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e lied s°°„- his ,eAs if tern° orales, die ?.re 01111 :1 Irtice a,6 ;, 4s 110. A 1160, ;uke ' fla he P lki •g mil}', here Oil ate Pr a nd ti lt :he Cl ° : icial rev a nd Wo l ' C. nson, jf t ' W ith , Of BO' ton I . ?ngin eers r l., Pr day interriel 00 e ' me A WeSt e t ' o Sir I°P 3 rd OP rto f, r. You' twbouo and ', ep. he," 3r woes.; •Jay e. 0 tit r f tt l )" mese ord ; H oe ito„ fife er; itor; $ 4 ioterlie )unit P FrO e n ter- h u heard )V1 his v t i i : l l eir Ar' m o of .4•Pi -000;0 ill r ; e hn r e isce s ti :curt :riST I, clail 0 ,3 aro rano'. ' al Ne ls°P , istrativ- t 01; 13 s b• .7 Tes s 4 .4 A , field , a` hiS field' the ‘ jt e il, e lee c t ;ol . Sul •elf )reei to- 0 ' La - 0 0 )ti asi°6 ~~; ~ t ' sk e i ) ;:i leg° Bea Orr 001 Elib e gs •1 1 bio• to r co ire.e :optrr COURT OF SEWERS. A Court of See eis for the City and Liberty of West- Minster, and part of the County of Middlesex, was held Yesterday evening in the office, 1, Greek-street, Soho settare. T. L. Donaldson, Esq., in the chair. After the routine business of the Court had been dis Posed of, The CHAIRMAN rose to bring before the Court a no-. tice he had caused to be inserted in the paper ,for the d aY. It was to 6‘ call the attention of the Court, in order to ascertain whether a Commissioner has the power of w ithdrawing the books from the officers, or otherwise interfering with them in the discharge of their duties ; and to consider the regulations to be adopted in refer ence to this subject." There was no position so painful on the part of a Chairman in •the whole range of his duties, than the being obligt d, by a sense of public duty, brieg forward matter that might appear personal to an y H on. Commissioner ; but he must, as Chairman, be considered the confidential adviser of the officers gene r2llY, and therefore always rea , y to receive any informa " 4 " 1 , and to remove any obstacle to the efficient per fermance of :heir duties. An Hon. Commissioner, well "Own for his indefatigable zeal, for his close attention t O thisibusiness of the Court, and for his unwearied dili tance, had occupied a considerable portion of time during the p ast year in making inquiries from the officers, in order to put himself in possession of the various trans actions of that Court. Nothing could be mo:e com mendable than this—showing, as it did, a more than ordinary anxiety to make himself thoroughly acquainted with his obligations as a Commissioner, mid with the business of that office ; but when that Commissioner Paid tiut too little deference to the feelings of others-- Mr:LESS...IH —You had better name me at once. The CHAIRMAN—No. He wished to act on the broad Principl e of a desire to know the limits of an lion. Commissioner's power, tied what was for the future to be. the tlative position of hinasdf, of lion. Commis sitlinlei and of the officers of that Court ? This Hon. ts l'ommissioner had examined accounts at various times— "e lied the officers before him to examine and to cross "ainine. Whether this was at all within the province (11c 'an Hon. Commissioner, and whether he was em rwered to do so, was a great and serious question on ot (the Chairman's) mind. These inquiries might arise from a desire of investigating into the truth of cer taia alleged facts ; but this might alio arise from a de sire to catch the officers tripping, and so to bring charges Nainst them at the several sittings of the Court. But he (the Chairman) must also add, that the Hon. Cow.- !ais.sioner in this case, in pursuing these investigations, b ad done so in a manner neither pleas ai g nor sa , isfactory the officers. He had examined them in a :node harsh, offensive, and unjust, such as was not at ail con ti7nplatt d i n the t e rms ot the Commission. A :port ,fte since h e had occasion to hilt at some ta)ok be ")ngirig to the clerk of the woi ks, which ae had thou-sht Proper to take into his own eustoly, but uiti- Mately he handed it over not to the ot t hat, but to the chief of another department. Ile would !OW read a letter horn Mr. I iawkins, the assistati,-sur 'eYor, containing the matter which he had thought ot 411tReient importance to bring in this manner bee;re the aotite of th e C our t. The Ch a irman then read the letter ; Ruestion, dated the 19th of November, in which the Writer complained that Mr. Leslie had detained a certain Z?ok of levels, and had handed it over to Mr. Hertzlett, principal clerk, with instruc;ions not to part with it. T he writer had asked Mr. Le.die fur the book,. but that - non. Commissioner would not return it unless he (sir. Hawkins) would guarantee that no alterations or er asures would be permitted on it Under these cir cumstances, he had felt it his duty to communicate with L k "L ) Chairman on the subject. Air. MULLINS—That was a matter of grave impor tance. —(Cries of " Chair, chair," and repeated inter t:lPtions.) As a Court of Record, he submitted that no h ypothetical case could come under the cognisance of rat Court. A statement bad been made of an uncalled- Lor interference with un officer by an Honourable Com missioner. He wished that Hon. Commissioner's name mention e d. It might, indeed, be inferred that Mr. r,L eslie's-w a s meant ; but when a charge of such an inn r4tant character was made, it was but right that the i ndivid ua l int en ded should be mentioned to the Court. The CHAIRMAN—Oh, Mr. Leslie is the gentleman I te at. I Dir. L AURIE objected, on a point of order. He quite ' Peed with th e Hon. Commissioner who had spoken a t, b ut h e woul d suggest t h at a spec i a l d ay b e appo i nte d f or the consideration of this subject after the Chairman a c a ould have furnished his statement. Ile would, there proposese that the regular business of the Court go . (No, no, no)—and then let them, at a future oppor tunity deal with this charge against Mr. Leslie. The C HAIRMAN th oug ht th a t if Hon. Commissioners * ere allowed, o n o ther occasions, to go on without inter ruption, the same courtesy might be conceded to him. e_ Mr• LESLIE really would wish that the Chairman U otild be heard. CANTWELL—If not too much trouble, I would krih that letter of Mr. Hawkins read again.—(" No, no, It hest;been read already.") ~.The CHAIRMAN—Now the question was, had gentle- Tew is right to take away the books of certain officers, e nd to transfer them to other officers? If that were to showed where, he asked, would the inconvenience end? •'l! -S it to b e su pp o s e d that because Job was given over e?the Almighty to be tormented by Satan, that that Court , ii. ?"lld give ov e r their officers to be tormented by indi- Tnal Commissioners?—(Laughter, and " Hear, hear.") e e ssfficers felt an irksomeness in the discharge of their d r u ts ; they looked on every meeting of the Court with dr Cad because they then expected to be tortured and put upon the rack ; and, constituted as the Commission en was there was no hope of public business progress ittagt,' if some means were not adopted to prevent a con e. it introd uc tion of the subject by the Hon. Commis tilt B ARR Y BALDWIN, M.P., thought it would be - Clag more fairly towards the individual charged, if a -a statement of facts ere made, without adding such I t i i etrations as were advanced by the Hen. Chairman. e wits as anxious as any one to protect the officers of tee Court, but he did not think that the passions should enlisted in the struggle.—(Hear, hear.) T he CHAIRMAN wished only to bring the facts of' the 11*. e in the fullest manner before them. This be would ; il t' that if the business of the officers were impeded, as t i i i ,untllately been, the Court must go on differently from side s.) had done.—(Hear, he ar, and cheers from both He meant as regarded the conduct of one Hon. h i 'm,aaission er . The Court had hitherto maintained a e oeintraetes—(Hear, hear)—but it would remain to i n ,,, t eo whether, with a continuance of these proceed- L a,_,,% - it would still maintain that high character. In aet'''"of having argument after argument upon a matter uh t is lad is.. h y a previous Court, yet brought forward by the ‘-;Ommissioner-- 4 ,4 1 :: J. .Gus - TEIL—We are entering now on another t`vv•-•-(Hear, hear.) t n e CHAIRMAN then concluded by leaving the matter he hands of the Court. I , Mi. LAURIE asked if any communication had passed I.l° l l the subject between the Chairman and Mr. Hertz previous to the sitting of that Court ? 14:ftes some desultory conversation, the Chairman not wi ng answered the question, I s it t ..". LESLI E said that the question put by his friend, was a most proper one ; and, before pro ' es-rig further, he should wish it answered. The letter L le. HaWkins he had never beard of till that moment; tit seemed to contain only two grounds of complaint • te ,j t ie first, that he had .withdrawn the book • and the sh e ° 'ld, that the matter might have been brought before • o'ast Court by him, but that he had neglected to do th e It might be remembered that he wished to go on, but h e k;ourt was -adjourned by some Hon. Commissioner. .abould, h ow ever, before going further, wish the I The to answer the question put to him. e CHAIRMAN admitted that some letters had passed , s i ty - een himself and Mr. Hertzlett, which he had no J ee tion should be read to the Court. ti . ,; r4 o correspondence, consisting of several letters, was l ireld * • CHAIRMAN then referred to the regulation of the t,itt. and argued that the book in question ought never crat ed, been out of the surveying department. He lstf, e d , indeed, that it might, when the surveyors had h o „,`",e premises, be kept by the chief office clerk, Mr. ht i C i ., zi ett, who might be held the custodier pro tem., • i iter ituri ng the hours of business the case was very Ve t t ' ' 7 1,4 18 • LESLIE requested that Messrs. Dowley and Haw the surveyors ; should be called into Court. .They were sent for. • LESLIE then continued. He had found that they L e te to .4 4 ,, e Pay a sum of 2,0001., or that they were to pay • li ne !ums of money generally, to the contractors' forac im--%? work done. He believed that account very p e rfectly , understood. He himself thought that the d O l*- "s of the contra-A were that the contractors should certain quantity of work at 2s. per cubic yard. e tt eti, howev er , f o und that the charges for the Eastern • western District had been little short of 10,0001, Th eo riferage depth of so-and-so, and at per foot lineal. vter _ It occurred to him to ascertain how the depths • taken, because they might be so taken, that on the 47'tbrand they would be very unjust to the contractor, . 1 4,-4 0, the other to the public. He had examined these a4, 1 `,1; and had gone through the measurement of every Ameerntinono fur tsh... _ t o 1 r Le last three years ; and as far as plans and Commisstosma—All this is quite anotiur I I: Are you g u il t y, or not guilty ? he td ,, o LAURIE- The gentleman is charged, and surely . be h ear d i n hi s d e f ence . S u ch a m o nstrous in . • roptton I never heard betore. i4sll3e.sith ,• The trigCHAIRMAN thought it too serious a matter to be si and in fairness, Mr. Leslie was entitled to eat* LESLIE had looked at the book of measurements, eotkioredoked over the day-books, and had found figures , /non b of certain depths. He had then said that there Sei ara aoate other book, and Mr. Jettkit.s br usht for he book, ca ll e d t h e b oo k o f le v el s , and Ilertzlettf"nd the entries all in pencil. Now Mr. .th at L __ o , would perhaps have the kindness to put before the Commissioners, and he begged that ~ht be sent down the table.—(The book a as handed a :""" ) On searching over the records he had found that Coessmitt In k _ ea sitting in 1836 for the purpose of ascertain - offiter,lw orking of th e C our t, th en h a d it in the chief of ree evidence that Mr. J en kins had been in the habit ervtng the contractors' ledgers to copy his vouchers fro ib ty l r e f t o t r ho e s . e clerks of the works were men in whose • faithful discharge of their duties the ' Oldie and the Court were bound to coincide, Mr. Jen - .41,1,..t.h.oenclerk of the works at that time, was in a state of . . „ and it was moved " that Robert Jenkins be hr,47 401 was sorry that onty six Commissioners ted f or h .1 • • Ittij • dismissal and more sorry that a great °r ltY of the Court thought ' that such a probation fully - Atitled • • pt uee _. u h o lm—was, i n fact, worthy of having his name that establishment. Ve.I:HAIRMAN said something that was inatalibi , . A ic a_r o, ; LESLIE was going on to show that Mr. Jenkins h e :hat he had done in the days of his probation. uu __ 171 r Ld e thathe had been in the habit of copying the contractor and the then clerk—(not the ffik SUN, LONDON, SA ert*RbAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1844 '- - :;th all present, for whom be, he believed, in common w. •. the members of that Court , had the highest )espeety. — Mr. Houseman, bad, at the desire of the Committee, written to Messrs. Bird requesting them to sent' their ledgers to the Court, in order to ascertain how much had been written there by Mr. Jenkins, or any other clerk of works. The answer was, that the Birds threw up their contract, but no ledger came. He now came to Bow-street. The Court I ad ordered 1,400/. to be spent on that work, and the Court had ordered no more.-- (Hear, hear.) The bill, however, for that 1,4001. came to 2,0601. Now he wanted to know whether that Court was determined to hand over to parties the authority given them by certain statutes and a Commission from the Crown, to persons who were not mentioned in the Commission, or responsible to that Court ? The CHAIRMAN (interrupted)—The question had re ference to a certain book. He wished to hear the Hon. Commissioner cite his authority for detaining that book. Mr. LESLIE—The statute said that every Commis sioner should have the tower of seeing that that Com mission was properly carried out. Let them bring the measurement of the work in Ilowland-street, and Mr. Jenkins with it, and he would prove his statement. The CHAIRMAN said the indictment was that he, as a simple Commissioner, had taken a book and banded it over to another officer. Mr. LESLIE said that he admitted in the fullest and most perfect manner that he gave to Mr. Hertzlett Mr. Jenkins's book, it being all in pencil, and he would jus tify his so doing. Ile was only, as he considered, dis chargieg his duty as a Commissioner: He thought the thing wrong, and he would put it on the broad principle that he had acted rightly.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ILLwKass then addressed the Court very shortly, and his manner evinced a strong indisposition to bring himself into personal collision with any of the Hon. Members. Ilis statement was, that the book taken pos session of by Mr. Leslie was not one of those considered as official. It contained mere private memoranda, for the contents could not be supposed public matter until exhibited before the Court, and was not, that he was aware, considered official in any of the regulations or orders. He was not aware, besides, that any of the orders should be written in ink. Mr. LESLIE wished to know from Mr. Dowley if these were public documents ? Mr. DowLEY considered they were. Mr. Jenkins here introduced the section of Howland street. Mr. LESLIE would remind the Court that this was a question involving an absolute loss of 15,000/. or 20,000/. The CHAIRMAN—But the question is, has an Hon. Commissioner the right to withdraw these books? Mr. B. BALDWIN—Mr. Leslie is going on to prove that he was justiti, d in the . course he adopted. The CHAIRMAN—But supposing, even for the sake of .rgurnent, that the hooks were wrong— Mr. LAURIE—Don't suppose anything wrong. Evely tiiing can be pr , v,ll.—(Elear, hear.) Mr. Leslie hid, fi rt -t, o f all, establist,ed that those books were public docu mer,ts. Attec sore int( rruption, which only served to distrac; the attention of the Court from the main queqion, Mr. LESLIE proceeded to question Mr. Jenkins upx; the average depths on the lime of Howland-street. Th , work was 842 feet 9 inches in length, at an average of 14 iect 7 inches taken at seven several depths. Three in the first hundred feet, one in the second hundred, one in the third hundred, one in the next one hundred and fifty, and another to the end of the work, Mr. Jenkins thus missing one three hundred feet before he took a depth. Mr. JENKINS answered all questions in the affirmative, and said, when the examination was finished, "1 won't be bro W-beat, Sir; my books are down in black and white ; and I defy the man that can say there that black is white."—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. LESLIE wished to know if the 300 yards was not the narrowest part ? _ _ _ Mr. JENKINS—My books are there ; I won't be brow beat—(Hear, hear)—here as I have been elsewhere. Captain BAGUE said he had been asked that question last Court day, and had not seen proper to give the solu tion that he did that day. Mr. JENKINS—The inquiry had never been made. Mr. LESLIE was going to put other questions to Mr. Jenkins, when The CHAIRMAN said he would put it to the Hon. Com missioner whether he thought a reference to the How land-street sewer would justify him in this matter ? Mr. LESLIE said he did not know how he could possi bly go on without first proving in what way the businets of the Court had been done. The CHAIRMAN— Was the course pursued justifiable? Mr. BROUGHTON, after remarks upon the inconvenience that would accrue if all members of the Court were to possess themselves of books as Mr. Leslie had done, suggested that the Commission should appoint a special Committee to take the thing into consideration. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN thought that extreme cases re ciuired extreme remedies. He, with the Hon. Member (Mr. Leslie), suspected that pencilled books were not exactly proper, and he was of opinion that the Hon. Commissioner did only what any Commissioner of just principles would do—he had deposited the book with the chief clerk in the office. He did not hinder any body from consulting it; the only exaction he made was that the book should not be altered or erased He (Mr. B. Baldwin) would have done the very same. The: e could be no doubt entertained that the Hon. Com missioner intended it all to come before the Court at a future time, and if he were the Hon. Commissioner he would take it on the broad principle that the book was not kept in a proper manner. and that he therefore con sidered it his duty so to retain it. Mr. LESLIE—Why, Mr. Hawkins afterwards got the book and deposited it with Mr. Hcrtzlett. That notice on the paper was merely an avant courier sent out by the Chairman, to ascertain the strength of the Court. The speaker, after some further observations, all having re ference to the question, during which he was frequently interrupted by other Hon. Commissioners, concluded by stating that he had only done, as he hoped he had always done, his duty, and he left the matter now in their hands. ~~Af►er some other observ'etions, the resolution by an Hon. Commissioner, seconded by Mr. Hawkins, was car ried, '• That no Hon. Commissioner have power to with draw books, or otherwise interrupt the officers of the Court in the discharge of their duties.' Several members said that the resolution would have the effect of m3stifying all future inquiries. Mr. FULLER said the evident object was not to further any public good, but to put down Mr. Leslie. He was obliged to the lion. Commissioner, for if he could not agree in all the particulars, he was satisfied that he was right in the general principle. After some fuqher discussion, the question was put from the Chair, when there appeared for the resolution, 16 ; against it, 9—majority, 7. The Court then} adjourned. THE ICE TRADE IN INDIA. (From the Madras Athenceum.) Ice has become a great article of export in America -60,000 tons are annually sent from Boston to southern parts, the East and West Indies, &c. The ice-houses near the lakes and ponds are immense wooden buildings holding 10,000 to 20,000 tons each ; some of them, indeed, cover half an acre of ground. They are built with double walls—that is, with an inner wall round, two feet from the outer one ; and the space between is filled with sawdust—a non-conductor, 'making a solid wall, impervious to heat and air, and of ten feet in thick ness. The machines employed fur cutting the ice are very beautiful, and the work is done by men and horses in the following manner :—The ice that is intended to be cut is kept clear of snow, as soon as it is sufficiently thick to bear the weight of the men and horses to be employed, which it will do at six inches ; and the snow is kept scraped from it until it is thick enough to cut. A piece of ice is cleared, of two acres in extent, which, at a foot thick, will give about 2,000 tons. By keeping the snow off it freezes thicker, as the frost is freely allowed to penetrate. When the time of cutting arrives the men commence upon one of these pieces by getting a straight line through the centre each way. A small hand-plough is pushed along the line until the groove is about a quarter of an inch in width and three inches deep, when they commence with the " marker"—an implement drawn by two horses—which makes two new grooves parallel with the first, twenty-one inches, the gauge remaining in the first groove. It is then shifted to the outside groove, and makes two more. The same operations go on, in parallel rectangular lines, until the ice is all marked out into squares of twenty-one inches. In the meanwhile, the plough is following in these grooves, drawn by a single horse, a man leading it; and he cuts up the ice to a depth of six inches. The outer blocks arc then sawn out, and iron bars are used , on splitting them. These bars are like a spade, of a wedge form. In dropping them into the grooves the ice splits off, and a very slight blow is sufficient to separate them; and they split easy or hard, according to the weather in a very cold day. Ice is very brittle in keen frost; in comparatively softer weather it is more ductile and re sistible. Platforms, or low tables, are placed near the opening made in the ice, with an iron slide reaching from them into the water; and a man stands on each side with an ice-hook, very much like a boat-hook, but made of steel, with fine sharp points. With these the ice is hooked with a jerk that throws it on the platform on the sides, which are of the same height. On a cold day everything becomes covered with ice, and the blocks are each sent spinning along, although they weigh two cwt., as if they weighed only one pound. The slides are large lattice-work platforms to allow the ice to drain, and three tons can thus be easily run in one of them by one horse. It is then carried to the ice-houses, discharged upon a plat form in front of the doors, and hoisted into the building lky a horse. 40 men and 12 horses will cut and stow away 400 tons a- day. If the weather be favour able, 100 men are sometimes employed at once ; and in three weeks the ice crop—about 200,000 tons—is se cur-id. Some winters it is very difficult to secure it, as rain or thaw may come that will destroy the labour of weeks, and render the ice unfit fir market ; and then it may snow and rain upon that before those employed have time to clear it off ; and if the latter freezes, the result is snow ice, which is of no value, and has to be planed off. The operation of planing proceeds in nearly the same manner as that of cutting. A plane guaged to ruu in the grooves made by the " marker," and which will shave the ice to a depth of three inches at one cut, is drawn by a horse, until the whole piece is regularly planed over. The chips are then scraped off. If the ice is not then clear, the work is continued until the pure ice is reached, and a few nights of hard frost will make it as thick below—inch for inch—as what has been taken off above. The ice is transported pp railways. Each ice-house has a branch railway from the main line, and it is conveyed in properly constructed box-waggons to Bostor.—a distance of (as the locality may be) 10 to 18 miles. The tools, machinery, &c., employed, and the building the houses, and constructing and keeping up the railroads, Ar.c., are very expensive ; yet the facilities are such, through good ileenag f FAPPt ? that ice can be fur nishedat a very trifling cost per pound ; fi nd p. f4ilure of the ice crop in America would be a great calamity. NAVAL STATIONS. (Prom the United Service Magazine f..r Decembet.) A eheron, st., 2, Lieut.-Cont. B. Aplin, Mediterranean. A, 'der, 1, st., Master-Corn. J. Hammond (act. ), Pembroke. Adv i ce, 1, st., Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke. African, at., Master-Commander J. King (act. ), Sheerness. Agiocc urt, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knight, Capta.`n H. W. Bruce, China Division, East Indies. Aigle, 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, Mediterranean. Alban, 1, st.• yes., Lieut.-Commander F. Lowe, Plymouth. Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, Coast of Africa. Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander 0. Cumberland, Coast of Aftica. Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockycr. C. 8., Lisbon. : Alecto, at., Lieut.-Commander W. Hoseason, Mediterranean. Alert, 6, Commander C. J. Bosanquet, Coast of Africa. Alfred, 50, Commander J. B. Purvis, Rio de Janeiro. Alligator, 26, tr. sh., Master-Commander J. N. King, China Amazon, 42, Capt. James J. Stopfurd, Sheerness. America, 50, Capt. Hon. John Gcrdon, South -!,meriea. Anson, 72, convict-hulk, Com. F. R Co< -1 ;lan, Hobart Town. Apqllo, 8, tr., Comatander W, Maelet::„, Mediterranean. Ardent, st., Commander J, Rus•' ll Coast of Africa. rn Asp, 1, st., Lieut.-Co. 1. , Oke, Portpatrick. Basilisk, 6, Lieut. H. Hunt (act. ), Pacific. Beacon, 6, sur, fro ~ Corn. T. Graves, Mediterranean. Beaver, st., Lieut.-Corn. R. Mudge, Dover. Bee, st., tender fur the use of students on board the Excellent, and at the Naval College, Portsmouth. Belvidera, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, at. ves., Master Com. S. B. Cook (act.), Woolwich. Blazer, 3, st. yes., Captain J. Washington, Harwich. Bonetta, 3, Corn. T. S. Brock, Mediterranean. Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. B. Yule, East Indies. Caledonia, 120, Capt. A. Milne, Plymouth. Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8., Passage home. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Pacific. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, 2, Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., Lieut. R. Curtis, receiving ship, Malta. Champion, 18, Commander J. Clavill (act.), Portsmouth. Charon, steamer, Second Master E. C. Rutter (act.), Dover. Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, Cape of Good Hope. Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Corn. J. Oxenham, Brazils. Collingwood, 80, Rear-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, G.C.H., Capt. R. Smart, K. H., Pacific. Columbia, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. J. Harding, N. America. Cornet, steamer, Lieut. W. Prettyman, Plymouth. Confiance, 2, steamer, Sec. Mas. J. Jagoe (act. ), Devonport. Conway, 26, Capt W. Kelly, (act.), Cape of Good Hope. Cormorant, 6, steamer, Corn. G. T. Gordon, Pacific. Crescent, 42, rec. sh., Lt.-Cont. W. G. Hemsworth, Rio Janeiro. Cruizer, 15, Com. E. G. Fanahawe, Chatham. Cuckoo, at., Lieut.-Com. A. Parks, Weymouth. Curacoa, 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart , Brazils. Cyclops, 6, st., Captain W. F. Lapidge, Ireland. Cygnet, 10, Corn. H. Layton, Coast of Africa. Dtedalus, 16, Captain P. M'Quhae, Woolwich. Daphne, 18, Captain J. J. Onslow, Pacific. Daring, 12, Corn. H. J. Matson. Portsm nith. Dasher, st., Master-Corn. R. White (act.), Weimouth. Dee, 2, at., Master-Com. T. Driver, particular service. Devastation, 6, at., Com. W. H. Kitchen, Mediterranean. Dido, 18, Captain Hon. H. Keppel, China, on passage home. Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Com. W. O'B. Hoare, Rio de Janeiro. Doterel, st., Mas.-Com. J. Grey (act. ), Holyhead. Dover, st., Master E. Lyne (act. ),' Dover . Driver, 6, st., Corn. C. 0. Hayes, China. Dublin 50 Rear-Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker, . Pacific. Dwarf, st., Lieut.-Com. W. C. Chamberlain. Portsmouth. Eagle, 50, Capt. B. Martin, C.B , Chatham. Eclair, st. yes., Corn. W. G. B. Estcourt, Coast of Africa. Electra, 18, Corn. A. Darley, West Indies. Emerald, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Mast. 11. D. Beach, Ports- mouth. Espiegle, 12, Com. T. P. Thompson, Chatham. Espoir, 10, Lieut.-Cora. C. H-td4way, (act. ), Coast of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, Norih America. Excellent, Captain Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth. Experiment, 1, st. v. Lieut.-Com. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fanny, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Master G. Allen, Portsmouth. Fearless, st., Commander W. L. Sheringham, Portsmouth. Ferret, 6, C ommander J. Oake, Coast of Africa. Firebrand, st. v., Capt. A. L. Corry, Portsmouth. Firefly, 2, steamer, Captain F. W. 13eechey, surveyieg Ireland . Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, Pacific. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. J. Postle, Mediterranean. Fly, 18, Captain F. B. Blackwood, East Indies. Flying Fish, 12, Corn. Robert Harris, Portsmouth. Formidable, 84, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., on passage to China. Frolic, 16, Commander C. B.' Hamilton, Brazils. Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean. Gleaner, 2, steamer, Sec. Master H. Hill, Bermuda. Gorgon, 6, steamer, Captain C. Hotham, Monte Video. Griffon, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jenkin, Sheerness. Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, Coast of Africa. Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, E. Indies. Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. Hecla, steam-vessel, Commander J. Duffill, editerranean. Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, Cape of Good Hope. Hermes, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Com. W. Carr, West Indies. Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Com. H. R. Foote, Coast of Africa. Hornet, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. B. Miller, West Indies. Hyacinth, 18, Commander F. Scott, West Indies. Hydra; 4, Commander H. B. Young, Coast of Africa. Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain -J. E. Erskine, North America. Imaum, rec. ship, Coniniodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Fremantle, West Indies. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China. Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt. ' K. C.H., Cape. Jasper, st., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pembroke. Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut.-Com. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies. Larne; 18, Commander J. W. D. Brisbane, Coast of Africa. Lightning, 2, st., Mast. W. Roberts, particular service. Lucifer, st. surv. v., Com. Frazer, Ireland. Lynx, 3, Lieut.-Commander J. T. Nott, Ireland. Mastiff, 2, surv. v., Master-Com. Thomas, Woolwich. Medea, 4, steamer, Commander Warden, Mediterranean. Medina, 2, et., Master r Com. Smithett ( acting ), Liverpool. Medusa, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander J. G. Raymond, Liverpool. Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, st., Lieut.-Corn. G. Bottler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain M. Quin, China. Modeste ' 18, Corn. T. Baillie, Paci fi c. Mohawk, Corn. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario, Canada. Monkey, 1, st. v., Second Master W. Bryant (act. ),Woolwich. Montreal, Lieut.-Corn. J. Tyssen, Lake Erie, Canada. Mutine, 12, Corn. R. B. Crawford, Chatham. Nautilus, 10, tender to Victoria and Albert, Lieut.-Corn. W. Robson, Portsmouth. Nereus, store-ship, Master-Com. F. W. Bateman, Valparaiso. Notley, 8, tender to Caledonia, Second Master F. H. May, Devonport. North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., East Indies. Ocean, 80, Captain Richard Arthur, C. 8., V ice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, K. C. 8., Sheerness. Orestes, 18, Corn. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Osprey, 12, Commander F. Patten, Portsmouth. . Otter, st. v., Lieutenant-Commander E. Wylde, Holyhead. Pantaloon, 10, Lieut.-Com. Edmund Wilson (act.), Ports mouth. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice, China, on passage house. Penelope, st., 24, Commodore W. Jones, Coast of Africa. Perseus, receiving ship, Lieut.-Commander Greet; off Tower. Philomel, 6, Com. B. J. Sullivan, Brazils. Pickle, 2, Lieut.-Cortimander J. A. Bainbridge, West Indies. Pigmy, 1, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. C. Autridge, Pembroke. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Boyter, Portpatrick. Pilot, 16, Corn. W. H. Jervis, East Indies. Pique, 36, Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, West Indies. Plover, sur.-vessel, Capt. R. Collinson, C. B. China. Pluto, 2, Lieut.-Co m m an d er P . C roz i er, Ireland. Poictiera, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirreff, Chatham. Polyphemus, 1, st.; Lieut.-Corn. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Porcupine, st., v., Captain Bullock, Deptford. Princess Alice, ast. Corn. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prometheus, st. s l oo p, C omman d er J . H ay , Coast of Africa. Prospero, 1, st., Sec. Mas. P. Rundle (act.), reserve packet Pembroke. • Queen, 110, Capt. W. F. Martin, Portsmouth. Racer, 16, Corn. A. Reed, Rio de Janeiro. Rapid, 10, Lieut. S. Apthorp, Coast of Africa. Raven, 4, Lieut.-Corn. J. Stephen, Portsmouth. Redwing, steamer, Com. T. Bevis, Liverpool. Resistance, tr. s., Corn. C. G. C. Patsy, particular service. Rhadamanthus, 2, st., Mast.-Com. Laen, Cork. Ringdove, 16, Corn. Sir W. Daniell, Knt., Coast of Africa. Romney, depot, Lieut.-Corn., R. M'Clure, Havannah. • Rose, 18, Com. H. R. Sturt, W es t I n di es . Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke. Royalist, Lieut.-Com. G. Ogle, East Indies. St. Vincent, 120, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, 8art.,G.C.8., G. C. H.; Captain R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth. Salamander, 4, at., Cora. A. S. Hamond, Pacific. Samarang, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, 110, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., Capt. H. M. Dixon, Plymouth. Sapphire, troop ship, Mas.-Com. J. R. Fittock, China. Sappho, 16, Com, Hon. George Hope, Cape of Good Hope. Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley Brazils Savage, 10, Li eu t.-C om . J. H. B ow k er , Mediterranean. Scout, 18, Corn. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean. Scylla, 16, Commander R. Sharpe, North Am erica. Seallower, 6, cutter, Corn. N. Robilliard, Portsmouth. Sealark, 18, Com. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa. Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill, China. Shearwater, 2, steam-vessel, Commander C. Robinson, sur veying Coast of Scotland. • Siren, 16, Commander W. Smith, East Indies. Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, sheerness.s Snake, 16, Corn. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean. Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Corn. G. Raymond, particular service. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Lieut. H. C. Otter, Coast of Scotland. Spartan, 26, Captain the H o n. C. G. . B. Elliot, W. Indies. Speedy, 2, Lieutenant-Corn. G. Beaufoy, Sheerness. Spider, 6, Lieut.-Cons. R. E. Pro, Brazils. Spiteful, steamer, 6, Com. W. Maitland, China. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Master-Corn. Moon (act.), Holyhead. Star, 10, Corn. R. J. W. Dunlop, Coast of Africa. Stromboli, 6, Cora. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Cork. Styx, 6, steamer, Capt. A. T. Vidal, Azores. Swallow, 1, at., Master-Corn. R. Sherlock (acting), Dover. Sydenham, at., Lieut.-Com. D. R. Mapleton, Mediterranean Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia. Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Tumour, tender to Seaflower, Portsmouth. Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thompson, Pacific. Tartarus, steam vessel, Captain J. Wolfe (act. ), Devonport. Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, Pacific. Thunder, 6, surveying vessel, Corn. E. Barnett, Chatham. Thunderbolt, 6, steamer, Com. G. N. Broke, C. of G. Hope. Tortoise, 12, guard ship, Com, 0 Morreh, Ascension. Tyne, 26, Capt. W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean. Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Com. J. Emerson, Liverpool. Vestal, 26, Capt. C. Talbot, Cape of Good Hope. Victoria and Albert, yacht, Captain Lord. A. Fitsclarence Portsmouth Victory, 104, Rear-Admiral H. Parker, C. 8., Captain G Mouhray, Portsmouth. Viper, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Carter, Brazils. Virago, 6, st.-ves., Corn. G. G. Otway, Mediterranean. Vixen, 6, steam-vessel, Corn. G. Giffard, China. Volage, 26, Rear. Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C. H., Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., Ireland. Volcano, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. E. C. Miller, Portsmouth. Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P. Wallis, Mediterranean. steamer,L L i i e e u u t t .....C c o o rn m .. AT.. D Wasp, 16, Corn. S. H Usher, Coast of Africa. Waterwitch, 10, T. F. Birch , Portsmouth. Widgeon,Wildfire, steamer, S a . rb S y c , r W ive e; ' m p ou o t v b e . r. William and Mary, yacht, Commodore Sir F. Collier, Knt. C. 8., K.C. H. , Woolwich. Winchester, 52, Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, Captain C. Cape of Good /lope, Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vyner (act.), China. Wolverine, 16, Corn. W. J. Clifford, China. Young Hebe, Lieut.-Com, W. T. Bate, China. Zephyr, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. Jas. Small, Holyhead. Do OBLIGE US Pon ON CE. — Parliament is an nounc4d to open on the 4th of February. Really, it - 1 , 4 paid be a favor, Sir Rnbert, if you would put it oil to the 990,—Punch. .MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for December). ,I Troops or Service Companies. Depots. Regent's Park ...... Hyde Park Windsor Canter bury Longford ..... .••• Ballincollig .... Cahir Manchester York Cape of Good Hope Dublin Edinburgh Bengal Ipswich Brighton Birmingham ••• Dublin Bengal Newbridge.... ..... Dundalk Nottingham l Exeter Bombay Madras Bengal I Hounslow Portman Barracks Winchester Wellington Bart acks Tower ......... St. George's Bar Windsor St. Ithn's Wood Gibraltar Barbadoes ••• Bombay ...... ••• 11.•ngal AI ad ras Belfast Dublin Gibraltar ...... .•••• Bolton Bengal Bengal ..... .•••••••• (;hatham Mauritius • Mauritius ...... ....• Bengal Canada ••• Limerick Dublin Aden . ... . .... China... Lephalunia Bermuda ... Bermuda Bengal ........ Bum hay Barbedoes ,Canada Kilkenny .... Madras New ca,tle.on-Tyne. Cape of Good Hope BoMbay Bengal Limerick . ..... Ifrngal ...... Düblin New Brunswic k..... Athlone ltturittus Newry Gosport ......... G►braltar Bengal Bengal.... Brecon Malta ... Malta Montreal ....... Plymouth Cape of Good Hope Gibr ,liar St. Vincent Weedon ......... Jamaica Winchester Bengal Van Diemen's Land Quebec .,,, !Maidstone Bengal . ....... Alull!ngar Chichester Dublin Madras ... . New South Wales. Portsmouth Fermoy Canada Huttevant Bengal Madras Northampton..„ Castlebar Dublin Manchester Walmer Templeniore Manchester. Granada Canada Cork Dublin Halifax, N. S 111aidstone Maidstone Alaidstoze Alaidatone Nlaidstene Clare Castle • Enniskillea Chatham Sheerness Chatham Dublin FREE TRADE MEETING. J Thursday evening a numerous meeting of the free traders, and others opposed to monopoly, was held in the Theatre, Kensington. The chair was announced to be taken at half-past seven o'clock, but the proceedings did platform, o nm. r. l a ,h e o d al t p h s e im, itdfi building tv. w li a ire, a not commence for s ome ti me a f ter. S evera l respectable l o s in everynd otherpar t gentlemen cr o d ed. inhabitants of th e ne i g hb our h oo d occup i ed seats on the connected with the Anti-Corn-law League ascending the platform, they were roost loudly cheered. The chair was taken by Samuel Lucas, Esq. It may be added that several of the agents of the monopolist party showed their great alarm and consternation by distributing large quantities of anti-League tracts. The CHAIRMAN, having expressed his satisfaction at being called to preside, stated that he was of opinion the present movement of the League was likely to strike more terror into the enemy than any other of that body. Meetings were being held in Lancashire, Cheshire, and other counties, for the purpose of augmenting the free-trade registration. Such also was the case with Nlidilesex. He therefore trusted that the people of Kensington district would come forward and exert them selves in the cause. After some further remarks the Chairman concluded by introducing Mr. R. R. Mooee, who commenced by saying that, on' entering the meeting, he had a tract placed in his hand, which set out by stating that while there was great ad vocacy of free trade throughout the country, there was no consideration of the effects which would be produced by the carrying out of those doctrines.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Moore) wondered how such an assertion could be made at the present time, as no subject had ever m o m engrossed the attention of the League, than the condition of die working and labouring classes. Since they had last met in the neighbourhood.- the state of things had altered considerably ; there had been agitation for free trade when food was high, and wages low. Since then wages had become higher, and the price of food had lowered.—(Cheers.) Wheat was . reduced nearly fifteen shillings per quarter ; still the advoetftes of monopoly, and the members of protection societies, asserted that free trade would be injurious to the labouring classes. The Dukes of Richmond, Buckingham, and other ad vocates of monopoly, professed, while they were merely serving their own purposes, to be the friends of the labourers. Now, he (Mr. Moore) considered that they would be more benefiting their country, by stating how a man with a large family was to live on little more than 19/. per annum.----:(Hear, hear.) In the agricultu ral districts, able-bodied men, as he stated on a former occasion, did not receive more than eight shillings per week.—(Hear.) The monopolists had also asserted that those employed in the manufacturing districts were most cruelly treated. Mr. Moore very ably refuted this state ment, by extracts from several documents, and showed that those who left the agricultural fur the manufacturing districts, were much better remunerated for their labour in the latter.—(Cheers.) The League, however, had at length forced the aristocracy of the country to admit even at their agricultural dinners—(Laughter)—that the labourers were in a most deplorable condition, still not a single measure as a remedy had - been proposed.— [A voice—Cricketn—(Laughter.) Yes, continued Mr. Moore, Lord John Manners had proposed cricket, but for what purpose he knew not. Perhaps while playing at cricket the hunger might be diverted from them.— (Lsughter.) Another had proposed agricultural dinners. —(Laughter.) Still an agricultural dinner might not b e a bad thing, for at it a labourer might be able to obtain a dinner for once in the year.—(Continued laughter.) Others had proposed allotments of land; but the people did not want allotments in charity—they wanted and were entitled to the use of the land throughout the world. This right the corn-laws denied to the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Moore, at some further length, and with his usual eloquence, showed the ridicu lousness of the long arguments advanced against free trade, and more fully alluded to the pamphlet before spoken of. He-next said that there bad been long state ments made to the effect that the League was dead. The present state of the registries was; however, an answer to such assertions. At the last election for Lancashire the free-trade candidate was beaten by more than five hundred votes; notwithstanding, bygreat exertion the League had changed the state of affairs, and now there was a free-trade majority on the registry of nearly 1,300 votes. At the next election there would be a re turn of two free-traders.---(Cheers.) They were also exerting themselves in Cheshire, Yorkshire, and other places. To the boroughs much attention had also been paid. He could at once come to the great metropolitan county of Middlesex and impress on those connected with it to register as soon as possible. In Middlesex there were not more than 13,000 voters, while in a divi sion of Lancashire there were at present 20,000.--(Hear, hear.) A freehold, he might add. could be obtained very 1 easily—it would not cost more than 50/., end a more ' eligible investmentcould not possibly be made.—(Cheers.) ' Mr. Moore next alluded to the forthcoming Bazaar, and expressed a hope that the contributions from the inhabi tants of London, and the ladies in particular, would be such as to reflect credit on the metropolis. After im pressing on the meeting the necessity of attending to the la gistration, Mr. Moore retired ansidst continued cheering. Mr. GEO. THOMPSON next came forward and addressed the meeting at great length, and was heard most at tentively throughout. The Learned Gentleman did not conclude until a late hour. The following resolution was then unanimously car ried:—" That this meeting has heard with pleasure the progress made by the League in the registration courts during this year, and is deeply interested in the present movement to increase the number of free trade county freeholders, and pledges itself to the most strenuous ex ertions to increase the number of freeholders in the county of Middlesex. And this - meeting further pro mises its most cordial support to the great League Bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre in May next." we often ventured to remind Lord Ashley last session, so we remind him now, in time for a few calculations. He asks the nation to be benevolent. It is the nation which must be benevolent, if it admits of reasonable proof, as is alleged, that the manufacturer, with his existing burdens, cannot.— Times. CORNWALL and D EVON CEN TRAL RAIL WA Y. CO - 1 3 1'. TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE CORNWALL RAILWAY FROM PLYMOUTH TO FALMOUTH. I have always given a decided preference to a Cen tral Line of Railway, which ultimately extending its branches to different points of the .county, must em- brace and absorb the whole of its traffic, and only because the founation of such line then appeared to be hopeless, assented to the policy of seeking aid from existing companies, and , of submitting to conditions imposed by them with a regard to their own interests. The Central Line being now almost universally popular, and ample funds offered to its Committee, their power of raising capital without shackling their proprietors, cannot be doubted. I believ e th a t th e natural advantages are incomparably greater, rad that the cost of construction will, relatively to distince, be lesion the Central Line, but were it not so, the benefit which that line of railway will confer on Cornwall and Falmouth in particular, with which my interests and afft.)ctions are identifit , d, would fully compensate for the pocun:ary sak T :fi ce to Cornishmen; with it, the F,reign Packets, 4G unwisely and unjustly removed, must inevitably a ta l irrevocably be restored ; a restoration otherwise doubtful at the least ; in fact, our county may again become, not only the greet highway of Europe, but its ancient intercourse with the nations of the South be most advantageously renewed. Believing it to be right and honourable to act o my convictions, rather than place others in a false position by my example, I withdraw my name from: your Committee, and remain, very respectfully, G. OROKER FOX. Grove Hill, Nov. 30, 1844. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) Our trade bears the appearance we have so fre quently described during the last few months ; a large and rapidly extending business is going on, but unfortunately profits are too frequently in the inverse ratio of the amount of money turned over—thus, speaking generally, and our remark will apply tr, most of the great articles of import, we may say the greater the business the larger the loss. Such a state of things, it is argued by many, cannot last long, but it would be difficult to assign reasons for the remark ; we have always - seen that when money is readily obtainable at a small cost, merchants are anxious to extend their business, and they have an ad ditional inducement when manufactured goods can be purchased at the low rates that have long prevailed in England. Thus we may trace to the low price of cotton (a very losing business of itself) much of the present losses on commercial operations. Our large foreign export has been induced by gradually declining prices in Manchester; a shipper of goods or dered in March has found the quotation so low in July, that he has ventured to ship without orders, believing that, if the first operation answered, the second would yield a handsome result; and again, when in September lower prices still were. taken, the sanguine merchant has thought to mend his average by a further export. This, in too many instances, has been the system acted upon, and the result is, that low and rapidly-declining prices in our colonial possessions, and other foreign markets, have naturally followed a sudden accumulation of stocks. The present Indian Mail confirms our last advices too fully in this respect, and especially is the glut felt in the Chinese ports. - Liverpool has its full share in this system of over-trading, and must, of course, reap its full portion of the reward. The import trade is not in a much more flourishing con dition; the supplies we receive are more than ade quate to the consumption that is going on, and with such a tariff as ours, which precludes the import of many valuable productions from abroad, we are com pelled to receive in payment for exports a greater quantity of some descriptions of produce than we require, whilst much that m ould be acceptable at reasonable duties is refused admission—thus, from America, we have cotton to such an extent, that we are compelled to maintain a' stock of nearly a million of bales in the very face of the largest crop that has ever been obtained; but, if grain, tobacco, and other American productions, were admissible on equally favourable terms with cotton, would not a portion of this superfluous stock of one article give place to reasonable supply of other equally necesary commodities ? The West India interest have been taken by sur prise, by an order admitting the sh.v 'labour sugar of the :United States, 'Venezuela, Mexico, and seve ral other countries, at the same rate of duty as the produce of Java, Manilla, &c., where slavery is said to be unknown. We shall now very shortly have. supplies from the United States, and the close con nexion of Cuba will enable the Americans to con sume at low rates the produce of that island; while England will receive much of the United States' pro duction (of slavery, too), and this whilst politicians are saaificing the best markets in the world for Eng lish manufactures, because they cannot support a trade with a country where slavery is tolerated. It is thought by many that this opening, through an indirect channel, for slave-grown sugar, of any na tion, was fully intended by the framers of the recent Bill, and it may probably be urged as a strong reason for a total remodelling of the sugar duties during the next session of Parliament. The.trade in Cotton has become more animated, and some disposition to speculate has appeared ; but this step is yet injudicious. America can well afford to supply us at low rates, and with a crop that many do not dare to estimate, and of which this country will receive its full share, we can only expect a very low range of quotations, and although the present prices may be raised for a time with the assistance of heavy speculation, yet the consequences will he such as we have before experienced ; America will be en riched at the cost of the manufacturer and working population of this country without any ultimate benefit to the speculators generally. In consequence of the increase of sickness, the con tinued ravages of fever, and the increased mortality which has of late bees prevalent in the badly. drained. and ill-conditioned districts chiefly inhabited by the labouring classes in the metropolis, in Liverpool, York, Bristol, Nottingham, and other crowded and wretched town districts, Lord Ashley, the Marquis of Normanby, and some of the leading clergymen and gentlemen of all political parties, have determined upon calling an early public meeting at Exe'er-hall, with• trview of forming a general association for ob taining better protection for those classes, and pro moting such measures of improvement as drainage, better and cheaper supplies of pure water, and means of cleansing those neglected districts—measures which appear obtainable only by legislative interference, and to be beyond the scope of the voluntary exertions now being made for the promotion of public walks, }oaths, and laundries, in large town's. THE AUTHOR OF " HILLINGDON MALL,'—Much curiosity has been manifested relative to the authorship of the clever novel, "Hillingdon Hall." The Bell's Messenger, in noticing it, observes, " This is another work by the author of the humorous novel of Handley Cross,' which was published about two years since. There was so much true humour, and so much good writing in that novel, as to render it a matter of some surprise to us that the name of the author is not ap pended to the work now before us. Perhaps there may be some want of courtesy in making public a name which the writer himself desires to conceal; but there can be no objection that we should mention that the work before us is the production of a very accomplished and able gentleman, in whose family the possession of talents seems to follow a kind of lineal descent. Hi s near relative, the late Lady El:len,• with some little peculiar qualities, was one of the clew rest women of her age, and had a clear common sense, and a strong acute ness which, in the early days of their married life, afforded Lord Eldon equal pride and happiness. We have merely to add that the 00d-humour, natural wit, and striking common sense of the family, seem to have fallen in great share upon the able author of this work. No-one exceeds this writer in draw ing humorous eharae . tern and picturesque incidents. The chief merit of the work consists in its scenes of country life, and in faithful and comic pictures of rural manners and habits. In a, word, the author of ' Hillingdon hall' writes so well that we wish he would oblige as with a novel every new year. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH DOCILYARD.—OH Wednesday afternoon several workmen were employed in erecting a rack, or frame-work, for supporting bars of iron, in the boiler-making department, when some of the rivets which which it was joined together gave way, and a portion of the frame fell upon four of the me n . named Bates, Marshall, Skinner, and Moody. Three of the men were so seriously injured, that they were imme diately conveyed to the Marine Infirmary, t o o b t „,,i, medical and surgical aid ; and Bates ha, since died, owing to_the severe injuries hg sustained. _ SODDEN DEATH.—Many of our City readers will be shocked and surprised to learn that Mr..F. Soutter, who for many years carried on the business of a bill and exchange broker in Adam's -court, Old Broad-street, was summoned by Divine Providence on Sunday last to another state of existence. The unfortunate gentleman, who was seen by one or two of his friends its the City on the preceding day, apparently in excellent health and spirits, entered the shop of a druggist in or near Holborn on Sunday morning (no doubt feeling ill at the time), when he almost immediately fell dewn dead. The immediate cause of this shocking catastrophe is at pre sent unknown, but it is presumed that a legal inquiry will be instituted into the circumstances, although Mr. Soutter's death was, in all probability, a p er f ect l y natura l one. The deoeaseS gentleman, whose eccentric manner and habits rendered him well known throughout the City, and who was much respected in the varioua mer cantile and monetary circles, was a native of Siiitnar land, and a member of the Swiss Protestant church is Soho, of which Mr. Audemars is the minister. He has, we believe, no family ties whatever its this country, but the Swiss Consul (it is - understood) has undertaken the last Wielaktikav duties of relationship. CORONERS' INQUESTS. DEATH OF MR. RIDLEY, OF THE " NEW BELL'S MESSENGER.":-0n Thursday an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the George the Fourth, Clarezmarket, as to the death of Mr. j-Itidley, aged 33, for many years connected with the New Bell's Messenger. Mr. James Duncombe, the surgeon of King's College Hospital, said he had been attending the deceased's wife, and waa called in to see him on Monday. He was almost insensible, and did not appear to know what was said to him. He was instantly removed to the hospital, but died about two o'clock on Wednesday. There was a bruise on the head, and two large fractures on the base of the skull, and these injuries caused his death, probably from the effects of a fall. - Ann Andrews, of No. 9, Grove-place, Kennington, stated that the deceased was her son-in-law, and in con sequence of his wife's confinement, she had been stay ing ut their house in Wych-street. On Sunday he left home at two o'clock, and at one on Monday morning she heard him fall at the foot of the stairs. Blood was then flowing from his head, and he was quite senseless. She requested a policeman to take him to the hospital, but he said he must first go to the station, to which he was taken on a stretcher. The surgeon there imme diately attended to him, and applied plaster to the wounds. He had not been in bed when she saw him at the station-house, nor was there any fire in the cell. On Monday afternoon she and a policeman took him home. On the Saturday night he had been brought home very drunk. John Wood, 131 F, said that when he was called into the house, No. 6, Wych-street, he was lying down in the passage, and as it was thought he was wounded he was taken to the station-house. The magistrate dis charged him, as no complaint was made against him. fte %%as able to walk home and up stairs by himself. Inspector Black stated the cell was heated with hot air, and he was taken in more out of kindness, and he was attended by a man the whole night. Mr. Baker, the beadle, said the potman at the Printer's Arms, New Church-court, Strand, told him the de - ceased had been pitched into on the Saturday night, at the Cock and Magpie, Drury-lane. The potman was called, and then stated some one had told him. After a great deal of evidence, the jury had the room cleared, and returned a verdict, that the deceased died from the effects of a fall, or otherwit.e, but the imme diate cause the jury cannot ascertain. One of the jury, after the Coroner had written it, said that the verdict must be altered "to a blow or other violence," and that was accordingly inserted amid much laughter. gEICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.-Mr. Higgs held an inquest on Thursday at the Rose and Crown, Knights bridge, on the body of a girl of genteel appearance, name unknown, who drowned herself in the Serpentine. Robert Harvey, police-constable 48 A, said that on Wednesday morning last, while on duty in Hyde-park, his attention was drawn to a bonnet which had been washed on the banks of the river. He shortly after wards saw the deceased's body not many yards distant, and having called Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, it was dragged ashore. From the marks on the gravel he thought that she had rushed in head foremost. Her person might be de scribed thus :—About twenty years of age, dark brown hair, blue eyes, five feet four or five in height, well pro portioned, with round limbs and features, and a large scar on the right arm. The following was the dress she wore :—Straw bonnet with blue ribbons, black shawl with red border, gown of mouselline-de-laine, striped with blue, jean boots, cotton stockings, and under gar ments of the usual description. In her ears were a pair of solid gold and rather valuable earrings, and her dress altogether was extremely good. Mr. Herbert Williams said that no one saw her go into the water, indeed he had often noticed that persons who went there to drown themselves took great care not to let any one see them. The Coroner said it was rather a strange thing that females nearly always took off their bonnet and care fully folded up their shawl before they leaped in, whether from the bridge or bank. Verdict, " Found drowned." Cowes, Dec. s.—This morning arrived here the Swedish barque William of Gothenburg, from Torre vechia, Alicant, laden with salt, having been run into by an unknown vessel, during Tuesday night. She was fallen in with the next morning by her Majesty's Revenue cutter Stag, Lieutenant Clark, about four leagues to the southward of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, from whence the Stag towed her into this port. The barque has lost her main sad misen-masts, also her headyards, and is otherwise in a very crippl e d s t a t e . Sh e h as on board part of the figure-head of the vessel which run into her. The monster steam-ship dock, constructing at this port by Messrs. Thomas and John White, is ex pected to be completed in about three weeks, when one of the large steam-ships will be taken into it.—From our Correspondent. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 22.—Great preparations are being made for the opening of the dry dock, which is to take place in a few days. The town is to be illuminated on the occasion, and Mehemet Ali is expected from Cairo to be present at the ceremony. Mr. Bourne left for Cairo, where Artiu Bey, the Prime Minister, is at pre sent, immediately after the receipt of his letter by the English steamer. The Pacha has contracted with a Greek firm of this place for the whyle crop of senna for the next five years, at eleven dollars per canter, and with another Greek house for the whole quantity of saltpetre which Egypt may produce for the next two years, at 85 piastres per canter, payable in assignments, now at a discount of 12 per cent. So much for free trade ! The Great Liverpool steamer arrived on the 20th from Malta and Southampton with 90 passengers, half of whom were ladies. The facility with which the overland jour- THE FACTORY QUESTION. • ney from England to India is now performed is provt d Lord Ashley, it is to be presumed, has laid in a new by the great number of ladies who undertake it. alone, stock of courage and resolution since he handed over to and without any mishap ever occurring. On board the G the Home Secretary the cause of his helpless manufac reat Liverpool there was a very young lady, daughter of a General in India, who was quite unattended. She luring clients. The smart of a failure is the best of all stimulants to some minds, and that stimulant certainly herself had to settle for her transit through Egypt, and started from Alex andria fullest for Suez wit h the rest of the has been applied to the Noble Lord. It will be warning passengers with th e c o nfid ence o f joining her pa of the warfare, he r e p ea t s th e ca pit u l a ti o n o f last Easter. strangely thrown away if, with his present experience, rents in safety. The Great Liverpool will sail on her return voyage to-morrow morning, although the mails There are some whom the ensuing' session will not , see at their post ; and, on th e o th er h an d, th e re are causes reached Alexandria yesterday evening. This delay has which will be pressed w i t h grow i ng urgenc y an d power. been caused by the non-arrival of the Bombay passen- The claims of humanity w ill no t, on t h e w h o l e , b e ne gers, who cannot reach here before to-night, having bee n glected. Amongst other s u bj ec t s , t h ere i s reason t o ex - detained at Cairo by the want of a steamer there, all the pect that the case of the agricultural labourer will be Nile boats being at Atfeh. Had the Paoha granted per ' handled more thoroughly th an ever s i nce i t fi rs t came t o mission to the Peninsular and Oriental Company s new the light of political day. Lo r d A s hl e y, o f course , w ill iron steamer Delta to enter the Nile, this det en ti on take care that he is not the chief defaulter, and that would not have taken place. other grievances besides those; of th e smoc k-f roc k s h a ll A FIGHT IN A MENAGERIE.—We find the follow be attended to. At present his Lordship has committed ing in the Verdad of Barcelona o f th e 25 t h u l t ;--" himself with all that generosity and fulness we expect to sanguinary combat took place yesterday between the find in the first promises of an aristocratical agitator. wild beasts of the menagerie of M. Borelli. A jackal In reply to a question from the Manchester Short-time threw himself suddenly u p on a wo lf . T he wolf having Committee, he announces, in a letter which we published recoiled from the attack, the jackal became elated with yesterday, that he sees no reason why the question of the his easy victory, and flew at a female hyena. This ani- Ten Hours' Bill should not be renewed at the earliest pos- mal, in her fury, revenged herself upon the wolf, and sible period; and will endeavour, on the first night of the the-male hyena, irritated at the insult to the female, joined in the attack upon th e i nnocent wolf, and tore session, to fix a day for bringing the subject again h under the consideration of the House. So there can be noim dreadfully. M. Borelli was ab sen t, b ut hi s d aughter, w doubt but that we shall have two or three good speeches with heroic intrepidity, entered the cage , to t h e great on the subject, containing the fruits of much reading and horror of the spectators, who e x p ec t e d t h at s h e:would be devoured. She seized the jackal, and forced him into many interviews, and giving to the contents of bulky reports that publicity which, but for the cognate inven • another den, and, striking the.. female hyena, drove her from the wolf, so'confined her apa r t. Th e com b at tion of opening addresses, they would seldom attain. But something besides proclamation of war and impels- between the male hyena and the wolf, however, con ti nue d ous attack is necessary. Rome wasnot built,. Troy was until the arrival of M. Borelli, who had gr ea t difficulty not taken, or the Peninsula cleared of its Imperial in- in separating them, and not before the poor wolf h a d vaders, in a day. Staunch leaders-and disciplined armies his legs broken and his belly ripped up." are mutual necessities, without which neither can The Gazette of Tuesday last contains an Order in escape discomfiture. Shakespeare has drawn the charac- Council regarding the admission of sugar from Vene zuela into this country. The order recites that porti o n ter of an agitator a little above his work, who, having given his hand to articles of peace rather too easily, of the last Sugar Duty Bill which alludes to the admis while expecting to see a triumphant parade of his army sion . of this produce from China, Java, Manilla, &c., at previous to their formal disbanding, was told— a duty of 345. per cwt., and five per cent., a certificate " My Lord, our army is dispersed already ; being given that this sugar is not the produce of slave labour, and of course that it is not refined. The present Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses East, west, north, south; or, like a school broke up, order extends the benefit of this Act 'to Venezuela, the Each hurries towards his home and sporting place ;" order having force from the 28th ult. A considerable and while the intelligence still rung in his ears, stir has been made as to the existence of slavery in this found himself a helpless captive in the hands of a State, though we think the fact, if' it is so, ought to be crafty and uncompromised foe. Should his Lordship first ascertained, benefit by . his experience, and that so far as to carry the RUNNING MATCH FOR TEN POUNDS A-SIDE.—On object which the future historian will associate with his Wednesday morning a foot race came off near the Earl name, it would be some consolation if the delay had of Moira public-house, at Shooter's-hill, between Crisp, brought to pass that it was not carried just in the shape the Elthaur pet, and Davis, of London. The distance to and guise it wore last year. It cannot be denied, that be contested was two miles, which having been measured, on the whole, spite of a few inconsiderable salvos, it bad the pedestrians came to the starting mark, and a good the very ill look of a hostile inroad on the manufacturing deal of betting took place, the men being backed at even. interest, considered as a faction of the political world. At the signal they went away well together, and Davis, As far as it had this look, we do not hesitate to say that at a lead of fifteen yards, performed the first mile in five it deserved a present defeat. To consider the manu- minutes and three seconds. They strenuously contended facturers by position an injury to society is an absurdity till within 400 yards of the goal, when it became quite too gross to admit of illustration or comment. To con- manifest ahat the pace was too swift for Davis, and Crisp eider them generally less humane than the average of ran in tV winner, accomplishing the two miles in eleven other capitalists and employers, is a calumny too shame- minutes and thirty seconds. ful to be seriously refuted. In position, of course they LAUDABLE PATRONAGE.--..We are gratified to hear are benefactors—more than benefactors—absolutely that, on its being recently represented to Sir Robert Peel necessary. In character, they are much like other men. that Mr.. Peach, a very meritorious officer in the coast A hearty recognition of these two facts we believe to be guard night service, in Cornwall, with a very large family requisite to the ultimate success of Lord Ashley's cause. and small pay, has for some years past, during the in- Something more than words too, is, or will be, wanted tervals of his duty, made valuable researches in marin e to show the sincerity of this recognition. Humanity geology, which he has communicated to the meetings of as well as justice must be even-handed. Burning the British Association for the Advancement of Seieuce; indignation at the twelve hours' slavery of the and that be had also made collections in fossil eonehology, female operative must not go together with an eco- which have been of much service to the ordnance geo nomical endurance of the workhouse test, and rural logical survey of Cornwall ; Lady Peel has been pleased families existing on es. a-week. The factory and the to confer on Mrs. Peach a pension for her life, from a cottage must be regarded with equal eye: C Wait)? small and limited fund which long usage has placed under begins at home. The most studied protestations will the control of the lady of the Prime Minister, in con not save an agricultural Lord from the reproach of a aideration of the scientific merits of her husband, and factious philanthropy, if he husbands the yearnings of testimony borne to his good character.—Literary G aze tt e . his bowels for a brief spring campaign in Parliament, Sr. MARY-LE-STRAND.—Tvvo charity sermons will and still briefer autumnal tour in the manufacturing dis- be preached on the ensuing Sunday in the church of St. tricts. He must not see only what ho annually looks Mary-le-Strand, in aid of the charity schools of ths for, and be wilfully blind to what is daily obtruded on parish, and the precincts of the Savoy. So excellent an his eyes. A sentence or two, a demonstration or two, a object, in our own immediate neighbourhood, has our feeble proposition about better cottages whispered before best -wishes, and we trust that the appeal will not be a select London auditory, and a chimerical _prospectus made in vain, We may add that the boys' school has charily circulated by post, will seem bfit tame expe- been in existence 136 years, the time it has lasted, sup dients, hardly befitting_the-badness of a man who, for ported by the benevolence of the public, being a proof of one peculiar - and adopted class of clients, can shake a its utility. 'Ministry to its basis, face assembled populations of ope- Housz OF COMMONS COMMITTEE...ROW/S.—ln COll - and, what is more than all, hold private corre- sequence of several of the old committee-rooms being re spondence and intercourse with public-house committees quired, in order to proceed with the building of the new and fustian delegates. These are the things which show Houses of Parliament, workmen are now busily em s man sincere—sincere, at least, in his 'repulses and first endeavours. If Lord Ashley, too, wish es t„i r l y to ,10yed in erecting temporary rooms in Palace yard , ,facing the entrance to Westminster Hall ; which will be grasp the subject, and meet its real difficulties, be must completed before the opening of the session in February not shirk the commercial view of the question. The next. profitable employment of increasing millions within this THE PILCHARD FISHERY.—Several shoals of pil narrow isle is as much a matter of figures as the affairs chards passed through St, Ives Bay on Sunday, but none of a domestic household. It is child% play, and worse, have been seen since. The drift boats are bringing in to spend without income, to sit idle when the shelf is -Ivry fuze herrings, but the catches are not greet, i n con empty, and advocate a different view of egonomicit ques- sequence of the brightness of alto AIWA ---Fa lmouth lien! on Mon4ai morning sad 'oil Siturday night. As Paci4s4 _ After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and the other gentlemen who took part in the meeting, the proceedings terminated. Regiments and Corps, Ist Life-Guards 'id d 0..... ...... . Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragon-Gels' 2d do 3d do 4th ct" ) sth ado 6thdo ........ 7th do lsit Dragoons ... 2t?. do 3:1 Light do 4th do Pith do ... 7th Hussars Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars 11th Hussars 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons , 14th do 15th Hussars 16th Lancers 17th do Gren. Gds. 13t bat 2d bat 3d bat Coldstream f lit bat Guards 1 2d bat Scots Fusi- Ist bat Tier Gds. 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PowEII, the secretary, read the Directors' report for the half-year, which stated that the receipts had amounted to 8,438/. 2s. 3d., being 9241. 95. more than in the corresponding period of last year, which had enabled the Committee to pay the interest of 5/. per cent. on the Company's bonds, and to pay a dividend of 12s. Bd. on the annuities, and leave a balance of 1,6514 17s. 6d. The tolls were progressively improving, and the Committee anticipated a further incresse in their revenue on the opening of the new street from Long-acre to Great Rus sell-street, Bloomsbury', which will form a direct line of communication with the Birmingham, Dover, Brighton, and other railways. The report further stated that the Committee had received notice of an intended renewed ' application to Parliament from the Anti-Toll-bridge Association, and that the Committee had been in com munication with tie engineer and other parties con wected with the proposed Thames embankment, and they had every reason to believe that the interests of the Company would receive every consideration from her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The report also alluded to the several projected railways on the Surrey side of the river having termini in the vicinity of the bridge as a matter likely to be beneficial to the concern. The report was unanimously received and adopted. Mr. COPE informed the meeting that the approach to the bridge from the Waterloo road would soon be paved all the way from the obelisk to the bridge. Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. Fielder Jenkins, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Woodyer, the retiring Directors, were then unanimously re- elected, as was Mr. Lyon as an auditor. _ _ _ A PROPRIETOR adverted to the floating pier which was a few years ago erected at Southwark-bridge, and which had proved to that concern a most. profitable un dertaking, and inquired if the Directors of the Waterloo bridge had any intention of erecting a similar pier ? Mr. PowELL read extracts from recent minutes of the Committee, from which it appeared that the subject had been under consideration, and that it was referred to Mr. Flews and the Chief Clerk, ix order that the necessary information should be obtained. These gentlemen, after examining the different piers on the river; and conferring with Mr. Saunders, the Water Bailiff, reported that it would be inexpedient to construct a pier at present, as it would probably be superseded by the projected Thames embankment. It was then resolved that the annual allowance of 561. to the Directors and 0/. to the auditors should be respec , tively increased to 2001. and 101 ; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. STABSING IN LEICKBTER.—On Monday night, at eleven o'clock, a young man, named John Kasen, and a young woman, named Gilham, with whom he kept com pany, u ere in the Gallowhee-gate, Leicester, near the Castle Tavern, when he stabbed her in the neck, and in the back between the shoulders. She screamed out, and succeeded in getting into the tavern, where she was placed in a chair. The flesh protruded from the wound in the neck, and the blood flowed out with increased" force from the wound in the back every time she breathed. Mr. Macauley, surgeon, was sent fur, and subsequently the girl was removed to her, residence, the Albert Inn, where she lies in a most dangerous state. The man was apprehended upon the spot, but made considerable re sistance. lie had purchased the knife last Saturday fort night. It was a large one, called a lock-knife, opening and shutting, with a spring to keep it open, the blade being more than six inches in length, and sharp pointed, though not two-edged. The man was' in liquor, though not what is called drunk. The act is attributed to jea lousy. The knife, after the deed, hid two notches upon it near Ole point, a; though it bad plrgek a tone. iie siti .0 16 ;eig hl Wed' l'O eS4 Oft 1111elid OSi 01- VOt.'