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CoP hrls" seir, 3g Vir e on, Ref. goe 6 3 . lj i s o. - College ► Ch tirC' liirk b°4 All. rolle - f i e c ae ' •di 5114.'ochir , r ce 50) ;03 0 &ifs , s be .sdoY' ,c 1 in re- tc oft gicia bis Bee Be t he 11'" 0 (1 0escis i► gond° of „ 5 0 - " • lciPr , n ce P C Joc or 011 3 1; g term'. irr , ale , o 0 'os thheestir •0 14 Pr' 01 a sec° Ab jel3P - It abet. bon; 40, act , yort ° 0 P .1 oing ; 3 o the' [s o ce e i obra" "~'~a.....,., LITER THE ATURE. bESCRIPTION OF NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. E. Wi!son, London, 1844. This neat and cheap little volume is brought out Just at the fitting season, when public attention is fixed on the imposing ceremony of the op-ling of the New -Royal Exchango, under the auspices of her Majesty, ' Nh ich, as every one knows, is to take place on Monday next. Mr. Wilson, the compiler of this rk, h as not only given us a circumstantial account an hist or i cal of the Exchange as it at present exists, but has added novice ofall' the former edifices, written with evident care - and attention as to facts, together With a brief Memoir of Sir Thomas Gresham, the well-known founder of the original Exchange in the r eign of Queen Elizabeth. The volume is embel lished with several appropriate illustrations, and con tains a great deal of curious historical and anecdotical matter within a small compass. 1 TISIR JAMES GRAHAM'S BILL. 47 AC NG OF THE QUALIFIED MEDICA L PR TITIONERS OF SOUTHWARK, LAM AND THEIR VICINITIES. Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a numerous *nr i highly respectable meeting of the medical prac titioners residing in the above locality, was held in the Lecture-raim of the Southwark Literary Institution. Dr. SYLVESTER having been called unanimously to the chair, stated that the object for which the Meeting was convened was to call the attention of t he public, and the medical profession resident in this vicinity, to the effect this Medical Reform Bill aff wo uld have u p on t h e profession generally, and to ord them an opportunity of expressing their opi nions upon it. The pr o p ose d measure wou ld sweep a way some of the most prized privileges of the me (lical profession, many of which were held by them since the time of Henry VIII. He trusted that they would not allow the time afforded by the recess to Pass away without gi v i ng th e i r most anx i ous consi deration to the subject, which was one involving the deepest interest to medical practitioners. the i r. G REENWOOD proposed the first resolution, to effect that the meeting was deeply impressed 'with the neceF,sity for legislative interference for the better regulation of the medical quently 'profession, and ce,d se ha iled with delight fr.o proposal to intro duce some si ich measure by Sir J. Graham. It was seconded by Mr, - HoorErt, and carried nnanirnousl3-. The next resolution, too the erfect, that while the Meeting acknowledged t:tie merit of some of the pro- Into i° ris of the Bill, it 1 'zontalned others which, if passed Posed 4 'a would ilie dr•enly to be deplored, was pro- Air, by 21 D •. •• Care.ed. Ai r. LI r. Etir..v, and, after being seconded by abrTohe42ll:oll;:ext resolutions, the first deprecating the c , P:ation of all existing laws which enforced an ;IP•thination. as to qualification, and the renewal of estrictions on unqualified persons; and the next, ex- Ilressing thei r op i n i on that the medical practioner s "3,llgilt to hav e th e examination of their own particular o s ,. ~ were adopted, after some discussion. LIP. WEnsIER, proposed the next resolution. It °M ed that * Prop°. • ces s i t „ Wilde tne meeting acknowledged the ne '°l a PrP I -constituted Council of Health 4 nd ALA: , -. 'Per Y _. , Ver n ,,„', lcal Education in connexion with the Go tionn-;`114-, at the same time it deemed the construe arbito; -the Council as proposed by this Bill to be medi, l- rY and unjust to the great majority of the sent .!al practitioners who are not adequately repre ed in it . v i l e motion w as secon d e d b y M r. EVINS, and upo°Mei unanimously. n ° veral gentlemen having addressed the meeting top a the beneficial ' effects which this Bill was likely Passed r ' ° "llee on th e pro f ess i on, a vote o f t h anks W as to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. tiei sometit-I).e . .ler -. D I.ST '"'".."'" ILLATION.—This illegal . practice has past been greatly on the increase in the Witi g i libut ir'good s of Spitalfiolds and Bethnal-green,ofntohte delios,tarAling constant detection and punishment. received inf vents by the Excise. The Excise having , •itmation that an illicit distillery upon a large scale 44 a bei Freer ng carried on in one of the houses in Weaver- -4,pervisor, amen') te eet, S pitalfields, inhabited by the lowest class of cos ,„rtneng.ers and journeymen weavers, Mr. Hughes, a orer, an officer, Sergeant kJ panied by B at 4 0 , and several police-constables, went to the house If 0 e o'clock on Wednesday, and while Teakle and over forced an entrance in the front, Hughes and a e°tlstable made their way through an adjoining house, to itPtel'ent the egress of the parties implicated at the back; o rl in d ..last as Hughes had got into the garden of the ad thetr house, and was about to get over the . palings heo „„ One in which the distillation was carried c o , 4 „ * "'. l aearly knocked backwards by a man in a state of 1 ; 1 , 1111 - nudity who_ was clambering over 1- .,',,e fence, and 'f il 9 actually' dropped into his arms in 4 „, 1 , 4 man, who gave his name . t_ E / '- and de e le greatest terror. ward Durell, . % T i tled himself as a journeynia:. in that branch of weaving 1 e I; e4 " twisting," being 'ecured and handed over to the 14, 4 , the officers thell proceeded to search the sus tooZl premises, 'and in one of the back apartme n t s fa s e w a till, capable of containing about thirty gall o n s , pa ns full 4 -3 and o ..irowing off low wines, two earthen ' 444,e fslii`..its just manufactured, and barrels con- Wit' , 4 gibtUt forty' gallons of molasses wash, together : s tie ' h i: h t v er t h 3: dkts for earr • art iclrequisit . e for .. forming a complete appa y,,.ing on an illicit distillation, the whole of '', the /,,-, officers seized and carried away in vans lioteiirwards—zetT-office in Broad-street. Durell was th e ee- court custody to Worship-street underwent an examination on the ; --ar ''''' Ile there stated that he had scaled th e 04ace from sheer fright at the presence . of ti er , in eers, denied all guilty knowledge of, or participa the h' the distillery, which he stated was carried on who Pret e : ge r , by a well-known character named Brown, d 14 m e be a manufacture of naphtha, and begge t l ° l lsid ep tv? 11 Mr. Broughton (the magistrate) should I, l4 ‘ge fa - n ; l i r° guilty, on the ground of having a wife and '1 a -- "Y wholly dependent on him. It was proved ata, nti Pers n in Court that he had worked pretty con the ti his trade for the last twelve months ; and as giv es ' B„P„,e,eifits that a man must be found on the pre fin slres the 'g and assisting," in the manufacture, and a i'ae to ~- .‘nagistrate no power of commutation below 111 th e 10,-40 Queen of 301., or three months' imprisonment ''' . . - on',. - 17, °11 se ef Correction in default of' payment, Mr. ,tasivr°n, though he entertained no moral doubt of the late vi guilt, yet took the charitable side of the question "eo i, - ,?' g ad the circumstance that all his effects had st roo .zed by the Excise, and discharged him with a tie caution as to his future conduct. 15 e°tt s ° ,? l ' lv icli, OCT. 24.—The following officers have oorePointed to the Dedmlus frigate, commissioned at 4t au,ath ‘ ;„ e ,l° by Captain Peter M'Quhae, Lieutenant G. G. 1 , 1 '• Ql`till Lieutant G. 0. Popplewell, Lieutenant R. gah o Zit, ' Alr. William Barrett, master ; Mr. 'William %u t• ' Paymaster and purser • Mr. Alxander Neill, ge ou „. er pu , . tler n '..._-ar. John Bernard, assistant-surgeon ; Mr. 'lie r ,„" -Vrtce clerk ; Lieutenant Braimer, one sergeant, /iraolwrPnral, t'wo drummers, and twenty privates, of the Il ade r rleil Division of Royal Marines, have been placed eem tors to serve in this fine vessel, and she will pro -32, mouthPorts to . • her marine artillery. One })1/°Iltler ek u ,,, gun on pivo r t ec L i s ve been ordered to be added to ,"4 4 1 1. 6", a 1ent, to be laced on her deck forward, one . of - " t ead, 'Pounder guns - on traversing carriages being The Placed aft. ;.(1144ticIttestion of the repeal of the Malt Tax begins etts,, ' t ts the minds of the agriculturists ; and we have e matter u nniv that steps are t 'about to be taken to bring 'lea, to fairly and broadly before the public, with the e erti n ; B°ole effective action upon the Parliament in the Ma"s Sessiell.--Chelmsford Chronicle. , i t 'oet tar ,'. AtAFRLD SHAW.--We are happy to be able to 1 s g i ft l °t i a statement that has been circulated as regards - tiir i tn el i artiste. This statement is the most pathetic ter Geg in able, referring to the loss of her husband, wer oain her at; domestic misfortunes of Mrs. Alfred Shaw, : t ivy 4 - ,',1 1 g by deploring this lady's ill-health. Whether ~"3 1 erit f:'4 Professional rivalry have assumed this ben'e w4ethe 01 : 111 , to aim their shafts with more certainty, or kr, aii6: it Proceeds from sincere solicitude, we are truly telkt thew be able to mention, on the best authority, ,„ 4v oid nt ., h Ole of this lachrymose statement is utterly .1.1 tow trnth, and that Mrs. Alfred Shaw has returned A Tlt u rl , , ,,,, a ntl was never in better health or better voice. lay th e 4241 G MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—Thurs u,'l2i ii - ,T a k telli made by Mr Haynes to trot his pony „''iMbi 4 ec i s 14 0) fifteen- miles in harness, came off on - th e et:ant-non. Two miles of road were selected, stdthe PellY, harnessed to a light match cart, appeared 44t1 trotted stall ing mark, and then commenced the match, turneci two miles in seven and a half minutes, then W 44 PUll e : ln 'p le fing four miles in fifteen minutes. He Perr ope ,,,A l in, and in two minutes he was at work, and tlek t 1.7 another four miles in fourteen minutes. The I tad, h o u r iniles were performed in fourteen minutes, tile nee , thg bel gruelled, in three minutes he corn kid 4 " the last three miles, which were trotted in ten kij es quarter minutes ; thus accomplishing the fifteen %vs ably fiftY-cight and a quarter minutes. The pony Il lsion' Y of ilr i t s ven, and appeared quite fresh at the con ?At, th e match. ,en r , 1't,74 BURIALS. —One of the guardians of St. 13 0 4 t p e he Martyr on Thursda • spoke strongly at the dinekrouroting of the d is , rraceful j state of the Lock burial to be hich even the curate ' I d declared emphatically "'fin tn e ° h ad." There was aiahunhole in which the heaps of nithaeinPatipers were placed huge with the dis aps s got those who had been before buried, Iriew . h di s ' with winc in a ( Were thrown up and ex p ose d to public 1 of th e t ane _ , Detwee ew fret, t oo, of houses, while the general n the t ops of the coffins and the surface di sgt earth was about 21 inches. The scene was truly ri val stin g. The shed in which Coffins awaited the ar-_ b of the cl tirlt)...en.,,„ __„„ergytuan was full of the fragments of tierri ti ek ootar'e'aunn; bustd the gravedigger said he took 000, 1U coi a ideemth'm Y s hould a t! The trustees promised an str o P la ce , hut the board passed a resolu bar • 41 sIliG13 A n y ator of the proceedings. r ht tlate r , ft,. RRISTERS.---The duties of the revising ztetshent ~., _; the revision of the lists of voters for the ~ ~ , ' I are drawing to a close. The first revision, to the Year 1,83, cos t upwards of 30,0001. in payments Iteei!sbarristers_and for their expenses ; but under the t o -,rati on of ttoe4QoargriusitneerzineVealcultlde.r.s' Act their charges were limited It ap.pears that the payment to llttt e ke d 3'?arly sum d t including their expenses, now amounts to a 14 7001. More appeals are ex thaa - ° the Court of Co ' m n Pleas in the present Naeorred in the Preceding revision. Only thirteen Irl fads We re made last - year, of which ten were decided The -n r of th .%uthcourt ° respondents, and three for the appellants. "to awarded no costs to either party, on the at ' tqir the subject matter of the appeals presented ti oo and re a „„ ia , ~ of the °f the ~,,, ' J l, ground of doubt un the construe re,,,,..iiitte and the propriety of the determination ,a4Ang barristers. ~. ECONOMY of ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. " Report of the fourteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Mon day, September 30. Section G. M!chanical Science. On the Economy of Artificial Light for Preserving Sight. By Mr. J. Hawkins." "Few were aware," he said, "of the injury in flicted oa the Sight by too much, or too little light, i and by a sudden transitio n f rom g l oom t o li g h t. H e J had tried several experi men t s w ith a v i ew to procure a light of a medium description. He commenced with two common candles, alternately snuffing and leaving them unsnuffed, and measuring the intensity of the light. The result of this experiment was, that he found that the candle well snuffed, gave eight times the light of that which was unsnuffed. He then proceeded to a process of weighing, and found that one pound of the snuffed candles gave as much light as nine pounds of the unsnuffed candles." Mr. Hawkins further found that a pound of candles, to burn (like Price's Patent Candles) without snuff ing, gave the same light as four pounds snuffed in the usual way, say every ten minutes, and the same as eleven pounds unsnuffed altogether. After alluding to further experiments with Candles, and also with Oils, he concluded by recommending the Self-Snuff ing Candles in preference to 01 Lamps. Price's Patent Candles have for some time past been advertised as more economical than common tallow ones, because, not requiring to be snuffed, they give so much more light. The Patentees now pub lish the above extract as a remarkable confirmation of the truth of their assertions. Those who still persist in burning tallow moulds, or dips, in the idea that candles at sixpence per pound are necessarily cheaper than those at a shilling per pound, may now learn how much real economy there is in such a course. Four pounds of the snuffed candles giving, as above shown, the same light as one pound of the self-snuF 4- ones, those who burn t a ll ow can dl es at s;-- — "g pound are doing the sa me thing. Jr they paid tw o as •,. ....pence per shillings per pound for Pri 7_, s Patent Candles ; for they pay four sixp e :ces for that quantity of light which one you rj: of these candles will give. They ni ::,teover, the bad smell, di r t, an d annoyance, suffer, ro.ing from the use of the snuffers every ten minutes, and the injury to the eyesight, stated above, to follow the sudden transition from gloom to light when the candles are snuffed. Price's Patent Candles are sold by respectable dealers in most parts of the kingdom, but care must be taken to insist on toeing supplied with the real ones, as many imitations are made at low prices for the shopkeepers, which, on account of the greater profit, some of them endeavour, and with too fre quent success, to palm upon the public as " just the same as the Patent Candles." The trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall; or from Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell.—From the Athenceum of Saturday, 19th October, 1844. MEDICAL REFORM. A public address on medical reform was deliverei on Thursday by Mr. Hines, surgeon, at the Western Lite rary Institution, in Leicester-square. The object of the address was to call the attention of the public, as well as of the profession, to the injurious effects likely to re sult from Sir James Graham's Bill. Hr. Hilles com menced by observing that the profession did not require a monopoly. They were willing to throw open the compounding of medicines, and even the privilege of practising ; but what they contended for was, that there should be a marked distinction between the qualified and unqualified practitioner, so that the public might not he misled. They objected, therefore, to allowing pretenders to medical science to assume the titles of " surgeon," or " doctor," and desired to limit such titles to those who had attained the distinction by a regular education. The plats of registration was, he thought, a very inadequate protection ; and, as th ere was lit t l e i n d ucement to prac titioners to register their names, but, on the contrary, there would be an annual charge attending it, the fact would be that many of the most distinguished surgeons would not care to register, and whilst their names were not to be found on list, the unqualified man would also pretend that he might register himself if he would, but that he considered it a disgrace to do so. Mr. Hines pointed out many other parts of the Bill that would be injurious to the respectable practitioners, and he declared his conviction that the sole object of Sir James Graham was to establish a medical poor-law commission. It had been found that the surgeons would not now so readily compete for the appointments in poor-law unions, and by making a free trade of medical science it was hoped to increase competition for those situations. The lecturer inveighed strongly against the heavy duties and miserable remuneration of surgeons in poor-law unions, and he asserted that, as the avowed object of the New Poor-law was to throw the poor on their own resources, so the object of the present Medical Reform Bill was to throw the medical practitioners on the poor, and to compel them to eke out a miserable living by extracting the last shilling from their dying patients. Mr. Hilles advocated the adoption of a repro. sentative system by the medical profession. He pro posed that the twen‘y-five thousand members of which that body is composed should elect representatives to protect their interests, and to protect the public also from becoming dupes of the outcasts of the profession. The lecture was very scantily attended. Thursday a meeting of the Medical and Surgical As sociation of the borough of St. Marylebone took place, for the purpose of considering and agreeing to a mani festo to be presented to Sir J. Graham, deprecating the Bill lately introduced into Parliament, as not effectively excluding quacks from practice, as erroneously opening the field of practice to chemists and druggists, and as prescribing an improper scheme of professional educa tion. The Association also advocates the institution of a college of general practioners, with an elective council and court of examiners, in order to secure uniformity of education for the general practitioners throughout the United Kingdom. Mr. R. Pennington (Senior Fellow of the College of Surgeons) was in the chair, and after some discussion, in which Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ancel, Mr. Gird wood, Mr. Gray, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Michele took part, the manifesto was adopted. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. BANK OF CEYLON. The third annual general meeting of the Bank of Cey lon was held on Thursday at the office of the Company, in Old Broad-street. Mr. Cummings, one of the Direct ors, in the absence of the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN read the Directors' report, which stated that the business of the bank had considerably increased during the past year, and the character of its transactions had been secure and legitimate. This in crease they considered the more satisfactory, as it was evidently connected with the advancing prosperity of the colony. There had also been an increase of profits during the year, and the Directors were still enabled to state that no bad debt had been incurred by the bank since the commencement of its business. The utmost cordiality of feeling had been manifested towards the concern by the merchants and planters in Ceylon, who had steadily adhered to it as customers, notwithstand ing the solicitatiOns by the projectors of a rival establish ment. A branch establishment at Kandy had been in most satisfactory operation during the past year. The management of the business at the chief branch in Co lombo bad been such as to merit the approbation of the Directors, who expressed their satisfaction with the ex ertions of the bank officers and local Directors in pro moting the interests of the corporation. The statement of accounts up to the 30th of June last showed that, in addition to the half-year's dividend paid in May, the Directors were now enabled to declare a second half yearly dividend at the same rate of six per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of the bank ; the same to be payable in this country on and after the 15th of November next, and in Colombo as the manager shall fix after receipt of advice. On the motion of Mr. Stooks, seconded by Mr. Robin son, the report was received, adopted, and ordered to be printed for circulation. Colonel Sir F. Mulkey and Mr. Cummings were then unanimously re-elected Directors of the bank. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from a pro prietor, stated that it was very probable that the increase of steam communication with the island of Ceylo)n would require the establishment of a branch at Point de Galle; and the Directors were now making the necessary in quiries on the subject. In answer also to another ques tion, the Hon. Gentleman said that the only competitor the Bank of Ceylon had in the island was a branch of the bank of Western India ; but the former having pre occupied the ground, they had no fear of any opposition. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The following fashionables visited this elegant theatre during this week :—Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Ranelagh, Lord Forrester, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Bruce, Lord Gardener, Lord William Paget, Lord Augustus Fitz clarence, Lord Gordon and party, Colonel Webster, Lady Hawley and party, Lady Westmeath and party, Baroness French and party, Mrs. Fox and party, Sir William Summers, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Geo. Smart, Hon. George Wombwell, General Boardman and party, Mr. Henry Broadwood, Mr. Claggett, Mr. Mitchell, &c. FIRE AT A CAMPHOR REFINERY.—On Thursday, at noon, a very alarming fire broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Allder, camphor refiner, situate in Seward-street, Goswell-road. It originated in the refining-house, a building about 26 feet long by 15 wide, and which contained a valuable stock of camphor undergoing the process of refinement. Such was the inflammable nature of the contents that in the brief space of five minutes the whole of the refining house became enveloped in one broad sheet of flame, which shot through the roof with the greatest fury, causing, as might be supposed, the most lively apprehensions for the safety of the contiguous buildings. The workmen exerted themselves to the utmost, and endeavoured to confine the: destructive element to that portion of the premises where it commenced, but notwithstanding that the place was covered with sheets of zinc, the fire speedily travelled through the same, and communicated to an adjoining building, about the same size as the former one. Finding it impossible to get the mastery of the flames without the aid of engines, information of the outbreak was dispatched to Whitecross-street, and other engine stations. Several of the brigade engines, with the West of England one, promptly attended, and there being a good supply of water, they were set to work, and by carrying the hose through the front factory the firemen were enabled to play with full vigour upon the flames, thereby preventing the fire from extending, further. The cause of the outbreak was the bursting of a glass carboy used in the crystallizing process. F . ortunately, the whole of the workmen escaped unin jured. We understand that the proprietor of the works. Is uninsured. rriE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORN I Net, OCToBER THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. The ceremonial of laying the foundation-stone of this great undertaking took place on Tuesday, and was rendered as imposing as the vast importance of the occasion justified. The day proved one of the most brilliant of autumnal days, and was a general holiday to all classes. Business was laid aside. The hundreds of labourers and mechanics employed in the various departments of the harbour and docks, and also of the private buildings, were not merely per mitted to cease from toil, but were paid for their day's time ; arrangements were also made for enabling them to partake of the general hilarity. The dawn of morning was hailed by the firing o cannon and the ringing of bells. Flags were seen hoisted on every point. Liverpool and its environs, on the Lancashire side, and every city, town, and vil lage on th e Ch es hi re side of the Mersey, poured forth their gladdened population to witness the inspiring scene, and to partake of the widely-spread means of enjoyment. The poor inhabitants were supplied, from a fund subscribed, with bread and meat of ex cellent quality, and in large proportions—the bread in loaves, and the meat in pieces of from four to eight pounds, according to the number of their families. From an early hour in the morning the Liverpool and Birkenhead steamers, decorated with streamers, were employed in conveying the anxiously -expectant multitudes to the scene of hilarity ; the railway trains also, at reduced fares, contributed to swell the con stantly-increasing masses. It was computed that not fewer than sixty thousand visitants were congregated on the occasion. These spread themselves in direction, and and imparted to the scene variety of extreme interest. At half-past elev— Town-hall — . the procession st ar t e d f rom th e to ... —an insignificant building, which is a b ou t .0 deprived of its municipal character, and to be succeeded by another, more suited to the magnificent town, which is rapidly rising into existence. Having performed the appointed circuit of peram bulation, the precession arrived at the site of the new harbour. The arrangements made for this, the most impressive part of the ceremony, were distinguished by great taste and considerable regard for the conve nience of the gentlemen to whom platform-tickets had been issued. Platforms were erected round the site, on the shore, a short distance to the northward of the upper side of the Woodside Ferryslip, and on a scale which accommodated, without inconvenient pressure, the invited guests, and those who took part in the ceremonial. At about two o'clock the proces sion reached the site of the new harbour. On pre senting the trowel, a very chaste and classic implement, to Sir Philip Egerton, M.P. for the southern division of Cheshire, who had undertaken to officiate on the occasion, Mr. Randell, the engineer, delivered a short but appropriate address to Sir Philip Egerton. The Hon. Baronet descended from the platform, and having completOd the process of laying the stone, and prayer having been offered by the Rev. Mr. Gardner, Sir Philip Egeiton hdOeS'sed the Company in an elo quent speech, wh li wait in several parts loudly cheered. Having made some appropriate introductory observa tions, the Hon. Baronet took a rapid but very inte resting retrospect of the. history of Birkenhead. In the time of his venerated gran4father, and only fifty years since, it did not Confain more than three houses ; in 1801 these had increased only to seven ; and at intervals of ten years, until 1831, its progress was scarcely perceptibl e . n 1841 it began to give some signs of decided progress ; and now it presented the scene they then witnessed. The town having lines of streets, amounting to thirty miles in extent ; a har bour and docks in course of formation which would far exceed, in their means of accommodation, any now in existence in any part of the kingdom ; and these so aided by the remarkable facilities which nature has afforded, that the amount of outlay, though large, would be comparatively small. The lion. Baronet then proceeded to indulge in predictions of Birken head's future greatness, and presented a sketch which not merely derived probability, but became certainty, from the knowledge of what had been already realised. The Hon. Baronet concluded a very interesting ad dress by a fervent wish, which was responded to by the cheers of the assembled thousands of spectators, that the most sanguine hopes of the projectors might be realised. -.ery liveliness and Thus terminated this interesting and impressive ceremonial. The workmen were subsequently re galed with substantial fare ; their wives and children were also provided with abundant means of suitable enjoyment at the expense of their employers. The dinner to the company, for which extraordinary pre parations had been made, and for the ball and supper afterwards, will bear comparison with anything ever exhibited on any public occasion. Accommodation had been made for 550 gentlemen, of whom nearly 200 were specially invited guests; the latter were seated at semicircular tables in imme diate proximity to the chairman (Mr. Laird) and to the deputy-chairman (Mr. W. Jackson) Over the head of the chairman was placed a splendid portrait of his son, painted by Illidge, and a most impressive likeness. On no occasion could the splendid picture have been exhibited with greater effect than on a day which was commemorative of the successful exertions of Mr. Laird, jun. By him the stupendous , under taking was projected; and to him, in conjunction with the Messrs. Jackson, and two or three other gentlemen, the success of the plan may be mainly attributed. Among the noblemen and gentlemen who accepted invitations for the dinner, and some of whom were at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone, were the following :—Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., Tatton Eger ton, Esq., M.P.; J. J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P., and Cornwall Legh, Esq., M.P., the four county Mem bers ; Lord Bateman, the Hon. E. J. Stanley, Sir William Massey Stanley Bart., of Hooton Hall, and party ; John Stanley, Esq., of Hooton ; the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon; J. Bailey, Esq., M.P. for Hereford shire; William Ewart, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P.; W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P.; William En twisle, Esq., M.P.; Jos. Brotherton, Esq., M.P.; Peter Greenall, Esq., Al .P.; Thos. Grimsditch, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Edward Cust, Bart. The dining-room and ball-room were most taste fully fitted up and arranged. They were formed of the railway carriage booths, but had been enclosed, floored, and hung with the most graceful ornaments. The dining-room was about 140 feet in length by 40 in width, and of ample height. The coujicrced on entering was extremely imposing. Thp walls were covered with crimson, yellow, and blue drapery. The recesses were decorated with evergreens and large ornamental flowers, and the whole of the principals and framework of the roof were similarly adorned, so as to resemble a shrubbery that had taken leave of its parent earth, and mounted into mid-air.' From the beams were suspended handsome richly-gilt gas chan deliers, as central lights. There were four rows of tables, the two outer ones united at top and bottom by being continued in the form of a semi circle. The ball-room was about the same size, but much more richly embellished. The reception-room and retiring-room were decorated in a style which created wonder that, in such a place, so much could have been accomplished. The Countess of Essex, Lady Grey Egerton, Lady Amelia Cecil, the Hon. Mrs. E. J. Stanley, and many other ladies of high rank, were among the ladies patronesses of the ball. A supper and ball afterwards took place at the Town-hall, given by Mr. W. Jackson to the clerks and other official gentlemen in the employ of the Commissioners, who, with their friends, thus participated in the hilarity of the evening, as they had previously done in the preceding enjoyment of the day. The Liverpool Mercury of Friday published a double sheet, giving very ample details of the ceremonies which took place at laying the foundation-stone of the Birkenhead Docks, full reports of the speeches made at the dinner, an interesting historical account of Birken head, and a beautifully finished plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks. We rejoice to see a Contempo rary displaying such spirit and enterprise. This journal, at the same time, de►otes five columns and a half to the proceedings which took place at the meeting of the Li verpool Agricultural. Society, at which Lord Stanley presided. SINGULAR ACCIDENT ♦T THE HOUSES OF PAR LIAMENT.—On Thursday, an accident of a very singular character, though fortunately not attended with any dan gerous results, happened to a man named William Mor gan, residing at No. 1, Paris-street, Lambeth, one of the masons employed at the New Houses of Parliament. It appears that some part of the work is, of necessity,' per formed by gaslight, and while Morgan was removing a heavy stone, it slipped over the jet of the burner, and the flame for some seconds was forced into his eye before he could relieve himself from the load. lie was taken to Westminster Hospital, and the eye, which had been much burnt, was dressed, and in the course of the day he was able to proceed home. It is fortunate the eyesight was not wholly destroyed. THE LONG VACATlON.—Thursday the " long va cation" of the present year ceased, and the offices of the several Courts resumed their activity—their " wonted activity" is quite another question. It is considered in the profession that the late alterations in actions under 20/. must abridge the common law business. From the 10th of August to the 24th of October, there is a legal cessation of business, further than the issuing of the writ and proceeding to trial in cases prepared before the first mentioned day. Term begins to• morrow (Saturday) wt e THE MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 24.—The ental Company's steam-ship the Tagus left the docks this day, for Gibraltar carrying out the Peninsula an 4 Mediterranean mails, also 30 passengers, and f u ll ca rgo This will b e t h e first voyage the T agus h as ma d e s i nce ' her refitment. The brig Dart, Captain Newton, left the . docks at t wo o ' clock, on her first outward trip, fox Madeira, carrying out a number of ship letters and pas- i sengers, several of whom arrived by railway, leaving London at eleven o'clock—thus in little better than five', hours they will have passed the Needles,' and be fairly! out to sea. qlicrDart is an excellent sailing vessel, and, fitted up with .every convenience, and is quite new, having only been launched on this clay twelvemonths. She will return 'here with a fruit cargo in About three' weeki. The Braganza steamer will leave.the docks to-4 morrow, with above 350 tons of bale goods, for Con k stantinople, .; and some excursion passengers. RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. (From Ilerapath's Railway Magazine of 12th inst.) The rage for railways is now extending itself in full force to Ireland ; and perhaps there is no country on the face of the globe in greater want of them, or which would derive greater national benefits by.their introduction, than the sister kingdom. The unfortu nate turmoils whith she has for so long a period sufftrcd, could not, we think, receive a more effective check than by the establishment of a well-selected system of railways ; for by this, it is not only our opinion, but that of others competent to judge—an opinion, too, daily gaining ground—that the commer cial condition of the country would become so mate riall y improved, as to raise it above the poverty stricken state that now feeds " agitation." Whether in a national point of' view, or as a pri vate speculation for profit, we wish success to rail ways in Ireland. It is, therefore, with pain that we notice dissensions amongst parties engaged to carry out a valuable line of railway, where it is one of the first principles of success that unanimity should exist. Our readers are aware that a line has been proposed known as the Great 'Western Railway in Ireland, to unite Dublin with Mullingar and Athlone, setting out from Liman cr some other point on the Cashel line. Sir John Macneill was appointed engineer, and we believe a highly respectable body of gentlemen constituted the direction, in turt - lielan6e of this object a projeot hat since been set on foot, by a sepa rate et".tpany to extend that line from Athlone to cal ; thus completing the chain of communica tion from. Dublin to Galway, the value of which needs no eomment. Unhappily, however, dissension seems to have lately arisen in the directorate of the former Company, and hence if we are well informed the re• cent appearance of a rival scheme, with the title of " Irish Great Western" also to connect Dublin with Galway. Sir John Macneill appeared here too as the engineer circumstance that must have greatly astounded his friends, knowing that his :services were already engaged on the other sid e , as no doubt it did him, but which that gentleman has since repudiated by public advertisement, together with another highly respectable individual, whose name was likewise printed in the prospectus of the new project. It has been asked of us, and not being enabled to answer, we now beg to inquire of the promoters of the rival Irish Great Western, and we do so, holding them guiltless until convicted—whether it is true that the names of Lord Castlemaine, Mr. John Campbell, and Mr. Blake are also placed in their prospectus without the authority of those parties ? And whether it is the case that the whole differences that have arisen, the primary cause of a rival project being set on foot, are to be imputed to the disappointed wishes of one of their body, who being on the Committee of the Great Western desired to have amongst them a sharebroker, and also other particular friends nominated as Parliamentary agents, and because these were not, and, perhaps conscien tiously, could not be complied with, threatened the present rival project, in which the names that were rejected in the other appear? We ask whether these circumstances are true ? And, if so, whethei the individual alluded to as the cause is one who signs an M.P. to his name, which may mean either Member of Parliament, Master of Pranks, Methodist Parson, Mar-Plot, &c., who will as inevitably mar the plot in which he is now con cerned, as he has attempted to do that in which he was formerly a Director. We regret exceedingly the appearance of the new Company—if by the name of Company that can be termed which boasts no better constitution than the Great Western at present possesses—instituted by parties whose duty one would have expected it was to act as friends, not foes. We have, therefore, made inquiries, the details of which it would be indiscreet to publish, and we must confess, if the statements furnished to us are not gross fabrications, the result is anything but favour able to the conduct of the rival projectors. Pre judiced to neither side, we are open to conviction by either. We wish to see nothing done but what is right, and the promoters of an honest project prosper in their undertaking. Arrangements, we are in formed, are now being made by the Dublin, Mullin gar, and Athlone Company (the bona fide Sir John Macneill's) to purchase the Royal Canal, which will be of mutual advantage to both railway and canal ; saving to the former considerable expense in the con struction of the line, and to the latter protection from certain future depreciation. On Tuesday last the Directors of the Canal had an interview with Lord Eliot, in order to ascertain if Government, who have a power of control, will assent to a sale of it ; and on Wednesday a deputation of the Railway Directors were to have had an audience with Lord Eliot, for a like purpose. We have not yet learned the result ; but as the matter is one of mutual benefit, there can be little doubt that an arrangement will be effected. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. DISCLAIMER.—The name of Andrew 11. Lynch, Esq., was inserted without his authority or knowledge in the prospectus lately published by the Company calling itself the " Irish Great Western Railway Company," with which that gentleman disclaims hav ing any connexion. Mr. Lynch is a member of the Provisional Committee of the Galway and Athlone Railway Junction Company. TO TILE EDITOR OF " APATII ' S RAILWAY JOURNAL." Sir,—l have seen in the public newspapers the prospectus of a line of railway from Dublin to Gal way in which I am stated to be the engineer. Whilst I acknowledge the respectability of the names at tached to it, I beg to say I bare never been consulted about it, nor can I have any connection with the transaction, being already engaged for the Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone line. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, - ACNE 28, Rutland-square, Dublin JOH Oct.O N t. 1, 1844.111. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CITY.—WO cannot answer the inquiries of several correspondents, if there be any truth in the rumour that her Majesty intends to return from the ceremony of opening the Royal Ex change, on Monday -next, by the City-road and New road to Paddington, on her way to Windsor; but if such be the royal intention, we think the public ought to be infurmed of it,i n order to prevent disappointment to all parties, and the delay of business incidental to the ex pectation of the return of the procession by the same line as it proceeded to its interesting and memorable object. —Morning Advertiser. [We agree with our Con temporary, that some announcement on the subject ought to be made. We should imagine, however, as her Ma jesty is to dine at Windsor, that there will be no return procession, but that her Majesty will proceed in her pri• vete carriage to the Paddington terminus, via the City road, as soon as the ceremony shall be over.—ED. Sun.] THE KING OF SAxONY AND THE JEW JEWELLER. —The Allgemeine Zeitung contains a contradiction of the report which has been circulated in various German as well as English newspapers, relative to a deception said to have been practised upon the King of Saxony, by a jeweller of whom he made extensive purchases, upon his Majesty's visit to this country. It is stated that the pa ragraph in question was originated by a tradesman who entertained feelings of jealousy towards the person of whom his Majesty obtained the jewels. The contradic tion has been published under the authority of the Master of the Household to the King of Saxony. NOVEL AND DELICATE SURGICAL OPERATION.— An operation of a most interesting nature was performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the 12th of this month, by Mr. Skey, one of the surgeons of that institution. This operation, which excited a good deal of public in terest, was conducted in the most skilful manner in the medical attendants of Messrs. Pas qu i er and Fauquier, the attendants on the King of the French, and a number of amateurs from Windsor, who were anxious to witness it, Mr. Guthrie, the medical officers of the institution, and a large assemblage of pupils. A soMier of the name of Wright, in the 2d Queen's Regiment, received a ball in the knee at the storming of Ghuzneo in the year 1839, which laid him up for many months, and deprived him of the use of his leg. The long-continued pain arising from this injury was so severe that his general health was rapidly sinking, and in this state, after having tried various other hospitals for relief, he applied to Mr. Skey to amputate his leg. That gentleman, upon examining the joint, finding an abscess on the outer condyle of the thigh- bone, came to the conclusion that the ball was lodged in the bone, and that by the following operation the leg might be spared. After laying open the abscess, he dug a hole into the bone by means of a trephine, upon the withdrawal of which the ball was discovered at the bottom. He then loosened it by means of a screw, and having isolated it with a gouge, he succeeded in drawing it forth by means of a strong bone forceps. The operation did not occupy more than ten minutes in its performance ; at the conclusion of which he was warmly greeted by his colleagues, and highly complimented by the French surgeons. CASII-BOX FOR THE KING OF ASHANTEE.—We on Thursday saw, at Messrs. Chubb and Sons, of St. Paul's churchyard, a very elegant cash-box, which they have just completed for the King of Ashantee. It is made of solid silver, and weighs two hundred and seventy-six ounces, the size being seventeen inches long, twelve inches wide, and seven inches deep. The ornaments and chasing, consisting chiefly of lions , tigers', and elephants' heads, designed by Mr. T. Sharp, are of the richest de scription ; and the box which is intended to hold his Majesty's . gold-dust, is secured by one of the detector locks, having a massive gold key. WOOTTON BASSETT.—THE Fox, THE GOOSE, AND THE GANDER.—On Wednesday morning last (the door having been left open through the negligence of the boy) a goose walked out earlier than usual from her roost, on the farm occupied by Mr. James Archer, and was in stantly pounced on by a fox, which, with his usual sa gacity, seized it by the neck, and throwing it over his back, was making off, when the gander very courageously issued forth in defence of his lady-love, and with great gallantry attacked Reynard with his beak and wings, keeping up a running fight the distance of a long field, and eventually caused the depredator to drop his Michael mas dish, which his epicurean appetite led him to seek at this season of the year. On a boy belonging to the farm coming up, the fox limpingly deCamped, showing evident symptoms of having been severely beaten. — Should Mr. Horloek hunt this neighbourhood, he will not only find amusement, but confer a benefit on the dairymen, who are much annoyed by the frequent visits of these vermin.— Devizes Gazette. The Coblentz mail was robbed about ten days ago by a band of robbers, who got off with a booty of 25,0001, THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONEVS AND THE BRAI)FIELD UNION. 'We have already drawn the attention of our readers to the cruel, unjust, and tyrannical conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, as now being pur sued towards the Guardians of the Bradfield Union, and the master of that workhouse, whose appoint ment the " Despots" at Somerset-house refuse to sanction, on the pretext of " insolvency" and " inex perience," both of which grounds have been proved to be most shamefully futile and unreasonable. In reference to this case, we have much pleasure in recording the proceedings of the Board of Guardians of the parish of Chelsea (now in the third year of its happy deliverance from the Kensington Union, a con nexion equally destructive to the interests of the Chelsea rate-payers as of those of their poor.) On Wednesday, the 16th instant, the Board of Guardians of this parish was specially summoned to consider a motion, of which due notice had been given by the Chairman (Mr. J. B. Ryder) for con sidering a communication lately received from the Bradfield Union, on the subject of the dispute now pending between the Poor-law Commissioners and that Board in reference to Mr. Brangwin's appoint ment,- Mr. Rvista, after extended details, showing the oppressive conduct of the Commissioners„ moved the following memorial—a few m ore such, and, we should think, these gentlemen will find that, for once, at all events, they will have to " knock under" : "To the Right 11/Incurable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, " The Memorial of the Board of Guardians of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in the county of Mid dlesex, " Sheweth,—That the duties of Guardians of the Poor are both laborious and responsible, in the dis charge of which Guardians ought not to be subjected to vexatious obstruction or interference. " That the Parliament has invested the Poor-law Commissioners with great and extraordinary powers, your memorialists are aware, but they are equally sure that the Legislature never conferred those powers for the purpose of working injustice and tyranny, which appears to have been grossly the case in the instance which your memorialists now beg most anxiously to draw your attention to. " The case is that of the Bradfield Union, in the counties of Berks, Oxon, and Hants, recently (offi cially), laid before - your memorialists, and in which your memorialists believe there is great reason for complaint. "Among other important duties the Board of Guardians of that Union have recently had to per form was, that of electing a master to the Bradfield workhouse, to which office they elected twice, unani mously, Mr. Francis Brangwin, which appointment the Poor-law Commissioners have thought proper, without assigning any public grounds, to refuse to sanction, or even to grant, as requested by the Guar dians, an interview, which might have resulted in some satisfactory arrangements. " That, from information conveyed to your memo rialists, they have reason to believe that the Poor law Commissioners, in not sanctioning Mr. Brang win's appointment on account of insolvency' and inexperience,' as they allege, have been influenced by private communications, inasmuch as Mr. Brang win has paid 15s. in the pound, besides all law ex penses attending the settlement of his affairs ; has been for several years an active and zealous Guar dian ; bears an unimpeachable character; and pos sesses, among others, a high testimonial from the Rev. William Bishop, the Rector of his parish, who states that he has known Mr. Brangwin for a period of twenty years. " That the Poor-law Commissioners have further harassed the Guardians by threatening legal pro ceedings against them in the Court of Queen's Bench, if they do not forthwith comply with the orders issued far the dismissal of the master, and the election of another, which appears, from the representati ons o f the Guardians, to be wholly unnecessary. " That your memorialists consider that these pro ceedings, on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners, are odious and tyrannical, and calculated only to hurt the feelings of upright and independent men ; deprive them of all interest and satisfaction they may feel in the discharge of their duties, and cause them to throw up, in disgust, a guardi ans hi p , w hi c h a confiding constituency has placed in their hands. " That the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners in rejecting Mr. Brangwin, appears to your memo rialists cruel and unjust; tending, as it must, to de stroy the character of a worthy man, and thus crush him in his efforts to obtain an honest and respectable livelihood. " That your memorialists are of opinion that the Guardians of the Bradfield Union, in resisting, as they have done, this arbitrary interference of the Poor-law Commissioners, and in disregarding their legal threats, are highly to be commended; are worthy of the con stituencies which returned them, and deserve the sym pathy and support of this Board, and of every Board of Guardians in the kingdom. " Under these circumstances, your memorialists humbly pray that you, as the head of that department of her Majesty's Government which can take cogni zance of such matters, will render the Board of Guar dians of the Bradfield Union that assistance and re dress which their case seems so loudly to call for. "And your memorialists will ever pray, &c.'' Mr. MURRAY seconded it. Messrs. Chambers, Hall, Edwell, and Greenway, spoke warmly in favour of Mr. Ryder's motion. The CHAIRMAN, pro teen (Mr. Caleb Collier), then proceeded to put it to the vote, when it was agreed to unanimously, and a copy ordered to be forwarded to the Bradfield Board of Guardians. On Wednesday last (the usual weekly meeting day), the following letter from the Home-office was read at the Chelsea Board : " Whitehall, October 19, 1844. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, forwarding, by desire of the Guar dians of St. Luke, Chelsea, a memorial agreed to al their meeting on Wednesday last, the 16th. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " G-. M. PHILLIPS. " Mr. T. M. Loveland, Clerk to the Board of Guardians, St, Luke, Chelsea." THE DESPERATE OUTRAGE AND BURGLARY AT MANCETTER. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) On Saturday night last, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas Worthington, at Mancetter, near Atherstone, 'Warwick shire, was broken into by a gang of ruffians, wearing black masks, and their persons otherwise disguised by black linen, which they wore over their clothes. The house is in a very lonely spot, and a considerable dis tance from any other dwelling. It seems the burglars commenced their operations by cutting a hole in the front door, the noise of which disturbed Miss Worthing ton, who opened a window and inquired what they wanted, on which the burglars said the cows had escaped from the close ; but Mr. Worthington, who had now joined his niece, seeing the desperate looking gang of five or six fellows he bad to deal with, ordered them to be off about their business, or he would shoot them. Of this the burglars took no notice, but continued their ope rations against the door, and at last succeeded in making an opening. The inmates, consisting of Mr. Worthing ton, a niece, a grandniece, and a servant lad and maid, were by this time fully prepared, and Mr. Worthington, who is in his 89th year, placed himself at the door, and with a drawn sword cut and stabbed at the fellows through the hole they had made, and kept them at bay for a con siderable time. Finding they could not obtain admit tance this way, the burglars battered the door to pieces; but while they were doing so, Miss Worthington brought her uncle his fowling-piece, which was loaded with swan shot, and desired him to shoot the villians, and seeing that his aged hands shook so that he could not take an aim, this heroic lady actually pointed and held the gun, while her uncle fired. This did not deter the burglars, but, finding the inmates so resolved, they, all the while uttering the most horrid oaths and impreca tions, next tore up the stones with which the front of the house was paved, and threw them at the old gen tleman and his neice, who still kept their places in the hall, defending the entrance of the house from the robbers ; when, at length, after half an hour's fighting, and no assistance appearing, and Mr. Worthington being wounded in the temple and in various parts of the body, his niece, who stood firmly by his side during the con flict,' parleyed with the robbers, and asked whether they wanted their lives, when one of them, who acted as spokesman, said, all they wanted was money, and they did not want to hurt them. The lady then said, if they would promise not to hurt her uncle, no further resistance should be made, which the robbers pro mised; but the old gentleman still continued resolute, aad stood at the door with his sword, threatening to cut down the first who approached, the blood all the while pouring down from the wound in the temple he had received,. when the niece, fearing he would bleed 'to death, threw herself upon him, and took away his sword, which was covered with the blood of the burglars, on which four of them made their way into the house, and after making the servant lad give up all his money, they next took from Miss Eliza Worthington, a grandniece of M r . Worth ington, ayoung lady about fifteen years old, all the money she had, threatening to hang her if she did not keep quiet. They then forced the niece to show them where the money was kept, which they took, as well as some fire-arms ; and after threatening the inmates, if they made any noise about the robbery or took any steps to discover the robbers, they would come again some night, and burn the house and murder all the inmates, they took their departure, and as yet, we regret to say, no traces have been obtained of them. We are. t mi aPPY.Y 3 ' say that neither Mr. Worthington nor any of taly are seriously injured, and trust that justice w ll b not e long in overtaking the ruffians, for whose apprehension a reward of iooi. has been offered. Rabbits are easily taken alive by soaking their fa vourite food, parsley, in strong rum or brandy. A simi lar method is employed in catching small birds with steeped seed. They, like rabbits, are so intoxicated with the :spirit, that there is no difficulty in obtaining as many as you wish. 1844, I'HE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN. O. Thursday Mr. Carter resumed, at the George, Lam beth-walk, the adjourned inquiry touching the death of Mrs. Brenton, wife of en apothecary residing at 14, Newport-street, Lambeth. The husband of deceased, accused of having caused her death in the most singular manner s and which raises a new question of judicial ju risprudence, is in liorsemonger-lane gaol, thither re manded by Mr. Traill, of Union-hall, until this day, in order that he may be guided by the result of the inquiry in the Coroner's court. Deceased was in her 30th year, and her husband in his 22d. Mrs. Baker, landlady of deceased, examined yesterday, said she saw her on the eveninc , of the 3d instant, and that she was then "nicely." On the following morning she saw her again, and she was then in a state of insen sibility. On Thursday last she became conscious, and called witness, and said, " Oh, my back, my back; Henry has kicked me." On Saturday, about an hour before her death, she again " rallied," and made use of similar ex pressions to her father, in the presence of Mr. Fisher, a surgeon, and the nurse. Mr. Baker, husband of the last witness, corroborated her testimony as to the expressions uttered by deceased on Thursday last implicating her husband. The CORONER, this being the whole of the evidence, told the jury that the expressions of deceased relative to the violence of her husband were not evidence unless she uttered them in his presence, or when she thought she was dying. As it was not proved that she so uttered them, he begged the jury to dismiss them from their minds. The Jury., at two yesterday morning, returned their verdict, which will not, however, be made public till to day at one o'clock, when the witnesses are summoned to be present. It is, however, currently reported, and be lieved in the neighbourhood, that a verdict of manslaugh ter has been agreed on and will be officially returned. IRELA.ND, JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS. DUBLIN, OCT. 23.—There is good reason to believe that there is no foundation whatever for contemplated judicial changes recently announced in some of the London journals. Term is likely to open on the 2d of November next without any change whatever amongst the judges. There has been a rumour that Mr. Brewster, the "confidential adviser" at the Castle, is to obtain a Mastership in Chancery. On the part of Mr. Goold, one of the oldest of the masters, an authorised contradic tion has been published, that gentleman having " returned from North Wales in the enjoyment of good health," and resumed his duties in the courts. Unless an ar rangement can be effected in some other quarter, there appears at present little prospect that Mr. Brewster can obtain the object of his ambition. EVICTION OF TENANTS. • The Tipperary Vindicator says :—" On Saturday las the agent of Mr. Caesar Otway, one of the assistant poor law commissioners, proceeded to Mr. Otway's lands at Barbara, accompanied by head-constable Hayes and thirty of the police from Nenagli, end there evicted a man of the name of Ward from the holding, turned his family out of the house, and then levelled it, with two adjoining cabins, to the ground. At one period there seemed some disposition to oppose the proceedings ; but the presence of the police prevented a rupture. We have been informed that the cause of this eviction was a dispute concerning the payment of rent, and that the agent made some advantageous offers to the tenant, which were refused, and led to an eviction being put in force." MURDER ON THE BORDERS OF TIPPERARY. A letter dated Thurles, October 21, published in the Nenagh Guardian, announces the perpetration of another barbarous murder on the verge of the county of Tippe rary :—" The victim, in this instance, was a person named Thomas M'Namara, who was employed as one of the bog-rangers on the county of Limerick estate of the governors of the schools founded by Mr. E. Smith. He was murdered about noon on Saturday last, on the public road, leading from Cappamore to Doon, on the lands of Ballycushown ; there were people passing to and from the bog, bringing out turf to the very place where he was murdered. The police were soon on the spot, and arrested some persons whom they found there ; one man who was digging potatoes in a field, next the road, fled, and the spade he had been using could not be found. He was pursued by the police and others, and arrested at Doon. There will be an inquest held to-day." The Guardian also announces that a man who was in the county infirmary with his skull dreadfully fractured by a person named Cody, and others, died in great agony on Sunday evening. The unfortunate man has left a wife and six children, to bewail his untimely end. Cody is still in custody, and before this untoward circumstance was esteemed as a quiet, inoffensive young man, in whom much confidence was placed by many gentlemen who employed him to collect rents. A reward of 20Z is offered by Mr. Cox, the sub-inspector, for such informa tion as will lead to the apprehension of the persons con cerned with Cody in attacking the four men. BALLYVANGE, DOWNPATRICK.—About four o'clock on Sabbath morning, the joint stack-yard of Mr. John M'Cartin and Mr. James M'Kinney was observed in flames. The entire quantity of grain, together with the office-houses, were totally consumed, and it was at some risk, and with considerable difficulty, the cattle were saved. Mr. Bernard Ward, of Vianstown, justice of the peace, who resides within a few perches of the scene, was amongst the first of the neighbours to offer assist ance ; but the flames raged with such desperate fury, that it was found impossible to save a particle of grain. Miiinney's servant, who is the only person who resides in the place, says he went to bed at the usual hour, and all was safe ; that he had neither candle nor other light about the premises ; and from the fact of the stack-yard being cat least 40 perches off the public road, and the time at which the fire broke out, there can be no doubt it was the work of an incendiary. DPCartin is a man beloved and esteemed by all who know him, and INI‘Rio. ney, who resides two miles off, is also much respected, so that no one can even conjecture what could be the cause of so desperate an act.—Banner of Ulster. COLLISION WITH TWO REVENUE POLICEMEN.—As John Flinn and James Carrigan, two of the revenue policemen stationed at Park, near Clady, in the county of Derry, were taking a walk on Friday evening last, about six o'clock, towards Dreen, which is a mile and a half distant from their station, they fell in with a horse and cart, accompanied by two men. Observing some barrels in the cart, and suspecting they contained illicit whisky, the policemen seized the horse and cart, and attempted to make the men their prisoners. Carrigan took hold of the horse, which, being frightened, ran off, separat• ing Carrigan from his comrade; and in the meantime the two men, assisted, it is believed, by the villagers of Dreen, maltreated Flinn most brutally. He was first knocked down by the blow of a large stone, which cut him dreadfully on the head; and, when he was on the ground, he was savagely beaten, and so much injured that no hopes are entert a i ne d o f his recovery. THE REGISTRIES. BOROUGH OF NEWRY.—MONDAY, OCT.. 2L—T. Jones, Esq., assistant-barrister; took his seat on the bench this morning at ten o'clock. Lord Newry and Mourne, the Tory member for the borough, was present. The borough registry was proceeded with, when there appeared for Liberals 43, Tories, 18—Liberal majority, 25. COUNTY OF LOUTII.—The Quarter Sessions for this division of the county commenced yesterday (Tuesday) in the Record Court, before Michael O'Shaughnessy. Esq., assistant-barrister. The first business entered upon was the registry for the county of Louth, when one Con servative was re-registered. BOROUGH OF DUNDALIL—The following were the numbers registered:—Liberals, 15; Tories, 3—Ma jority, 12. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—At the adjourned meet ing of the magistracy on Thursday, the report of the chaplain to the House of Correction was read,; stating that during the past year many prisoners on their dis charge had found themselves provided with the means of obtaining an honest livelihood, while many also were in the Refuge for the Destitute learning trades, and ex pressing the greatest gratitude for the benefit thus con ferred upon them. The report also adverted to the strong facilities the existing system of pawning offered to the poorer classes for dishonestly disposing of articles. Mr. Pownall congratulated the county on the fact that while since 1831 the population had increased a quarter of a million, crime appeared to have diminished, at least so far as it was brought under the cognizance of the magistracy. The number of persons charged with in toxication was less by 18,000 than in the preceding year. He attributed this mainly to the extension of religious instruction as well in the prisons as elsewhere.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Botch also expressed his satisfaction at the spread of temperance. The surgeon stated that the mortality had been less last year than in any former year. There had only been ten deaths among nearly 10,000 persons. The state of the prisons appeared equally satisfactory to the magistracy, who expressed their obligations on this subject to Mr. Sergeant Adams. The rental of the county was returned at about six millions. Mr. Pownall animadverted upon the discre pancy which appeared between the county returns and those to the Property-tax Commissioners, and said there should be one uniform assessment through the county. SUICIDE.—On Tuesday night a young woman, named Esther Tilly, the daughter of a farmer living at Ashley-hill, Stapleton, destroyed herself by jumping into a pool of water in her father's orchard. The unhappy girl had been forbidden her father's house in conse quence of her keeping company with a young man named George Williams, which connexion her parent did not approve, and attending the theatre and such places. On Tuesday evening she wrote a letter to Wil liams, declaring her intention to drown herself in the pool ; this letter (not being able to read himself) he showed to another young man and the father, and it then being late, the young men started off to the spot, t and just as they got in s i g ht of the pond they observed the young woman throw herself in. She was promptly taken out of the pool, and conveyed into the bonse, when, we understand, a glass of brandy and_.waAtet five was e o'clock r admi nistered to her, and she was put to ba es sent for, but the d the next morning a medical man a verdict o f girl was dead. An inquest was heldw Feb 1, before Joyner Ellis, Esq., Coroner for this county, when r eturne d. —Cheltenham Chronicle. se was F ATA LACCIDENT. — Thursday a man named Mild water, lately residing in William-street, Portland-town, expired in Westminster Hospital from the effect of se vere injuries. It appeared the deceased was employed at Freeman's Wharf, Millbank, on the previous day in unloading some timber, when he fell a considerable once taken hia u t o t het heho i cu i a t ll height and severely injured the whol e o f t h e l ower part of his where every a l t i t e e n tl a n was s a t n paidgraspaly, sank under the wounds and internal consequences aris ing from them. The Antwerpen steamer, Captain Jackson, arrived at the St. Katharine's Wharf, Tower, on Thursday, at the early hour of eight o'clock, the passage to London having been effected in twenty hours, against a directly contrary tide. Doctor Phillimore was amongst the pas sengers. The lion. Mrs. Kennedy and family proceeded to Antwerp, On Sunday last, by this ship. SPIRIT t t v h ß e ri I: G U r B A p L E !s e c. r iti -00,0•04IMM . 1•11•••••• .11 Y O ES .U TE R RI! A re LS. GLOBE.—Mr. O'Connell having given his sanc tion to the spinnink for Irish account of a theory of Government by a Federal Parliament, we may, n 4 doubt, look for a speedy compli t . on cf the w0rk...... Casting aside for the moment the particular ma chinery by which an Irishman and a repealer would seek to relieve his country from her political grievances, let us ask what, in few words, is the object aimed at ? Is it not the making of some laws; concerning Ireland, or Irish affairs, which it is found, or believed, that an Imperial Parliament can not or will not make—the doing of something in the business of legislation which a Parliament com posed entirely of Irishmen it is hoped may do, and which one composed of English, Irish, and Scotchmen may not do ?—As we cannot conceive, iii any other form, an adequate motive for a reasonable man seeking a repeal of the union, we will take the affirmative for granted. The object, then is to legis late for the people of Ireland in particular, in some way adverse to the interests, or opinions, or wishes of the people of Great Britain,—or to do that by an Irish Parliament which (whether just or unjust in itself) would be done by a Parliament in which the representatives of Great Britain had a voice. We would not here be understood to offer any opinion upon the measures which an Irish Parliament, look ing only to what it might hold to be the interests of the Irish people, might think fit to adopt. It is sufficient for our purpose that such measures, if of such a nature as an Imperial Parliament would not have sanctioned, must be considered as opposed to the views of the represen tatives of the people of Great Britain, and by conse quence to those of an assembly in which they should form a decided majority. And indeed, if not, cud bone . 9 'What does Ireland gain by her native Par liament; or what does the empire gain by using three Parliaments to do what might as well have been done by one ? We are quite aware that the opposition of the people of Great Britain to a measure desired by the people of Ireland (always assuming the existence of such a measure) may not be deemed in itself a just reason why the measure should not be carried. But if, while Great Britain and Ireland are united, such an opposition is called into existence, and cannot be evaded, it must be met; and if it cannot be over powered, it must be yielded to, That it does exisr, and has been exercised, are the only feasible grounds we can conceive for the proposed change. In short, we must deal with the principles of government as we find them. With the fullest and fairest re presentation of every interest recognising a common authority, we are driven to the vote for a decision, and must always nave a discontented minority. This minority—the weaker party—may endeavour to avoid the conclusion it abhors by complicating the mode by which it is to be arrived at ; and may even so fat succeed as to hide from itself the true result. So it may be imagined that Ireland, by the eiipedient of obtaining a special Parliament for the making pf her own laws, may have them made without, and even in defiance of, the influence of the sister kingdom. But this is only a variety of that species of sophistry by which we are led to fancy that a thing is changed in its nature by being removed one stela further from our apprehension. It is akin to that Indian theory which supports the world on. an elephant, the elephant of. a tortoise, and the tortoise on something else which is not exactly de. fined. With such a Parliament in Ireland as alone would satisfy the cravings of the repeal party, a col lision between the two countries would be inevitable. Let it be supposed that some such measure as we have alluded to—marked by such an encroachment upon British interests as should arouse the decided opposition of the British people—were presented for the royal assent. The Ministry of the day would then, as now, it is presumed, hold office by the confidence of the Imperial Par liament. The predominance of Great Britain over Ireland in that assembly would be unaltered, and would be heard in the advice of the Ministry to the Sovereign. And how could it be otherwise ? Unless we completely change the constitution of the Execu tive, the royal assent would still be given or withheld under the influence of the responsible advisers of the Crown. Assuming that it were withheld—and such we may almost deem an inevitable consequence of the supposed character of the measure, the Irish Parliament would find itself opposed, nomi nally, to the Sovereign, but, in effect, to the Executive and the Imperial Parliament. The usual Parliamentary resource—a stoppage of the supplies from Ireland—might follow. But what then ? The function of the Irish Legislature would be brought to a standstill, and the supplies from Great Britain. remain unaffected. It would be idle to carry our spe culations further. ,The case we have put involves no violent improbabilities; but, on the contrary, springs, by the most direct inference, from the only grounds upon which a repealer can be supposed to give to his demand a reasonable aspect. If we refer to history, the view we here take of the operation of the federal principle is amply confirmed by experience. Of two such States so united, the lesser has always been compelled to submit to the greater, and has possessed a Parliamentary constitution in theory and in name. Even the history of the old Irish Parliament, defective as it was in its constitution, is replete with evidence of the utter uselessness of a local Parliament to that coun try, or any other similarly situated. Indeed, its defects Alone saved the empire from the risks which its exist ence in an efficient state must have constantly involved. It was capable of being rendered subservient. Its subservience, however, was cos tl y t o Englandmade it wholly valueless to Ireland —and was never put to so good a purpose asin aiding its final extinction. It may serve to employ and amuse theorists, or to mis lead the masses who will reason upon the subject only up to the limits marked for them, to raise a fal lacious distinction between the legislative functions of the Sovereign and those of the Parliament ; and admitting division in the latter, appeal to the "gol den link" still furnished by the former for a saving bond of union. But we need only to be reminded of what is the actual position of the Sovereign in this country, to perceive the weakness of such a link. That reference to the " golden link"—(apparently a favourite one with Mr. O'Connell)—has, indeed, a fine loyal sound • but it does not get rid of the diffi culty. It only shifts it one step further back. We . need scarcely repeat that the Sovereign is always swayed by the predominating Parliamentary influence, which has therefore, in effect, an absolute veto upon all laws, whether made in Ireland or in England. We think Mr. O'Connell touched the gist of the question of Ireland's fair share of influence in the Legislature of the empire (and of Ireland), when he objected to the number of individuals she deputes to the Impe rial Parliament. Here, if at all, must Ireland be strengthened. In obtaining a local Parliament she would either give up altogether, for a mere name, the substantive power she now has—or she would find that, after all, the battle in villa• cation of Irish rights must be fought, not in the federal, but in the Imperial Assembly ; and that the extent to which she could effect the good intentions of the former would be exactly measured by the actual weight of her influence in the latter. The real complaint of Ireland, then, is, that the predominating influence in the Legislature is adverse to the in terests of the Irish people. Granting that it be so, the remedy, in our opinion, is not to multiply our Parliamentary machinery under the idea that this ad verse influence may be evaded, but to change it by operating upon its ultimate source—the sense of the people of both countries. To evade it we must con trive so to nullify the representation principle as to give sway to a minority in the national councils—a task which, in the present state of things, seems ratherhope. less. We may divide and sub-divide till we find a fit assembly for making precisely the laws we want; but to obtain an effective sanction for them we must come back, sooner or later, to the central authority, and must encounter on the way all the difficulties we have sought to avoid. We come, therefore, unavoidably to the conclusion, that the Parliament in College. green would find it impossible to legislate in opposi• tion to that at Westminster, and preserve its alle. giance to the same Sovereign. But happily the experiment is as unnecessary as it would be dan gerous. To obtain justice for Ireland is not an im possibility, though to obtain it by this particular , method looks so very like one. U . nivers, STANDARD.—In England, says, t he it ?) " a there prevails (who would France. 1 e certainly, up to this moment, have remained 9c in happy igno rance of this irritation,. nay, wehave popular irritation against }a flattered our., se d th t e he o w us a t r ed in Wti o g r s oc to co m i a n g to ni o fy ce t as h i e on O s ta o ; Ives with the conviction th at . the utter failure of ans air we are doggedly resolved to preserve the entente o htli ff eei e t i ra e gfr , t ao h nf e best possible proof that in England cordiale, that " better substitute," as the 'Herald calls it, for formal treaties of alliance, so often preg. mint with matters of dispute. The article of the Univers, which first apprises us of our uncomforttble sicrilrvieasit)ti Portsmouth against ttnhleoruv st,lhisrev,a,nevrceeer very amusing, a w ubs h liy i n c g h a: the andn oFrarnetn therefore c a h s o o ur ffi we : will copy it : " - THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND THE WHIGS. Th 4 Univers announces as , a report, that the Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian Minister at Berlin, had left that capital to meet Count Nesselrode, and, if mess sary, induce the latter to proceed to the Prussian capi• tal, where Lord Palmerston is at present, and where he has been received with the greatest distinction by the King. Lord Palmerston proposes next to proceed to Vienna, and many persons are inclined to give a political signification to his journey. This opinion, whether erroneous or otherwise, is founded on the supposed prof bability of the return of the Whigs to office. • Thai* • affinity with O'Connell, coupled with the popular tation existing in England against France, renders it improbable that one of their principal leaders should be travelling for amusement at such a moment. It must not be forgotten, that during Lord Palmerston's last years of office anti-Gallicanism was personified in that statesman. Lord Palmerston had decidedly abjure" so."' ' l'O ° FOP: