The Earl of Jersey and Lord Charles Wellesley took their departure in the afternoon. The Unfavourable state of the weather prevented the Royal Family leaving the Castle to-day. ________ ________ Ris Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Captain Sir Edmond Mild= e, left town sided morning, travellin g by the feeedon aced Inlinghatn Railway, for Burleigh House, Lincoln , ahtre, to honour the Marquis of Exeter with a %fit. , Her yesterday Royal Highness the Duchees of Cambridge, 11-c°lllPanied by the Princess Mary, took an airing in a earriege. '"(tit 114 Excellency M. Dedel had on interview with . Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. herr. Wickham, Cheirnian of the Stamps and Taxes, an interview With the Chancellor of the Exche quet Yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Sir R,.; de ece Pert and Lady Peel returned to their resi the , in Whitehall-gardsms yesterday morning, from h ee •s ts t of the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfield , ,aye, Lord 121 4 and Lady Stanley returned to town yester ,,. y eveni n . i • • .ttei N , OL ~, rota a visit to the Duke of Rutland, leh'r `-Astle, Leicestershire. ti,„ :tarl of Lincoln had an interview with the - in a i r of the Exchequer yesterday. . . . Yeste:danfriceo_and_tDuchess of Bedford arrived in town na 6 rathfieldsaye. lit 14 '''' js-tAJEST Y AT S T VIELDSAYE. STRATI - 1- itArnrit or hothin , LDS AYR, VVEDNESDA:f EVENING.— Little Which matt 'las occurred to vary the even tenor in The frost.er,s here are proceeding. mild 444 pe a , t has gone off, and to-day has been laSfiant ci eti 4 h nts With a little rain in the forenoon, not el; -Qwever, to prevent the Prince from enjoy • he diPorts. 144f0r he miner party last night, in addition to the .16 ieguests, embraced three officers of the Ila.np- In th Insure. Iltaiseil,e etening were also present Sir H. and Lady l e, kr Coming and Mrs. Brown, and Miss Walms aticl 104 1 _ '.-trs., and Miss Beauchamp, and Mr., 1,11: bea Astidertori. Mrs., Atter ban e ft he Foot Guards performed as before. theteseivlnn.r the gentlemen of the party amu.ed auger 174_t the billiard room. ducted to her retired about eleven o'clock, Con _ /.0..44.3,05ehr apartments by her noble hest. tast a i i e rose at her usual early hour, break aecallteairiedrirovaote__!ith th_e Prince, but aid not take her ypulist o ppos ite Walk. elle*, c , one of the fronts of Strathfieldeaye Nacipairh ter ming a part of the range of building te nni *7 aPPropriated prih_s•eort, roof to the stables, is a specious kel' proceed ed Over , liere her 2vtajesty and the A a A lel f hY his • , i , e t! after oreakfast, the Prince amusing - -ger t d in g the sport Peculiar to the place. all °ot, I.ea Interlude ,the prince seined forth to a" -'s •""rPe's Copse, chosen for the scene ,I,'.Y recreation • wii,rathaeldsa _. , is a cover about two mils from of: the :0, the hoo3tZ The beaters mustered in great force. Do ke af• jucipT parts consisted of Prince Albert, the aidß ntleta, L°rd, 01. Bou .• ilo, n residin • velie, an Cap t. _ ~ " en e , ie g In the n eighborhood. Lotti d C t Brown, a Cotieiti • and Mr. Anson were present, but IL_ in the sy,ort ta, Party r „, 1 „, , r • -7AAIes W6ll el ' s '4 co the ground, the Prince and Lord heading the group of horsemen. 4 4 - 7 1 ' a shorteY d uke' pod it f or stay at Thorpe's Copse, the party T ae efosiF4k,behtinhlidpkeasantry close to the Noble Id • e th e fil ° a wi ng , is the tne rectory of Strathfie say • kid th rte s` and feath amount of execution done on NI., e pheas, ered denizens of Thorpe's Copse kkilered 71 : lu o t f r - 1 :--.1 he grand total of game killed 2 1.. rabbit,: t 39 were pheasants, 25 hares, h ares -11-•6 Thesee Prince dispatched 23 pheasants, The 2,a el rabbits het ex who le tim e oc • on e 0 , T e l , an hour and ell Pied in shooting to-day did t The 0e limeheon.n bah; the party returning a m shot t -ess in talc of se as and arear d s in and beaters prais . e the Prince's quick , ,Ing aim. The number r Y k _ e ster c i ~ °-chtY was Wellfa 6011, 4 ; and both -.14 so great as that dispatched e sh tught • days, r eturns fall very short of Il ° stej et a l 3by n o S br. ' - erin g at 'tow e • but his Grace of la idlit tn. a PreSerVer Illp ears so keen a sportsman, or °I. g a rne, as the Duke of Buck he le I t,,l_l‘vhnenenti there -e arl . old p are was a grand match at tennis. Iv h. T he Y' or nearly so; adjourning to the e e%l 'e' - Wo b,./, and D ame rl ,„,,.Was plaed by Lord Charles 14."'essioaai 'ia•undPs, hey tennis-master, against ule .pe N ee __ eP pla y e rs from Hampton. yi:rt, wh:eYb, was herself with gratified with . % lea , was conducted great spirit and %th 'wirier ,i fortoer Pltrty to day will include, in addition ea circl e L A T. , r,' Sir mloll s• -13 ; tlnd the oru and -aay arvon, 4, e Speaker of the House of Coin. tat 2 kjestv I' . Ptenrindeoe t(:;: exPeeted to leave Stratlifieldsaye toe% ramsio__ nerrow, at eleven o'clock. ktme 4, the t). teresting old earill%.Whiah th e °t Bra/1041in, Que • • • the seat of Sir John heit t "' and in , en yesterdae visited, is a very 1) 4 • r n Eli ilza beth English manor-house, an age and racy of the time. ,tt is zahethan • ' .erb e , 4 r ar tnansions are common enough, ttiere°le old as well as a beautiful sight, the latr4„.", Rra, ...,resldence of an ancient English itstalid ea'r'''',etdiili3veather stained, with its trim ter tt hei_radesits aleonles, and elaborately sculptured ell t o /3,448a_ 8 heavy-arehed deur waa 5, its long 11,ealt!cl, ttrii a g t. ! %and tapestriod halls and gallerip s _ 1,1141 k„,nilsko.aee•lterloYcjean_dBici. as centuries ago, whe r n . ! i e 1,.., rorth from With ringing horns and jah !)air e7sgties Itit,"Ulter nights allu quaint gainbels charmed away le v '' halls , Within its torch and faggot . -atiery ra:ali!"..r, 1:11frs°t111111-f;;rn; C ° II p as • htuAgallerv, and chamber to '' Qh e''lrtiere f "Y k-t',. and decorated a,; Alien , eoa, stile s ~,.,,, , ,0 the tim e of Eliz•berh and the Ati o 4.Mcl carpi red them. There are the old oaken ttpe' gr ates Ings upon the walls, the quaint chisl kti De _ l4 Yon O tie tb,lits and grinning faces, which old rd.'_uined .2_ 41 d.tn corners; there are the pointed ee4c.pixe:ele.ctions from the roof, the glorious the n.s il e ap °lB' enough to roast oxen ; thr de to theeellieg, ,up in storied hatchatents to th, blush and putting modern mantel-pieces (4 Gritriteetie th.srn are the old wavy tapes tlktreee ;Ind Rome; there are the vast erect old 'Workork the a ux . s'aells like steeples, the massive i t Int. escutc heons, and devices in needle -ee foul eneaainh, .., . , fair damsel tte to Weather pu"lPlOylllent of some 1%1 :i4t , , _he r fi n __ r reed her t 0 hold the embroidery 17._Itti 6441 th ese g .. e, s, rather than the hawk upon her 4t of di signs and token s of the stately Fast le e YI its quaint pageantry, and still its h ill, din snit: refi ne &_ . i e R Air e „_,,, nemente of comfort, have all frtot l rr 11 thl"4,a home in the mansion of Brams role, 8 eOurt l'stall• The beauties of Charles the 11 . ! ti,t% etin itts°,4 down upon you from the walls 4'4e_Y. PePeaeha e`',r°4s, and their cheeks still breath ' Al' al' Ore 'l ! ) t ess of the pencil of Sir Peter el tt,4o,eand riiin_,. aid portraits of Kneller are also It l lls ei, a oae halVng with the long array of family ,Olvii n ',ls eari_v,a, no.mber of curious quaint speci qd 48' tne ok ..Y 1 ' l eRll5ll school portraits--of dismal ..ktei')lttreeos, and landseapes wit h i figures of "oars, rta,ar., B ree n a nd revellera—all hard, and stiff, and 144°14104 ' :Lill wrought cut b those who laid the tittio°'t t ilde ox the nature .• y .. • , eopa nig school of I einers toi rp. ` Old ' ~liere al , ie,_-•, and arti cles o f are, oestdes, a . vast number of ki,a add desks . arinture--cabtnete and escru- N, uq € l k '43—"lniaid • ' t kt th,_ ideid,,,, .. with gaudy shells, wrought 14 0::'Inti l' • th e 4 ` pleh i?e c i ! iti e forms and devices, and 40Vthe tt,,14 oraa nien ts , i ny'' of the old house —its pic -8 Wal ls, its 10 ts, its deep arched windows, its ~,, , ,0 4 h , ar e ad .ng echoing galleries and sombre IS. ac to nlirabi.. ad Idt the .Y apted to lead the imagi t •Lbri ° Wen time th image of which it n th 4l4' '' g s b efore th • 6 una el l , l the Jesty ,x Q mind. herself highly delighted te i ti th e anti gtie b Pres e.e d Brarashill. Mrs. era tk,i *ita dooricee c ooties of k Il k b abs ent PAer, acted as cicerone. Sir John ev`,._4ol,4''' titlieb, ?,i!ting her Majesty's vizdt—not 114:;?) etitl_la it reat 440Itaation of the royal intention. a,l4.l4,'_otgh ill !_o old English L;entlernan_;” 44).‘"1R0r0 issue_ 77th year, still rides up to the lib. t'Bl Y as he mi ght have done half a 1 / 4 1‘ e t , If ° te k t eeeh - e-''.._ ~.............,,....,h, -_____ :,,4twie:Pr..eed. rl4Bo,,altTle:SiJairTee's Theatre will be '0143,ne 17_10nt ancivadnernexoti, by the appearance of ,4,1,41)440,Dett7et50* ,_ eMr. MitchelPBsel le Nathan°, in two I,,,,,et.ereneis°, more than ever arrangements for the a. 5,,, We regret to Say, been 114111 r.rt4 •tgerton hexcellent. ttro t e , 'l attack 9f Nrt it At \is, ha s ; Yrever) an.,.i3?,5,,: at. ffatchfo rd-h all. Ills 114 kht (Ir4 hq- ill ‘ ed the vexuevTernvtalelVit. Mr. Francis courtaotr; 6Wrt:cTneustdha. te. 11 , 4 th e rtlieet Poliee. t ,...e :II 17,,yuels zargistrate an . announced' Y" the receipt of the yet I Vi4i, ..Wlios ~the assistance of th 1 441, e farnii , ktl 4,116 Yha d latel• i , -., T _ a monk x on t of eigh t ..e sustained the most ",t;o:1y w nth, died of 1/44 ~ iv ., , 4 :- 4 : and she d of .serlet fever and dropsy :- 4(4.1 1 0a„ . 1::. ee '. (1 ". J. S.. PI : Tr ('S, I,c 41it, Ici, i , ~, tt , ...i. ;;,. , . 1 , . . . tr •,. 41 . ti seneVOleot s ." i ' •, i• ~v, ~ i ; 1 k :, 4 8 . e d . _ ociety at tbe .E.sex fend, Ili. '4. 11, it i fa. li, 14 .; R. R., 5s.;J. W., LL 0 YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 23.—Wind at noon southerly breeze, and cloudy. JAN. 22.—Wind W.S.W. light Ten, E 31., S. S. W., nieckrate.—Arrd. Naiad, Rogers, Demerara ; St. James, Mayer, New York; Catherine, Prince Ed ward's Island. Skl. Leader, nio Janeiro. The Saucy Las , , from London to St. Michael's, grounded off Deal Castle this evening, but shortly after floated off, and proceeded westward. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind W.S.W., mcderate.— Arrd. Industry, Waterford, for Colchester, leaky, and with loss of sails ; British Queen, Smith, Cobija ; Vesta., Newcastle, for Naples, leaky, loss of buliViirks, &c. ; Alfred, Smith, Ichaboe, leaky, loss n£ topsail-yard and t , .:pzal!ant-masts, &c., and itatt of cargo pumped out. Off, Fergus, Findlay, Ichaboe, and sailed for Liverpool ; Everth9rpe, Batty, ditto, and sailed for the Humber. Sr-Ata-r, JAN. Minalto, Tregar:hen, Buenos Ayr s, with loss of bowsprit, &c. The Louisa, for Pertamhuco, which put i n h ere w i t h damage. l , w been surveyed, and commenced discharging. The Cornelis has been surveyed, and must dis : rharge. PorasmouTsr, JAN. 22.—Wind S S.W.—A hogshead of oil :narked with across in a circle, 4 on the bilge, and No. 1., I,s been picked up near the Nab Light, and landed here. Or NEW ROMNEY, JAN. 22 , —Trusty, Lisden, Ba tavia and Mauritius. PADSTOW, JAN. 21.—Wind S., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Minerva, of Exeter, Cork, with loss of foremast and other damage. BRISTOL, JAN. 22.—Wind S.W., light.—Acrd. Unity, Agnew, Nevis. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Margaret, St. An drew's, New Brunswick. MILFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Her.vroril, Read burn, Ichaboe. STUDWELL ROADS, JAN. 20.—A rrd. David Banks. lehaboe for Liverpool ; Heron, St. John's, Newfound land, fir ditto. ST. IVEs, JAN. 21.—Lady Ann, of Yarmouth. which sunk within the pier, has been surveyed, and must dis charge. Pon' TALBOT. JAN. 21.—The Speedy, Holman, of and from Cork, got ashore last night at the end of the break water, and this morning was hove off and went ashore o^-, the north side, where she lies, with rudder gone, &c., but is exp - eted off to-morrow. OFF Ham/vol.—Anna Marguetha, Batavia for Bremen. TOBERMORY, JAN. 18.—The Benjamin, from Wick to Dublin, put ba , ,:k yest-rday, leaky, having struck on a rock and has b en beached. CLYDE, JAN. 21. Arrd. Duncan Daggett, New York. Sid. Mary Allan, Jamaica ; Randolph, Demerara ; Thistle, no:Lerara ; Calypso, Trinidad. I .IvERPOOL„TAN. 22.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Robcrt Fernie, Williams, Lima; Johnston, Harri son, Valparaiso; James Gibson, Stuart, Buneos Ayres; Farm . ; Styles, Pernambuco; Lima packet, Stanton, Ber bice; Wa,h , ngton, Benson, New Orleans; Burlington, Crawford, Mobile; Harriet and Jessie, Charleston; De fence, Dewley, Miramichi. Sld. Princess Royal, Port Phillip ; Kilblain and Manchester, Calcutta; Alexander, Berlin; Swanton, New Orleans; Eliza Ann, Savannah; J. IL Skiddy, New York; Navigateur, Buenos Ayres; Ayrshire Lass, .layti. The Alciope from Valparaiso to Swansea, with I..ss of mainmast, bearing up for Mips], was spoken Bth inst., lat. 34, lon. 17, by the James Gib -on, arrived here. A barque, supposed the Mary Muir, which left Cobija 13th Oct. for Valparaiso, was seen Nov. 2 tsy the Johnstone, arrived here. SCILLY, JAN. 20.—Tie Ruby, Butler, from Waterford to Shoreham, bore up for New Grimsby Harbour through stress of weather, and drove on the rocks, but was washed off and grounded in New Grimsby, making a great deal of water. The Northumbria, Harrison, from Cardiff to L-ndon, sprung a leak at sea, bore up for this island, and was run ashore on Crow Sand, 17th inst. STANRAER, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Margaret and Ann, of Berwick for Dublin, towed in dismasted. DUBLIN, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Wanderer, Trinidstl, WATERFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind N. to S S.W.—Arrd. Duke of Gordon, Bissett, Ichaboe, leaky, and with loss of sails ; Sarah Fleming, ditto. YOUGHAL, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Alarm, Elliott, Ichaboe for Cork, with sails split. CORK. JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Wil liams, Wilson, Cameroons f or Li verpoo l , w i t h l oss of sails, &c. Off, Wilsons, Campbell, ditto, and sailed for Liverpool. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The Chrster Cup betting, although it missed several horses included in our last report, touched upon a suffi cient number to make a very formidable display. All that we have mentioned below were backed, the lions being Semiseria, Cataract, Celeste, Obscurity, and Agri culture—the outlay, especially on the first two, was on a very liberal scale. The Derby betting was limited, and important in no other respect than as showing a decided improvement in Alarm, and the Cobweb and Miss Whip colts. Offers to take 25 to I about Annandale, but none to lay against him.—Closing prices CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 20 to I agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria----takes 20 to 1 agst Mr. W- Scott's Cataract 22 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour 35 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste—taken 40 to I agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Seaport—taken .50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Agriculture—taken 50 to I agst Lord Eglinton's Aristides—taken SO to I agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug—taken 50 to I eget Mr. H. Johnstone's The Era—taken 50 to I agst Mr. Ong ley's Mystery—taken 50 t., I agst Mr. Shafto's Portobello—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Portrait 50 to 1 agst Mr. Marris's Little John 50 to 1 agst Mr. A Johnstone's Rowena—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade 100 to 1 apt Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 50 even between Kedger and Ides 100 to 80 on Kedger agst Cobweb colt. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—take 13 to 1 16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 16 to 1 ag.t Lord Stradbroke's Ides 17 to I agt Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken and afterwards offered 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti. R'pealer—ditto, ditto 33 to 1 ag,t :Jr. Gully's Weatherbit—ditto, ditto 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—ditto, ditto 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen —ditto, ditto 35 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—take 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Minikin colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken .50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy 1000 even between Minikin and Miss Whip colt 1000 even Cobweb c agst Weatherbit and Newsmonger. DEATH or LORD Amer.—We regret to state :hat our obituary of to-day contains a notice of the death it this venerable Nobleman, which occurred at the Vica rag.,. Tard&,igg., in this county, yesterday (Tuesday). Foe Right Hou. and Rev. Walter Hutchinson, Lord Aston was an Irish peer, and the last surviving member )f his family, male or female ; consequently the title is ~i xtinct. His Lordship's loss will be severely felt by the poor, to whom he was a kind benefactor. The living of Tardebigg (of which the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., of Newell Grange, is patron) becomes vacant by his Lord ship's demise. Worcester Chronicle. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY.—Sarah Whiteside, of ltawelitre, near Garstang, aged eighty-nine years and one month, has now living thirteen sons and daughters, all of whom, in good health, visited and dined with their mother on old Christmas-day, at her house in Rawcliffe, i 3 their annual custom. She has forty-two grand children, and sixty-nine great grandchildren.—Halifa x .4 th,ertiser. FOREIGN PINE APPLES.—In consequence of the success attending the importation of pine apples from the Bahamas last year, upwards of ten thousand additional acre,' have been set apart for their cultivation at New Pro vidence, and about an equal quantity at the small island )f Cl uthera. In order to improve the cultivation, some thousand offsets of the most approved sorts were sent aver la ~ t year from this'country. Letters just re ce i ve d speak highly o f t h e prospect of the crops, and the imports this year are likely to be very extensive. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES FOR THE POOR.—The Cominitte: , appointed at the late meeting on the above sub ject sat on Wednesday at the London Tavern, when among several plans submitted was one which was very highly approved, having fir its object the making various divi sions in the washing department, so as to preclude any party from being overlooked by a neighbour, and thereby prevent any unpleasant observations or feelings with re spect to the nature, quality, or quantity of the articles brought to be washed. SUPPOSED SUICIDE FROM DESTITUTION. —Yester day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Red Cross, Upper East Smithfield, on the body of a man unknown, about twenty years of age. James Hill, a waterman, said that about nine o'clock the same morning he was ilea boat off Ahlerman•stairs, East Smithfield, when he saw the body of the deceased rise to the surface. lie took the body ashore. Deceased was dressed in a pa=r of fustian trou,ers and waistcoat, and a blue striped shirt, with laced haots. The summoning officer said that the ap pearance of the deceased showed that he was in a state of great destitution, as his clothes were threadbare, and hi, shows worn out. The jury found a verdict of "Found drowned." Tr; AU E.—KiLmAnNocx.--The usual two months e.mparctive dulness of trade preceding the new year nave passed over, and an active resumptioa is imme iiately anticipated. The printfields here are somewhat occupied with foreign orders at present, and a month or so is expected to elaps! , ere they will be fully engaged in the spring trade. Our manufacturers anticipate that they will then, as during last year, be principally em ployed with orders for the home market. The mousse line-de-laines, with some improvements, are expected to be once more in vogue. The activity of last year is expected to be maintained in this branch of manufac tures, to meet which the principal establishments in fully prepare - 1 with additional accommodation. Jolztnal. On Thursday, the 9th instant, a remarkably fine bitters was shot by Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., at his resi dence at liolaigota 7_ _ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORN!!!.v A short disussion followed, in which Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, both as a proprietor and one of the legal gentlemen who had been consulted, expressed his perfect confidence in the recovery of the sum in question. The CHAIRMAN then made a short general state ment of the present condition of the business of the bank, which he said had partaken of the improved state of the affairs of the colony. A vote of thanks to the Directors was proposed and carried for their able conduct with respect to the dis pute between the two companies, and the meeting se parated. The proceedings appeared to give general satisfaction. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTY. A meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, was held yesterday evening in Willis's Room, Brewer-street, for the purpose of adopting the best means of obtaining the repeal of the window duty in the approaching session of Parlia ment. Mr. Keith, churchwarden, took the chair about seven o'clock, being supported by several of the parish officers and other respectable inhabitants. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had bean con vened by the requisition of a large and respectable portion of the inhabitants, for the purpose of securing the repeal of the window duty. He hoped the ex ample would be followed by other parishes in the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) The pari s h o f St. J ames was peculiarly called upon to come forward at this juncture. They were aware that an Act had recently been passed, called the Building Act. He had, with his colleagues and the overseers, gone round the pa rish, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of houses which, under that Act, would next year be rendered unfit for dwellings unless they had windows and areas, and he believed that the whole number would not be less than one thousand.—(Hear, hear.) It occurred to him, in g oin g round, as a very strange thing, that a law should be made to compel a man to open a window, and yet that by ano th er l aw h e should be punished if he did; for the effect of the window duty was to operate as a penalty.--(Hear, hear.) He hoped that many meetings similar to that would take place, and that a strong appeal would be made to the Government to abolish this infamous and oppressive tax.— (Cheers.) A letter was then read from Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., regretting his unavoidable absence, and pro mising his cordial co-operati on i n P ar li amen t. Mr. MAULE rose to propose the first resolution. He said there was no tax more severe or unnational than the window duty. He was not aware at what period the outrageous device of taxing this necessary element of existence originated, but as long as he could remember it had been reprobated as a most in. human and unrighteous mode of obtaining a revenue. A poll-tax was not more hateful than a tax upon the light of heaven and the air they breathed. There had never been a period more favourable to the removal of this most odious duty. The national revenue ex ceeded by some millions the estimates of expenditure. There was also a disposition manifested in high quar ters to trace the sources of mortality, and one or two bulky volumes had been published in reference to the state of the smaller dwellings, and the necessity of obtaining a free current of air. Under such circum stances he thought the public had a peculiar claim to the abolition of the tax. He therefore begged to pro pose the following resolution That the tax upon windows, so styled, but, in reality, a tax upon light and air, is in its very principle revoltin g , i n h uman , wicked, and unchristian, denying, as it does, the full enjoyment of the first and most essential of heaven's bounteous gifts, and, moreover, is in its practical workings oppressive and injurious." Mr. EWEN seconded the resolution, which was also supported by Dr. Costello, and carried unanimously. Mr. GEEsn'r proposed the second resolution : " That this tax is grievously oppressive upon the in dustrial community, and bears with unequal, and therefore unjust pressure, upon that class which, for cheapness, occupy houses in those localities from fashion abandoned by the wealthy, and which houses contribute, in proportion, more to the tax than the choicest and most noble mansions." Mr. W. ATECKETT seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. LAWFOBD proposed the following :—" That this meeting earnestly recommend the parochial authori ties of the metropolitan parishes to convene meetings in their respective districts, for the purpose of form ing committees to become members of a general me tropolitan committee, which, by being thus composed, will concentrate within itself a power which, if well directed, must eventually tend to carry out the object of this meeting." He was glad to find that the large parish of Marylebone was stirring in this matter. He thought that if all the parishes were, united, there could be no doubt of success. Other resolutions were proposed, appointing a com mittee, and generally for the purpose of carrying out the object. Mr. HUGGETT observed that there was one light in which the matter had not been put, which would have afforded an additional reason for seeking the aboli tion. This tax was made a condition of the elective franchise, and formed an impediment to its exercise. This he conceived to be a very powerful argument against its continuance. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting then separated. We are glad to learn that the gingham weavers in Whitehaven, in the employ of Messrs. Chambers and Co., of Carlisle, have lately had an advance in their wages of one penny per head, which will amount to from fid. to 9d. per week to ordinary workmen, and perhaps to is. per week to the quickest hands in their employ ment.— Cumberland Pacquet. We are sorry to learn that the lobster fishers in the Hebrides have not been so suceesaful in their specula tions in the English markets since our last notice as we could have wished them, or their exertions merited. Owing to the stormy weather and intervening fogs, the steamers to and from the Highlands, but more particu larly from Glasgow, have been prevented from sailing at the stated time; and, in consequence, the lobsters being too long out of their native element, the greater part of them died ere they reached the English markets. We learn that proposals have been made to have the lobsters boiled and prepared here before they are trans mitted to the sister kingdom, so that they may be fit for the market there.—Caledenian Mercury. THE APPROACII OP SPRING.—As an intimation of the approach of spring, and as a proof of the fallacy of certain predictions as to the severe and long winter with which we were to be afflicted, we may mention that during the present week there has been plucked from the open hedge of an orchard attached to the residence of Mr. Richard Major, of Silv erton , i n t hi s county, a quantity of vriwrosQs in full and perfect bloom.—Pigmenth limutow ScaooL—On Wednesday Harrow School opened under its new head-master, the Rev. Charles Vaughan. BANK OF ATJSTRALASIA. An extraordinary general meeting of the Bank of Australasia *as held yesterday at the office of the Company, No. 2, Moorgate-street, for the purpose of electing a Director in the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of W. Brown, Esq. For this office there have been four candidates-- Mr. Atherstone, Mr. De Castro, G. H. Foster, Esq., and Captain J. Grover. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Atherstone and Mr. De Castro had withdrawn, and the election rested between Mr. Foster and Captain Grover. Before proceeding to the show of hands, Captain GROVER briefly addressed the meeting, remarking on the aptitude displayed by military men for public business; he stated, however, that he had but slight hopes of success, anticipating a more favourable result on another occasion. On the show of hands, The CHAIRMAN declared the election to have gone in favour of Mr. Foster, by a large majority. Mr. FOSTER briefly returned thanks, trusting that he should discharge the duties of the office with satis faction to the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then said that the business of the extraordinary general meeting had concluded, and they were now convened according to a resolution passed at their last meeting. The Directors were not prepared to submit to them any report, or regular account, but, as it appeared at the last meeting to be the wish of the Proprietors to meet the Directors more frequently than once a year, they had cheerfully acceded to their wishes, and the present meeting was fixed accordingly. He congra tulated them that it was accidentally prevented from taking place last December, as they should not then have been so well able to give an explanation of transactions that had taken place in the colony, calculated to remove the apprehensions that had been occasioned by recent advices from that qualm% They were aware that this Bank had a large pecuniary claim on the Bank of Australia. Since the last meeting a resolution had been come to at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of Aus tralia, held at Sydney, that they would resist the payment of that claim to this bank. Measures had, therefore, been taken by the officers of this bank in the colony, which had also been followed up here with respect to that debt; but as the statement of those measures would involve legal points, he would beg them to hear Mr. Farrer on the subject. Mr. 0. FARRER then went into an explanation of the circumstances of the matter in dispute between the two banks, begging the Proprietors to confine their attention solely to the legality o f th e i r c l a i m, and not enter into any discussion on the propriety or expediency of the original transaction. He said that the resolution passed at the meet ing of the Bank of Australia to resist the claim of this Company upon it, was supported only by nineteen gentlemen, though the whole num ber of Proprietors of that Bank was two hundred. He then read the questions on the case of this Com pany which had been laid before Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, and Mr. H ug h Hill , an d the answers to them, whi c hi were every way satisfactory to the Directors as to the c om pl e t e li a bi l i ty of the Bank of Australia for the amount of the sum advanced to it by this establishment. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at the usual hour for the dispatch of public business. At the opening of the Court several members who had not taken the oaths, and made and subscribed the declaration prescribed by the statute as a substitute and in lieu of the provisions of the Corporation and Test Acts, at the several wardmotes whereat they had been respectively elected, were called to the table for the purpose of taking the oath of office and sub scribing the declaration. Among those so called were Mr. R. Taylor, who, however, retained his seat until again called upon by the Town Clerk, when Mr. R. TAYLOR rose, and was about to address the Court, but The LORD MAYOR interposed, and remarked that, acting ministerially as he (the Lord Mayor) then was, he could not hear Mr. Taylor until he had been sworn, and made the declaration required by law. Mr. R. TAYLOR replied that he had been sworn, and had made the declaration before the proper authority at the wardmote. The LORD MAYOR. --I am told that you have not. The To CLERK informed the Court that the declaration had not been returned to him by the ward clerk. A MEMBER—No, and the reason was that Mr. Taylor, after having made it, walked away with it in his pocket.—(A laugh.) Mr. WILLIAMS (Farringdon) said he had seen Mr. Taylor make and subscribe the declaration. Mr. R. TAYLOR—Yes, and I have it with me ; but I wish to take this occasion to express my opinion not merely on the folly, absurdity, and impertinence of this declaration (of which this Court several years ago expressed its unanimous condemnation),but more especially at this time, of the intolerant and oppres sive use made of it by the Court of Aldermen to the exclusion from office of Mr. Salomons and the virtual disfranchisement of the electors of Portsoken. It is most absurd and tyrannical. Mr. Taylor handed the declaration to the Town Clerk, and thus the conversa tion dropped. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The next business proceeded with was the appoint ment of the Committees for the ensuing year. Upon the lists presented to the Court were the names of several gentlemen who had served upon the same Committee for the space of four years; the maximum period for which, according to the 32d article of the standing orders, they were eligible. Mr. KING objected to this abrogation of the stand ing order, and, after a lengthy desultory conversation, It was moved by Mr. PRIOR, and seconded by Mr. THOMAS, that the standing order be suspended. On the question a division was called for by Mr. King, when the numbers appeared— For the motion .. BO Against it lB Majority .. —62 The lists of the Committee were then gone through seriatim, and the members appointed, a proceeding which occupied a considerable portion of time. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The Town CLERK communicated to the Court that, appended to the annual report made by the High Bailiff of Southwark of the receipts and disbursements of his office, was a letter in which that gentleman invited the attention of the corporate body to a sub ject which he felt it to be his duty to lay before it. It had reference to the effect produced by the opera tion of the statute 7 and 8 Vic., passed for the aboli tion of imprisonment for debt, upon the office of High Bailiff of Southwark and of Chief Bailiff of the Court of Requests for the Hundred of Lambeth. The Commissioners of the Court of Requests had thought it right to suspend, in consequence of the decrease in the business of the Court, the payment of the sum for which the fees payable heretofore to the High Bailiff has been commuted until after the Ist February, in order to ascertain what would be the probable average amount of fees in future. By the 17th section o f th e s t a t u t e , th e Lords Commissioners of the Treasury were authorised to award compensa tion to parties whose interests were affected, and the High Bailiff suggested the necessity for the Court, at an early period, giving such directions in the matter as would protect their interests in the office of High Bailiff. On the motion of Mr. °SHARD, seconded by Mr. Deputy PEACOCK, the letter was ordered to be referred to the Officers and Clerks Committee, to examine into the same, and to report if any, and what st e p s , oug ht at an early period to be taken in the matter. POLICE COMMITTEE—NON-ATTENDANCE OF ALDERMEN. Mr. ANDERTON said he wished to call the atten tion of the Court, and especially of the Aldermen (of whom he wished there were more now present), to a subject which he was extremely sorry had been pre sented to the public mind in a paragraph contained in one of the newspapers. The paragraph stated that, for several weeks, the greatest inconvenience had been occasioned to the public who had the misfortune to be called upon to attend the Police Committee, in con sequence of the Aldermen not being present, and stated as the result that upwards of fifty persons were sometimes kept waiting from two to three hours be • fore their business was transacted, and that this had not only been the case last Saturday, but for several previous weeks. Now he (Mr. Anderton) thought it was most desirable that the public should know whe ther it was the intention of the Aldermen to continue these omissions of their duties, or if they had made arrangements for the better discharge of their duties. He had the highest respect for, and wished to main tain the dignity of, the Court of Aldermen ; but if this state of things were to be continued, he, for one, should join heart and hand for the purpose of having a paid magistracy. Alderman Ranrceounn inquired who were the Aldermen on the rota for last Saturday. Mr. ANDERTON—They are named in the paragraph, which perhaps the 61erk will be good enough to read. The paragraph was then read as follows : "SERIOUS IN CONVENIENCE.—For several weeks the greatest inco nvenience has been experienced by the public who h ave h a d the misfortune to be required at this Court, by the inattention of certain worthy Aldermen, whose duty it is to preside at the weekly sittings, but who seldom present themselves, thereby causing the greatest confusion, keeping the public waiting one, two, and even three hours, when the business is hurri e d over in a manner not very credit able to the City of London. Yesterday, for instance, upwards of fifty persons were kept waiting for nearly four hours ere they could leave the Court, in conse quence of the magistrates on the rota not making their appearance at all. Sir George Carroll, Knight, and Mr. Alderman Challis, at length arrived, and they regretted extremely the inconvenience to which the public were put. They were not to blame, not being the magistrates on the rota; but hearing that their brethren, Sir Claudius Hunter, Mr. Alderman Hum phery, and Mr. Alderman Moon, had not arrived, they came forward to dispose of whatever cases might be brought before th em. R eally t h e citizens of London should petition the Court of Aldermen either to appoint paid magistrates, or take such steps as to require the attenda nce o f t h e A l dermen punc t ua ll y ." Alderman FARNCOMBE said that the absence, on Saturday, of Mr. Ald erman M oon, was owing to the illness of that gen tl eman. Mr. ANDERTON remarked that the complaint did past. not apply to l as t S a t ur d ay on l y, b u t t o sev eral weeks The LORD MAYOR observed that personally he knew nothing of the facts. The paragraph named three Aldermen when two only were necessary; and had, he known of the matter, he would have gone him self to the Police Committee after he had disposed of the business at the Mansion• house. Sir C. MARSHALL said he was glad tlfe subject had been noticed, for that he himself had been brought down three Saturdays out of his turn. He, however, thought the blame ought not entirely to be laid upon the Aldermen, but upon the officers, who could easily ascertain beforehand whether or not the Aldermen on the rota were in town.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY said that, in justice to Mr. Alderman Moon, he must mention, that on Saturday last that gentleman was taken exceedingly ill, and was confined to his bed ; and further, that it only be came his duty to have attended in consequence of the absence of Mr. Alderman Humphery. Therefore, certainly, under all the circumstances, Mr. Alderman Moon was not to blame.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ASIIURST remarked that all the inconveniences complained of arose out of the constitution of the Court of Aldermen, and he called upon the members of that body to petition that they should respectively be subject to re-election as soon as they had passed the chair.—(Loud laughter.) At present it was the invariable practice to lay all the blame upon the junior Aldermen, though it really att ac h e d to those who, having passed the chair, cared nothing about the duties their office of Aldermen imposed upon them.—(Hear, hear.) CITY IMPROVEMENTS.--NEW FARRINGDON-STR EET . Mr. R. TAY LOR presented a petition from Mr. R. Thomson, and other inhabitants of the n or th s id e o f Farringdon Without, and of Holborn-bridge, p ray i ng for the New theco_mstpreleett andionof the improvements Mr. Taylor in Farring don said he need scarcely call attention to the incomplete state of the contemplated improvements in question. Everybody must have seen and known as a complete eye-sore the four or five houses still standing, and which had been omitted from the schedule to the Im provement Act, and therefore had not as yet been interfered with, nor could it be done without an appli cation to Parliament for further powers. He could not suppose the Corporation wished to leave thes e impor tant improvements in their present imperfect state; and as it was desirable the Court should be put in possession of all the facts, in order that, upon consi deration of them, the work might be c omp l ete d , h e begged to move th a t the petition be ref erre d t o th e London-brid ge App r oaches Committee, to report as to the exp e di enc y o f carrying the proposed improve- ment into complete effect. JANUARY 24, 184 Mr. D. W. WIRE inquired what was the nature of the property in question, which rendered an applica tion to Parliament necessary P Mr. R. TAYLOR replied that they were Church pro perty, held under leases, and could not be dealt with by any private arrangement. Mr. PRENDERGAST seconded the motion, because he thought the application of the funds of the Corpora tion for such a purpose as the- completion of these great improvements, much better tha n di spos i ng o f them in aid of any Charity. The cause of humanity in the prevention of accidents, and the removal of the pest-houses in Field-lane, called for this outlay. Mr. D. W. WIRE did not mean to oppose the peti tion going to the London-bridge Approaches Com mittee, because he desired to see improvements made in all the approaches to the City ; but he desired to draw the attention of the Committee to other and far greater improvements than that now under con sideration.—(Cries of "No, no.") He especially alluded to that which had constantly been talked about in that Court, and as constantly neglected—he meant the improvement of Watling-street.—(Hear, hear.) If the Corporation were going to Parliament for a new Act, he called upon the Committee to in clude in its provisions those other impovements which were more loudly called for. Mr. ANDERTON was surprised that his friend Mr. Wire, who was a member of the Washing-tub Com pany—(Laughter)—should think any improvement superior to that which would rid the public of such a nuisance as Field-lane. He was told that the expense would not exceed 10,0001., and it ought to be carried out without further delay. Mr. KING suggested that instead of referring the petition to the London-bridge Approaches Committee, the better course would be to refer it to the General Purposes Committee, and if that body sanctioned the removal of the houses in question, then to authorise the London-bridge Committee to carry the project into effect. If this course was not adopted the petition would be mere waste paper. Mr. BUCKMASTER supported the petition. There was no part of London which called more for im provement than the locality in question. He was prepared with details, but he need only state, in sup port of his assertion, th a t i n some o f t h e low lodging houses in Field-lane, and within thirty feet of the frontage of New Farringdon-street, there were now many serious cases of fever, from which the greatest public danger existed. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR contended for the right of priority in the way of alteration and improvement in favour of Watling. street; and, as a member of the London-bridge Approaches Committee, he should op pose the petition (if it was referred to that body) until the claims of Watling -street had received from the Committee that attention which it deserved. Mr. LOTT concurred with the last speaker. The Court had solemnly decided that the improvement of Watling -street should take place, and yet nothing had been done, because the active gentleman who was at the head of the Improvement Committee had taken a wrong view, and ruled over the destinies of the body over which he presided.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. OBBARD supported the motion for the reference of the petition to the London-bridge Approaches Committee. He thought, instead of sending the matter to two Committees, as suggested by Mr. King, the subject required one continuous mind, as it were, and ought to be limited to one body. Mr. WILLIAMS (Farringdon) and Mr. MARRIOTT briefly expressed similar views and opinions. Mr. R. L. JONES defended the London-bridge Ap proaches Committee, with reference to the course it had taken, and the progress it had made, in effecting improvements, and rem i n d e d th e Court hat they had furnished plans which they were fully prepared to carry out if furnished with the necessary funds. After a few words from Mr. R. TAYLOR in reply, the motion was put and agreed to. PURCHASE OF THE FLEET. Mr. DIXON presented a report from the City Lands Committee, on the subject of the reference made to them to open a communication with the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, to ascertain upon what terms the Fleet Prison could be purchased. The report stated that the Committee had offered 23,000/., but that the Commissioners of 'Woods and Forests had declined to accept less than 25,000/., the sum at which the property had been valued by three eminent .sur veyors. Th e C omm i ss i oners had given the Corpora tion an option of making the purchase at that sum until the 28th instant, and the Committee, by their report, unanimously recommended that the purchase should be effected. Mr. Dixon, in moving the Court to agree with the Committee in their report, bore testimony to the courteous manner in which the de putation had been received by the Earl of Lincoln, who had yesterday come to town expressly to meet them. Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion. Mr. ANDERTON expressed a hope that the motion would be unanimously agreed to. He had himself that morning been told by an eminent architect that he was ready to give the sum demanded for the pro perty, and to apply it to public purposes. That gentleman was now waiting to ascertain the decision of the Court on the subject. After a few words from Mr. KING and Mr. Deputy ODBARD, Mr. D. W. WIRE congratulated the Court upon the favourable termination of the negotiation ; but he must express a hope that the purposes to which the property might be appropriated would not hastily be decided upon. Knowing as he did the state of the City prisons, and the impossibility of en larging the present structure, he hoped the land would be appropriated to the erection of a gaol for the City of London. Mr. PRENDERGAST sincerely hoped the ground would be applied to a much better purpose than building a gaol. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Lott, Mr. R. Taylor, and Mr. R. L. Jones took part, the mo tion was agreed to. THAMES NAVIGATION. Mr. Deputy HICKS brought up a report from the Thames Navigation Committee, recommending an application to Parliament for an Act to enable the Corporation to take up the bonds on loans at 5 per cent. interest, and to effect new loans offered on the security of the tolls, at the rate of 4 per cent. Mr. KING objected to any such application, and after a long discussion the Court divided on the ques tion that it agree with the Committee in their report. On the division the numbers were found to be— For the motion Against it . . . Majority CITY IMPROVEMENTS. On the motion of R. L. JONES, it was moved that the sum of 22,6001., reported by the Chamberlain as the surplus funds for the quarter ending the sth January instant, should be applied in discharge of further part of the loan raised for the approaches ; and on the motion of the same gentleman the surplus fund, reported by the Chamberlain, of 3,5001., was ordered to be applied in further discharge of the loan of 45,0001. raised for the Farringdon-street im provements.. THE LATE FLEET-MARKET. Mr. BOWER presented a report from the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, recommending the payment of the stun of 10,0001. in final discharge of the sum of 150,0001., raised in 1824, for the removal of Fleet -market. He was happy to say the Com mittee were enabled to make this recommendation in consequence of the saving they had been enabled to make in the expenditure during the past year.— (Hear, hear.) He moved the Court to agree with the Committee in their report, and the motion passed without a dissentient voice. In holiday time, when the ladies of London Walk out with their spouses, or think themselves undone, * * * * * Then I, like my neighbours, to sweeten life, Took a walk i n the fields (i. e. Islington— * * * * We saunter'd about near the Now River Head, Where we prattled and talked, but what 'twas we said If you'd have me discover, indeed I must fail you," &c. It appears the price of admission to the New Tunbridge Wells was 3d. Of the amusements, he says : " We walk'd by an outhouse we found had been made For raffling and late ries, and such sort of trade. To gaze at the lott'ry I stood by a while, See the gamesters all frown, and the lott'ry man smile, Till, tir'd with standing, we rambled from hence, And left the poor fools to be gull'd of their pence." In a paper entitled " The Dancing School," the writer describes an Easter Monday jaunt to High-gate and Finchley, via Islington.t (This part of London was evidently the universal resort of tradesmen, their wives, daughters, 'prentices, &c.) He says "All have resource into the fields." He proceeds, in verse : " In little time to Islington we came, For cakes and ale, a town of ancient fame, Which to this day '8 frequented for the same." His discription of Highgate and of the crowds going , to Finchley, w h ere " t h e murderer was hung in chains, " is life-like. At the High Tavern, where the gentry met, he could not get a mutton chop, though he offered a crown for it. The masses had literally devoured all before them. THE CITY LIBRARY. Mr. LOTT then rose to move, pursuant to notice, " That it be referred to the Library Committee to consider a resolution of this Court of the 19th De cember, 1826, whereby it was referred to the Library Committee to consider the propriety of pro viding a suitable place for the reception of such an tiquities as relate to the City of London and suburbs, as may be procured or presented to the Corporation, and to report thereon to the Court;" but Mr. PEWTRESS having taken notice that there were not a sufficient number of members present to con• stitute a Court, the Court adjourned. • Mr. Tufnell, M.P., is detained in Italy by the ill health of Mrs. Tufnell, but hopes to be back in Eng land in the course of the month of February, to attend to his duties in Parliament. We are happy to 1 earn that the health of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart, is considerably i m p ro v e d, and that hopes ar e en t er t a i ne d of his complete recovery. The Marquis and Marchioness Camden are expected in Belgrave-square, at the end of the month, from the Wilderness, near Seven Oaks, Kent, for the season. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—On Wed nesday information was circulated throughout the metro politan and City police districts, that on the evening of Saturday, the 18th instant, Mr. J. Brodrick, a gentleman recently come from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and residing at No. 23, Haydon-square, Minories, was robbed while sitting in the pit of Covent-garden Theatre of bank notes to the value of 8251 The notes were enclosed in a paper packet, and were deposited in an inside breast pocket of his inner coat. They consisted chiefly of Bank of England notes, and some were of the York and Stock ton banks. About 30 of them were for 10Z each, and the rest of them were for a each, the numbers and dates being unknown. How the robbery was effected, or at what period of the evening, is a mystery. SINGULAR MISTAKE.—Last Friday afternoon a clipper schooner belonging to Newcastle, took a pilot at the mouth of the river, and brought up in Montrose harbour. On coming on shore the captain inquired immediately for his consignees, designing them as mer chants in Aberdeen, and was surprised to find that he had entered Montrose Harbour instead of that of the " city of the North." Such a mistake occurring in the 19th century certainly betokens a lamentable want of knowledge, and is another proof of the great need of a properly constituted board for ascertaining the qualifi cations of masters and mates previous to their being en trusted with the earn of life and property.—Montrose Standard. At what time the first tavern bearing the title of White Conduit House was built does not clearly appear ; but in the Gentleman's Magazine (1760) we find tha following . " WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE. "And to White Conduit House We will go, will go, will go."—Grub-street Register. " Wish'd Sunday to come—mirth brightens every face, And paints the rose upon the housemaid's cheek, Harriet or Moll, more ruddy. Now the heart Of 'prentice, resident in ample street, Or alley kennel wasted ; Cheapside, Cornhill, Or Cranbourne—thee for calcuments renown'd, With joy distends ; his meal meridian o'er, With switch in hand, he to WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE Hies merry hearted." fame." " While tea and cream and butter'd rolls can please This burlesque heroic concludes jieialouosues s t bh h ea ti lil s els : b — eextiisyt, xsndgausriadtndiloquent affair is W. WT. The Sso;glmo Whilen gtruil:%'e'ahl to o b t e e t a C h u o i Tepharn, the strong man, exhibited .in the fields. He had thrice the strength of what is commonly termed a powerful man. Ile was acc ustomed to resist th e _ _ d draught of two hor ses, and do a variety o f ot h er f eats, too well authentic a t e d to be deemed fields around th e Conduit were exaggerations. Th e A large pewter l e places of his f requen t re sort.ate that he doubled up b y hi s fingers is still preservedp' The Daily Public ' in the British M useum. Advertiser of August 11, 1749, has this record :—" ye Topham (k a sterday, Aug us t 10 , di e d Th omas own by the name of The Strong Man, mas ter of a . public-house in Hog-lane (Sh d" 1 ) ore itc.l,, occa sioned by several wounds he gave himself on Tuesday WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE. last, after having stabbed his wife in the breast, who i TEE PAST AND THE PRESENT. likely to recov er ." J ea l ousy was the cause of th. ;8 rash (From the Sunday Times.) act. The wife s u b sequen tl y recovere d . We have little record of the pastimes of eur for( - Abraham Newland, who died at Highbury in 1807, his 73th year, w as a f requen t er o f t h e Whi te c on d ui t fathers ; St rutt h as, i t is tree, described the games s and the Barn House. Be was no t e d as a " di sputat i ous which they " delote " to un b en d t hemselves, but he berg presented us no pi c t ure o f t h e p e. argumentative) p erson , y e t genera lly respecte d b y s s ople. Sam. Foote; s " Tea Parties" are but a name, it was only through t i all visitors." verbsl descripti on b y o ld B yrn, the vet‘ s ran ballet-masse " A writer in 1774 g i ves thi s d escr i p tion of th e pl ace: — ter, that we c ou ld at a ll i mag i ne t h e effect of that enter`- The garden i s f orme d i nto wa lk s, I ,,r e ttily di s p ose d. tainment, and Byrn, who died at the age of ninety, wee At the end o f th e pr i nc i pa l one i s a po i n t ing , w hi c h seems to render it (the walk) longer in appearance but twelve years old when he witnessed Foote's per-- than it eally is. I n th e centre of the garden is a ,wish-pond. formance ! The publi ca ti ons o f that day enured into no detail ; what every b o d y went to see th e ,sditors There are box es f or company, curiously cut into hedges, , deemed it unnecessary to describe, as if all records' of 'lorned with Flemish and other paintings. There &Le events were not me a nt f or poster i ty. Thus it is with a hands ome tea - rooms, one over the other, and several -ior on es i n t h e house. " The fish-pond was wont the old household word s th a t spo k e of the enjoyments of our predecessors. W e rea d o f R anelagh, and ask where after .filled up, an d i ts s i te planted, the paintings removed, and what it was ?—of the Ridotto at Marylebone-gar- and a ~new dancing and tea saloon, called the Apollo dens—of the Apollo Saloon in St. Georges'. fields—of room, bn. 'it. the famed Dog and D uc k i n th e same v i c i n i ty—of Bag- Ch r i stop. her B ar th o l omew laid out the gardens and nigge and of Tunbridg e W e ll s ( L ondon)—scarcely a walks, and r e , alised a gr ea t d ea l o f money in this house; vestige remains to depi c t th e s i te of one or either of them. he was al so p rop. rietor o f t h e o ld Angel Inn at Islington. Ere steam had gained an empire upon land and water, Excessive specula i :iot . is ruined him. Whil s t i n a bj ec t visitors to Brighthelmatone were f ew i n d eed. Margate p overty, he dreamt of _a number in the lottery, prevailed had its boy boat, the miseries of which Charles Dibdin on a friend to go halves wjth him in a sixteenth, and, has perpetuated in a song ; the voyage frequently lasted wonderful to relate, it came up to 20,000/. prize,. He three or four days—it is now accomplished in five or six died in 1809, at the age of sixty-eight. Bartholomew hours. In those "good old days that our grandmothers was the uncle of Frederick Hartlana% the well-known tell of " Islington, Highgate Itampstead, Hornsey, and Pantaloon. Finchley were the Brighton, the Is'ainsgate, and theP The small sto ne h ouse that, until 1835.',- stood above Broadstairs of the middle classes. It was with a v i ew the well, o r con d u i t, was built in the year 1641. In to put upon record some picture of the past that we some Bowles' " Manly Recreations " are some capitat. l prints of time since gave a sketch of Bagnigge and Sadler's Wells the bowling -green attached to the old house. in the olden time, and in the same spirit we speak of In the early part of the present century, Mrs. Sharpe White Conduit House, as it was when our progenitors an d ,a Mr. Warren had the house, to which a smell ale called a visit to it a " coun t r y j aun t." A magn ifi cent aid ta We beer brewery was attached. ga,ens. M r . L unt (celebrated as the fi.rst In 18,?6 , a d _variety of th ea t r i ca l experiments were in srle tavern—where the O'Connells, the Broughams, and the in the Duncombes have as sem bl e d th ousan d s — now s t an d s upon the spot formerly d e di ca t e d t o t h e reve l s an d i nnocent coffee-shopk, eeper) op ene d t h em as a " Minor Vauxhall: " diversions of the citiz ens o f th e l as t century . Under hi s wax.sagement Mrs. Bl an d ma d e h er l ast publ lc The amusements of former days might literally be appearance. described as " life in th e fi e ld s ." H ornsey - woe d H ouse , The h ouse an d . -ounds a re now i n t h e possession rf the Wells, Copenhagen House, the Spa, and White Mr. R. Rouse. srh,e Licensed Victuallers hold thei r Conduit were all situated in the midst of meadows. summer meeting here, tic,* dinner being served beneath re While the citizen enjoyed his ale or cyder, and smoked canvass canopy that may be called a " monster tent." his pipe, his dame drank her tea and demoli s h e d th e The large saloon in the house is continutilly engaged Conduit cakes, and the children plucked buttercups and for dinners and public meetings, and from the ,size of the gambolled at their pleasure. The bowling-grown h a d rooms and the extent of the gardens, White' Conduit its attractions for lusty youth, and the coffee-room House offers facilities beyond those of any other esta formed a snug retreat for afflicted age. All this would blishment in or near the metropolis. be deemed coarse and vulgar now, for the new school teaches every man to assume a station above his own. Appearance has taken the place of reality, and with far more show, we fear there is much less happiness. Ater this explanatory sermon, let us to the history of the house which gives a name to this article. The " Conduit" from which the house took its title was in an adjoining field. A spring there was, in the 14th century, resorted to by the Carthusian Friars. In 1538 this convent was surrendered to Henry VIII. In 1611 Thomas Sutton founded the Charter House on part of the site of the old monastery. " This charitable foun dation for pensioners and scholars, is (was) supplied from the Old Conduit, in the field to the west of the vil lage of Eyseldon" (Islington). A few years afterwards the New River Company became incorporated, but it was many, many years ere water from this source was car ried to the neighbourhood of West Smithfield. Conduits were things of great importance with our forefathers. About 1236 a great want of water prevail ing in London. occasioned by the encroachment of build ings on the fresh water canals about the City, a scheme was set on foot for bringing water from six fountains "in the tonne of Tyburne.' In 1285 the first conduit was built at the west end of Cheapside, near the centre of the space between the corner of St. Paul's-churchyard and St. Martin's-le-Grand. In 1438 Sir W. Eastfield, Lord Mayor, at his own ex pense brought water from Tyburn, Highbury Barn, and from the Islington fields. He erected conduits in Fleet street, Aldermanbury, and Cripplegate. In 1443 the Common Council granted 1,000 marks to wards erecting a " new conduit, near St. Paul's-gate, at the upper end of Cheapside" (no doubt the side pre viously alluded to). Spring water at this time was evi dently a scarce commodity. The price of the best ale was then three-halfpence a gallon. In 1541 orders were issued for repairing the conduits of London, and for bringing water from Hampstead, Marylebone, Hackney, Islington, Muswell Hill, &c., indemnifying owners of land from damage by such water courses. A new conduit was erected at Walbrook corner (the water being drawn from the Thames). A writer, in 1750, says, at the west end of the Poultry, where Bucklersbury meets Cheapside, stood the great conduit. The south end of George-street, Hanover-square, ter minates in Conduit-street, built upon the site of Con duit Mead. This conduit supplied the then west-end of the metropolis. In 1577 Wm. Lamb, citizen and cloth-worker, drew several springs of water into one head at the upper end of Red Lion -street. It was denominated Lamb's Con duit. From it he supplied (through leaden pipes*) Snow-hill, and where an old conduit (repaired by him) received the water. This conduit was taken down in 1706. The Foundling Hospital now stands on its site. The chapel in the court at the north-west corner of Monkwell-street, was originally erected by the same Wm. Lamb. Notwithstanding the progress made by the New River Company, conduits were continually erected, and the old ones kept in repair. It is within the recollection of many now living that the river burst its channel (a thing pre dicted a century before). This accident gave a handle to the numerous family of grumblers to mourn over the de cay of conduits. "To the north of White Conduit House are," says Lambert in his survey, " the remains of an ancient ford • fication in a place known by the name of The Reed Moat, or Six Acre Field. This place is supposed to have been the spot where Paulinus, the Roman General, fled with his men, when the Britons, under Queen Boadi cea , mur dered the inhabit an t s o f London, and set fire to the city. Whether this supposition be correct or not, it is certain that a Roman camp was situated on this spot, from the remains of the General's prwtorium in the south-west angle of the field." " REPORT MADE UPON A VIEW OF THE DALSTON AND ISIIINGToN WATERS."—DEC. 13, 1692. After a long exordium and description of other places, the report proceeds thus :—" And we have also, in fur ther pursuance of the said order, viewed the springs and water belonging to the citty neare Islington, and find the same in two heads, one covered over with stone in a field neare Jack Straw's Castle, which is fed by sundry wings in an adjacent field, and is usually called The White Conduit." This document, which is very curious, and explains the routes taken from the different con duits, will be found at length in " Nelson's Islington," quarto, 1811, p. 154 (curious). The Wheel Pond, by White Conduit House, was a famous place for duck hunting. Sir William Davenant describes a City wife going to the fields to " sop her cake in milke," on which her husband exclaims— " Ho, ho !—to Itstarrarox—enough. Fetch Job, my son, and our dog Ruffe ; For there, in pond, through mire and muck, We'll cry—hay duck l-- , there Ruffe I—hay duck." Goldsmith speaks of the feast of hot rolls and butter and the tea-drinking parties at White Conduit House. Dr. Hunter tells a pleasant story of a lady, an invalid, whom he recommended to live at Islington ; she agreed for some lodgings, but discovering the bannisters to be out of repair said, " These must be mended before I come." " That, Madam, would be of no use," replied the landlady, " the undertakers' men, in bringing d own the coffins, are continually b rea ki ng the bannisters ; if I did mend them they'd be just the same again in a month or so." The lady did not take the lodgings. In a collection of the writings of Mr. Edward Ward (1717), in a poem entitled " A Walk to Islington," we find a description of New Tunbridge Wells (gardens, now built over ; the site is between Garnault-place and Sadler's Wells); he also describes the latter place, then called Sadler's Music House. The poem commences thus : * Leaden pipes (without solder) for conveying N.Yater, were invented by Robert Brocke, chaplain to Henry VIII. Robert Cowper, a goldsmith, first put the invention. all practice. Of so much importance were these conduits, that what Otho Nicholson, M.A., Christ Church, erected Carfax Con-4 dust, in Oxford (1610), the scientific men of the metropolisi crowded thither to inspect it. t it oppears Ward and his mistress rode. One line gives us a graphic idea of that lazy convenience, a coach. He says-0 We s,:netimes drew up our sashes, made of tin, T o hide from vulgar eyes love's toys within" CUSTOM DUTIES ACT. Amongst the 349 at - ;icles in the Custom Duties .Ac!,, producing less than l p t ,;/. each of revenue, " stands at the head, th e clut7 received on which, in 1839, was Bs. Ashes,. not otherwise `numerated, IL 4s. 7d. ; copper ore, the produce of, and .imi:orted from any Bri tish possession within the limits of the East India Com pany's charter, gave 4s. 7d. ; camels' wool or hair, Is. ; clog skins in the hair, not tanned, Is. '7.4.; fish's skins,. undressed, is. ; slates, not otherwise enui'ierated, the large sum of Bd.; walnut oil, 35.; tanned goat Aim, 6d.; steel unwrought, prepared in and brought from any Bri tish possession in Asia, Africa, or America, 6d. These are taken at random from the table in the appendix to the report of the Select Committee on import duties, which contains numerous others of similar insignificance,. ranging from shillings to pounds, and vice versa. The list of 147 articles on which no duty was received contains alkali again at the head, not being barilla ; the duty being I ls. 4d. per cwt., and running up to 11. 10s., according to the per centage of soda contained. Basket rods, Is. per bundle •, cinders, 2L per ton ; and this list ends with thrown silk, on which a duty was paid of 38,4521., and a drawback allowed of 43,8501.. By the new tariff; this duty on alkali, not being barilla, is reduced to Is. - 6d. per cwt. ; ashes, nut enumerated, to 5 per cent. ; and the duties on copper ores were, as is well known, materially altered, and for the better ; but the tariff was left with the whole army of unproductive duties still standing in the schedule to the Custom Duties Act ; and, therefore, it may be safely inferred that any document correctly prepared, to show the operation of the new tariff; will contain numerous sums of sixpences and shillings, denoting the amount of revenue received. As many as 1,150 articles, or nearly so, may be said to remain liable to Custom-house duties ,: and yet, out of a revenue of 22,000,000/., about 17 artalcles produce as much as 9411 per cent., or 21,700,6301. This state of things show that the Custom Duties Act requires a complete and searching reform, and .it is ma nifest that a very large saving in the expense of collec tion would thus be effected, exclusive of important ad vantages and facilities to trade.—Chronicle. GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—AbOIIt ninety of the friends and supporters of this useful Insti tution assembled together on Wednesday, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, to celebrate the sixth anni versary of the Society. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Sidney presided, and amongst the company we observed IL Pownall,l Esq., the Middlesex magistrate ; A. L. Gower, Esq. ; Captain Lamont, R.N.; the Messrs. Noble, Mr. Groom, and most of the leading gardeners and horticulturists of London and its vicinity. The dinner was served in Mr. Lovegrove's best style. The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to, after which the secretary announced that the subscriptions of the evening amounted to 170/., the Hon. Chairman and the Lord Mayor being in the list of subscribers for five guineas each. The secretary also stated that that morn ing no less than thirty new annual subscribers of one guinea each had enrolled their names in the subscription list. Several appropriate toasts were given and res ponded to, and the amusements of the evening were varied by several glees and songs, given with much effect by Messrs. Bradbury, Lloyd, and Showbridge. Miss Steele, a lady with a charming voice and consider able taste, whom we do not remember to have met before, sang Benedict's beautiful song, " By the sad sea wave," in a style which reminded us forcibly of Mrs. Alfred Shaw. A " RECXLESS" COUPLE.—On Wednesday week a marriage was about to be celebrated at Boston, between a Mr. John Reckless, well known as a waiter, and Miss Eliza, Procter, daughter of Captain Procter, of Boston, but who had been brought up by her aunt, an old lady named Lilly, of Leverton. The license was bought—a good dinner provided—friends and relations met—and every arrangement was made to do honour to the joyous occasion. The bride and bridegroom were present, and received the congratulations of, the assembled guests, and the aunt of the bride, in the joy of her heart, gave a cheque for 1001., as her marriage portion. On the time arriving to :proceed to church, the company were much alarmed by the sudden disappearance of the young couple, and, although the strictest inquiries were made, not the slightest intelligence of them could be obtained. Much anxiety soon prevailed, and joy was turned into mourning. An application at the bank upon which the cheque was drawn, however, set all their fears at rest. It was there ascertained that the youthful pair bad called at the bank and received cash for the cheque, and had then decamped witheut having the marriage cere mony performed, leaving their friends And relations to enjoy the marriage feast by themselves. It, is su that this " reckless" pair have fl e d t o London. :Mort Herald. PROGRESS 08 THE PRINTING PRESS.—WiII have lying before us a little vocabulary of fourteen ptigess being the first attempt at printing on the island of Fel** nando, and the work of the Rev. Mr, Merrick, Baptist missionary there, who, having procured some Englislta type, has printed this vocabulary for the use of th tt f . natives in learning English. It is printed only on on* side of the paper, and, on the whole, is a very creditable{ first attempt. It seems that, in the native language, Of dialect, the long and short sounds of the vowels are th same as on the continent of Europe. Gis always hard , a single H is never sounded, but EH marks the aspirate, and KW is sounded as QU in equal. Obassi signifies God ; bubi, sin ; mohnia, mind, soul, or spirit ; linggeetti to love. With this book we received another, "The Adeeyah Vocabulary, for the Use of Schools in resteria Africa," by John Clarke, and printed at Falmoutk r Jamaica, last year, for the use of the Baptist mission' Father, in this dialect, is Boy-em, or In-ta ; mothe:h Emmi, or 0-mi; the great spirit, Al-e-hun-du ; the goo‘t spirit, Dupe; bad spirit, Itio-o ; man, Bu-bi ; wommeo Wa-di.—Manchester Guardian. ORANGES AND LEMONS.--The Lords of the Trear sury have issued an order to the effect, that chests t 4 boxes of oranges and lemons, measuring 36 inches i.S i l n 2 ch in e e s h i e n s d in ept h h e , i g a h n i t a ha length, re vi t n o g he 2 aoconesdm inchesoi t f te 9 d t i o n inches e w n i t d r a t y h nt as not exceeding 7,300 cubic inches, and as this result. • at aunn t dd h e e 7r duty of 3s. 9d. cuit t. is to be arrived at by rejecting any fractional parts of att inch which may appear to remain after the deduction the two-third parts of the cone has been made, in cone formity with the order of the Commissioners of Customs, dated authorising at e t May, i 0 ffi l B c 3 e O r s , h t oa h fv e t he b e o b a re r ee d vne h nu av e e to i s aa s lip u np e d l y d i t h r e c e p t i r .: tt , a c s ip r l e ng t a o ox rd b at e h s not exceeding thes,ooo fr fractional communicatedche partss otsfoo the. t f h a in London, and at all the out-port? severalcone. T d e h p e a s r e t moerndtesrs ► of the kingdom, for the information and government the officers and F an A d the trade. AN Monday D night, before Mr. Will i am on the body in a cab, it transpired, in the. —A . t . an inquest held ct, course of the evidence, Ci t ;; of a young man w h h e o e died suddenif the policeman who came up, instead of at onee fakir 'the dec ease d to the nearest surgeon's, ordered the cat. secondman tw leee where et_osat(draperseeherz l wo t nh o ite t ,ahh h e station house in Black H o r se - cow i k e eh nadil coroner eioom teh the undersaid tr etehtehhi had present dnobtei ceeo rt w eack a e s tit et the station-house, instead of to the nearest surge In so doing much time, which was of the most vital ie portance, was lost. It was his opinion that the fiitt, thing a policeman should do, on coming to a fresh was to ascertain the residence of all the medical m near it, so that in all cases of sudden illness or accideri. in the street, he might know where to obtain medic ll aid, without first going t o th e stat i on -h ouse for ordeitt He trusted the inspector would take notice of what 9 said, so that in all future cases of persons being take i t ill in the streets prompt medical assistance might be o c tained. The venerable Earl of Carlisle, who has been aga: much indisposed, was, in answer to inquiries on Wednesda at Carlisle House, Grosvenor-place, somewhat better Viscount Morpeth is expected in town next month frost Castle liowar •