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'eASIONAL SKETCHES—HERE AND THERE. POINT No. 111. - ' l -NT AND ITS MILITARY ACADEMY. 'ate few months since, I passed a few days at that „g Part of th e R iver H u d son, name d W es t Point, here frequently visited the Military Aca see ng my stay, one of the regular examina tourjed, and now that President Polk seems in t c rY havoc, and let slip his dogs of war," I considered that a sketch of the proceedings may Altogether uninteresting, especially to military ht P o i nt 4 itself is one of the most picturesque places 1/4 so aited States. I t i s s i tuate d on th e west bank of I mu n River, a b out fi fty m i les nort h o f N ew York; ta, "leave its b eau ti es to b e c h ro nicled by other i Me beg the reader at once to accompany me to b , t :i ff : Y ( i t .' cl iderey which consists of two stone har tt, three and the other of four stories in ) - ' l Pied by 250 cadets (the number authorised 1,275 fanset A.catlemic hall. a large three - story build kry et iu length by 75 feet in width, used for I kti k i q ercises in winter, and as a depository of the imksitalPParatus. models of fortification, artillery, and L'illg f: and drawing-rooms. A two-story stone ' 4 i,,,ip ots. a library and for the depository of philoso 'QV r atus, built in the Elizabethan style, 150 feet M eow t, and ,ns i „,,, cs surmounted by three towers, the centre ;'t to t i i - °Y a dome which revolves on its axis, adapt -01%0 a s u , e of a large equatorial telescope. There ' l4 , - eh aPel, a hospii al, a mess hall, two cavalry b • teA ri 4ele , t al workshops and store-rooms, and s?ver!- ` l4 . dwellings; occupied by officers of the lost'- I,4ll.lladdition to the above, there is located in the 6 , 4 stn l d a magazine, a laboratory, soldiers' bar -044 b'''7 , and about twenty-five dwelling-houses, bridle 4 !rallies connected with the military school, t ,"° Population of West Point being about I* . tr_rf 0 , 4 „,, 4 was here that Arnold turned traitor, and Altltlt f o - r t rest Point that poor Andre was captured. t ie o ot opaa .ue place generally. 1 1 to RV. 0 3' a pntleman who had letters of intro lie on e ,IJ °l.- Genera' Scott and Mr. Marcy, I pro 4teltisowatlilteinnctr Jun d e to the Academy, when every every attention shown by the t itt h i re „ 0 7 i o ' l4l 4 4 ,..efficers a o n f the Institution.. The whole u t wa s 1 Let etion and discipline was unfolded, and 4:4 ' 11 4 • e it undone on the part of those gentlemen ktisg. the a mp ean l d part of those gentlemen 1 "e ample and particular information re rof.pre inter' An .. ar and tor regime the place. The Secre c 4th of June Board of Examiners reached the post Nt 44 1 4 e st s . - J ane, and were received and escorted k - .7lti l d :atu-boat landing to the hotel by a body of 01.1 , 01 !afat, try, girl W elled by composed of cadets. The process bPl oy s of the presence of some of the pretty ets in ht hew York, who had most of them brothers I tht sie s ee 0 Academy, and who rode in a carriage a l'eis t h e , t arY, between the horse and foot, the band (p a t- unginu the rear. The Board consisted Is. k ,, 41; z : t ;. th e army, specially detained for the duty, a i r'Vesis l ag made no appropriation for a board . of oi. _, loih4tieal examiners, as desired by some parties. CI, * a officers from New York, and p a r few sap e ere le o l ier present, but they . seemed to be merely d ogs, ll wh s, and took but little interest . in the pro ft len ~.e a I entered the examination-room, the . °l't of °. the second class was before the Board. l b ,,nat efte t , ‘ " examiners were placed several black C, ll et „ " of which stood a cadet, employed upon a i t , 4 ‘. Ti . : question in the theory of natural philo '' by -1 - e xamination in this department was cons 1 4 1 Li a'rofessor Bartlett, aided by Assistant-Pro -Ittxt.Ltr_eatints Roberts, Rosecrans, and Deshon. L' Bti o is from which the questions were selected I t rieit alae, " Treatise on Mechanics," Davis's ' ll kssei and Magnetism," Bartlett's " Optics," and )‘ IN i-a," Astronomy." From these the most diffi ‘4,it, l 'erestin g points were taken, and were dis t lZ ei ned to me, satisfactorily. While the cadets i • 1„ , Ot of t:•earas were employed upon their solutions, fed 0 : e „ section were called up, one by one, and liCtt of t ' i !°Y, and this was continued until each 11, 11 ,00 t "e section had both been at the Board and L ar e a demonstration, and had been questione d, I Lsery!l i etl orally, list if a cadet failed in his answer, he in (ed three or four questions in addition to 'en him, so that, if his failure were acci an opportunity to recover hims elf, and if 7asequence of ignorance, he had the means This seemed to be even justice. irve that no books were used at the exas ter by the Professors or the cadets. This, 1 the practice both on these examinations i i _f the ordinary recitations. These latter tu e way, were all going on at the different Is by all the sections, excepting that im -re the Examining Board, the customary be ing suspended on account of the exami ' each scholar in a section had been superintendent announced to the pre fiat the Professors had done with it. The t hen desired that any gentleman present such questions as he pleased to the see r" sometimes complied with, frequently 'lv the absence of all collusion between Pupils. I recollect several instances o f 'lung on the part of gentlemen not mem ftissining Board, which were met with the itude and correctness. In the instance of 'a of the class in ethics, the syllabus of placed in my friend's hands by Lieutenant Assistant-Professor in that department, that he would indicate the course that issued, and the questions that should be ltd sO, 30 , and, with one exception, they were 1 ,„ t h,,'"at exception was as follows :—ln the t;ikb 4 e: examination on moral philosophy, Dr._ 4vpi Or the excellent " Treatise" was the text-book, 'W I ; ::. e questions Mr. wished to ask was the ' 4' --.“ 'tow does Dr. Wayland discuss the sub: , kt„, l :As t i ' ,and to what conclusion does he come ? "tiOs il l'il Piofessor excused himself pleasantly t lt it off h falit the question, by explaining that . that il"Sb!kft always work which relates to the subject Irri a -v aYs passed over, and that nothing was ;C o , t hat connexion excepting what is found in CA i ii l, ) ,' at nentaries." Dr. Wayland, I nsay say, is d It ) I 1 'Pl 3 °Sed to war, and perhaps it was considered 1 4 li t : ilta-fightin g principles was rather too mild a 44' - 'Ministered to these sucking sod'gers. kd ° ts, e eto g nerally, displayed considerable know 's, ' a ° of them exhibited great proficiency. The 0: 4 , tl ,„' lae ntioned was pursued throughout all those )4f t f t i- e xamination which I witnessed during my &In , 1 , Yat the Point. In the afternoon of each kNil as p a display of military tactics in the field, i s i t ,; \ '' exercises with a harnessed battery of six L '‘tly i, ;With howitzers, bart et guns, and mortars , No of a battalion as infantry and light in kit . yes a Military eye, dual tless, the display must L '. Jli i ra cme interesting that t t, mine ; but, so far as Ny, ' ge, the movements ire all executed with It it i le! h , A acc uracy, and real. 4r s, and displayed the sO i i t ( t off - .nstructors, as well it •• their own proficienc. t"N„e g r a nd company officers were selected fr . .0n . 1 the i ti rt t iji t ; t r e ating) class, and the non.c . ommissioned ti,t‘a•i it second class. This drill_ is one of the ll'h,, ° ' • i t ‘,,', 11 g portions of the performances of the o' \ ,v ry i 'mays draws out the company at the Point, Ot ' e 1 41 the " upper ten thousand," as the "nobs," 6 1, s style themselves, figure conspicuously. Of '' t .,S iik 4 ,,lie s ,, ll . e h, fascinating company, the cadets take care Ip * .i,', 4 It B -14 dY particular, and look amazingly fierce tn l Cl ' 3 ,1,,, an d no doubt if the British Commander k:,li b 'll , ~-`"° have a glance at these doughty young O tt li'?;". t trainin' time, be would abandon all idea of N t n a , eB ident Polk's claim to Oregon ; but, as he , t ck l 'St, r t red just now to go to West Point, we must Wt v , er e ° et matters take their course. . . i), o 4 S , i n occasional exercises in the riding-school, 1,, I l ls f i of American riding is so different to that of L ,i t IN i ' a that, I must say, I was rather amused. k 1411 1 . :"i n x ,' rr ying in America is just the reverse to l k t r l ' ttt - .cmgland, that is, with us, in riding, a man 4. ~:tt 0 . !tip , 1 forward, and accommodates his movements (i l Nt.. ~‘"e horse, and in driving he sets rather at a 1 1 -4 1) I ti t angle than u p r ight. In America, an equestrian ,st:ltittit't 'cribs aoker, with his toes projected forward i t * t horse's nose, and his head so far back teitf°,ll.k PP', comet-lead dropped from the back of his . IVCali r , lad on the horse's tail. Measured by this IS 1 : 14 % . ,;,,t:11 ig',_the horsemanship at West Point was ex- N ~,",,' h- the leaping at fancied British forts, in the kt t S"" C hs a rs, and the dashing and cutting at the A V il - taginary unfortunate and devoted Engl!sh lie‘' Its Pf a tremendous and fearfully exciting V . th'!i t ie e xercise s at West Point, intellectual and phy 1$ p % t ried out to the most thorough extent, and ' s i 'd to the •ofgood military scholars i o b production ~ k h t hiao l ; tst bodily vigour—of the mens sana in Ili k „N ila r : I saw no weakly students, and . no v ery Vo, tit '" Indeed, from the system of instruction ii"la"'„ k th e Point, there cannot well be either. They 1 , 1 1 1 tip to a certain standard, or be rejected. The S• ' 6I V. -I c.Pays for the tuition of the cadet, and pays , I ,t .° "th",, n. a certain light he is a privileged office ip ),,tt , t he eountry does everything for him, and has a V,lttO C h et everything of him. ~ f,,(4 1 _° quite out of place here for me to enter at qta ° details of the course of study and exercise; 1 * e r, it • a. Q v '‘ould be by no means generally interest• d % l St h 3 are briefly comprehended under the follo win g lit' s 4 I state that in each department all that can Z, l ' i tl ot y(s.b - e la ci est thoroughly done, th . ose who know what ' I do ne, will, I think, readily understand what N o ,'"` a kt i l s.r . p i , a. _ .. St,t l bgt• ''tleS and Military Police. '1 tl o ,%);Osi e es, ;comprising Algebra, Geometry, Trigono ' I ' 11, t ^lon, aBtsuration, Descriptive and Analytical Geometry, l ' „ wench c• • li,:sitit,.. Language. 142 1 t a,,, , , t I, - att i ts . - ts_xperimental Philosophy, comprising Statics, ), ' eCtroqi l lydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, Magnetism, • A,,,e,tohitrvagnetism, Light, and Astronomy. ~, Wlllery, and Mineralogy. ' ,Ilitto.,,,racties, the Science of Gunnery, and duties of a i 4; 1 .1 - 4, -1 .` 4 aborat e y .. k e_ene o - eTg, and field and Permanent Fortification, and ;tor y, :., 'W ar. tio- j,,, "" e °grapliv, Ethics, &c. Ilt` i °tki A rc loer '' , 4 t, , me e k ` : ,who was present at one of . these exami '4 „.ta• con reo that he thought the pupils must have kot ",' tli o ' fle d" for the occasion. I mentioned this to k t oo li b t - gentle men present. " Ah," said he, "I do es h. are e,,,'•he correctnes s o f the remark. They were i t* 7lin o .,''rnmed for that and for all occasions, and the k4,,t 0 i3 Just of th at sort w hi c h I s h ou ld be glad to tis 4 oli b educational institutions—a cramming car 'ti as of th the crammers and the crammees, at all I P " 4 °is the day and of the year devoted to work. ' 4 4t, 40 pla ,tk Th. 3' nor shuffling about the studying at the 4 llui t i .Y must and do work ; and they msy be l's ka Nin o ' any and all times of the year, and exhibit t h , l ttr i rg ' on each occasion. They are always ' tl_Qalar c a renot put in harness and driven up to a b lsgo.y b e Jeet on a particular day, as is often done, ho e t aken at random, and on any day.' , 'l4MatiOn in History, English Grammar, and Geography, was less satisfactory than that in some other branches of knowledge. From the inquiries made, I came to the conclusion that the defect was owing to the scanty portion of the time which is, from necessity, afforded to those studies. When the " Plebs," as the new comers are called, arrive at the Point, there is a great diversity in their amount of knowledge. Those from the New England States are the most forward, and the most easily managed. Those from the Middle States rank next ; whilst those from the Southern States are lower down in the scale. Of course those who enter well prepared possess manifest advantages, and therefore, amongst the best, there are always a large number of New Eng landers. Youths from all classes of society are eligible for admittance into the West Point Academy. I one day noticed a file of the new corners. The first young man was dressed in the plain and well-worn garments of a hard-working country lad, his entire garb, something too scanty, were " seedy," and he must have come from a very indigent family to have worn su .h garments in America, where almost everybody is well dressed. Judging from the fifty-six" Plebs" whom I saw, I should say there were not one-fourth of them who were from families of independent property, or of ordinary com petency. The " mass" were from the " mass" of those who laboured hard for bread. When once admitted, they are all clothed and fed alike, and no other distinc tion is made than that which arises out of the correct (deportment and attainments of the individual. Pro- fessor Bartlett, of the Academy, was a poor drummer boy at Fort Erie. He became a cadet at West Point, and is now one of its instructors. The subjoined table, taken from Colonel Totter's report for 1844, will show that the lower classes have even a more than equal par ticipation in the benefits of the Institution, and it is a fair sample of the usual classification in every year: — Of the 221 cadets at the Point in that year -59 were sons of Farmers. 14 " " Mechanics. 27 " " Lawyers. 18 " " Merchants. 5 " " Hotel Keepers. 12 " " Physicians. 14 " " Army or Navy Officers. 4 " " Clergymen. 5 " " Officers of State and GeneralGovernm en ts. 15 " " Professors, Editors, Bank Officers, or Masters of vessels, &c. 26 " without Father. 22 " " " or Mother. Of the 212 in the Academy in 1843- 156 were the sons of parents in moderate circumstances. 26 " reduced ti 14 indigent 6 " 66 ft wealthy 66 18 " 61 unknown 66 The above statements will, if they serve no other pur pose, perhaps amuse, by the contrast it presents to our own system of military education. At the present junc ture, they may convey useful information. If I have been at all tedious, I will endeavour to make amends in my next paper, which will treat more of persons than of places. WHIZ. RAILWAY REGISTER. The present number opens with the third of the se ries of articles on " Irish Railways," and goes at large into the consideration of " a very material point, which has not yet met with that deliberate attention which its im portance seems to call for. We allude to the supply of fuel by which the necessary steam power is to be kept up, and the mode in which that power should be ap plied." While all the fuel used in locomotives must be obtained from England at a heavy cost, Ireland possesses extensive fields of anthracite and beds of turf, which may be most effectively and economically used as fuel for stationary engines. From experiments made by the Dublin Steam Packet Company on board the steamer Lansdowne, which plies on the Shannon, it appears that the same duty was done by turf as had been previously done by coal, at a cost of 661. 12s. 3d. per month less than the cost of coal. She had two engines, 38-A- inch cylinders, at three feet six inches stroke; she ran daily, Sundays excepted, a distance of 46 miles. Under these circum stances, and ,considering also the scarcity of skilled labour in Ireland, and the cheapness of unskilled labour, we agree with the writer of this article considering that " of it is a question worthy grave consideration," whether the locomotive or the atmospheric principle of traction should bo applied to this country. In addition to full descriptions, accompanied by maps, of the various rail way projects of the month, British and Indian, the Re gister contains the second of a series of papers on "Metro politan Improvements," which is well worthy the attentive perusal of every practical philanthropist, suggesting, as it does, many measures for s ecuring the health and in creasing the comforts of t he poor, who will be ejected from their dwelling places by the alterations in progress. The following valuable suggestions will, we hope, meet with proper attention from those in authority : " Costly experience attests that towns are easier made than unmade, more easily built up than pulled down and changed in general arrangement. Therefore, before a hoard is erected, or a paving - stone du g out, desirable certain needful preliminaries should be obtained and defini tively settled. " First, we ought to have a correct and authorised map of the capital as it stands above and below ground ; not only of its squares, streets, lanes, and public edifices, but of its sur face levels, sewers, water-courses, gas pipes, and other leading subterraneous machinery. We should thus have a know ledge of the enemy's country, as it were, before the campaign opened, and might master some of its chief difficulties, as Na poleon won his battles, in the bureau. Next, a bird's-eye view is at least desirable, of the more likely and feasible pro jects of vehiaular, thoroughfare, and architectural improve ment. Thirdly, we ought carefully to consider, in mass and detail, the probable results in case of their adoption of these various suggestions, first on the conveniences and enjoyments of those who permanently dwell or trade in London ; and nest of outsiders—the stranger, occasional visitor, and every day sojourner." HOOD'S MAGAZINE. The " Tales of the Colonies," and " The Chronicles of the Fleet," are continued in the present number. " Symbolic Money, No. XIL," treats of the currency in connexion with the railways. The writer proposes that every railway director should be authorised to issue w hat he calls " Railway Exchequer-bills, based on th e security of the railway property, such bills s up be taken by the railway company in payment of calls, de posits, fares, and every other payment made to them : " And with respect to the mode of carrying out this plan, although it is not necessary to go into all the details of a system the working of which will be obvious to those ac customed to consider such matters, it may briefly be sug gested that a railway company has it in its power to divide the amount of its shares into as many receipts as it may con sider serviceable for its views :—that is to say, a share of one hundred pounds may be divided into a hundred receipts, or into a larger number, which would possibly be desirable. These receipts, by a system of mutual agreement between all the projected railway companies, to which those finished might, advantageously to themselves, be added, would be receivable, those of each company by all the rest, to an amount to be fixed by common consent, and exchangeable at a central bank in London or elsewhere, which would exer cise functions analagous to those in operation at the bankers' clearing- house in Lombard-street." Such is the ingenious plan by which it is proposed to make the new railways pay for their own construction, without disturbing the currency of the country. The re maining articles of the Magazine are of average quality. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK. No. XIL This number brings the Table-Book to a conclusion, and, when bound up, it will form the most mirthful of the comic annuals. We were rejoiced to read the an nouncement, at the conclusion of the work, that such had been the success of the Table-Book, that on the Ist of January Mr. G. Cruikshank would commence a new work, to be called Our Own Times. SPURTING REVIEW. The illustrations to the Sporting Review are an en graving by Hacker, from Bateman 's beautiful picture, " Gone to Ground," which was exhibited in May last at the Royal Academy's exhibition, and " Freshwater Fare," a picture of some splendid perch, painted by Niemann, and engraved by J. Wesley. One of the most remarkable among the papers in this number, is that entitled " A few Observations on the Arguments of the Game-law Repealers;" which the author, while pro fessing to answer the arguments of the repealers, takes no notice whatever of the grand argument on which the others all rest, but taking it for granted that game is property, argues that it ought to be protected by law in the same manner as all other property. Now, this is a mere begging the question. The contention on the p n art of the repealers is, that ga me is not, properly speakig, property ; and we should certainly be glad to learn why hares, pheasants, and partridges, should be considered as property, when thrushes, blackbirds, and sparrows are not. (Signed) ABEL .S.RDEEN. () THE SLAVE TRADE. (From the Gazette of last Nig ht.) JOINT DECLARATION made on the part of Great Britain and France, in pursuance of the Seventh Article of the Convention of May 29 , for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Whereas his Majesty the King of the French has caused notification to be made to her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, that the French squadron to be sent to the coa st of Africa, in pursuanc of the Convention between their said Majesties, signed at London on the 29th of May, 1845, will be ready to commence operations on that coast by the 15th of the present month of December. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Chargé d'Affaires of his Majesty the King of the French at the Court of London, being furnished with the necessary powers, do, in conformity with the provisions of the 7th Article of the said Convention, by this joint declara tion, make known that the measures to be adopted in virtue of the said Convention are about to be carried into execution at the time mentioned in the said notification ; and that, in consequence thereof, on the Gth day of March, 1816, being three months from the date of this joint decla ration, the warrants that have been iesued in pursuance of the Conventions of 1831 and 1833, to the cruisers of the two rations, for the mutual exercise of the right of search, are to be respectively delivered up. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the pre sent joint declaration, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done in duplicate, at London, the 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. AN AVALANCHE.—We lately mentioned that an accident had taken place on the: St. Bernard, by which the lives of one of the monks, and three domestics attached to the hospital, were sacrificed. The latter were inhabitants of the Valais; and the former was M. Cart, canon of Sal lanches, in Faucigny. The accident arose from an enormous avalanche from Mont Mort, to the east of the Hospital. It was in contemplation to trace out the road along the Combe, on the side of the valley, and Canon Cart, who was known to be bold, robust, and the most intrepid among the brethren in braving storms, went to direct the operation, as several tra vellers were expected on that day ; he and his three com panions were thus cut off, while in the performance of an act of hospitality and charity.—Galignani. 4eeei v ' k i e v : a — ci • • ths ' ja ewi a SI D i git 'lid obi ld eithe r f 1 ' w th os as t e of 't 15 3 7 th 'l.° Oril , ;ualh et , • Uri not be N Af ter t th eft. e O ,Cf er th, t •-4 t h r t t ,Vese 6 t ho a l . Ite e. P th Show t Ptx Xri el ° l 4 4l t 5 4 44 % 4 'as; 4 ` , th e nest It 6. did of Ti tch.. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1845. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held (pur suant to adjournment from Thursday last) for the dis patch of business. It will be remembered that, at the last meeting of the Court, a discussion arose on the question of affixing the hospital seals to certain docquets returned to the Court in the regular course through the City:Chamberlain; and the Court was adjourned'on that discussion to this day, in order to afford time for coun sc l's opinion to be taken on the point at issue. The Lord Mayor entered the Council Chamber, and took 016 chair precisely at one o'clock, when The TOWN CLERK proceeded to read the docquets in question. Mr. LOTT rose and claimed the attention of the Court for a few moments. He begged to state that the Committee, of which he had the honour of being chair man, and to which this question has been referred, had sat and given the closest and most careful consideration to this most important subject. Time had not allowed the Committee to prepare a formal report, but he would, with the permission of the Cola, take the liberty of reading a resolution which had been adopted by the Committee. It was as follows :—" The Committee re commend to the Court that, under the special circum stances of the case, the fixing the seals to the docquets in question be delayed for the present, the Committee not having yet received a satisfactory legal opinion on the question." Under such circumstances he hoped the sub ject would be deferred, and the Court would now pro ceed with the other business of the day. The LORD MAYOR intimated that the sealing could not, according to the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment, be postponed. The RECORDER expressed a hope that the Court would forgive him if he reminded them that its inte rests might be materially involved, and its cause much damaged, if a certain course were not pursued in refe rence to this very important matter. Mr. PRENDERGAST rose to order. The Court hal delegate d an authority to the Committee to obtain certain legal opinions, and having:so obtained them, to make such a report as to them should deem fit. Ho (Mr. Prendergast) objected to one of the counsel who might have been consulted, now getting up to state that which ought to come from the Committee itself. Mr. LAMBERT JONES submitted that the last speaker was himself out of order. The motion before the Court was, that the seal be affixed to the documents, and he begged to ask the Recorder whether he had not been in consultation with the Attorney and Solicitor-General on the subject, and whether they did not agree that, under all the circumstances, the seal ought to be affixed with out prejudice to the matter at issue. The LORD MAYOR said he must prevent Mr. Prender gast from entering into an argument upon the question when speaking to order. As this was a legal matter, he (the Lord Mayor) should act on the advice given to him by the Recorder. Mr. LAWRENCE thought the Chairman of the Com mittee should go further than the verbal report he had just made, and should state to the Court what was the nature of the legal opinions which the Committee bad received. It was for the Court, and not for the Com mittee to decide, what was or what was not a satisfac tory legal opinion. The LORD MAYOR said he should rather ask the Re corder for his opinion on the subject. The Recorder had been consulted by the Committee, and on his opinion he (the Lord Mayor) should act. The RECORDER stated that, under the bye-laws, the opinions of the Recorder and the Common Sergeant were ordered to be taken, together with those of other counsel, on all legal matters relating to the Corporation, and therefore it was iu his capacity of Recorder, and not as counsel, that he had been consulted. In consequence of what passed at the last Court, the City Solicitor had furnished counsel as well as him (the Recorder) with further questions on the point which appeared to the City Solicitor to demand an immediate reply. Those questions had been considered, and he (the Recorder) now waited the commands of the Lord Mayor and of this Court to state the opinions of counsel on the questions and case which he now held in his hand. After some further discussion on this point, Mr. Alderman HUGHES submitted, that as counsel's opinion had been taken, it was too much to say that it should be withheld from the Court. He therefore re peated his amendment that the opinions be now read. Mr. LAWRENCE seconded the amendment. Mr. LOTT requested the case submitted to counsel might be read, as well as the opinions founded upon it. The LORD MAYOR said most certainly. Both ought to be read. The RECORDER said the Court would, perhaps, permit him to observe, that although he was aware that it was ready and willing to give the utmost publicity to its pro ceedings, still it would be somewhat too much to ex pect that they should promulgate the opinions of their counsel in the presence of their antagonists. He there fore submitted for the consideration of the Court, whether, as a matter of prudence, the Court ought not to be cleared ? Mr. HARRISON—I observe strangers present. On this strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Court remained in discussion with closed doors for up wards of an hour and a quarter. We understand that after reading the opinion of Counsel, which was to the effect that the question at issue believed the Corporation and Christ's Hospital would not be prejudiced by the affixing the :seals to the documents already before the Court, a motion was made that " the seals be now affixed." On this motion a division took place, when the numbers appeared—For the motion, 57 ; against it, 26. Majority, 31. The Court was then re-opened to the public. UNLICENSED CARMEN. The CHAMBERLAIN said a circumstance had recently occurred which he had mentioned to the Lord Mayor, and which his Lordship thought that he (the Chamber lain) ought to bring under the notice of the Court. It appeared that an action had been brought in the Lord Mayor's Court in his (the Chamberlain's) name against a carman, to recover a penalty of 51. for pursuing his calling within the City without being duly licensed. He (the Chamberlain) had investigated the case, and had found that no blame whatever was attached to any per son in that particular transaction, for that a custom prevailed in the Lord Mayor's Court by which any com mon informer could sue for penalties in the name of the Chamberlain, without his leave, license, or authority. It had occurred to him that such a state of things, if they 'were not put a stop to, ought at least to be in quired into, and with deference, he would suggest, that this, his communication, should be referred to the Com mittee for General Purposes, for them to inquire into and report upon the same, and thereby relieve him of a very great responsibility.—(Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. D. W. WIRE, seconded by Mr. R. TAYLOR, the motion was referred to the Committee for General Purposes. CITY ALTERATIONS. —CLERK OF THE WORKS. Mr. R. TAYLOR drew the attention of the Court to the resolution' passed in 1837, requiring the Clerk of the Works to report to the first Court held after the 25th of March to 29th of September, in each year, the return, if any, of works performed at the Mansion-house, Guildhall, the City Prison, with the expenses thereof ; and, se condly, that no alterations or repairs ibe undertaken by the Clerk of the Works, until an estimate of the ex penses thereof had been reported to, and sanctioned by, this Court. Notwithstanding these orders, certain alte rations were now p r oceeding, at a cost, he understood , o f between 3,000/. and 4,0001., on the Giltspur-street Compter, without any estimate having been reported to, or sanctioned by, the Court of Common Council. The outlay was the more surprising, because the Court of Aldermen had already reported that the Giltspur-street Compter was unfit for a correctional prison. Under these circumstances, he now moved that the Clerk of the Works be called up and interrogated as to the authority under which he was proceeding. Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion, and after some conversation the Clerk of the Works appeared at the table, and in answer to questions put by Mr. Taylor, and other members of the Court, stated that he had pro ceeded with the works at the Compter under the autho rity of the Court of Aldermen, and that the expenditure thereon would be reported to the Court in his annual reports. After some further conversation, Mr. R. Taylor ex pressed his intention to bring the subject under the con sideration of the next Court, and the matter dropped for the present. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COURT. Mr. EDKINS brought up the report of a Committee to whom had been referred the consideration of the resolu tion of the Court passed the 14th of January, 1716, as to the qualification of members of the Court, and to re port in what way the resolution could be altered and amended. The report stated that the resolution in question provided that no person should be capable of filling the office of Common Councilman who at the time of his election was not a householder within the ward for which he was chosen. The charter of Edward 111. em powered the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, to pro vide a remedy for every custom or usage of the City that might in practice be found to be defective. The report went on to state; that no doubt existed as to the true de finition of the term "householder." The Committee were of opinion that a declaratory Bill removing such doubts, and stating that by the laws, usages, and customs of the City, every freeman occupying a house, summon able on juries, and paying scot and bearing lot, should be eligible to the office of Common Councilman, be brought in to this Court. Mr. Edkins concluded by moving, That the Court do agree with the Committee in their report." Mr. ANDERTON hoped that the Bill would be brought in without delay, and come in force before next St. Thomas' -day. Mr. R. TAYLOR suggested that it would be better to refer the matter back to the Committee, with instructions to prepare and bring in the Bill. Mr. DR JERSEY said the subject was too important to be hurried over in a post-haste manner. The report ought to be printed, and its further consideration ad journed. as it would be impossible to pre- Mr. EDKINS sa id, pare the Bill before St. Thomas'-day, he would acquiesce in Mr. De Jersey's suggestion. The report was accordingly ordered to be printed and sent to every member of the Court, and its further con sideration was adjourned. The election of an under-beadle for the coal-market was proceeded with. For the office there were three candidates, but the choice fell on Mr. Joseph Stacey by a large majority. Some routine business was then disposed of, and t h e Court adjourned. DISCOVERY OF IRON IN WESTINIORELAND.—A seam of iron ore, about seven yards in thickness, has been dis covered, by an influential company in Newcastle, at Stain more Fells, Westmoreland. The deep rocky channel in which it was found, extends along a ridge of mountains east ward for some milts. The quality of the ore has been tested, and proved to be of the most ductile description. A stratum of hard limestone rock, nearly five feet thick, lays between the soil and the ore. The projected York and Carlisle and Lancaster and Newcastle lines both pass within a very short distance. — Carlisle Journal. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE• In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the twenty fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of his pre sent Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making' out writs for the election of Members to serve in Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned, and for substituting other provisions for the like purposes:" I do hereby give notice, that it bath been certi fied to me in writing, under the hands of two Members serving in this present Parliament, that the Hon. James Walter Grimston, commonly called Lord Grimston, late a Member serving in this present Parliament for the county of Hertford, is become a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of summons bath been issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to summon him to Parliament, and that I shall isue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make wit a new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said county, in the room of the said Honourable James Walter Grimston, commonly called Lord Grinistcn, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a s writ of summons bath been issued as afore said, at the end of fourteen days after the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette. Given under my band the 6th day of December. 1845. CHARLES SHAW Li:FEVRE, Speaker. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6, 1545. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Blungall Simpson to the church and parish of Stranraer, iu the presbyter) , of Stranraer and county of Wigtown, vacant by the death of the Rev. David Wilson, WHITEHALL, DEe. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Francis Lord Polwanh to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Selkirk, in the room of Henry James Lord Mon tagu, deceased, WHITEHALL, DEC. 9. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Charles Thynne, Clerk, M.A. (commonly called Lord Charles Thynne), the place and dignity of a Canon of the metropolitical church of Canterbury, void by the cession of the Rev. John Peel, late Canon thereof. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 9. lOth Regiment of Foot—R. H. Travers, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Curry, who retires, Dec. 9. 41st Foot—Ensign J. G. Egginton, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arkwright, who retires, Dec, 9. 45th Foot—A. Smyth, Gent., to be Fnsign, by purchase, vice Egginton, promoted in the 41st Foot, Dec. 9. 65th Foot—Lieut. H. P. Turner, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, vice Nicolls, appointed Pay master of the 2d Foot ; Gentleman Cadet E. B. Hart, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turner, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, Dec. 9. 90th Foot—Lieutenant P. O'Gorman, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Evatt, who exchanges, Dec. 9. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant G. C. Urmston, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Suckling, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment; Ensign H. L. Cafe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Urmston, who retires; W. N. Watts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cafe, Dec. 9. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant 11. A. Evatt, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Gorman, who exchanges, Dec. 9. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign H. F. Turner, from the 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice C. B. Crause, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-mar tial, Dec. 8. HOSPITAL STAFF.—TO be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—J. A. Wishart, M.D. ; G. F. Bale, M.D. ; A. G. Montgomery, Gent., Dec. 9. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8. With reference to the Gazette of the 28th ultimo, the fol lowing Naval Promotions have taken place : Acting Captain Henry Lyster, her Majesty's ship Agincourt, to be confirmed. Commander Edward Gennys Fanshawe, her Majesty's sloop . . - Cruizer, to be Captain. Lieutenant George Morritt, her Majesty's ship Vestal, to be Commander. Acting Lieutenant Marcus Lowther, her Majesty's ship Agincourt, to be confirmed. Charles Nolloth, Mate, her Majesty's ship aedalus, to be Lieutenant. Philip 'William May, Mate, her Majesty's ship Agincourt, to be Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland Militia—Captain Frampton (late of the Rifle Brigade) to be Adjutant, Nov. 25. COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. Office, 12, Abingdon-street. The Lord Chancellor was pleased, on :the 26th ultimo, to appoint William George Campbell, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister- at-Law, one of the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Act Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 100, in the place of John Hancock Hall, Esq.. deceased. By order, R. W. S. LUTWIDGE, Secretary. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Samuel Thomas, bullion merchant, Cornhill. BANKRUPTS. Robert Watson Sheppard, innkeeper, Ensham, Oxfordshire, to surrender Dec. 19 and Jan. 16, at half- past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, BaSinghall-street ; Pownall and Cross, Staple Inn ; Walsh, Oxford. Charles Kendal Luce, tailor, Southampton, Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court of B a nkruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; do . nbe, Staple Inn. Henry Gamble, grocer, Grimstone, Norfolk, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary-Axe. Thomas Ratnett, tailor, Cambridge, Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, I3asinghall-street ; Wilkin, Furnival's Inn ; Hunt, Cambridge. John Poulton, jun., straw hat manufacturer, Luton, Bed fordshire' Dec. 17, at twelve, and Jan. 16 , at twelve , a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury ; Dynes, Lincolns Inn-fields ; Warring, Luton. Arthur Soutlicombe Tucker and George Muriel Bidwell, grocers, Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, Dec. 17 and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as signee, Aldermanbury ; Knight, Basinghall street; Cook and Sanders, New Inn, Strand. John Dyer Williams, blacking manufacturer, Newcastle street, Farringdon-street, Dec. 19, at two, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official as signee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Austin, St. Swithin's lane. Thomas Mortimer, victualler, East-lane, Walworth, Dec. 16, at eleven, and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Coleman street ; Ilarpur, Kennington-cross. Thomas Mager, poulterer, Holborn-hill, D e c. 17 and Jan. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street; Kiss and Son, Fenchurch- street. Robert George Spedding, zinc-manufacturer, Queen-street, Cheapside, Dec. 16, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus. William Lewis, tobacconist, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Dec. 22 and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds • Sudlow and C o Chancery-lane, L o ndon ; Middleton, Leeds. Frederick Samford, linendraper, Manchester, Dec. 23 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Reid, Bread-street, Cheapside, London; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles Iles, grocer, Bristol, Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Official assignee, Bristol; Hudson, Bloomsbury-square, London ; Hopkins, Bristol. John Pope, lime-burner, Ashley-down, Gloucestershire, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Official assignee, Bristol; Hudson, Bloomsbury square, London ; Hopkins, Bristol. William Ockleston, hide merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 19 and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Norris, Liverpool. Theodore Friedlanskey, chandler, Birmingham, Dec. 23 and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Corser, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. C. Petrie, miller, Bedlington—third div. of sd. in the pound (in addition to Is. 2d. previously declared), any Sa turday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon - Ty ne. J. and E. Fisher, wine dealers, blaghull—first div. of 3a. 10d. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDEND. J. Bryan, chemist, Bristol, Jan. 2, at eleven, at the Bris tol District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Breakenridge, tailor, Liverpool, Dec. Hodgson, brick maker, Thornton, Yorkshire, Jan. s—S. Davies, coal merchant, Somerset-wharf, Bankside, Dec 30. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVER J. Percivall and A. Clarke, accountants, Birmingham—J. Potter and G. Harrison, sharebrokers, Leeds—ll. Hickman and W. Croft, joiners, Rock-ferry, Cheshire —D. Dudman and J. Kemp, licensed victuallers;.Red Lion-street, Holborn— W. Taunton and J. Adams, appraisers, Coventry—W. H. P. Blackburn and J. Lee, stockbrokers, Leeds—J. Brown, T. Brown, W. Brown J. Whitehead, and J. Crave n, flax-spin ners, Holbeck, Yorkshire—E. Jeffery, R. Jeffery, and T. Jeffery, Puckington (so far as regards T. Jeffery)—T. Holtby and J. Barnes, horse-breakers, York—W. Prichard, sen., and L. Williams, wharfingers, Cardiff—B. Jones and J. Brown, bonded-store merchants, Cardiff. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James and William White and Company, cotton-yarn mer chants, Glasgow, Dec. 12 and Jan. 2, at one, at the office of Messrs. Knox and Finlay, Glasgow. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 9.) SuGAR.—To-day there was little desire shown to purchase West India Muscovado for the scale or pan, although mer chants were inclined to sell, and submitted to a reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d and is pe cwt. The market is better supplied, especially with brown and common yellow qualities ; the private sales amounted to only 160 hhds and tierces. At auction 100 lads of Barbadoes went rather cheaper. REFINED.—To - day a fair quantity of Refined Sugar was taken for home consumption, but lower rates were accepted, brown grocery lumps selling at G3s 6d to 645, and standard lumps 65s 6d. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there was very little business transacted, but prices at present cannot be fur- ther reduced. MAntinus.—This afternoon none was offered at auction, and the few parcels sold privately were at easier rates. A vessel has arrived off the coast from the Mauritius, with 5,000 bags of new Sugar. EAST INDlA.—'Phis afternoon there was little desire shown to purchase Bengal Sugar; three parcels, amounting to 3,407 bags, were brought to public sale, and a small part only sold, at a decline on former rates of fully ls. FORElGN.—Although there are sellers of white Brazil, at a further decline in prices, stil l the business transacted pri vately has been limited, and confined to a floating cargo of Bahia for Trieste at 25s 3d, and a small parcel of brown,ehiefly for refining here under bond at 19s to 23s per cwt. Yellow Havannah is offered upon lower terms. White is heavy of sale. In other kinds very little business has been transacted. Fnurr.—This afternoon, at public sale, 2,161 pkgs Imperial French Plums were offered, and chiefly. sold at following rates, viz., 4115 s to Si 15 s , ca rtoons 41 16s to 9/ 2s, 1 /1 3 boxes boxes 4/ ls, 1-16 ditto 4111 s, and _butts 515 s to Si G s . 4,140 drums of Turkey Figs, tine 65s to 70s, good 50s to 60s, midd ling 456 to 495, low and very low 35s to 41s. 334 boxes Eleine Raisins, 38s. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was purchased with caution by private treaty, and 488 per cwt is the nearest pica for good ordinary ; none has been offered at auction. Other kinds met with little attention privately; at auction 246 l.ags Costa Rica were, however, sold at good market rates, and went at 608 for fine fine ordina r y palish blue, and at 49s 6a to 52 s 6 d for fine ordinary q ua lity. TEA.—Although all descriptions of Congou are offered at lower rates, still the town and country trade operate with caution and continue to take only sufficient for the supply of their immediate wants. Pouchong has slightly declined in value, and the trade have operated with MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. caution at 4tl to 3d for common, and at 6d to 9d for middling CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. 't to good. Twankay is little wanted, and easier rates are taken. Isfyson has been purchased with caution, although TRIES.—A rumour was very current on 'Change there are sellers upon low terms. this afternoon'that a reduction will shortly take place in Seams.—This afternoon Cassia Lignea met with little the rate of discounts by the Bank directors. The de attention, and 100 boxes at auction went is to 2s per cwt termination on the part of these authorities to such a cheaper, fine middling thin quill selling at 67s 6d, middling step is said to be the result of a recent interview with 60s, good ordinary coarse 555, mouldy 55s 6d, stained by cock- the officials at the Treasury. Whether this is to ease roaches 54s Gd, loose and broken 555, sea damaged 51s. 111 the money-market consequent upon the anticipated cases of Bengal Ginger were taken in at 28s for rather small p_ressure by the railway movement has not transpired. scraped ; and four packages Jamaica at 65s for middling quality. `.sre only give it as a rumour, without in the least de- SPIRITS.—To-day importers of Leeward Island Rum were siring to vouch its authenticity. As the time approaches inclined to realise, and submitted to the reduced rates of 2s for the meeting of Parliament, to be followed shortly to 2s 0 1 / 2 ,d for proof; but upon these terms a fair business after by the lodgment with the Accountant- General of was transacted. Calcutta has declined to 2s, proof with car- the railway deposits, the subject seems to be viewed with tificate, and at which there are not many buyers. Holders increasing anxiety in the City. Owing to the very large of Jamaica show less firmness, and there are few buyers to be amount of these deposits, rendered evident by the im met with ; prices rule from 3s 4d to ss, according to quality sense number of plans deposited, under the standing and strength. order, with the Board of Trade, the payment of the COCOA.—The limited business transacted in British Plan- . • • • mone!, in the manner prescribed by the Act of Parha tation privately has been at rather lower rates. Foreign is ment has become a matter of extreme difficulty, or, to little wanted—and 444 bags Para at auction were all taken in at 34s for good middling q ua lity, being rather under speak more correctly, an utter impossibility. Fortu- former rates. nately it is one which will be fully comprehended by Hops.—The purchases made have been trifling, although the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, wh ose there are sellers upon rather lower terms, and the market is experience in financial affairs is among the most better supplied. At the 'Worcester market, fine new Hops matured in the country, and his ready co-operation in met with a free sale a t stiff er ra t es , and the supply is small, any safe plan that may be devised cannot be doubted, but yearlings and old hops have been purchased with caution, though it is right at the same time to mention that and rather lower prices are accepted. some of the best heads in the City are at fault in the SALTPETRE.-Tim market presented a dull appearance for Rough, and the limited business trans ac t e d p r i va tely w as at consideration of some practicable mode by which the • - in rather lower rates; low Calcutta selling at 25s to 25s 6d, and crisis la to be rest. The mode of dealing in the first middling to fine 26s to 2Sis. For English Refined 30s 6d to stance with their deposits by the various railway com 31s per cwt are the rates asked; but the demand has fallen panics has been either to place the money for temporary off. Nitrate of Soda is dull of sale at 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. investment in stock, or in Exchequer-bills, or, in a much On-s.—lmporters of Cod Oil are still desirous to realise, greater 'proportion than either, to lend it "at call," and accepted further reduced rates. Seal has further declined which means at a lower rate of interest than is currently in value, and buyers have been tempted to take several par- paid, in order to retain the power of claiming repay • eels. Southern met with more attention, and the small supply at merit, when wanted, at a few days' notice only. The market has compelled buyers to pay stiffer rates. Sperm bankers and dealers in money who accept in the manner is offered at lower rates, still few bayera are to be met with. last described the loan of these deposits, must of neces- Cocoa Nut is not much wanted, and easier rates are taken. Palm is not much in demand, but fine is held for 31s, and sity lend it out again to secure any profit by the trans other sorts at 27s to 30s. Rape Seed Oil has been purchased action, and as they also must curtail the periods of lend here with caution, and quotations are not so firm. Olive has ing as much as possible, a period is near at hand when been only in limited request. Linseed Oil is attracting atten- so much cash or bank• notes will be in requisition that tion, and prices rule firm. the whole of the Bank circulation cannot supply them, TaLeow.—A reduction on previous rates of 3d to Gd per and the ordinary transactions of the country must for a cwt having been submitted to for Russian on the spot, caused short time be suspended. The whole difficulty arises, of the trade to come forward with increased freedom, and they course, as already intimated, from the magnitude of the have purchased extensively. For January, February, and payments, for, as the law now stands, the Accountant- March prices have fallen to 42s to 42s 6d, but upon these General has no option but to require payment in money, terms several contracts are entered into. Home made has and though by a subsequent application of the parties it been in excellent request at 42s to 42s 6d nett cash, and the may be invested in any way they may desire, an in supply does not accumulate. terval must unavoidably occur, during which the money would be entirely out of circulation, and a sort of com mercial paralysis become the inevitable consequence. Hence the remedy whatever it may be must be essen tially one which contrives to spread these payments over such. a period of time as to prevent this strain on the cir culation, which is looked at with such general alarm in the City; and yet it might be so contrived also as to pre vent railway companies of doubtful character from de feating that beneficial provision of the Legislature which prescribes the deposit of a certain portion of the capital as one main test of respectability and solidity. The con tingency is one of so extraordinary a kind as only to be met by measures out of the ordinary course. The Bank directors, it is understood, have received applications for their advice and assistance in the matter, and have had some long deliberations respecting it, but the law is so precise by which the payments to the Accountant- General are regulated, that, as it is also understood, they have been unable to devise any plan which will avoid that abstraction of the circulation which is the great evil now to be contended with. There seems nothing left, therefore, but to take measures, immediately on the assembling of Parliament, for suspend ing the operation of that law by the intro duction of a new Bill for the regulation of railway payments. This enactment might simply provide that, instead of making the whole of the railway deposits, as at present required, within one fortnight after the meet ing of Parliament, the parties should be required only to do so on a report from the Board of Trade that in all other respeCts they were qualified to go before Parliament: and as only a few of the companies could be in this posi tion at the same time, the deposits would be regularly made in succession, and invested without the least dis turbance to the circulation. The chief objection to such a course is obviously this—that it would enable such of the companies as were in reality not provided with the means of making the payments as directed by the Act to maintain a respectable appearance to their share holders and the public for a longer time than could otherwise be permitted; but this difficulty might be met by requiring them at the outset of the examinations to put in the certificates of the bankers and others with whom their deposits had been placed, stating the re spective amounts so held, which could be accomplished at a moderate cost of time and trouble, and effectu ally prevent any undue keeping up of false pretences. By the various lists which have appeared of railway companies whose plans were, in compliance with the standing order, lodged at the Board of Trade on the 30th ult., they are not less than 700 in number, probably much more. Now, taking the deposit of each at 50,000/.—a very low average indeed—the total would extend to 35,000,0001., of which the spare circulation held disposable by the Bank of England, according to the last return, would not furnish one-fifth part. Thus a necessity for some action on the part of the Govern ment could not be more clearly demonstrable. Tho mode above pointed out may not be exactly that to satisfy the official scruples of a Chancellor of the Ex chequer, but the alternative is one which he ought not to contemplate without dismay. It follows, then, that he must do something, and that he ought not to lose a moment in quieting the apprehensions of the monetary interest on this momentous question, by intimating to them the measures which he proposes to adopt or to re commend for adoption. Since the above was written we have been informed, on good authority, that the Speaker of the House of Commons has, after consulting with the Attorney-General, resolved to grant orders for the payment of the sum required from railway companies by the standing orders of the House, by three, four, or five instalments, as the parties applying may wish. This the Speaker will do by specifying in the order the number of instalments. CHRONICLE.—Some of the railway companies who were unable to deposit their plans, sections, and books of reference with the Board of Trade and the clerks of the peace on the 30th of November, have made demands upon allottees to pay 25., others 2s. 6d. per share, with an intimation that the demand is made for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred, and that on pay ment of the sums asked the parties concerned will be released from all further claim on the part of the com pany. This seems fair enough, and is in accordance with the course we have urged upon the provisional committees of projects so circumstanced. But the question arises whether the promoters of these schemes have ,intimated to those who have paid their deposits, their readiness to return the amounts paid under de duction of the costs incurred? This is a material point for the consideration of those concerned. The pro moters of bond fide schemes stopped by the panic will, no doubt, return the deposits paid, less the actual expenses incurred, and claim an adequate payment from those allottees who failed to pay their deposits. By adopting that mode of procedure, and stating their determination clearly, much evil might be avoided. But some com panies have refused to return the deposits paid, or to issue scrip, or allow the subscribers' contract to be signed. They avow that they do not intend to proceed with the intended projects, and at the same time appear resolved to keep the money. This shameful conduct has been exposed by some of their victims at the Mansion house, and calls for general animadversion. We trust that it will induce the numerous names of undoubted character, connected with abortive projects, to use their utmost endeavours to get their accounts wound up, and a proper balance-sheet submitted to the shareholders. It is not enough, as we have previously observed, for the promoters of unsuccessful schemes to claim a given amount for expenses. They ought to deal openly and candidly with the shareholders ; show them how much was paid, and what portion of it was expended. They should make a clean breast of it. They should show distinctly what they have done with the money com mitted to their hands, as well as the use which they intend to make of any further payments that may he asked by them. THE CORN-LAWS. The following address has been issued to the inhabi tants of Taunton and its ♦icinity:— Fellow-townsmen and neighbours,—A long interval has elapsed since I addressed you on the subject of the corn-laws. The reason is obvious. It is not that I have felt less forcibly the necessity of their entire repeal, it is because an interlude of abundant harvests had for a time mitigated the mischiefs of . these laws, and neutralised your energies. Any attempt to arouse public feeling, during such a period of careless though evanescent repose would have availed little. I then " have bided my time" for a renewal of those humble efforts which I have the consolation to believe have not been with out their influence. That time is now come, and I feel I should be culpable were I any longer to remain inactive and silent. A bounteous Providence, whose merciful de signs our insane laws have outraged, has given yet ano their reproof-fill warning. One great means of sustenance has greatly and mysteriously failed, another is deficient. Our corn-laws have thrown us on our own resources, and the cer tain and oft-told consequences have already begun, commerce languishes, short-time-working has commenced in the ma nufacturing districts, the money market is deranged, war threatens where peace would have prevailed. Ireland already calls for more food, want of employment, and other the sad consequences of dear food produced by artificial scarcity are impending over us; in short, bad times appear to be coining. Let us not deceive ourselves by the moderate price of po tatoes. Growers are anxious to sell because their potatoes will not keep. Instead of husbanding our food against a day of need we are compelled to verify the reckless and impro • vident saying, " Let us eat and drink for to-morrow we die." I shall take an early opportunity of enabling you to ex press your reprobation of these impolitic laws, by sending a requisition to the Bailiffs to convene a public meeting, and I now publish my intention that people may have time to think. I appeal to you for support; indeed, I anticipate a larger amount of it than ever, for the Whig leader (Lord J. Russell) has at last discovered and declared his error, in having clung to " fixed duty." We know that the perceptive powers and declarations of certain political leaders have a miraculous influence in sharpening the wits of their followers. Again, the Conservative Premier himself, the farmers' friend, is apparently anxious to hear the country call aloud, " Away, and for ever, with these oppressive and inhuman laws which restrict the supply of food in the face of an increasing popu lation." More than all, a merciful Creator seems to say in unmistakeable language, " Tempt me no longer by wickedly continuing to war against my bounty." The time is favour able fur an expression of opinion—Government is vacillating and inconsistent. Let us rally, then, round the standard of justice and right. Let us demand open ports and the un conditional and immediate extinction of a tax which is suicidal of the best interests of its infatuated supporters, and cruelly oppressive to the great body of the people. Let us have the satisfaction of feeling that we have done our duty, come what may. Tour faithful servant, W. BEADON. Dated No. 1, Crescent, Taunton, Nov. 29, 1845. • See Lord John Russell's letter in the Chronicle of the 26th• The following address has also been circulated to the bailiffs of the borough of Taunton:— Caine House, Dec. 5, 1845 Gentlemen,—l understand that it is intended to invite you to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of Taunton, to con sider the subject of the corn• law, and as I am afraid that it will not be in my power to attend it, I address you for the purpose of conveying my opinions to my constituents. For many years, both in office and as an independent Mem ber of Parliament, I have opposed the laws which have regu lated the admission of foreign corn into this country. It ap peared to me that the principle of the sliding-scale on which they were founded was fraught with delusion to the landed interest which it professed to favour, while from its anti-com mercial character it was most injurious to the community at large. If a trade which is indispensable to the subsistence of the people is rendered by legislation expensive, hazardous,and uncertain, it is clear that all this additional peril and vexa tion must on the long run be paid for by the people them selves. But we were assured that the scale had at last been so skilfully constructed that it could never exclude the adequate supply of foreign corn when it was really wanted. The circumstances of the present season furnish an addi tional proof of the futility and mischief of all these contri vances to supersede the steady and equable provision for our wants which commerce when left to her own free action can alone suitably afford to us. Wheat of a good quality is selling at Mark-lane at above 70 shillings a quarter. Scarcity is apprehended. Foreign nations are drawing their supplies from our warehouses. But the operation of the averages has been such that bonded grain is excluded from our markets by a prohibitory duty. In desiring the repeal of the existing law, I wished that a moderate fixed duty should be substituted for it, as the sys tem upon which, under all the circumstances, I thought it expedient that the corn trade should for some time be con ducted. I will not trouble you with all the arguments which induced me to prefer this course. It seemed to me to be most in accordance with that prudence and circumspection which become statesmen and Parliaments when dealing with questions which affect the gravest interests and excite the strongest passions of multitudes. It was certainly recom mended by the writers whose names carry with them the greatest weight of authority. I believe that it was adopted by most mercantile men, as distinguished from manufac turers, who for the most part desired that all duty should at once cease ; and also by a very respectable minority among those connected with the landed interest itself. I thought I saw in all this the materials for a fair and stable compromise. But the progress of events has rapidly diminished, and at last extinguished, all chance of any such arrangement. It was strenuously opposed by the great body of the agricultu rists and by the Ministers of the Crown whom they had placed in office. Indeed the latter used every means in their power to discredit it, and to prevent any choice being offered to the country, except between a law like the present one and total repeal, and their efforts have been attended with success. Now, gentlemen, as I belive this to be the actual condi tion of this question, my choice cannot be doubtful. I see no reason to regret the course which I have pursued. nor have I altered any opinion which I have hitherto entertained; but I am sure that it is now my duty to vote for the absolute re peal of the corn-law. I will add that the circumstances of the season are very favourable to such a change, which would confer great and speedy benefit on the country gene rally, while it could hardly excite the fear of present mis chief among the agriculturists. Gentlemen, I beg that you and all my constituents will have the goodness to excuse this long letter. It will probably save you from the obligation of hearing a longer speech, which, however, would, I know, have been received by you with your accustomed indulgence. I am, gentlemen, your very faithful servant, H. LABOUCH ERE. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WooLwicn, DEC. 9.—The Amphion, 36 guns, building at Woolwich Dockyard, is to be launched on the last day of the present month, December 31. The whole of her 36 guns are to be 32-pounders, and she has been fitted with a screw propeller, as an auxiliary. and on:the same plan as was adopted in fiting screw-propellers to the vessels engaged on the Arctic expedition. She will be masted and fitted in every respect the same as other frigates, for the combined advantages of sailing and steaming, or on either plan, according to circumstances. The Terrible, steam-frigate, commissioned by Captain Ramsay, is to have a crew of 240 men. The slides for her guns have been all put on board, and her arma ment will consist of eight 8-inch, or 68-pounder guns, eight long 56-pounder guns, Monk's pattern, four 32- pounders, and two 24-pounder guns. This powerful steamer has been constructed on Mr. Lang's principle, and her engines, of 800 horse power, have been fitted by Maudslay, Field, ane Son ; she will be ready to be taken out of the basin in about a week, and make her experimental trip to try her engines and speed in about a fortnight from this time. Some idea may be formed of the size of the engines of this splendid vessel, when it is stated that the Retribution, a steam frigate of 800-horse power, has had seven engineers, five engineer apprentices, and 36 stokers, making in all forty-eight persons, employed in worki n g the en gines. The importance of having intelligeonotfatnhde able engineers to manage vessels of the mag n tribution and Terrible, renders it desirable tu that the first engineers of frigates of that class should be made com missioned officers, to place them in more direct commu nications with their captains or commanders than at present; the rank of the first engineer now being a warrant-officer, under the gunner, boatswain, and car penter. The appointment of first-en g ineers to commis sions in first - c l ass steam-frigates, would elevate th a t hran branch of the service, and induce scientific persons to remain in the Royal Navy, notwithstanding the exertions of foreign Powers and States to induce them to leave her Majesty s service, by holding out p rom i ses o f greater ' advantages and rank in their employment. The Baretto Junior left her moorings off the Royal Arsenal, and was towed down the river by the Monkey steam-vessel, Mr. William Bryant, master. The Ba retto Junior has 200 convicts on board, and a guard of the 20th Regiment of Foot, for Bermuda, and it is ex pected she will return with about 150 convicts from that place, whose periods of transportation has expired, or been commuted to five years and lesser periods, in con sequence of their good conduct. the China hired convict-ship dropped down from Deptford yesterday, to moorings off the Royal Arsenal, to take on board convicts fcr Norfolk Island. It is said that 800 convicts altogether will leave this country be fore the expiration of the present month. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The twenty second anniversary of this excellent institution was celebrated yesterday evening by a grand concert in the theatre of the institution. The proceeds of the concert were announced to be devoted to the purchase of books for the library of the in stitution, the funds applicable for the purpose being, we regret to say, unequal to the demands upon them. The theatre was crowded to excess long before the commence ment of the concert. The principal performers were Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Miss Sabilla Novello, Mrs. Weiss (late Miss Barratt), and Messrs. Allen, Weiss, Phillips, Lazarus, E. Roberts, J. T. Cooper, and the inimitable John Parry. We need not say that their performances were excellent—the list of names is a sufficient guarantee. The encores were numerous; indeed, too much so, and although the concert was in consequence prolonged till a very late hour, no symptoms of weariness or displeasure were manifested by the audience. We hope that the proceeds will be found to be adequate to the demand upon the funds of the institution. THE DEATH OF A LAUDANUM TAKER.—On Tues day morning a great deal of excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Orchard-street, 'Westminster, by the dis covery of a man named William Wren, a carpenter, living at 6, Union-court, in such an insensible state as to leave no doubt that death was fast approaching, and that some poison was the cause of it, as he had been in his usual health on the previous evening. The circumstances, as far as they were stated at the Westminster Hospital, were as follow :—The deceased was in the habit of taking nightly a pennyworth of laudanum for the purpose of obtaining sleep, and on Mon day evening his brother brought him the usual quantity when be went to bed. The next morning (Tuesday) he did not get up at his usual time, and when he was called at the hour of six, he was discovered apparently dead. The most prompt means were instantly taken to convey him to the Westminster Hospital, where he died in an hour and a half after his admission. RARE OCCURRENCE.—Mr. D. Britton, of York House, Brewer's-green,- Westminster, has now two canaries in his possession of last year's breed, which hatched a nest of five young ones a fortnight ago. The birds are now building again. 'What is more extraordinary, both birds are in deep moult. T. PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION.—Mr. residing in the neighbourhood of ---, called on the con stable of police at the DOuglas station, a few mornings since, to say that his coach-house had been broken open one night before, tplal ei rreedf r ot a om n t d . h ae Thess o t t o ,e f foo n nu e snt s s ad - b the heaerwn coach-ho u se , cohn_eh wh ichfu costsmen opene l n t usBtt/a. witho ut tytiol o l r e ue n t. apparent violence), and the harness not there; but on further inspection discovered the poor horse quietly grazing on the lawn, fully harnessed as he was taken from the vehicle the night before.—Cork Reporter. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. B.—The last reports from Cork, Gal way, Londonderry, and some of the midland districts, continue favourable, and the harsh weather of the past ten days appears to have had no injurious influence on the crops, so far as those localities are concerned. The Cork Southern Reporter, in its Corn Circular of Satur day's date, reiterates its opinion, " that no little exag geration existed upon the subject" of the potato panic. From Kerry, however, the accounts are not so satis factory. 'rho Derry Sentinel (Conservative), speaking of the subsidence of the panic in that quarter, observes:— " The weather, during the past week, has been ex ceedingly wet and cold, several showers of hail, rain, and snow having fallen, yet we have heard no complaints about the potatoes; and the general opinion seems to be that the plague is stayed. Whether a scarcity of food may not occur, however, before the crops of the next year come into consumption, it were difficult to say; and every prudent precaution should be adopted to guard against such a contin gency. The lion. the Irish Society have manifested a laudable anxiety in this matter since first the rumour of a failure of the potato crop went abroad, having directed their intelligent and respected agent, Mr. William Green, to inquire into the extent of the evil, and to take what ever measures he should consider advisable to mitigate it; and we have learned, with the utmost gratification, that Mr. Green has just received another communication fr fla the hon. body of which he is the representative, tothe effect that the society is desirous to co-operate, either in a pecuniary way or otherwise, in order to relieve the cala mity which is apprehended in consequence of the partial failure in the potato crop. This is highly creditable to them. It shows that they are mindful of the well-being of their tenantry; and it might be more judicious on the part of the municipal authorities to imitate their example, and consider how a supply of cheap fuel and provisions could be procured for the poorer classes of the community, at this inclement season, than to spend their time in discussing the propriety of imposing an additional tax on their fellow•citizens, in order to keep up their own dignity." The Galway Mercury, says,— " During the present week we have made particular in quiries from several persons in this locality, and gene rally throughout the country, respecting the progress of the potato disease, and we are happy to state that the accounts received by us tend in a great degree to lessen the alarm which was felt for this necessary article of food in Ireland. It is admitted in all quarters that, for the last fortnight, the rot has not spread among the sound potatoes ; and we believe that by good management and care the most part now untouched can be preserved. This is cheering intelligence for the country, though the por tion already damaged is very considerable." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, James Kelly, Esq., M.P., for Limerick, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN apologised for his absence from Con ciliation Hall for some time, and averred that that ab sence was not caused by any apathy in the national cause. The Hon. Gentleman handed in 201. from some parishes in Limerick. Mr. O'CosrszEirx, having handed in a number of re mittances, adverted to a further attack which had been made upon him by the Times " Commis sioner." He was aware it was f oo li s h on hi s part to take any notice of the barking of the cur of the Times, nor would he do so on the present occasion , but for the purpose of returning his thanks to the Even ing Mail and Packet, Conservative journals, for the gentlemanly feeling and disinterestedness which they exhibited towards him. These journals were not only not content with expressing their disbelief of the calum nies heaped upon him, but they actually adduced evi gence in his favour. If the Times were guilty of calum niating him (Mr. O'Connell), he held the Examiner to be still more culpable, for that journal published every lie that was uttered against him, but never gave one word of the contradiction. He (Mr. O'Connell) would not condescend to read a line in the Exa miner during his life unless that journal changed hands. Mr. O'Connell having entered into some details for the purpose of showing that the Times' Commissioner did not visit his estate at all, continued • to say that no one need be surprised at anything com ing from the mother of lies (the Times). Why did the Times fabricate that atrocious corn-law lie ? Because its friends and supporters were speculating in corn and the stocks, and hoped to derive profit from the atrocious falsehood circulated on Thursday last. He then stated that he proposed proceeding to Waterford during the present week, for the purpose of reconciling the con tending repeaters in that town, but he felt that his mis sion would be unattended with any beneficial results. Mr. J. O'CosseLL moved the appointment of Captain Brodrick, as inspector of repeal reading-rooms ; and having eulogised the merits and services of his " Hon. and Gallant Friend," he proceeded to remark on the conduct of the " Gutter Commissioner," sent over by the " felon Times," in discovering all errors on the part of liberal landlords, and totally whitewashing every man at the Tory and anti-national side. After some strong observations on this subject, the Hon. Gen tleman read a recent article in the Morning Chronicle on landlordism in Ireland, and also extracts from Mr. Wiggin's book on the same subject. He denounced the addresses of the Tipperary and Westmeath magistrates as a trick to cover their own misdeeds, and said that at the time when the Insurrection Act prevailed in Ireland before, it was abused to the worst of pur poses. These scenes they would have again, if the the magistrates of Tipperary and Westmeath were allowed their infamous and wicked will. If the ma gi.itrates and landlords only treated the tenants with common humanity, they would be as safe in their houses as they were in that hall; but their tyranny made them cowards, and therefore it was that they calum niated the people. It was a foul and a black lie to say that the people were disposed to outrage without cause, and those who uttered the falsehood knew it to be so. Whilst denouncing the tyranny of landlords, he should, at the same time, raise his voice in denunciation of the crimes of the tenantry. Nothing could palliate tho hideous and horrible crime of assassination : these crimes impeded the prosperity of the country, as, only for them, they would long since have enjoyed the full fruition of their exertions in their legislative inde pendence. Mr. H. GRATTAN next addressed the meeting. He spoke in terms of strong condemnation of the call made by the Tipperary magistrates for coercion, and sug gested that it would be much better if the forty-seven gentlemen, whose names were signed to the requisition, each armed ten dependants, and hunted down the assas sins. He expressed an opinion that repeal of the union was not merely necessary for the prosperity of Ireland, but for the connexion of the two countries, but he could not agree in the wholesale denunciation of landowners indulged in by his Hon. Friend Mr. John O'Connell. Mr. O'CoNNELL then addressed the meeting at great length, and took a review of the present state of Eng land as regarded her position with foreign nations. There was nothing new in the Hon. Gentleman's senti ments. The week's rent was announced at 2911. 2s. I Id. ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF IMPROVED STREET PAVING, CLEANSING, AND DRAlNAGE.—Yesterday morning, the whole of the area around the Bank and the Stock Exchange was washed—foot and carriage ways—by this new process. _ _ _ Surprise is continually expressed at the multitude of railway projects which have been advertised for the en suing session of Parliament; but that surprise will, in some measure, be lessened, when it is known that no fewer than twenty counties in England, and five in Wales, are still altogether without the benefit of railways.—Railway Record. DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, between six and seven o'clock, a man called at the door of Mrs. Angus, residing near the foot of Crown-street, Hutcheson town, on the pretence of asking charity. Mrs. Angus, who answered the call, declined to serve him, on which the man pushed her aside and entered the house. Immediately there after a female, who was not before observed, made her ap pearance, and seizing Mrs. Angus by the throat, threw her upon the floor, and held her there with a firm grasp. A second man at this moment pushed past them, from the stair, and joining the one who had first entered, the two commenced to plunder the house, there being no grown-up person, with the exception of Mrs. Angus, present. They laid hold of a silver watch, two pairs of blankets, a tartan shawl, a girl's velvet tippet, a cotton gown, and some other articles of smaller value, and made an attempt to force a trunk, in which, how ever, they were unsuccessful. The party then hurriedly left the house, taking the articles above-named along with them. All this time Mrs. Angus was under the hands of the female, and unable to make the least resistance; there were children in the house, but of such an age as to render them incapable of giving any alarm to the neighbours. In these circum stances the miscreants made their escape. A more daring instance of robbery we have seldom been called upon to re cord within the limits of the city ; and we earnestly trust that the police will be able to secure the depredators, so as to insure the punishment which so serious a crime deserves.— Glasgow Argus. SUICIDE FROM MENTAL DEPRESSION, THROUGH IMPRISONMENT.—On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, Clerkenwell, on T. K., aged 19, the son of respectable parents, and a baker, who had been committed for fourteen days for having left his work without due notice. John Sims, a warden of the prison, stated that deceased was received on last Saturday evening , about half-past seven. He appeared weak and unable to walk. Shortly afterwards he became so ill, that Drs. Wakefield and Sondes were sent for, who having ascertained that he had taken prussic acid, applied the stomach pump and other remedies without avail, as he expired at nine &clock the same night. R. M., a prisoner, committed for the same offence with deceased, said that he was in the same cell with deceased in the station-house. He then complained of having been severely dealt with for so trifling an offence, and said that he was about being married, but that his sentence would do away with his marriage. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity," ac companied with the expression of a strong hope, that magis trates would be warned by the deceased's melancholy fate, and order all persons in custody to be properly searched, pre vious to their incarceration. The Coroner hoped that the police-officers present would communicate to the magistrates the sentiments of the jury. INTREPID CONDUCT OF A YOUNG FEMALE: Last evening Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on the body of Emma Kealey, aged 21, a servant to a lady named Young, residing in Nichol-square, Hackney-roa It appeared that on Thursday last the deceased was washing in the back kitchen, when the lower part of her dress caught fire by coming in contact with the copper flue, she rushed into the street enveloped in flames , w hen she was observed by a young lady named Wasford, who resided o next doo .st r . , w ho immediately seized the door mat , and ran t placing sitting succeeded a a n n c d e, an then d procuring ate fire ; by her exertions she burnt herself very severely. w De ceased was taken to the abo ve hospital, where she died im mediately on her admissi on. The coroner and jury highly c omplimented Miss Wasford for her intrepidity. V er di ct __ " Accidental death." CONSUMPTION OF WHISKY. —From a statement made by Captain Cameron, at the Court of Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday last, it appears that no less than upwards of 6,000 gallons of whisky were permitted to Dingwall, in the six months from April to October last. The population of Dingwall, by last census, being 1,732, this would give about 3i gallons in the year to each inhabitant.—Ross-shire Ad vertiser. ooie jog ith ; a dies► ire ire , op. iP WI 11-' ' uth fora Ber 34'