The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

L Y.l I.lP ef 4 Ott nicatio_ between them. By another Act, passed in MONEY andCOMMERCIAL NEWS. 11 . 112 5, there was a prohibition of any communication be- CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. twcen any such two establishments, by which spirits A good business was done in Cotton at Liverpool Z,Lnight or c ou ld b e conveyed from one to the other, except yesterday. Sales, 6,000 bales, at full rates. A large ,rtseans of cart s or waggons, a l ong the public highway. business was done in Shares, and generally at full rates. naPPened, unfortunately, however, that a supply of Bristol and Gloucester, 42 ; Chester and Birkenhead, hiWater was required for the s of these extensive pre- 3 6 1 37k 38 ; Dublin and Belfast, 41 ; Eastern Counties, ses- For p ear l y a century past they had been supplied 14- ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half, 14 ; Glasgow and y the E ast L ondon Water Company. As the supply Dumfries,23s.; Glasgow and Greenock, 12k; Grand Juno eclidred was large, the water was first brought into a tion,227i;Ditto,Half,ll3l ';GreatNorthofEngland,lsl; azank, the dimensions of which are such that Liverpool and Manchester, Now, 381- ; London and held, battalion of soldiers might swim in it. It Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 264 ; Ditto and South believed, he believed, upwards of 80,000 gallons Western, 76: ; London and York, 4A- / ; Cambridge and rigidater. From this large reservoir the water was car- Lincoln, 61s. 6d., 655. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury , by a great number of pipes, into some twenty or 12 13 ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenths, 411- Midland me -and-twenty chambers or departments of the dis- Counties, 120 1 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 81 ; North tiller • it was conveyed sometimes by pipes within the British, 9+ :, i ; North Wales, 8+ -I- ; North Kent, 68s. different chambers, at other times by pipes without the 6d. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 981 9 ; South-Eastern, ilbuildings going down and rising up o u t s id e th e walls, 42+ i ; ditto New, 15 ; Trent Valley, 9i 1 ; York and l s dottier times along the ground, and then again North Midland, 38+ ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, f. , et the ground. By these various pipes the whole si ; Northern of France, 5,i i. ,r . othe distillery and the rectifying,-house was supplied. We yesterday adverted to the rivalry which exists in The J)usiness was carried on with the pipes existin , h i_ t s b c e on y di e t a io r n from a period of seventy years back g some parts of Ireland for obtaining the advantages of railway communication in the principal sectional districts untilthe 1844. In that year certain officers of of that part of the United Kingdom, and, as whatever Eacis© bethought themselves that where water C ould be conveyed spirit could be conveyed, and sus- tends to augment the facilities of intercommunication— which is beneficial to all—it will be our duty Peeted that these water-pipes were an infringe- as occasion serves, to refer to the many projects I)3atenit of the Act of Parliament. They might, with in contemplation, by which industry must be ~apes east equal propriety, have selected the gas increased, and wealth: added to the labourers of Ireland. The pipes had been allowed to exist without ob- True it is, that conflict of opinion and party spirit may Jane experiment for thirty!years, but they now endeavoured to make for a time mar the full development of the good work of teboatity t y e r d iment, proving that inasmuch as water could be completing lines of rails in Ireland, but public opinion is by these pipes spirits could be conveyed, and generally right in such matters, and there appears to ~,__r i ere therefore was a violation of the Act of Parlia- be, among other lines, a decided feeling in favour of the twaloeetrhete. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Smith Newry and Enniskillen scheme in the City. There are se charged with using these pipes contrary veral other lines in progress of formation, and if good faith is 11_ . statute for three years, minus s i x we e ks, three exhibited by those who are most anxious to see Ireland _ars being the period limited by the Act of Parliament. benefited in such matters, and they really " act upon the is would, now state to the Court the precise information e which these were placed. square," the results will be incalculable in all points of The Lo view. In all legitimate and well-digested plans for rail- Court s, e had RD gentlem e n CßON was not satisfied that the ways in Ireland "go on and prosper say any authority in the case. we. A fine field will be opened for the employment to n lon g argument ensued as to the right of the Court of thousands of the poor of Ireland, and t his the Crown to produce particulars in a case of the resources of that rich and beautiful island developed culLsmfitture. The Learned Counsel contended that the to an extent that the most sanguine scarcely dreams of ~_4otuequi:try n p o os r s i e g s h s, t in such a case which the subject did at the present writing. Without doubt it is considered and referred to authorities in sup- Vti rt of his argument. the Commissioners of the Railway Board ought to look After the Learned Judges had consulted, to Ireland, particularly in the respect alluded to, as there are political reasons not to be lost sight theltti'7 LORD CHIEF BARON said the Court would not of. England has been pretty well intersected Th e Case in the outset on the ground of authority. b y 2.4,_37n.w0u1d assume it for the purpose of granting a railways already. With reference to this topic; it is worth while to refer to one or two lines which ~'" Isl. have been revived, and which were prohibited many rssA it _ w . o aa ultimately arranged that application should be years ago. The first is the Sambre and Meuse, projec deZecl the counsel for the Crown, on the part of the th at i ns, for the particulars sought to be obtained, and ted in 1834, and it is now introduced with many addi tional advantages, and concessions, sse are told, made by thi s c.„; they were not satisfied, they should apply to Om the Government of Belgium. The line proposed to con nect the Great Western Railway with Salisbury, Exeter, Falmouth, &c., has been reported against, as already stated, ut still it has been de termined to appeal to the House of Commons upon the subject. There is a growing opinion in the City that the Commissioners hare an inkling to uphold monopoly, as respects the main lines already formed. A fair rivalry almost always tends to benefit the public atlarge. This ought not to be forgotten by a Board of Inquiry, the decision of which, as to lines laid before it for its opinion, will, in eight out of ten cases, be confirmed, no doubt, by Parliament. Undue invasion of existing in terests, however, we should be as sorry as any one to see. The English Stocks have been rather dull to-day. Consols for present transfer have realised 100 k to 100+, and for Time 1001 to 1001. Exchequer-bills have been marked 645. to 60s. premium. It would certainly appear that money has been in more request within the last ten days, and hence the disposition to sell Exchequer-bills. Bank Stock has been firm at 211 to 212. The:New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 104 to 104+, and the Throe per Cents. 1001 is The Foreign Stocks are wholly neglected. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 26i; and the Three per Cents. 37/- to !, the latter being rather better. Portuguese Con verted have been marked 59+ to 59i, which is rather easier. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 34- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised i3l -t. The Railway Shares have been comparatively ne glected, though held firmly, and in some instances for fuller rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 212 211 1 ,-BOVV- STREET.—(THIS DAY.) our de cent -looking young men, of from 18 to 25 of th e were charged by John Lloyd, the landlord ,i,_i_titi.c,rek,aotiancghmaakers' Arms, Hanover-street, Long-acre, disturbance in his house, and wilfully in pr"dr ng his. property. Q°l33Plamant stated that at a late hour last night the he tiers together with four or five others, entered his W 4se, and ordered some ale and gin, with which they tiaa: er ''"(- 1 . They th en b egan to sing boisterously, and out, e such a disturbance that he attempted to turn them e c Re called a policeman, but even with his assistance mein not get them out. He sent for another police , but before any could arrive the four prisoners had ese qed endow - • They broke a tumbler, and in forcing the e.r!hey broke an iron bar with which it was fas n • os• would cover the damage. g as a n of the prisoners said that complainant put out the tk lid would not let them finish the ale and gin, which 'm v r ha ., 9 paid f or . to m • d AR DINE said that the prisoners must pay the ss. drr• ii ". -- LThloyd, and he should fine them ss. each for being e money was immediately paid. A LAMBETH. —(THIS DA Y.) 4,.. Poor woman applied to Mr. Henry for a summons 4,g,aist Mr. Wharton, a pawnbroker, of Lambeth, fur The.e' t 4 ill g to deliver up a pledge on paymestt of the money. aPplicant said she had been in the habit of pledging a number of articles at Mr. Wharton's shop weekly, Which were always redeemed every Saturday, and Pledged again on the following Monday. The sum a ffl. vanced on the articles was tight shillings. The pawn broker, 1514°ken, however had put the sum of twenty shillings on the duplicate, although she had only pledgedt) the things for eight shillings as usual. She could neither read nor write, the pawnbrokers were the (applicant) sumccustomed to the things, that they never asked required, but always advanced the Bs. without a question. Mr. HENRY said, an officer of the Court should go with the applicant to Mr. 'Wharton, and examine the books, when, he had no doubt, if it was a mistake, Mr. *Wharton, as a respectable man would rectify it. The applicant thanked the Magistrate, and withdrew. SOUTH-VVA.(rins DAY-) Robert Davidson was char g e d before Mr. Traill with stealing a set of bagatelle balls, from the Horse and Groom public-house, Guildfordstreet,Southwark. It appeared that on the preceding afternoon the pri tier and another man (not in custody) went into the tier public-house. They had not been there long be 'acite they commenced Playing the game of bagatelle, sou after which they were descending from the room, Eituo hqL., the bagatelle balls being missed., they were pur % The prisoner was taken into custody. .T e h a e Iteri:jte not found on him, and he assumed to b It 'ttknger to the man who escaped.—Remanded. --- --- ------------- IS DAY.' 1411kET N E W S.-.( TH IS ... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities loop% % 3 per Cent. Consols Anne lOO 1 , 1 4 New 34 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3-16% Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 l2 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 India Stock 2BB 289 India Bonds 1,0001 — pm. Ditto under 1,000/ 75 pm. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1 3 ,4 d. I%d. 1,000/. 500/ Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... — pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent l2O 119% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 26% Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 37 1004 Dutch 214 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cents PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pine SHARE. Bristol and Exeter Cambridge and Lincoln Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% — to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Great North of England 100 l5O Great Western BO Ditto, Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 50:y i to 51 London and Greenwich ...... 12 3 A ...... 10p to 11 Ditto Preference London and South Western.. 41%...... 76 A to 75 3 i t, Ditto, New — ...... 7 1 / 2 to 8 1 1 1 London and Croydon London and York 21X..... 3 3 4% ... to Midland lOO l2O 121... to 119 1 ,4 Newcastle &Darlington June. 24 64 North British Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip North Kent Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21 4, -4 to South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 9%%... to Ditto New York and North Midland ... 50 ...... Ditto % Shares Ditto, Extension - - v 7ELICZITS. U Upland ditto, Si 5s to tisefhl 11 J 1 t/00.- 11 C A oar - se ivi M 4l eadow u ll p ay, 31 lOs N 4/ 15s ; 44108'. aitto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine 1/ 168 per load. A ino -11l4s)•el4or Hay, 41 5s to 5118 s; Oat Straw, 11 12s to iler4t; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to d bet3,B4ply, and a sluggish and. VeftediTttLAND.—Coars 4sMeadow ' ditto, 51 5s to 31 12s to 4/15s; ,10 8 , Cln 4/ IGs to S i ; el nfine Upland Ha to 1 11 , over sto - • Ply R 05,; Wheat rawS, 1116 s to 1/ 18s per load. Sup . 4 , ,,,, 1)°, and trade rather dull. 4/ 108; us t,TlßcitsPEl..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 5/ fl ''' , Litto, 4/ to 12 to j Si 2s ; fine Upland ditto, 513 s to 1 / 14 - . ; cloter Hay, 41 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s Ila;'; Wheat Str y a , 'l/ 142 to :1116s per load. Both " 44 Straw moved off slowly, at the above quotations. S% COL ON lAL• has been 4 :i,. 441*---The market for British Plantation ..r, only , t asie r . Y about 300 hhds having been . sold at rather ,51 prices I, sb„ •The public sales . have consisted chiefly of 1118, A bats Il engal, 5,926 bags Manilla, and 385 boxes da : bun, H aabHnn ah The Bengal only partly found .n sraol4B ut Previous rates, but, being chiefly noi N o ' lots, and a great portion sulphury, it affords Manilla ) vas e t ,,,t o the (market generally. All the sound to i:i ger i in above the value, at 20s to 20s 6d for low bro-lgreYisil yellow clayed ; about 500 bans d amlBasg tod 21 3 G g et ", 'Rs 6d to 19s ; the Havannah sold at . . . are forcer "Or good brown to good greyish yellow, which last I_ates, The quantity of British Plantation lan , d s ed B hilds ee " at the East and West India Docks was . h qne 45 tierces 95 barrels, and there were fo r 157 barrels. The ste°,asumption 1 ,110 hhds 89 tierces 15i b 929 tierces 1 • 5 72 - b_ ( T,K In the same places is 7,647 hhds e 4 opp tE • 14 2 3 t '--317 bags East India at auction found buyers s al. 0 43s for good yellow Batavia. '' 3 B Cd'il'ETll/3 - 350 bags Bengal were all taken in at itlctto 26s for 10i to 7i per cent. refraction. lieuil b'-',631 pockets Bengal sold at lOs to Ils for very 14,511'4e/1 white. Wt t f ---:-rho quantity landed last week, at the East and fo r t Mill I) , ---°e ", was 196 hhds. There were taken i !G °lllhe CCIIISUraptiTI 195 puns 21 hhds, and exporte . c , 4°,2 36 -s 54 bilk e lhe stock in the same plaees is 1,41, PlUla 19206 hhds. cwt °n the market is quiet. P. Y. C. at 40s per toe 4 "''7papot, and Town at 44s per cwt. reasl;`-.lle market is firm, and the consumption is Pri n CO.a.L Ma.R.ILET. 4 44,1 4 Per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's &eld , ' : 98 ; i on West Hartley, 19s 6d ; East Tan ,kliiii) ~s d Ilasting's Hartley, 19s 6il ; Holywell 40‘1;4rus 6,1 ; Old Pontop 18s; Ord's liedheugh, 18s 6d; llta. ' n 3', 1 9s • West Har ' tley, 19s ; W. E., Clark and 2°3 ad -3 .,t . I N I • E., Gibson, 21s 9d ; North Durham, sad zraddll's Hetton, 24s 3d; Hetton, 245; W. E., 21 a 9d ' 213 Gcl ; W. E., Lambton, 24s ; Pemberton, Z4 s 1a ; Sts 24s • Hartlepool, 23s 6d ; Adelaide, Ii ; .r ; Ilarrett, ' 22s ; 'Maclean's Tees, 20s 3d ; Tees, arti, "8 etto, 19s 3d ; Hartley, 19s 6d ; West arri,, :Netherton 9 0 • Ad e laide,22s 6d.—Ships , ed 16. , - s , LL FRENCH RAILWAYS. Great Northern of France ... 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 2 40381 / 4 %* • • ttt 000 --- Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 13.—The demand for Railway Stock continues good, and a consider able business has been done at full prices : Manchester and Birmingham, Ditto Quarter Shares Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 6 -..,' 3 1 , 4 / 2 Sheffield and Manchester Barnsley Junction Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesh. Juuct., 6 11-16 Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 4 Direct Northern Leeds and Bradford, New Shares, lO 3-16 Leeds and West Riding Junction 3% 41 Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston 44s. 6d. London and York 4l Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Manchester and haxton 1 15-16 North British West Yorkshire Boulogne and Amiens 4j 4 itnion Bank of Manchester 9l. 16s. 6d. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.—The Government has received from Mr. Achille Battaille, a report containing detailed information respecting the commercial condition of the republic of Venezuela, and of the articles of importation and exportation. The report is accompanied by a tariff of the customs of the republic. Tho Chamber of Repre sentatives is to meet on Tuesday next, the 14th. The budget of the Marine Department is the first subject of the order of the day. The Princess Clementine, sister of the Queen of the Belgians, and the husband of the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, arrived by a special train, at eight in the evening, from Germany. Their Royal Highnesses were con veyed from the station in a royal carriage to the palace of Lacken. 1, 'YD'S "HIPPNGCII-11S DA.., 11 ,,; d ) , _0 1 ,,„ 411%, j °l4 ' jAN. 14.--Wind Southerly, drizzling rain, g• i? 114,41-, JAN% 13. A.ar. Wind S.S.W., gentle breese illif'S.W., stronbreeze.—.Arrd. Margaret Poynter,_ 41415:111117, Manilla.; an American barque (supposed ..., I ; k `'ltTiteuojrztll'aJA.dtc.. 13Wind S.S.W., f resh breezes. it;4r1314! 8,,P.11. several guns were heard frora the direction qu,e veel natik outside, and to the westward of the antine ground, which were repeated at intervals fo e r (.1,.,:ir.1"tt11:,.,.and several rockets were fired from the s_ r a e m m 10 P.X.--Her Majesty's ship Pelican, en t, ttlt ila, is ashore on the Peel i3ank ; assistance . has b th, ' 111,2 1 as the night is fine, and the flood tide made, )4WIII o doubt be got off. hkAjThltb, JAN. 19.—The materials of the John Davil _ been landed. f:,co'rili wol,Arrd. Jean Bait, Gravelines, with b and, with damage, having been in contact 1 Y-boy ,p,;,e, Allnoit.otrfi, JAN. 11.—Arrd. Venus, Sunderland, "t loss of topmast and bowsprit. t:4igtil,,,tetc, JAN. 10. Tho sloop Jean and Ann, from 1% Cuot, went ashor e at the back of the South Quay ht and was expected to become a wreck ; crew lA I , Arra ,11Poot, JAN. 13.—Wind S.E. to S.S.W., light. : (11 11 . • 41Y8Oro, Ward, Callao ; Caesarea, Gorie r Hon `,),,4,41,,,15aae Allerton, Lorry, New Orlean s ; Orono 11/411"' AeW York. Sld. Santos, Manilla ; Dulce Corn -1,11 , Columbia; River Columbus, Rio ; Pauline, St. C6c411,41. Off, Sheffield, Smith, New Orleans. The th,l'ieniane, for this port, was aground on the Bar of i)Alississippi, 11 th llit. 4kictll/41‘, JAN. 11.—Wind:W.S.W.—Arrd. Camilla, 1, ''''l, bernerara. I,N-Tott,ll., JAN, 9.—Arrd. Will Watch, May, Ichaboe. l> 1, JAx. 13.—Wind E.N.1?., light.—Sld. Aide ,, New Orleans. Na'in,sl4.l,,,,,t's, JAN. 9.—Sld. Johanna, West Indies ; T --. "rasa, ilavannah. h,, ( 1 %4-44kat, - \aleen 7-- pr7v - ec - i of fi'------1;Zm"-un of 4,0001. Per 1, 4.3 the salary of his Excellency the Lieutenant 411 ' 4 of an Diemen's Land.--lobart Town Courier. . . .44.sti . The Organe des Flandres announces, on the authority of a letter from Riga, that the ice which' detained the ships in that port had been broken through, and that on the 29th of December more thanj eighty vessels had put to sm. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 24.—We still continue to re ceive accounts of disasters that have lately occurred in the Black Sea. Accounts brought by the Perwas steamer, belonging to the Danish Steam Navigation Company, which left for Galaez on the 19th, but was obliged to return with out reaching that place, nearly 300 merchantmen were hindered by the freezing of the Danube from proceeding on their zoyage. Abdallah Pasha, of Trebison, who had been ordered by the Porte to make a return visit to the English Vice- Consul, who, on receiving a written invitation, was to visit him with his interpreter, was preparing, when the last steam-boat left, to return Mr. Stevens's visit. Sir Stratford Canning is fully satisfied with this satisfaction for the impolite behaviour of Abdallah Pasha to the Vice 'Consul and his interpreter. lie considers this affair of the ill-treated Greek as a distinct matter, in which not only England, but the three Protective Powers were ooncerned. VIENNA, JAN. 6.—The Vienna Gazette published yesterday the report of the receipts o f t h e Northern Railway Company during the year 1844. Th e t ota l amount was 1,603,686 florins, deducting the expenses. The Company received nearly 5 per cent. for its capital. This is a favourable result. ELECTRIC TRLEGRAPU.—The construction of the electric telegraph between London and Gosport, at a cost of 24,000 Z, to be borne in equal proportions by the South- Western Company and the Admiralty, is now nearly completed. A trial telegraph has for some time past been working between Coventry.ani Rugby, on the Birping ham Railway -~..w 1 , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 14, 1845. T FIE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. II.) Advices to the 6th of December from Barbadoes state that Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens, 23d, had returned to St. Lucia, after a week's absence, the court-martial on which he proceeded to Barbadoes having been aban doned on condition that Captain Campbell, 23d, would send in his papers, and sell out of the army. Captain Marinden, of The Royal, arrived at Barbadoes from Grenada. A company of the 23d Regiment has left Barbadoes for Grenada ; a company of the 71st from Grenada for Dominica, and a company of the 46th from Dominica for Barbadocs. The detachments of the 15th Regiment at Newcastle, Rathkeale, Killaloe, and Tipperary, will be called into head-quarters the ensuing month, and relieved by the 30th Regiment, after which the former corps will move into the Cork district. Captain W. Calder, staff officer of the Limerick dis trict, this evening concluded his payment of the quar terly pension bills of the veterans in Limerick, Bruff, Kilmallock, Charleville, Rathkeale, Newcastle, Adare, Cappamore, Newport, and Killaloc, mustering upwards of 700 men. Lieut. Fleury, 36th, has taken the command of the company at Charlemont,: Brevet Major De Lacy having retired from the regiment upon fall pay of major. Captain Alan Chambre, barrack-master of Gort and Clare Castle, has received one month's leave of absence to proceed to London. Captain Meynell, commanding a troop of the 2d Dragoons at Gort Barracks, will offi ciate during his absence. The 66th Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin, will march for Athlone. A general Court-martial has assembled at Belfast, for the trial of a private of the sth Fusileers, named Cotton, for having in his barrack-room loaded two muskets with ball cartridge, for the purpose of shooting some person or p‘rsons not specified. A pauper admitted to the Tipperary workhouse, this week, formerly held the commission of Lieutenant in militia of that county. The following officers of Royal Artillery in Ireland are on leave :—Lieut.-Colonels Walcott and Scott, Cap tains D'Aerley, Lake, Williams, Wilmot, Hamilton, and Rowan ; Ist Lieutenants Morritt, Adyo, Adair, Young husband, Longden, and Price ; 2d Lieut. Chandler. The company 34th, ordered to march from Athlone head-quarters for Sligo, is countermanded. The company 38th at Sligo, under Captain Smith, or dered to march to join head-quarters at Boyle, will re main, being countermanded. Effective strength 73d Regiment, Dublin, under Major Eyre-40 sergeants, 16 drummers, and 750 rank and file. Recruiting-5 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 11 pri vates. Effective strength 67th Regiment, Richmond barracks, Dublin, under Colonel Bunbury, K.H.-45 sergeants, 17 drummers, and 780 rank and file. A recruiting party of the 69th, from Templemore, has arrived at Omagh. The company 35th, at Portumna, under Lieutenant Parker, is under orders to move to Dunkerrin, there to be stationed. MYSTERIOUS DEATH SI:IEER- Considerable excitement exists at Sheerness at pre sent in consequence of the sudden death of a young and handsome Jewess, a daughter of Samuel Russell, a gene ral dealer of Mile-town, under circumstances of a very suspicious nature. An inquest was held on Thursday before Mr.'Hinde, coroner for East Kent. Mrs. Russell examined—l am the mother of the de ceased, Esther Russell. She was in her 23d year. She gave birth to a child on the morning of Tuesday, the 7th ' instant. One of two younger sisters, respectively five and six years of age, who have slept with her for the last nine months, first announced her illness to me. On going to see Iwas shocked to find she had given birth to a child ;- she held it up to me and said, " See, mother." It was dead. She complained of being faint. I gave her some tea, and afterwards some gin-and -water. She be came more and more faint, and died on the arrival of the surgeon. I did not know that she was pregnant, nor did I know that my neighbours suspected her being so. No one ever hinted such a thing in my presence. A juryman —Mrs. Russell, don't you remember your being present one day when I taxed Esther in your own house with being in such a state ? Mrs. Russell—l do not. I have no reason to suspect that she took anything to do away with herself. Samuel Russell examined—l am the father of the deceased Esther Russell. I generally go to bed about ten o'clock. About four o'clock I was roused to see Esther. I was shocked on perceiving the nature of her illness, and asked why I was not previously informed of this. She replied, "0, father, you have had enough to trouble you without this. 0, the villain that deceived me !" On her becoming very ill I ran for the nearest doctor, but before he arrived she was dead. I never knew she was pregnant till the morning of the day previous to her death. Dr. James Potter examined—l am a surgeon in gene • ral practice at Sheerness. Oa Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, I was called in great haste by Mr. Russell, and accompanied him to his house. On the way he observed he was afraid she would be dead before we arrived. I did not know whether it was his wife or his daughter he alluded to. On my arrival I found the young woman dead, and a new-born infant dead by her side. I did not make any examination beyond ascer taining whether she was in life or not. The child was cold and stiff, and must have been dead for several hours. The navel string was cut ; it was not torn ; it was not tied. There was no appearance of parturition having so lately occurred. Her dress was clean and duly arranged. lam opinion that she must have been dead for an hour at least before my arrival. The child must have been dead four hours at least. Without a post mortem examination, I am not prepared to assert the cause of death. Here the proceedings terminated. Adjourned till this day. Officers entered for study this month at the senior department of the Royal Military College :—Lieut. Campbell, Queen's Bays ; Captains Douglas, 60th ; Biscoe, 66th ; Barlow, 68th ; and Lieut. Nicholso❑ 96th. The Governor's staff at St. Helena is broken up. Depot Adjutants appointed:--Ensign Tisdall, 35th ; Lieut. Gaisford, 79th ; Lieut. Sorell, 81st ; Lieut. Par rett, 85th. Lieut. J. B. Hamilton has succeeded Lieut. T. Bur ridge as Adjutant to the Bristol recruiting district. Major-Generals Alex. Thomson and W. A. Gordon are appointed to the staff of officers in receipt ofcompensation at 255. a day for distinguished service. Officers appointed to the Recruiting Service.—Lieut. Garrett, 78th, to Kendal, vice Lieut. Rawson, 28th ; Lieut. Wallace, 16th, to Shrewsbury, vice Lieut. Bayly, 94th ; Lieut. Lister, 9 th, to Gloucester, vice Lieut. Denys, 77th. Depot Adjutants recently appointed.—Lieut. Topper, 7th; Ensign Curving, 35th ; Lieut. Fordyce, 74th ; Lieut. Raikes, 81st ; Lieut. Halliday, 82d ; .Lieut. Paterson, 85th ; Lieut. Stewart, 89th. Lieut. Hillier, 14th Light Dragoons, is added to the staff of Lieut.-General Sir H. Hardinge, Governor- General of India. Colonel Sir Thomas Wiltshire, commandant of Chat. ham, received orders to hold in r ea di ness f or embarka. tion, on Wednesday last, by the freight ship Anne, for New South Wales, the following detachments :-51st Regiment, 22 men. 58th—Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard, Captain Leigh, Lieut. Petly, Ensign Wynyard, Assistant Surgeon Philson, and 196 men. 86th—Assistant Surgeon M'Andrew and 18 men. 99th-45 men. Total-6 officers and 281 men. The death of the lamented Major Gallwey is a source of deep affliction to his many relatives and friends in and about Killarney. Several leases terminable with his life fall in, and no inconsiderable share of property in that neighbourhood will be seriously affected by the event. Captain J. Cramer Roberts, provincial inspector, is reported to succeed the late Major Gallwey, as deputy inspector-general of constabulary. Major Priestley, K.H., of Nenagh. is also reported for the office. Chris topher Gernon, Esq., sub-inspector of constabulary, has been promoted frona Loughrea to Sligo. IRELAND. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS COMMISSION. DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The second meeting of Charitable Bequests' Commissioners, held at their office in Lower Gardiner -street, en Thursday last, was attended by the following members :—The Archbishop of Dublin ; the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, Roman Catholic Primate ; Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dub lin ; Right lion. F. Blackburne, Master of the Rolls; the Lord Chief Baron ; the Earl of Don3ughmore ; Dr. Keatinge, Judge of the Prerogative Court; Right Hon. A. R. Blake ; Dr. Packenham, Dean of St. Patrick's; the Rev. Shouldham Henry. There were only three of the Commissioners absent, namely, the Primate, Lord John G. Beresford ; Right Rev. Dr. Denvir, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor ; and Sir Patrick Bellew, Bart. The Master of the Rolls presided at the meeting. The principal business transacted related to the clauses of the Act for the regulation of bequests to the various religious denominations, and rules were adopted for the future guidance of the Board on this important sub ject. It was arranged, with the unanimous con currence of the members present, that all questions respecting Roman Catholic bequests should be referred to the Roman Catholic Commissioners, whose certificate is to be conclusive as to the clergyman of any parish en titled to any trust or donation. The same rule has been adopted in regard to bequests to clergy of the Esta blished Church ; and in reference to bequests to the Presbyterian clergy, the certificate of the Rev. Dr. Henry is to be acted on in the like manner. A very important regulation has been adopted in re ference to Roman Catholic bequests, with a view to pos sible objections affecting the discipline and usages of that Church. It is to this effect:—ln all cases where refer ence may be made to the Roman Catholic Commissioners, in order to ascertain who is the person entitled to the benefit of any donation or bequest which may bo made, to or in trust for the Roman Catholic clergyman of any parish or congregation, it is to be understood that their duty is to be merely ministerial, and that it will be in cumbent on them to act on the certificate of the Roman Catholic archbishop, bishop, or vicar acting for the time being, instead of the Roman Catholic archbishop or bishop of the place, as to the person entitled thereto, and to certify accordingly. The object of this regulation is to obviate any objec tion as to interference with the control and authority of each bishop in his own diocese. ARCHBISHOP CROLLY'S LETTER. The Roman Catholic Church of Westland-row, one of the mensal parishes of Archbishhop Murray, was crowded to-day. The Reverend Gregory Lynch (who has published several letters in favour of the Charitable Bequests' Act) read the letter of Archbishop Crolly and the accompanying letter from the Propaganda. The Rev. Gentleman went onto remark that the Holy See in that document had strictly admonished all clergymen from interfering in political questions, and that his Holiness, as the successor of St. Peter, to whom were given the keA of heaven, was the paramount authority in the guidance of the clergy. Dean Mayler, and soveral others of the clergy, were in the church during the discourse of the Reverend Mr. Lynch. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. There is a manifest improvement in the state of Tip perary and the other districts which have been so much disturbed. There are comparatively few reports of crime in the provincial journals, although there are some ac counts of the seizure of fire-arms by marauding parties. The town-lands meetings, organised by the Roman Ca tholic clergy in North Tipperary, amongst the farmers and labouring peasantry, have already produced a visible change for the better. The Limerick Chronicle of yesterday contains the fol lowing :—" Thursday evening last, twenty men of the constabulary reserve force arrived here by the canal, under Head-constable Lavelle, from the Phoenix Park, to reinforce different stations in the Rathkeale district ; this augmentation having been granted in consequence of a memorial from the meeting of Magistrates at Rath keale Quarter Sessions." TUB CROWN JEWELL—The Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), and Lord Chief Justice Tindal, the Commissioners appointed to inves tigate the claim of the King of Hanover to a portion of the Crown jewels, met yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, in the Lord Chancellor's private room, adjoin ing the Court of Chancery, Westminster-hall. The pro ceedings were conducted with closed doors ; no one be sides counsel and an attorney on each side (except a short-hand writer) was allowed to be present. Sir Charles Wetherell addressed their Lordships in support of the claim of the King of Hanover. The argu ments of the Learned Counsel will be answered by the Solicitor-General and Sir Thomas Wilde, counsel for the Crown. We understand the result of the inquiry will not be made public until after the opinions of the Com missioners have been submitted to her Majesty. WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY AND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHAEES.—This annual sporting event, which has been announced to come off on Easter Tuesday, has been postponed by the stewards (Captain Mountjoy Martin and Lieutenant Tollemache, of the 2d Lite Guards, and Major Lawrenson, of the 17th Lancers), until 'Wednesday, the 2d of April, in order that it should net interfere with the Northampton three days' meeting for flat racing and steeple chasing, which commences on the Tuesday in Easter week. There are eight entries for the military chaee, which closed on the Ist inst. The second race is for a sweepstakes of five sovereigns each, with 30 added ; the winner to be sold for 150/. The third, which will be a hack race, of two sovereigns each, with ten sovereigns added, will be for horses that never won a steeple chime, and to carry eleven stone. The winner to be sold for 60/. The entries for the two last-named races to close on the 31st of March, and un less four horses start the public money will not be given. DIIQL SU -MAti' r b r F NEWS AND publit Opinton. " Who . runs may read." POILEXCair. On Friday his Majesty the King of the French re ceived Vice-Admiral Villaumez, General Fabvier, Baron DaviNiers, peer of France, and Captain Bonet. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Aquilla left Paris on Friday for Marseilles, from whence they will embark for Naples. L'AbLe Laurence. .has: - been nominated to the bishopric of Tarbes ; by Royal ordinance, dated Dec. 31. It appears from Dr. Laurent's bulletin of Saturday that the health of M. ViHerman still continues to im prove. On that morning he took a drive out in a car riage. The Commerce states that it is the intention of the French Government to establish harbours of refuge on the coast between Cherbourg and Brest. The Constitutionnel states that the chess match that was to have taken place between M. St. Amand and Mr. Staunton is indefinitely postponed. Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 6th inst., but they bring no news of the slightest interest. That day being the Feast of the Epiphany was ob served as a holiday, and the Bourse was closed. On the 2d inst. the Portuguese Cortes were opened by Commission, and the Speech from the Crown was read by one of the high functionaries. The country re mained perfectly tranquil. Amendments to the Address will be proposed in both the French Chambers relative to the right of search. The Journal des Debats refers briefly to the draft of the Address presented to the Chamber of Peers, which we published yesterday, and praises it for elevation of thought and patriotism. The Opposition journals de scribe it as obsequious and servile. It is said that the Austrian Government has called upon that of France to " concur in measures for convinc ing the malcontents of Switzerland that the Great Powers would not permit any proceeding calculated or intended to produce any change in the existing Constitution of that Republic." Accounts have been received from Athens of the 26th ult., from which it appears that the verifications of the elections had at last been brought to a close, but might, not right, had prevailed. MAW AND In the Court of Queen's Bench a rule nisi for a cri minal information for libel was obtained. The case of " White v. Spettigue " was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe and a common jury, in the Court of Exchequer. The plaintiff, who was a solicitor, had some books stolen from his chambers, and some time afterwards the books were discovered exposed for sale in the shop window of the defendant, a bookseller, who, it appeared, had bought them of a yo ung gen tl eman w h o had been in the plaintiff's employ. The action was brought to recover the value of the books. The Learned Baron ultimately left it to the jury to find for plaintiff, if they thought defendant should have been on his guard under the circumstances, and had not acted with due caution ; otherwise, for plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages in the cost price of the books. A black sailor, named David Louis, was committed to hard labour in Bridewcll for twenty-one days, by the Lord Mayor, for absconding from a vessel in which he had engaged to serve for the voyage to Terceira and back. This was the first conviction under the new Act. At Clerkenwell, John Maloney, a young man, who de scribed himself as a lieutenant in the navy, residing in Richmond -terrace, Islington, was charged by Emma, his wife, with having threatened to stab her. The prisoner was ordered to find two bail in 50/. each to appear at the Sessions. Three labourers, named Wool ff, Leary, and Odell, were placed at the bar, at the Marylebone Court, charged with keying violently assaulted several of the police. The case was clearly proved, and the assault was entirely un provoked. Mr. Rawlinson considered it necessary to make a strong example of the prisoners, all of whom have been long known to the police, and without inflict ing upon them any fine, committed them to the House of Correction for a month. Yesterday Robert Pratt, who has been in custody for several days, on a charge of cruelly treating and grossly neglecting his child, a boy of five years of age, was fully committed to take his trial from the Lambeth Court. At Greenwich Marian Carver, a woman who has lately been appointed nurse in one of the wards of Greenwich Hospital, surrendered in discharge of her bail, being charged on suspicion of stealing a silver watch. The case broke down, but another accusation of stealing some flannel was gone into, and on that charge the prisoner was committed for trial. C OITZLIC—PASFIO7S7.II2IX.M. The Duke of Manchester has left Kimbolton Castle for Tandaraggy Castle, the family seat in Ireland. The Duke and Duchess de Sotomayor returned to town on Saturday from Windsor, and in the evening en• tertained a select party to dinner at Mivart's Hotel. On Sunday his Excellency was occupied by paying visits. The Duke of Rutland is staying at present on a visit to Lord and Lady Southampton, in Northamptonshire. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, with the Ladies Caroline and Constance Leveson Gower, have arrived at Stafford House from Trentham. Tho Dowager Duchess of Cleveland has returned to Newton House, Yorkshire, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, at Raby Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, as is their custom at this festive season of the year, are enter taining a number of distinguished visitors at Eaton Hall. The Marchioness of Hastings has left town for Don nington Park, Leicestershire. The Earl and Countess Craven have arrived at Combe Abbey, near Coventry, from visiting the Earl and Coun tess of Verulam, at Gorhambury, Herts. The Countess of Beauchamp has left Portman square for Worcestershire. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton are still at Eglin ton Castle, surrounded by a large circle of friends. Viscount Duncan has arrived at Bath from Scotland. Lord Alvatiley has left town, on a visit to Lord and Lady Southampton, in Northamptonshire. Lady William Powlett is expected in town, from the seat of Lord and Lady Anglesey, on her way to Paris. Lord and Lady Leigh will shortly receive a large ac cession to the number of their present visitors at Stone leigh Abbey, to celebrate the coming of age of their eldest son, the Hon. William Henry Leigh, who will at tain his majority on the 17th inst. The Hon. Horatio Pitt has left town, for Yorkshire. The hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fulke Greville Howard have arrived in Grosvenor-square, from their seat, Castle Rising, Norfolk. His Excellency the Russian Minister gave a sumptu ous entertainment last evening, at Ashburnham House, to the various att ac h es of the Embassy, in celebration of the Russian New Year's-day. Mr, T. bunco m b e, M .P., has passed through town, from Lord and L a d y W. Powlett ' s, Yorkshire. on his way to Mrs. G. Lamb has left town, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at Bolton Abbey. Mrs. Robarts has left Hill-street, for Paris. BIL ISOZZLAN2OI7II. The Islington Philanthropi c Society, which meets at the Kenilworth Castle, King -street, Lower-read, Isling ton, yesterday, according to annual custom, distributed tickets for bread an d coa l s, to the number f 1,250, thus proving in some measure the usefulness of the charity. The Society has been established nine years, since which period upwards of 5,000 persons have been partakers of its bounty. The Members for the borough of Finsbury are joint patrons. The following order was posted at the General Post office, and the several metropolitan branch offices belong ing to that establishment :—" On and after Tuesday, the 21st inst., the letter-boxes at the chief office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, for the receipt of foreign letters on Tuesday and Friday nights, will be closed at 10 P.m. Paid leiters will, however, be received at the window until 10 15 P.M., upon payment of a fee of one penny each ; and until 10 30 P.M., upon payment of a fee of 6d. each, at which latter hour the office will be finally closed," A Woolwich Correspondent informs us that " the Terrible steam-frigate will not be launched on the 24th inst., as stated in seine of the papers, her contractors not deeming her sufficiently advanced yet for that decisive move." Her armament is to be as follows:—Four 10- inch guns ; sixteen 56-pounders, of Monk's pattern ; in all twenty. Also, one brass 6-pounder, two 18-pounder carronades, and two 12-pounder ditto, for boat service. The four 10-inch guns are for the weather deck, two of them on pivots; the sixteen 56-pounders are for between decks. The Leeds Mercury states that Mr. Pritchard, of Ota heite celebrity, is to sail next week for the important station to which he had been appointed by the Govern ment prior to his forcible removal from that island, namely, the extensive and populous 'group of the Samoas or Navigators' Islands. This group, which comprises the Island of Upolu„ Savaii, Tutuila, Manono, &c., is situated considerably to the west of the Otaheitan and Society Islands, and east of the Fiji Islands. It is one of the most populous and important groups of the Poly nesian archipelago. The population is about 60,000, whilst that of Otaheite and the Society Islands is only 20,000, of the Marquesas 15,000, and of the Hervey Islands 18,000. On Monday the annual ball in aid of the funds of the Master Bakers' Orphan School, Pentonville, took place at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-street. The ball was respectably and well attended ; dancing was kept up till an early hour in the morning. RUMOURED LAW CHANGES — We have taken some pains to ascertain the truth of the announcement of legal changes, copied in our yesterday's paper from the Globe. We find that there is not the slightest foundation for it. The Lord Chancellor is in excellent health and spirits ; neither he nor Lord Chief Justice Tindal h as expresse d any fact,immediate that tenstiior ill n w of iamFollett's resigning and it is a re markable return in ro novated vigour is simultaneously announced. The occa sion, however, has been eagerly seized by a Contempo rary to renew an unjust and illiberal attack on Sir Fre derick Thesiger, who would not have been placed where he now is had he not been deemed a good lawyer, as well as an accomplished advocate and a high-minded man.—Pest. Trig SOLICITOR OF EXCISE. ---It is rumoured that Dr. Bateman, chief clerk to the late Mr. Mayow, the assistant-solicitor to that department, will be the suc cessor to that office. The salary will in future be only 1,000/. per annum. Mr. Carr, son of the late Mr. Morton Carr, who formerly held the appointment of solicitor to that revenue, at which time it was worth 4,000/ per annum, has very recently been apEiointed to that situation, in the room of W. I thaney, Esq., d ecease d.. . . ,1 SUICIDE. Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Gun makers' Arms, Bow-lane, Mile-end New Town, on the body of James Dodson, aged 21 years. Mrs. Mary Ann Kemp (deceased's aunt) deposed that the deceased was a hairdresser. He was lately in the employ of Mr. Lawrence, of Deptford, whose service he quitted about two months since, previous to which he had been paying his addresses to a young female, named Braybrooke. On the 4th of December last he paid her a visit at her mother's house, in Ann's-place, Hackney road. At that time he appeared much dejected, and cried bitterly. When witness inquired the cause, de ceased replied, sullenly, "It is all right." He shortly afterwards went out with his intended, and walked as far as the post-office, in the Hackney-road, when he posted three letters, one of which, as subsequently turned out, was addressed to witness, and was as follows : " Mrs. Kemp, " December 4, 1844. " Dear Aunt,—l have wrote these few lines to you to tell you that I have stood it as long as I could. Foor James lies in Ben Jonson's cut (Regent's canal). God bless you. God bless mother, sisters, and God bless my brother and sister-in-law. 4 . POOR JAMES." A second letter was addressed to Miss Braybrooke, the female in whose company he was when he posted it, and was as under— 1 " Dear Hannah,--I have wrote these few lines to let you know I have stood it as long as I could, but I could not stand it longer. " P OOR J AMES. " "Farewell reations and friends also. The time is now short. I must go—but as for love I have but one, and to that same I have done no wrong. Dear Hannah, God bless you. "J. DODSON." 'Witness, on the receipt of the first mentioned letter, had the Regent's-canal dragged without effect. The body of deceased, however, was discovered yesterday morning near Ben Jonson's Lock, close to the spot where he had stated it would lie.—Verdict, " Found drowned." TIM FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Con so l s New 314 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 121 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock for Account 289 India Bonds, 1,0001 • ..... --• Ditto under 1,0001....... 75 Bank Stock for Account ...... ... 212 1 4 Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11: 2 d.... 62 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. ' - - Brazilian Bonds Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents oil3 /4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1 . 14 paid Churnet Valley, 2 paid Pirect Northern, 214 paid 2 l /2 Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per C en t, 2A pa id , No. 1. 1 Great 'Western, 75 paid — • Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 97 Ditto Fifths, 20 paid . London and Brighton, 50 paid — Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid I2V London and York. 214 paid Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid Midland, 100 paid Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 24 paid 64 Newcastle and I3erwick, 114 paid North British, 714 paid Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 59 Ditto Scrip, 30 paid Portsmouth Direct, 214 paid : 2% Rugby, 1 paid l% South Eastern and Dover, 33A paid — Ditto New Shares, 4 paid l5l /2 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens, 2 paid 4% Great Northern of France, 4 paid Lyons and Avign on , 2 pa id 4 Orleans and B or d eaux. 2 paid 8 P aris and Lyons, 2 paid Paris and Orlea ns , 20 pa id FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—On Monday, Mr. W. Payne held an inquost at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of Phebe Osborne, aged 48, wife of a shoemaker living in Hall's-place, St. Luke's. It appeared that on Tuesday evening last deceased's husband took her home intoxicated, and placed her in bed. In his absence about ten minutes afterwards, she arose, and was proceeding across Ironmonger-row in quest of more liquor, when she was accidentally knocked down by one of Messrs. Pick ford's tilted carts, heavily laden, and th e near w h ee l passed over her head and a portion of her body. She was promptly conveyed to the hospital, in which she died, Mr. Francis, house-surgeon, said, from the effects of frac ture of the skull. Verdict, " Accidental Death." THE SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-BRlDGE.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter resumed, at the Hero of Waterloo, Wa terloo-road, the adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Emma Meyers, alias Emily Ashburnham, aged 21 years. From the testimony of numerous witnesses it appeared that the deceased, who was in great distress, had resided for two or three days at a house of ill-fame, in Buckle's-buildings, Lambeth. On the morning of Monday last a companion of hers, named Page, left her in Bear-street, Leicester-square, in the company of a young man, named Parker, and several females of loose character. About eight o'clock the same morning she was found lying upon the sands at the bottom of Wa terloo-bridge. Although she was dead her body was warm. There was a large wound on the right side, which Mr. Lavers, a surgeon, who had opened the body, said was caused by some bones being fractured, and forcing themselves through the muscles and skin, no doubt the result of deceased falling a great height. The immediate cause of death was fractured ribs, which had ruptured the right lung, thereby creating a large extrava sation of blood into the right cavity of the chest. Ver dict—" Temporary insanity, the result of excessive drinking and poverty." SUICIDE AT THE RESIDENCE OF SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—Last night, an inquest, adjourned from Thursday last, was resumed, and concluded, before Mr. T. Higgs, on the body of Benjamin Payne, aged 40, late butler to Sir Henry Pottinger, some particulars relative to which appeared in this * journal on Friday. Sir Henry Pottinger deposed—The deceased has not been long in my service, but I have noticed him to be peculiarly stupid in not minding orders, and a very absent man. A gentleman, named Atkinson, had frequently spoken to me of his absence of mind, which he thought arose from drink. Before I left London, a short time since, I gave him warning, telling him that he did not suit Ile. From that time he had been constantly shut up in his room, and frequently complained of a violent head-ache. On the morning he committed the act, only ten minutes previously, he came into my study, and said he wished to make an apology. His eyes were then red, as if he had been drinking largely. I told him that he did not suit me, but that I should pay him his wages and board wages up to the 6th of next month. He asked me for time to get up his plate, which I granted. On the morn ing he committed the act, he told me he had been drink ing my wine and brandy, but he would make it good. No doubt the sudden discharge caused him to commit the act. I think he drank to great excess. Lieutenant- Colonel Malcolm said he had frequent opportunities of seeing the deceased, and he appeared to be a man com pletely out of his senses through drink. Verdict — Temporary Insanity. NEW SOUTH WILES.—Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice of New South Wales, has been granted leave of absence for two years, and is returning to England to re cruit his health. His labours were unremitting for 16 years ; and in consequence of the removal of Mr. Jus tice Burton to Madras, before the arrival of his succes sor, the extra duties thrown on the Chief Justice and his only remaining coadjutor, Judge Stephens, he completely broke down. Mr. Dickenson, the new Judge, was ex pected out in October ; and Mr. A'Becket, the Solicitor- General, has been appointed to act as third judge until the return of Sir James. ACCOUCHEMENT of the DUCHESS of MECKLENBURGH STRELITZ. After the aceouchemeitilad taken place, intimation of the event was forwarded to her Majesty, and also to the different members of the Royal Family, at their respective residences. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester called at Cambridge House to learn the state of her llustrious niece. The Queen sent from Windsor Castle, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent from Frogmore House, to make inquiry after the health of their royal relative. The following members of the diplomatic corps called to leave their names at Cambridge House : The Prussian Minister, the Russian Ministcr and the Baroness Brunnow ; the Saxon Minister and the Baroness Gersdorff ; Baron de Thile, and Baron Breuner. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar paid a visit in the afternoon. Among the nobility and gentry who called during the day to inquire after the health of her Royal High ness, were the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, Countess of Mans field, Lady Caroline Murray, the Marchioness and iLady L. Cornwallis, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord Granville Somerset, Lady Stanley, Sir Frederick Watson, Sir Henry, Lady, and the Misses Wheatley, Major• General Sir James and Lady Reynett, the Solicitor-General and Lady Thesiger, Colonel and Lady Catherine Buckley, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Dr. Locock visited the Hereditary Grand Duchess yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness was going on favourably. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, on Sunday evening. Her Royal Highness, we are happy to state, passed a good night last night, and is going on favourably. The Royal and Illustrious Relatives of the Grand Duchess, and also the principal Nobility in town, sent to Cambridge House to inquire after the health of her Royal Highness. THE MEDICAL PROFESS ) N (From the Tim es .) -.. -` j In another column appears an "e — a - fifF rind indig- - mint protest, by memters of the Roya "'College °Pt - pi IP- Q Surgeons, residi ng i n th e rura l parts of Surreyip:::;.'::t against the exclusion in which they are placed by the proceedings o f th e C ounc il o f th e C o ll ege in t h a. matter of the recent charter." It is signed by no, less than 68 gen tl emen o f ( as we are assure d ) 10, 20, :44431:kr 30, and 40 years' standing as members of the Col lege, and of large practice in their respective neigh bourhoods ; and we are given to understand, by a gentleman on whose information we have no hesita tion in placing reliance, that " it has not been got up or instigated by any agitating society, but is the inde pendent expression of th e f ee li ngs o f th e surgeons o f Surrey." Nearly six months ago we ventured to give a piece of advice to the members of the medical profession as to the most prudent line of conduct they could pursue. It was that they should memorialise their representatives in Parliament, " earwig" thA tt as occasion offered, and take every care that they sho . feel satisfied that the votes at the next elcctit....; would show how far the medical men, " voters to a man," were satisfied or not with their conduct in regard to Sir James Graham's Bill. We are glad to see such an evidence, as this protest gives, of the surgeons being alive to the necessity of expressing their feelings in a mode which leaves no room for cavil. Resolutions passed at public meetings may express the wishes of multitudes, or of mere coteries. Some local information of a rather precise nature may be necessary to test the practical value of such resolutions. But protests signed by scores, like the present, leave no space for dispute. These Surrey surgeons—" voters to a man"—" protest against the arbitrary elevation of a few gentlemen above those of their brethren who were previously their equals in professional rank, senior to many of them as members of the College, and not inferior to most of them in scientific and practical knowledge." This is the expression of a feeling all but universal in the pro fession, and no less universal, we fully believe, is the feeling which dictated the conclusion of the protest, that these 68 gentlemen " consider the invitation to the mass of the profession to undergo examination, in order to obtain the rank which has thus been conceded to a select few, to be an affront, which, if we remained silent under, we might be con sidered to have deserved." We fully concur with these protesters in regarding the offer of an examina tion to them as a sheer affront—an offer which the Council of the College must have known beforehand neither would nor could be accepted, and which, therefore, under the semblance of politeness was, in fact, most insulting. The College examinations are expressly framed to test mere rudimentary knowledge; they are not capable of testing experimental know ledge. We have no hesitation in saying that the ablest surgeon of 40, or 30, or 20 years' standing, unless he had been in the habit of lecturing, or other wise continually recurring to the mere alphabet of his profession, would not do himself credit at an examination which any student, who had just completed his hospital studies and courses of lectures, might pass with comparative ease. The A B C of the science must be learnt first; not as the ultimate object of study, but as preliminary to prac tice. What is of importance to the public is—not a most minute acquaintance with rudiments or prin ciples, but—the ability of practically applying that knowledge to which those rudiments and principles have been the mere stepping -stones. As this ability is gained, the mere verbal recollections of the terms in which the rudiments and principles are to be most correctly expressed fades away from the mind ; and, as a general rule applicable to all professions and to all occupations, by so much the more as a man is prac tically skilled in his business, by so much the less is he competent to undergo a satisfactory examination in its mere preliminary technicalities. If we re quired any evidence on this point, we need do no more than refer to " the grinding system," by which young men of more anxiety to get into practice than honesty as to the means by which they may acquire the right to practise, manage to render themselves apparently qualified. We under stand that there is one " grinder" in London who will undertake—" no cure no pay"—to fit any young man to pass in six weeks, provided he puts his nose to the grindstone without the least acquaintance with his profession. If he happens to have a smattering of medical or surgical knowledge, the grinding pro cess takes a proportionately lonFer time ; This pro test has been sent to the Council of the College, and we hope, though we scarcely dare expect, that it may have some influence with them. We foresee so many evils consequent on revolutionary changes in the pro fession, that we would fain see the Colleges and the Hall kept on their old foundations, but better adapted to the condition of the present times ; and we tell the Council of the College distinctly, that they have been pursuing a suicidal policy, and that unless they take some decided steps towards meeting the wishes of their members at large, they will eventually rue it. It appears from a letter in another column, ad dressed by the clerk of the Apothecaries' Company to a Manchester Committee of General Practitioners, that the Company, believing " that a very large pro portion of the general practitioners of the country have declared their wishes in favour of a distinct incorporation," and being consequently willing to act in accordance with what they understand to be a very widely extended feeling, have applied to Sir James Graham on the subject, and have had from him a very diplomatic reply which, though it absolutely pledges him to nothing whatever beyond a readiness to receive a matured plan, appears to afford them " the utmost satisfaction !" They now invite assist ance from the profession towards complying " with what Sir James Graham has required as a preliminary to his forming an opinion on the proposed incorpora tion of the general practitioners." We must give the Company full credit for the generosity with which, for the benefit, as they think, of the profession at large, they are willing to surrender all their own exclusive privileges ; but we cannot applaud their prudence in the present instance. They are, un consciously no doubt, playing the Home Secretary's game. The question of the most vital importance to the profession, at the present time and for the next few months, is Sir James Graham's Bill ; and against that Bill their exertions ought to be concentrated. The discussion which he would, as the Company rightly anticipates, excite in the profession on the mere details of the proposed charter, would operate as a most successful diversion in his favour. If a charter for the incorporation of the general practitioners were the best thing they could have, the chance of their having it would be as good after as before the passing of that Bill ; and it therefore is a mere question of time whether they shall agitate for it now or six months hence. But there is no time to be lost in opposing the Bill. Parliament is on the point of meeting, and the undivided energies of the whole profession ought to be brought to bear, not only on each of the Houses of Parliament collectively, but also on every member of each house individually While they are in the country, the country practi tioners should avail themselves of every opportunity' of explaining to them the injurious effects of the pro posed reform, and especially how the penalties of the Apothecaries' Act do tend to prevent irregular prac tice, and how imperfect is the penalty system esta blished by that Act. On this point the Members of the Legislature most especially require to • be in formed. There is a very general belief among these that the regular practitioners have already had a fair trial of a protective system, and that it has been found totally inefficient. This mistake ought, by every fair means, to be thoroughly and immediately exposed. As soon as Parliament meets, its various Members will be beyond the reach of personal expla nations. Then they must be met by protests, memo rials, and petitions calcu:ated to influence them in their legislative capacity. But if, instead of concen trating their efforts to check the progress of the Bill, the members of the profession waste their energies in discussions on the details of a charter, as to which Sir James Graham most explicitly declares that he will not even form his opinion, or even consider it, u n til all its details are laid before him, with the names of the leading persons who promote it, they will soon finfil themselves in the unenviable position of those who endeavour to avail themselves at the same time of " two stools." That the charter will prove an apple of discord, have great fears, an d we are, therefore, earnest in w e our remonstrances against its present dis cussion. Let the question, by all means, be well con sidered and fully debated ; and if the general practi tioners at large should eventually unite in calling for their separate incorporation, let them have it; but while an enemy is at their gates, attacking their very existence, in the name of common prudence let there be no divisions in their camp. -.. 'HE APOTHECARIES' COMPANY. oth Apies' H, Jan. 8. Gentlem e n,—O n t h e 23d ult. the ecar Master all of this So ciety had the honour of receiving a communication from the Committee appointed at a general meeting of medical practitioners of Manchester and its neighbourhood to watch the progress of Sir James Graham's Bill, express ing the interest with which the Committee had observed the various movements made by the profession in differ ent parts of the kingdom towards one essential object, viz., the protection of the general practitioner, and the opinion of the Committee that not least among the efforts made for that purpose were the measures now in progress for the incorporation of the general practitioners into au independent College, stating that the Committee rejoiced to find the Society of Apothecaries favourably disposed to this course of proceeding, expressing the desire of the Committee to know the Society's views as to the main principles of medical polity which should be recognised in the proposed charter of incorporation, and as to the plan of operations which the general practitioners through out the kingdom should adopt as most likely to effect that object ; and adding that the Committee looked for ward to this Society being naturally placed at the head of the movement for incorporation, and was consequent' anxious that the Society should avow the principles OR which it intended to act, in order that the Committ might have full and sufficient grounds whereon to justi its co-operation with the Society to the members of t COURT CIRCULAR WniDsoa, MONDAY.—The Queen held a Privy Council at twenty minutes before three o'clock this afternoon, at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert; Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President ; the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal; the Duke of 'Wellington, Commander-in-Chief; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colo nies ; Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse. Some reports relative to Guernsey, &c., were sub ' mitted to her Majesty in Council, and were received. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by the Countess of Char lemont, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Warwick, Lord in Waiting; the Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting; and the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and the Prince. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lords Wharncliffe, Stanley, and G. Somerset, arrived from town in the forenoon to attend the Council. After the Council the Dukes of Wellington and Buccleuch, Lords Wharncliffe, Stanley, and G; So merset, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. C. Greville, took their departure. Sir Robert Peel remains at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accus tomed early walk this morning. The unfavourable state of the weather this forenoon prevented Prince Albert from taking a shooting ex- cursion in the royal preserves. The Prince o f Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings this afternoon. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, and "Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, took their departure from the Castle to-day. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord and Lady Wriuthesley Russell, 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 the remainder of the evening. The agent for Jamaica had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Alderman Copeland and Mr. J. Oswald, M.P. (Glasgow), had interviews with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial -office from the Governor of Gibraltar. Mr. 'W Cotton had an interview yesterday with Mr. Gladstone. ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Monday a general meeting of the supporters of the above insti tution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of appointing officers tor the ensuing year, and admitting thirty deaf and dumb chil dren to the benefits of the asylum. The Rev. John Evans presided, and, in the course of the proceedings, announced that, pursuant to the bequest of the late Princess Sophia Matilda, the institution has been enriched by two portraits of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, from the pencil of Sir William Beechey. The officers of the asylum were then elected. Amongst them were the following ;—Patroness, the Duchess of Gloucester ; President, the Duke of Buceleuch ; and Vice-Presidents, the Archbishop of Canterbury-, the Marquis of Bristol, the Earl of Zetland, Viscount bidmouth, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Bexley, Sir Thomas Turton, Bart., Alderman Sir C. Hunter, Bart„ &c. The poll having closed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. WINE AND SPIRIT DUTIES.—The Committee of the Wine and Spirit Association yesterday received the following communication. It is an important concession in the mode of charging duty on spirits to the trade, and which has been solicited by the Committee for the last two years :—" Treasury Chambers, Jan. 10, 1645.- 1 am directed to inform you that my Lords have autho rised the Commissioners of Customs to issue general in structions to their officers to adopt the practice and rules of computation which have been observed in the Excise, both as regards fractions of under-proof and over-proof foreign spirits, viz. :—ln cases of over-proof to charge 84-100 parts as a gallon, and to reject all fractions below that amount ; and in cases of under-proof to observe the same rule, and in like manner to disregard all fractions below 84-100 parts. This regulation, upon being carried into effect, will, my Lords conceive, afford to the im porters of foreign spirits all the relief which it would appear to be their obje c t t o o bt a i n ." ROI3I3ERY IN Run—lND.—Last evenin g the metropolitan police received information of a bur glary of a very daring and extensive nature having been committed on the night of the 9th instant at the house of the Rev. George Pochin, of Glaston, in the county of Rutland. The burglars, four in number, broke into the house at twelve o'clock at night, and succeeded, by inti midation, in possessing themselves of ten 101. notes and five 51. notes of the Leicestershire Banking Company, the Stamford Bank, and other county banks, several sove reigns, some silver, and a large quantity of plate, con sisting of silver ladles, table, dessert, and tea spoons, all marked G. P., and with Mr. Pochin's crest, a griffin. Mr. Pochin has offered a reward of 1001. for the appre hension and conviction of the offenders. Wlnows' FRIEND SOCIETY.—Last night the annual general meeting of the Widows' Friend Society, founded in 1807, was held at the London Coffeehouse, Ludgate• hill, for the purpose of receiving the annual report, and transacting the usual business of the society. The Rev. R. Munro, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. The re port stated that during the past year 256 individuals had been relieved with v a rio us sums , many o f whom were, in consequence, enabled to set up in some occupation culated to yield a subsistenc e to themselves and families The financial statem en t s h o wed that the receipts of_ the a La s l . Miss amounted to 438/. including a legacy_froin the late Miss E. Gibson, of 225/. ; and the distilb ution to the treasurer'spuose sofhthaneds et charity, 1 t02 5 9 . leaving a balance in th e DEATH FROM " FARM —IMPORTANT TO T HE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—A policeman died in the Rich mond Hospital, a few days since, from the effects of this terrible disease, after five days illness. It is supposed the disease was communicated to him by drinking water from a bucket which a carman had been supplying to a horse. After some hours, the disease began to manifest itself, and the unfortunate man was conveyed to Rich mond Hospital iu a state of great pain. The medical men did not, for some time, understand the nature of his complaint, but as the symptoms became more de aotiiienritgidhainaq,u, ihryortsheeYfaeraciyn,e" taondtheincoonrdcleurstioonprtohvaet c th id o e p d their opinions a horse was inoculated with some of the matter taken from a pustule, and in a short time he died. There was a post mortem examination held on the man by an eminent surgeon of this city, who was so ap prehensive of disease that he performed the operation with gloves on. Frightful as the extern a l a pp earance o f the unfortunate man's body was, the internal was s till more shocki ng ; th e stomach, heart, and liver, being covered with ulcers, and all in a high state of inflamma tion. This is amongst the very few authenticated facts which prove that the disease is communicable to man.— Freeman's Journa. .tlons 1 1 147 )A'' , ,1 l Gi