The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-28 00:00:00

SU tIIRURY OF NEWS ANI ~~ --~- ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ y~~* " Who runs may read." Private letters from Bayonne of the 23d state that the l'e Nrts relative to the movements of Zurbano are more clithetradietory than ever. The authorities on the frontiers Par to have no positive information concerning fins. - t hee learn from the Hague that the First Chamber of ates General, in its sitting of the 23d, rejected for "L'e second time the draft of the address in reply to the s eceeh from the Throne, as sent up by the Second Chim er for its sanction. d Ilthe publication of the intended marriage of the Count iel t 'e B f,nae, Secretary of the French Embassy at London, esseueane daughter of the late Lord Foley, said to be a .4tre're neiress, has been posted up at the Mayory of the first l',dissetnent of Paris. e o " letter from e- Lyons states that the Saone has over h4Z4 its banks alon its whole course. The Meuse al so e sro s e 4 elliew e d its bunks, and caused great injury to the eltin d ing country. e / Chemins de Fer states that all the pre. Pan to trna des te e , °,r'Y arrangementsave been made for the prompt e'utlen of tl from Amiens to Boulogne. rst ." te : Ch aix cil : s e st il rill-e:, the Ministerial candidate, was ned Deouty for Rheims on Sunday by 414 votes. 4'lDPonen't, M. Leon Faucher, obtained 344. _ S * ce „ urd i _in4 to the Moniteur, the receipts of the Paris e3linie..,l'-eank on Sunday and Monday last, the 24th and nst., amounted to the sum of 689,208 E, whilst the he ; sits withdrawn during the same period amounted to , re nna of 740,000 f. d 'Lie Sentindle of Toulon states, that, in order to re dellsci6redtbie n utnher of sailors, the Minister . of Marine has 4114Zthe Marititie Prefect to discharge all those who h b o e r Six years in actual service of the Government, e wh o e:ei reckon 30 months of such service ee the heat 1 The Swe dis e! , , : i3 C ... hamber has voted unanimously and (1,90 01 an an annual sum of 19,000 , rrx. dollars 'set, orl°r Increasing the pensions granted to the ser ,'..ne late King. te.'ster from Athena, of the Bth inst., in the A re u v g a , ; bure ls te e 4g. e l le, states that the most perfect harmony i p Geeek Cabinet, and that it is daily gaining new :e1 in 7, 11 ,g t h• General Kalergis, who, it had been said, had W-' 1( tell Athena in consequence of a disagreement oft h the Ministry, had returned and resumed his post as n \ i ' s f ? u f ithe Ki .. iig'S '' aides- de- canip. Ce t i, learn tro na Stockholm, November 12, that in the Of the S tates on the llth a communication was xll .e (.1 from the King, announcing that he approved of It `ne c hanges that they had made in the . last sessi t o i n ie . b. regults from these modifications that in future h 4 1 ,,. 1 wi ll be convoked for three years, and that t e wi'liefillinent is no longer to have the power of .townare di sn e 211 Ppress journals which contain articles that _ 1 `,l,—aslng to it. On the 12th the Government proposed foreign States a Bill, giving guarantees to the authors . o seith works against piracy in Sweden, but accompanied to co ndition that similar protection shall be afforded , aceeeZ l i'll works in the countries of the author., whose at. e protected in Sweden. lii. 11..11W 4iND POLICE. ti ts ‘ ;' - lc Court of Exchequer several verdicts for penal %Lei, etc.' obtained by the Crown against persons con r, Co T'l: s muggled tob acc o. " lent ass; • mmenced at Maidstone, before for tWilliams ; there are forty-two prisoners 71) d r r i i4 u; In the course of the day the ease of Richard b as 'L b t ile parricide, was mentioned. It appears that he 4,-een removed, by order of the Secretary of State, to l th:rOlinal lunatic asylum. Mr. Justice Coltman opened Gl' c°,l3naission of gaol delivery for the cosnty 14Ricester, where there are sixty prisoners for trial. ese rse t e t he Central Criminal Court, Thomas Bell Jones, a ag,, ' 4 °I respectable appearance, twenty-seven years of f w4B e° • dof having received, in the months o nytete gr i 4nd Svptamber last, the sums of 211. 195., Si. Bs, and . master, for and on account of Henry George Bohn, his et olu c t r l, , and that he afterwards secreted, embezzled, and h "rue. Another indictment charged hint with be three other sums, amounting to 161 13s. 4d., peace roperty of his said master. The prisoner, it ap etr,d,.had endeavoured to make restitution before his aleatms had been discovered, and had, up to the pre "t P er iod, borne an excellent character. The jury re -BeVaended him to mercy, and the Common Sergeant *n eed him t o e i g h teen mon ths' imprisonment with ite labour, - c o James Parker, two lads, aged six- n tcr o esereweeon anda n a v n ieted for burglariously breaking and * ein w the dwelling -house of F. Web i s i t e e r r e , i.n a . n o d w s e te n al lv in a g s la tl i . D . Pa el and other goods and chattels t °sported for seven ears and Parker was sentenced t 0 three months' hard labour, accompanied by a signifi taut cautio n as to the future. Juhn S m i t h , a packing-case-ma k er , carry i ng on b usiness at the earner of Distaff-lane, was brought before h in e n Hughes a n d Hooper, at the Guildhall, ch arge d to the Witecently assaulti ng Sarah Crip, a girl belo ng i ng Queenhithe Ward Schools for girls, in Old Fish- Istreet. The clarge havin g been pruved against him he was fined 51. fronr young man, named J o h n O g il v i e, was committed moußow -street, on two separate charges of extorting gt h and property from gen tl emen by means of infa reats. csilk,t W orship -street, Jane Brown was, on a warrant, 4 4'_ged with having attempted to stab. James Golding, a sh u c ral dealer, living in Wellington. -street, Shacklewell. for his the prosecutor an account, and, on his asking sdh e uts money, she seized a sword, and rushed upon him. t u „was fined 5 05., and, in default of payment, sentenced els:sste,rdity weeks' i mpr i sonment., a respectabl)eattired young man, about 30 s aid c't age, who gave his name William lß rown , an d that he belonged to Lewes Sussex, was brought be ' Jerem y, at GreenwiA, charged with obtaining 'etir a d r under false pretences from the Rev. Mr. Sims, th e ( -)f Lee, Bl ac kh eath. The prisoner had called on h ad Y. Gentl eman to request pecuniary assistance, and weSr'r)(l a pitiful tale of 'tiffs distresses, every word of 0.10._Cl tensed out to be f else. He was sentenced to one A sh a imprisonment With hard labour. frie a ni th " and his w if e, named Brown, were committe d ten ; c Thames police-office for stealing two copper a tnre s l i nd , Th ° ll3 as Armfield, the keeper of a marine le_ittatedatte:l: 11° Pernaker'e.fields, Limehouse, was corn reeei ; vaig the same, knowing them to have 11. e D u .424 ":rawr--)P.S.SSIRIOrf . dudand Duchess of Norfolk and Lord E. and siflrlarY Howard arrived at Arundel Castle, on Tues at ,tieter eoun , from visiting Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham, tlyeatwctrtil Rouse. The Marquis and Marchioness of aSse'leeP.ernpanied by Lady Anna and Lord Henry Loftus, and b't Vetvvorth House the same day, to visit the Duke Th,Llvaess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle. ettr e b n ullke and Duchess of Richmond, with the Ladies ( 4e a -e Augusta and Cecilia Gordon Lennox, and Lord Wog° Gordon Lennox were to leave Gordon Castle on L ore , ll Cday for London.' the Wharnelilie entertained the Duke of Rutland, f alen y c ' e r ! -Mr. and Mrs. John Chetwynd Talbot, and a qifl e if o lr ele, at dinner, on Tuesday evening,_ at Wham ., Te e ‘e, Curzon -street. ,\;ree ht ' a rnllis of Northampton, with Lady Margaret 4ieto't%,,alll Miss Clephane, is sojourning at Torquay,. t r eefli at '„ l `ue Noble Marquis having ' left Castle Ashby 'm ai. Th, - r after the Queens visit to Burleigh House. Adele eaem.utess of Jersey and Ladies Clementine and ne at , p ,v shortly leave town for Middleton Park, -leester, Oxon,and it is expected a select party ,rrhualt there for the Christmas holidays. icoar n " 1 and Countess of Sandwich, after a brief so ee.'d returned to lEnchinbrooke on Tuesday e ehri at ! .111111 Y party is to meet there, to be present at The ening of their infant. tThe r°411..) Earl Cardigan has arrived in Portman-square, stlndalk -01ole Balk, Where his Lordship's regiment is stationed. r aPto r ,, h a 1 is about to leave for Deane Park, Nor ire. Fitzwilli k r. ' °T I le se e n a,? 11 and the Ladies Wentworth Fitxvril -I,na IL,nd /44 .c,,Wentworth House, proceeded to visit 'b o r' nav e si.se_atary Thompson,. at their seat near York, nl3h, f or ve arrived at Milton Park, near Peter ntee es, th e L ed „ hunting season. Viscoant and Vis *icit Ho ver are also there. leo.' ° , the Ea a n d family are still at Ilolkar Hall, on a -",'" RO - e - 1 1 ' c 'f Burlington, middle ot expected to anaPto n until the of the ensuing in ? l en, po ult I tzstowoutamorts. r Y , and potatoes continue© to be imported, temp,— q u antiti e • 13rou rr ill b y the ste s a ain e t r o s the o L a on4 , o markets from Rot endnesday the Batavier () %vti! se t " fewer than . sixt head of live fat oxen and itt_vertll thousands of live geese, clucks, and turkies, es Mr li ge quantity of potatoes excellent quality. Ward . p eare el of Ludgate- hill, who has represented the for the% Parringdon Without in the Common Council t he _ la st two years, has intimated to the constituents tee of w ar )'ears, that it is his intention to resign his office as Cetittotialla_representatives of the ' ward in the Court of Th e k;ouricil. lizaturialiernbers of the Mechanics' Institute, in South- 146 celebrated their twenty-first anniver altuheele_hl;ruPsday evening, by giving a concert, at following vocalists sung with their wonted I llr Jon, hrr7a l—Miasea Rainforth, Dolb - Williams • Messrs. B,urdini, Mach . in, and John y' Parry. Conductor, own ‘-ooper, (pupil Moscheles), who played two ereelen_,t to on the pianoforte. The theatre was e it to. excess. 1, 7 a . 4., Agincourt, with Barber and Fletcher on board, 4 : Bl l 33 o.s t l e ' d i e l a l ie, S e reo ltn arli. 7a-lia):, Cape of GOod Hope, on the lath of There had been no deaths on, board except child re ade 'e'n sday was the last daand y on which entries were r the forthcoming cattle show at Baker-atreet, eet,o__elese, particularly for implencenta, were more ne rves ors than on an occasion. Amongst the e r ' s ' t c e .1' entries forstock was that of Ilia Royal High rrinee Albert, who last year exhibited some pigs. year he has entered into competition for the cattle. c= • ---- ....---....... -,ASPRIt AND Cooints.—The agreement for thi s ol(til,h is as follo ws ;____This agreem en t witne sse th, t h at Jfit, Coombs and Henry Clasper agree to row a skiff 1, !culler match, from Newcastle Bridge to LemirAgton .I:.°!oet3rt 611 the 18th day of December, 1844, for 180/., Coombes staking 1001. and Henry Clasper 80/.; `l' ll said lienry Clasper paying Robert Co . onabes, inde (lent of the stakes, 10/. for his travelllng expenses. •." maid and o fouling • no boats to be 11, , ,.._ , y match, R ? • r „, 1 we to interfere with the conter,stng partie.s. ine ...itz.. A ., t. to cOttle off half an hour before Ugh water.---Tyne — aer eury. 14r•lizirnard Gregory, whose terrn of imprisonment tw 4 ( , Pirc 'd, 011 Tuesday, quitted Newgate between one azid a 0 cluck in the afternoon, mpany with iis 1 414 E . M 44 lit4v and several friends, whohadcome to receive Iwo/ iEW 6 TRSZ. tiverPo° 4 lepa, 4,00 0 t 21d- !' c ' onelic!of tter, with ; Br' •icenheacte, ti es , 131 oat North 12i ;T' l ' Dd anchester th Union , Eastern , d Rott ,n ; ace, 101 f 'S to-C l4 l' GCOnle 1.0 : a, for to moldered . he Lee s ' the mail and CO be foullu se havivg nr the re• s to have C0ng2, 16 t to 1 0149 lava be ':ho NT ° , )2i to 3 .' Stock 1 accoun t tolerablf per Conti C e nts. s. tea. bare is tke goof advan cl , firm not been a same )614 .1 :1 5 )i A / )14 l ien to ,0 to:°. ILK. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28 DRURY-LAN E lIEA.T RE. W e were led to expect great things from the pro duction of Balfe's new opera, The Daughter (f St. Mark, at Drury. lane last evening, and we hare not been disappointed. Bunn has surpassed all his for mer, and has produced the most splendid, the most gorgeous, the most magnificent, spectacle that has ever been represented upon the boards of any theatre. The libretto, which is by Mr. Bunn himself, is based on the poem of M. de Saint Georges, but the author has in troduced such alterations as the requirements of the English stage rendered requisite. If we mistake not, a dramatic version of the same story was produced some years since at the Adelphi, under the title of The Queen of Cyprus. It is somewhat curious that this same plot should have been recently chosen by four eminent composers as a subject—Lachner, in Germany ; Halevy in France; Donizetti in Italy ; and Balfe in England, have each composed an opera on the story of Catarina Cornaro. But to the opera of last evening. The opening scene represents a festive ball in the Villa Andrea, near Venice. Catarina Cornaro (Miss Rainforth), niece to Andrea Cor naro (Mr. Borrani), a rich Venetian noble, is about to he united to Adolphe de Courcy (Mr. W. Harrison). Andrea has jointed the hands of the lovers, who have left him to prepare for their nuptials, when Moncenigo (Mr. Weiss), one of the Council of Ten, enters and informs him that the State has deter mined that Catarina shell become the bride of the' King of Cyprus, and commands him to forbid the nuptials. Cornaro is horror-struck, but dares not disobey. The guests arrive—the priests are there— the bridemaids commence their chorus—the proces sion is on its way to the church, when Andrea ap pears and commands the nuptials to stop. All is in confusion. Adolphe threatens revenge. Catarina entreats in vain—Andrea is inflexible. The friends of Adolphe and the partisans of Andrea are about to rush on each other, but, are, restrained by Catarina, who,' overcome by the agony of her feelings, falls senseless, and the act-drop falls on the tableau. The first act consists almost entirely of concerted music ; in the second act we meet with several gems of me lody. The first scene is the oratory of Catarina, a beautiful Gothic chamber, looking like one of Prout's most finished architectural paintings. We hear a very pretty chorus of gondoliers in the distance. To this succeeds a barcorolle, beautifully sung by Miss Rainforth. In her prayer-book she finds a letter from Adolphe, in which he tells her that he will come at midnight to set her free, and the gondoliers' song shall be the signal of his approach. Andrea enters, and tells her not to peril herself and Adolphe by re fusing the match which Venice has proposed. In this scene is introduced a fine solo, " When all around our path is dreary," which was most touchingly sung by Borrani, and deservedly encored, and which will no doubt be the bass song of the season. As soon as he has left Moncenigo enters, and shows her three assassins concealed in her oratory, who have orders to murder Adolphe if she does not at once reject his ad dresses. Adolphe immediately enters, and here oc curs another of those beautiful melodies, in the com position of which Balfe is so successful ; it is the air, "My bark which o'er the tide." It is exactly suited to Harrison's peculiar powers, and was rapturously encored. She rejects him, and he leaves her, believing her false. In the next scene we find Moncinego congra tulating himself on the success of his plots of revenge against Andrea's family; and then follows the concluding scene of the second act, and by far the most mag nificent scenic effect ever accomplished on any stage. The scene represents the battlements of the Palace of Famagosta, in Cyprus, with a view of the port seen under them. The stage is crowded with people making merry in honour of the mar riage of the king. There is a grand procession of the clergy; the clergy and the people join in a preghiera ; then in the distance is heard a chorus of sailors. The Venetian fleet pass in the distance, and salute ; the bells ring ; there is a flourish of trumpets. The king, preceded by his pages, squires, and heralds, and followed by his court in grand procession, descend the steps of the palace ; the State galley with Catarina arrives; the pages , sa down a rich carpet, w hi c h the bridesmaid s strew wit h flowers. Catarina, who is accompa"'Led by Moncenigo and Andrea, i s rece i ve d by 'I king, and presented to the people ; and sn ' ads ‘ : the - waving of the banners, and tb shouts of th e people, the proces sion still continuing to stream down the battle7ilents, the curtain falls. The opening pening scene of the third act, the gardens of the Royal Casino at Nicosia, is also very superb. It is filled with guests merrymaking. When the gue s t s l eave , M oncen i go enters, accompanied by a band of masked assassins, whom he directs to murder Adolphe, of whose arrival in Cyprus he has been informed. A clashing of swords is heard, and Adolphe enters, accompanied by the king, who has saved his life. A beautiful duet ensues, and the king leaves him, without disclosing his rank. Catarina enters—the lovers meets She entreats his pity, and Adolphe replies, in one of the most beautiful morceaux of the opera, "Oh ! smile as thou wert wont to smile," a ballad, in which Harrison is quite as great as he is in the far-famed "When other lips," and in which he will be quite as popular. It is needless to say he was encored. She explains to him that, on the night she rejected him, assassins were in waiting, who, on the least sign from her, would have taken his life; and then follows a beautiful duet, " Despite this tortured brain." Moncenigo enters, attended by the guard, arrests the lovers, and conducts them to the citadel. Moncenigo hastens to the king to accuse them, and, notwithstanding the entreaties of Andrea, they are condemned. The last scene re presents a public place in Nicosia, with a scaffold erected, and the headsman ready; monks are kneeling around, and the stage is thronged with soldiers and populace. Catarina and Adolphe are led in. Andrea rushes to the feet of the king, who is on the throne, and entreats for pardon. Moncenigo urges the execu tion, when Andrea tells him that Catarina is his own child, and gives him such proof that he cannot doubt the fact. Adolphe is led forward and questioned by the king, who not only pardons him, but gives him Catarina in marriage. The finale, by Catarina, " This spell too bright to bear," admirably sung by Miss Rainforth, and the chorus, " Envied for ever be," fol low, and end the opera. All the performers were called for at the close, and richly did they merit the honour, for they one and all exerted themselves to the utmost. Mr.l3alfe was called for, and then Mr. I3unn ; and both author and composer were received with loud plaudits. We have particularised the more important portions of the music as we have proceeded. The whole of the music is in recitative, and Balfe has in general overcome the difficulties of adapting Eng lish words to recitative admirably. The opera has been most expensively put upon the stage ; and we must conclude, as we commenced, by repeating that The Daughter of St. Mark is by far the most gorgeous spectacle ever produced. The house was cramm e d to the ceiling lorg before the rising of the curtain. The Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Strand,►ford, Sir Edward Codringto:i, the Earl of Jerky, Lord Ernest Bruce. Sir George Cock burn, Sir George Murray, the Right Hon. George Dawson Kamer, and Sir Arthur Aston, took their departure from the Castle to-day. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice., were taken for pony and walking exercise in the course of the morning. The Royal Family were again taken airings in the afternoon. The Earl and Countess Couper, Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby, and Lady Peel, arrived at the Castle to. day, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince 1A lbert this afternoon. The Duke of Wellington accompanied the Mar chioness of Douro in an early walk in the pleasure. grounds of the Castle. The band of the Scots Fusilier 'Guards was in attendance during dinner at the Castle to-day. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Wyon, of the Royal Mint, with a sitting for the por trait of his Royal Highness, for a medal. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Kew at an early hour, from Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived in the Effenoon, to pay a visit of congratulation, from town. The royal party afterwards left Kew for town. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner in the evening at Gloucester House, in honour of the auspicious event. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Princess Mary, and a select party, were present. Sir Frederick Trench had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR JOHN CAMERON, K.C.B. This Peninsular officer died at his residence at Guern sey on Saturday last. The deceased, whose health had been declining for some time past, was second son of Culehenna, and nephew of Cameron of Caltort, Inver ness-shire, whose ancestor was a younger son of Loehiel, chief of the clan. He was born in 1773, and married in 1803, Miss Brock, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Brock. of Belmont, Guernsey, and niece of the first Lord de Saumarez. Sir John entered the army as ensign in the 43d Regiment of Foot, in September, 1787. In 1794, be served under Sir Charles Grey, in the West Indies, and was present at the reduction of Martinique (including the siege of Fort Bourbon and other minor engage- inents), at St. Lucia and Guadeloupe, and particularly displayed his gallantry at the defence of the latter in the same year, and at the sortie from, and at the wsault made by, the enemy on the fortress of Fleur d'El65. He was at the action of the 30th of September, at Berville linrl.?r Brio-adier-Generel Graham, and in the action of the 7th October, he was severely wounded and was taken by the enemy. He remained a prisoner of war during a period of two years, and then came to England ; but his military duties at home were of short duration, for in six months he was was again or dered with his regiment to the West Indies, where he was on foreign service for nearly four years. The General, on his return to his native country, was ordered with his regiment, the 9th Foot, to the seat of war in Portugal, Sir John at that time holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in that gallant corps. His services in the Peninsula were acknowledged by several honorary distinctions. At the battle of Vimeira ho commanded the 2d battalion of the 9th Foot. He was at Corunna, under the unfortunate Moore, and by the intrepid bra very he displayed at that sanguinary conflict, the -I ceased gained the approbation of his sue— • - wand. In July, 1809, he ernbeei- coal expedition to the Schell on the 9th • on the _., then commanding the Ist bat talion, - and r .. . .urned., in September to 'England. In March he was sent out to increase the force of the army in Portugal, then commanded by the Duke of Wellington, and he continued in active service under that great commander until the termination of the war in 1814. He particularly distinguished himself at Bu saco, where he had a horse shot under him ; also at Sa lamanca and Vittoria. In July, 1813, previous to the assault and capture of San Sebastian, he carried, with the 9th Foot, the fortified convent of San Bartholomew, in front of Sau Sebastian, thus gaining a position which contributed greatly to the advantage of the allied army. He subsequently took an active share in the battles of the Nive of the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December, and in those encounters he had, another horse shot. During those services he was twice wounded, and twice severely contused. In acknowledgment for his eminent services in the Peninsula, he received the decoration of a cross and three clasps. Sir John. in 1814 and 1815, proceeded to Canada, but was recalled from North America, owing to the warlike aspect Europe had assumed, and the return of Napoleon to France. He reached Ostend in August, and immediately proceeded to join the allied army occu pying Paris. He was subsequently appointed Lieutenant- Governor of Plymouth, and had the military command of the western district, the duties of which he discharged for a period of fourteen years. In consideration of his eminent services, he was nominated a Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Bath by his Sovereign, and on the 31st of May, 1833, he was appointed to the Co lonelcy of the 9th Regiment. The Portuguese Govern ment conferred the Order of the Tower and Sword on Sir John, for the able services he rendered to that nation in the course of the French war in that country. His commissions were dated as subjoined i---Ensign, 25th September, 1787 ; Lieutenant, 39th September, 1790 ; Captain, 11th July, 1794 ; Major, 9th October, 1800 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 28th May, 1807; Colonel, 4th June, 1814 ; Major-General, 19th July, 1821 ; and Lieutenant General, 10th January, 1837. It will be seen from the above, that Sir John had filled all the intermediate grades to that of Lieutenant-General. The Colonolcy of the 9th Regiment is, by his demise, vacant. HABEAS CORPUS.—JERSEY. (From the Jersey Gazette of Nov. 25.) We have the pleasure of announcing that an offer from the Royal Court to Mr. Wilson, made through Advocate Hammond, to liberate him on his own bail, has been this afternoon unhesitatingly spurned. By no trick or de vice can Mr. Wilson be induced to damage the cause of which ho is the representative. TO THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN JERSEY. Gentlemen and Friends,—Let not the apparently un favourable news which arrived from London by this day's mail occasion you any anxiety. It has had no effect upon my spirits, nor upon my hopes, rwr upon my conviction, that at the end of perhaps a long vista, more or less varied, we shall safely arrive at last at the Tem ple of Victory and of Peace. Before the week is closed I hope to offer to you for your perusal the affidavit of the Procureur de la Reine, on which his application to the Bail Court was based. In the mean time let us not prejudge its contents or its effects. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Remember how our foes chuckled, day' after day, be cause the habeas corpus did not arrive. Remember their looks when it had arrived. Did I prophesy falsely that it would come ? Judge me, then, for the future by the past. I prophesy again. I shall be discharged from this vile custody sooner than you expect. And I add to this prophesy, that I shall be discharged by habeas corpus, and by habeas corpus only—or in a coffin. Fancy not that I hold my life so cheap that I would commit suicide. Fancy not that I hold law to be so despicable that I would accept my liberty upon any terms but lawful terms ; or that I would, for a few weeks of disgracAul freedom, enter into a recognisance at the instance of the corrupt Royal Court in Jersey, or at the command of any court in London. It shall only be by a coffin, or by habeas corpus, that I will be hav r e e n th o e v ed ho f n r o o u m this I r to be, e c , u stody. gentlemen and friends, your faithful servant, CHARLES CARUS WILSON, A prisoner by lawless violence, Jersey Gaol, Nov. 24, 1944, REGISTRATION Or THE BIRTH Or HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.—Her Majesty having commanded that the registration of the b irth . .. of the in fant Prince Alf r ed s h ou ld ta k e p l ace at Windsor Castle, on Sunday, Mr. Towers, the district registrar for Wind sor, attended at the royal residence, in pursuance of her Majesty's commands, for the purpose. There were also present,:in th e apartment adj oining the Queen's boudoir, where the registration took place, the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Secretary of State ; Major Graham, the Registrar -general ; and Mr. William Cole Long, the superintendent registrar for the district. The Castle and its precincts being extra-parochial, it was necessary to register the birth of the infant Prince in the books of the parish contiguous to where the birth took place ; but in consequence of upwards of six weeks having elapsed since that period, a fee. of 7s. 6d. was incurred. The Prince was registered in the names of Alfred Ernest Albert. Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert was present., and appeared to take great interest in the ceremony. KiNG's COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of Governors was held in the Board-room of the Hospital, to receive the report of the HOLM Com mittee for the last half year. T. Butterfield, Esq., was called to the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read and confirmed, the Secretary then read the report for this half y ear, ending 29th September. At that time there were remaining in the Hospital 101 patients ; admitted since, by letters of recommendation, 197 ; urgent cases, without letters, 339 ; casualties, 52 ; total, 588. Of these there had been discharged, cured or relieved, 566 ; incurable, 4 ; disorderly, 4 ; died, 43; remaining in the house 29th September, 72. The num ber of out-patients relieved during the same period was 6,312, besides 163 poor married women attended during confinement at their homes. Total number of in-patients since the opening of the Hospital, 5,330 ; out-patients, including 616 poor married women in the midwifery de partment, 44,171. The report was received and adopted, and after the transaction of some routine business, the meeting separated. A letter from Munich, of the 15th, says :—" A dreadful crime was committed here yesterday. While Captain N— was attending his duties at the Ministry of War, his wife, only twenty years of age, and the fe male servant of the house in which s h e res id e d, were murdered. A razor, with which the crime was perpe trated, was found near them, and all the closets and drawers had been piundered of their most. valuable con tents. The man servant of Captain N TT —, who is sus pected of being the murderer. has fled. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DE - BLIN, Nov', 26.---The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association took place this day, at the Conciliation-ball: and as it was the first meeting which Mr. O'Conn4-3-11 was to attend after his return from Derrvnant, there was the utmost anxiety evinced to be present. Every part of the building was densely crowded for a considerable period before the hour fixed fur the commencement of the Igo ceedings, and the enthusiasm throu g h o ut the day was extreme. Mr. O'Connell arriv ,, d at a few minutes before one o'clock, accompanied by Lord Ffrench, Capt. Lever, ex , J.P. and seveoal p rom i nent members of the Commit tee. Hei was received with loud and continued cheering. On the motion of Lord T'FREN , R, seconded by accla mation, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P.. was called to the chair. Mr O'CoNNELL here put on a. new crown-shaped cap, of velvet s.nd gold, am id st l ou d cheering. lie then pro ceeded—Before entering into the immediate business of the day, he wished to offer his most hearty congratula tions to the repealers of Dublin, on the triumphant result of the municipal elections on the preceding day. The repealers had behaved in the noblest manner on the day before, and the effect would be most salutary in the cause of Ireland. Having made these observations, he would beg to hand in some money—(Cheers)—but, in the first place, he wished the secretary would read a letter ;that had been receised from the Right Rev. Dr. Blake, the bishop of Drumure. " Violet-hill, Newry, Nov. 25, 1844. My dear Sir—Sincerely and affectionately I congra tulate you on your liberation from unjust confinement — on the glorious manner in which you have been ac quitted —on the public sympathy with which you have been honoured—on your recovered health, and the re sumption of your public labours, and on the auspicious prospects which, as the effect of more united national feeling, and a more generally just appreciation of Ire lsnd's rights hope, will The time, I andwal son wants, seem rie now v to open before us. when the resources of our tine country shall be made subservient to the hap piness of our people. A domestic Legislature, judi ciously constituted, would accomplish that, awl would make Ireland the happiest, instead of being, as it has been for centuries, and still is, the must unhappy of all nations ; but in uo other way, by no other contrivance, can we arrive at that object. Reason, experience, human nature proclaim it. Until we have a domestic Legislature, the poor will never be relieved as they should be ; until then, industry will never receive here its due measure of encouragement ; until then, the rich proprietors will never find their own happiness inter woven with that of the other classes of Irishmen ; until then, Ireland will always be the sorest, the most dis contented, and the most dangerous part of the British empire. We should all, therefore, struggle with Ire land's illustrious Liberator, and exert with him our ut most energies, in a constitutional and legal manner, fur the attainment of that one grea! paramount object. For my part, I am so convinced of this, that for the sake of the poor, and for the sake of all Irishmen, and of our common humanity, although it is far from being conve nient to me to increase my annual contribution to the Repeal Association fund, yet I feel myself constrained to do so, that I may do whatever is in my power to put an end to the innumerable and intolerable evils which afflict our fine people. My original annual.subscription was 11. I now send 3/ for the year 1845; and as I have contributed every week since the period of the monster trial a shilling to the weekly rent which is collected in Newry for the same purpose, so I will continue to do as long as it may seem necessary. " I have the honour to be, With great esteem and respect, my dear sir. " Your faithful humble servant, MICHAEL BLAKE. " To M. Rae, Esq., Secretary to the le:, al National Re peal 1) After the letter had been read. eoth of May. and he might add to the 6th of September again. The eyes of Europe were rivetted upon it. Every man in every nation of Europe read the British newspapers to try and collect n•hat eriminal act they had been guilty ef—to learn who they had stabbed, who they had trampled under foot ; what person they had injured, Whoetf land they had tresspassed upon—in a word, whether it wo. forgery or robbery, Or burglary, or phlebotomy, or what they had been guilty of.— (Laughter.) But if they were now to ask Mr. T. B. C. Smith himself—could they get him for a moment iu good humour, which he was told was very difficult— (Hear, hear)—" Be so good as p u t d own I n fifteen lines What crimes you have accused those persons of," he could not do so. He talked of a deep and foul conspiracy— of the deepest conspiracy that ever was hatched ; but where was the bird or where was the egg? It was to be found in his (Mr. Smith's) imagination, but nowin ea else.—(Hear, hear.) Oh, what a hurry was that jury ur in finding them guilty.—(Bear, hear.) But little had been as yet said of the exertions of their counsel be fore the House of Lords. He felt a stain of in,grati tude upon him for nut having sooner poured forth his meed of national thankfulness to their counsel. The first of these was Sir Thomas Wilde, who was at the very head of his profession.—(Hear, hear.) Everything that human intellect could du had been effected for them by Sir Thomas Wilde, and his memory would ever live in the grateful recollections of the Irish nation.—(Loud cheers.) The next gentleman to whom he would refer was Mr. Hite who, he believed, was Recorder of Bit , • mingham, and had been known as Mr. Hill, of Hull. His argument was most powerful, and he had been fol lowed by Mr. Peacock, whom he had not known before, but who made his fortune by the admirable manner in which he had acquitted himself, as the occasion enabled him to exhibit his great faculties in the full noon-tide of public notice. The gentleman who, after Sir Thomas Wilde, he was most anxious to have engaged for him was Mr. Kelly, the Member for Cambridge. He had at the very first stated, " If we are to go before the house of Lords, retain f o r me Mr. K e lly. He had the last word on their side, and much indeed of their success was to be attributed to his masterly address.—(Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell declared in the House of Commons, that they had not had a fair trial. Some persons say that the Whigs were as bad as the Tories. They were bad enough, Heaven knows, and he would be as sorry to see them remain in power as that the Tories should continue longer there. They should guard against them more cautiously than against the Tories, for the latter were their open foes ; but still he made this distinction between both parties, that whenever the Whigs were right he was for them ; but as to the Tories, he never knew them to be right yet.—(Laughter.) Lord John Russell, the leader of the Whig party, pledged his high character—and it was a high one—that they had not had a fair trial ; but what did Peel do ? Before the session broke up, he had the unparalleled audacity—the indescribable impudence —to nssert that they had a fair 1 trial.—(Bear, hear.) As for the Whig press, it had done ; more to injure the Whig party iu this country than it probably imagined, and he hurled at it his most con temptuous deflance—(Cheers)—whether as regarded the solemn impudence of the Morning , Chronicle when talking of the Irish lookiug for repeal, or the elanderotts mum mery of the Examiner, or that of the paltry Globe, Lord Palmerston's paper, which also indulged in insolence and derision towards the people of Ireland. Let them argue the question if they pleased, but let them know that there was nothing so unsafe as to in an entire people, and to turn their ,just. aspirations Elf freedom into unholy ridicule.—(Hear, hear.) He wanted to know what re tribution would bo made to him and his fellovv-pri'- sulfas for their one hundred days' incarceration.-- --(Hear, hear.) Ho had endeavoured to procure in inquiry, at least, into that matter. He would also probe the disposition of England on the subject. They had been often told that the people of England wished them well, and that it was the Government only that injured them. Ho would test that delaration now. He wanted I the Association well and deliberately to consider what steps they should take under existing circumstances. Since his trial and liberation advanc e s had -been made towards him from many quarters—from men of great in fluence and large property, who talked of joining them for a repeal of the Union Statute upon what was called the federal plan. He inquired what that plan was, but nobody could tell him. However, as they showed a dis position to join for Ireland, he was bound to meet that disposition in the spirit of conciliation, otherwise why should he have built a Conciliation Hall ?—(Hear, hear.) His anxious wish was to conciliate Irishmen of every class and persuasion. Every man who would join Ireland was his sworn brother.—(Cheers.) Federalism should be an open question ; although he confessed that he did not think that question ought to commence until such tune as Ireland should have her Parliament ; be cause until then she would not be on a footing with Eng land, or in a position to make her own terms. He had conjectured that there might be something preferable in federalism, if carried far enough. But he had bound him self to no plan, and yet a cry had been raised against him by some young gentlemen (alluding to the Young Ireland party), who thought themselves fitter leaders than ho was, but who, instead of reading his letter, and discovering their mistake as to his opinions about fede ralism, made the mistake, and did not read his letter at all.—(Laughter.) These gentlemen were urged on in their declamation against him:by those violent oppo nents of repeal who conducted the Tory press, and who accused him of compromising that question, because of his letter on the subject of federalism, and of his en deavours to induce those who professed to be federalists to join for repeal. Even the press of Louis Philippe took it up ; so did the National, the newspaper of Odillon Barrot, whom the repeaters of Ireland had treated with some courtesy, and more contempt when he ' offered to join them.—(A laugh.) In the first place, they were friends to monarchical government, and in the next they were Christians, Protestants, and Catholics, two groat offences in the eye of the National He heard of a gentleman being so violent a disbeliever that it was thought unsafe to be in his company. A friend of his (Mr. O'Connell's), however, meeting him on one occasion at a dinner party, at which he maintained his atheistical doctrine with great violence, turned to him and said, " I assure you I do not mean you any personal offence, but I must aver that I really do believe in a God." So, without meaning the National any personal offence, he must inform that journal that the repeaters were really Christiana .—( Laughter .) From the Con stitutionneltbey had nothing to fear. Thiers was out of power, and not likely to_ get in again. In his history he gave an account of the massacre of the 2d, 3d, and 4th of September, 1792, when 15 bishops and archbishops, and nearly 300 priests, were massacred in the streets of Paris ; but he relatedthe event with all the gentle flip pancy of an ordinary occurrence, instead of its being one of the most horrid and horrifying scenes of blood that were ever perpetrated. Aye, and if he had it in his power he would have the massacre of September enacted over again, he (Mr. O'Connell) bad no doubt, from the report which he published on the education question. Next came Louis Philippe's,. paper, the Journal des Debuts, which contained most terrible arti cles against Mm (Mr. O'Connell) for abandoning repeal. It called upon him not to imagine for a moment that, if there was a war with England, Ireland would get assist ance from France, for that France was too honourable to take such an advantage of England. For Heaven's sake, don't talk of such a thing ! cried the Debats.—(Laugh tor.) Why, he hurled defiance—and he spoke the senti ment with the most utter contempt—he hurled defiance to Louis Philippe and his newspaper, and eould tell him that he would not accept a repeal of the union at the hands of France.—(Cheers.) He could not forget their immorality and their want of religion, and he detested their base submission to . such a crafty and miserable usurper as Louis Philippe. Repeal or no repeal, the Irish people_ held him and them in the utmost abhor rence. He was a swindler of power—power got by the blood of the people who deposed a King because he was oppressing them. Louis Philippe took no part in the fight, but he took all the prize money.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Having reached the throne, he pledged himself by his charter to the freedom of the press, to education, to religion, and to the maintenance of trial by jury ; and how had he acted ? He had enslaved the press, by introducing laws which were more stringent than any that ever marked the oppression of the press I in England. He had mutilated trial by jury, and made it a crime to publish the names of the jurors. The man who promised that trial by jury should be main tained leis the very man who had trampled on it, and rendered it a delusion, a mockery, and a snare. Edu cation was to be free, and he was now scheminfc to give it into the hands of infidelity. He (Mr. 0 Connell) would tell the Debate and its master that he cared little for either, and that he would consider religion tarnished if they were the means of producing it even for the country he loved best in the world,—(Cheers.) To illus trate what these Frenchmen were he would tell theta a story which he had from Lord Monteagle. Carnot, when one of the Directory, had formed a plan, with his usual consummate genius, for the invasion of England and Ireland, and with a view to securing the adoption of it by the Directory, had communicated it to only two of the other members of it. Within a fortnight after it was laid before them, the paper was in the hands of the Bri tish Minister.—(Cheers and groans.) Just such fellows were those newspaper men. They were not rascals for nothing, and they were brothers in nature to the rascals who sold Carnot to the British Minister.—(Cheers.) Having paid a tribute to Dr. Maunsell's fairness, in freeing him (Mr. O'Connell) of tergiversation on the federal question, he declared, that any one who took the trouble of reading his letter must admit that he never had conceded one particle of Ireland's rights.—(Cheers.) The Examiner said so — Tait said so. Every man who read it would see that he was incapable of giving up for one moment one particle of Irish rights.—(Cheers.) He would give his heart's blood, his existence, everything on earth, but her rights. —(Cheers.) What have the enemies of repeal done - by that charge ? They had redoulded his zeal and his anxiety to promote repeal, and repeal alone.—(Cheers.) He would tell them a secret. Federalism (exclaimed the Hon. Gentleman, snapping his fingers) is not worth that. —(Roars of laughter.) He wished it no harm ; they might go on with their talking and meetings. Much good might it do them.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had great respect for them, and wished them well, but they were none of his children.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to comment upon Mr. S. Craw ford's letter on federalism, and followed up the line of argument and stricture which ho took in his recent reply to that gentleman's letter. He denied that he would make a bear garden of the Irish House of Commons. He would be too good humoured to quarrel with any one. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to refer to the mode by which the union had been effected, and said that he would follow that subject still further ' at their next meeting, when he would have occasion to address them at even greater length than he had done on that day, when he intended to enter into the following propositions in detail :- 1. That the union was not a contract, or _bargain, between the two countries, but Was forced on the Irish nation by unqualified force and the foulest fraud. " 2. That the union produced the most disastrous re sults to WNW. 1844. 3. That if there had been a real bona fide =ion. Ireland would hare been entitled to at least 175 Members. 4. That the most gross injustice is done to Ireland by the limited nature of the Parliamentary franchise. " England has a number of voters equal to 22 per cent. ul her adult male population. Ireland not above one to every two hundreds 5. Ireland was refused any won ei reform fur tire years after it had been conceded to Scotland, and for four years after it was obtained by the English. " 6. The Irish Municipal Reform Act is miserably de feciive ; the franchise is rated so high as to exclude from the burgess list about three-fourths of those who would in England be burgesses. " 7. All the most beneficial pover;of the corporate bodies have been curtailed and mutilated, or totally re fused ; amongst others, the nomination of sheriff—even the recommendation of a sheriff refused. "8. The people of Ireland are obliged to contribute to the support of two churches—the one the church of the stnaller, and at the same time the wealthy class of so ciety—the other, the church of the many and of the poor. "9. That the most gross fiscal robbery was inflicted on Ireland by the union. " 10. The union enormously augmented the disastrous effects of absenteeism, and all the evils of a distant and remote legislature and judicature." Mr. O'Connell, in conclusion, moved the adoption of the following resolution :—" That it be referred to the Com mittee to report on the proper steps to procure an in quiry into the recent state trial." Lord FFRENCH seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL then moved— " I. That the letters of Sharman Crawford, Esq., as they appear in the newspapers, be referred to the Com mittee to report their opinion upon them, with the reasons of such opinion. "2. Tbat that inquiry be conducted in a manner most respectful to Mr. Sharman Crawford." • The motions were carried unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL said he would postpone his motion for the appointment of a Preservative Society of 300, as he found there were more legal difficulties in the way than he had at first anticipated. Captain BRoDERICK brought forward the reports of the Parliamentary Committee on the following subjects : —The Irish Fisheries, the Ordnance survey, the " In dustrial Resources of Ireland," !and the Fiscal Relations between the Two Countries. After the disposal of some routine business, Mr. O'CoNNELL announced the rent of the week to be 5411. 2s. Bd.—(Cheers.) Lord FFRENCII was then called to the chair, and the usual rote of thanks having been passed to the former chairman, the meeting separated. THE DOUBLE SUICIDE AT MILE-END. Yesterday at noon Mr. Baker, Coroner for the Eastern Division of Middlesex, and a jury of the inhabitants of Stepney, assembled at the Fox Tavern, Russell-street, Mile-end, to inquire into the deaths of Charles William Duckett, aged 21, and Elizabeth Williams, aged 28, the two young persons who destroyed themselves by taking pcussie acid, under the very extraordinary circumstances which have been already partially detailed in the columns of this journal. The tragical occurrence created considerable excite ment in the neighbourhood, and such was the morbid taste for the horrible, that the inquest-room was crowded The jury having viewed the bodies, which lay in the position in which they were discovered on Sunday night., a description of which has already appeared, the evi dence was entered into. Mr. T. Williams, a brother of the deceased woman, was first sworn. He said—T reside at. No. 11, Cannon- ' street-road, St. George's•in-the-East. The deceased, Elizabeth Williams, was my sister, and resided with her mother, who is a widow. I knew the deceased, Charles William Duckett, who was assistant to, and resided with, his father, a house-agent, No. 9, Raven-row, Mile-end. ' I have observed that my sister has been very low- spirited for the last three or four weeks. She was most affectionately attached to the deceased Duckett, with whom she has been acquainted for some years. .1 have in my possession love letters proving that their attach ment was mutual. Their attachment to each other was sanctioned Icy both families, an their marriage was only delayed by Mr. Duckett's circumstances. We at tributed my sister's melancholy to the exceedingly jea lous disposition of Duckett with respect to her. Several lettere were here produced, which were ad dressed to the deceased Elizabeth Williams by Duckett; many of them were poetic effusions, written in the most extravagant love-sick strain. Evidence resumed—l last saw my sister on Sunday after dmrer, when I left her at home with my mother. She went out at half-past five on Sunday afternoon with Mr. Duckett, with the intention, as usual, of going to church. He told her to wrap up well, as it was a cold night. My sister did not return from church at the usual time, and between 11 and 12 o'clock I and my brother went to the house of Mr. Duckett, sen., to see if she was there. Mr. Duckett himself opened the door, and said he had not seen either Elizabeth or his km. He accompanied me back to my mother's, and then returned home again, wondering where they could be. In about three-quarters of an hour after, Mr. Duckett again arrived at my mother's, and related the shocking occur rence, and how he had found them both dead athis house. We never had any suspicion that either of them con templated suicide ; but, about three months ago, Duckett borrowed the Pharmaceptr4, a medical book, from me, saying he wanted it to aid him in preparing colours. The Coroner here handed to him a letter which was found in an envelope with a black border lying on the table in the room where the bodies were discovered, ad dressed " To Miss Margaret Chapman, 21, Lucas-street, Commercial-road," a cousin of Miss Williams. Mr. Baker proceeded to read the following, written on the envelope immediately under the address : " It is our last, our sacred and dying wish, that this letter be delivered into the bands of the above lady. Such is our final request, and whoever may this find, we pray they may give the same to her.—Signed E W., C. W. D." The enclosures were then read ; one consisted of poetry addressed to Miss Chapman, beautifully written and illuminated in various coloured inks, entitled " The Last Lay of the Broken Hearts." The verses were 24 in number, but the following extracts will afford a fair sample of the entire composition : " Change thou the scene—look here and thuu shalt find, " The spirit wounded with sternest sorrow's dart : " The madden'd brain, the wild, the wandering mind, " The cheek that's blighted, and the Broken Heart. " We've loved each other, joined in hand and heart, " Firm bound together in one holy tie, " Forsake we cannot, and we tie er will part; " Together live, and then together die." At the conclusion of the verses was written the follow ing : " This is the holy vow, freely given from both our hearts. We have lived for each other. We solemnly and without reluctance mutually consent to die together —testifying to the truth thereof we have subscribed our names, thus proving our perfect will to share the grave in the arms of one another. " ELIZABETH WILLIAMS and " CHARLES WILLIAM DUCKETT. " *nod at No. 9, Raven-row, Mile-end-gate, London, Nov. 8, 1844." The other letter bore date the '24th inst. (the day of the occurrence), and was signed by Duckett only It ex hibited great despondency, and informed Miss Chapman that when she received it he and Elizabeth " would be sleeping the sleep of death, for she had told him if you die without me, you will ho my murderer." The authen ticity of the deceased Elizabeth Williams's signature to that which contained the poetry was denied by both her brothers. William Henry Duckett was next sworn—He de posed, I am an accountant, and live at No. 9, Raven row. My son assisted me in my business, and lived with me. I knew of his attachment to Elizabeth Wil liams, and decidedly approved of it. Sometimes he was labouring under great excitement, and at other times he was' very depressed. Ile was a very abstemious young man. He drank no spirits, and only a little malt liquor —one pint of fourpenny ale would make him very wild. He never spoke about getting married. His age Was 21 last July. He was not in a position to support a wife. That preyed on his mind. About twelve months ago he was disappointed in not obtaining a situation in the Court of Requests, in Whitechapel ; and there had been a marked change in his conduct ever since. I have no doubt he committed the act of suicide in an unsound state of mind. My son has known Miss Williams nine years. She is 28 years of age. My sox was in the habit of reading Lloyd's Penny Weekly Miscellany, and Penny Atlas, which are full of crimes —love, blood, and mu sacre.—(Laughter.) He also read religious tracts and lighter works occasionally. He did not read novels. A juror—Those works you speak of are very romantic generally. By the jury—l have seen him reading the London Pharmacopceia, and I thought he read it for informa tion on chemistry. He borrowed it ostensibly for that purpose. The witness here produced a large packet of letters he had found in his sou s box, addressed to him by Elizabeth Williams. They reciprocated his affection, and one of them, of recent date, describes the writer as very un happy, and stated that she cared not how soon the time came to die with him. I last saw my son alive at half past five on Sunday evening, when he went out to go to church. I went to church with his mother, and re turned about half-past eight. I heard nothing until shortly before twelve, when the brothers of Elizabeth came and asked for their sister. I went with them home, and on my return I observed that the key was not in the door of the front parlour, my son's bedroom. I tried the door, and finding it locked, procured another key, with which I succeeded in opening it. On entering I saw my son and Elizabeth lying on the bed locked in each other's arms and quite dead. (Witness here be came much affected.) I gave an alarm, and a lodger ran for Mr. Davis, a surgeon, and I went to inform Eli zabeth's mother of what had happened. It is my opi nion that they destroyed themselves by mutual consent on account of the world appearing . a void before them. and there being no prospect of their being married. I think they must have been insane at thetime they did so. Colin M'Kenzie, police constable 371 K, produced the cups and phials found in the room where the bodies lay. The phials were on the mantel-shelf. One cup turned upside down lay on the bed, immediately above the de. ceased Duckett's head, and the other was by the side of the young woman. The phials bore on them a label with the words " Hydrovanic acid," and " Poison." They were of ex actly the same size, and the constable stated that he had ascertained that it was purchased at Mr. Battloy's, Fore street, the party who sold the poison to Belaney. . Mr. H. Letheby examined.—He was a surgeon, and made a post mortem examination of both bodies. The intestines smelt of prussic acid, and it bad got circulated throughout the system. He had taken away the sto• mach' for analysation, and found about half an ounce of prussic &ell in e:icl.—!‘n.silerably trore than sulkier to destroy lift,. to answA -. io M tpleNtion from Mr. Duckett, se}, Mr. Letheby p &elated that there had been no im proper intercourse between the deceased persons. Elizabeth 1C,..e1y, staying with her sister, a 10d.:,.r Mr. Duckett's hote4e, proved letting Mr. Duckett, 1114,, and Miss t half-past six o'clock on S•tudaT evening. :They went IJILI the parlour. and sh• Lewd inofe of thew. The Coroner having retuarktd On tlu' very melancholy end tuy sterions nature of the case, • The jury consulted, end ultimately returns] a verdiet —4. Th u t the d f ce,isetl perwns, Chitties William Duckett and Elizabeth Williatos, died from imbibing a certain quantity of pruNsic acid, but by, whom or how adminis tered there was not sufficient evidence before the jury," FLANDERS 3MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.), BaussliLs, Nov. 26.—The Chamber of Representa tives met yesterday, but there not being a sufficient number of Members present no business could be done. The price of bread at Brussels has fallen ono (minima per kilogramme, but it is still four centimes per kilo gramme dearer than at Paris. _ . We hear that Mr. Charles Lafitte, Director of the Rouen Iron Railway, has been engaged in forming at London a Company for the construction of an iron railway from Paris to the frontier of Belgium, kis object seems to hare been attained. The English capitalists who have just received from the Rouen Railway a divi dend of 10 per cent. on their original capital, they could not resist the temptation held out. by a new and great undertaking whish promises still more advantageous results. The Rhenish railway yielded in October, 1844, a sum of .50,621 dollars. The number of passengers was 35,574 ; and the quantity of goods 223,226 cwt. In October last year there were only 27,334 passengers, aud 114,801 cwt. of goods. The receipt was 32,528 dollars. In the first ten months of 1844 the receipt was 464,830 dollars, exceeding by 198,783 dollars the receipt of the corresponding period of 1843. FRoNTIiCRS of HUNGARY, NOV. 19.-1 learn frolil authority that may be depended on, that Colonel Berago, in the Austrian service, who has returned from his mission to the Black Sea, has given very farourable opinion tin the project of opening a direct communica , don between the Danube and the Black Sea, bfmeans of a canal from Chernawoda to Kustendiche. The ob stacles are saiti not to be great, and by no means each B 3 they hare been represented. The tt4brantages which wou ld result fort this new communication are incal culable: SF.LtfIAN FUND3..../ileinuit.a, Nov. Aetna Debt. 2h per Cent, Rothschild's Loan, Fire pet Ze . Loan of Thirty Millioas, Four per CenL............ Three per Cent........... Thtity.sevest Millions, ditto 70 !00 11544.....•....•«1102••••••••••••••••••••••• IGO 140411 Ct) 160, Four per society of Coinmerrz, Four arid a Half per Cad. Bank of Belgium, Five per issue or —ftrusseis Papers. Nov. sift. A V3THIAN FUNDs.—ViemsrA., Nov 20 Five i ter Cent*. 118 Fear pet ;'manta. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••.........•••••••• Three per • ••••••••••• •••.”..11•4111 Eank Shares •••••••••1111.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• NY. 1 Loan, 1111....••,.. t• ~ I•• a a...aflame** Ditto,llyDooooo •••••••• ••••••.••••••••••• I:.terb Ur* teen ..... 5314 nAILWAYR. The No',lent, or 1134 Gloggnitz us Milan ************ 'toss Ailirmeiste Zeifeing. Nov. ir.J. MURDER. .sr ST OC KroRT.—A coroner's inquir;;' was held on Tuesdav might, before Mr. C. Hudson, at hie Ace, ernon •streei, on the body of Eliza Jones, *hose: death had been caused on the previous afternoon by the . violence of her husband. It appeared the husband in . question, whose name is Henry Jones, and residing - at Cortwood, within the borough, was a bricklayer, in the receipt of good wages, but unfortunately of very intent.. perate habits. For some weeks he had been employed in the erection of an extensive cotton-mill in .Heaton lane, belonging to Lees, Kershaw, and Co., and int stead of intrusting his wife with his earnings, be too often squandered them away ift the beer-shop. To avoid this as much as possible, the wife followed him during the Sunday ; nevertheless he early on Monday got again intoxicated, so much so that his master desired him to quit. the ground, and return when sober. On leaving his work he met his wife, who kept dodging him to give her some money, two children being then ut home in want of the necessaries of life; but he became excited, and refused to comply or go home. After going from public-house to public-house, he consented, late in • the afternoon, to go home, and they were on their way through the town, when a violent quarrel arose between them. The wife, who was far advanced in pregnancy, was equally excited, when, in a moment of frenzy and madness, he threw her from him, and kicked her savagely. She fell instantly, and died in the street be fore any assistance could be obtained, supposedly from some injury sustained by a kick on the lower part of her person. Her husband was immediately taken into custody,, to await the result of the coroner's inquest, which is now proceeding. The prisoner appears extremely dejected. and is painfully alive to the awful position in which he is placed. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDNAT. Abollt :even &clock on Tuesday morning a moat frightful ac cident occurred at the mills of the Messrs. Martin, ad j(;ining Killileugh. While a man of the name of John Ctosbey was attending the fires, by some inadvertence his clothes were caught by one of the belts, 'which carried him roust] the drum attached to the engine. When he was taken out life was extinct. lie was dread fUlly mangled. The poor man has left a wife and seven children. Deceased was a quiet, industrious person.- 13eitiist Chronicle. The proposed Portsmouth Extension of the Brighton and Chichester Railway le the natural com pletion of the coast lines to Portsmouth, and will, by means of the railway now making from Brighton to Hastings, and a. continuation thereof, projected from thence to unite with the South-Eastern Bealea:7 at or near AshlOrd, complete the chain of railway comitasuni cation from Dover to Portsmouth. It proposes else 1 , branch to Ft:vellum, joining there the South-Western iltilwey. The length of the intended line from Chi , cheater to Portiunouth is about sixteen miles, the branch to Fareliain seven, making altogether twenty-three miles„ to complete which 280,0001. is estimated to be sufficient. The promoters, the Brighton amid Chichester Constir# say they have the greatest right to make a line to Porte mouth, having already incurred the heaviest part of the expense of the route in their own line, between Brighton tied Chichester; and that therefore it is but fair that they should be allowed to make the remaining , portion to Ports mouth, as originally contemplated. There can be no doubt also that it is the best for the public.—Brightot Gozette. I • - "'HE SCOTCH CURRENCT QUESTION.—A large meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh, was held on Friday, when resolutions were passed condem• aatory of any change in the currency of Scotland. it was announced by one speaker that the merchants of Manchester were willing to assist the Scotch in petition ing Parliament against any change. Another speaker, blr. Gedell,stated that all the Scotch members, with ons exception, had waited upon Sir Robert Peel at the close of the last session, deprecating any change. The metn who did not attend was Mr. Loch, an he bad since signified his acquiescence with the others; so that it might now by considered that all the Scotch membev were against a change. Nnw DOCKS', SOUTH SHLELDS.--4t is the intention of the Directors of railwas having their termini at South Shields to apply to Parliament next sessions for un Act to empower them to form a wet dock at Jarrow Slake. It is likewise their intention to make consider able additions to their staiths, for the shipping of cos' at the high cad of the town. PORT or SUlinnaLasn.---The quantity of shipping 15•Ing jn the port of Sunderland for a few weeks past has been very eat ; last week they were said to amount to about seven hue :trod sail, probably the greatest number ever in the harbour tb.t once. The crowding and incons venienee are of course Tyne Mercury. ANOTHER ACCIDIINT oIT THE -MIDLAND LlNa.—. Another fatal accident occurred oil the Midland line OR Wednesday morning, near the village 'f Syston. A guard was engaged in strapping some luggso on the: top of a carriage, which had been taken up the Syston station, to make it secure, when his head cam in contact with a bridge crossing the road. The poor man instantly fell, and, when examined, was found to be dead, having sustained a compound fracture of the skull. THE NSW POLICE COURTS.— A few days ago, the Privy Council issued orders for the remora of the business from Union Hall police court to the ,new . c building lately erected at Stone's End, near the Queso Prison ; accordingly, the Secretary of State has epd pointed that the business shall be commenced at the latter place on Monday, the 23d of December newt'. The new court at Kennington, for Lambeth, ilsPhills. and the south-western districts, will not he sompleted before Lady-day ; but the Commissioners of the Police have taken possession of the premises in the Kennington. road, and the lower apartments are now being teisp••• rarity fitted up for public business on the above day.. when the magistrates from Lambeth-street will be re moved to that court. The business of Lambeth-street ' will be transacted by the magistrates at the Thames police court. A new police court will shortly be erected at Somers-town. EXTENSIVE ROBBERT or PLATE, itc., OW 11111 SoirruAipTM RAILWAY.--Yesterday informaticift Watt forwarded to the chief police station, Great SOCotlanil. yard, that tin the 10th ult., between the Southampton Docks and the Nine Elms terminus of the London sad Southampton Railway, a box about two feet long by 1 wide, "1). P." stamped on a tin plate, and a card witl the direction of Mr. J. H. Houlton, No. 15, St. Mary Axe, was stolen, containing six dozen knives with silver handles, six dozen forks with silver handles, three doses silver table spoons, three dozen silver dessert spoon , three dozen silver dessert forks, three dozen silver tea spoons, two large silver gravy and two small silver gravy spoons, a silver soup kale, six silver salt spoons, a silver sugar spoon, a large silver teapot, a silver - -tigat - been, a pair of silver sugar tongs, a silver milk lug and toes salvers, wrought plate, marked D. P. and AL F. also six spoons, six forks, six tea spoons. plain, marked D. P., and a case. containing thirty spoons, twenty-nine forks, and thirty knives, silver gilt. The Earl of Cardigan has ordered sirenty peer families of Deene and Deenethorpe, - to-be-each Sup with clothing of the value of fifteen shillings, to ch elt them from the inclemency of the ensuing winter:— Brighton Gazette. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Douglas Jerrold's domestic drama of The Rent Day was produced here last night, both as regards the cast of the principal characters and the getting up, in a very complete manner. Mr. J. Wallack's impersona tion of Martin Heywood is well known, and is, in fact, inseparable from the reputation of the play itself. It is now some time since he has appeared in London in characters of this nature; but, however he may aspire to the higher walk of the drama, we do not think he can ever suffer from these humbler assump tions. He displays in the part of Martin Heywood a rough energy and a flow of passionate feeling, which, while it is in the highest degree effective as, regards the stage, preserves all the simple nature which the author has thrown into this and the other characters grouped immediately about him. Mrs. Stirling as Rachel Heywood, though perhaps lacking strong passion, made a profound impression by her thorough earnestness and amiable simplicity of man ner. Walter Lacy's Silver Jack, as well known as Wallack's Martin Heywood, was as effective as ever. Granby made as much of Crumbs as could be, but it is an incongruous character, which is exceedingly difficult to deal with, as, between his present villany and his former wrongs, the interest is perplexed. With regard to Mr. Compton's Bullfrog, it appeared that he was desirous to give an uniform colouring to the drama, and consequently gave the part a melan choly tune, which we do not, however, think was the author's intention. The tableaux were all admirably arranged, and drew down immense applause, as, in deed, did the piece throughout, and it will doubtless prove of service for many future " off-nights." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The following was the order in which her Majesty and her illustrious guests entered the 'Waterloo Chamber at the banquet yes terday :—The Queen and the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Coburg and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Coburg, the Mar chioness of Douro ;:trui Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, the Baroness Wanzenheim and the Duke of Wel lington, The following is the programme of the perform. trice of the band of the Royal Horse Guards during the banquet : Overture, " Waverley"—li. Berlioz. Selection, " Preciosa —C. M. Von \Veber. Adagio, Allegro, Andante e Minuetto, Op. 24, Sep. tetto, arranged for a full orchestra by J. R. Tatton —Beethoven. Finale, first act, " Mountain Sylph"—Barnett. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, took an early walk this morning. On the return of the royal party the Prince went out shooting in the royal preserves, accompanied by the Dukes o f S axe C o b ur g and Gotha and Wurtemberg, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, and attended by Baron de Alvensleben and Col. Wy lde. her Maje,ty and Prince Albert took an afternoon walk. llis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left fcfr Kew thiE morning. peal Association. Mr. O'Coeleeri. agein rose, and said there did not live a purer or mere single-minded Man, or one more at tached to Ireland or to religion, than th a t revere d pre late. li e waa see of the feeremoet of the apostl es o f th e church or () or!, anti, though in extreme old age, his heart be es warmly as the youngest amongst them in the cause of their country-.---(Cheers.) He moved the insertion of the letter en the minutes, and the marked thanks of the Association to the right. rev. writer. Captain LEVER seconded the motion, which was car- Tied unanimously. r. ° e and said he h a d t o hand thein 11, u Phi ladelphia, w h om ho regretted to see in this country. s () rs E cri L pti a o g n a o in f the ru se liev. Mr. Moriarty, of Personally, he rejoiced to see him, but he regretted ex ceedingly the cause that had brought him there—it was to raise money to rebuild the Catholic churches that had been burned during the late riots.—((sear.) The public were aware that atrocity unparalleled in civilized times, horrors that made men ashamed to belong to human na ture, had been perpetrated by the inhabitants of Phila delphia, under the name of ." natives," against the Ca tholics and the Irish. He read the other day in an American newspaper a leading article, stating that peace could never be established in America until those mis guided and unfortunate people, the Mormonites, were an nihilated ; and it then added, that after the Mormonites were exterminated they should exterminate the Catho lics. He would leave the meeting to consider what a state of society it was in which such a newspaper was supported. Ihe Rev. Mr. MontAwrt, on rising to address the meeting, was received with loud cheering, and proceeded to speak at some length. During the recent outrages in the United States it was not only the extermination of Catholicity, but the suppression of the spirit of nation ality, and of the movement in favour of Ireland, which was sought for.—(Cheers.) Her cause had been advo cated by the educated, enlightened, and civilised men of America, hut he was sorry to say that the number of such men there was few. Their houses had been laid waste—their churches burned—his own life had been three times attempt e d i n t h e pu bli c streets o f Phila delphia.—(Loud c r i es o f " Oh, oh.") He trusted that these words wo u ld b e h ear d across t h e Atlanti c . Th e design of parties was to extermimate, or to frighten them. —(Cheers.) He trusted no Irishman would leave Ame rica. It was intended to frighten clergy and laity out of that country, but they were not to be frightened. The SECRETARY announced the receipt of the fol lowing remittances; -111. from Flushing, Long Island ; 251. from Peterson, New Jersey ; and 501. from Troy, United States. Mr. O'Cosiaceea then rose, and was received with loud cheers.—lie said, as soon as the noise had sub sided, Hurrah for repeal.—(Loud cheers.) This is the first day of a new campaign.—(Cheers.) We begin again to act more distin ct l y an d more d ec id e dly, an d, I trust, more cautiously, an d w i t h grea t er exer ti on , than ever.—(Cheers.) The period of silence, in expec tation of aid and assistanc e from others, is gone by, and once again we put up our high motto, " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow r Year after been cheers.) Th a t motto (continued Mr. O'Con neil) had been the rallyi ng maxim of his life for many ay e e n str p h re a s d se m d at u t p e o ra n of the th a e t h in h ti e o s n t iteaortar a e y e . to Ya of England, and brought fo rwar d w i t h the greatest force. Tasty lied been treated wi t h contempt. The press had longd Ireland treated them with contempt ; and suddenly the English people find out that the Irish are determined to be free, and they wake up with astonishment, and ask, " How can they have arrived et that conclusion without going through any intermediate stages ?" They had passed through them without their knowing it. The proceed ings of last year—the monster meetings—the monster trials—had drawn itheir attention to Ireland, and had made an impression, not only upon England, but upon all the members of the human family.—(Cheers.) If he were asked how he intended to proceed, in order to obtain repeal, he would answer, at once.— (Cheers.) He had seen an Irish Parliament once sitting in College green, and he had registered a vow in his political sanc tuary that he would never rest until he saw it there again.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) At the commence ment of his struggles he had been met by procl a m a ti ons . As an Act existed to give proclamations the force of law, he obeyed them. When they ceased to have that effect, he set them at defiance.—(Cheers.) But there had been no repetition of them, until that at Clontaff, which Lord Cloncurry had so well denounced as a " projected massacre."—(Cheers.) After a protracted effort, ho had been forced to bring forward the repeal question rather prematurely in the House, and, after a debate of eleven nights, there appeared a majority of 456 against them, and 45 for them ; but at that time the House of Com mons pledged themselves, and the House of Lords joined them in au address to the King, praying that the griev ances of the nation should be redressed. To that his Majesty had readily given his acquiescence, and they had, consequently, made a solemn declaration to that effect.--(Land cheers.) How had they performed that promise ? Not one of those grievances had been redressed since. The declaration was nothing but a con gregation of falsehood. In fact, to use short language, it was a lie—a practical he. It had had much of autho rity about it i it was the pledge and declaration of King, Lords, and Commons. It had everything in point of form, which could have given power to an Act of Par liament, and therefore he had paused in the agitation of repeal when it came out. He did so, because he i knew had he not done so, it would have been said," Why do you not give time to the King, Lords, and Com mons to give effect to their pledged declaration ?" Ho saw that, and he tried an experiment, and gave them time. It had produced nothing.—(Hear.) They left their pledge—as every other pledge made by England to * lreland had been left—broken and unperformed.— (Cheers.) Well, he began the agitation again.—(Hear, and cheers.) Had he begun it hastily? No; he formed the Precursor Society, to let the English ear be informed of his objects, and to let them see how far he was from act ing peremptorily.—(Cheers.) They had given her the alternative, and for twelve months they had told her of Irish grievances—first among them the state of the suffrage.—(Cheers.) They were disregarded, and they were laughed at—laughed to scorn.—(Cheers.) He tried the House of Commons. He moved for a Bill for the increase of the franchise, and the motion was se conded. Who opposed it ? Not Peel, nor one of his party, but an excellent man, who was obliged to take that position—Lord Morpeth. Neither Whigs nor Tories were with them. What had been his answer ?;Hurrah for repeal.—(Cheers.) He then formed the Repeal Associa tion—(Cheers)—with a solemn pledge that nothing short of repeal should satisfy them.—(Cheers.) lie had thus given England every opportunity of doing them justice, but she had not availed herself of one. Now, they had gone for ever, and the Irish insisted upon repeal.— (Cheers.) The history of the last two years was im portant in any account of the struggle for repeal. But, when their enemies found out that the monster meetings, commencing with 15,000 at Newcastle, increased to 1,000,000 at Tara, they set Brewster at them. He had plenty of clerks—they killed a whole flock of sheep to make parchment for the monster indict ment—(Laughter)—which literally was thirty-six yards long (Cheers and laughter) and which had been well characterised by the Lord Chief Justice. The trial took up the public time from November to the )CR. 56c. OC I C to - to - ro 3..7 ! 4 to --; to 31 te —"' ;0 .^- to ''' tr`_aye, )04 ° sh oro A 7 O O we