The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

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The ceremony ur i,Le of the late Princess Sophia Mathilda took place yester day at her Royal Highness's residence, the Ranger's Rouse, Bl ac kh eat h . A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards was on duty at the principal entrance, the colours of the regiment covered with crape, the officers wearing black silk scarfs with crape fittings, and the drums ill ualed. The troops lined the corridor leading to the, oth hall, which w as entirely covered with black c. The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, arrived in the forenoon at the Ranger's House, from town. The dining-room was appropriated for the mournful solem n it y. At twelve o'clock the Lady Alicia Gor don, Lady in Waiting on her late Royal Highness, entered the apartment, conducted by the Lord Chem- Her Ladyship, who was attired in the deepest mourning, took her seat, as chief mourner, at the head cf the royal corpse, supported by Miss Cotes and the Hon. Mrs. Gust, Bedchamber Women to . the l a t e P r i ncess , a l so a tti re d i n deep mourning rages of her Royal Highness stood at the feet of the corpse. The ceiling, sides, and floor of the room, were com pletely covered with black cloth. Over the royal corpse was a large canopy, the interior fluted, and pthered to the centre, formed by a white rosette. e corniche of the canopy was silvered, and the drapery black, with white fringe. . The body was covered with a very large pall of black velvet, having a deep border of white satin, lach side o f the pall having three escutcheons, con 'lining the arms of the Princess in a lozenge, and her Royal Highness's coronet above. The pall was removed at the feet of the body displaying the coffin of crimson velvet, with silver ornaments. The following was the inscription on the coffin : Depositum IllustrissimEe Principissm SophiEe Mathildm Felice Illustrissimi Principis Gulielmi Henrici De Brunswick Lunenburgh Duels Glocestrim et Edinburgi Comitio Connaciaa Et Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis Equitis defuncti Obiit vicesimo nono die Novembris Anno Domini MDCCCXLIV iEtatis sum LXXII. On the coffin rested the coronet of her Royal 1 1 ghness, as a junior Princess of the Royal Family , wing a cross pate with strawberry leaves instead of the fleur-de-lis. Above the chief mourner, at the back, was a large and handsome escutcheon of the Royal Arms, with B llPPorters, accompanied by a number of silver sconces with wax tapers. On each side of the coffin were massive silver c andlesticks, with large wax burners, placed on cir cular pedestals, covered with black cloth. The room was lighted by silver sconces, each aconce containing two wax candles, and at the sides of the room, between the rows of sconces, were in serted small escutcheons of the arms of her late Royal "ugliness, in a lozenge, surmounted by a coronet. The chief mourner and her supporters being seated, be public were admitted to witness the ceremony athe grand entrance, passing thence into the hall, e ceiling, sides, and floor of which were entirely cov eredf with black cloth, sconces with wax tapers Iglating the apartment. From the hall the public e ntered the dining-room, and after viewing the lying r,state, quitted the mansion by a different entrance , t ough an ante-room, which was covered with black drage4 two o'clock the Hon. Mrs. Legge relieved the cn• Mrs. Cust. The Pages of the late Princess were relieved every hour. A successi on of spectators continued to pass through the zl rooms, without any intermission, from the com mencement of the ceremony until its close, preserving thr oughout the greatest order and regularity. The fitting up of the different rooms and arrange ments for the ceremony were executed by Mr. Bunt lil", 'within a very limited period, under the direction t the Lord Chamberlain. d A, Party of the metropolitan police was on duty Itti tu pg the day, under the command of Mr. Malalieu , I naintainoi the greatest facility for ingress and ° tress. ptThe domestic household of her late Royal Highness p ul rl throuh the roams a short time previous to the l c bein g g admitted to the ceremony. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTER DAY. ao ,Wore than average amount of business was trans yn' on the D er by, showing a further improvem ent in t i c -li ng Ecln ° f arlYipse, Ides, ti and Anti-Rep ()ealer, but no altera grea mportan ce. We tight not, however, a o Rasa ove some heavy transactions on the leading and k .... 4 ew outside favourites :—Fer instance, 12 to 1 to 1001 . , 1 1 to 1 to at least 6001, were taken about Alarm ; . - m• 'bd the quoted odds agst the Cobweb colt, Kedger, Pam, 1 / 4 ., Rebecca colt, to amounts sufficiently large to prove 'eat they had not lost ground in the estimation of their . n inl P_,Porters. 1,000 to 2 5 each was t aken about Pantasa "ut, Miss Whip colt, 1,000 to 20 several times about the ; olt out o f C a lypso's dam, and 1,000 to 15 each about * P in Boy and Seaman. The appearance of Ironmaster, ;14111 : av e de lim b i e da e.u. bl e public runner, and generally supposed to disqualified . by the . death of Mr. Marshall, la% e a bit of a sensation. It is now asserted that he was Dr il led by Mr. Marshall, jun., and that there is every th °B l)ect of the nomination being pronounced valid—on strength of it, 5,000 to 1,000, and 1,000 to 15 re e2tedly were taken about him, "all in," and 3,000 to 60, 1 8,000 t o 200, w ith a proviso that the bets shall be 11v oid, 4 should h e b e di s qualified. The Chester Cup was ,i i 4 * touched upon, and seems likely to be " a standing throughout the winter. The following were the 'Kest mark e t prices : 1 CHESTER CUP (NAME OR NOT NAME). %,...: 000 to 25 was laid against Porto Bello ; 1,000 to 20 frost Poussin; 1,000 to 15 against Cabin Boy; 1,000 to fo a lgeinst The Dean; and 500 to 10 against each o f the wißing in one bet :—Ratan, Porto Bello, Extempore, 147.7" ct, and P a storal; 1,000 to 5 was laid against Cabin - "'Y winning this and the Derby. DERBY. 1 5 to 1 agst Forth's lot 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm , 17 to I agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt — taken la to 1 ff gst Colonel Anson's Kedger 2 0 to a agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 20 to 1 agst _Lord Stradhroke's Idas—taken ' 2 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken aa to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa —taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier 4 0 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—t 60 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lady Berners colt—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster 60 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's colt — Calypso's dam—t. inn . 0 to 15 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy — taken 1, to 15 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken i o u" to 30 agst Collier and Winchester—taken even between Idas and Young Eclipse " u1:11 even between John Davis and Devil's Dust. OAKS. , 0 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington'sLancashireWitch — t `-• to 1 apt Mr. Bowes's As You Like It—taken. The THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD ' S A C C OUNT. Lie follewing is a co of the guarantee received by th e ee elfer of the match-b py ook, and posted yesterday in s ilbscription-room : " Dingley Park, Dec. 6, 1844. I N V , the u n d e r s i g ned 11. H. Hungerford, hereby gua m t'ee that th e b e t s d u e from the late Mr. Crockford on e last Derby and Oaks, shall be paid in full. " Witness my hand, this 6th of Dec., 1844, " H. H. lIUNGERFORD. "To the Stewards of the Jockey Club." to nOtLication added that the debtors will be expected Pay on Monday, the : 6th. Pr, NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. Allington-hill Stakes were won by Mr. Meyrick's r r ,7 l- nitt. and not by Captain Daintree's K. Flora, as - neously st a t e d in our paper yesterday. QUALIFYIPTG YOR THE COUNTY.—For the southern i n v. l3lol l the process of qualifying goes on rapidly, show a determination on the part of the free traders to "el. their majority. To increase the number of inde teYeldont voters in the northern division , meetings have It a h° 11 : 1 , or are arranged to be held, in Blackburn, , t urney, Colne Accrington, Clitheroe, and Chorley. applications h;lllr:elit°n Committee met as usual on Wednesday. Many , PPlicatio:ts for qualifications were refteived, and property gist:.lred. To facilitate the wnrk, an o ffi ce is 1 4 ,-Ilt to be opened here as a central p out for North ne ashire.—Preston Guardian. th Tll4 Whole of the red deer, the property of' the Co ld, Charles Charles Stuart Wortley, have been valued and 0 c :,, - ,3 1. "t week, by Earl Fitzwilliam's gamekeeper, to an tvnt Baronet, for stag hunting. WAITS.—It may not be uninteresting to O English ,,, reader if we describe the peculiar syste m —II EII by the Welsh waits. During the past week three Cl 4 l3:l° N musicians have p e rambulated the streets of rn arthen, ve r y ear l y i n the morning, playing tunes f • ev ery door t o commemora t e the approach of the high estiA Al of Christmas. After the musicians have played ttnerry tune before the house. the owner of which they " a le to propitiate, and to persuade him to make them o „ l 2resent at Ch r i s t mas , th e " leader of the band" calls go► with stentorian voice, " Good morning, Mr. Jones , 6 n ."°c l morning Mrs. Jones, good morning Master Jones, e e 'd morning Mi ss Jones, and good morning to all the rest of the family. Half-past five o'clock, and a frosty . 0 ,°," 111 !lig." The tune is then proceeded with, and varied before as the name of the occupier of the house ere which it is played differs from that of his or her . tle;ghbour. For instance " Rousseau's Dream" is played er s're the ho use o f Mi ss H----, a maiden lady, of a gl° l ls tur n of mind, while " Drops of Brandy" is IlLed oppo s i te t h e Boa r's' Head Inn.—Welshman. rtoI!TER OYSTERS, OR CARRICK "NATIVES."— f, of the largest oysters that we have ever seen, even otothe far-famed Carrickfergus beds, were, yesterday ev ening, , left at our office, for inspection, .from Kean's In calling It will not be said that we have misnamed them calling them " monsters," when we state that several of them Weighed from 21bs. to 2ilbs.—Northern Whig. LITERATURE. IVFrTIFTN,CTF R F FIE TV. No. LXXXIII. ke, Lo,,dun, 1844. The opening article in the present number of this Review is devoted to a consideration of the character of Lord Stanley in his public capacity as an orator and statesman. The Reviewer appears to entertain no very favourable opinion of his Lordship in either of these two capacities, and in reference to his political tergiversation, observes :—" The spirit of his politics has undergone little change during the twenty years of his Parliamentary career, further than what might have been expected to take place in the mind of a proud young Whig Lord, by way of re-action against the new powers evolved by the Reform agitation. And on that point, in particular, which was the turn ing point of his secession from the political associates of his youth, he may fairly challenge comparison with the most doggedly consistent public man of the age." The Reviewer then goes on to speak of the cha racter of Lord Stanley's Irish legislation, and satis factorily shows that it was an arrant failure, remark able chiefly for the bitter animosity it exhibited towards O'Connell. In the notice of the " Life and Corre spondence of Doctor Arnold" justice is done to one of the most manly, unaffected, patriotic spirits that England has produced for many a year. Doctor Arnold has the rare merit —rare, indeed, among pub lie men—of being thoroughly and heartily in earnest in everything he wrote and did. Earnestness, indeed, as the Reviewer justly remarks, was the predominant characteristic of his merit, and ensured him the respect and admiration all who knew him. He died too soon for his own fame, for, had his life been protracted but ten years longer, there is no question that he would have raised himself to the proud and enviable rank of the first historian of his age. " Poems by Miss Barrett" is a just, but rather too cold criticism, and the Re viewer passes without notice the most beautiful poem she ever penned, " Bertha in the Lane," which no one can peruse without being deeply affected by the touching pathos that pervades every stanza. The " Influence of Aristocracies" is an interesting and important subject, wholly spoiled by the dry, heavy business-like style in which it is treated. Of the few remaining articles, the best is the notice of " Horace Twiss's Life of Lord Eldon." We subjoin, from the article on " Lord Stanley," a pungent sketch of his Lordship's character : " Of Lord Stanley's more especially personal qualities of character, as exhibited in his Parliamentary life, we need say little. They may be summed up in a word— scheolboyish. He is the clever, passionate, self-willed, tyrannical schoolboy of that debating club, the House of Commons. His highest idea of public life seems to be, making telling speeches, and gaining parliamentary triumphs over personal and party opponents. A showy, unscrupulous rhetoric is his highest intellectual gift. His ideas are uniformly poor and mean, as his elocution is vigorous and imposing. He has a fine talent for making himself disagreeable. It is observable of him that he never jokes, except ill- naturedly ; all his humour is ill humour. Lord Stanley is a proud man, too ; but his pride is without moral dignity. He throws about his words with a recklessness incompatible with a high, true self-respect. He parts from the political associates and friends of his youth (June, 1834) with feelings of the deepest regret,' with Ito feeling of unkindness .or want of affectionate regard ;' a month afterwards, he assails those friends with a speech full of plunder,' spolia tion," flagrant dishonesty,' petty larceny,' highway robbery,' shop-lifting," thimble-rigging,'—and all this, • from no motives of hostility towards his right honour able and noble friends, his late colleagues'—and whom he perseveres in honourable-friending' for years after wards, as if nothing had happened. His tastes in 4 ho nourable friendship' are, certainly, none of the most de licate. At present, his chosen right honourable friend and political chief is one whom he has insultingly com plimented for the ingenuity and art with which he knows so well how to dress up a statement for the House' —a description which no man who respected himself would apply to the most insignificant of his friends.' He has as little of the true pride of intellect, as of the pride of character. He adopts the Peel policy, speaks the Peel opinions, eats the Peel pledges, and wears the Peel livery, as obediently (if not as patiently) as any of the regular Treasury hacks. The ascendancy which the in genious and artful Premier seems to have acquired over this fiery spirit, shows that, with all his impetuosity of temper, his aristocratic hauteur, and his rhetorical dog matism, Lord Stanley is not at bottom a man of an inde pendent mind. Lord Stanley's success in public life has, on the whole, been commensurate with his ambition. He has been a Secretary of State in two cabinets, and a Par liamentary leader, formidable alike to friend and foe, in the front ranks of two parties. Of his statesmanship, history will, however, have little to record, except that all the countries with whose affairs he has been allowed to meddle—lreland, Canada, the West India Islands, and New Zealand—have successively had reason to rue the day that gave this uncommonly clever man power over the rights and happiness of his fellow-creatures." " P." ALMANACS. THE FARMER'S ALMANAC AND CALEN- DAR FOR 1845. This annual, so well adapted for its purposes, is still conducted by Mr. C. W. Johnson, editor of the Far mer's Encyclopadia, and Mr. Wm. Shaw, editor of the Farmer's Magazine. The general monthly no tices will be found very useful, both to gardeners and farmers. The descriptions of newly-invented or im proved agricultural instruments are this year copious, and the wood-cuts, which are very numerous, are ge nerally well executed. THE POSTAL MAGAZINE ALMANAC, AND COURT AND PARLIAMENTARY REGIS TER FOR 1845. This is the cheapest almanac published, the price being only sixpence, while it extends to 96 octavo pages, and contains all the general information usually found in such publications. The lists of the Members of both Houses of Parliament will be found useful. They give the town residences of each, and some particulars respecting the Bishops—such as their age, date of consecration, number of livings in their gift, and their yearly income. • The Bishop of Durham, with his wonted liberality has given fifteen guineas towards the restoration and en largement of Norham Church. CAPTAIN REID.—We are happy to state that Cap tain Launcelot Reid, master of the ship Sir Charles Na pier, who was so seriously stabbed, in various parts of the body, by one of his crew, on the homeward voyage, is in a fair way of recovery. Though he has not yet been able to leave his room, it is hoped he will have sufficient strength to appear before the grand jury and Court, at the Special Commission, this week, to give evidence. Since he was brought on shore he has been confined to his bed at his mother's house, No. 38, Charters-street. Liverpool Albion. ALLOTMENTS OF LAND.—The effect of the late very failing harvest begins to be severely felt in many parishes in this county, a mong the agricultural labourers, many of whom are without employment. Nothing, therefore, could be more seasonable than the encourage ment so widely extending, in allotting to the labouring poor small portions of land. Among other instances of similar benevolent consideration, we are informed that the Earl of Harrowby has lately allotted, at a moderate rent, a large piece of land to fifty poor householders of the parish of Bidford.—lVarwich Advertiser. REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON COTTON WOOL.—We are glad to announce that the agitation for the repeal of the import duty on cotton wool is still progressing. In Liverpool, Stockport, and other places, meetings have been held, and memorials to the Lords of the Treasury adopted, soliciting investigation into the effects of this tax upon the staple manufacture of the country, with a view to its immediate removal. We stated in our last that Preston was about to send up a second memorial on this important subject, and we have now the pleasure f submitting that document to cur readers.—Preste o n Guardian. PUBLIC SALE or GUANO.—Mr. Jarnieson's cargo of guano, per Sportsman, was offered for sale on Friday in the Corn Market. As we anticipated, the novelty, in this quarter, of selling guano in this way drew together a very large assemblage of our leading agriculturists and citizens, among whom we observed Capt. Barclay, of Ury, J. I. Boswell , Es q ., of Kincausie; A. Gordon, Esq., of Peterculter ; Provost Blaikie ; A. Jopp, Esq.; A. Muir, Esq. ,of Loirston; I. Nind, Esq. Grandhome House; Dr. Ewing, Tartowie, &c. At first, the sale went on rather briskly, and the first few lots, of one ton each, were taken out at 61. 165., 61. 155., and 6L 13s. After wards, however, the prices did not range so high, and we e o bserved that Captain Barclay, the purchaser of twel tons, in three different lots, paid for the first 6/. I ls., and 6/. Bs. for the lst two. About a dozen of lots, of one, two, and three a tons , tons, were taken out at 6/. Bs. and 61. 9s. Aberdeen Herald. Aaron Chorley, of Bradford, aged 10 years, was summ oned by William Collar d Pyne, surgeon, re siding at Wellin.gton, for a malicious and wilful injury to his horse on the 10th Sept. last. Mr. Davie appeared on behalf of Mr. Pyne, and Mr. Bartlett defended Chor ley. From the evidence which was elicited from Mr.W. C. Pyne, the son of the complainant, it appeared that he had been in the habit, for some time previously to the 10th Sept., of visiting two patients at the house of the boy's father. The boy had repeatedly taken the horse on these occasions, and had led it about to prevent its catching cold, and it was given in evidence for the defence, that Mr. Pyne had several times taken the horse from the boy, and had seen him riding it without snaking any com plaint, thereby sanctioning his so doing. On the day in question Mr. Pyne had fastened his horse up to the gate, where be again foun returnd it home he on his comi discov ng ered out of the house. On his that the knees of the horse had been broken, and a boy named Chorley soon after happening toaccuse come i him nto t h e surgery for medicine, Mr, Pyne d of letting the h orse fall, and threatened that un less he confessed at once he would send for a constable and take him to g tol. This was the case for the pro secution, and the only evidence offered. For the e the statute, it must be shown that the injury done was wilful, and although it s was not strictly necessary to prove any malice, till it was . necessary that, from the circumstances of the case, malice might be in ferred ; that under the statement made by Mr. Pyne it was confidently asserted no malice or intent to injure the animal bad been proved, and that consequently the case must be dismissed, The Bench, after some conside ration, came to the conclusion, that as a warning to other boys not to be guilty of riding & doctor's horse, they would fine the child ten shillings, which was ireraa thately paid.--Somerset County Gazette. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER lO, 1844. NEW ZEALAND. The following is a copy of the memorial of Francis Healy to Lord Stanley, dated July, 1844:-- That memorialist purchased from the New Zealand Company, in August, 1839, a section of land comprised within what is termed the " second series" of their settle ment in New Zealand. That by the " terms of purchase" he was entitled to choose the aforesaid section, not only in any of the settlements or territories alleged to be then in possession of or claimed by the said Company, but also in any others they may at any time afterwards acquire in New Zealand. That memorialist was induced to make said purchase from the apparent respectability of said Company, particularly the Directors thereof, and from their published statements and advertisements, in which they stated themselves to be already in possession of large tracts of land in that country, and to have dis patched " expeditions" to purchase other lands also there ; and that they had sent out a large " staff" of surveyors with the " expedition," in order to have the land ready for selection and delivery on the arrival of the purchasers and intended settlers under said Company ; all which lands under those and many other seductive circumstances they publicly offered for sale. That memo rialist emigrated with his family and a servant (in all eight souls), in Sept., 1839, with the fullest confidence in those statements, and also with the repeated assurances of Mr. Ward (the then secretary of said Company), that memorialist would be put into possession of his land within a few weeks after his arrival in New Zealand; but that, notwithstanding, he has never since obtained it. That memorialist arrived in Port Nicholson, New Zea land, on the Bth of February, 1840, and found to his utter astonishment, that the " staff" of surveyors sent out by the Company to survey and lay out 150,000 acres of land (in which was included the intended township or city of Wellington), in one of the most difficult coun tries in the world to effect surveys, comprised only three individuals, viz., Captain Smith, R.A., Mr. Stokes, and Mr. Parks ; and that, although after their arrival two assistants had been added to their force, still that little, if anything, had been done by them. That memorialist has never heard and does not believe that any other ad ditions were made to the aforesaid " staff" for a period of at least two years, although one of them (Mr. Parks) had resigned shortly after his arrival in the colony; but, on the contrary, that one of the above assistants was dis missed after a short time for some alleged offence, which was generally considered frivolous, and one certainly not at all connected with the discharge of his duty. That memorialist was deprived, shortly after his arrival in New Zealand, of the numerical position he was entitled to hold under land orders in the Company's books of registration there, through the arbitrary and improper interference of the Company's agent, by which memo rialist sustained considerable injury, and which the Company have refused to rectify or give compensation for. That in February, 1841, a notice was served on memorialist, to attend at a place called Wanganui (distant about 150 miles from Port Nicholson, and at- tamable then only by means of a voyage over one of the most dangerous coasts in the known world), to select land there. ' That he did attend there, at the imminent risk of his life and at considerable loss and expense, but found upon his arrival that there was no land surveyed or ready for selection ; and, still more, was informed by the surveyor that he never gave the slightest intimation or hope to the Company's agent, or any other person, that land was then or would be ready . for selection at any definite period. That memorialist has heard, and is now fully convinced, that the whole proceeding was got up by the Company's agent for a purpose. That memorialist applied to the agent for the cash expense (only) he had been put to in making that voyage, and was refused ; but in consequence of an ap plication to the Directors, he received (in about a year after) half of what he claimed. That about the end of August, 1841, Captain Hopson having arrived in Port Nicholson, memorialist communicated with him per sonally and by letter, and stated the cruel and heartless manner in which the Company and their agent had been acting towards him, and its consequences upon his fa mily and his resources. That Captain Hopson remon strated with the agent, who promised him (in conse quence) he would offer land for selection in a few weeks and satisfy the claims of memorialist. The t immediately after a placard was posted in several parts of the town, calling a meeting of parties interested in Wanganui land, but specifying no object, and having no signature. That a meeting, however, was got up, the result of which was, that the agent issued a notice that he would cause land to be offered for selection at Wanganui. That me morialist, with several others, had engaged their pas sage to the above place in a schooner named the Gem, being the only vessel in Port Nicholson then available for that purpose ; that, however, Captain Wakefield (brother of the agent) haring arrived in Port Nicholson just then, the friends of the agent invited him to a pub lic dinner, and, therefore, in order that some of his friends who were about going to Wanganui might be present at the said dinner, the said schooner was char tered nominally by his nephew and two others, his per sonal friends, but in reality by the agent himself, and thus deprived memorialist and the uthers of the only opportunity then open to them of being present at the intended selection. That the sailing of said schooner was not permitted, and did not take place until the day after the said dinner, which critically happened to be the day before that on which the land was advertised for selection at Wanganui, and where it was impossible she could arrive in sufficient time. That, however, the agent guaranteed the land should not be so offered for selection until said schooner arrived at Wanganui, and that he did, in accordance with that guarantee, send a messenger overland with written instructions to the Surveyor-Gene ral to that effect. That under those circumstances, and relying upon the integrity of the Company's agent (as such), and there being no other mode of conveyance, memorialist waited for and sailed in said schooner. That, however, upon his arrival (in about a fortnight after) at Wanganui, memorialist found that the land had been offered for selection and chosen * on tho day originally advertised; whereby memorialist was deprived of all the advantages he was entitled to in the prienty of his choice (being one of the very first) and:in the selection of the laud. That memorialist claimed from the agent compen st.tion for all the losses and expenses thus sustained through him, which he refused to give, alleging as his reason that " he only promised to send a messenger, as aforesaid, to Wanganui to the Surveyor-general, but that he did not promise his messenger should perform the journey or deliver his instructions." That memorialist forwarded to the Directors of the New Zealand Company, in January, 1843, a full statement of the above facts, ac companied with certificates from certain gentlemen in the colony:(bearing upon the last-mentioned subject), an d a l so with his affidavit corroborative of his statements ; and that he solicited from the said Directors conpensation for all the losses sustained by him through the non-fulfilment of their contract with him, as well as those sustained by him in the colony through the improper conduct of their agent; and that, although memorialist stated in the aforesaid documents to the Directors that his capital, consisting of 400 sovereigns, and property amounting to 501 : or 60/. more, had been expended at that time in the maintenance of his family, yet that he received no answer to his application up to and including January last. That memorialist, therefore, as the only resource open to him of obtaining redress, was driven to the cruel necessity of taking leave of his family, and of with drawing at once his support and protection from them under circumstances of a heartrending nature, and to re pair to London with a view of obtaining from the New Zealand Company compensation for all his losses, and, in the event of their refusing to do so, to throw himself at the foot of the Throne, and solicit from her Majesty and her Government, and especially from your Lord ship, protection and justice. That said Directors having now declined to give memorialist compensation or re dress of any kind for all the injuries and injustice they have inflicted oa him and his family, memorialist most humbly and earnestly solicits your Lordship will take his melancholy case into your kind consideration, and grant him, at your earliest convenience, such assistance and protection as may be within your Lordship's power. That memorialist most respectfully begs to draw your Lordship's attention to the accompanying papers, and in an especial manner to the copy of an official letter received by him from the secretary of Captain Hopson, wherein your Lordship will find unequivocal evidence to disprove the statements put forward by the New Zea land Company that the Government (at all events, up to that period) had obstructed or prevented them from fulfill ing their contractswith the unfortunate settlers under them. That memorialist most respectfully submits that he is now fully convinced the New Zealand Company eould not have been sincere or honest in their transactions with him from the beginning, and that he grounds this convic tion on the facts—first, of their professing to have and to sell land in New Zealand which, in point of fact, they had not at the time, and to specify (as in the instance of memorialist) various and distinct portions of the islands in which purchasers under them might choose their sec tions, but which they (the Company) not only had not then, have not since had, nor are ever likely to acquire; and secondly, from their professing to have sent out a large " staff" of surveyors, in order to have the land ready for delivery to the intending purchasers on their arrival in the colony ; whereas, in reality, they only sent three individuals for that purpose (as already stated), and that they did not increase, but diminished, that number for a period of at least two years ; which cir cumstance in itself, memorialist most respectfully sub mits, bears strong evidence of their not having intended to fulfil their contracts or engagements. That, in con clusion, memorialist most respectfully begs to remind your Lordship of the length of time which has elapsed since he purchased from the Company —the many and valuable years of his life and those of his family thus wasted during his long and wretched residence in New Zealand—the unjust and heartless treatment he expe rienced there from the Company's agent—but, above all, to the melancholy and precarious position in which his family are now placed, without that support and protec tion so peculiarly essential in New Zealand ; and he again implores your Lordship most respectfully and earnestly, in the name of justice and humanity, to grant him such redress and assistance as shall seem most fitting to your Lordship, and your memorialist, as in duty bound, will ever pray. * On map. The plans of railway lodged for the county of Kent seem to be the North Kent (Vignoles's line), and the Central Kent (Rennie's line). The latter was brought forward some years since, and the notices have been every year renewed. It is now understood that the :ori ginal opponents of the line, the landed proprietors, have become favourable to its adopti on , an d t h at the old committee of management will be strengthened, and the undertaking immediately brought forward, with a view to an application to Parliament this next session. The part of the capital subscribed, and the scrip held, will continue in the company to the extent of its proportion or value. The Antwerp letters received on Monday morning state that the frost had . set in with grea t i ntens i ty i n Flanders, and was rapidly upon the i ncrease . Th e Spheldt was free from ice, but the interior navigation was, for the moment, suspended. WOODEN RAILWAYS. (From the IVaterford Mail of December 7.) On Thursday last Mr. Bridges, the secretary to the Waterford and Kilk enn y Railway Company, de livered an address on this subject to a numerous and rospeetable audience in the Town llall. Mr. Bridges urged the great importance of railway communication in Ireland, and especially insisted on the necessity of economy in construction of Irish railways. With respect to the system of wooden railways, which he had been deputed by English capitalists to advocate and introduce as far as possible, a very few words would suffice to explain the rationale and advantages. Wooden railways had formerly been extensively used in England in the colliery districts. These had been gradually superseded by rails of cast iron, and after wards of malleable iron ; but an impression was now becoming very general that the use of wood under certain conditions would be infinitely preferable, both on the score of economy and efficiency, to the present system of iron railways. To preserve the elasticity of the wood, and at the same time to indurate it and arrest the liability to decay, had been the first desideratum. These difficulties had been completely met by a process invented by Mr. Charles Payne, which might be very shortly explained. The timber was placed in a vacuum, and after exhaustion was impregnated under a high pressure, first, with a cheap metallic solution, such as sulphate of iron, and thereafter with the mu riate of lime. There was thus produced within the wood, by decomposition, a perfectly insoluble matter, and the wood was, as it were, virtually transmuted into another substance almost incapable of decay. It was, however, still liable and exposed to abrasion from what Mr.f Robert Stephenson had called the " horrible collision" of the flange and the conical tire as now made use of. To obviate this evil, Mr. Pros ser's patent was devised—that is to say, the flange was entirely removed from the tire or rim of the bearing wheels, and a mere guide wheel, fixed on an oblique axis, and not bearing perpendicularly on the rails, was substituted. This guide wheel, without any perceptible friction merely retained the carriages and engines on their route, and admitted of the use of bearing wheels perfectly smooth and cylindrical. Mr. Bridges then briefly, but pointedly, touched upon the various advantages as respected economy, efficiency, safety, and comfort, likely to arise from the adoption of the new system. He announced that public confidence was now so far with those he represented that more than double the capi tal requisite for the Waterford and Kilkenny line had been subscribed, and that on a visit to Cork, in reference to a line projected from that city on the same principle, he had been received with extreme cordiality and kindness by some of the principal merchants interested, who agreed to take shares, while the noblemen and gentlemen holding the land were, it was understood through their agents, equally disposed to favour the undertaking. We think it unnecessary to repeat at full length all Mr. Bridges' arguments, especially as regards the great facility of traversing sharp curves and overcoming gradients, which the comparative deficiency of bite on the iron rail is held to preclude upon the latter system, as we have already quoted:several articles upon the subject embracing the details, and which are already familiar to our readers. Several questions were put to the lecturer by scientific gentlemen pre sent. Whether the Paynising process could be made available for house-building, and also the price per load, and its applicability to other general purposes besides railroads ; and what experience there had been of the system, whether the friction of eight wheels would not be greater than that of four wheels even with flanges as in the old system • and whether the effect of the process reached to the very heart of the wood or was merely superficial. Mr. Bridges stated that the Paynising process was a prin ciple of nature universally applicable. Wherever timber in contact with iron had been subjected to the action of salt water, as in the case of a vessel sub merged, the wood could not decay. General Pasley on blowing up the Edgar, a vessel which had been sunk three hundred years ago, found this to be the case in the baulks of that vessel. The common English woods subjected to the process received the finest polish, and were more beautiful than any foreign woods • and on explaining the principle to a very influential and intelligent shipowner and mer chant of Cork, he had been assured by that gentle man that the process, if practice accorded with theory, would be invaluable in ship-building as well as in cabinet-making. The price per load of fifty cubic feet was fourteen shillings, and the experience of the system extended to several very satisfactory experiments, amongst which might be mentioned, that the experiment line at Vauxhall had been traversed 28,000 tines by a heavy engine, with out in the least affecting the saw -marks on the wood, and that a tramway of Paynised wood Laid down at a coal wharf in London had borne the gradual weight of 27,000 tons without any effect being produced. As to the question of the comparative friction of eight wheels or four, the action of the guide wheels and the bearing wheels which made up that number, was perfectly distinct and independent; and the number of wheels induced no addition whatever to the friction. In truth, 20 cylindrical wheels with guide wheels would have less friction than four of the flanged wheels at present in vogue. The effect of the process was to permeate the whole timber subjected to it, so that a chemical test applied td the heart of the wood would affect it equally with the surface. Mr. MOSES ROBINSON, after some very pertinent questions, which were replied to by Mr. Bridges , ex pressed himself perfectly satisfied as to the import ance of both the inventions, and that it was advisable they should have a fair and an extensive trial. If sound, the system would eventually supersede all others. _ _ Mr. BRIDGES observed that nothing was more pro bable, inasmuch as it had just been determined by the Directors of the West London Railway, which connects the Great Western and the London and Birmingham, to take up the iron t rails, and lay down the line with Paynised wood, in combination with the Prosser guide wheel s.—The meeting then separated • ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Another of those rare birds, the Toucan,'from the Brazils, with a Rhea, or South American Ostrich, was added to the col lection last week. The gardens have been since much frequented to inspeet the new arrivals, and the beautiful lake was crowded with skaters on Sunday and yester day, the ice being in first rate order. CHINESE EXHIBITION.—The opening of this exhi bition for what may be called the winter season, took place last night, with what is called the Dragon Fete. The formidable dragon is very beautifully formed of silk, and brilliantly illuminated. We are told that this is one of the favourite exhibitions of the Chinese, and con sidering the necessary inf er i o rity of the copy, it must be an attractive one. The dragon is suspended from the ceiling at the middle of the room, and has a very grand effect from the light thrown on it from the various lan terns extended on either side. There is no change in the various representations illustrating Chinese life and manners ; but the m anner i n w hi c h th e room isillu minated renders them more vivid. A popular lecture, giving a sketch of the principal objects described in the rather formidable book-catalogue, would be a desideratum, and it is, we underst an d , i n contempetkin by the enter prising proprietor. There was a large number of visitors last night, and we have no doubt that at each representa tion it will increase. The Dusseldorf Gazette notifies that a party of the Jewish residents of that place had resolved, at a recent meeting, to address a circular to the Christian bankers and merchants of Frankfort, praying of them, on con ditions of reciprocity, not to cause tobe presented to them any bill of exchange, whether for acceptance or payment, on a Sabbath or fast day, since they are required by a recent modification of the laws relating to the matter both to accept and pay. The house of Rothschild had been invited to join in the movement, but which it had declined to do on the plea that this new legislation would not prevent them from refusing to pay and accept on the days in question. It would appear from this that Messrs. Rothschild, conscious of their own power, proceed upon the old plan, but that the minor establishments cannot, without compromising their credit, venture to act in the same spirit of independence, by making, like them, other houses conform to their convenience. THE WEATHER. -- The moderns, in imitation of the wise men of ancient days, have a propensity for drawing auguries from the movements of birds, and many prophesies, founded on ornithological observations, have, recently, been put forth touching the quality of the present winter. Some difference of opinion amongst the feathered tribes, however, caused the prophets no little perplexity, for while the geese, who have no great reputation for sagacity, appeared, by their south ward flight, to insist that old winter was hastening speedily hither, certain crows were reported to be con • strutting nests, as if in anticipation of mild airs and cloudless skies. The crows, though deemed clever birds in their way, have been proved to be less weatherwise than the geese, for we hear from all quarters of low thermometers and biting frosts. In this vicinity the frost set in, last week, with great severity, and the increasing ice on the ponds was regarded by skaters of all classes and ages with extreme satisfaction. Nor were they dis appointed in their anticipations, for though the frost only set in fairly on Wednesday, yet such was its severity, that even as early as Friday, the ice had attained considerable thickness, and on Sa turday it was se solid that the skaters were enabled to pursue their invigorating recreation without the slightest apprehension. The waters of Sefton meadows, which offer a beautiful extent of skating sur face, are completely frozen over, and numbers who de light to enjoy the exercise in perfection have resorted thither. The cold, during the last few days, has been intense. The extreme depression of the thermometer, on Tuesday night, was 29, on Wednesday night 27, on Thursday 23, on Friday 21, and yesterday morning the mercury sunk as low as 20. At nine o'clock yesterday morning it was 26, and, at three in the afternoon, 30. Liverpool Albion of Monday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has become the purchaser of one of the finest blood-hounds in Lord Bagot's celebrated pack, and the Queen has likewise had one bought by agency. It is not generally known that Lord Bagot's family have for centuries retained the pure breed of the English blood-hound. Last week the en tire collection of 21 were sold, the Duke of Leeds being among the purchasers. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Limerick Chronicle, Dec. 7.) The first division of the 6th Regiment, under Major Crofton ' landed at Kingstown on Thur s d a y, from Liverpool, and proceeding to Dublin by railway, took up their quarters at Richmond barracks. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Dee has sailed from Cork for Liverpool, to convey the 2d division of the 6th Regiment from Liverpool to Dublin, and 56th Regiment from Dublin to Liverpool; 14th depot from Dublin to Liverpool, and 67th Regiment from Liverpool to Dublin. Head. quarters and four companies 16th Regiment, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, with band and colours, arrived at Cork yesterday, by the Rhadamanthus steamer, from Dublin. His Excel lency Sir Edward Blakeney and General Wyndham were pleased to bestow high encomiums on this fine regiment for their efficiency and good conduct. Their excellent commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Camp bell, is much esteemed and respected. Head-quarters and four companies of the 32d Re giment, under Major-General Hill, marched from Richmond barracks, Dublin, on Wednesday, to re lieve the head-quarter division of the 16th Regiment, at Great Ship -street barracks. Major Brookes is commanding four companies at Aldborough House. Officers on leave, 66th Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin, Lieut. Col. Johnston, to 31st Dec. ; Captains Sir W. Gordon on sick leave; Dames, to 30th Dec. ; Rainsford, until Gazetted—this is the only officer left in the regiment that was at St. Helena. At head quarters, nine companies, consisting of 42 sergeants, 12 drummers, and 722 rank and file. Brevet Lieut. Colonel Goldie is commanding. Captain Lord Cosmo Russell, extra A.D.C. to the Commander of the Forces, has arrived in Dublin from leave and resumed his duties. An ancient baronetcy is about to be revived in the. person of Lieut. John Augustus Keyt, 85th Light n Infatry. Lieut.-Colonel Townsend has joined head-quarters 24th Regiment Kilkenny, from leave of absence. Captain Marsh is stationed at Athy with a company. Captain Harris at Maryborough with a company. Captain Riley is stationed with a company at Carrick on-Suir. Captain Blachford is at New Ross, with a company. Major Doyle is stationed at Carlow with two full companies, consisting of 200 rank and file. A company of the 36th, from Newry, has replaced the 14th depot, at Belturbet. The last company of the 14th depot from Belturbet, will halt to-morrow at Ballyiamesduff, en route to Dublin, to join head-quarters, and embark there for England. Captain Clarke and Lieut. Wells, 62d, obtain pro motion shortly, on the retirement of Major Astier, who returns from India on sick leave. The Queen's Bays, at Longford, received this week their quota of carbine ammunition and percussion caps for the season, from Athlone magazine ; and the 38th depot at Boyle, a supply of practice ammunition and percussion caps. Captain Briscoe's Troop Queen's Bays has arrived at Longford, and joined head-quarters, having been relieved by a troop of the same corps. The 85th depot received their supply of autumnal ammunition this week at Derry ; also the 11th Hussars at Dundalk, and 36th Regiment at Newry. The 65th Regiment, at Castlebar, will receive season ammunition on Monday, from the Ordnance depot, Athlone. The 69th Regiment, Templemore, 35th, 81st and 93d depots, in the Limerick district, received their autumnal supply of practice ammunition, this week, from the Ordnance magazime, at Athlone. The 6th Dragoon Guards, according to the rotation system, are first for service abroad, having returned from Buenos Ayres in 1808. The 11th, 15th, 54th, 60th, 61st, and 66th, returned from service in 1840. The regiments of the line are to be served out with springs to fix the bayonet, beyond the chance of being struck off by accident or collision. A detachment of 17 rank and file from Plymouth has joined Colonel Burton's battalion Royal Marines at Cove of Cork. Captain J. Tancock (1812), of Torpoint, Cornwall, has had conferred on him by the Admiralty the vacant out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. PLYMOUTH FREE-TRADE ASSO CIATION.-DEFEAT OF THE CHARTISTS. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Last evening there was a large muster at the Mechanics' Institution, in this town, for the purpose of hearing a lecture on free-trade, from John Salisbury Trelawny, Esq., the Member for Ta vistock. The lecture-room was crowded ; and the lec ture, which was an admirable one, was listened to by all parties with the greatest attention. At the close, a discussion was started by a Chartist, named Smith, who did not gain much favour by declaring that he stood there ready to defend every sentiment that Thomas Paine ever gave utterance to. After be had spoken the usual time, he was stopped by the chairman ; and then another Chartist, named Robinson, rose, and read the greater part of a long leader from the old Northern Star, with a view to prove that increased production decreased wages. He gallopped on at a great rate, with a view to get through his article, which, as Charles Mathews says, had " nothing in it," but could not succeed, for he was also stopped by the general cry of " Time's up." lie im plored for two minutes more, but the audience were in flexible, and would not accord a minute, whereupon Robin son retired, looking very dismal. Mr. Isaac Nichols and Mr. Nicholson then replied to the Chartists, after which another of that body, yclept Blacamore, mounted the form, and advocated the principles of the Charter, which he contended was all that was necessary to remove all the political ills which flesh is heir to. A working man, named Axford, of Devonport, followed, in a remarkably clever and amusing speech, in which ha told the Chartists of the advantages that arose to all parties who gave their consideration to one thing at a time, and that while he was considering of the good or bad cha racter of the corn-laws he was not able to give equal and undivided attention to the Charter. He, therefore, recommended the Chartists to have that subject con sidered by itself. This closed the discussion, for Mr. Nichols then rose and moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was seconded by Mr. Bayley. Smith immediately moved as an amendment the adoption of the principles of the Charter, which was seconded by Ro berts. After a brief interruption, for the Chartists are an uncommonly noisy race at other people's meetings, whatever they may be at their own, the Chairman put the amendment, when, lo ! there were not twenty hands held up for it. The motion was carried amidst a tre mendous burst of cheers, and after Mr. Trelawny had returned thanks, and a similar vote had been passed to Mr. Calmady, the chairman, the meeting separated. FATAL ACCIDENT IN REGENT-STREET.--Last even ing Mr. Higgs held an inquest at St. George's Hospital on the body of William Powell, aged thirty, carman in the service of Mr. Hunt, wine -merchant, of Mark-lane. William Garratt, of No. 47, Tothill-street, said that on the 15th ult., in the afternoon, he was with the deceased in the cart driving through Regent-street. Deceased held the reins, and instead of sitting down on the seat, very incautiously stood upright, when, in turning the corner of Leicester-street, he overbalanced himself and fell upon the pavement. Witness immediately jumped down to his assistance, but found that one of the wheels had passed over his head, crushing one side of his face in a most frightful manner. He was carried without loss of time to a surgeon, and from thence to the hospital. Mr. Wm. Potter, the house surgeon, said that deceased died from the effects of the fall on Saturday last. A man in the cart at the time of the accident said it was a sudden jerk against the stone pavement after leaving the wooden which caused him to be thrown out. Verdict, " Accidental death." SUDDEN DEATH OF A SWISS EXCHANGE BROKER. —Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Cross Keys, Belton -street, St. Giles's, on the body of Mr. Francis Soutter, aged 58, a Swiss Jew, and formerly a bill and exchange broker, wt 11 known in the City. It appeared that on Sunday week deceased came stumbling into the shop of Mr. Jones, chemist, 171, High Holborn. He afterwai di fell on the floor, and whilst Mr. Jones waa in the act of administering a cordial he breathed his last. Mr. C. Ravenhill, stockbroker, of Old Broad street, said he knew deceased, who was a bill and ex change bt oker of many years' standing. lie was much reduced in c'reamstances, and witness allowed hint the use of his office to transact whatever little business he had left. His lodging was unknown, and so were his re latives, if he had any. He had left some papers in pos session of witness. The Coroner ordered them to be sealed and delivered over to the Swiss Consul. Mr. Bennett, surgeon, opened the body, and said the cause of death was apoplexy. Verdict, " Natural death." REMONSTRANCE OF THE PROTESTANTS OF BAVARIA. —A remonstrance and petition of the members of the Sixth General Synod, held at Anspach, for the purpose of demanding the redress of several wrongs complained of by Protestants, have been presented to the King of Bavaria. The petitioners complain that the Royal Com missioners appointed to preside over the General Synod, following the instructions that had been given them, and which prescribed that no petition should be deliberated upon that they had not themselves first approved, had retained sixty-three petitions in which their griefs were particularised. After arguing the grounds of their right to deliberate and petition, they proceed to say—" If then they have the right of deliberating upon the in ternal affairs of their church, and of submitting, through the intermediation of a superior consistory, the result of their deliberations to his Majesty, for the purpose of receiving his Majesty's decision, it is impossible that the two Royal Commissioners can have the right of retain ing petitions addressed to the General Synod concerning the internal affairs of their church, for it would amount to an authority to annul and annihilate the constitu tional right belonging to the General Synod." His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, having deter termined on reconstructing the celebrated old deer-park at Broxmouth, connected with the domain, has taken into possession that part of it formerly let, consisting of 80 acres of fine land. We understand that it is to be thrown into grass for permanent pasture, and occupied, as in days of yore, with the finest and most genuine breed of deer in the kingdom. What with this, the lake, and the other improvements on the river and grounds, this ancient, but now remodelled baronial seat will vie with any of its extent in Scotland.—Berwick Warder. luoN.—ln reference to iron France is as big a fool I as John Bull is in reference to food. At a great national loss, this metal from England must be subject to a high protecting duty in favour of the interests of the French iron-masters.— The Struggle. A TALE OF REAL LIFE. Among our Borough Assize Intelligence will be found the case of Mrs. Burrell, the midwife, charged with the manslaughter of Sophia Stanley, and the judge's reiterated opinion as to the un called-for verdict of the coroner's jury ; but one or two points of interest we have reserved for separate mention. The deceased was the wife of a framework-knitter, living in Royal East street, and had had twelve children before; she was always weakly, and suffered much at every confine ment, but she had full confidence in Mrs. Burrell, and begged her not to hurry or think of sending for extra assistance—she should do very well. When, how ever, she found Mrs. Burrell sending word down to her husband to go for Mr. Macaulay, and the husband came up into her room to get his coat for that purpose, she had by that time become sensible that her case was desperate. " She said she was dying," the heart-broken husband stated to Mr. Justice Patteson, " she would not let me go ; she begged me to stay by her, that she might hang upon my neck." The poor fellow could not resist such an appeal, and he re mained with her; then it was that Mrs. Burrell, after entreating the poor woman to be easy " just for ten minutes," started for Mr. Macaulay's, and went there and back in that time, no easy thing for a woman of 65 to do. Before this, moreover, she had told the deceased never to mind about paying for the doctor; for that she (Mrs. Burrell) would be answerable for any expense so incurred. Well might Mr. Justice Patteson say, and repeat, that the Coroner's jury had dealt hardly with Mrs. Burrell. But there are still . ,one or txo points to be noticed. The husband, who seemed scarcely to know what passed around him, in whose eyes there was "no speculation," in reply to a question, stated that he was receiving relief from the union-9d. a day for eleven hours' work. His Lordship—everybody in the court—was astounded at the reply ; and one of the barristers said, " Good God, and that is what is called relief!" How many children the poor fellow had to keep out of this 9d. per day did not come out. At the conclusion of his evidence, Mrs. Burrell wished him to be asked, whether he did not think she had done all in her power for the safe delivery of his wife? Mr. Justice Patteson (who evidently had a struggle to conceal his emotion during a great part of the trial), said he was sory he could not put the question in that shape—he was very sorry. The poor man, Stanley, however, had no such scruples to contend with ; and• in a voice rendered almost inarticulate by his tears, he begged his Lordship not to hurt Mrs. Burrell, for she had done all she could." " Your request is highly credit able to you, my good man—highlycreditable," replied his Lordship. In conclusion, we would suggest to the Board of Guardians the propriety of making speedy and kind inquiry into this poor man's case; to depart for a season from the strictne s s of th e ir regula tions, and grant relief without exacting work in re turn. A fellow-being thus heavily visited with afflic tion should meet with commiseration and considera tion.—Leicester Chronicle. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. A woman, fifty-two years of age, the wife of a small fanner named Bonvoisin, residing at Epre ville, was tried on the 27th ult., before the Court of Assizes of the Eure, for the murder of her brother, Pierre Vautier. It appeared from the indictment and the evidence, that the brother and the sister had for nearly fifteen years been on bad terms, in consequence of the anger felt by the latter at her brother having a larger portion of the property left by the father than she thought right, and that Vautier, in his just resentment against his sister, who was a woman of the worst feelings, had made a will bequeathing his property (about 16,000 f.) to a friend. The mother, however, being attacked with severe illness, and therefore desirous of seeing h e r d aug ht er , V au ti er , w ho resided with his mother, consented to receive his sister, and at the death-bed of the parent a reconciliation took place. Vautier having about the period of his mo ther's death broke his thigh, the sister remained at his house to nurse him ; and although her selfish disposition was again shown by her desiring to have the whole of the household furniture of the deceased, and a quarrel ensued, yet Vautier, as a proof that the reconciliation made by the bedside of his mother was sincere on his part, revoked the will which he had made in favour of his friend, and executed another, in which he left everything to his sister. This act of generosity caused his death. The prisoner, anxious to get immediate possession of the property, and taking advantage of his feeble state, entered his room at night, and with a club beat out his brains. Early on the following morning she went to a neighbour, and told him that during the night some thieves had broken in, and after robbing the house, had murdered her brother. The character of the woman, however, created suspicion, and the officers of justice had soon proof that the murder was committed by her. On the trial the evidence was such as not to admit of a doubt of her guilt ; but the jury, to the surprise of the Court, declared that there was no proof of the murder having been com mitted with premeditation. She was, therefore, only sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labour. A remarkable fact was revealed on the , trial, showing that even the most calculating cri initials frequently commit great oversights. The murderess had taken the precaution, after the consummation of the crime, to proceed to a neigh bouring spring, and wash away the stains of blood from her hands and some of her clothing, but she had placed a bloody hand upon a latch on the inner side of a door which was locked, and the key of which was found in her possession. Her story of thieves having entered the house was contradicted by this fact, for they could not subse quently have locked a door of which they had not the key ; the marks of blood were also those of the left hand, and it was proved that the prisoner was left handed.—Galignaiii s Messenger. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIR JOHN RENNIE'S FAC TORY.—At an early hour this morning a man, named William Wren, expired in Guy's Hospital, from the effects of a severe fall from a scaffold, which was erected on the premises of Sir John Rennie, the eminent engi neer, whose manufactory is situated in Holland-street, Blackfriars-road. An inquest will be held on the body this evening, before Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE RIVER.— Yesterday, Mr. Baker, the coroner, resumed and con cluded an inquest at the Gun, Wapping, touching the death of William Morgans, aged 19, a seaman, who, together with Edward Everest, lost their lives on the 25th of October last, by the skiff, in which they and four other persons were crossing the Thames from Rother hithe to Wapping, being upset by the Waterman steamer No. 6, coming in collision with them. The evidence was precisely the same as that adduced on the trial of Samuel Sims, the captain of the steamer, at the Central Criminal Court on Saturday week, on a charge of manslaughter, in having caused the death of the man Everest, on which he was convicted and sentenced by Mr. Justice Maule to four months' imprisonment. The body of the deceased, in the present inquiry, was found floating off Wapping New-stairs, on Thursday last, by a man named Scott, and was, from the length of time (six weeks) it had been in the water, in a dreadful state of decomposition. The Coroner, at the close of the evidence, summed up, charging the jury, that, from what had been stated, it was a clear case of negligence, and as such amounted to manslaughter, and the jury without hesitation returned that verdict. The witnesses were all bound over to pro secute ; consequently, at the expiration of his sentence, Sims will have to be arraigned on this second charge. ASYLUM FOX FEMALE ORPHANS.—Yesterday, a special general court of this charity was held at the Asylum, in Lambeth, fur the purpose of electing 15 girls to be received into the establishment. William Skelton, Esq., presided during:the meeting, and the election closed at three o'clock. There are 138 orphan girls at pre sent in this establishment, to which the present number elected will be added. Since the commencement of the institution in 1758, to April, 1844, there have been ad mitted 2,362 children, of whom 194 died in the house, 2,022 were placed out, 3 were employed in the house, and at that time (April), 143 were in the asylum. POOR MAN.—Poor man ! There he sits in the corner, emaciated with labour, and, in this dank weather, hard set to get his breath. He belongs to Buckingham, and becauseihe could not stand to work any longer, his little home was broken up, and he immured amongst strangers, his wife and part of his children torn from him ! Resolved to die rather than remain in the bastile, he came back, and with a little better health he tried again to provide for his family. Sickness overtakes him again, and, because he becomes " troublesome" to the parish, he is told, " he is liable to be imprisoned" for not staying at his own town, where it was impossible to get a living. He asks and begs for a little relief, but is refused, and may live or die for anything the relieving officer cares for him. While such " inhumanity of man to man" exists, may we exert ourselves to rescue the dependent portion of our fellow-creatures, and, by giving them the full benefit of their labour while in health, enable them to lay by a little against sickness, instead of sending them to the cold charities of the parish.— The Struggle. PRAYERS FOR THE RELIGIOUS WELFARE OF ENGLAND.—A prayer has been published in Belgium, humbly asking God to be pleased to reconcile England to the Catholic faith. This prayer was compiled by the Belgian bishops, according to the request of the Hon. G. Spencer, who conformed some years since to the Popish persuasion. GAME IN BUCKS.—On Monday last as a labourer of Quainton was crossing a field belonging to the Duke of Buckingham, he saw a great number of hares, and had the curiosity to count them. In this one field ho counted no less than 270 hares, which was of course much less than the number he saw, as there were many he could not count. While labourers are starving for want of food and employment, here are vermin allowed to con sume and waste this food, and by their depredations t o lessen the farmer's means o f employing the poor, Aylesbury News. Lord Alfred Paget will give a cup of 501. value on the occasion of a grand steeple chase, to take place in the neighbourhood of Olton-hall early in January. The horses will be those belonging t o the officers of the 7th Hussars. COMMON SENSE. Common sense is the best of all sense, and it is - no small recommendation of the pri nc ipl es o f f ree trade that they have been described by the Secret ary o f th e I Home Department as those of " common sense:' The principles of monopoly, and the practices cf monopoly, are, therefore, opposed to common sense. Common sense means that which every body, in their straightforward course of life, would act upon. If there be one road hilly and circuitous, another straight and level, common sense would lead the tr,- yeller to take the latter in preference to the former. We universally prefer good articles to bad ones, cheip articles to dear ones ; common sense prompts us to this. Hence it is, sophisticated as we please, that w e cannot resist the conclusion that free trade, which means buying good instead of bad, cheap instead of dear articles, is "common sense. Common sense, again, may be considered as that which guides the every-day actions of the mass of the people. " Where is the cheapest shop for potatoes ?" " Where do you get the best flour, and most for money ?" I always get best served with tea and coffee at such a place." Peter so-and-so kills capital meat, and sells it lower than any body in the row." These are the expressions of common sense, and de velop its workings among the people at large. Why should we depart from these in national matters ? Why should we buy in the dearest market, and sell in the cheapest? Is there any connnon sense, or any other sort of sense, in placing a barrier in the way of those who would bring us plenty of the best food, and at a much lower price than we at present give ? Is there any sense in saying to the nations, " We will not sell you our cloth ing; we will not allow you to employ our people, be cause you can only pay us in food, though it be the article of all others we want most ?" We do occasionally hear of exclusive dealing, but it is deprecated by all persons of good sense or good principles. Monopolists' notions, however, are all on the exclusive dealing principle. England says to America, we could do well with your flour, your hams, and your cheese; but we have a grudge against you, and we will punish our own people in order to punish you. Every monopolist nation makes enemies instead of friends, and thus violates the great principle of common sense. Exclusive deal ing on one side begets exclusive dealing on the other, and hence arise feuds, and wars, and bloodshed. Peace is common sense, and free trade leads to peace. —The Struggle. WELSH OYSTERS. SWANSEA, DEC. 6.—Some months ago we di rected public attention to the systematic devastations committed by persons coming from various parts of the English coast to take oysters from the fisheries at this district at improper seasons of the year. We then expressed our hope that Members of Par liament, and others influentially connected with the district, would exert themselves in endeavouring to obtain some stringent legislative enactments to put a stop to such depredatory practices. After the more immediate business of the council meeting, held on Friday, had been concluded, our respected representative—whein we are happy to see once more among his constituents, on his return from the Continent, now that he is for a season relieved of his Parliamen'ary duties—called ' the attention of the meeting to the subject, which, !like all subjects connected with the local welfare of the district, had occupied his attention during his stay in town. lie stated the results of conferences held with various members of the Board of Trade. It appears that the intruders consist of persons who, excluded from the French coast by the terms of the articles en tered into between the two countries for the mutual protection of their fisheries, periodically visit our fisheries, and convey away large cargoes of the brood of oysters, which they deposit on certain parts of the English coast, until they grow to a size sufficiently large to be redredged when the season arrives. By this means our fisheries, originally pos sessed of considerable resources, have been greatly deteriorated, and unless protected, they will unques tionably be destroyed. The evil does not arise so much from the quantity taken, as the destruction following the disturbance of the brood; the effect being analogous to that resulting from taking a salmon in spawn, when the public are deprived, not only of the one actually taken, but of hundreds, if not thousands besides. When it is considered that upwards of five hundred families are dependent upon their exertions in the oyster fisheries of this district, extending from the Worm's-head to Aberavon, it must be allowed that the subject is one of considerable importance ; and we are happy to learn, from Mr. Vivian's observa tions, that the Board of Trade contemplate bringinb forward measures to suppress such piratical practices. —The Cambrian. ADDISCOMBE.—The half-yearly public examination at the East India Company's Military Seminary was held on the 9th inst., in the presence of the chairman (John Shepherd, Esq.), the deputy chairman (Sir litnry Willock, K.L.S.), several members of the Court of lliroe tors, and a number of military and other visitors. The class brought forward consisted of 32 gentlemen cadets. From these, ten were selected for the Engineers, iz , C. 1). Newmarsh, F. C. Grindall, J. Crofton, W. W. H. Greathead, J. Jones, F. I. Moberly, C. I', Boddam, J. I'. Walker, J. Bean, and 'J. 'l'. Haig fourteen to the Artillery, viz., E. W. E. Walker, W . A. Mylne, F. Conybeare, C. Dempster, D. J. Kin loch, F. H. Hebbert, T. H. Bosworth, C. H. Cookes, 11. B. Sandford, J. A. R. Mead, J. F. Raper, A. H. Heath, J. Thompson, and W. D. Couchman ; eight for the Infantry, viz., J. P. Bennet, C. J. S tewart, W. E. Marshall, E. C. Oakes, F. H. Hamner, F. C. Ang...10, C. Clark, A. Giffard. The distribution of prizes was as follows, viz. :—First class : C. D. N ewmarsh, second fortification, French, first, good e..n duct ; F. I. Moberly, second mathematics, Latin ; F. C. Grindall, first fortification, military drawi ng , civil drawing, second Hindustani ; C. T. Boddam, mi litary surveying, first Ilindustani, second good conduct; J . T. Walker, first mathematics. Second class—A.. Cowper, mathematics, fortification, third good conduct ; A. Cadet], military surveying, Hindustani ; C. D. Inner„ civil drawing ; J. Hathorn, Latin ; P. D. Horne, French. Third class—G. Chapman, fourth good conduct. BUT IN THE CHEAPEST AND SELL IN THE DEAREST MARBET.—That we should " buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest," is undoubtedly the maxim of political economy. It is often reprobated, but with what reason ? Why is an article cheap, but because it is abundant ? Why dear, but because it is scarce in proportion to the want ? Those who inhabit the locality of the two supposed markets, are alike inconvenienced ; these from a superfluous supply, those from a deficient supply. Acting on the above maxim, the merchant who buys from the one assists in obviating the evil of superfluity, and raising the price so as to repay the producer ; and when he sells in the other, the act tends to lower the price, and remove the evil of insufficiency. He benefits both parties, and has his own advantage in recompense of his services. Let him spend a fortune in doing the reverse of this. He will make the cheap market cheaper, and the dear market dearer. Those will have more who had too much, and those have less who had too little. The man deserves to be beggared for his pains. It is the punishment of Nature and Providence upon his pernicious folly. And, eventu ally, Nature and Providence will beggar the nation, whose laborious children are compelled to buy their food artificially dear, and, consequently, sell theirproducts artificially cheap, by the class-cupidity, or the wrong headedness of their legislators. Beggary for beneficence is honourable. But the beggary whose blundering has only beggared others, is neither moral nor Christian : it is condemned for wickedness unless excused by imbech. lity.— The Struggle. Immense quantities of cod-fish have been caught off this town, about a mile or two out, during th e pre sent week. They have been sold remarkably cheap, a fine fish, upwards of 201bs. weight, fetching only from 18. 6d. to 2s. Large numbers, weighing 161b5., have been sold at ls. each.--Brighton Herald. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SIOW. --The whole of the splendid cattle and stock, together with the implements and various other specimens connected with the agriculture of England, intended for exhibition at the ensuing anniversary of the Smithfield Cattle Club, have how arrived at their destination, and this day (Tuesday) the judges will perform the duty of making their inspection, and awarding the various prizes given by the Club. The number of cattle as well as stock is much greater than on any previous occasion, and it is stated that there is scarcely a county in England but is represented by a specimen of some description or other, and the animals from Scotland are considered as of a very superior quality. A casualty has taken place which is much to be regretted, as it has deprived the exhibition of one of the finest first-class spe cimens of cattle. It appears that a very sphndid Dur ham ox, which arrived at the bazaar on Saturday, was soon after, either from its extreme fatness, or some other cause, found to be in such a condition that it was im possible it could survive, therefore it was deemed ad• visable with the consent of the owner, whose name has not transpired, that it should be at once killed, and this decision was speedily carried into effect. - - A tenant (or gentleman) farmer, living near Luton, stated in the market-room last week, that he sowed six acres of land with wheat, which was destroyed in the winter by game ; he broke up the ground and sowed it with barley ; one-third of it was likewise devoured by his landlord's stock without any advantage to himself this is only a part of the injury he annually experiences. The farmer cannot look on the poacher as an unwelcome intruder on his land, when his operation tends to pro tect his growing crops from such destructive ravages, and caused by those most solicitous to be considered their friends. -- Aylesbury News„ POACHING IN NORTIIITBIBERLAND.-011 the night of the 29th ult., the preserves of Felton-park and Swar land were visited by h large gang of poachers, whO got clear off with a heavy load of booty.—Gateshead Obser ver SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—OH Monday a sanguinary conflict took place in the preserves of Langley, near Lanchester, the property of the Earl of Durham, between six of the watchers and five poachers, the latter armed with bludgeons. Two of the watchers were most dreadfully beaten, so much so that their lives were considered in imminent danger. None of the poachers were captured.— Ga tcshead Observer.