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WITH. TWO ILLUSTRATIONS Ez LEECH. The JANUARY NUMBER, Prke i la . f-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLAN Y, Will contain the commencement of a NEW STORY BY MR. ALBERT SMITH, Entitled THE MARCHIONESS DE BRINVILLIERS ; THE POISONER OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. A Romance of Old Paris. With Two Illustrations by Leech. Chap. I.—The Mountebank of the Carrefour du Chatelet. Chap. ll.—The Boat-mill on the River. Chap. lll.—The Arrest of the Physician. The Fete of Peterhoff. By Mrs. Romer. The Sick Man's Request. queen Pomare. An Imaginary Poem. The Plaint of Sappho. By C. IL L. The Opium Smoker. The Men of Old. By W. Jones. Confessions of De Loude Chiselham. By Charles Whitehead. Loiteriugs in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. By H. Cooke. The Fortunes of the Scattergood Family. By Albert Smith. Close of the Old Year, 1844. By H. B. K. The Boys of Kilkenny. By the Irish Whisky Drinker. The Post-bag ; or, Eccentric Correspondence. By R. B. Peake. 'Monody on the Death of Thomas Campbell. By Dr. Beattie. Literary Retrospect of the Departed Great. By a Middle-aged Man. Drink—The Knavish Treasurer of a Popular Charity. Advice Gratis—The Gaol Chaplain; or, a Dark Page from Lile's Tolume. _ . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, TUE SPECTATOR, Next SATURDAY, 4th JANUARY, 1845, will devcte a whole. sheet, SUPPLEME::T, twAnty-four pages, to the RESULTS of the NEW ZEALAN 11 NUIRY the Materials derived frets the House of Commons' B..aste Book, of 1,200 pages, and other voluminous Official Papers. Principal Topics of the Supplement :--Some Passages in the History of New Zealand ; Natural Resources and Advantageous Commercial 'Position of the Islands (with a Map); The Aborigines ; The .M!s gionaries; The Treaty of Waitangi; Ilobsen•Shortlitnd Administra tion ; Hobs. , n-Sh.,rtland Colonisation ; Hobson-Shortland Financt ; The New Zealand Company's Settlements; Auckland and the Northern Settlements ; The Massacre at Wairau ; The Company's Charges against the Government; Proceedings, Report, aad Reso lutions of the Select Cemmittee of the House of Commons; Noticvs of Mr. Stephen of the Colonial-office, Lord Stanley, mid Governor Yltager 9, Wellington-street, Strad THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. wris EVENING will be performed Belle's grand Opera, TILE Iar(IGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas HarlequinacY, , called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. 'The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artists, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally - for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hence; Puck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fun for " Children all, both great and smaii," Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre males, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; Item's. tuck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with ths ship high an.' dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, lac, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, W. H. Payne. Stow Cru.3oe. pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his private opinion of the useful and the uscless ; now he is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribce Indians, and how he de termines in his turn to astonish them. " - " SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of al! the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-hearer to the Right Ilon. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince 1 arramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, cnn temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending ierself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being r: acre far a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation fires a volley— how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying -pan into the i.e.,he water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy i(the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion. in hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. Vow Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and Loy,. Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how thy have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two insides—aud how the exterior of the cavern naturally change , to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robiti.ni Crusoe's Faim. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— bow Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow ()ca. mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost In fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at. SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The preniises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of Rut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Cntsoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Les Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, hero We go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor ; i clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to play bri itself grand discord. • SCENES 8 and 9. Curriers and Fancy Loather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another — lit whole skin is better than a skin in holes. _ SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison; Remember the poor Debtors ; Knockers and bells versus thieves ; Somebody's coming ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors; the tables sud denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Clas,cs ; " Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Steno Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and without one ; Mow to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art and Commerce lend their assistance to produce SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more extraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15. Giand emblematical and national tableau of her Majesty christening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYM ARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE ARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s ; Tom Cok- Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Ferree; The Countess of t 6,-pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthor,. Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia .3 ennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious. Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude wi..h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, I'lC. TORIAL TOUR IN S tVITZERLAND. . . Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On.: Guinea and a-Half each l'ickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, (run Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Fsi ) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Tobv Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cut; Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. 'Wilk in. son ,• Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford • ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby, Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mss. C.htckenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Haticquin and the Ki g of the Rats . Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons. dale; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, s ir. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-otlice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THE OXFORD-ST R E ET. LESSEE, Mr. J. it. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be produced an English Version of the celebrated Orra Buffs, in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. ihe Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corn ; Lindor, Mr. Allen Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattocks; Isabella, Mdlle. Helm Condell; Elvira, Miss Grant' Zulma, Miss Brentnall. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stlrl , ng After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravag inza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN, thindott Mr Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr, Oranby; Riber, Mr. Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Viisa E. Stanley ; Karina, Mrs. Fosbroke. 7-3;.age Manager Mr. H. 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Pit, es.; Galle Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. lid, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, I. Private Boxes. Iwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a -H a lf. D oo r s to be opened at 11w:- oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OrEitA. HOUSE. Und*r the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, h . . Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Arde Miss drove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARR V. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker; Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. NA oollidge. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled V ALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. ?RILES OF A o:ixes. 4+.; Upper 'Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2,, ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the itticony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit 'fier (holding six persons), One Guirea, The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at ASTLr.Y'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE Or ARTIL Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race_ Hon e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Natioi al Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fo: and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse- Manship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, lled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting anti staage..in tnager, Mr. W U Broadfoot. Rox-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the country, and by spacial desire, he has formed arraneements to pre sent, during the Christmas Hoidays a S ries of EQUESTRIAN MORNING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCES, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past Three : consisting of Batty's Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The first Three Morning Performances will take place This Day, Dec. 3", Wednesday, Jam. ',and Fr day, Jan. 3. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the best. Pantomime of the .Season ! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved I I Laughter, Wondcr, and Delight!!! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, an Everything New !! I! THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characiers by Mr. Henry Corrl (from th, Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Hosi,er, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Homier, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W Daly, and Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. klarvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places aid Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box Mee, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 30, Will be produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su - ported by Mr. o..baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; Clown, Me. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney ; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vito, The Earl of Cardigan has given away seven oxen this season to the necessitous in the villages of Deene. Deenethorpe, Glassthorp, Stangon and Corby. The Countess has also made a liberal distribution of warn, clothing and other necessaries to the poor of the district =mounding his Lordship's estato in Northamptonshire. Accounts have been received of the death of Air Balm postmaster of 'long-Kong. TFIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAI EVE z_NG, DECEM w 30 264 i TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot insert the letter signed " Isab - ella Lloyd," as it contains exparte statements in relation to a matter which may be again brought before a cow t of justice. for its wholesale treachery to the rights of nations a for its absurdity. He admits that Mexico had for mally notified to the United States her intention of reducing Texas, as a revolted member of her empire, to its obedience, and that again and again she had pro tested against the scheme of its annexation, to the United States. He admits that not only did the A merican Executive secretly encourage that scheme, but that they negotiated a treaty for effect ing it 1 And then he desires to show, first, that Mexico was not wronged by this conduct, of which he is compelled to allow the Senate and the House of Re-, presentatives have as yet no legal cognizance ; and secondly, that Mexico will be benefited by the dis memberment of Texas. What would the old Flo rentine we have named have said to reasoning like this : THE WEATHER.-SEIN OFFICE, DEC. 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 30.08.—WIND, N. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is geNerally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ecr. in; ... 6 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 25 minutes after 6. "Mexico has no right to jeopardise the peace of the world by urging any longer a useless and fruitless con test. Such a condition of things would not be tolerated on the European continent. Why should it be on this ? A war of desolation, such as is now threatened by Mexico, cannot be waged without involving our peace and tranquility. ground of displeasure against this Government or people for negotiating the treaty. What interest of hers was effected by the treaty ? She was de spoiled of nothing, since Texas was for ever lost to her. The independence of Texas was recog nised by several of the leading powers of the earth. The interests of Mexico, therefore, could in nothing be better consulted than in a peace with her neighbours, which would result in the establishment of a permanent boundary. Upon the ratification of the treaty, the Executive was prepared to treat with her on the most li beral basis. Hence the boundaries of Texas were left undefined by the treaty. The Executive proposed to settle these upon terms that all the world should have pronounced just and reasonable." But the best is to come. Feeling that he had con fessed too much, in owning that the annexation scheme was not yet sanctioned by Congress, the PRESIDENT has what we must call the assurance to say that the favourable decision of the whole American people has been abundantly manifested by the result of the late Election ! An admirable contrivance, these Elec tions, for superseding the rights of nations and the useless forms of diplomatic discussion ! But we do not imagine for a moment, that the American people arc to h. eniteht by elap-traps so palpable as this. Within our recollection we have not known re corded, in so short a space of time, so many frightful acts of outrage and violence, arising out of our execrable Game-laws, as have been perpetrated within the last six months, and of which the tragedy at Croome Park forms the last acted scene. The layt statute for the " protection," as it is called, of game, was the labour, if we remember aright, of the pre sent Duke of RICHMOND. His Grace, at all events, did not demur to its affiliation upon him in the House of Lords. The ostensible object of the two last Bills which underwent any considerable discus sion was—to legalise the sale of game. What was their real design we suspect scarcely appears upon their enactments, but is to be learned only from their framers. The Duke of RICHMOND'S exertions in this line have been as unfortunate as theirs will in almost every case be, who attempt to build upon a rotten foundation. What superstructure could that code of penalties bear, which should either command respect or acquire permanence and solidity—a code which was the disgrace and reproach of the land—a bye-word among all the nations of Continental Eu rope whenever it was sought to prove that the gran deur of Britain contained within its system some elements of active decay ? It would have better be come the character and dignity of the House of Lords—it would have spoken far better for the genuine and disinterested principles of their legisla tion—standing as they especially do in the capacity of large landowners, and especially as breeders and preservers of game—to have kicked out every Bill on the subject of protection to game which did not go to the root of the existing evils connected with the laws those Bills professed to amend. The Game laws, as they stood at the beginning of GEORGE the FOURTH'S reign, for example, were partial, arbitrary, fraudulent, and oppressive. They were a premium on treachery and perjury, by reason of their •ma chinery touching the laying of informations and the recovery of penalties; but being so clumsily drawn and of such conflicting enactments, they were easily evaded by unqualified bumpkin squires; openly defied by sporting small attorney s, roue sportsmen, and other such worthless and profligate gentry; and made the subjects of clap-trap declamation in Parliament by candidates for popularity and the fame of political liberality, there, who were themselves the strictest preservers on their own lands, the most vindictive prosecutors at sessions, and the most inexorable ma gistrates at quarter sessions, whenever there was an information to be tried for the unlawful destruction of a hare, or a murderous assault on a pheasant. These Agrarian Solons made up by their tendencies to condemn, and their consistent severity on sen tencing, for the miserable technical deficiencies of the statutes. The Act to legalise the sale of game was one of the most sordid in its results—whatever its real aim—that ever received the sanction of an as sembly of gentlemen of rank and fortune, surrounded by all the proudest ancestral and historic recollec dons of their country. How the descendants of the HOWARDS, the STANLEYS, the FIELDINGS, the Rus- SELLS, the FIENNES, and the TUFTONS, could ever have been brought to put themselves in the position of poultry farmers fur the supply of the London dealers, we cannot imagine. It is notorious that some of our great landed proprietors absolutely pay the expenses of their battu slaughters, signalised by the presence of noble and even royal guests—by the sale of the game victimised to those who retail them to that large class of her MAJESTY'S subjects who can get at no game but that which they bring down with their own silver shot. This is an instructive key to the solicitude and devotion with which Noble Peers, as well as Hon. Members, attend to the busi ness of game-law making. It is also an instructive lesson on the sort of compromise which pride in high places sometimes makes with thriftiness. At the end of the season, imagine a great landowner's account balanced thus : Dn.—To expenses of three grand battu days, at 1001. per diem £3OO CR.-By (so many) head of game sold this season £3oo Now, it is the legalised, merchantable, or commer cial value you have imputed to this commodity—game— which is the great temptation to poaching. Poachers can dispose of their plunder without difficulty, when stewards and bailiffs can carry the same articles to sell openly in the market. In these times of pres iure —of diminished occupation and miserably reduced wages—is it not too much to expect that you can put town poaching by legislation ? The more severe your !aws, the more determined will be their violation. the range of the covers, the woods, and the shaughs, the concealment of night, the excitement of the occu pation, to say nothing of the means of satisfying at once the claims of hunger and the desire of making a little money—are temptations too strong for the stal wart peasant who would labour, it may be, but can not procure employment; who would be honest if you would only permit him to live. By every degree in which you exercise the severity of your penal visita tion on this crime —(a crime undoubtedly it is, inns. nuch as it is a gross trespass on other men's property) —in a similar ratio you tempt the offender to aggra rate his offence. You exaggerate violence into blood ,hed, assault into murder. The poacher and the game keeper look upon each other, not as brother men, but as animals, the contact of whom must be fatal to the one or the other. It becomes, with every fresh struggle, a more desperate, because more certain, question of who shall soonest dispatch the other. How long will the Legislature permit this hideous state of things ? How long will the nobility and gentry of Britain consent to retain the " protected" enjoyment •)f a luxury or an amusement, at the inevitable price if tempting men into crime, and punishing their crime ;n blood, or the loss of their liberty for life ? The only remedy must be found in the utter abolition of the Game-laws, or in the treatment of poaching, according to the modification and variety of the cir cumstances under which it shall be committed, as simple trespass or as larceny. It cannot be borne much longer that human lives shall answer for the ,afe keeping of partridges and pheasants. We learn from the Helvetie of the 24th inst., that the Government of Lucerne has issued a decree order ing the re-organization of the landsturm, " to protect persons and property against the attack of foreign hordes of brigands." All men able to carry arms were to be incorporated with the landsturm, and to assemble n the chief town of their respective districts at the first sound of the tocsin, and " march to destroy the invaders." Dr. STEIGZIt, one of the prisoners taken during the last revolt, had been permitted to visit his patients, accompanied by two gendarmes and eight soldiers. The authorities of Lucerne had seized a sum of 80,000 E in specie, deposited by M. JULES SALZ MANN in the hands of a banker of that city. Colonel GUGGENBUHLEZ had died at Lenabourg in the arms of his wife and sister. Confined by illness during the whole summer, he left his bed to defend the cause of liberty, and the fatigues he experienced in the out break of the Bth inst. had completely exhausted his strength. Accounts have been received by the Levant Mail from Constantinople to the 9th instant, and from Alexandria to the 7th. At Constantinople, on the 9th, one of the Sultanas was confined of a Princess, to whom the name of Manias (Brilliant) was given. The birth of the Princess Murilaz was celebrated with public rejoicings. The postal treaty between the Pacha of EGYPT and England had not yet been arranged, but hopes were entertained that it would be speedily settled. The new dry dock at Alexandria had been opened, but its efficiency could not be judged of. The PACUA has left Alexandria for Cairo, where he will remain for some months. The Madrid papers of the 20th and 22d have been received. On the 21st, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Finance, in reply to a question of M. OR ESSE, stated that if the conversion of the Five per Cents. had given rise to any stock-jobbing transac tions, the Government was perfectly unconnected with them. On the same day a scene occurred in the Chamber between M. Moat and the Marquis VI LUMA, in which the former, after making a violent attack on the latter, was at length obliged to apolo gise. Notwithstanding the apology, however, El Tiempo, of the 22d instant, announces that the Marquis DE VILUMA, the Duke D'ABRANTES, and M. EGUIZABAL, had resigned their functions as Members of the Chamber of Deputies, in consequence of some expressions used by the Minister of Finance during the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the pre ceding day. El Clamor Publico of the 22d instant states, that notwithstanding the P irt s made to pre vent a Ministerial orisiS, such an event is inevitable, and that it will take place at the moment of the de bate on the Clergy Bill. It would appear, that in consequence of the resig nation of M. DoNozo CORTES not having been ac cepted, Goieral NARVAEZ had resigned his office of President of the Council ; but, at the request of the QUEEN-MOTHER and the members of the Cabinet, had consented to withdraw his resignation. It was generally believed that a treaty with Great Britain, for the suppression of the slave trade, would be shortly laid before the Chambers. THIS DAY'O M ~it THE LATE CALAMITOUS Fl RE IN GUILDFORD-STREET. The Paris papers of Friday and of Saturday have been received. The only business of importance transacted in the Chamber of Peers was the election of Secretaries, and the nomination of Members to draw up the address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Wakley, Coroner for Middlesex, Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy-Coroner, and the jury empanelled to inquire into the circumstances connected with the late fire at 67, Guildford-street, Russell square, by which four unfor tunate individuals lost their lives, re-assembled this day in the Angel Inn, High -street, St. Giles, for the purpose of further prosecuting the inquiry. Fairey, Esq., the gentleman on whose premises the fire occurred, Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, and others interested in the evidence, were preseat. Precisely at ten o'clock the Coroner and Deputy- Coroner entered, and the names of the jurymen having been called over, they were sworn, and the court was opened in the usual form. The names of the unfortunate men, it will be remembered, were Robert Birkmyre and John Wright, police-constables of the E division, Charles Jenkins, a groom, and William Robinson, a clerk. The first witness, Frederick Perrier, fireman No. 78, said that he found John Birkmyre in the ruins, on Saturday, the 21st. Found him in the front kitchen alive. Heard a cry of "Here, here ! Help ! For God's sake, save me !" I crawled under the fallen wood work, and asked if any one was there. He said " Tres, Jack's here." With assistance I got him out in about three quarters of an hour. Found the young man, William Robinson, about half-past three the same afternoon, on the top of the ruins, between the rafters, with his face towards Russell-qsuare. The body was greatly burned. I also found a drunken man on the premises, but he was recovered. A young man stepped forward, and said that some remains had been found, which were supposed to belong to the deceased Robinson. Witness—l cannot say how the drunken man came on the ruins. He was apparently insensible, and could give no answer to the questions asked him. I did not know John Birkmyre before he was burned. Gregory Cole Dudley, inspector of the E division, knew Birkmyre. Saw his body at the 'ruins, but cannot say how he came by his death. Saw also the body of John Wright, aged 30, brought out. He was also a police constable. William Miley, coachman to Mr. Fairey, knew Charles Jenkins, and saw his body brought out of the rums. The deceased was a stranger in the house, and merely came in to " lend a hand." Police-constable 52 E found the body of Charles Jen kins on the 24th in the ruins of the kitchen. The Chamber proceeded to the election of the per manent Secretaries, and Count D'AUDIFFRET, Presi dent BOULLET, Viscount CAVAIGNAC, and Count DE COLBERT, having obtained the greatest number of votes, were declared duly elected. The Marquis DE LA PLACE, Count PORTALIS, M. Marnisou, Baron GINOD DE L'AIN, Count ROY, Count BEUGNOT, and M. BARTHE, were nominated to draw up the address. In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, the order of the day was the election of President of the Cham ber. The number of votes was 331, giving the re quired majority at 166. M. SAUZET obtained 164 votes, M. DUPIN 95, M. 0. BARROT 63, M. DU PONT (de l'Eure) 3, M. de SALVANDY 3, and MM. BEN/ITER and HERNOEX 1 each. None of the candi dates having obtained a requisite number of votes, a second ballot was proceeded to, in which the number of voters was 323, and the absolute majority 162. M. SAUZET received 177 votes, M. DUPIN 129, M. 0. BARROT 15, and MM. BERRIER and M. DUPONT (de l'Eure) 1 each. Consequently M. SAUZET was proclaimed President. The smallness of the majority by which M. SAUZET, the Ministerial candidate for the Presidency, has succeeded, is considered by the Opposition press as an indication of Ministerial weak ness. In the organisation of the bureaux, the success of the Ministry was complete. Of the nine Presidents chosen, eight are Ministerial, and only ace of the Opposition party. Of the Secretaries, six are Minis terial, and three belong to the Opposition. On Saturday the election of the four Vice- Presidents took place. The following is the result of the first ballot : Number of votes, 303—Absolute majority, 152. M. BIGNON M. DE SALVANDY M. DUFAUEB M. DE BELLEYME M. BILLAULT M. LIPELLATIER D'AULNAT ll3 The first three candidates having more than an ab solute majority, were elected. A second ballot took place for the fourth Vice-President, when neither candidate having an absolute majority, the election was adjourned till Monday. Of the three chosen, two are considered Conservatives, and one is of the Opposition. THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, DEC. 28. First Highest Lowest Last Prim. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents...... 120 75 .. 120 75 .. 120 60 .. 120 60 • Four-and-a-Half.. •• 113 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113 Fours ..•• •••• ••• • •• 104 •• 104 104 .. 104 Three per Cents.— •• 85 45 .. 85 50 85 45 85 50 New Loan •••••••• 86 75 .. 86 80 .. 86 70 .. 86 75 Bank of France • 3200 ••3200 .. 3200 ..3200 Laintto Bank, 1,000f. f. sharSharesegsloo79s ..5100 . 5 ..95 . 40 10N 5000 ..5100 Belgian 8ank...—.•... 615 .. 620 •• 615 •• 620 1841.... ll2O ..1120 ..1120 ..1120 Belgian Fives, 1840 104/ .. 1041 .. 1041 041 1842 •• •••• •• 10 61 .. 1061 .. 1061 •, 1061 Threes ••• • • • •_• ... • 79 80 .. 79 80 79 80 79 80 Two-and-a-Ralf— •• 62 40 62 40 62 30 .. 62 30 Spartsh Threes •• •• •• 39 .. 39 .. 381 .. 38; Active.... •• •• •• •• 36 1 •• 37 •• 361 .. 37 Passive ...... .• •••• 61 • • 6; •• 61 .. 61 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 611 •• 611 • • 611 .. 611 R ow ., ..... •• •• 1041 .. 1041 1041 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ..1027 50 ..1027 50 "1027 50 ..1027 50 Versailles, R.B .... ••• • • • 1 00 • • 500 . • 495 .. 495 390 .. 390 375 .. 381 25 Rouen Rouen to Havre... ..... •• 822 50 .. 825 822 50 .. 825 ..1143 75 ..1140 ..1143 .• 75 Strasburg to Bale.. •• •• •• •• 310 •• 310 . 308 75 .. 308 75 Avignon to Marseilles.... 932 50 .. 935 .. 932 50 .. 935 ;RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3. St. Germain ..............1028 75 ..1030 ..1028 75 ..1028 75 Versailles, R. 8... —•••• • • • • 495 • • 500 • • 495 • • 500 L. 8.... ....... :1309065 ....1310 ••• 180 6 3 : 5 20 50 ..• 18038260 Ronen 5 1 25 Rouen MI Havre.. ..... 822 50 .. 825 Orleans 1137 50 "1145 ..1137 SO ..1142 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 310 .. 310 .. 307 50 .. 308 75 Avignon to Marseilles.... •• 9 32 5 0 .. 935 . 932 50 .. 935 Miss CLARA WRBSTXR.—A nearly similar acci dent occurred to Miss H. Cawse, during the perform ance of the White Maid of Avenel, at the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, some years ago, by her dress catching fire in the last scene. Edward Payne, Upper Clapton, identified the body of Uharles Jenkins. Police constable 52 E (continued)—The deceased, Jen kins, was in the slime room with Birkmyre, but on the opposite side of the place. He was buried beneath the timber. Mr. Fairey—No other of my household is missing. I have not seen the body of the deceased lad, Robinson. He used to sleep at the uppermost middle window of the premises. His age was 15. Mr. WAxLEr —Now, gentlemen of the jury, if you are satisfied of the identity of the bodies, the next ar d only inquiry will be to ascertain how the fire originated. The coachman was called with this view, but he could give no account of the origin, as he slept over the stables. Mr. Fairey said the cook was the first of his domestic servants awake. (A section of the house was exhibited here, with the exact position in which the bodies were discovered.) The female domestic of Mr. Fairey and a boy who used to sleep with the deco ased Robinson, were then sworn, and Mary Hall, the cook, was first examined—l went to bed at ten minutes before eleven. The parlour-maid and another girl were left up. I was alarmed soon after by finding that the room was filling with smoke. I mean the third floor back room. The two girls slept in the same room. One came immediately to me but the other did not fer some time. I smelt a strong smell of fire about a quarter after thi oe. I leaped out of bed and opened the door, and found myself almost suffo cated on the landing. I awoke my fellow-servants and screamed " fire," and then ran up stairs to the boy's room. I then came back for I met my master. The fire was coming up the staircase, and I tried to descend but could nut. 1 then got up the stairs again and caught hold of my boy, who said " Oh, it is me, mother— and he then added—" Oh ! poor Robinson." We then all escaped except the last-mentioned. There was no fire left in the kitchen, and the last fire in dhe stoves had been on the previous Wednesday. The laundry is on the ground floor, with kitchen rather detached, the only communication between it and the house being a water-closet. Mr. WAKLEY—Mr. Braidwood gives it as his opinion that the heated air in the communicating flue had occa sioned the occurrence. What is your opinion, Mr. Fairey ? Mr. Fairey—Such is my opinion, and that the heat communicated with the woodwork near. (The wit ness then explained at great length the direction which the flue took in its passage through the house, and the dangerous nature of the connecting woodwork.) Mr. WAKLEY—Tben this fire would have originated on the ground floor ? Mr. Fairey—No, on a landing above it. Mary Hall—There were no fires left in when I went to bed. There ways nothing unusual in the fires in the house that day. Master was very careful of his fires himself. Mr. Fairey—l sat up till after two o'clock in my study. I went down stairs after the time that cook says sae mesm., -0. 1.0.1, _al 0.10 I..aing L havo .1:00.ay I mentioned. could not see mach flame, for it resem • bled the gas-lights burning through an intense Lon don fog. The other servants were examined, but added nothing to the evidence of the cook. They could form no further opinion of the origin of the fire than that it arose on the back ground floor, and was occasioned by the flue of the ironing-stove. Mr. WaHLEY—It has been said that there was com pany in the kitchen that evening. Is it so ?—The wit nesses said such a report was altogether false. Mr. WAKLEY—It has been also said that policemen were in late at night. It is as well to remove such an impression. An Inspector—lt is altogether false, for inquiries have been made, and the policemen, who were also stated to be drunk, were perfectly sober. Mr. Fairey—There had been scandalous disorder somewhere, for the wine cellar had been broken open, and bottles of strong French brandy, gin, and wine, stolen and drunk, and the empty bottles thrown about the kitchen, where these men were found dead. Thomas Wenman, the chimney-sweeper, saw the sparks coming from the roof of the study in the morn ing, just as he was going to work. Mr. Wakley—The study is not burned down. William Dilley, coachman to Mr. Fairey, slept over the stables, and was roused by people knocking at the door. Saw the fire first inside the pantry windows. It was not in the house then. When he next saw the flame it had communicated with the bottom staircase window. Saw the man who was brought out tipsey. He lives on the Colonnade, and I have observed:him before. W hen brought out he was taken to the station-house. I have seen the wine cellar since. The panel of the door was broken open, and also one of Chubb's patent locks. Police constable 5 E— Got to the house at about four o'clock. Saw fire then from the second flour front room. Sergeant Dyer and witness gut over the area into the ground floor. The door was broken open, witness was told, by Wright, one of the deceased constables, The flames were over witness's head, and on trying to get up the staircase the pieces of wood were falling doWn. Wright, Birkmyre, and Jenkins, were looking under the kitchen table for a dog at that time. The men were quite sober. The cellar door had been before that broken in witness's presence. Saw no bottles handed about, but heard Wright say that " this cellar must be looked to, or they would be at it." Wright broke open the door under the impression that it was the plate room, but finding it the wine cellar they left it untouched. He could swear that all were perfectly sober. William Quait, carpenter, was alarmed by fire, and went into the house by the coachman's back entrance. That led into a passage, and the kitchen door is just there. The fire was burning very briskly there, and it communicated with the staircase window. The fire ap peared to him to have broke out in the pantry at the back of the house. There was no fire in the front kitchen then, and soon after the policemen came; and they were quite sober. Witness told them several times, "If you don't come out now you will never come out alive." Soon after witness left the roof fell in. Mr. Went,Ev—l think it is quite evident that these poor men were not intoxicated, unless, indeed, the jury wished to multiply evidence. The jury express id their full satisfaction that the constables were quite sober. James Mullett was examined, but nothing material Was elicited. Tins FOG.—Yesterday morning, a few minutes be fore 12 o'clock, the metropolis and its environs were visited with so dense a fog that, though mid-day, it had the appearance of night. At many of the churches and chapels it was necessary to have the lamps lighted to enable the clergymen to proceed with the service. The steamers and other vessels proceeding up and down the river dropped their anchors, it being totally impossi ble to discern objects ten yards distant. About two o'clock the wind shifted, when rain commenced, and the fog dis persed. THE OFFERTORY AT HURST.—We are authorized to state, that the steps taken by Mr. Cameron " in giving up the use of the proper concluding portion of the morning service, has, though not directed by the Bishop, since received his Lordship's full sanction and approval, in consideration of the extreme evils to be apprehended in the parish if another course were persisted in."— Berkshire Chronicle. PIGEON FLYING MATCH BY NIGHT.-011 Monday night last the following unusual and extraordinary pigeon flying match came off between two gentlemen for the purpose of deciding a wager :—lt appears that some doubt existed as to the power of the pigeon travelling through the air by night, consequently the above match arose to test the fact. The night was somewhat cloudy, but, notwithstanding, the match took place, attended by a vast crowd of persons who had been attracted to the spot. The bird was to fly a mile between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock at night. The pigeon having been marked in the usual way, NJ as tossed at the door of the George public-house, Gravel-lane, Southwark, where the match was made, but was soon out of sight, reaching its home in a few seconds in apparent ease. The bird passed through the bolting wire of the trap into the pigeon -loft, where it was secured by the owner, who pro duced the bird at the house where the match was made under ten minutes, to the great astonishment of a large assemblage of pigeon fanciers and others. The pigeon alluded to is the property of Mr. T. Braddock, of Win chester-place, Southwarh. The same bird has flown from Windsor Hampton Court, Gravesend, and many of the principrl race-courses in England in extraordinary quick time. REFUSAL OF A. CHURCH-RATE AT HELSTON.-011 Friday last, a mpetiug took place at nekton for the purpose of snaking a church-rate, when a rate of a penny in the pound was proposed and seconded ; after which an adjournment for six months was carried by a large ma ionty.— West ,Briton. ' The next witness called was the man who had been found in the house intoxicated. Mau rice Williams, coachman to Mr. James Hacking man—l heard a cry of fire, and went down to the back of the house. I went by the back door to search for a dog which was said to be inside. I saw a policeman break open the wine cellar with a poker. He put in his lamp, and said, This is the wine cellar; I thought it was the plate room." The policeman then went away. I drank something out of a pot. I don't know what it was. I don't know who gave it me. The only light was from a policeman's lamp. There were two in the kitchen then. It was not the liquor got over me. It was the fright and the smoke that did it. There wits ne time for nothing. I was taken to the station-house en a stretcher, and thrown into a cold cell for four hours and a half, and when I was brought out the water ran from me. Mr. WAILEY—It has, I think, been sufficiently proved that these men were sober ; but there seems to have been something wrong about the protection to property, cer tainly. I cannot see the necessity for having broken open the door at all. Mr. Fairey examined—l am an engineer, and on the night of the fire went to bed between a quarter and half past two o'clock. Told William Robinson, and the other boy, Hall, to put the fire right, and saw the boy Robin son with the fire-screen ready to do so. I then left to go to bed. My first impression was of a scream of fire. I went outside, and then saw the smoke. I went up stairs to alarm the servants and met the cook. 1 told her to alarm the servants, and then went to my study, to save my papers it they should be on fire. When I got down nearly to the level of the study I found that the fire was lower down. I came back to my room where my wife was, and called out " Fire !" I told my wife to try to save nothing, not to speak except in casa (If abso lute neeet4sity, and to do all I told her. I then took her up stairs to the third landing, and then got them iiro the open uir by die leads. Mr. Warm; got all togeth... , r, weli as I .fould . feel [hem on the (riper lauding, and it ooiy zitzrne. seconds ;014:4' we were ouoide that I diseevereil imfortimate boy was l os t,. The w h o l e iransactioa might have occu pied four minutes. By the ConoNEn--Our occupation for that night was to prepare a report for the Vice. Chancellor, and the bays were engaged in copying the rough draft,. I had an Arnott stove heated from the wash-house and passing through the conservatory. I had an ordinary stove also with a fire, but there was not the smallest connection with wood work. There was indeed less fire than ordi nary. The Arnott stove iu the washhouse was to heat the conservatory and the back dr.oving room beneath my study. I had a vertical flue passing from the stove through the wall to the outside, then straight up outside the wall of the conservatory. The conservatory is a half circle or bow, and the flue went round that. It had other branches, one to the back drawing-room, coming in under the window, the other branch was near the stove, and the floor of the pantry was the ceiling of the washhouse, and in that floor was an iron pipe about eleven feet above the stove. The size of the main flue at the stove, might be nine inches by four inches, all of brickwork. Mr. WAILLEY—Now, Mr. Fairey, do, if you please, describe the other flue communicating with the ironing stove ? Witness—There is another flue from the iron ing-stove also in the laundry,. going upwards to the pantry, and ending in what I believe to be a chimney in the next house. I think it cannot be cleaned on account of the very acute angle which occurs in its line, and that angle corresponds with the place w here I observed the appearance of gas-lights on a foggy night. In one part of the wall, where an arch was firmed in order to admit the pipe, a very nicely fitting piece of wood-work was inserted, and nothing was placed between that wood work and the heated pipe itself. I believe now, that the fire originated in the small closet where my sertant kept his boots, and that it then entered at the staircase window, thus, in fact., at first arising in the wooden arch referred to already by me. Mr. WAKLEY—here is a fireman belonging to the Brigade, who arrives at a different conclusion. It may be as well to examine his reason for this opinion. George Calf, a fireman, put in the ground plan of the premises by direction of Mr. Braidwuod. He believed it to be a correct plan, and he agreed with Mr. Braidwood in his opinion from the appearance of the premises. The house was as bad a house as aver was built. The floors had sunk from not having proper support. He only called out five of his men a few minutes before the floors fell in, and it was next to miraculous that the whole of them were not buried in the ruins. Mr. Fairey said the house was a very handsome one, but not of substantial materials. A former owner had greatly beautified it, but he removed some main beams. The house w.. . 11 lathe and plaster, not unlike a scene in a - play. Two pilasters which were intended to sup port the ceiling, and made of strong materials, he had found since the fire that they were made of wood and plaster, and consequently combustible. The youth Hall was then examined—He said he went to bed about half-past two o'clock. He was employed in writing up to that time in the drawing-room. At that time there was neither fire nor smoke, and nothing pe culiar. Mr. WARLEY remarked that it was next to impossible that the fire could have beau in that flue next to the conservatory without Mr. Fairey or the youth's know ing it. Hall continued—Put the guard on by the desire of Mr. Fairey, Slept in the same room with Robinson, but Lot in the same bed. Shook him and called him to get up. lie never made the least motion. Witness did not dress himself. Came back to the room twick, in the hope of saving him. Ttle East time he could not venture into tOe iooni. He was generally a very heavy sleeper. When witness avl (Ace the room was full of smoke. Mr. W AKLEY satd that a small quantity of smoke in some of the small passages of the lungs would cause death. Mr. Fairey said Robinson had difficulty in breathing, and generally did so with his mouth open. Hall said iie did not hear him breathe. The CORONER said it was very desirable that while one body of men paid proper attention below, another party should pay attention to those upon the roof. In this case, it appealed that Mr. Fairey and his family had been upon the roof six or seven mi nutes without any one coming to their assistance. If any objection were made to admit persons for that pur pose at the next door, he should, if a policeman, have no hesitation in breaking them open. Ile thought no fur ther witness need be examined, for he did not think that were they sitting there for a fortnight they could come to any more satisfactory conclusion than they might with that before them. There being no further evidence, The CORONER proceeded to address the jury. He said there was nothing peculiar in the circumstances. There was a difference of opinion between Mr. Fairey and Mr. Braidwood and the firemen in regard to the situation of the premises in which the fire origi nated. In the opinion of all it originated in a flue. Consequently a difference of opinion only existed as to the particular flue in which the fire first happened. The inquiry, however, would have the effect of directing the public attention as to flues in general, and in his opi nion it was a subject which could not receive too much attention. Now even in this case, though an engineer of great celebrity had resided in the house for many years, he was not aware there was a flue communicating with a stove in which a large quantity of soot might have con gregated through the peculiarity of its construction, and yet it excited no suspicion and attention even from the experienced mind of the occupier of the house. It only showed in what situations' of danger one might by placed unsuspectedly. It was not known that the flue opened into a chimney of the next house. That was certainly a curious circumstance. Mr. Fairey stated that the flue was so constructed that it was actually in contact with wood-work, and with nothing to separate them. Now, in the state of that flue, nothing was more easy than the heat from it communicating with the wood, and so originating this lamentable occurrence. In his own opinion the fire originated in the western flue of the laundry, for, if it had originated in the eastern one, those in the room must have seen it. If this inquiry directed attention to the construction of flues, of what ever kind, very great good would be derived from it, and much security to life and property would accrue, and occurrences of this painful kind entirely prevented. In nearly all cases fires occur from the improper con struction of flues, and too much attention could not, therefore, be paid to the subject. The flue in which this fire occurred had been in use eleven years without having been once clear at the point in which it found an angle with the chimney of the next house. In this case he thought no blame could be at tached to the policeman on the ground floor as regarded intoxication. If the jerynien were convinced that the fire had originated in the western flue, and that it was accidental and the cause of the deaths of these unfortu nate men, then they would bring in a verdict accordingly; and he himself thought that the evidence adduced was sufficient to justify such a verdict. If, however, they required further evidence, he should be most happy to produce it before them. The jury expressed themselves satisfied, and without retiring, at once returned a verdict of " Accidental death," giving it as their opinion that the fire had origi havd in one of the two flues adverted to in the evidence. Before the Coto t finally broke up, a model of a build ing, indestructible by fire, was exhibited by Mr. Geary, architect, of Hamilton-place, New-road, in which the pile was divided by party walls instead of lath and plas ter partitions, and the additional cost was said to be a mere bagatelle. The CORONER said that some of the professional gen tlemen around the table would perhaps think of so de sirable an improvement on the present defective mode of building. CLERKEN WELL.—( THIS DAY.) Mr. Benjamin Taylor was charged with the following outrageous conduct. Th — e prisoner came home in a cab on the previous night, and, although he had a key in his pocket, knocked so violently at the door as to alarm the whole neigh bourhood. He was admitted, and immediately went up stairs and beat his wife in a cruel manner. He then came down again, went out, and continued his violence in the street, so that all the inhabitants of the street were aroused from their beds. The wife said the prisoner had treated her in a most cruel manner and had threatened to murder her, and she earnestly implored the magistrate's protection. The prisoner was ordered to find good bail, which nct being able to do he was locked up. SOUTHWARK POLICE-COURT. (THIS DAY.) The business was opened at this Court by Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, reading the order to that effect from the Secretary of State, and also the boundary comprising the district. John Buckley was charged with committing an as sault on James Bryant. The parties were present at an Irish funeral the pre ceding day, and as soon as the ceremony concluded they, with several others, adjourned to a public-house. where they became intoxicated, and this led to a "regular row." The defendant, who seemed to be the ringleader in the disturbance, struck the complainant a violent blow in the mouth. The defendant begged the Magistrate would make due allOwance for the funeral of a countryman, and said that; it was an " ould Irish custom to take a little spirits when an ould friend departed this life." The defendant was fined, and in default he was com mitted for 14 days. LAMBETH NEW POLICE COURT. (THIS DAY.) This morning the New Police-court in Kennington lane commenced business for the first time. Mr. Henry took his seat on the bench at eleven o'clock. The court, though small, is replete with every convenience,. and furnished with great neatness. Attached to the court is a range of small cells, for the accommodation of the pri soners, which are exceedingly well ventilated, and thoroughly warmed with hot air. There are also win dows, which admit a good light into each cell, and the prisoner can communicate with his friends by a small opening in the door. The only fault to be found with the fitting-up of the court is the small portion allotted to the public. nor has the convenience ot the reporters been in the least con sulted, the only accommodation provided for them is a small box, scarcely large enough to hold otle person. George Cook was the first prisoner brought up and placed in the felons' dock, charged with passing bad money on Saturday aitcrnuon, at Mr. litnp's, chemist and druggist, Lambeth, prisoner o a r , ilmtude , l until Saturday. in order for the atteadanc(.! ot the Mint solicitor. ___ , EY-11uw do you account for the boy Robinson not being saved ? The Earl and Countess ofEgremont are surrounded Witness—l did not miss him till we were outside. I by a circle of friends at Coombe Satchville, Devon. - 7 ------- .----- — 7 ----- ---- .- w 8 AWN Ste 1M N Le' ( -- .,' , ,l , Yitit , i 1 , 1;14.1, ; - I A i e k.. , CI 7 - r. el /JeII:I:TER TO Tiiiii..NN , 1 e Theee eAs a eteeey demed foe Cotton at Liverp ° ' ee Sanirdey, and prices were firm, but not hie ler. Sales, 7,000 bales, iecluding 2,000 beles on epeculatio re a In general, the Message of the President of the Unit,' States on. the opening of Congress, is held to be SO' S ; factory ; but there is one point upon which it is deeme d to be not favourable to the claimants upon the repll- (listing States. Not a word is, in fact, said upon tbei dishonesty of the repudiating States—not a w on ' of admonition to them ,to pursue in fates! a more honest course, by which the honots of the a bole Ueion would be relieved freer the stain that has been cast upon it. In the Messag e there is a paragraph which ought to tell on our Prime Minister. The American President thinks, and w it '' truth too, that . the reduction of taxation ought to be the main point to be considered when there is a surpllll revenue. On this side of the Atlantic there are tbeE sands of persons who think that it would better to reduce direct taxation, rather It by laying out any of the surplus receipts of the kinge ° 'i over expenditure, in taking out of circulation driblet s ,? the National Debt. Sir Robert Peel should look le wi subject. If carried out to the full extent possible' I will give satisfaction to the " millions." The speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe on the Weep ing of the Session of the United Colonial •L'i gislature has been well spoken of in the course 0 trade this morning. The election of Sir A. M' ' l b 1 the Speakership is considered a favourable feature, 10 1 is thought to demonstrate that there will be less of pox ,y l spirit in the discussions that were to come on in the '..: gislature. The weather was rather mild than other w ' - , The navigation of the lakes and portions of the St. Law rence was partially closed. Information has been communicated to us this Owl; ing corroboratory of the advantages of the fruit tr s taking Southampton as their point of arrival and dePo r.. time. The Elenor sailed for Fayal on the 24th NeY, ein e , - , ber; reached there, took in her cargo, and returnee % the 28th December. The Styx steamer departed fro m Southampton for the same port, and reached Socthsler ten yesterday with a full cargo. The market for the public securities has been sel n ,_ what heavy to- day, a few speculative sales of Con sol : having been made. The price for the Account has reed: from 100 to 100* ; the Reduced Three per Cents. ft ° r 100,i to 1001; and the New Three-and et-Quarter?, Cents. from 1031 to 1034. Among the speculate rs . p o d the Stock Exchange the President's Message 011 , little remark. The premium upon Exchequer-bills steady at 625.; Bank Stock for the Account is at 21 1 . . In anticipation of the settlement in the Foreig; Market, which is fixed for to-morrow, there has beenvery good amount of business transacted to-day. gel „,2 Bonds have fallen from 361, the last price of Satarde/,', to 351 4-. Portuguese Converted have declined to D" but are now I per cent. better. Spanish Coneols ; li r , down to 27 ; and the Three per Cents. to 371. I" Brazilian, and Chilian are rather lower also. re on The Shares of the chief Railway Companies s•- , 0 the rise. London and Birmingham have been 01 %. 129 premium ; the Birmingham and Gloucester at 1 __.,,,' i count ; the Bristol and Gloucester at Hi to 14 pres l i l 7, o and the Great Western to 76 premium. There wer e - quotations for Banking Shares this morning. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO5' (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2lOl 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOl New 3* per Cent. Annuties lOl Consols for Opening Bank Stock for Account. ludia Stock 2871 Exchequer Bills. led. lid. 1,0001 5001. . Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'UlA'w, Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 3510, Ditto for the Account ... 36 35 1 • Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 291 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ... Ditto Converted 6Ol Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27/ 27 Ditto Passive Bonds 6O Ditto 3 per Cent 3B 371 Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent.... 99 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLI-1' RAILWAYS. PAID. PER 51 4015. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New. Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian 5 411...... to Chunaet Valley... - Dublin and B e lfast Junction 21 Eastern Counties •.. to e. Great South and W. (Irish)... s to 1 1 101 •• •ei Great Western London and Birmingham ...100 2261...... to lee London and Blackwell London and Brighton.... ... .... 50 - London and South Western.. 411 Ditto New London and Croydon London and York... ..... ...... 21 Manchester and Leeds 3 0 52 70 121 1 1 ......... isi Ditto i Shares Midland lOO ll5 ..... to 1194 Birmingham and Derby lOO 85......... to -- Newcastle and Berwick - South-Eastern and Dover... 338 Yarmouth and Norwich ..... 20 - York and North Midland... 50 lO 3 Ditto Scarbor?' Branch lO 3l,* Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 67* Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons 9 3ia...... to -- DUTCH FUN 05 —An STE RDA M, Dn. 27. Money. 011/L Actual Debt, , 2% per Cent 641 f„ 4 Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent. atro, onto 5 per cent. A mot t Syndic, 44 per cent ..... ......... Pato, ditto, *4 percent...—. ....... ..." 91% j 45% Commercial Company, liNi per cent 147 .... Loan 1837, 4)4 per cent. — Exchange ou London, Onemonth .... s. . -- Two month... At sight. l2 20 Dutch Papers, Dec. 28. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BauesELe, D.C. 97. Aetna Debt, 9,i per Cent., .......... .........• Rothsehild's Loan, Five per Cent.. ~.............. go i Loan of Thirty Mi l lions, .. ' Four per Cent. .... w Three per Cent........... - ----- Thirty-seven Mi ll i, ns, ditto ....».».»» . 7 ..1iz (1841).....».»..... ;V' - Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.. ....... ............ 1832 ...• Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent r; Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent... ........... .... Issue of 1841..., —Brussels Pape rs. Dec. 28. LIAMBURGH BOItSENHALLE, Dsc. 20. . ione y. Sills. P. ...• Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares — 111len. - Ang 10-Ruseian Lean - -1 Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO5. , 105 v b Inscription, Ist series _-1 1 Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series , tog! r Ditto in Certificates -•• 9 14 New 4 per Cent. (1840) ...••• gs Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .... 634 Ditto 5 per Cent. .......... ..... PA Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 87)4 1 9* Spanish, New 5 per Cents. ........ ............. ...... 2 0 ...- Pollsh Bonds --, New Tickets .... Exchange on London. Hairnburgh, One month .... —. ...* Tw------ ---- o month 5, ...--... 13 I THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE -FOR DlJObeeni —The names of the following gentlemen have t o just included in the Commission of the Peace fe.r oo o county of Durham, viz. :—Viscount Seaham, E der. Standish Standi s h, Esq., of C oc k en H a ll ; John iss e, Esq., of B aam i s h P ar k ; an d t h e R ev . H enr y D° ll g,„efe 8.D., C anon o f D ur h am . Th e w h o l e o f t h ese gentle' - y be with the exception of Viscount Seaham, qualified, :0 late adjourned sessions of the peace to act as magig for the county. POLLOKSHAWS. SCENE IN A CHURCH. siderable excitement was occasioned here on Sau_ A w - i f s last, in consequence of an occurrence which happenie the Rev. M r . St the church. The managers 0 ' ' t bs church h a d f or some ti me pas t b een cons idering t o most suitable method for heating the church, and i° the course of lat week two small stoves (constructed es s he consumption of smoke principle) were placed i ll .„ e ret body of th e c hur c h, and on S a bb a th m orning "f e l; lighted with charred wood. No bad effects wer e a ft until about the close of the forenoon service, when p et- ar twenty individuals were so much overcome by the isp from the stoves that they fainted ; one of the e was dangerously affected, so much so, that h e v s e;• obliged to be carried home in a chair. . that -' - ' 1 ;1 8 Mr. Smith was also affected to a very consider s ,, o o extent. When the congregation met in the, aftern," - is (although the stoves had been previously removed)' to was found that the vapour was still so powerful 58 . 4 4 compel th e congrega ti on t o remove t o a ne ighbell'i tc , schoolroom, where Divine service was performed,illte. Smith, who was so far recovered as to be able to of j 1 The mo s t remar k a bl e c i rcums t ance was t h e f a ct, tha t the afternoon a great number of the congregation affected in the schoolroom in the same manner as the othe_s had been affected in the fore part of the dayin the chntwo and upwards of a dozen fainted, or suffered so much t hi s be obl ige d to b e carr i e d h ome . I t is supposed that was occasioned by the noxious vapo u r or gas adlle ri ;3 to their clothes, and the heat of the schoolroom ea u 0 , it to produce similar effects to those felt in the forenOch A good many of the congregation were still so ne e i t indisposed as to be prevented from attending respective occupations on the Monday. We are g however, to learn that all are now fairly reiever`" . Renfrewshire Advertiser. TRAGICAL EVENTS AT YORK.—Considerab l e co l citement has been occasi o ned in Y or k by the - t ber deaths of two per s ons of the nam e o f C ou ltate, a In t„ 0 - and her s on. Th e son w a s a y oung ma n, in the s , "" tion of a groom, and it was suspected that he hold bo poisoned by a person of the name of Emmerson, was supposed to have mixed a large quantity of laudanu; with his ale, in a low public-house in Walmgate. Fa the evidence of the medical men, however, it aPPI„ re that the d ecease d h a d di e d f rom th e e ffects of a g et injury on the head, which might have been of t , " aii , three days standing, and no trace oi laudanum Was covered in hi: s to ma ch. Th e same n ight that the de, ceased was taken home, the mother, who was 70 yea h of age, was so much shocked by the death of he r from p o i son , us she supposed, that in about an hour frni! that time, she herself expired. The jury returned ; verdict that she had " Died from excessive grief. An thp sh oc k occas i one d by th e me l anc h o ly death of her sell' Jelin Coultate.--Leeds Times. . FANG or z>tt RATTLFoNAK..---A roan ha s !litten through his hoots by a rattlesnake, ,And The bouts aterAards descended into the successive poia session of two other persons, and killed them both ;, 1/3 „, it was then ascertained that an envenomed fang h ad '- mained sticking in the leather.--Rogskin's Australia. ~.,, A-- k i ,,V r i. -- ..,,,1 ) e'' . 0 ,„ ',.....,,,,,-,,,,, • , ~, *,-, z "wr 01l I,44.' ''' '' Q .i.tij ' 4d - , , - 7, , „- ..,,,, , e• , r :% , -'' 4* u - i - I r ,y,m-7 - 14 ' 4 ' A' 1' 7 54 7 4 ...k.------ ' 4. -e - go ; s ISECOND EDITION. Obirning :_-1 Alit LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1844. The Caledonia, which effected her rapid passage from Boston in thirteen days, arrived, yesterday afternoon, in the Mersey, bringing, among her other important papers, including intelligence from Mexico and from Canada, the penultimate " Message " of the President, Mr. TYLER. In an early period of thr month of March next the Presidential plumage of this gentleman will disappear. It is no wonder, therefore, if he ruffles it somewhat, and makes a great show, previously to " moulting." The old Roman poets had a fancy that the dying swan, prescient of her approaching dissolution, always sings her own requiem, by an instinct 01 anticipation. Whether a flickering. President, just about to go out, can sing as harmoniously as a mori bund swan, we will not undertake to pronounce ; but if the song of the expiring bird be halt* as long as tht " Message" of the departing Chief Magistrate, a swan must amply make up in articulo mortis for hall a century of taciturn existence. We have heard, in England, of Governments, Cabinets, and Ministers being de , cribed as composed of "squeezable mate rials," which, how little promising so ever before they are subjected to the "gentle violence" of a pertinacious badgering in Parliament, are found toyield abupdantly on the application of adequate pressure. In the United States the chief officers of the Government must possess a contrasted power—that of expan sibility. It must have required a very high pressure to raise the steam from the few ideas which Mr. TYLER has collected in the shape of pabulum fox the combustion of his Message to the Senatt) into a volume of bulk enough to fill four columns and a half of our largest Londot. newspapers. In point of fact, even for a document of its class, this " Message" is unusually wordy, un reasonably " lengthy." But it does touch some topics of high interest to countries on this side of the At lantic. Mr. TYLER adroitly felicitates " the Senate and the House of Representatives" on the peacefu: and orderly conduct of the United States' population in the various stages of the late election of a Presi dent, throughout all the districts in which the vote• of the vast Electoral College of that country were recorded. We do not detect any over zealous tendency to congratulate his fellow-citizens on the fact of not having re-elected himself; or any self-denying admissions that they have done well choosing one more worthy than himself fur his suc cessor to the great office. He expatiates on the ex cellency of a political confederacy composed of many States, each of them supreme as to the direction ano arbitriment of all matters within its own peculiar jurisdiction, but entering with other States into a vo luntary compact to submit the general government of the whole to the direction of the majority of all their citizens, as the sense of that majority is to bt collected from the Legislative body organised by thi Federal Constitution. In a further section of hi. Message one perceives all the bearing of the pro minent position which the "Election" occupies in his exordium. On the subject of the foreign rela tions of the United States, he observes, in that quaint phraseology which is naturalised nowhere else, that at no former period were the apparent guarantee: of peace among the various Powers " of that en• lightened and important portion of the globe, Europe," more firmly established. Mr. President TYLER then directs the earnest attention of Congress to the pend ing negotiations for the occupation of the Oregon Territory, the value and importance whereof he warmly dilates upon, recurring at the same time tt certain of his former messages, in which he had urgently recommended the establishment of a succes sion of military posts, to be occupied by soldiers in the United States' service, on " the long line of lane travel," for the double purpose of facilitating am protecting emigration thither. This point is touched upon with some show of malicious indulgence, as it it would prove to Congress at large a question the more agreeable inthe ratio of the disapproval with which it might probably he regarded in this country. That such an idea did pass through the PRESIDENT'S mind, we may infer from the circumstance that, without having specifically noticed the fact of the proposed Oregon occupation having been already a matter of disagree ment between the United States' Government and ours, he unconsciously proceeds to notice, in the very next paragraph, " other matters in difference between" them. As to one of these, the seizure of American vessels on the coast of Africa by British cruisers, the officers of which had acted under the mistaken impression of such vessels having been en gaged in the slave trade, he is pleased to assume that former concessions of the Bri tish Government have already proved that it admits its responsibility to make good the damage occasioned by such seizures—under one of the arti cles of the Washington Treaty. With all submission, this is a little too far and too fast. We must have the argument before, and judgment pronounced by, our High Court of Admiralty on each of such cases, before we can encourage Mr. TYLER to expect that sort of conclusion to these affairs which he affects to look forward to. It is also possible that these cases may become, in the ensuing session, the subject of some inquiry by the British Parliament. The tone of the other passages of this Message, except those which regard the improving condition of the public treasury, are rather lachrymose and petulant. He regrets that the running of the boun dary line between the territories of the United States and the territories of Great Britain in North America, —a work of such signal importance to both Powers— has been seriously retarded, owing to the failure of Congress to make a timely appropriation, before the conclusion of its last session, for the expenses of the United States' Commissioner. Then, the enlightened policy of the Emperor NICHOLAS in advancing Russia in her career of civilization and improvement (!) is spoken of in terms of equal panegyric with the sagacious policy of "the wise Monarch" who governs France. Belgium and Brazil are eulogised, too, for the commercial treaties into which they have respectively entered with the United States. But as to Prussia, and the commercial treaty which the American Minister had successfully ne gotiated at Berlin with the Zollverein, on terms which would have been so essentially advantageous to the trade and manufactures of the United States ;—again the Congress had spoiled all. Theii failure to take this treaty into consideration within a certain prescribed term, had carried the matter over that day, which was the utmost limit allowed for its ratification. The PRESIDENT, how ever, infers that Congress would have sanctioned it and his darling scheme of a Tariff, had they gone into the: matter : so he has directed the negotiations to be renewed ; but he speaks coldly of the chances of ultimate success. Then all the negotiations of the American Ministers severally accredited to the Go vernments of Mexico, New Grenada, Chili, Peru, and to the Congress of Venezuela, for the satisfaction of claims preferred against them for compensation due to American citizens, either still hang fire, or have i utterly failed hitherto. On the annexation of Texas, Mr. TYLER speaks out. There is no chance of mis taking his notions of political independence—in the weak ; of political power—in the strong. The doc trine he proclaims is of a public morality which might put MACHIAVEL to the blush, quite as much *lt lit j ti lt Pil tik, Il i hil tit,