The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-29 00:00:00

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. uricE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS .of this COMPANY, will be hold at the BANK in LOTH BURN, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of March next, at One 'oclock prec;tely, to declare a Dividend, and for other purposes. At this Meeting three Directors. viz. : P. M. Stewart, IN., M.P., Frederick Burmester, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., retire by rotation, but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly. By Order of the Board. JAMES W. GILBART, General Manager. Lothbury, Jan. 22, 1844. The Books will be closed, to prepare for the Dividend, from the 19th of February to the 10th of March. ]3RIGIITON, LEWES, and HASTINGS RAILWAY. Capital £475,000. 9,500 Shares, of £5O each.—Deposit, X 5 per Share. To comply with the Standing Orders of Parliament. Each Subscriber's Liability limited to the amount of his Sttbseriptons. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. fiir Henry Shiffner, Bart., Newick Lodge, Sussex. 'General the . Hon. Frederick St. John,-Brighton, and Row Heath, ChaileY, Sussex. -,.._ , 9bert 'Willis Blenc owe tlli,, Esq., the Hooke, Cheney, Sussex. zm Henryloamy, Esq., the Beccidands, Newick, Sussex. .k ie ut—Colotiel Francis Davies, Danehurst, Fletching, Siasex. Shelley, Esq., 3larestield Park, Sussex. Nash., Esq., London, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Croipanr. "Larnes Henry Slater, Esq., Newick Park, Sussex. 4 . o ivard Esq., London, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Zompany. r • *err MolirAeux, Esq., Lewes, Sussex. mill.;t Catt, ,en., Esq., Bishopstone and Brighton, Sussex. u ssell t l, wV, Esq., Barcombe, Sussex. t„ r "od Godlee, Esq., Lewes, Sussex. p ",, w • j '",are Monk, Esq., Lewo, Sussex. "n Pinker, jun., Esq., Lewes, Sussex. i' ;A~xaaa.. 'Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton and -. 01 14,n ; Messrs. Molyneux, Winfield and Co., Lewes. EaGl ' C r , ER.—J. Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S. s ,o Lte , roos.-31essrs. O. and H. Faithitill, Brighton; Arthur It. Brims, Esq., Lewes. i„ 4 '.cti AMEN TART AG E NTS.—Mes.H • s. Dorrington, Hayward, and , • This Railway, commencing by a junction with the line of the Lon °ll and Brighton Railway at Brighton, and terminating at Saint Leonardo and Hastings, is projected as the most eligible Line that can executed'for connoting with London the fashionable watering ',races of Hastings, Saint Leonard;, and 'Eastbourne, the market 'own of Ilailsham, the comity and assize town- of Lewes, and the 'ric h agr. icultural districts of East •'•ltriSeti, connecting all those places ,Nvitli each other, and with the important town of Brighton. It is adapted to become a portion of an important national Line, , av ersing the coast, and connecting eastern and western ex .'renlitles of Sussex. The Shoreham and Chichester Railway, for ''' l nch an Act of Parliament is now being applied for, forming an 'other link of this important chain. li ctween Brighton and Lewes, a length of 7i miles, it is proposed to Itnake a double Line. Between Leaves and Hastings, 24) miles, a 431t Ve Line only, with bridges and land for a double Line throughout.. castings several plans have at different times been proposed to connect '`'Lastings with London by Railway in a northern direction, by either which the distance is 81 or s 2 miles ; at the seine time involving fya serious engineering obstacles necessarily interposed by the nature mf the'country in that direction. 'Jae distance by the proposed Line is 82 miles, and the country is VecUltarly adapted to the construction of a Railway. e , The details of the traffic have received the careful scrutiny of the - Loinraittee, and also of the Directors of - the London and Brighton Railway Company, and the cot mates of the Engineers are of that ."__ M Ple character, that Contractors of the highest stability are prepared Avail responsible sureties) to complete the Railway, including all T"tingencies, and the maintenance for twelve months after the open •l4g of the Line, for a Ices sum than the amount of such estimates. ~._ Passenger trafdle alone, with the small portion of the traffic in • s, which has been taken into consideration, after deducting 40 Z r cent. for tivl cost of working the line, indicates a return of up of 8 Per. Cent. upon the proposed capital. In order to place the undertaking upon a basis of complete seen ,„,7tl,_3;, its p';tanoters have sought for and obtained the cordial co-opera .•(2, 1 01 The Directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company; ,17 the Directors of that Company have agreed to guarantee 4 per he per annum to the Shareholders in this undertaking (subject to ' 7 th confirmation of their Proprietors at a Meeting to be held on the of February next) upon the proposed capital, for a period of ten ' Tea rs next after the opening of the line—together with a moiety of '!e profits which may be realised over and above such 4 per cent. ; ad further, that in case, upon the completion of the proposed Rail -443., its Proprietors should prefer testing the productiveness of the , m re prior to granting the proposed lease, they should have the a tt „, 4 of so doing, and the Directors will undertake the carrying of traffic open fair and reasonable terms, and be still pre fred to take the proposed lease for the then residue of such term of ~,Years from the opening of the line, at any time within five years "“ct the opening. 'll a The necessary notices have been given, plans and sections, &c., c been deposited, and every necessary preliminary required by itrtialing Orders duly prepared ; and it is in to app!y, in exZ n suing session of Parliament, for an Act to carry the works into 44'4,Pplications for Shares to he made on or before Tuesday, the 6th I ,I° l. February next, in the following form ; addressed to the London and of the Brighton Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company, at the b r ron and Brighton ' Railway Office, London Terminus, London salle or to Henry Faithfull, Esq., Brighton ; or Arthur It. Briggs, 44 ' , trees ; of whom also the Prospectus may be obtained request you will allot to me Shares in the Brighton, s a g es and Hastings Railway Company, and I agree to accept such sa t , e s as may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit upon the , and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscrihers ''eetlent, when required, so to do.—l am, &c., Name Residence Trade or Profession Date --- britterta,lo number of Shares will he reserved till the let day of Fe rY for Applications from Shareholders in the Brighton Railway. ......sa:nuary, 1844. -4antlN RE HARMAN'S BAN KRUPTCY. ay, , Modern Household Furniture, Fixtures, Plate , •Linen , China , —l ' Class, Library of Books, Pictures, HM1(1501110 Carriages, and \'" gaPerior Horses. NE ESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS, are IN, instructed by the Assignees to:SELL by AUCTION, on the At i,",Chester-square, Pimlico, on Thursday, February 8, 144 Lllll )113t r :,., e a for Twelve precisely, all the genuine , and very superlor lea ti ,'/lOLD FURNITURE, Fixtures, and Effects; comprising Spanish mahogany sideboard 511(1 dining tables, chimney tah.j'or glasKs of large dimensions, two splendid cabinet secre -1.0,t la ebony and rosewood, elaborately finished ; richly carved All oft?" 1 100, card, and pier tables and drawing-room chairs, t te best make ; sofas, settees, and ottoman!, covered in hand %%l „ n uts tabaret, and curtains to match ; rich cut - glas s lustrcs, tia ae :`ntiois opal lamps, mounted in brass work, highly chased ; of Pieces of tine workmanship. Brussels carpets, various articles 4 88 0 ,-,„!' china, and glass, 600 ounces of plate, shell pattern, and an by 8 1:,Prit of splendid plated articles ; a horizontal grand pianoforte kind -'4ar ,_ t t four-post, tent, and French bedsteads, bedding of all Ita ii P nieval and dressing glasses, wardrobes, toilet tables, wash ktte,,,:"arals, and chests of drawers, 600 volumes of books, large litchi,'' work boxes and wilting desks, in rosewood and mahogany, Aa,v utensils, ikc. ; a handsome modern chariot and a one-horse ridl 44 l:l a Pair of superior bay carriage horses and a beautiful 'bay ens „i„ "rae , neat plated harness, and other effects. May be viewed Ea q. 1Y Prior to the sale ; and catalcgues had of William Pennell, Wal) ; : f acial assignee, 31, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rickards and to ts ',-,;? s_olicitors, 29, Lincoln's Inn-flelds ; Messrs. Tooke, solid- AN;,,a;" and ; at the place of sale; and of Messrs. Adam ----.-.._ ad Sons, 47, Parliament-street. SOILED LINENS.—The SAMPLE LINENS 7retftiioise Co.ceebrated makers Knox and Co., for Irish linens , and )4ltooll e s ,C . for table linens, have been contracted for by +soiled , '' , tl IGH , TWICK, in the Borough. These linens are unl} by of the showin g to the trade us samples ; t he y are s p ecimens best made 1w these celebrated manufacturers, and are now et t , - „ .1 ,g 8 ' )1 d at half the price of the same goods when clean. Sp lendid "'asK table clothe, three yards long, 7s. 6d. each ; two yards p g are, each 2s. 9d. ' ; five yards long superb damask cloths , suitable r the table of the nobility, 20e. each ; fish napkins, 2s. 6,1. the 1(„" ; fittest damask napkins, yard square, the dozen, 10s. 6d. ; •k," ° 's extremely fine Coleraine Irish, twenty-six yards for 255. ; I , or and serviceable, twenty-six yards for 205., usually sold at is. 6d. Palr, w h e "ril large lot of linen sheeting, commencing at 4s. 6d. ithout a seam. Samples of these linens sent by horse and 'Art ai for, part of tow and n, or forwarded into the country if written fo tun , Brooks Wightwick's extensive establishment, 106, b rept, Borou g h, f ac ing the end of tinion-street. The premises aliagiitliree hundred feet deep, country drapers will find it to their to call at the wholesale warehouse in King-street. SIGHT''AND HEARING. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE- Ac ,,, LFSCOPES, OPERA-GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, Patronised INSTRUMENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS ,&c. Ili'littrf)nised by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Royal t,, l ' n ealt the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess tt t i erh ar _ , Y the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager bcbens of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter rY. the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough, and ll nehe ster. Marqui s es of Londonderry and Thomond. Earls of A "Marie Ea 1 t Sh ft hury Tankerville, Powis, Bradford, icki g e (""' a - ' cv, Vcrularo, Harrowby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, Ox. Er Li sburne, and Ferre rs . Bi s hops of Exeter, Blandford, Lin. n, Cork, uphill, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir son Lloyd, Frederic Meister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Mor n'Dl, "bnet, Robertso n , an d M ac kenzie. Major-Generals Sir H. GP. Fyers D. M'Lcod, Hamilton, and Wemyss. Lieut.. x! -- ' 4lB Sir Henry 13 ' ouveriC, Si; J. Macdonald, Sir R. Barton, Syr: i D a n llas rt ,: s ord John Hay, Admirals Sir Georg e Cockburn, G e od "rge Munday , Sir G. Martin, Sir James H. Whltshed, Sir Messr Alb S. and C. SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, 39, arl e.street, Piccadilly, o pposite the York Hotel, have in. t ern S pectacle Lenses, &c., of the grea test transparent power— berorediatelY these ne w ly i nven t e d Spectacle] Lenses are placed th at -e teMcly imperfect vision, either by day or eandle-light, r,r„ rri v ist and dullness which appear before the eyes are at once Pr ese __ ed, every object becomes clear and distinct, vision becomes ttnr4..vetl. and. strengthened, and very aged people are enabled to quire Lenses sight at the most minute occupation, and can see with qui r " s ea of a much less magnifying power, nor will they re in en the frequent changes to further helps, as the Spectacles now bri g i l n j" use, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes tfititwand brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natura f l . , u an oh d slier "ate; those objects being accomplished is a matter o consequence than can be imagined. All 6 TRu m ,"" of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC IN. forty a „ - 7 14 TS, which enable individuals at an advanced age, and of in ,; "' AnY years' standing of extreme deafness, instantly to join pwae,eerral c onversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low rilo sat.church, theatre, Ac. It pours the conversation intoth be e ebe trved u . c h an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot Op A t I T, t he Most powerful newly invented ACHROMATIC * ell 'A-GLASSES, which are invaluable on the race-course, as ktkea, at the theatre, Rte. The Telescopes for the waistcoat l'Nsess extraordinary great powers for shooting and sea c e i t r :" l , and with stands for astronomical observations, with the Dr, crated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy. The b ril r ae go great over all others, and the Lenses so bright and t ai , cp an t, r that the most minute objects, at an extraoldinary dis tourir',_are brought completely under the eyes. Sportsmen, ' ta, and s ea-s id e v i sitors will indeed h ere h ave a great t rea t . et tl. l'' _ /1e and Compound MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation bl ood of a Fly an d a Fl ea can b e sees fl ow i ng i n gr e a t co nk are S. and B. Solomon;, Opticians and Aurists, their" any way connected with a Person of the same Name in prelmmediate Neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. y 35 . Alb ent mistakes, be Cautious, and Observe, only to be had at e rnarle.street, Piccadilly, opposit" the York Hotel. 11- H AMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. This Price Is. 1 1 ,4 d. per box e o h , re excellent family PILL is a_Mcdicine of long tried efficacy for ty,,, e tme all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels , the common t , t Pforns 01 which are Costiveness, Flatuleilcy, Spasms:Loss of App i e ; 7,,,!,ick /lead he Gi Idiness, Sense of Fullness aftor Meals, D --th':erss,voift Eyes , ae-, ' • - d Pains in the Stomach and Bowels i n ,„ the Drowsiness,an 1n .. .,' 14 5fi on, Producing a Torpid State of the Liver, of every a consequent Y of the Bowels, causing a disorgamratnof by very function of a little perse. te raft `_"_ne, will, in this most excellent preparation , er three doses will convince Its hc ,teen f o b tl e e f fr i ec t s h s t a a l l u l y ta r r e y m e o ff v ec ed t s . . 'lwo The stomach o will speedily regain . t , heel s : man i dn,ki a d n n d ey j s a w un ll . l tapi4"gth ; a healthy action of the lit er, d i ..,,,, Yptake place ; and instead of list a le n ss d n r e e s newed health, will be the - It a r 4 , e , a r aetti taking this ti ie : l t i c e tr i i i v i e i t , y a , ccording to the directions accom. P a ' iklg ea lt ch b Th,,,, „ ox. A...,._- •i, ills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs , Colds, P awn , ,handortess of Breath, and all Obstructions ,ce at th U ta c t) e, they qi,,,rs if taken after too free an indulgz se pet) restore the system to its natural state of I ne,,, ic i !'s (,f eaULL HABIT, who are subject to I f l r e o a rn da t c o h o e, g o re i a d t di a . flow o f 1 7" an, and Singing in the Ears, arri h g d a ... Blood to the Head, should never he wit out . them, as many "Gerona symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use FOR Fr an 0. --MALES, these Pills arc most truly excellent, removing I;;aistructions : the distressing Headache so very_prevalent _ et. ons Depression of Spirits Dullness of Sight, Nervous Affe • i , 1410 es, Pimples and Sallowness of the Skin, and bverenile bloom to 'the complexio. ° give a healthy and m4eNIOTHERS, they are confidently recommended . as the best . 7:_ ...ftipe e th as a a t n c t a , n be taked during pregnancy ; and for children of 11 a? they are unequalled ...s a i moosestra.l4 °I safe. easy Aperient, they unite the recommenidirae >eration with the most successful effbct, and requite the _,., restraint of diet or confinement during their use. By regulating ~,:,.,'. _,u.taceor,ling to the age and strength of the patient, they be tor f,--otai,:i...,c..ii).4l.a.edhaleLicfyionreie,hEvie(t)rhyle,ctse, in either sex that can he required; and they will be found to be the most coin for 4'4,,D7 T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, Price Is. I!<,d. and 2s. 9l e . 4 ., and by the venders of Medicines generally throughout th Nat .. f .f' , y FRAMPI ON'S PI LL of HEALTH, and observe the e5,..... 1 2 ' AAldreta of "lhom as Praeut, 9e9, Strand, London,' on the went 1111aut ,turday upport.- 000 for rather asterrr 'estern, :,1013i; South idland, 1 much ily Ja - , rear to inution ss was', Met were Is ich pected. ept. 20, ;eneral, aye ob- 'am erce Is into fabrics, The ,tcadilY ) their )''is the rehases pr ices. , t. The The n being 13 ank rise of ise elt e heavY he New and the nnuities Market,. Spanish CentB. , ‘,d have R. The at 34 . leferred• nds are, !t• ; and: nts. are and the, Derby Selby to nt ; and French are 13 d South lave rai n Joint LOCK• 196 1951. 1.02 i 102 101 i 13.16 LOCK• 3 --• ) -..." 3 '''''. 1 "'- ) ---. ) --- ) --- ) hat e e Price ° 4 'T e sor W, 2 .tP I, ache ste i8:01)°°1 , t thrf. sit P e , r : becii of th e w iaod' s. /11' aerie , lOgb. A ~~ „, . ,*. \,-4';; S u H .2 ' t A I 4?------2: --l- ,,,(--- 7 / / - 4 -- - ---- -r_ -,--/-- , .1 - Z - - / • '' K' _.,,, ,-, ./ ' V III7 9Nrizio - --;i....” • --_ • ••,,,,, . , • ___ .....i.,_ ,_,:::„..,..;„. ).:...,..1,,, ,7 4,. . ~,,... . 1.16. 7 0. _.t . 1::'!,•5' ' ... _ 1 _,4.• - „........,,,,. - N .#,,,,, „...../ --, r - \ .-•,'.. S't''' • ~... \ :..... ( •; '''. ~ t -, :c '. '''' Ailliblik\ Sl s'=•-•z , ---k 3,--, I. , p etie, L- - ' - ' -' ‘''' - a•-;:" 1 E..- ° lf ,-„ r „. 3 54.. 0 14 \ ' 11t,.„, ......,,,-,,.,::: , -...,../. 'H --_, =1: ' i :i .... Al , 4. . .., ., i .2) b, 1 Dlr., '''' .....-,..e '//, ' i-,- - ~ O IT \ "....,.. : ..... 6..........ii5, un • _ _ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SUN, JANUARY 29, 1844. No. 16,045. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY a SECOND EDITION ( Evening Sun) is Published 212 Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POET containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE GREAT LEAGUE MEETING, THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. I,c next WEEKLY MEETING of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN- I AW LEAGUE will be held in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on TritiliSDAT EVE . .NING NEXT, February 1. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair precisely at Seven o'clock. Cards of admission to the stage and boxes may be had on appltca• tion, after Monday next, at the Central Offices of the League, No. 67, Fleet-street. _ . _ The Cards of Registered Members of the League will, as heretofore, admit to the I'it and Galleries of the Theatre. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. (Constituted by Act of Parliament), 32, LOMBARD- STREET. The extensive businefs conducted by this Company places it among the first institutions in the kingdom for the Assurance of Lives. The assurances proposed to the Company during the year just concluded, amounted to Of which the Directors thought it their duty to reject Policies issued to the extent of . . . . . 348000 Being upwards of one-third of a million, and adding nearly 11,000/. per annum to the Company's revenue. There are various inducements to assnrers in this Company, arising from the security whi,h the Company alibrds—its equitable rates and its characteristic principle of liberality, whether in the settle ment of claims or facilities to assurers. A distinguishing feature is also to be found in the division of profits, by which it will be observed it confers peculiar advantages upon its policy holders, allowing them in the fullest degree the benefit of survivorship. Policies from this Company steadily continued thus increase very rapidly, holding out great inducement to the beat class of lives to give it a preference. A policy opened in 1825 for I,OOC/. has been increased in 1840 to • A policy opened in 1826 for I,OOC/. has been increased in 1840 to . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 10 Later policies in proportion. Another division takes place next year, and parties now assuring will participate. Any other information to be obtained at the Company's Office in London, 32, Lombard-street ; or at the head office in Edinburgh. By order of the Board of Directors. 32, Lombard-street. PETER EIVART, Resident sec. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE. ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES DEFERRED ANNUITIES, Am. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £509,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. i J. Elliotson, M.D., F. 11 S. George Lungley, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Clement abor, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheat tone, F. R.S.—Professor Graves, A.ALF.R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., P.R. A.S. DIVISION OF PROFITS. • The Bonus just declared at the Meeting of Proprietors varies from 97 to 36 per cent. tal Premiums paid, 17i per cent. in present Cash, or 10 rev cei.t. permanent reduction of future Premiums. C OMPLETE SUFFRAGE.—METROPOLI TAN DEMONSTRATION. A PUBLIC MEETING and SOIREE will be held in the Large Room of the CROWN and ANCHOR, Strand, on WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 1844. W. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, Erq., will preside. Several Members of Parliament, and other influential gen tlemen, are expected to attend. Tickets, for the Tea and Soiree, 2s. each; for the Soiree only, 6d. each, may be had of the Secretary, Mr. Elt, 18, High-street, Islington, and at the bar of the Tavern. WIL SON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. SECOND NIGHT. MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE. THIS EVENING, January 29, at Eight &Clock, Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainment entitled MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SONGS. Pianoforte, Air. LARD. PART I. —Death-bed Lament of King James-..-The Queen's Marriage—Mary's farewell to France—Carle, non the Queen's come—Gar a' your ramhorn trumpets tout—An old Highlander's welcome—The last Lay of Chatelard—The Queen's bonny Diaries. PA xT ll.—Up, Scotland, up ! and wake the morn—Mary's Lament in Lochleven—Earl of Argyle's Address to the Queen's Army—Tammie and Nannie—Dirge for Mary, Oh, weep, weep, ye streams. Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, Ss. ; Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, I/. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the music shops, and at the Music-hall. Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments every Monday Evening, and in the course of the season will produce those he has had some time in preparation, entitled—JACOßlTE RE LICS WANDERING WILLIE'S WALLET—THE JAMESES OF SCOTLAND—THE WALLACE AND THE BR UCE—A HAIVER Wl' JAMIE HOGG, &c., &c. T EMPLETON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAIN MENTS. Templeton's Entertainment, entitled THE BEAUTIES OF BURNS, will be repeated on THURSDAY EVENING NEXT, February 1, at the HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS, in which he will sing Thirteen favourite Scotch melodies. Programmes and Tickets, 2s. 6d., to be had at the Music shops and rooms. To commence at Eight o'clock. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price One Shilling, CURRENCY EXPLAINED, in REFUTA TION of the LAST FALLACY of the " TIMES." By VERUS. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East ; and Cowie, Jolland, and Co., 31, Poultry. PUNCH'S MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT For 18.14.—PUNCH having the interest of the Nation at heart, has determined to take on himself the extreme labour of being frequently present in BOTH HOUSES OF PAR LIAMENT during the ensuing Session. To show his fitness for this task (as well as everything else), he will, in his next Num ber, present his readers with a splendid illustration, drawn by KENNY MEADOWS, and occupying Two Pages. Price 3d.—Stamped 4d. Punch Office, 194, Strand. PUBLICATIONS. T ° SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED G R A T I S, WITH TILE WEEK L Y DISPATCH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DUBLIN TRIAL. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PARRICIDE. TAUNTON. JAN. 26.—1 n consequence of a variety of in formation furnished to the Magistrates here respecting the death of a man named William Sealey, which appeared to im plicate the two daughters of the deceased in having poisoned him, the body was exhumed on Thursday last, after having been buried since April, 1843, and an inquest upon it was com menced before Mr. R. P. Caines, one of the Coroners for the county of Somerset. The deceased, between 40 and 50 years of age, was taken ill on the 21st of April last. His general health was not good, but he was competent to do the work of a husbandry labourer, and resided with his two daughters, Mary and Faith Sealey, besides some younger branches of the family. He was a man of good character, and attended the Independent Chapel at Kingston. Upon being taken ill, Mr. Mortimer, surgeon, of Kingston, was called in, and found him labouring, a s he supposed, under in flammation of the bowels, for which he treated him; he, however, rapidly grew worse, and in forty-eight hours he died. On the murd er o f an old woman, Betty Sealey, aunt to these young women, and the committal of 11Iary Sealey for that offence, the circumstances attending the death of her father were brought to remembrance, and suspicion arose that death had also been b roug h t about by unfair means. Faith Sealey, the other dau g ht er, was also taken i n t o cus tody. The body having been exhumed, and a post ntortem examination ordered, the inquest was adjourned until yesterday at ten o'clock, at which hour it was held, and continued sitting until seven in the evening. The prisoners are two young women. Mary Sealey, who is about 22 years of age, was very decently attired in half-mourn. ing, and appeared very much agitated. Faith Sealey , the younger prisoner, is ab ou t 18 years of age, and of a rather pre possessing appearance. She did not appear so much agitated as her sister. William Weston, carpenter, identified the body exhumed, which he had buried. When the body was exhumed it was removed into the belfry, the keys of which were delivered to John Burford, a policeman. * The expenses of the funeral were '2l. 1 s. 6d., which w ere pa id b y th e prisoner Mary Sealey. instant, taken Burford deposed to having, on the 18 th taken possession of the keys of the belfry in which the body was, and had kept possession of them ever finee. Witness saw Mr. Welch, surgeon, accompanied by other medical gentlemen, make a post trzortem examination of the body. Francis Webb sworn—Am a surgeon residing at Taunton. Knew the deceased many years. He has frequently . been af flirted with inflammation of the bowels, which was quite amen abled to medical treatment. The family were paupers. I did net see the deceased in his last illness. I saw the body when it was exhumed. I opened and took out the whole of the con tents of the chest and abdomen, except the bladder. I placed them in a jar, and tied them down, and sealed them in three places, so that they could nut be opened without breaking the seals. I conveyed them to Bristol on Monday, and delivered them to Mr. nerapath, the analytical chemist, now present. We opened them together. The result of the experiments showed the stomach to contain arsenic. Mr. Herapath's expe riments fully satisfied me of that. Mr. William Herepath, analytical chemist of Bristol, de posed—On Monday last, the 22d instant, the last witness brought me a jar containing the viscera of a human being ; there were ligatures round the oesophagus and duodennm— those are the ducts leading into and out of the stomach. Mr. Welch dissected out part of the esophagus, the entire stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. We opened them, the stomach in one or two parts was as highly inflamed as I ever saw a sto mach after poison, and so were the surfaces of the t w e intes tines before mentioned. The I n ter ior was covered with a yellow pasty matter, upon removing which the re were severa l large spots having a s imilar appearance to wh a t I h ave seen i n bodies that have been long buried after taking arsenic. There were yellow patches, more or less circular, penetrating the tex ture of the stomach, and apraring on the outside of a fine bright yellow colour. ( ibis gentleman then more minutely described the appearances which denoted, in this body, the presence of arsenic.) The conclusion I arrive at from these exp er i ments an d t h e state of the animal matter is, that a large quantity of soluble salt of arsenic must have been taken into the stomach of the deceased, which, being decomposed by the sulphuretted hydro. gen given off during putrefaction, had produced orpiment or yellow arsenic, as found and that such arsen i ca l matter, f rom the state of the stomach and intestine s , had been the cause of death. Judging from the quantity found in the stomach I should say that at least a drachm had been given, and there may have been much more, as I cannot tell how much may have passed off. Mr. Mortimer, surgeon, deposed to the fact of his attendance on the deceased in his last illness. Ile was taken ill on the Thursday, and died on the Sunday m orn i ng . I w ill under take to swear that no medicine which I f urn i s h e d hi m w i t h contained arsenic. 1 saw no one in attendance on him but his daughter. Thomas Sealey, son of the deceased, twelve years of age, deposed as follows :-1 reme mber my father b e i ng t a k e n ill on a Thursday. He was working at Piekney, near our house, and I was with him. We went home together to dinner about one o'clock. The prisoners, my two sisters, were then living at home, but I cannot recollect whether they were at home when we went home to dinner. They generally got the dinner. We had some potatoes for dinner that . day, but I can ' t remember if we had any meat. We had no fried potatoe s or b roth that day. We had some cider to drink, which we c arr i e d home from the f i eld in the firkin, out of which we both drank. After dinner we went out to set the drags in the field. John Tucker was in the field. We then went up towards yarf, rd with the drags. My father was pretty well before dinner, bat when we were in the field at Piekney my fathe r was taken i ll; he was taken sick and cast his stomach once or twice, and he brought up blood; he continued, however, to work until about five o'clock, when he went home, and I went up to Yar ford. When I went home my father was ill in bed. On that morning we had some fried potatoes for breakfast. I remember being at a public-house called the Prudent Widow one night with my sisters ; it was shortly before my father's death. There was dancing there. My father came after us, and ordered us home, but my sisters did not go home. I went home and went to bed, and then my father went up to fetch my sisters, but he came home again with out them. He was angry when he went for them. I know a person of the name of James Bond. I saw him come to our house once before my father's death, but he came very often after his death. I did not hear my lathe' say that he should not come. A man named Craddick also came once before my father's death. After my father was dead Bond used to sleep at our house sometimes; he slept in the same bed w ith m y s i s t er Mary. My sister Faith went to service after my father's death. I have seen him in bed with my sister Mary. John Sealey, another son, gave similar testimony. Sarah Sealey, an interesting little girl, nine years of age, said, I lived at home when my father died. About a month be fore my father's death I heard my sister Faith say to Mary that they should do better without father than with him, and Mary replied, " Yes, we should." Faith said she should then be able to stay at home dress-making. I told them that I would tell father what they said, and they said they would heat me if I did. 1 never told father, because I was afraid they would beat ma if I did. I heard them talk thus more than once. I remember the day that father was taken ill. It was en the Thursday. I came home from school about fire o'clock in the evening, and father was laying his head upon the table, and I said. " Mary, what, is father bad ?" and she said, " Yes." He then went to bed, and Mary at tended on him. Ile was sick before he went to bed. I think Mary sat up with him that night. Mary made him gruel. I know it b• cause I went up to Mary Fudge's for some sugar. On one of the days that my father was ill try sister Faith and Anne Fudge went into Taunton. I think it was on the Friday. They went at dinner time and came b..ck in the evening. I did not see whether she brought anything home with her. While father was ill he had gruel and broth, which Mary made for him. Faith also made some for him once. I saw my sister taste the gruel to see if it was too hot. This witness also deposed to having seen the man Bond in bed with her sisters. After they made the gruel they always washed out the saucepan and threw the water away. William Bolt deposed, that he is clerk of a club held at the King's Arms, Taunton ; the deceased was a member. On his death his nearest relative was entitled by the rules to receive 81. as funeral money; that sum was paid to the pri soner Mary Sealey. Witness gay: her a note to enable her to receive it. Considers the eldest child as the nearest rela tive. The son James, who lives as groom with Mr. Esdaile, is the eldest child, and yet the money was paid to Mary, be cause she lived at home with her father, and it was intended for the burying of the dead. It being now seven o'clock the Court adjourned till this day. TAUNTON, SATURDAY. Yesterday morning the inquest on the body of William Seeley was resumed. The two prisoners, Mary Sealey and Faith Sealey, being present. The CORONER intimated that during the examination of the two or three next witnesses, the room must be cleared. The reporters were, however, permitted to remain, on their pro mising only to publish the substance of the evidence. Jane Woodlands deposed to having been confined a prisoner in Wilton gaol, on a charge of felony, of which she was ac quitted. Witness remembered when the prisoner Mary Sealey was brought into the gaol, charged with the murder of her aunt ; and one day, when witness and Mary Sealey were walk ing in the yard, she said to her, "Jane, I have something to say to you." Mary Sealey then said, she did not mind the charge upon which she was then confined, provided they did not take up the body of her father. Wi;ness said, " Why ?" and the prisoner replied, " Because he was poisoned." Wit ness said, " With what ?" and the prisoner re- k lied, " With arsenic., bought at Mr. Joyce's;" and, on being asked by wit ness who did it, she said, •‘ Not me only, but my sister likewise." Harris Moreland deposed—•l am a servant at the Half- Moon public-house in Taunton. I saw the prisoner, Faith Sealey, in Mr. Green's yard some months since, and after wards in the tap-room with a fellow-servant, Ann - Richards. Richards sid to me that Sealey wanted to get some arsenic, and asked me to go with the prisoner. I went with her to Mr. I3eadon's, a druggist, next door. He refused to sell any. I aftei wards saw the prisoner with Anne Richards,and she said she had got it at Air. Joyce's, and that he told her it was enough to poison 1,000 men. She showed me the packet. Mr. Joyce, druggist, and his assistant were called, but could not recollect selling arsenic to either of the prisoners. The assistant, a young boy, stated, that if any two persons came together to purchase arsenic, he should sell it them, but he always labelled it "poison.'' Anne Fudge said—l remember the illness of the deceased William Sealey. He was taken ill on a Thursday. I was at his house when he came home about five o'clock. Ile said he had a very bad pain, and asked for a cup of tea. Mary and Faith Sealey were at home. They had finished drinking tea. Mary Sealey then poured out some tea from the teapot they had been drinking out of, and asked him if he would have some sugar ? Ile said " Yes." She did not give him any from the table, but went to a drawer, and brought a basin in which was some whitey-brown paper. I did not see if any sugar was put into the cup. After the basin was carried back to the drawer, the cup was handed to him, and when he drank, 1 saw them look and laugh. The Light WO- Hare Sealey was ill and ti ok the tea he did not eat anything, but I heard him sick as soon as he went up stairs. John Barford sworn.— I am a police officer. About the middle of December I had a conversation with the prisoner Faith Sealey. I asked her if she had ever gone with another person to Mr. Beadon's to try to purchase some arsenic? She hesitataci far a sc an ._ sn A then rnilikd, Not, E. of." I then said, did ever afterwards go to Alr. Joyce's, where you did get it, and she replied, " No, I did not." W. Brown sworn.-1 am a police•orficer. lam going to state a conversation that occurred to-day. I had the prisoner, Faith Sealey in my custody during a temporary adjournment of this Court. I was alone with her in a room up stairs. She said, "My father was very fond of salt-fish, and my sister sent me to Taunton f or some arsen i c one d ay for t h e purpose of killing some of the rats that were at home about the house. My sister had bought several pennyworths before, and told me, if I could not get it without a second per son, I must have one, but th a t s h e use d to p i c k up some per son in the street." I cautioned her, and she replied, " Oh, it is no difference, for the re i s on l y you an d me h ere ." I asked her if she had seen the Governor of the gaol to-day? She re plied, " Yes, this morning." I said, did lie say anything to you ? She said, " Yes ; he asked rue if I was going to men tion what I talked to him about yesterday, and I said yes 1 shall ; I think it is my place to do so. The Governor said, 1 should if I was in your place, it I was not minded to be punished f or w h at other people haddone.' " Then the pri soner said, " I l r .d a pennywort h o f arsen i c , an d I carried it home and gave it to my sister, and on Friday my father had some salt fi s h f or dinner, which he was very fend of ; it was cooked before he came home. My sister took it up on the plate, and took out the melt, and I saw her shake some of the arsenic on it, and put it in the fish again. My father came home t o di nner and ate the f i s h , an d s h ort l y a f terwar d s he was taken ill, and he became worse and worse, until he died." She said she afterwards saw Mary making him some gruel, and she had the packet of arsenic in her hand. Sho said, 1 did no' hing in it from first to last. She said she should state it to the jury herself when she was examined. By th e prisoner Faith—Was it not Thursday I said my father was taken ill ? Vs itness-T-It might have been. Keziah Green—l live at Mr. Clarke's. The prisoner Faith was lately in his service. I heard her say, if her father was poisoned it was her sister Mary that did it. When her sister was took up first she began to talk about her father, and said, that Mary made her father some gruel, and he asked what was that white stuff upon the top of it, and Mary said that it was nothing but white sauce ; •that her father took it, and fell sick afte r h e t oo k i t, and then she said her father said, " It was something else to make me sick : it is not the gruel only. I shall make some myself when some more it made, and then I shall see whether I shall feel the same as I did when I took that which Mary made." On the Friday morn ing he made ri me himself, and took it, and did not feel a bit like the same. Then she said if her father was poisoned, it was her sister M ary t h a t d . d it. Sh e sa id it was on a Thursday that Miry made the gruel, and on Friday that her father made some himself. This being the whole of the evidence, the court was or dered to be cleared, and the prisoner Faith Sealey having been duly cautioned, was asked if she had any statement to make. The prisoner Faith Seale' , then made the following most im portant statement :—" I have to say that my sister Mary asked me, on the Monday night in the same week my father was taken ill, if I had made up my mind about going to Taun ton on the Tuesday. I told her I had. She said she wanted me to buy something for her. She said she would not tell me what until 1 was going away. When I was going away, which was on the Tuesday morning, she asked me if I would bring her a pennyworth of arsenic. I asked her where I could get it. She said at Mr. Joyce's, where she had got it several times before. She said, You mind, you must have some one to go with you.' 1 said, Who can I get ? I don't know any one in the town but Mr. Green's servant.' She asked me who she was, and I said, ' Ann Richards, that lived at Mr. Woolcott's, at Bishop's Lydyard.' She said, Why don't you ask her to go with you ?' I said, I won't promise you whe ther I shall buy it not.' She said, ' Why can't you get it as well as 1 could ?' 1 said, ' If it is strong poison, they won't let me have it without I carry an order.' Then she said, ' If they ask you what it is for, it is to poison rats.' I said, ' Rats, I don't hear any rats here about the house.' She replied, ' No, if there was a waggon and horses went through the bedroom you would not hear it.' Then I went away to Taunton, 1 went into the Half Moon, saw Anne Richards, and asked her if she would go into the next shop with me. She could not. Her fellow-servant came in, and Tasked her to go with me, and she said she would. When I asked Mr. Reader), he said he would not let me have it without I had a note or a proper witness from the house, or a person he knew. Then, alter that, he asked me what it was for. I told him it was not fur myself, but for some one I knew that I was to bring it for. He said he would not let me have it, and I went therefrom up to Mr. Joyce's, and his little boy was serving in the shop, and there was no one else in. Then I wanted ever so many little things else, and I had them first, and then I asked for it ; and he asked me what it was for, and 1 told him it was to poison rats, as the person told me. I said it was not for myself; then he let me have it. I paid him for it and came away. When I got home I gave it to my sister, and she put it in her pocket, and I saw no more of it tili Thursday at dinner time. My father was very fond of salt fish, and generally had one for his breakfast and dinner, with the melt if he could get it. my sister dressed it. I was up stairs cleaning the room. When I came down I saw my sister with the melt of the fish out of the plate. She had got that same parcel that I took from Taunton, shaking come of it in the middle of the melt of the fish. I went cut of doors. I did not say anything to her. My father came into dinner a few minutes ai terwards,ane my sister placed it for him on the table. He took out the melt, and ate it. He said it did not taste as a good many that he had eaten before. After he had been to dinner, he sat down and had a pipe of tobacco, and then went out to work. lie made no complaint until he came home in the evening. He came in and sat down, and rested his elbow o❑ the table, and asked my sister for a cup of tea. She gave it to him. I went up stairs then. He drank his tea and he went to bed. We stopped up with him until between 10 and 11 o'clock. My sister asked him whether he would take anyth . ng before we went to bed. He asked her whether she had got any grits or arrow-root. She said she had some of each. He said he would have a little drop of arrow-root. She made him a little drop of arrow-root, and he ate it, and he seemed better after that fur about an hour. We both went to bed then. We were in bed about half an hour before he was taken worse. Then he was taken very sick. My sister asked if he would have a light struck, and he said he would not. We left him all the night, and he did not say anything till the next morning about six o'clock, when my st,ter got up and got him a cup of tea, and he asked her to go down to Mr. Mortimer's, at Bishop's Lydyard, for him, and she went. Mr. Mortimer came up and saw him, and he told my sister she was to come home with him, and be would put up some stuff for him when he got back. Charlotte llayes's mo ther was going down to Bishop's Lydyard, and to save my sister the journey, she said she would bring it. She brought it home, and father still continued worse after that, and on Saturday morning she went to Mr. Mortimer's again, and he let her have some powders, and a bottle of something else. She was to have a glass to give it in, and to put one of those powders in the glass, and some of that in the bottle to it, and father was to drink it while it was boiling up. After he took that, my sister took three of the powders and went down stairs. She was down there about five minutes. Father asked me the reason she slid not come up stairs and sit down sewing with me, and told me to go down and see what she was about, I pulled off my shoes and went down. When I came down she was back by the dresser, with these three powders, They were open, and she had the parcel I brought from Mr. Joyce's by the side of them. She had a spoon in her hand mixing them. I asked her what she was about, and she said she should be up directly. I told her her father felt quite angry that she was not up there, and said he did'nt think she had anything to do down stairs. She came up stairs with the three powders, and put them down a little way from the others, and when he came to take them again the other did not boil at all, and after he took that one he felt a great deal worse, and so he was after the next again. Between five and six o'clock he took another, and that osie was about three parts as large again as either of the others. Father said he could compare that one to nothing but flour and water ; that was the last he took of them, and that made him so ill he would not take any more. He still continued worse and worse, until he died. He did not take anything else after that last medicine but three or four cups of tea. That is all 1 know about it." Mary Sealey declined mixing any statement. The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and at four o'clock this morning (Saturday), the jury returned a verdict of t. 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" The various positions of lover, husband, and parent, the inherent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and pre vented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that ad mit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are suffering from nervous debility and general weak ness.' —Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. 51 and 52, Paternoster-row ; Field, 65, Quadrant ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by a Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and From Five till Eight. FRANCE. CHAMBER, OF DEPUTIES—ScruNG OF FRIDAY. The Chamber resumed the adjourned debate on the ad dress. The following paragraph was adopted without any discussion : " A young Princess, sister of the Emperor of Brazil and of the Queen of Portugal, has taken a place in the midst of your family, and we share in the satisfaction felt by your Majesty in a marriage which assures the happiness of one of your sons, and adds to the consolations that God has re served to you." The next paragraph was then read by the President . „ . " We are pleased to hope, Sire, that our rule in Algeria will soon be general and tranquil, and that, thanks to our perseverance, we are near the attainment of our object, and on the point of finding, in the accomplishment of our work and in the diminution of our sacrifices, the price of our efforts. We unite with your Majesty in thanking, in the name of the country, the chiefs and the soldiers of that brave army, who are never weary either of the tati►,ues of war or of the labours of peace. Among the chiefs of that army we are proud to number one of your sons, whom we are accustomed t 0 see in every point where France has either danggr to encounter or glory to obtain." ➢t. Gustave de Beaumont, who was inscribed to speak on that paragraph, observed, that lie considered a discussion en Algeria to be indispensable, but as the question would again come before the Chamber in the debate on the supplemen tary credits, he thought proper to postpone until then the observations he had to offer on the subject. The paragraph was then put to the vote and carried. The next and last paragraph was afterwards read by the President : "Yes; Sire, your family is truly national; between France and you the alliance is indissoluble. Your oaths and ours have cemented that union. The rights of your dynasty re main placed under the imperishable guarantee of the inde pendence' and loyalty of the nation. The public feeling brands with reprobation guilty manifestations. Our revolu tion of July, in punishing the violation of sworn faith, has consecrated amongst us the sanctity of an oath." M. de St. Marc Girardin, the reporter, having been called to the tribune, said that the Commissioners on the ad dress had met in the morning to submit the para graph to a new discussion, and had agreed to insert in it the following sentence :—" The rights of your dynasty arc founded on the imperishable principle of the national sovereignty." Considering, moreover, that the Legitimatist demonstrations in London were reproved by the nation, and • branded by the public feeling, they had been of opinion to make no alteration in the expression of reprobation with which they had stigmatised their conduct. M. Bechard, who followed, said that the act , proposed to the Chamber was very serious, that it was worthy of the worst times of the revolution, and that it was impossible that deputies could brand colleagues whom they were every day in the habit of taking by the hand. Having complained of an illegal act committed by the Ministry, in publishing the decision of the Court of Cassation in the case of M. D'efontaine, M. Dupin, the Attorney-General of that Court, rose and declared that the Minister of Justice was alone to blame for the act complainer' of by M. Bechard. Messrs. Barrot„ Desmousseaux de Givt-e, and Chambolle, were r3t4p..,1 el . ;; ,onAlikinektent. M. Berryer next addressed the Chamber, when a scene took place which far surpassed any commotion ever witnessed even in the House of Commons when at the utmost height of excitement. The following outline of the proceedings is fur- nished,by the correspondent of a Contemporary : It had been previously expected that the trip toGhent would be made a weapon for retaliation by the Legithnatists for the attack made upon them ; and no sooner had M. Berryer mentioned the circumstance, than the feeling it created was immediately felt through the assembly. M. 13emer was at the moment alluding to what he called the injustice of branding a body of honourable men with po litical immorality who merely went, when the world was in a state of profound peace, to pay their respects to the Duke de Bordeaux, " thinking, as they did, that the principles which might call that Prince to the throne offered the best guarantees for the future glory of France," and anxious " to talk to him of his country, and to tell him how much that country wanted peace. y He denied that in doing this they had outstepped their duties as citizens, and he drew a parallel between their conduct and the conduct of their accusers ,11 a previous - occasion. " If," said M. Bcrryer, " we had gone to the entrance into France to give political council to a King in the midst of a hostile army." This evident allu sion to Ghent promised great confusion. Then, pointing to M. Guizot, he added, " You glory in it ;" and as soon as the tumult would allow, he appealed to the house " it the parallel was not in his favour." M. Guizot was thus changed from the accuser into the accused, and found it necessary to defend himself. He immediately mounted the tribune, when a scene ensued such as has seldom been witnessed. For more than an hour M. Guizot stood in the tribune utterly unable to obtain a hearing. " Yes, I have been at Ghent," said M. Guizot, but beyond that not one word would be listened to. " Never," says the Constitutionnd, " have we been present at such a tempest,—never in the Chamber have we seen so forgetful a tumult." On other occasions we have seen some sympathy for an orator who boldly faced the storm, but it is impossible to give that satisfaction to M. Guizot. He struggled against manifestations which rose from all parts of the assembly, and he fought for a deplorable cause which the whole nation condemns as energetically as the Chamber. The interruptions came principally from the Opposition benches. "It is treason—it is infamous," were vociferated from the opposition in the midst of the ringing of the President's bell, and noise and clamour on all sides. In vain did M. Guizot attempt to pro ceed. He repeated the words, " I went to Ghent,' and the storm immediately recommenced. He then expressed his surprise that he should not be allowed to explain now, though on a former occasion his explanations had been listened to; but this was answered with " No, no, we have always pro tested," " Treason never prescribes," and other exclamations equally complimentary. M. Guizot showed admirable cool- ness and courage under such disagreeable circumstances. — He stood the storm coolly, and with indomitable patience. " You may exhaust your strength," said he, in a moment of compa rative calm, "'but you cannot exhaust my courage." Still he struggled on, commencing with the same unhappy—" I wen t to Ghent." At length M. Ernest de Girardin brought things to a climax by calling out " You are a traitor," in which he was joined by the Opposition. Even in these circumstances M. Guizot was calm. He merely asked M. Girardin to ex plain what lie meant from the tribune, to which M. Girardin replied, " No, I will not mount the tribune, but I tell you from my place that you have betrayed your country, and that you passed the evening before the battle of Waterloo with foreigners ; that is infamous." Even after this the most opprobious epithets were thrown out against M. Guizot, and it was only after repeated solicitations on the part of M. Barrot, and M. Dupin, that he was allowed to proceed. When M. Guizot's defence was at last heard, it consisted in this—that finding, as all men of sense knew, that the res toration of Louis the 18th to France was inevitable, he went to Ghent togive his political advice,for he thought it more de sirable that the Bourbons should return under the conditions of a charter than as counter-revolutionists. But M. Guizot seemed to forget that this was just what M. Berryer pro perly- called waiting for the misfortunes of France to justify his conduct. He, however, drew a good distinction when lie said that his conduct might be very differently estimated, if, after going to Ghent, and before their entrance into France, he had again taken his " seat in the convention, which ac knowledged the party opposed to them. M. Berryer's defence is rather a singular one. He draws a distinction between the oath which was taken to the elder branches of the Bourbons, and that taken to the present dynasty. The former was an unconditional oath to the per sons of the monarchs, the present was merely an oath bind ing them to observe the order of things established by the national will, but that neither be nor any one else intended to bind himself to "resist all solicitation for a fresh manifes tation of the national will," and he denied that the oath he had taken was one of fidelity to King Louis Philippe per sonally. It would appear that French oaths of fidelity to the " King of the French" are not without " evasion, equivoca tion,"or mental reservation." After the speech of M. Guizot, the debate was adjourned till the following day. SITTING OF SATURDAY. The President took the Chair at half-past one. The tribunes appropriated to the public were crowded to excess, the front seats being occupied by ladi es . The following is the last paragraph as at present proposed by the Committee, the amendment of M. Bethmont for the insertion of the words " national sovereignty" having been agreed to by them. " Yes, Sire, your family is truly national. Between France and you the alliance is indissoluble. The rights of your dynasty, founded on the imperishable principle of national sovereignty, are guaranteed by your oaths and ours. The public conscience brands with reprobation guilty manifesta tions. Our revolution of July, by punishing the violation of sworn faith, has consecrated amongst us the sanctity of an oath." • The vkange in the above consists in substituting "national C, sovereignty" for the words "independehce and loyalty of th nation." On the above paragraph several amendments were proposed and rejected. The ballot on the whole question of the Address doted at quarter to six, when the numbers were declared— For the Address 220 Against Majority for the Ministers PROPOSED ALTERATION BY GO VERNMENT, OF THE RAILWAY STAND ING ORDERS. • The following declaration of the intention of her Majesty's, Government, to institute an inquiry into the evils' artIVITT from the present Railway Standing Orders in the House qff Commons, will be read with great satisfaction by all parties; interested in railway undertakings —viz. : "Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, Jan. 23, 1844. " With reference to the notice given of your intention to apply to Parliament, in the ensuing session, for a Bill to authorise the construction of a railway from - to , or the amalgamation of the ------ Railway Companies, or otherwise (as the case may be), I am directed, by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to inform you that it is the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment, immediately after the meeting of Parliament, to propose that a Select Committee of the H ouse of Commons be appointed to consider the Standing Orders relating to railways, and whether any, and what changes, ought to be made in those Standing Orders ; and likewise to consider whether any, and what new provision, for the advantage of the public, and the improvement of the railway system, ought to be introduced into such Railway Bills as may come before the House during the present or future sessions, and to report their opinions thereon to the House.—" I am, your obedient servant, (Signed) " S. LAING. "To the Chairman, Secretary, or Agent of the Railway company." ' A GOOD INTENTION.-" I meant to have told you of the hole," said a man to his friend, who stumbled into a pit full of water. "No matter now (says the other, blowing the mud and water out of his mouth), I have found it." HoNEsTr Is THE BEST POLICT.—A man, named Moloney, an auctioneer, formerly residing in Belturbet, forged a draught for 1301. some time ago, and effected his escape to America. Whilst there he learned that he was heir to 50,000/_ in dispute in Ireland. lie had the hardihood to return, made good his claim, was immediately afterwards arrested, was tried in the Commission Court, Dublin, last. week, convicted of forgery, and sentenced to seven year-s' transportation. The treasure is, of course, confiscated to the Crown. Baron Lefroy, in passing sentence, intimated that if an application were made to the Crown the property might be granted to the children.—Lirerpool Mercury. A stranger, On taking his seat, lately, in the pit. of a theatre, accosted a gentleman who sat near him with, " Pray, Sir, have you a bill?" when, to the stranger's amaze ment, the gentleman, starting from a reverie in which he had been plunged, exclaimed, " No, Sir, but I have two next week, and both unprovided for." MURDER Or Ma. WALlYR.—Yesterday evening, Inspector O'Connor, of the Dublin Detective Police, arrested a man named Andrew Whelan, against whom informations had been sworn as one of the persons concerned in the murder of the late Mr. Waller. He will be transmitted to Tipperary for trial at the next assizes.—Dublin Evening Post. The second ball of Lady Cowley, which was given on Wednesday night, surpassed even the first, and was un questionably the most distinguished of the season, from the selection of the company, the splendour of the ladies' dresses, and the arrangements and decorations of the saloons: . It was not so numerous as the first, and the grand gallery was not open ; but the dances were much more animated. Many of the high aristocracy of the Faubourg St. Germain were among the company. Tea, sherbets, ices, and every other refreshment, were served throughout the evening, and at a later hour the supper-rooms were thrown open, the tables of which were renewed till four in the morning, the dancing being kept up till half an hour after. Amongst the brilliant assemblage of Ambassadors, the kings Ministers, I' eers , D eput i es, and several members' of the British Parliament, were Prince Maximilian of Bavaria, the Princess de Montmorenev, the Prince and Princess de Baufremont, the Duke and Mdlle. de Rohan, the Prince and Princess de Beauveau, the Princess de Pons, the Duchess and Mademoiselle de Noailles, the Princess de Pois, the Marquis and Marchioness de Bethisy, the Marquis and Marchioness de St. Blauear, the Count de Gontaut Biron, the Duke de Saulx, the Duchess d'Albufera, Baroness de Barante, the Countess d'llaussonville, the Duke and Duchess Decazes, the Count and Countess de Rambuteau, the Count and Countess de Caraman, the Count and Countess de Beaumont, th e Countess de Larochefoucauld, the . Marquis de Rumigny, the Count and CountesS de Greffulhe, Viscount d'Arlincourt, the Marquis of Huntly, the Hon. Frederick Levison, and nearly all the English aristocracy now in Paris.—Galignani. The Earl of Eldon is expected to arrive in Hamil ton-place this evening, from Encombe House, Dorsetshire. The Noble Earl will dine with the Duke of Wellington on Wednesday, at Apsley-house, and move the Address in the house of Lords on Thursday. To-day• is the anniversary of the death of King George the Third, in 1820. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Peter the Great, in 1725. Miss Fox.—We deeply regret to learn that this astimable lady, the sister of the late Lord Holland, is at the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Bowood, in so declining a state of health as to cause the most serious apprehensions to her numerous and attached friends and relatives. THE MUSICAL PROFESSORSHIP 11.1 T/IE EDINBURG/I UNlvEnsrry.—This office, which has recently been vacated by Sir H. Bishop, is to be tilled up in March. There are several candidates of distinguished pretensions already in the field. We understand that Mr. French Flowers, Mus. Bac., Oxon, who has rendered his name well known both in this country and in Germany, by his compositions in Counterpoint, is of the number. It is due to the character of this eminent aca demical body, as well as highly desirable for the interests of the science of music, that great attention should be paid to the attainments of the several competitors, with a view to the election of the most competent. The most unerring way of arriving at this result would seem to be by means of a public trial, openly and impartially conducted, and we trust that this will be adopted. The endowment is worth at least 3001. a year. The flocks of wild fowl have been more numerous in the western part of this county than has been the case for several years past. Vast numbers have followed the course of the Arun, and located in the low grounds adjacent. This is generally regarded as one of the signs of a severe winter; and the unusual abundance of hips and haws and other wild ben-ies on the hedges also led to the srane inference. But hitherto we have escaped it. In fact, up to the present mo ment, there can be scarcely said to have been any winter at all.—Brighton Herald. DF:ATII OF THE HON. EDWARD CLIFFORD.—Let ters have been received by Lord Clitibrd from the l'ilattritins, conveying the melancholy information of the death of his Lordship's brother, the non. and Rev. Edward Charles Clif ford, who expired on the 22d October, at Mahebourg, at the age of 40. On Saturday accounts were received in town from Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, of the death, after a very short illness, of Mr. Robert Gibbings. The deceased gentleman, who was father of Viscountess Combermere, was in his 84th year. lie was staying on a visit to the Noble and Gallant Viscount at the abbey. Were women admitted to plead in courts ofjudica ture, I am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar to greater heights than it has yet arrived at. If any one doubts this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery.— Adclison. TRADE .WITH AMERICA.—The American packets which have recently left this port afford evidence of the im proving state of business with the United States. The Hot tinguer, on Monday week, took out freight amounting to up wards of 1,500/., and eleven cabin passengers; the Monte zuma, which sailed the same day, upwards 0f1,2001., and ten cabin passengers. In future, there will be a packet every live days. The Europe is the first ship under the new regu lation. The Roscius, which is about to sail, takes out freight to the amount of I,4ool.—Liverpool Mercury. WILL OF THE EARL OF COVENTRY.—By the will and codicils of the late Earl of Coventry (which are at pre sent the subject of litigation in the Prerogative Court, Doc tors'-commons), the following distribution of his property is made :—lle directs 18,000/. to be invested for the benefit of his three children by Mrs. Williams, alias White (who has a legacy of 300/. and 2501. per annum); to Lady Cotton (wife of Sir W. Cotton, K.C.8.), 1,000/.; to Lady Georgians Barnes, 500/. ; to J. Coventry, 500/.; to 11. C. Coventry, 500/. ; to W. J. Coventry, 500/. ; his executors to offer his mansion in Piccadilly, and " books, pictures, marbles, bronzes, ornaments, wines, &c.," to Viscount Deerhurst (son of deceased) for 15,000!., and if he should decline purchasing them, they are to be sold by auction; to H. Temple and J. Patrick he gives (upon certain trusts) " the gold cup pre sented to me by the freemen of Worcester," and other ar ticles of plate. V He appoints Sir Anthony Lechmere and S. Crane, Esq., executors, who each have a legacy of 2001. if they accept the office To five of his servants 100/. each, and a year's wages; to five others, 50/. each and a year's wages. By a codicil he increases the legacies to his three children to 10,000!. each, observing, " I have been able, by a rigid economy for one placed in my station of life, to save sonic additions to what I had when my will was made," and concludes thus—" There are many dear friends .1 love in Worcester, and could - wish to serve, but the state of my. family requires the residue." He also increases the legacy of his executor, Mr. Crane, to 500/. By a later codicil he be queaths to Miss Brunton (an actress) as fidlows :—" I have determined to offer, as a tribute to her talents and virtues, that poverty may never overtake her, the small but welcome allowance of 50/. per annum, and after her death, which I cannot but contemplate without the deepest feeling of regret, to her son." His property is estimated at about 145,0001. MILDNESS or TUE SEASON.—Last week the nest of a robin redbreast was discovered in a bullock-house, near Helston, with four young ones in it, apparently doing well. West Briton. THE WEATHER.—SeveraI farmers and small land owners in Wharfdale and the adjoining district, who are in the habit of rearing pork, have suffered to a serious extent during the last six weeks; immense quantities of the new bacon having become unfit for domestic purposes. We hear of one individual having lost, during the late mild season, eleven pigs; and several others to a serious amount, which, from all probability, arises from the late changeable weather. —Doncaster Gazette. THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS.—(From the Niemen, Jan. 10.)—The late disasters of the Russians in the Caucasus have caused, as far as they are known, a great sensation. It cannot be denied that the mountaineers display tt degree of perseverance and energy against which all the military skill and the courage of the Russian soldiers have not been able to effect anything decisive. These disasters have not, in deed, broken their courage, yet they have occasioned a cer tain alarm in the army, especially on account of the cruel treatment which awaits those who fall alive into the hands of the mountaineers, especially of the Tscherschenses. The prisoners are employed in the meanest service, for which amongst civilised nations only cattle are used. To hinder them from escaping, the soles of their feet are gashed with knives, and chopped straw put into the wounds, which are then suffered to heal. In consequence of this operation every step gives these poor people pain, and it is quite impossible for them to go to any great distance on foot. Jt may be conjectured that the Avares lately carried off by the Tscherschenses have, at least, in part been treated in the same manner. With all this it is very surprising whence the rebels obtain the ammunition necessary to continue the contest, as their own powder-mills and foundries are very imperfect, and are hardly able to afford a sufficient supply, It must be presumed that they receive supplies from other countries • though the stipulations of the treaty. otthe Dar danelles, if they were strictly observed, would make this very difficult. With respect to these circumstances, those persons are, perhaps, not much in the wrong who .believe that the germs of differences between Russia and other Powers are snore likely to be found in them than in the affairs of Greece or the principalities on the Danube. 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