The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

R THE ther ahnoi ll ‘ apeared, announced t in the the we confines tiler for e of Decenb er J .obably: following 'l' tms s been, 5 9 14. each Institut; lest knows f the trouble 3`.; or the wo ol ' )fished in it almost dal,4'; :limn of / 8 " Bards the at td ie antic, led to. J° )wever, w e b l e ables' Cr o 'to hat they !I to Igo ; as I ° jig I son is usiP h i, tiei pationg:ef nter, ‘‘be w d equal ths o le the rely° abide the I' d , asure sre 6 N a man of • iic e of s c ience Ike refuge .pose hair !ind if par„ nt of phY s ; 9 set Eben 3 ,1, Dre the ~ to forin„ / ly to hopet°' is a quoi e , a bate rse, he subject 0 , itself racreop, better I °o. methia tbi' rence t0 ) .„.4 i s a nnoon i June, 184 '0 the chat that hith e :„ jest, the P ttended to,h, t' rea ther in `', i no 1, as a Ai reaso n of ":, erwise , S o ; I correct ; 0 son s of I the atitb °r 11 have u`" On era f d Mal he pi chests 0 ea-deale r ti gyring the'', more til t ‘ li it re up 11 '1 e last cheli The tea 0 1 id 22L fruit -51 0 had b c ;o the earo l e , e the 'bil i s Idered t apture t " t the ran ck on Ttlel: arming P7 l , whieD house, ° O P ,peedily the 4v &e.l/ D, as thc, fire to fear tb° proke °,.. 11/ yr, rims et tildings , ,t4oh. i n sway , ~-1V00°)t ole al for s° red, rs;ed 1 4 11 ~„e i me 13 5 00° h o Edinb°` hol e LsurY r ru t dof in he inh Abe that nd Pe rls „l o , he P e° l , be r-hill. j i b , • r of ‘" co ul3c •9 fiarneat o' ll town nr . it t h e , ill 0: 1 : e 'ate. 'ION. he alts 4 l. in o° ' r sb. vicar P -- „ 1 : blank e ' , e o enevole°lo es soUo b ,.., d by t!'', 0 5 ' is p$ k e alon o g t, de•e r ;: )artic i r,t nelell3e" MERICAN NEWS The .11.:.):, , a1 Mal steam packet Britannia, Captain arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, at o'clock. She brings fifty pasengers, and pipers from New York to the Ist of December. The Cale donia was seen about a day's sail from Halifax, all The news by this conveyance is not politically im- Portant. Public attention was directed to the open ing of Congress, and much speculation was afloat as to the Future policy of the new President. The Whigs were consoling themselves, that although they were beaten, their views must be carried out by the new Government, as they were able to resist any measures which were not in accordance with their supposed interests. The final result of the election has reached us. It is as follows : Pennsylvania Ohio Ci )7) tie ctien t Rhode Island New Hampshire Maryland Nt.w York . Virginia New. Jersey North Carolina Michigan Georgia Massachusetts ICentucky Indiana Maine Delaware Vermont Illinois : Mississippi Mis!,ouri Louisiana South Carolina Alabama .. Arkansas Tennessee Clay. Polk o `.A 23 • 6 0 4 0 0 6 8 0 0 36 0 17 7 0 11 () 0 5 0 10 12 0 1-) 0 0 12 0 9 3 0 6 0 0 9 0 6 0 7 0 6 0 9 0 9 0 3 13 0 105 170 105 , folk's majority of electoral votes 'rile annexation of Texas still conti nues a f avour it e to p i c, and wou ld, no d ou bt, b e pers i ste d i n, if t h e i r es were not par amoun t t o th e i r w i s h es . Th e fol ic a wing are extracts :-- (Prom the N ew Y or k I nqu i rer o f N ov . 3 0. ) se T he approaching session o f Con gress w ill b e a re arltable one i n some respects, but it will pass with out"" Prod uc i ng any resu l t. The term for which Gen. g arrison was elected President by a large majority O t t. Lie people, expires on the 4th of March next ; and alth e th uet John Tyler, by his treachery, h as preven t e d h_e Whigs carrying out the great measure s t o w hi c h „e in comm on w ith our p ar ty, was so l emn l y p l e d ge d , •re Whigs are neverth e l ess res p ons ibl e t o th e country r ° o r , all legi s l a ti on up to th e 4th o f M arc h . T hey can fora eve kno w , p ass th e l aws th e y b e li eve necessary 41 ,. the welf are o f th e p eo pl e ; b u t th ey can, an d mst, and w ill preven t t h e a d opt i on o f any b ut Whig me asures. th _ This bein g th e s t a t e o f a ff a i rs, it f o ll ows, o f course, 4 : : the tariff will not be permitted to be touch -J 41 ,1 mg the com i ng sess i on , nor w ill T exas be ad hotited into th e U n i on , excep t i n connex i on with the option o f great Whi g measures, and upon terms °teen °urahle to the good faith of th e na ti on . Af ter t h e f March, Mr. Polk and his friends will he re , hrmßible f or t h e l eg i s l at i on o f t h e country; and then, ti .' l and th e y w ill g i ve or w i t hh o ld f rom the people, as oi e Y think - p roper , t h e measures w hi c h t h ey have de te:tened.,ed by their recent action at th e p o ll s . B ut . th e au.Y we perceive the evidence of a design to cheat th e i r P e oPle by avoiding the proper responsibility of at t h e ac ts ; and with that view, attempts will b e ma d e o re Coming session to settle the Texas, Tariff, and le; atio " questions, and if difficulties grow out o f suc h R , n, Mr. P o lk an d th e Loco F oco party w ill sh' ei n ' t °at truly th a t i s i s no a ff a i r o f th e i rs , b ecause 4th of d oes no t commence unt il a f ter the w i Mar c h next. la r hy a v entreat o u r Whi g f r i en d s , an d more particu -11441 u p e Whigs of the Senate, to bear i n m i n d th e 'P le r o e 'act here stated ; and n o t t o p erm it any L oco C o measures to be consummated by the existing feel I g es s• Even if some of our Whig Senators should call uamaelves instructed by the recent elections, we not' ttll them in the name of the Whig party, hea r i nD C onsider such instructions as having any Then,' I 'l 4 ll after the 4th of March, 1845. fri ends an d not till then, can Mr. Polk and his the ~,, be held responsible for the legislation of the S " n trY ; and then, if they will present to s liti ...,enat e a tariff such as Mr. Polk is pledged to for ' b. ) : let that body adopt it. His tariff—the tariff lei v 7lch the people have voted—is twenty per cent. te e s s " 3 rem duty, and such discrimination under if s nt,Y per cent. as may be required for revenue! Of , s he Loco Focos will pass such a Bill in the House ti , representatives after the 4th of March, the Whigs 4 "°11121 not stop it in the Senate. But let them insist eln su c h a Bill or the tariff of 1842. The one is a ae o t ec , Foco, the other a Whig measure; and let the IRISH RAILWAYS. A very curious state of things is being exhibited in T he grand parties stand or fall by their measures. the present railroad movement in Ireland, and one fr o iNcrthern Loco Focos will endeavour to shrink which shows how little we in England know, and how N T the responsibility of their position by a middle wildly we are apt to talk about that country. For the 4 ftsi s e, and the a d o pti on o f M r . M`K ay ' s Bill of last whole of the present century we have been in the habit th eir ". Against this the Whigs must at once set of talking of English capital being wanted for Ireland ; ate h• f aces, giving their opponents to understand that and we have at last talked ourselves into the beliet that e th is session the tariff cannot be touched, but after the Ireland is a country entirely destitute of any accumu- ItltCr March they will not stand in the way of the • lated capital, and incapable of doing anything for itself. k r. Von for which the people voted and to which f The f t li st 4. lk is pledged—and that if the Loco Focos dare h a o r ar r ds m of money for the new enterprises. aea It is an un- Cs n iPlie the people Mr. Polk's tariff they must be doubted fact that the whole capital of 800,000/., required , The with the Whig measure of 1842. for the Southern Railway, from Dublin to Cork, was ebyj o e Propriety and justice of this policy must be subscribed in three days, and subscribed entirely in f r i er to all ; and we cannot doubt that our Whig Ireland. All accounts represent the state of feeling ka le, 8 : will act in concert as they have heretofore throughout the country as approaching to something like lltis it ' 4 regard to all the great questions which have an universal mania of speculation. E . verybody thinks te h ol d t the country. Their object now should be, he can double his store by embarking it in railway . shares. iiithe blamed for inter after Loco Foco party to their principles, and Mr. O'Connell has been severely It fter a manner that there can be no question here- posing his advice, and suggesting caution, in order to Ititswllat those principles are. check this rage for' a new speculation. Of course it has been insinuated that he dreads lest the ardour for rail. l'teyusiGriArtos or SENATORS.—We learn from the ways should interfere with that for repeal, and that he has that the Hon. Salas Wright, Governor elect, is alive to the sordid fear that the subscriptions to Eaton tend to the Governor his resignation as a Se- shares may be in some way deducted from his own rent. ° , 4 r 4 ) 1 : the United States; and that Mr. Tallmadge, Mr. O'Connell was perfectly right in saying what he did se at us h er Senator, sometime since also resigned his say on the subject, and would have neglected his duty c '' th e 00 e of th e Senators of this State in the Senate had he withheld his advice. Much money williprobably Pe s ! j nit,ed States. be lost in these schemes in Ireland, as it has been in Betties, • -- -rhe hull of the sloop Marshall, from San- England ; and what is not lost may probably remain i th l ‘ r ew York, lying at the foot of Canal-street, uAnpgrouduudct(iTuevmerunemheluonger than the subscribers calculate. Government would undoubtedly interpose its ti Nly il d e _argo of hay, apples, grain, wood, &c., was en moral influence to prevent this mischief from falling on 0 ill_estroyed by fire this morning at one o'clock. the industrious and saving class in Ireland ; and it id; %ailtrance on either cargo or vessel. The fire therefore. Mr. O'Connell's duty so to act in discharge I s Ce pt r .°ul the stove-pipe running through the deck, of that moral responsibility under which he lies for the ` l 4l , 41 a C• ti re • •Crawford, of the ship Albany, from welfare of the people that confides in him as its real ruler. e, ll ting! it l f ° l us us that on the voyage out and home, and Ere long, no doubt, the existenfceer andthe e a p h r i o e s t. pe E r e ity lis o h t ve ht the time he lay in Havre, he has not had Irish railroads, and the necessity . Y-ourfeelingwantedinfavouraddition, hours at a time clear weather. is ay - B ,: l 'any Argo of Friday morning says—" Ye- capitalists to create th t o e se di t in ha in t i w sh il t l thee e will have a tendency i t th e a"w fell without intermission during the day, repeal. T he . opponents of Mr. O'Connell are already e T e Pth of several inches. The river is filled with e nd tcehe Rochester was the * only boat up yesterday, triumphing atms discomfiture, and believine• that the ardour for railroads will entirely supersede in 6 lrela . nd all ay h remained at the wharf scarcely an hour. We thought of political wrongs and remedies. This is the Isle' st a . v g„ another to-day; but the chances are titt p 'kt it. shallowest and falsest of the many delusions by which the oppressors of mankind are for ever cheating them selves. At this period of its most unprofitable career, itr eta lool itt? TROY.—A fire broke out on Thursday this thick-headed world . of ours ought to have learnt 14t, ,/, in the paint-shop of J. S. Perry, in River- that men, whether individually or in masses, are much hodl. of __ r °,3:, which consumed four wooden buildings, more swayed . by their feelings than their interests. We 1 which was of much value. They were men- pursue our interests, but under the guidance . of our ,I,kp;u3'tpe following persons :—J. S. l'erry, paint- passions . ; and there exists neither man nor nation that It"°lti s l ehael Bouhan, boot and shoe store; John C. cannot he turned from the pursuit of material good ,1,, ° ,4 1 °t ' paint-shop; Peter Neels, tailor; Patrick by working on the sense of honour, or duty, or on the affections. Gorge the Irishman with English Ole dwelling-house ; Henry Hughes, fruit store ; capital,. develope the wealth of his country, Fll4ll'ear‘i!ard, eamphine lamps and oil. Messrs. open out to him the brightest prospect of continued shies' 4 •\ eels, and Hughes, also occupied with their the civilisation and increasing wealth—and yet, as long as li kra uPper stories of : their shops. ;"`lay i e LE MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Wed- in fact you insult him in his religion and his national honour, all your favours will fail to win his love, Rill, k P led an t, Orrin Clover, of Annsville, Oneida county, only strengthen him for achievin vengeance and re tie, Ins .- tli a r o '‘lfe by cutting her throat with a jack dress. As long as the religion of the Irish people re 'oat 'l...afterwards killed himself by nutting his mains despoiled and dishonoured—as long as the creed . I Ae ol , Jealou s y was the cause. Govern the stranger remains in its present position English h io G n of in t,22llit SUICIDE.—SamueI Ball, an Englishman, suiting superiority—so long_ does te e , h a d' h ung himself at Onondaga on the 19th inst. V , l ean 111 0 ‘4 a e mp l o y ed by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bros- ' whom we do not deem worthy ment proclaim to the world the insulting g truth that the Irish are a poop f treated according to the ordinary rules of !ee ourer and left about eighty dollars in ? • being long t s e an d Ti , 004 iitf ote3. justice, and so will it be impossible for us to lay tb.sieek,sb„ts.Piiie Nov. 28, FIVE P.M.—Taking into or r e esutouncieueforr one e e t i b u u e n h da u ti f on th o e f p u e ff rm ee a t n iu e n n s t t e ra f n l cs r u e i l l a li n ty d ,. eTe we... 4 " 0 n the extreme inclemency of the weather, 3 ', a z a fair amount of business done in stocks to- Treat Ireland as we are now treating her, and . the e 0 kalpretty momentary diversion of railway speculations . will . n h eith r generally at s li g htly advanced rates. better the condition of her peopletut impel r e tnnnrthe p them to de- V this storm commenced at a very early growth of those fearful feelings ßuts h Nit) h our morn ing, and at eight o'clock the roofs of sire separation from us. But uch circumstances as the Government, be turned fa r • s, 8 were nearly covered with snow and frozen present may, ao doubt, by a wise ..e_ onlyafter • 04 4 . d Int) . it commenced raining, whichmanodvalenoufugghrieve-f to t hid ' ice directly after reaching terra firma, antes. There . is now :liolippeevvr!lks were completely covered with ice, and the best account for effectingthreeghouthtelrreel men for a time to take a moderate of olitics— to wish rather t© hold aloof from active abetstt ) i i r ,lt'' t hat the boys found much amusement speculation to induce . View w ticipa P tion in agitation, and to look with favour, rite s?, i.,akates. This afternoon the weather is more e t 4 :!te e , :‘ ',°e ice has nearly disappeared. These are the moments when the English Government. t r h a e r r than jealousy, on any conciliatory measures of th th New o i t, x lco.—Mexican papers recently received ifonly I) (-). Or bring intelligenceof the refusalof . s may be most easily soothed, Yth ( "her f' g• suspicions of largest growth, when . the animosities of S. ek es ,. 0 Deputies to vote the loan required tone of conciliation . Iti• "lean G • e Now is the time when, if right were . done, no th e ht 't Government to carry on the campaign adopte . and the substance of justice be would be demanded. Da the Irish jus tA' "as• The Government had presented to more than right t iii il ° br a , i i (1, 11 a a 11. ,,e es of Congress a project of law, autho- tice in the matter of their religion, and we will be th 'lts f ''lonal or foreign loan of ten millions ofsuccess would attend any attempt to re e I ,' er th e by a repeal of the union. th, e xa purpose of defraying the expenses of j bound that little unlessaccompanied r Ch arm ll war, Ti Committee jest the boon elk .eer e • The appointed by lof thepeople at itnorovement in the material condition hill cei the er Deputies to examine the project, I Now, too, is the favourable moment for attempting an , larg e. What, after all, will be the permanent gain to L eo sse s r amount required to six millions. The (44 t,als. Lasnount Vitas the eterree to another Committee, in whose , years' empb yment, at low wags s, out of which nothing . ' themasses in Ireland from these great works? A few was again reduced to three , hai" le t h 1 Plis shape it was submitted to Congress —of the destitute myriads. At the end of that time, h can be saved, fog a portion—and, aft °r all, only a p srt t ion e will tli vs.h e u lt., anti was discussed with great ardour i old amount of unemployed herds and empty bellies 111 nienee additional employment at e 1 1 e ,.. • On the 16th, a vote was taken and ; cumber the land; for, whatever ( ! ;4 4 0g t di.•,)Peted_44 to 17. It is also stated that the ' may be permanently created by the railways and their will toacertainty 4 1; ib.,, enrd prevails between the Government and accompanying extension of commerce, 'th ". ri d , . in the be counterbalanced b 3 the increase of' population e 0 „ e . N% a iit of mutual understanding clogs eerattons of the Administration. Don Ignacio The result will be a few more rich, interval. i rich generally richer; while the poor will be as numerous SPlRlTS.—Domestic Whisky is in moderate de mand at 24c. in drudge casks, and 25c. in barrels. A few barrels sold as low as 24k. 30 half pipes Otard, Dupuy, and Co. Brandy sold at 2,20 a 2,50 dols. Five puncheons Scotch Whisky sold at 2,121 dols. Ten pipes Wolfe's Swan Gin, 1,15, 6 mos. 10 hhds. St. Croix Rum, 1,03 dols. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. - Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Charles 'Wellesley, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Baron de Wangenheim, left the Castle on horseback this morning, to shoot in the n ei g hbourhood of Cumberland Lodge. The royal party returned early in the afternoon. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, rode out in a pony .peton at noon, attended on horseback by Major-General F-,:r Edward Bowater. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coi,;,:re• and Gotha this afternoon. _ _ _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out on their ponies for an airing this morning. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even ing included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Sir George Couper, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed at the Castle the remainder of the evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with the Lord President of the Counoi I yesterday, at the Council-office. His Excellency the American Mini ter transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Lords' Committee of the Privy Council for the affairs of Guernsey and Jersey sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, to consider two petitions from the Royal Court of Guernsey, touching the conduct of the Lieutenant-Governor of the island. There were present the Lord President, the Lord Chan cellor, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart tnrnt, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Roebuck, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington were heard. Their Lordships then adjourned the case. and as destitute as ever. But, on the other hand, the utmost advantage may 132, taken of the present improve ment in the state of things, to introduce other measures requisite for raising the condition of the people. Amid the comparative ease and quiet produced by this large momentary accession to the means and employment of the people, the most favourable opportunity is presented for improving the relations of landlord and tenant., for establishing systematic emigration, for introducing ma nufactures—in fact, for effecting every and any change that may be deemed most desirable. Such golden mo ments do not often occur in the history of nations ; and it would indeed be melancholy were our rulers to regard the present as merely serviceable for postponing for a while the hour of justice, instead of seizing on it as one in which a great effort may be made to better the condi tion of Ireland, with unhoped for ease and unhoped-for certainty of success.— Chronick. THE FRENCH CHURCH. THE FARRINGDON CLUB. The first annual dinner of the members of this club took place at the King's Arms Hotel, Holborn-bridge, yesterday evening. The chair - was taken by John Buckmaster, Esq., Chairman of the West London Union. Besides the Chairman, tibe following gentle men were present :—Dr. Lynch, James Patteson, Esq., M.P., J. Bright, Esq., M.P_ R. Taylor, Esq., F.S.A., Michael Seward, Esq., E. Spicer, Esq., W. Spicer, Esq., Joshua T. Bedfard, Esq., Deputy of the Ward, Dr. Sheridan, W. Wilson, Esq., Dr. Simpson, S. S. Woolatt, Esq., J. 31. Barnard, Esq., W. Harding, Esq., Richard Williams, Esq., James Ramshaw, Esq., 'James Charles, Esq., Mark Faver sham, Esq., John Sharpe, Esq., William Cumming, Esq., J. P. Bernhard, Esq., Alex. Galloway, E.q., W. Carpenter, Esq., G. Walter, Esq., and J. Todd, Esq., Honorary Secretary. After the usual loyal toasts had been given and duly responded to by the company, The CHAIRMAN said he had now the gratification of proposing the health or their esteemed and excellent representative on his right, Mr. Patteson.—(Cheers.) That gentleman had displayed an example of political consistency and public virtue which had never been excelled, and seldom equalled.—(Hear, hear.) There were many persons in that room who could do much greater justice to his deserts than himself, but he would yield to none in sincere admiration of his past services. He felt confident that on every occasion that might arise, Mr. Patteson would be found pre pared to justify the confidence which they had reposed in him ; and he therefore proposed the toast to the cordial acceptance of all present. The toast having been acknowledged with great enthusiasm, Mr. PATTESON said he felt deeply sensible of the honour which had been conferred upon him, and he trusted that his own deficiency would not prevent them from giving him full credit for the gratitude which he entertained. Ten years had now el a p se d since he first o ff ere d himself as a candidate for the City of London. He need hardly remind them of the circumstances under which he was first elected. The King had, unconstitutionally, and, as they thought, despotically, dismissed his Ministers; and in the elec tion which ensued they beat their opponents by a majority of fifteen hundred. That was a glorious triumph. The result of the struggle which took place at that period was the ejection of Sir Robert Peel, and the restoration :of the SYhigs to power. The Tories were then defeated upon what was called the appropriation clause. He could not help regretting that the Whigs had not kept faith with Ireland by standing by that clause.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing injured them more than their desertion of principle in reference to that subject. In the ensuing election, the majo:-ity fell from 1,500 to 150; and a petition against this election was only stopped by the discovery of certain papers, which proved that their enemies had them selves been guilty of bribery. There was a general lack of enthusiasm after that period. The Whigs declared themselves in favour of finality, as if there could be any finality in the progress of im provement !—(Hear.) As the result of this state of things, when he presented himself to the electors in 1841 he was rejected. A reaction, however, subse quently took place. The people learnt from a gentle man on his right, and from others who acted with him, that what was wanted was cheap bread, and the free trade movement produced a reaction in the City. In the election in 1842 their opponents were supported by a vast phalanx of intimidation and bribery ; but notwithstanding all the efforts which were brought to bear against the Liberal side, he (Mr. Patteson) was triumphantly elected by the middle classes of the City.—(Cheers.) The question now was, what would Sir Robert Peel do for the people of this country, or for poor, unfortunate Ire land ? A friend of his had, in conversation, ven tured a conjecture that Sir Robert Peel would carry the repeal of the corn-laws. For his own part, he did not care whether Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell proposed such a measure, if it could only be secured to the country. They had heard a great deal lately of baths and washing-places for the. people. Let them begin at the right end, by endeavouring to give food to the people, and leave them to wash them selves.—(Cheers.) He congratulated the company on the existence of this new institution. He was convinced that it would greatly promote the cause of civil and religious freedom in this land. In all parts of London the conduct of the citizens was watched with intense interest; and what took place in that great city must always exercise a vast influence over the whole of England. In conclusion, he begged to thank them most cordially for the honour which they had conferred upon him by the manner in which they had responded to the toast. Song by Mr. Turner—' gentleman." Dr. LYNCH (Vice-President) said, at the meeting held in the new hall, they gladly seized the oppor• tunity of doing homage to the great principle of free trade.—(Loud cheers.) In the history of political movements there was no parallel to the triumphant progress made by the Anti-Corn-law League (Hear, hear.) Little more than six years ago a few gentlemen met in Manchester, in a small room, to endeavour to rescue their townsmen from the m'series which they endured through these laws, which fet tered the freedom of industry, and brought desolation and destitution to the productive classes in this country. The movement was at first merely local; it then be came provincial, next metropolitan, and it was now national and universal.—(Cheers.) By its millions of tracts, by its endless public discussions, by its argu ments written and spoken, by the speculations of the closet converted into practical truisms in public, this great body had secured the co-operation, and excited the enthusiasm of the great mass of the people. The League had taught the inhabitants of this country that free trade was calculated to confer inestimable benefits on mankind. It had released the minds of thousands and tens of thousands from the trammels of party. It had taught th em t o d es pi se th e t erms Ncph ;h'm b e insulted by c h ar ity, by p seu d o Radical," trt of seeking ando united had longerlle the% . rpeal of th Tory"aelli and nt he e ' Rone g corn-laws. If this p n were carried out, the people wo u ld no philosophy, by mendieity institutions, or by shavi ng , iTigie washing, and other humbugging associations of that nature.—(Cheers and laughter.) Rich in the pro ducts of their own labour, having the world opened to their competition, they would be able to despise the paltry palliatives to which he had referred. He believed, therefore, that the only remedy for the evils of the country, was the speedy, immediate, and total repeal of the corn-laws. He spoke at that moment in the presence of a great missionary of the cause of free trade; and it would not become him, under such cir cumstances, to enter mo re f u ll y i nto t h at quest i on. He felt confident that they would all do justice to the talent, the energy, the industry, the enthusiasm, the honesty, and the disinterestedness of his friend Mr. Bright.—(Loud cheers.) The conduct which that gentleman had exhibited in his advocacy of that great cause entitled him to the gratitude and admiration, not merely of his fellow -countrymen, but of mankind at large. With Mr. Bright were associated many gentlemen of the highest, the purest, and the most philanthropic character. Most prominent amongst the members was the justly celebrated Mr. Cobden, the indefatigable and eloquent advocate of the great eternal truth, that that which God had given to man, man was entitled to enjoy. If Mr. Cobden only caused that principle to be fully recog• nised, he would deserve to rank amongst the greatest benefactors of his species —his name would stand con spicuous when those of factious Ministers and princely monopolists would have passed down the stream of oblivion. Between these two great and good men one entire union of sentiment existed; the only ambition by which they were actuated was to re lieve suffering, and to bind all mankind in one common bond of interest and of brotherly love. Let the principles of free trade be fully carried out, and the prophecy of the poet would be fulfilled-- " Low in the dust oppression shall be hurled, Her name, her nature, withered from the world." (Cheers.) In conclusion, lie begged to propose the health of Mr. Bright. The toast having been responded to in the most enthusiastic manner, Mr. BRIGHT said it was a most grateful task to re spond to the sentiments which had been expressed by Dr. Lynch, and especially that part of them which re ferred to the success that had attended the policy and efforts of the Anti-Corn-law League. He hailed that expression of sentiment as a proof that they felt that their own interests were in no small degree bound up with the operations of that body.—(Hear, hear.) The League was the embodiment of the interests and rights of the middle classes' ' and, as such, it deserved their hearty a nd cordial support. There were two especial points of view in which the League ought to be viewed by all who weighed its merits. Six years ago, as they had already heard, that asso ciation commenced its labours, and from that time to the present there had been no change in the principle upon which it was first established.—(Hear, hear.) They commenced by promulgating the doctrine that the people had a right to the total and immediate abolition of the corn-laws; and, as a consequence, to the abolition of every commer cial monopoly. Up to that moment they had never swerved, in the slightest degree, from this great prin ciple, although they had been visited with as much obloquy as it was possible to heap on public men; although attempts had been made by some to coax, te wheedle, and to ensnare them into a desertion of the principle with which they had started, he believed he could say with the utmost sincerity and truth, that, in the council of the League, the ques tion of giving up any portion of that principle had never once been seriously dis- I Although the_state of religion in France is not such as to expose her to those conflicts and dissensions within the Church which have lately engrossed so much of the controversial energy of this and some neighbouring countries, yet the position and the claims of the French clergy, especially with reference to education, have given rise to discussions of equal warmth and equal importance to the well being of the community. These discussions, however, are carried on, not between conflicting parties in the Church, but between the Church and its temporal opponents: they have less of a theological than a politi cal character; and the spirit of the contending powers has been embittered by the peculiar position of each of them at the present moment. The Roman Catholic Church in France is the only institution of that country which has not been pro foundly modified, in principle as well as in form, by the French Revolution. On the throne, in the legislature, in the courts of justice, and in society at large, the work of the Revolution is conspicuous and cbmplete. A new shape has been given to all that men respect and obey; and these new institutions trace their descent from 1789, with a sort of pride in the novelty of their origin. The very men who have arrested the violence and the irre gularity of the revolutionary power have laboured to consolidate the changes that power has effected ; and the Revolution, including its first principles and its final consequences, is as generally accepted as the basis of so ciety in France, as the British Constitution is in this country. One power alone remains eternally opposed to these principles and to these consequences ; one class alone has preserved with comparatively little change its traditioas of another age, and its allegiance to a fallen race ; and especially since the catastrophe of 1830 the clergy has exhibited its sullen distrust or its open hos tility to that system of government which has been formally adopted by all the rest of the nation. In pro portion as the breach has widened between the Church and the State, in spite of the pecuniary dependence of the priesthood on the public Exchequer, the peculiar political tendencies of the Church of Rome became more and more visible. The power of the Church in this struggle with all the other powers of the Government was derived from its own external and internal organisa tion ; from influences which were either altogether fo reign to France or connected with what France had re jected ; and from its indestructible hold on the minds of the Christian part of the population. The consequence of this state of things has been to revive very keen animosities between the clergy and a large portion of the political world. It would seem that there is a deplorable want of independence and of mode ration on the part of the religious laity, since they have done nothing to check tile violence of the struggle between the ill-advised defenders of the Church and its direst enemies. The polemical writings of the bishops and their OA* have been lamentably defi cient in talent and in prudence; whilst their opponents are, for the most part, deficient in what is at least equally essential to a just and pacific treatment of these great questions—namely, a steady and practical belief in the truths of Christianity. It is not enough for French legislators, making laws for the whole body of their countrymen, to profess for Christianity that kind of frigid respect they might think it expedient to pay to any popular superstition. Nor is it possible that the Church should look with confidence, or even with sub mission, to legislative assemblies, to Stake councils, and to public schools, where so much of actual infidelity still --evens. No one will deny that in these great institu tions, z•hich the abl es t men i n F rance di rect the policy or instruct the of the kingdom, it would be vain to seek for the spirit or t;:t; faith of men like Bossuet or our own Arnold. The public se - ,:» more especially have, without exception, the most opposiie co;;:.?_ivable character; they are un-Christian, if not anti-Christian, in the fullest sense of the word ; and, without wishing to describe them with unnecessary harshness, we must say that it is impossible that a Christian priest or a Christian parent should be willing to abandon to such establishments the exclusive formation of the character of youth. The whole question of the liberty or monopoly of public instruction in France lies in the maintenance of the exclusive rights of the University. That great in stitution is, to the scholastic establishments of the coun try, what the Code Civil is to her laws, and the legisla tive assemblies to her political constitution. It is the form in which the great principles of the French Revo lution—equality, centralisation, and uniformity—have been adapted to the education of the people ; and in obedience to those established rules, it holds the standard of proficiency which is the test to which every man is subjected in entering upon life. The degrees granted by the University are this recognised test of capacity and industry ; and there is scarcely any civil libe ra lip ro f ess i on on which a young man can enter without having taken them. It is not contended by the partisans of the Church, that any modification should be made in the constitution or powers of the University of France ; it is not denied that the State has a right to ascertain, by these forms of academical examination, what the profi ciency is of men aspiring to enter the civil service, or to follow medicine or the law. But the University requires more ; it not only demands the exclusive right of con ferring degrees, but the exclusive right of educating those on whom these degrees are to be conferred; and it would even, if possible, prohibit the existence of any . public absolute schools whatever controi in the kingdom, not under its own n t c h ip e a l l a o b r o d u e r rs of o t f h t e he h ß ig o h m e i r sl k i i C nd h s u o rc r h in w s •h tr ic u h e ti a o r n e h been proscribed in France ; but a certa i n ntr o ol ; schools or colleges, known by th e name of s nd e uea m vmvToe i hb n teee a ld r rop ies, still exist in various parts of France under the sole management of the clergy. The principal ob ject of these seminaries is the education of priests, and the certificates they confer are sufficient to obtain ordi nation from the bishops. But in the case of pupils not -destined to the Church, or disinclined to its service, the case is widely different. The seminaries cannot confer those e first cdoi w ns tt h ri o na cr oa v tnt e h : h. t be u ctsi d oet i n e t st d haeeimyn i its anprareroi professors : s v )ago i rr f eesr s o c aiul h asi o idc o o ls ,nr . degrees, and the University will only con f er them on dhue Ic pupilsstt ep do i i s rf i; t i t oho o nef t contended th ccaape t lhlsqehea ask for equality Liberalssoht, y c ; ara h antn; o nadhbdr o deteeh l ht s t apawehfl orvelieoersrpetefehadeninfnraseoostotntriotsiesoblrtaeuesttnimlnhhonosceesfleyel belongs spirit hvefsaiefernutseosequalityui pani unmeasured o todn fs Universitytechatrt nehs l nbude e wer eideitl m vndh.hl efle o al n d uavaT eneed the libertyhnr: tnnceuai influence ifFgeronoeroi of the tett ' hndhhecr they and founders of the existing Government are ready, if necessary, to unseal the bitter phials of revolutionary zeal to aid them in subduing the last effort of spiritual power. ." The find Old English With consummate address M. Thiers has availed him self of all these tendencies, existing to a greater or less degree in all the important parties of the political world ; and whilst the King is disposed to conciliate the clergy, and the Min stry are anxious to prevent either party from gaining what may appear to be a triumph, M. Thivrs, in the able report of the Committee on the Education Bill last session, appealed directly to the anti clerical passions, which exist as strongly amongst the followers of M. Guizot as amongst his own. In Franco Bills are not lost by the mere prorogation of the Cham ber, and the law which passed the Chamber of Peers last session will be resumed in the Chamber of Deputies during the next. That it will be passed in its present form is exceedingly improbable, and that the clergy should obtain from the Chamber of Deputies the full toleration they require is altogether impossible ; but the debate will be of sufficient importance to shake the hold of the Government on the majority, to bring M. Thiers conspicuously before the country as the defender of a popular cause ; and will probably lead to the indefinite postponement of the settlement of the question.—Times. • FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. - Shortly before nine o'clock last night a dreadful accident, which, it is feared, will be attended with loss of life, occurred opposite Ald gate Church, close by the junction of Aldgate with the Whitechapel-road. About four o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Dagget, a highly respectable commercial traveller, in the oil and colour business, left Romford for the me tropolis in a gig with a high-spirited horse. On arriv ing near Whitechapel Church the animal shied, and im mediately afterwards started off at a rapid pace. By the rattling of the vehicle over the stones he was much frightened, and, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the driver, it was impossible to hold him in. At a frightful speed he reached the corner leading to the Minories, close by a large pile of new building, where, unfortunately, two omnibuses were passing each other. Mr. Dagget, to escape a collision, pulled one of the reins, but the road being narrowed at that spot, and there being a temporary platform for foot passengers, the horse ran upon it, amongst the people who were there crowding the pathway. The scene was frightful ; n o t less than nine or ten p, rsons were knocked down, and the pblicernan, Goodman, 591, City, who was passing along his beat, was dashed to the ground with great violence. The gig was instantly overturned, and the, driver thrown out upon the pavement. A gentleman who we have since ascertained is 70 years of age, was knocked down and severely injured. lie was taken into the shop of Mr. Davis, surgeon, of Aldgate, and, after having had his wounds dressed, was conveyed to his house in Red Cross street, Southwark. Mr. Dagget is much cut about the head, and bruis e d a ll over the body ; but Mr. Merrit, of Le a d en h a ll- street, having at • tended him, he soon recover e d se f ar as to give an ac count of the manner in which the accident occurred. A gentleman of the name of Wincklow was also much in jured. Six persons were conveyed to the London Hos pital ; but, upon inquiry last evening, shortly before ten o'clock, the reporter wa s i n f orme d t h at three of them left, being able to walk ho me , as soon as their cente s i ons were attended to by the house surgeon. Three others, we regret to state, are still in the hospital seriously injured. Goodman, the con s t a bl e , i t i s feared, has re ceived ti eoneession of the brain, which renders his re covery very doubtful, The popularity of Mr. Charles Dickens has in no way diminished since his absence from his native land. His forthcoming work his excited such an interest in the public, that no less than thirty thousand copies of it have been subscribed for, the best proof of what we have asserted.- Court Jonrnal THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY / . fkVitNING, DECEMBER 17, 1t144. cussed.—(Hear.) In one respect, however, the League had undergone a remarkable change ; he referred to the influence which it now exercised as compared with that which it possessed five or six years ago. Year after year they had witnessed its growth, and he believed that at that moment there vas no one political question which obtained a tithe of the attention which was excited by the subject of free trade.—(Hear, hear.) For many years they had gone from town to town during the winter season, and on every fresh visit they found that the cause had made great progress. He believed no despotism ever existed in this country which produced such terrible effects as the operation of the corn-laws. In 1822 there were no less than 120 advertisements of sales of farming stock in one single Norfolk newspaper, and the condition of the agricultural labourer was too well known to need description. In Wiltshire, Berk shire, and Hampshire, ani many other counties, the labouring classes were in such a condition that the most indifferent, besotted landlords, were beginning to admit the necessity of doing something fur their re lief. —(Hear, hear.) llitherto they had trusted too much to parties. The constituencies of the empire could alone wrest the Government from the hands of the factious ; and what constituency migl t so reasonably be expected to take the lead as that of the City of London ? He had nut the slightest appre hension that the oligarchy of this country would drive the people to violence; they would do so were it not for the middle classes ; but with these latter it rested to save the country from ruin. In order to use their influence effectually, they must combine together. Men who lived in the same ward must not be estranged from each other; one ward must not be estranged from its neighbour ward.—(Hear, hear.) If they acted separately in municipal contests, they must act together in Parliamentary contests.—(Hear, hear.) He wished the City of London to take its proper place ; if it did so, four free traders would, beyond all question, be returned at the next election. Let there go forth a great and powerful voice from this metropolis to the electoral districts of the country; let the great manufacturing towns of Lan cashire and Yorkshire, the representatives of the na tional industry, be combined upon this great ques tion; let them know their true position, and act up to it, and no squirearchy, no dukes, no oligarchy, would be able to prevent that final triumph of their cause, which would, at the same time, insure freedom to in dustry, and the general welfare of their fellow-coun trymen.—(Loud cheers.) Song—" The Oak and the Ivy," by Mr. Ransford. Mr. Woon proposed " The Liberty of the Press," which, he said, was the best security for that of the public. He referred, at some length, to the manner in which the press had been crippled within his own memory, fifty years ago; and, congratulating the company on the changes which had since taken place, called upon them to respond warmly to the toast. The toast having been enthusiastically responded to, Dr. SHERIDAN acknowledged it on behalf of the press; and, on resuming his seat, proposed " The in crease of the Parliamentary franchise." Glee—" King Canute." Mr. CARPENTER proposed, in the absence of Mr. Wakley (who had been expected but was not pre sent), " The improvement of the social condition of the industrial classes of society." He said they lived in times when all the ordinary channels of wealth were said to be full, and those who possessed money were not able to find employment for it.—(Hear, hear.) Yet a very large portion of the people were steeped in poverty, dying for want of that very employment which money was not able to procure.—(Hear.) If they wished to see the people studious of cleanliness, they must first enable them to obtain breed, otherwise they could not be expected to take any interest in washing-houses, and places of a similar description. He was quite sure that in that company there would be no diversity of opinion as to the sentiment, however there might be as to the means of carrying it into practical effect; and he, therefore, felt great pleasure in proposing this toast. The toast was duly acknowledged by the company. Several other toasts were subsequently proposed, and the hilarities of the evening were extended to a late hour. Messrs. Ransford, Jones, and Turner, contributed most effectually to the pleasures of the evening by vocal performances, which elicited the warmest applause. THE UNION HALL CASE. ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY. " At Union-hall, a ruffian, described as mate of a mer chantman, was brought up charged with an act of fiendish brutality, under the following circumstances :—He called with a messmate on a poor woman, the wife of an acquaint ance of his, then away at sea ; and after being hospitably entertained, in consideration of his intimacy with her hus band, the fellow repaid the kindness of his hostess by the rudest and most scandalous conduct towards her ; and in the struggle she offered to them, the poor woman's right arm was broken. For this assault and injury, the sitting Magistrate sentenced the mate (his confederate being on a voyage and not forthcoming) to a fine of 51., or two months' imprison ment. We have not the Act before us under which Air. CQt tingham pronounced this remarkable sentence; but we suppose, as a matter of course, that it was the maximum penalty in flicted by the stat u t e un d er t h e circumstances. Our complaint, * therefore, must be, not of Mr. Cottingham, who must ad minister the law as be finds it, but of the legislation which has left him such a law to administer. Five pounds for the serious and alarming and disabling injury inflicted by two brutal cowards on a defenceless woman I"—Extract from an article in The Sun, Friday, 6th inst. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lf you had had me at hand when you penned your article relative to " the assault with intent to com mit a felony," you would never have cast any reflection on my legislative whole weightopfayr. e o n u t r s , but censure t w o hoauyled fallenha o n mr th e whole tote. at Cot tingham, g y h o u a m s o w s e. did I n f o a t c a o d m m m i mini r s i t e a r s s t a h u e l t e a h w a r a g s e h b e e fo b u r n o u d g i h t t , before justices, and it appears on oath that the offence was committed under circumstances with intent to com mit a felony, the justices have no power or authority to proceed under my summary convicting section, 27 under my 29th section they are positively restrained from doing so. Was it not proved before Mr. Cotting ham that the poor woman's arm was broken in resisting the attempt to commit felony? Your report of the case at the time says, Yes. It then became the imperative duty of Mr. Cottingham to have committed this brutal mate for trial, who, on conviction, would, under my 25th section, have been liable to have been sentenced thus:— " Where any person shall be charged with and convicted of any assault with intent to commit felony, the court may sentence the offender to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for not exceeding two years, and may also (if it shall think fit) fine the offender, and re quire him to find sureties for keeping the peace." The justices have no authority, in a case where the intent to commit felony is proved, to have any " opinion" on it, as to whether they will proceed to a summary con viction, or commit for trial : the cases in which they may exercise their " opinion" are assaults committed under circumstances OTHER than " with intent to com mit felony" only. lam about to quote my 29th section; be careful in marking the word "or"—do not construe it as if it were the word and. You will see that the power of restraint is positive with regard to assaults accom panied by attempts to commit felony, and discretionary only in cases "other" than accompanied with such intent. There is no power even given to the complainant to con sent to a summary conviction if the evidence discloses an intent to commit felony; —neither the consent by the party charged to submit to a summary conviction, nor the consent of the complainant, nor the" opinion" of the presiding justices, can legally warrant a summary con viction. My 29th section enacts—" In case the justices shall find the assault or battery complained of (as a common assault) to have been accompanied by any attempt to commit felony (on shall be of opinion that the same, from any OTHER circumstances, a fit subject for a prosecution by indictment), they shall abstain from ad judication thereupon, and shall deal with the case in all respects in the same manner as before the passing of this Act." Now, Sir, let me ask you, was the fault in the Legis lature by which I was made a law, or in Mr. Cottingham presuming to make a law of his own—illegally? Instead of the rascal being in prison, under a summary convic tion, from want of ability to pay the paltry fine of 51, illegally imposed, he ought to be there for want of bail to await a trial by a jury of his country. Is there no person spirited enough to move the Court of Queen's Bench to quash this notable conviction of Mr. Cottingham's, and for a production of the evidence in Court, and also for a mandamus to Mr. Cottingham, to either bail or commit (for want of it) this brutal mate for trial, for an assault with intent to commit felony, on the evidence already given before him? By the bye, there is another question. NVas this scoundrel brought before Mr. Cottingham in charge of a constable—taken into custody on the instant of the com mission of the offence, before a summons or warrant for apprehension had been issued? This is a very material point, on which my authority has been very grossly abused of late, for justices have no power to summarily convict for any assault, however simple, if the party charged be brought before them in custody, neither a summons nor a warrant having been first issued—(see the enactment in my 33d section)—which states that every offence punishable by summary conviction shall be preceded either by summons or warrant; if by summons, the service must be by delivering the same, not at the dwelling of, but on the person of the party charged with offence—so the justices cannot proceed under my authority of summary conviction in any case where the party is in custody without warrant. It is an old saying, "Man, know thyself!"—so ought the law to be so clear as to be able to explain itself. If then, Sir, I, as the law, know myself, and have plainly dem,n strated that your insinuations against my legislative parents were unjust, how grossly have I been abused in using the use of my summary convicting power in punishing a scoundrel, guilty of an assault with intent to commit felony, by the imposition, illegally, of a poor paltry fine of 5/, !—I am, Sir, your humble servant, 9 GEO. IV., CAP. 31. Ilfracombe, Dec. 7, 1844. - The sudden death of the young ar.d handsome Mar quise de Bethisy, eldest daughter of the Due de Bohan Chabot, has caused the most melancholy sensations in the higher circles of Paris. She had just risen from her confinement, and was, to all appearance, in a perfect state of convalescence, when she suddenly expired, before evil) her doctor, who had just left her, could be called back. Water on the heart is said to have been the cause of this awful and distressing eatestropho,—Court Journal, RAILIVA IGENCE. IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING. Oa Saturday last, pursuant: to public requisition, a most important meeting was held at the Court Ilonse, to take into consideration the railway projected from Dublin to Athlone by Mnliingar, with a branch to Longford, which was attended by the principal landed proprietors, farmers, and traders of the town and neighbflurhood. Amongst the gentlemen present were the following:— : Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., Vice-Lieutenant of the county; Sir Montague L. Chapman, Bart., High Sheriff (late M.P. for the county); Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., Hugh Morgan Tuite, Esq., M.P., Robert Smyth, Esq., 1).L., and J.P. Gaybrook; John Malone, Esq., J.P., Rathcaslin; Janes Gibbons, Esq , J.P., Ballynegall; John Ennis, Esq., J.P., - William Fetherston H., Esq., Carrick; Captain Robinson. R.N., llossinead, 1 J.l'. and D.L. ; C o l one l Caulfeild, J.P, Banown; J. C. Lyons, D.L., and J.P., Ladiston; Richard Fether ston 11., Esq., J.P., llockview; Charles Arabin, Esq., J.P., Moyvoughly ; Godfrey Levinge, Esq., J.P., lean ; Henry Murray, Esq , J.P., Mount Nfurray ; Ni cholas Evans, Esq., J.P., Lough Park ; Torizno L'Estrange, Esq., J.P., Lynn ; Captain Richard Le vinge, J.P. ; J. 11. Shiel, Esq., J.P., Cottage ; W. A. Reilly, Esq., J.P., Bellmont ; Thomas F. Uniacke, Esq., J.P., Lynnbury ; Colonel Tuite ; William Fetherston 11., Esq., Robinstown ; Thomas Webb, Esq., Wardens town ; Charles Levinge, Esq., Levington Park ; Wil liam Murray, Esq., Th omas C ourtney, Esq., 8.M., Rev. Bond Hall, William M. Manton, On the motion of Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., se conded by Sir P erc y N ugent, Bart., Sir Montague L. Chapman, Bart., high Sheriff, was called to the chair. On the; motion of Robert Sinith,l Esq., seconded by J. 11. Shiel, Esq., Charles Arabin, Esq., was appointed to act as secretary to the meeting. Sir M. L. CIIAPMAN, as chairman, announced his rea diness to hear any gentleman who had a resolution to propose. H. M. Tun's, Esq., then addre sse d th e meet i ng at considerable length, ad concluded by proposing the fol lowing resolution : " That the competing line appears to us to possess in a very inferior degree those requisites laid down by the Board of Trade—inasmuch as proceeding from Galway to Athlone, by Monte, and following nearly the line of the Grand Canal, and joining the Dublin and Cashel line at the town of Sallins, it is calculated to convey the traffic of the southern portion of Connaught only, exclud ing the northern counties—and passing from the town of Athlone to Sallins, in a line parallel and near to the Dublin and Cashel line, instead of being a portion of a Great Western line, it becomes, unnaturally, a western branch to the Dublin and Cashel line." Sir P. NUGENT seconded the resolution. The resolution was put from the Chair, and carried with acclamation. Moved by J. Malone, Esq., J.P., Rathcaslin ; seconded by Col. Caulfield, J.P., Bloomfield—. " That, for the foregfiing reasons, we are of opinion that the Great Western Railway Company from Dublin to Athlone by Mullingar, with a branch to Longford, is eminently deserving of our most hearty and cordial sup port, as being the Company which has given the most sterling proofs of speedily carrying into effect a work of undeniable public utility." Carried without a dissenting voice. Moved by 11. M. Tuite, Es q ., M.P. ; seconded by Thomas F. Uniacke, Esq.. J.P.— That the high Sheritl do leave the chair, and that Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., be called thereto." Moved by H. M. Tuite, Esq., 110 seconded by God frey Levinge, Esq., J.P.— "That the marked thanks of this meeting are due, and hereby given to the High Sheriff for his conduct in the chair." Sir M. L. CHAPMAN returned thanks, and the meeting separated. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The London and York Company have sent down from London a troop of no less than fourteen gentlemen to make copies of the plans, sections, and specificatir n books of all the lines opposed to their own ; and the Lincoln solicitors connected with the Lincoln and Cam bridge and other lines hostile to the London and Poi k have each clerks acting in a similar manner. Several of the gentlemen are law-stationers' clerks, from " the Lane," and the curious in diving into manners and habits have been much amused by u peep of the company at their work. They are copying in the room at the end of the City Assembly-rooms, seated at a large table. Upon this table there are large heaps of snuff upon sheets of paper; and every few minutes a finger and thumb is darted into one of the piles, the article conveyed to the nose, and the pen, in an instant, is heard scratching along at renewed speed. There is also upon the table a liberal supply of porter, which is sipped at, until the measure is empty, when it is refilled and again gradually drained. The ink is in tea-cups, and the gentlemen are, without exception, the most rapid writers we have ever seen. Besides the gentlemen copying the plans, &e., there are also other parties taking the traffic, and making arrangements for the forthcoming Parliamentary fight, so that the inns are half filled with railway people. The preliminary expenses of the various companies must be tremendous.—Lincolnshire Herald. YORK AND SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY. On account of the enormous prices required by the proprietors of land near the intended terminus at Scar borough, the site has not been finally fixed upon, and the labourers arc all paid oft'. We trust, however, that arrangements will speedily be made, and that no ob stacle to impede the undertaking may be thrown in the way at this advanced stage of the project.—Yorkshire Gazette. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. We understand that a resolution was passed at the Board last Monday, referring to the revision of rates mentioned by Mr. Houldswortb at the meeting of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Company. It is, first, to construct forty new third-class carriages with seats, and covered in ; secondly, that the second-class should all be glazed and made comfortable ; and, thirdly, that the first-class fare should not exceed 2d. per mile, and that the minimum for short distances should be reduced from ls. 6d. to is., and second-class to 9d. This ar rangement, with the great intermediate traffic, will be a considerable reduction.—Herapath'c Railway Journal. WAKEFIELD, PON FEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. This is a scheme which departed from all railway pre cedent. It came out with all its capital subscribed, and no one was allowed to have any shares unless he hail property on the line. If the London and York obtain their Act, all the Manchester and Leeds traffic will be thrown upon it in connexion with the Hull and Selby. That traffic, in addition to its own, would render it a very valuable property. The Company are, moreover, insured a per cent., and a share of the surplus profits by the Manchester and Leeds Company, who take half of the shares. It is reported that the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, and the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, have agreed to terms acceptable to both, and which is calculated to insure the passing of the Bill.—Herapath's Railway Journal. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Having had occasion lately to inspect part of this line of railway, among other subjects the stones laid down at the different parts where tunnels, arches, or bridges are about to be erected came under our notice. These stones have been brought from the quarries of Swinton Quarter, Edington Hill, Toadhaugh, and the Crow Butt; the stones are very different in quality; those from the quarry of Swinton Quarter are not of a laminated or beddy nature, but the face and bed are of the same so lidity, while those of the other quarries have all a ten dency to a seamy or thin beddy nature, and, therefore, will be subjected to decay by the weather. We would call particularly the attention of the inspectors of the works to this.—Berwick Warder. Recently a " compensation case," in which this Com • pany was concerned, was tried before the Sheriff of Berwickshire. The claimant, a Mrs. Coniston, asked 4,0001., and the jury awarded 2,253/. 35., being, says the Kelso Mail, " only 31. 3s. more than was offered to Mrs. Coniston a week before the trial !"—Railway Record. COST OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH RAIL WAYS. The cost of the Paris and Rouen Railway is put down by Mr. Laing, of the Board of Trade, at 24,0001. per mile ; Paris and Orleans, 24,0001 ; English passenger railways, generally, 3.1,0001. ; and the average of the Birmingham, Great Western, and South-Western lines, 47,0001.—Railway Record. BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAILWAY. Bazaine, engineer of the Ponts et Chauspes, has accepted the appointment of engineer in chief of this line. He is a man of experience and ability. The line from Strasburgh to Bale was executed under his direc tion, and was done with economy aud celerity. The principal portion of the north line has also been executed under his superintendence. The Company is, neverthe less, not deprived of the assistance of Mr. Cubitt, who continues consulting engineer of the Conapany.—Bailway Chronicle. THE PARRICIDE MART GALLOP.—FULL COSTES.. SlON.—This female, for the murder of her father at Monks Coppenhall, is left for execution ; and Baron Gurney has fixed the day for Saturday, the 28th instant. It will take place in the front of the city gaol, at eight o'clock in the morning. The trial took place in a court most densely crowded, and the means of defence were furnished by one of the Society of Friends resident in the neighbourhood, and in whose employ the deceased had been for several years. The chain of evidence was so complete as to leave not a doubt of the guilt of the pri soner. Immediately after her return to the gaol, the Rev. Mr. Eaton, the Chaplain of the Castle, impressed upon her mind the awful consequences of the change that awaited her, if she continued obdurate, and died LS she lived, impenitent. On Sunday last she acknowledged to Mr. Eaton the fairness of her trial, and the justice of her sentence, and made a full revelation and confession of her crime, which it is at present sufficient to say, con firms every tittle of the evidence given on the trial.—. Chester Chronicle. THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " R ow land's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in publi c es timation. The singular virtues of this s uccessful invention for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in it s f avour , are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, wh o vend the most spurious trash as the "genuine' Macassar Oil: whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortive any attempt to discover its component parts—thus • proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper. —All others are fraudule , e. cotuiterfeits: Trigueros has resigned the office o Miniakr of Fi *ince. Fco. Lombiardo 1= been appointed Minister ad inter:lr. The ly2st iniormfd in Mexican affairs be lieve that a revolution is inevitable. NEW YORK MARKETS, Nov. 30. AFAIES.—Both Pot and Pearl Ashes have remained steady in- price since our last review, at 4 cents for the former and 41 for the latter, with a limited demand. Correa.—The operations in Brazil Coffee have been extensive, amounting to about 10,000 bags within the last eight days. Prices have ranged from 6 to 61, and 7 cents, mostly at 6 a 6+ cts ; 500 bags Laguira sold at 7 a 7+ ; 200 do Maracaibo 6+ a 61- ; 450 do Java 81 a 9 and 91; 250 do Sumatra 61 ; 100 bags Cuba 61, 4 and 6 mus ; and 110 bags St. Do mingo at 6 cts cash. CarpoN.—There has been a little more activity in the Cotton market, and shippers have come into market more freely, but prices have not undergone any material alteration. FLOOR.—The season has about closed, and the article for the week past has been inactive and dull holders ask $4,681 for Genesee, and the principal transactions are at that rate—a few sales are, however, daily made at 14,62/. GRAIN.—The market has been rather better sup plied with Wheat for a week past. Among the sales are 1,000 bash. Baltimore at 95c. ; 2,300 bush. do., 102 c.: 1,100 bush. North Carolina, 98c, and 2,000 bush. Delaware, 101 a 102 c. Ry e h as further de clined, with sales of 8,000 hush. at 65 a 67c. Oats j are firm at 36 a 37c. Barley is dull at 57 a 60e. Corn is now more plenty ; 10,500 bush. Northern, part new, sold for 50 a 52c., weight a n d measure; 1,000 hush. North River, new, 36c., weight ; 1,800 bush. Jersey, old, 53c., measure. laoN.—Since our last 400 tons Scotch Pig have been sold on private terms. English Bars are dull, with a heavy stock in the market. LEAD.—There have been sales of 5,000 pigs at 3 dolls. 75c. ' • and 2.600 pigs at 4c., 6 mos. SUGARS. — Muscovado Sugars ull of sale, and prices heavy ; 200 hhds. Cuba sold at Sic. a 6+c. ; 20 hhds. St. Croix, 7c. ; 140 hhds. N. Orleans 5,- 7 0. a 6/c.; 16 hhds new crop, 6 dolls. 31c.; 50 hhds. Porto Rico, 6 dolls. 56c. a 6 dolls. 621-c.; 176 hh Is. ditto, on private terms; 1,000 boxes Brown Havannah, 6/c,a 7,1 c., 4 mos. MOLiCSSES.—The sales have been limited to a few small lots at former prices. PaovistoNs.—Beef firm at 6 dolls. 7c. and 4 dolls. 75e. for Mess and Prime, an I for an extra article something over has been obtained. Pork sells at 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 121 c. for Mess, and 6 dolls 75c. to 6 dolls. 81c. for Prime. New Smoked Hams at 9c. Smoked Beef at 4c. RICE.—The transactions for the week were con fined to about 350 tierces, at 3 dots. 12f a 3 dols. 621 ' cash. j l4 EXTRAORDINARY AFFRAY. On Saturday evening a man, named John Jeff, ies„ an utterer of base coin, and who is well known to the police, entered the shop of Mr. George Sheffield, a butcher, in the Old-road, Bethnal-green, and tendered a bate half crown in payment for a small quantity of meat. A. counterfeit half-crown was received about half an hour previous by a man resembling Jeffries, and on the second occasion the fraud was detected. lle was immediately detained by the butcher, on whom he committed a most violent assault, and attempted to regain possession of the spurious coin. A young man, named Montague, a greengrocer, came to the assistance of Mr. Sheffield, and he was also beaten. After a desperate conflict pith the felloi,v,who gave the butcher two black eyes, and knocked down several other persons, he was secured, :and given into the custody of a policeman, named Thompson, No. 396 K, who conveyed him to the station-housi in Arbour square, Stepney, where be became exceedingly Violent and abusive, and, after he was put into the dock appro priated for persons charged with felony, Mr. Born, the inspector, directed him to be searched, and three penny pieces were taken from him. Thompson was in the act of marking the base coin, and exhibiting. it to the butcher, and while he did so, that ho might be able to identify it again, the prisoner made a sudden spring, knocked down the policeman and a sergeant standing by, and snatched a coin froth Thompson's hand, which he immediately put into his mouth and swallowed, Police -sergeant Townsend in stantly seized him by the throat, and attempted to make him disgorge the piece, but he was too late, and lie ex claimed, " The half-crown h as gone down ; he's got it." Thompson also believed that he had swallowed the base half-crown, and displayed considerable vexation at the prospect of being reported for negligence, although the act was so sudden and unexpected that it was impossible for him, or any of the numerous officers who were stand-. ing by, to guard against it. After the prisoner had re covered himself, he 'laughed at the police, and e4id.he had done them. Ile was locked up in one of the cells, where he had not been many minutes when he com plained of severe illness, and the symptoms !became so alarming that a surgeon was sent for, who advised his immediate removal to the London Hospital. It was then that the policeman (Thompson) examined for the first time the money he had taken from the prisoner, and discovered that instead of the base half-crown, ho had snatched one of the penny pieces from his hands and, swallowed it. The illness under which Jeffries labouled was soon accounted for, and he was carried ott the stretcher to the hospital, where he still remain:, in a most precarious state. All attempts to diblodgethe coin have as yet proved fruitless, and the wretelid man has en dured the greatest agony for the last two days. Singular enough, he was unconscious of having swallowed th© penny piece instead of the base coin, until the policeman informed him of his mistake. - - - THREE PERSONS SUFFOCATED BY CHARCOAL. CHATHAM, DEC. 16 . —Yesterday morning (Sunday) considerable sensation was created in the village of Luton, near Chatham, in consequence of three husbandmen in the employ of John Oakley, Esq., farmer, at Darling, having been found dead in their bed-room. It al-peers that the men, whose names are John Stedman, aged 25 years.- Thomas Webb, 18, and George Wright, 17, lodged at the bailiff's cottage, which stands on the oppo site side of the road to the farm-house, and in conse quence of the severity of the cold they had, ' for the last few nights, begged the bailiff's wife to warm their room. On Saturday last, the night being very cold, she yielded to their wishes, and as the bed-room had not a fire-place she procured a stable lantern, filled it with charcoal, and placed it in the centre of the room. About eight o'clock on Saturday night Stedman retired to rest, and he was followed about an hour afterwards by the other two, Webb and Wright, closing the bed-room door after them. Nothing was heard of them until next morning. Not coming down stairs at the usual hour, about seven o'clock, the bailiff went up stairs to rouse them, and on his opening the door of the room.' the me• laneholy sight of three dead bodies presented itself. Wright was found lying on the floor behind the door ; he had evidently dropped down dead the instant ha en tered the room, which must at the time have beets filled with carbonic gas. Webb was lying on his back on the bed, with his hand to his handkerchief, as if he had been seized by death in the act of untying it. Stedman had his jacket oil', and had partly removed his trousers from his person, and had fallen back on the bed.' Mr. Oak. ley, as soon as he was apprised of the melancholy fate of his men, dispatched messengers to Chatham and Rochester for medical assistance, when Dr. Ad am Martin, of Ro c h es t er, and Mr. Tribe, surgeon, of Chao. ham, were quickly on the spot ; their services, howeier, were not required. The poor fellows must have died a few minutes after their entering the room, Stedman has left a widowed mother at Gillingham, who was partly depending on her son for support,. - An inquest will be held this day on the bodies_ by J. Hinde, Esq., coroner for East Kent, SIR HENRI( POTTINGER,Three public anifes tations of res p ect to Sir henry Pottinger, for h is distills guished services in China, follow that of London.. This day the inhabitants of Liverpool entertain him at a banquet in the Town-hall, when a splendid service of plate will be presented to him. The Manchester manu facturers have subscribed 2,8371. towards another testi monial which is to be presented at a public entertainment in that town on Friday, and the week following the mer chants, &c., of Belfast (of which place Sir Henry is a na tive), pay a similar compliment to him. PRINCE ALBERT'S Ox. -- Yesterday, in pursuance of the desire expressed by her Majesty when viewing, at the Smithfield Club Cattle -show on Saturday, the black• polled ox of the Scotch breed, bred by his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Norfolk farm, that fortunate animal, instead of being removed to the residence of Mr. Bannister, butcher, of Threadneedle -street, who had purchased it for the sum of sixty guineas, was conveyed from the Horse Bazaar to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, and thence back to Wind sor-park, where it will in future be kept. Major-Gen. \Vemyss, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, was de puted to convey her Majesty's commands in this respect to the gentlemen connected with the Club, and upon the receipt of the gallant General's order the animal was at once delivered up by Mr. haling, who, in the absence of Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the Bazaar, was en trusted with the charge of the live stock and implements exhibited. It is understood that the moment Mr. Ban nister was made acquainted with the wishes of her Ma jesty, he intimated to some of the gentlemen connected with the royal household his desire to relinquish all claim to the animal, and expressed a hope that her Ma jesty would permit him to make a present of it, but this was declined. During the day the greatest bustle pre vailed in the removal to their various quarters of the animals purchased, as also the implements exhibited at the bazaar during the show. Most of the unsold animals were removed at an early hour, in order to be at the great annual Smithfield cattle-market, and last evening there were but two or three oxen and a few sheep re maining at the bazaar. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 12.—A great many light ves sels have arrived at this port since the close of last week, and from the prevalence of east winds and a heavy sea on the bar, no laden vessels have this week got to sea., so that the harbour is blocked up with ships, and consider able difficulty is felt in moving the craft to the places where they are wanted to take their cargoes. Till the laden vessels can get out to sea, business will, in the coal trade, be at a stand-still. Coal freights may be considered stationary at present at from 9s. to 9s. 6d. per ton to London, and proportionately to other ports. THE WEST-END INSTITUTION FOR RELIEF OP Tll HONSELESS Poon.—Yesterday evening the above esta blishment, which is founied for the reception of about 200 individuals, and which is situated tit 60, Market street, Edgware-road, was opened. hundreds of wretched applicants were in waiting, and after the necessary exa mination was gone through, the asylum was completely filled. The asylum has been established upwards of six years, during which time 110,000 pertons have been relieved with a supper of bread and a pint arid a half of beef soup, a comfortable bed, and breakfast of bread and milk. Soap and hot water are plentifully supplied to cleanse their persons and clothing, which has hitherto proved a sufficient antidote to infection and disease, no case having occurred since the establishment of the in. stitution. SURREY SPECIAL SESSlONS.—Yesterday a Special sessions was h e ld a t th e Court-house, St. Mary-New ington, under the Metropolitan Building Act, at which Mr. Puckle, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, pre sided, in order to elect a surveyor un d er the new Build ing Act, for the district of Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, aNd the hamlet Itatcham. The Court was very nume rously attended by the magistracy, the re b e i ng upwards of forty-seven magistrates present. Mr. Onslow, the . deputy clerk of the peace, read the minutes calling a special court, and stated to the magistrates that there were only two candidates who would go to. the poll. The justices present having been furnished with voting papers, the election commenced; at the conclusion of which there appeared—For Mr. Allen, 27 votes; for Mr. Clatton, 11 . 3. The Chairman (Mr. Puckle) then de clared the election to have fallen on Mr. Allen. The Court then broke up, The boy Flechner, who was so brutally treated by the commander of the Danish brig, died at Guernsey, on Saturday last. The commander, Mr. Hans Christian Christensen, is com m itt e d f or tr i a l , on charge of wilful murder.—.7erspu Tim • LITER TURE-f2:> . _ „ • THE BOOK OF FA ICI.V.A;n4:ZrFE. Ci/727Z ;;Igham, difcion, The title-page of this little work informs that the author is a m em h er o f the IZoyal Household,us from which his readers are of course to infer that his di . rections on the sultjcct of the etiquette to he observed in the drawing-room, the dining-room, and ball-room, which he has laid dawn with sin;-lilar minuteness and precision, are such as may be luplicitly relied ca. How this may be we know not, but certainly some of his directions evince much good taste and sense, while others are clearly superfluous, and become ridiculous by their very circumstantialnes s and the emphasis with which they are given. Speaking of the art of conversation, which is by no means so easy a one se may be imagined, the writer observes :—" Whatever the subject may he, it should be originated Vs l; bout etlin.t, and descanted upon naturally ; in this respect well-educated women are our best models, for although their powers of reasoning may not be so strong, th ey have much more of what may be termed harmony of thought, than me n , and their English, • morrovc r, is pure." This is justly observed, but then follow soms directions respecting dinners, not a few of which Ere simply absurd. The volume is intersprsed with se veral amusing anecdotes of Court and fashionable life, which serve to relieve the monotony, and, we may add, the formal and pedantic nature of the subject. it i g 02 CO, • ' lls vine fol;