The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-24 00:00:00

Yor k too. g en ' fal the der Df l e f„ t 0 11 1.-• 103 of 'ton and tto from ate p l a ce jII isineo tbig city' s been 6r w had f ' yolo V ar", 16 ~rs 1°" ,1 qu'" , Y•) t tP t r V p 4 , 1 1. thf , e Y 10- 4 ''l e , , t hscr - i i , i s lid' ° . 4 41 ' ) 0).) notes t de eo n o` opi!,„ 1- tor I. )A 1. 0 4 10 P )c col 9l 'o . Pew C l `!ceptsl3 Vl° 1 1 1 0 6te? :71 1 at e l' _ yi it 0 AB 4 il e ( ' °1 Des e 1 11 0 0 0 , fe ,, f , fi lt i rtirlov 11 $. " ot or 1 ,j re 9ro *.."'s.'"'"s. ' s• ....A. g.................. kARLB RO'-STREET.-(T HIS DAY.) tliictifaZde stationPre se itce of an l d ife S , arah Rani . " persons in a highly re were charged with defacing a pane ~_‘ a gliisis in the green-house of Kensington-gardens, by 7 tchingetters on it with a diamond ring. They were ~,l it, ,i • into• "In act by one of the park. keepers, who. took them ti , ~,,, """v• A tatio/1-6 U - Sg They were, however, bailed out from the c The defendants expressed their sorrow for having acted so eioli r t i i I , 7- ~,r Ar , 04.. • . ALTBY imposed a fine of 10s. each, which was of J o h n 4n,•lnediately paid. kr 4 1-ovemar& and James .111• Loy, alias Resford, were te ed on and of bein ,, concerned in burglariously en tens 4 the dw elling -hous e of Mr. Olive, of No. 40, Little P.ul parel, theZrsci,Colden-square, coffee-house , keeper, and stealing n_iti, eighteen silver spoons, a quantity of wearing ar ap e. 1 1 _,, ,, "uu nt.her property, to the amoimt of 30/. ar . id upw d 0 14_ 1 ` v een hve and six o'clock, on Tuesday evening I . as . t, the i .,,n 'as effected by some person or persons contrivin dooro of:huine?bserved up stairs to Mr. Olive's bed-room, tpe .ta Pris onet n ,7B opened by a folse key. About that time _h a gi ld II d been seen lurkina• about in the street ; a!td o . -, -, li,dfrin, in - .... ' 4%44 - th' i ' the house, saw the prisoner M•L 3 bai nb ,:i, e douse with a bundle just previous to the robbery btr/lalte)yered. Information was given to the pe, and Ile, 1 8 1 " * ells, No. 1. and Police-constable John James Cook, bendi ng 2 or the C .division, succeeded in tracing . and appre liiuthe prisoners between eight and nine o clock this - road , ~ at their lodgings, No. 9, Henry-street, Hampstead o ulttnone of the stolen property was found in their pos kevs n p tile room the officers found secrcted 77 skeleton gitle,-0819 ake • one of them easily opens the door ~,,, e gibede roon'i. tr:e: Prisoners were remanded fora week, to allow time to a ll Property Tilp --c, ALLE GED MURDERS ON is „ AL LEGED THE TORY. T h , LIAM ES P OLICE- COURT— (THIS DAY. Rated til:,:ing Mr. Broderip, the presiding the Governor and u , ' lie had received two letters from .Mag)istrate, te 0. J . epn of the Westminster House of Correction, relating to, pt ' Johnstone, of the Tory, who stands remanded r till on 11441 t r°11 :7 Tues laY), on three charges of wilfu a l d m th u e rd le e tters at ton 01 '3'. Ihe worthy Magistrate then read tuv:..... " o f Corre c ti on, Westminster, 24th Nov., the Si; 4°4 1845.r0 , 111 ,- -I o f recei ved the accompanying certificate from klearrcr„e same of thisYont pris on , and have considered it right to obruhent servant, tis day for yo ur i n f ormat i on .—l am , Sir, Th e . 4 ' trorleri ~ p, Eal : T A ll l,T anl GU es Sj o U lic S e- F eo ß u ED rt.;, TRACY." 6 ''''' hc:rtikate next read by the magistrate was as foll e o n w t. s y s t ecor si . rebY certify that George Johnstone is not suffici I bun t o !I from his a'ttack ferysipelas of the leg to enable Attend his ex arnina e tiono n Tuesday next. e _ ~ JOHN LAVIS, Surgeon. tlr irlafeorrection for Westminster, Nov. 23, 1845." _ Tli a • rta nkUP th illness of t he N s poii en addressed Inspector Evans, jun., of the ' 4 Pri g eel and said that in consuence of the . ._.. es _ 1 ' 1 , 4 4 Y 1, , c. t, 1 1, ° , 11 2 41 a r 017 should further ad j ourn the case until Tu which day if the prisoner was kid' '.,ntly.reco_if b lered h e e r' w e o ll uld be again brought before him k 000144 investigation proceeded with. He directed Mr. litrti,. °.141'1(0 known to the prisoner's solicitor and other 15°.'0 tia,nesli:4n:,etil with the case that the inquiry was 4 ttend and summon the necessary witnesses ,q ti l t, °n the 2d of December He would avail himse ~,`lgielit oft ; P lV 4 t r u il. ll , e i tY to express his satisfaction with the con tio4, wh o ha,, not or and surgeon of the Westminster Bride siii to ho ~ i , not on board only exhibited the most humane atten- Tura u 1 ortunate men charged with piracy, ut, but h ad d • 4,4 48 0 ,eve 5 i 04 in rn iitti3played equal f the prisoner tf1,;4% and forw a a . 9g known the certificate.illness Komptitu o de on the pre rankle pri cm , r .4 *rig the proper *is , r. on + ,!it stands remanded oil three . charges of he 11 be also charged 441. t,ti,,,,,Jt... ncext exaluinatiop wilful of the crew, named iiBZ , o , rdi;lar,,, wounding: six o T h 440 n, End 0, mephen Cone, Thomas Gair, Joseph Mor ,t e ft in ,, u 01111SOns rzi * j, 4l in htt4(ll)43'engerl3, Mrs. Blewitt and Mrs. Thompson, td ay • ance at th Court this day. They it, witn,, ses e et th ' ,I tol4 tßa , on the 2d of December. will be exa aduought Iles oun ~ 4 sked Mr. Evans what was the condition Pital l i t , ',l an, Itorri_s, on board the Dr! P ? m r D -. 'Van3---He is much better, sir. ‘lllttisq„ FLANDERS MAIL. 1 41, ,4 t — '„ ~1% 21.--The Chamber in its sitting 1C4,,,e ittn,,-..,e., t h e debate on the proposed address,.ln Ya.nesswteQril '' 06,°„„." 'Neel". • i:Z4 fis,ll -.-cateur of Avenes say k tr tiwiez di 40., and otherseever Y, Which may means to plant 4, we hasten th e "ts for. th e 8, Who are fearful of wanting._ v Hum formerly in to publish it,,,k14, ~„" next crop. M. Jacques b . e i _ver,y useful to th "lIR i„ ''', l 't a tailor at Sebonqunau, shock, , v eid e , t, r‘ciived that a d potatoe put forth a . land t e l „ )t ed wit e i," 4l ' , (l to him cf Puttin g g some in his cellar in v _ v_ near .Vallenciennes, tki‘,. , 1 31) ,c Mhes• These potatoes have all put forth_ very BarrDeii%l., and. have Produced a quantity of potatoes of will (ilr atrii b air e, a, of the size of small eggs, which \' _Lo Pant for the next year's crop. kimdeLit this.,,o‘ • 15. The inquiries into the result o s t o w f it t h hf to . mg th e .' ear Prove that the quantity produced, Iit4uPPIY the in some part of the empire, th e +lied, it wants of the provinces in which la, ~,* lP eita r, Ile Government therefore has not prohibitedlower . ire, th is e n s d u r ffi o c u i g e h n t t ' ` 44 der 41 of Corn, nor favoured l i i*iti aa, i,e i l. N r? 13 • ''• ° V . • 16 --Th high price of all articles of pro t - 441 Petitions to the IN N , cite, serious e. importation by at ae Francfort, a 4p o\ ra e hg l n h : e io n n t: alt u h r a n s . alfead led o Ito 4 c tt t toaii el..es ii.oan, Five per Cent •• • - lifs k : oo i f ) % G ht i , j 2 l l4 P pe tr r " ce S n i-15aus . a . r.L . s . , .N .. 0 . v. _22. P•irtY Millions, Four per Cent • • • • _ bitto Three Per: ent- ••••-'• • • • • • • •••• - Dit t , I d g i li t rt3 -sen Millions, ditto • • • • . . 100% Ditto:dig°, 184° . • • ''''' • • • • • • • ''''' .. 102 Litte 184°•"42".•***** .. •• - • • .. - . 95% itt o ' 1826- • • . • • • • • • ******* .• • • • • • • 74x 2) ltt e ° 11::::: i f a t a h : e • • ; .• ** ** ****** l .' 1 l 11 l l i .• .• : .• .• • i ••• : 1 9 0 6 1 N City 1832 • • ••••- - • • - • 100% , la , 1843 • Nell p 4 ' l/ z Mei • •----•-''' '' '' • • • • • 772 Eta" 2,zoigiup.. ***** ••• • • „, ,„ .. ** 4 U. STZT 3 14. 4 phi c. • Metalliques .................. ak r g ent AN FIII, TDS.-TriErma, Novi 11% 101 4 p ,int ditto..... ...•• • • • " " •44,, , Cent. ditto ."•• • • • • • .• •7°''' ~, 1834 • ..... .• • ..... ~.. .. _ v` 11 " k 4 " •••••••.......-."""..'' 609 :t e i r t h tli la8rel; :: .. ... .. ... :• . l :•. rr l l II l . 1 - - 4414 e Zeit''zuzra L°4ll . • • .. • • • . • . • • • • • • • • bu,,z, 'Nev. 17. 4k-li FU_ IM-- AusranDA24, Nov. 21. Acital Debt 2 , Dittittc,, 3 _•_ ki Per Cent.. •••••• • • • 72 603( 73 t o . , 4 Per Cent .......... ••••• • • • 72 96 q vo rt s ii,er Cent. •••••••,• . • • • • • • • • 95% Money. 6 8 0 11 1 1 4 5. u 100 biti /nut ; `ll Per Cent •• • • 991" illet,_ Per......::il.ZeaLoalin:p4aupy:,r•ii. ..: _ NI '' 3 % Per Cent •••• • •- 30 . nge on L ondon, at sight • ... •••• •• 12 20 Twe tuontb„... - ' •..... 12 06.25 13111ainburgb ai . ai g . i it . .... 36 56.25 0 nlonths. • : ..:....... 36 'tt ctol , 04 part, ......... ..... _ - _ `apars, i„r1'ir0a10ntha............. _ III DS: . 23. A. 1,1 PUNDS.-BitaLtx, Nov. 18. Mt, ii e ,, Bills. Money. ...,.. l'ute,lld kii, 3% 98% 92% -cl42lebti;n3ll4ll tondr73 o l , t 4 . pe •• •C • • • •t•••• - - GL4I PrZ.,..eiLi crLaonzedtteon,: Nov2t9tis. r • • • • el • ' • • ' A ND jl,l----------""................_____..__,T, ~ 6 24% 6 24% OF `)*ll%-t, CONSTANTINE Ili t t , / , RUSSIA. 1. th4l 8, 84,,,,u ‘bri 4 4 4 , • Univ.-..0n Thursday his Imperial_ t oils in ed at Salts rounds d e ad' w her e , .am, the scat of the Earl of tiy . ale • floOiltig over the beautiful ou , /.. therinci„ _ o . of .. throughout the 0,11 eve P4` urLe recreation Nski tl o l t,"(l by B enin g he attended a ball at Saltra.ni,_amc: 444 R„rl aberetan Bruril ' c ' w and Al. Do Berg ' tnea t,,, try or t, Y. U pwards of 200 of the nobilit y the ji.tecct3,, about noon, his Imperial Highness reached . Ina''lc',' k rid of t , - riTi S altrarn, in the Noble Earl's car .Yel I) r a few minutes' stay there proceeded . to 44ard nfilliYard, Devon Ikhii:!al si t , u ?socitir front the 55th Regiment, and Rear port, where he was received tl lit,?ker it, it: r Yni and the Principal Officers of the es- S-1, t"e,,Russian standard being hoisted on the ricecill!linq.,tauhe buke walked through the yard to ~ l o ~ ire, , 4 4 t o 10 Admiral 8 • - ' here his Imperial Highness era lilt), , tisit the , uprintendant s barge, and Sir S. tl ;e la klall Di 4 : 4 Duke was received on board by ktlo., -4aiho 3t44.7n and the gallant officers, upon I ,k Z e e fied "ard was hoisted, and a salute of 21 'eaai.:4 ball which , . k,,,, Was given in the evening at Government tt, i Pal t h nt Wise tit t I Q , t II„. ~, 0 official residence of . Majo . r e - f I,'t t,j'ltter4 ci',.,,1!. Murray, the Commander-in-Chi hi 3 141 of then number (.41,orttil i '''Ll'tet, on which occasion the attendance anof the previous fetes in 4dolllpito:,l3it of they Grand Duke Constantine. ', and ~enstneos_%, Baron Brunnow, M. De Berg, he d Ag it ''' 1 the Russian officers were present. A ! „ br --------___________ frp,"le E l l OF C, 0 , 4 ---- ------ - r ` 4 L, c VICTB raou D UNDER.—On Satur 14Jtiv;,aad.,,', aptei n G 'N's's NC' in - ray, arrived in the river Thames 4, r -titttng on board ten male and seventeen female t 474 w it e loiv er z t ?to transportation. Three of the ship's lat tll t leeoliti,en thertrra the ship, and the convicts having tt ti, Npft t l t . i/ tY at TiAlirlll,eisi Z on tti r a e rd i : e hey w w e e r r e e rowed ,t(4)rth,:c4l4:r3' to being sent'on board convict y ships. te4e4Pio it ela q /' AGRICULTURALk Id,AillnoßitEß Keg it to week literally s o . f - an un t„,heelig.e ;I ; • e s i t . eu t° do a (133;23.11:04rek,e but sear c hwithout success.- 144 4 t ad 14747, e 1„ tart will display th e '!ilt,,Y a 1%44 ;01Intess of Chesterfield are sur et- ' , 44,,t4 t tht ?arty at Bretby Park, Derbyshire. On out are to meet at the park, when ‘ , lh !.111 t1 , play the customary hospitality to all Ter,74l. ' l itlilt.. r iii• ,11,14.:att ai, .-k-AVING.--Yesterday evening, about 4,, t o ~ th e ,i , '3on (minibus was through ` : ' l etto' cterit":Pavainent betweenShire-laneand Bell "Alli',' Ih tl ea fell of fire yards in length, sunk in; and one it i ; 4 , I, att eoti ow, discovering an orifice about two feet h4et to gth i t wa_on of the police on duty was immediately 4 , eon iii 2 o f that the road had been under .l, henh e. ~,,ierahle extent from the effect of the late i '' n ',l tg be:riltet-street has only re ntly been opened Z r % ' alio" Le 1) el°aed for fiveeeka 'fined another closing fie, t'irf co tit to act, 4 tY to make the foundations of the road th,,,ckit. l t) 4 .. ‘11 tf 'r(l4°' t o itc'4 the Mayor of Liverpool Oil 4147,1/45,00ciele to . the prayer of a requisition signed by ~,,b2'4l%ter`lnti,ecier opnitilliebnitants of the bo.rougb,. including . men 4 % as Do :whet steps Can a public meeting, "to discuss 0;1 4,;_.k,,. ,gt, Preece sho uld be taken to alleviate, and, .04.,-!R trziliarte totci,t that distress which threatens to tintki tilt the fetii,,i_lelPleas portion of our fellow -subjects, 4e 41,..rT1at eurere.f4f the potato crop, and the injury itlial3(i/t4190 i l s 44det i frPore tteslW°rsiiii) states, that as the laii oict co riiitie at t . hi s tittle es erne ]table dis!.ase and waste r et tlitte Not pe r zl at tpti of 11 her SC'eelVIY engagmglthedatten lo "ndbli'e4,l° ca lla d„, ; . ttheir invjesti)g'astiroesnpaonndiCoibterlaitsieorit tlt?.gOf.t.he inhabitants of the borough 1111t;c1 tlistrke„,,isaion eee r4:tiri(jl:l th?°etillid uti%Bl'llpb/iiicyt.meitif,niheo w en ev a er s , the eet o a l pp e r e e r: o,Slriipt t 0 of are manifest through') which aid eti,i.e.i 4h.ev.proitiote.}liett_nd._ advantageously given, he would , 4. Ike tour % is lei.o Yhm,attures calculated to afford sub -0.,• •ti • he t rae, I au, rk ! I P 3 reply concludes--" I at t -1,,, % i, „_ biani t ,. , . relieved by the a P thittetil(") preaett, I' in 0, . assurance, that the acip,_affig the t want of ~way. .., Involved; since, happily, ) - ga t 4 '' ret tai _ uste.nance for the poor!' Not tiZtZii.,.)l4l 41. 1 X• i 4 Public meeting will be held on , hsaee:/tyrkrieoers. r , • ptitto_ !!tol izt(tee , J-Jurir.) alb week more than 1' 41 3' fr om /' to arri n the "r1,1,1&--G'ioucest( slime eh o f oiiiGe'lleqti . 91U 91% AV COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked for some time in the pleasure.. grounds within the Castle precincts. On the return of her Majesty and her Royal Consort their Royal High nesses Princes Albert and Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, Lord Portman, Lord Charles Wellesley, Colonels Bowles and W3lde, left the Castle on a shooting excursion. The Prince of Wales. the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken fur their early pony and walking exercise yesterday forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses were taken a carriage airing in the afternoon. 'Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the royal party at the Castle yesterday afternoon. The Karl Delawarr took his departure from the Castle yesterday. The rc.yal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, La Marquise d'Harcourt, and Mr. Wm. Harcourt. The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band after wards attended and performed the remainder of the evening in the Castle. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their early exercise in the pleasure-grounds in the vicinity of the Castle. • The Royal Family w ere all - taken their accustomed airings this morning The Queen, Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtanay officiated. Their Royal highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg attended Divine service to ey in the R. man Catholic Chapel, at Clewer. p; 'dame Angelet was in waiting on the Princess. The Ditchess of Kent attended Divine service this morning in he parish church. Her Royal Highness afterwards visitetl.her Majesty and her illustrious visitors. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morn:Pe in Grosvenor Chapel. Baron Knest beck was in waiting 0 his Royal Hign ness. The Duke of Cambridge went on a shooting; excur sion to Coombe wood on Saturday. His Royal high' nese honoured the Duke of Somerset with his company at dinner, at his residence, Wimbledon Park. Sir John Pelly had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John also visited Sir Robert Peel. His Excellency Baron Dedel had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen last Friday, at the Foreign office. The Bishop of London and Lord Ashley had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Dispatches from the Cape of Good Hope were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The accounts of the health of the Viscountess Vil liers, received in town on Saturday, were favourable. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel. Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. At the daily service, the prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the les sons by the Rev. Dr. Vivian. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, "I will sing of thy power" (Green). Mr. Tulle presided at the organ. Lord Sheffield, Ernest Bruce, and G. Paulet were among the nobility present. Tux COURT.—Arrangements have been made for the departure of the Court from Windsor for Osborne House to- morrow. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who, it is expected, will be accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince end Princess Augustus of Saxe- Cobourg, will leave the Castle in the morning, proceeding to the Farnborough station on the line of the Southampton Railway, where the state;carriage of the Company will be in waiting, and thence to Gosport. Only a portion of the infant royal family will accompany her Majesty and the Prince Consort to the Isle of Wight, where the Court is ex pected to remain about ten days or a fortnight. Several of the royal domestics left Windsor for Osborne House early this morning for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for the reception of her Majesty. It is stated their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe-Cobourg will embark olf the island in the course of this week on their return to the continent. We have much pleasure in stating, for the informa- tion of British merchants, that, according to official accounts received from Genoa of the 15th inst., the Board of Health had abolished the quarantine which, on the news of the sick ness on board the Eclair, had been imposed on all vessels coming from England. This act of enlightened administra tion on the part of the Sardinian Government reflects the highest credit on the authorities.—Observer. The will of the late Earl Grey was proved in the Consistory Court of Durham on the 18th instant, by the present Earl, the sole executor. The personal effects in the diocese of Durham were sworn under 30,0001.—Neweastle Chronicle. We understand that the late Lady Holland has left an annuity of 2,0001. to Lord John Russell, as an expression of the high respect which her Ladyship entertained for the Noble Lord, On his Lordship's death, the annuity will be equally divided among the children of her late Ladyship's daughter.-- Observer. THE LATE EARL SPENCER.—A meeting was held on Saturday last, at the George Hotel, Northampton, to initiate proceedings for the erection of some testimonial to the memory of the late lamented Earl Spencer. The meet ing confined itself to the simple affirmation of the desirable ness of a memorial of some sort, and left the determining what the memorial should be to the body of subscribers hereafter. After the business had closed, however. two or three sugges- tions were thrown out. One gentleman was for an obelisk on the spot were the Farming and Grazing Society used to hold its show, at Chapel Brampton ; another was for a statue in the centre of the fine market-place of the county town ; a third suggested an asylum for decayed farmers as most con sonant with the benevolent nature of the late Lord, and took the opportunity of stating that since his death he had heard of instances of his unostentatious generosity for which every body must love and revere him. The meeting was suggested and - attended by farmers only. No county gentleman was present. A subscription was entered into upon the spot. Lord and Lady Brougham are passing the season at his Lordship's chateau, in the south of France. Mr. and Mrs. William Brougham are at present on a visit to the Noble Lord and her Ladyship. Lord Brougham is expected in town shortly before the opening of Parliament, but Lady Brougham is not expected to return to this country until May next. VISCOUNTESS Vu.s.mas.—We regret to state that _ _ the accounts received by Sir Robert Pea and the Earl and Countess of Jersey on Saturday and yesterday afternoon from Upton House, Warwickshire, are not so favourable. Dr. Seymour left town on Saturday for Upton House, by direc tion of Sir Robert Peel, to consult with Dr. Ferguson, who was in attendance on her Ladyship. Yesterday Dr. Fergu son returned to the metropolis, and we learn that when that gentleman left Upton the Viscountess was no worse, but it could not be said that all danger was over. It was judged hat her Ladyship was going on favourably, for such was the written statement handed to those of the nobility inquiring at the Earl of Jersey's. The Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess f)f Gloucester, and most of the nobility in town, called yesterday to make inquiries after her Ladyship's health. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The second per formance of "Israel in Egypt" will take place at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday. The number of subscribers to the Society has this year greatly . increased. The Duke and .Duchess of Hamilton intend to re tain their splendid mansion in Lansdowne-crescent, Bath, formerly belonging to the late Mr. Beckford, and to dispose only of the Lansdowne Tower and its curiosities. Mohan Lal has returned to this country from his continental trip. At Berlin, the King and Queen of Prussia treated him with marked distinction and kindness, and during his sojourn in that capital he was invited to dinner by his Majesty. The Austrian Ambassador and Countess Dietrich stein and suite, who have been staying some weeks in Upper Harley-street, remove in a few days to Chandos House, which is nearly complete in its embellishments. The Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House this morning for Hampshire. His Royal Highness proceeds first to Paultons, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Ger trude Sloane Stanley, and subsequently to Cadlands, the seat of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. The Duke of Rut land accompanies his Royal Highness through the tour. The Earl and Countess of Dundonald have arrived in Chesterfield-street from Hampshire. The funeral of the late Earl of Verulam is fixed fo r to-morrow. The remains of the lamented Nobleman will b e interred in the family vault at Gorhambury. The mem bers of the family circle will alone attend the mournful ceremony. CAPITAL RUN WITH HER MAJESTY'S STAG-HOUNDS. —DEATH OF THE STAG. —The meet of the royal buck hounds on Friday last, which was at Maidenhead, was at• tended by a field of upwards of two hundred, including Lord Rosalyn and several of the officers in the two regiments in garrison at Windsor. A young stag, which had been once hunted, at nearly the end of the last season, upon being un- carted at Maidenhead thicket, went away in beautiful style to Bisham, crossing the Thames, at Marlow, into Bucks. The hounds were taken over Marlow-bridge, and upon being again laid on, the stag made away through Sir W. Clayton's park at Harleyford, and thence, almost in a straight line through Hambleton, to Lane End, in Oxfordshire. The run , which was over between eighteen and twenty miles of i country, was accmplished in an hour and forty minutes, at a racing pace throughout. When the hounds came up with the stag, at Lane End, it was found to be in a dying state, apparently from exhaustion, and it was deemed necessary to cut its throat. Upon the body being opened, it was found that a blood-vessel had been ruptured. The carcase was presented to Mr. Thomas Hussey, a large farmer residing close to Lane End, and a well-known sportsman. Not more than twenty out of the large field at the meet were up at the finish, which was between twenty and thirty miles from the Kennel. The celebrated deer, Highlander, afforded a large field a tolerably good run (the first portion in the midst of a pelting rain) on Wednesday last. The deer, which was turned out at Ickenham-common, after making for Harrow on-the-Hill, going direct through the village, and crossing the Biimingham Railway to Uxendon Farm, was taken at Wimbley-park, near Kingsbury, upwards of twenty-six miles from the Kennel, at Ascot. THE ALTERATIONS IN THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. —The alterations in the large building of the General Post office in St. Martin's-le-Grand are now so far completed, that it is expected the new rooms over the inland and letter carriers' offices will be occupied by the men for the purposes of the duty during the course of the present week. The new office embraces the whole span of the building from west to east, and a new 'roof has been constructed, which is of iron. The object of this alteration is to afford more room for the transaction of the general duty, but especially to fur nish additional facilities for the newspaper business, which has of late so considerably increased. To meet the difficulty of raising the immense masses of newspapers which have to pass through the several stages of the duty, hoists, most in geniously contrived, are being fixed. These will be raised and lowered by the steam .engine at present at work in the basement of the building for the purpose of ventilating the offices. By this arrangement it is said much inconvenience and loss of time will be saved both in the dispatch and the delivery of inward and outward lettere. THE NEW BISHOP or OXFORD.—Dr. Wilberforce, the Dean of Wcs'ninster, and recently elected Bishop of Oxford, in the room of Dr. Begot, translated to the see of Bath and Wells, will be formally confirmed in his election on Wednesday next, at Bow Church, Cheapside, with the usual fernigiAes. His Lordship will be consecrated on the follow , ing7finday, in the privatb chapel of Lambeth Palace. _ THE SUN. LONDON, M'CiT DAY EVENING, NOirElkiilitt 24, 1845. RAILWAYS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) If any one looked for illumination as to the course of railway legislation in the next session from Sir Robert Peel's Tamworth speech, he must have been w °fully disappointed. It will not do to leave railway legislation next session as it has been left hitherto—to j , bhcry. Last year the Railway Bills looked formidable, and the force of circumstances extorted improvements in the constitution of Committees, for which Mr. Evart and other Members had long laboured thanklessly and n vain. Much was done last session in the way of improvement, but much less than might have been done, and should have been done, and must be done, to meet the infinitely more formidable array of Railway Bills now waiting for Parliament. The heads of the Govern ment—the leaders of parties—kept aloof from the railway questions: it was left to Lord Gran Ville Somer set end the business Members of the House of Com mons, or rather, we should say, to Lord Granville Somerset, who could always fall back on the strength of the Government it he could not get his way otherwise. But a greater head than Lord Granville Somerset's will be wanted next session. If Sir Robert Peel tries to shirk railway questions next session, we trust be will have them forced upon him. The time is come when it will no longer suffice to have particular schemes separately adjudicated upon by Select Committees, however well constituted. The ques tion of existing and proposed railway accommodation must be looked at as a whole ; and Parliament must do its best to bring all the lights of statistics and political economy to bear upon the practical problems—what is the maximum of additional railway works which Parlia ment can now safely authorise, and in what parts of the United Kingdom is additional railway accommodation most needed ? Will Government propose a Committee to investigate these questions ? We had hoped for some sign from Sir Robert that he had been looking at the railway question as a statesman—we had hoped for some guidance from the Prime Minister for our expectations of the next session. He had an opportunity the other day, at Tnmworth, but the oracle was mute, and never was sublime mediocrity more full of platitude than, when spade in hand, in the mighty presence of King Hudson, he addressed the Trent Valley Directors and his own loving subjects of Tamworth : " I have always attempted to reconcile the perform ance of those public duties which official station imposes on me with the duties which I owe to my constituents, and to the inhabitants of this borough." This is the key to the past course of the Cabinet as to rail way questions. They generally leave them alone. During the time given by the House of Commons to Railway Bills they stay in Downing-street. But does a Bill come on which interests a Cabinet Mi nister's constituency, he is there to vote for it. Had the Trent Valley Bill had to fight its way through the House of Commons (it may or may not have done so)—had it required to have standing ,orders dispensed with or vioated in its favour,---Sir Robert would have " reconciled his public duties with the duties which he owes to his constitutents and his borough" by being in his place to vote for the Bill. Mr. Goulburn did about as bare-faced a piece of jobbing in this way, for a saint, as can be ima gined, last session. The Cambridge and Lincoln Bill was thrown over in Committee for a great engineering mistake: no one dreamt of its trying to rise again. But lo! the Member for the town of Cambridge is a Govern ment underling ; Mr. Manners Sutton, the Member for the University of Cambridge, is a Cabinet Minister— Chancellor of the Exchequer. The influence of the two might command the aid of the Treasury itself for a motion to reverse all the usual proceedings of the House in favour of this Bill. Mr. Goulburn left the finances of the country to take care of themselves an hour sooner than usual, that day, to go and vote, ay, speak for this motion. This is what Sir Robert calls, " reconciling official duties with those duties which he owes to his constituents and his borough." It was greatly to the credit of Lord 'Gran ville Somerset's honesty that he opposed and defeated this attempted Goulburn job. Improved as the constitution of Railway Committees was in the last session—further improved as it may still be in the next session—it is, as we have already said, idle to suppose that a mere repetition in the next session of the old course of sending Bills, or sets of Bills, after they have managed to cross the pons asinomus of standing orders, to separate Committees will be satisfactory. Of the innumerable railways now asking to be constructed, there must be a selection, and a selection made on prin ciples. A railway Bill of comparatively small utility-- where the small prospect of traffic has prevented rival projects, and where landowners' opposition has been staved off—will pass unopposed, while interested opposi tion may defeat another scheme of unrivalled public ad vantage on some formal or technical ground. There must be some mode of comparing the merits of railway schemes—some scale of utility must be formed. A Committee appointed to consider the whole question may do this—separate Committees never can. We may forgive something to the gout, and to the Premier's late mortifying defeat in the Cabinet ; but still, when a god is brought down from the skies to turn up the first sod for a railway, one cannot help re quiring something more edifying from his divinity, than a discovery that inns languish, when railroads carry passengers beyond them, er that railway directors, to show themselves better than gamblers, must endea vour to " combine the greatest degree of velocity in travelling with the greatest degree of safety to the tra vellers." Why, even King Hudson at his side could have said something newer than this. The office of Comptroller of the Customs at Dover having become vacant by the retirement of Mr. Kelsey, the situation has been filled by the promotion, at a reduced salary, of Mr. Peake, the first clerk at that port; and, as Dover has been reduced from the sccond to the third class of ports, advantage has been taken of this opportunity to regu late the salaries of the subordinate officers accordingly; the result of which is, that no promotion takes place among the other clerks, and the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Peake's elevation to the comptrollership will not bo filled up. By this arrangement a saving to the public of 3301. a year has been effected.— Observer. MR. WAGIIORN AND THE INDIAN MAIL.—The Presse has an article by M. Alexis de Valon, upon the at tempt of Mr. Waghorn to establish the passage of the Indian mail via Trieste, in which it points out the importance of preserving the transit through France, and at the same time that it blames the Government for apathy in not establishing a direct service from Marseilles .to Alexandria, it vents its spleen against Mr. Waghorn. " Let him," it says, "make his experiments, and let England afford him every possible assistance, it will turn to the advantage of France, for should a new service be established by way of Trieste, what will be the result? We will annul the convention made by M. de Montebello in 1840 respecting the passage of the English post, Once free, we will establish an opposition to the ser vice of Trieste, which it could not possibly compete with, sinee our transit would be half as quick again. The English line of steamers from Marseilles to Alexandria will more over by this act be suppressed, and our steamers will resume their former monopoly. " This reflection is very simple," remarks M. de Talon, " and I am astonished that it has not hitherto been made." As a means of competing with the English steamers between Marseilles and Alexandria, the writer recommends Government to alter the days of departure from Marseilles from the 4th to the 12th of each month. " The steamers," he says, " instead of starting seven days before the English boats,ought to start 24 hours later, carrying sufficient coal to make the passage without touching at Malta, so that our vessels, which are faster than the English upon that line, would arrive in Egypt at the same time, notwithstanding that they start one day later. Thus they would be enabled to bring letters, news of the Bourse, telegraphic dispatches, &c., of a more recent date than the English boats. Our Government has made an equally clever choice'of the day of aeparture from Alexandria, which is the 20th of each month ' • this selection no doubt has been made lest they might chance to be troubled with any dispatches or passengers from India, for the Bombay mail arrives at Alexandria on the 22d, just two days after the departure of the French steamer." . DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON LONDON-BRIDGE.— Saturday, about noon, the following distressing accident oc curred on the centre of London-bridge to a young man named William Ford, whose friende reside at No. 10, Trafal gar-road, Greenwich. It appears that he was an omnibus conductor, in the service of Mr. Nelson, of Greenwich , The vehicle left the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-street, with several passengers inside, and, when they reached the place above-named, the foot-board on which he was standing gave way, and his left leg became entangled in the ironwork of the back part of the carriage, which caused him to be dragged several feet along the roadway. The foot passen gers who witnessed the occurrence, called out to the driver, but before he could stop the horses, his left leg was fractured just. above the ankle, and other parts of his person were very seriously contused. 1-P was carried with all speed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was readily admitted, and attended to by the house surgeon. Last evening he was going on favourably. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE.—Saturday morning an accident, attended with se rious consequences, occurred to a man named Richard Dyer, aged 35 years, a native of Brixham, Devon. It appears that the unfortunate man was first mate of the schooner Gratitude, which was moored off the upper side of Fresh Wharf, Lon don-bridge. He was engaged with several other men in unshipping a cargo of walnuts, and whilst turning a windlass for the purpose of getting the bales out of the hold, the man who had charge of the other handle ran away, leaving Dyer in charge of the machine, but the pressure be came so great that the handle overpowered him, and before he could get out of the way, it struck him on the left temple, inflicting a frightful lacerated wound. The force of the blow knocked him backwards, and before he recovered himself, the handle caught his left leg, which it fractured just below the knee. He was picked up in an insensible state, and placed in a cab and taken with all speed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was placed under the care of Mr. South, the house surgeon. He is going on as favourably as possible. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BILLINGSGATE MARKET.— On Saturday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a shocking accident took place in Billingsgate Fish Market to a man named William Leader, aged fifty, a porter. It seems that he was engaged by a gentleman to carry two large pads of fish to an eating- house in the City, and whilst walking along the lower end of the market be fell to the ground underneath the load, which was nearly two hundred weight. He was lifted up and conveyed to a neighbouring surgeon's, but his injuries were of such a nature that it was found necessary to obtain a stretcher from the Tower-street station-house, upon which he was placed, and carried by four City policemen to the accident .ward of St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was found that he had sustained two extensive fractures of the right leg. He was instantly attended to by Mr. Jackson, the surgeon, and the poor fellow, who resides in Falcon court, White-street, Borough, lies in a very exhausted con dition. THE SEA SERPENT.—The New York correspon dent of the Cincinnati Gazette makes the following statement concerning the bones recently and now exhibited in this city as those of a sea-serpent :—" I suppose there is little doubt but that it is all a piece of trickery on a most magnificent scale. A short time since Dr. Wyman, of Boston, Professor of Comparative Anatomy, was conversing with Dr. Ly3l l , the geologist, about it, when they both agreed it was a de ception, but concluded to say nothing about it, till they could examine it, as Dr. Koch's character was above reproach. But here a few days ago, Dr. Wyman, who was on his way to Virginia, stopped to see it. He immediately pronounced it a deception. The backbone he said, is composed of the vertebrae of several whales carefully fitted to each other, while the claws are made of certain species of the nautilus. Dr. Wyman is a thorough anatomist, having spent several years in the best surgical schools of Europe, and hence de tected the character of the skeleton before him at a glance.- 44rnePican Paper, IRELAND. - DUBLIN, Nov. 22.—The most conflicting reports are in circulation with respect to the causes which led to the embarrassment of Messrs. Williams and Lon, not one of which can, at this early stage, be relied upon as accurate. The public must, therefore, suspend judgment until the result .of the meeting of the creditors on Mon day next transpires, when all the particulars must be known. Among the rumours may be mentioned one to the effect that the Bank of Ireland, to which the Messrs. Williams were the brokers, had offered to lend every assistance towards extricating the house from its present difficulties; but that the proposition had not as yet been accepted. With regard to their liabilities, also, there is no certainty as to the amount, but it has been stated in several quarters that the firm are in a position to pay 20s. in the pound, and that time only is required to meet their engagements. The following observations upon this unexpected event appear in the Evening Mail:— " With deep regret we announce that the money panic has reached our own market, that one very serious stoppage, and that for a very large amount, has already taken place, and that of several others aro talked of. Having upraised our warning voice some months ago against projects and speculations which could have no other end than that of ruin to those who embarked in them, we may now be permitted to offer a word in the way of advice to the public. We have stated elsewhere that there ie nothing more contagious than fear; and we implore of those who have demands on others not to be importunate, much less oppressive, at such a crisis as this. Many a solvent man has been brought to ruin by a sudden demand ; many an inconsiderate creditor has mane d his own object, and defeated his own purpose, by haste. People should he reasonable, they should be for bearing. What is called a ruts' is destruction." THE POTATO DISEASE.—The reports Teceived yester day and this day are, for the most part, fully as unfa vourable as any that have yet appeared. From almost all quarters, and from persons of every political hue, the same lamentable intelligence is conveyed, that the potato disease exists in every part of the country, and although in some places the disease has apparently ceased, yet in many others it is still spreading, and that the loss already is tremendous in amount. That from the county of Kilkenny, where it has been supposed the blight was but little felt, proceeds from the Marquis of Ormonde and the resident gentry of the district. The ether state ments are chiefly from Conservative journals. The Kilkenny Ce;mmittee report that they regret to say that all the answers forwarded to their communications go to show that the disease exists universally through out this county, and a large number go to show that the disease is positively communicable from the unsound to the sound potatoes, and that it is progressing to a con siderable extent, but that much of the injury may be attributed to injudicious pitting in the old way. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—STRADBALLY.- . —MY. Leadbeater, of Stradbally, is planting potatoes. It is to be hoped that his example will be generally followed. Corn is getting dear, and the fl , ur now offered for sale is much infe rior to that purchased two months ago as seconds and thirds. The bakers' bread smells rankly of adulteration. —Leinater Express. COUNTY OF CLARE, ENNIS, Nov. 20.—The pota toes are rotting fast in the neighbourhood—those per sons who thought they had none last week, are not sure of any of them now, as the most of what they dug are spotted."—Ballyskannon Herald. THE EARLY WHEAT CROP.—The Londonderry Stand ard says :—" We have heard from various quarters that wheat sown upon grounds from which potatoes have been dug has turned out to be a total failure, and this result is not unlikely, as the ground in question must be filled with the invisible seeds of the parasitical fungi which have proved so destructive to the preceding crop. In telligent farmers accordingly recommend that the ground intended for wheat should be ploughed up, and allowed to remain exposed to the storms of winter until January next, by which means the seminal fungi referred to are likely to be destroyed, while, even in ordinary seasons, wheat sown in January is usually as productive as that which has been planted in autumn." ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.— At the council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20, Pro fessor Kane called the attention of the council to the propriety of offering premiums, in the different local farming societies, next year, for the best crops and great est quantities of potatoes grown from the original seed or berries of potatoes, for the purpo s e o f encourag i ng that system of cultivation as much as possible. The sug gestion was a most important one, and had come from a very high quarter ; and if the central society could carry it into effect, it would be productive of the greatest possible benefit. It was agreed that the question should be allowed to lie over until the next meeting of the council, and that, in the meantime, it should be referred, together with the list of premiums to local societies for next year, to the managing committee, to consider the same, previous to the next general meeting. Mr. It)PER also gave notice that he would move at the neat meeting of the council that it be suggested to the Government to consider the propriety of affording every encouragement and facility to the importation of sound potatoes for seed from the foreign districts which have not hitherto been affected by the disease. The vestion for seed for next year was clearly and dis tinctly within their province, and it was their duty to direct public attention by every means in their power to such an important question. At the Mansion house Committee, Dr. Tuite, of Dun beg Dispensary, near Kilkee, county Clan>, reported to the Committee that dysentery had commenced in his neighbourhood (having from eleven t , twelve patients in one day) from the disease in the potatoes. He also stated that " low fever " had commenced in consequence of the poor people not having enough of wholesome food to cat. Mr. James M"fernan, Mountallen, county Leitrim, stated that he had within the last few days traversed the counties of Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, and Roscommon, in all of which he had property, and he positively asserted that in the county Sligo there would nor be one good potato in the month of January. The people at present were feeling the pangs of hunger. In the latter three counties fully one-third of the crop was lost. Mr. M'Ternan offered a cheque for 3001. as his subscription towards any fund that might be raised for the relief of the poor. IRISH ELECTIONS.--REPRESENTATION OF ANTRIM.-- Sir 11. B. Seymour, a second cousin of the Marquis of Hertford, and who formerly represented the borough of Lisburn in Parliament, has addressed the electors of the county of Antrim. He says, "In political opinions a decided Conservative, and, by conscience and conviction, steadfastly attached to the Protestant faith, I have uni formly taken that course in public life which appeared to me best calculated to. maintain our institutions in church and state." COUNTY OF LONGFORD.-Mr. S. W. Blacksll has sig nified his intention of seeking the suffrages of the elec tors of the county of Longford at the next general elec tion. The following is an extract from his address:— " The principles upon which I ask for your support are, those of justice to all classes ; and I will never advocate any measure which appears to be imbued with bigotry or prejudice." . MAYNOOTII COLLEGE.—On last Monday the exami nation for the successor of the Rev. Mr. Furlong to the rhetorical chair commenced, and continued, at the rate of about six hours each day, until Thursday last in cluded. The candidates were four in number, and we have learned that the answering of each was indicative of the utmost industry and the most profound learning. The names of the Rev. Gentlemen who thus honourably competed are— The Rev. Mr. M'Eveley, Professor of St. Jarlath's College, Tuam ; the Rev. Mr. Rogers, Professor of Sacred Scripture in the Irish College in Paris. The Rev. Mr. M' Mahon and the Rev. Mr. M'Carthy, both of whom commened and completed their course of studies in the establishment of Maynooth, and were both senior students on the Dunboyne establishment. On Friday morning the Rev. Mr. M'Carthy was de clared elected to the well-contested chair, by the Board of Trustees, that gentleman having received the ma jority of the votes of the judges of the college. We understand that the new chosen professor is a native of Kerry ; indeed, from the immediate vicinity of Darri nane.—Freeman's Journal. MURDER NEAR LISBURN.—We regret to state that in formation reached our office in the course of yesterday to the effect that the dead body of a man named James Cotncy had been discovered on the Moira road. It was supposed that a dreadful struggle must have taken place before the murder was accomplished, as deceased was a large and powerful man, and that more than one or two per sons must have been engaged in it. The spot where the murdered man was found, and for several perches round, was covered with blood.—Belfast News Letter. ' CRUISERS and MERCHANT -SHIPS. It must at ali times be a matter of regret when misnnder standings arise between our cruisers #l.nd the merchant-ships of other nations, and, although we should be disinclined to believe ex parte statements, and can readily imagine that the obstinacy of sea captains does often render the duty of our naval officers very unpleasant, we think it may be as well to point out any statements made against the latter, with a view to their being contradicted if incorrect or ex-1 aggerated. The American journals have recently published a case, upon which they found some remarks as to the neces sity of increasing their naval force in the Pacific, where they have about 600 ships engaged in the whale fishery. From the New Bedford Mercury we take the following particulars of the grievance alleged : " Capt. Pierce of the whale ship General Pike, of this port, has furnished the following statement for publication in our columns, relating to the treatment to which he was sub jected by the commander of the British brig-of-war Hazard, at New Zealand, in April last. " The imperious manner in which British ships of war acted towards unarmed American vessels previous to the ratification of the treaty on the right of search between the two nations, subjecting said vessels to insult on the high seas and placing them oftentimes to much inconvenience, has been again practised in a foreign obscure port towards ships bearing the sacred symbol of American liberty and inde pendence. " On the 24th of April, 1843, we made the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, for the purpose of procuring recruits for the General Pike, of New Bedford, requisite far a homeward bound passage. We had been on a whaling cruise of several months, and in our anxiety to obtain what oil we wanted, bad nearly exhausted our water. The pleasing anticipation of obtaining in that beautiful bay a relief from distress, was fully manifested in the countenance of the whole ship's com pany. Our pleasure was of short duration. We had sailed down the bay but a short distance, when we were boarded by a person dressed in the naval costume of a British officer, ordering us to leave the harbour, and denying us all commu nication with the shore. I informed him that we were in no condition to put to sea, as we were nearly destitute of water. The only satisfaction he gave me, was a recommendation to another port. The reasons assigned for the orders I received were, that the natives had thrice cut down the flae ' , staff bearing the red moss of England, and sho we d by so doing their intention of not submitting to the laws imposed on them by Government. The sloop of war Hazard was in port at the time, and her commander considering it an out rage upon their escutcheon, as a summary punishment de nied us and other American vessels the privilege of procuring supplies from them, thereby cutting off all their trade. Find ing all importunities in vain, I accordingly prepared to take my departure, and commenced beating my ship out of the bay, although with the prospect of an approaching gale. At that instant a sail was descried at the entrance of the harbour, running in, which proved to be an American whale ship, also bound in to recruit. After a consultation with her captain we concluded it was more prudent to put back, which we accordingly did, and dropped anchors at a respectable dis tance from the Hazard. While in the harbour, waiting for a favourable breeze to put to sea, I took the.libertY of visit ing the commander on board his ship, thinking that he might be induced to allow me the privilege of obtaining the necessary supply of water, on consideration of the emergency of my condition, and as it could not have effected his relations with the natives. He, however, continued infield ble. I was threatened in the presence of my crew in the most unjustifiable manner. I returned to my ship with the proud consciousness, at least, that all nations had been taught to respect the American flag, and expected no further griev finces from him. On the morning preparatory to my putting to sea, I was desirous to glean some information respecting the nearest and most suitable port to recruit my ship, and accordingly I lowered a boat, with the intention of going on board a vessel lying a short distance from my ship, the cap tain of which was an old acquaintance. I had not proceeded far, however, when I perceived a cutter sent off from the Hazard in pursuit of me. Thinking I had innocently com mitted some act not in accordance with the worthy comman der's liking, I immediately returned on board. The cutter soon afterwards came alongside, the officer ofwhich theatened if I persisted in holding communication with any persons in the bay, to fire not only into the boat, but into the ship, making myself and crew suffer such punishment as the noble com mander thought proper to dictate. Such is a statement of the facts; which I humbly submit to the public." FOREIGN PRODUCE. We have on numerous occasions in the course of the past season noticed the extensive importations of cattle and pro visions generally from the various supplying Continental States, and have frequently enumerated the quantities of the different kinds of fruits as they arrived in season, which have been brought for the supply of our markets and vendors of the article, and it may not be altogether uninteresting, or unprofitable, now that the fruit season is drawing to a close, and that the traffic from the northern German and Dutch ports may in all probability in the lapse of a short space of time be partially, if not entirely, closed for navigable and commercial purposes, to take a cursory review of the relative importance of the different Continental States in our regard with respect to the supply of the various articles alluded to for consumption in this country. First with regard to fruit, which, of every kind, has been brought during the past season to an extent unknown in previous years, the palm must cer tainly be given to Holland for the early supply, for not only were her productions in the fruit way of every kind in our Markets before the introduction of our own, but singularly enough, before the more southern states of Europe, not even ex cepting France. But in justice to other countries, it must be allowed that the produce of Holland, in regard to fruit, al though of very excellent, if not unexceptionable quality, can not be compared with the productions of France, Belgium, and other countries usually furnishing us with that article. An evident intention existed of being the first in our market., and in that she doubtlessly succeeded most fully. Holland has produced us in succession currants, cherries, plums of every kind, more particularly green gages, and sub sequently pears, nuts, grapes, &c., the latter-mentioned article of most superior quality, known as the Hamburgh grapes, and, as we have before stated in an especial notice, very little inferior to our best samples of hothouse produc tion. France, although rather later, has not been behind her in her supplies of fruit, for she has in turn supplied us with larger quantities of each particular description of fruit, and also a fair quantity of the more valuable kinds of table deli cacies, such as peaches, nectarines, &c., the whole being of superlative quality, especially the walnuts, without the sup plies of which we should, in consequence of the mildew and total failure of our own crop, have been very deficient. The only remaining place requiring any especial mention for its supplies of fruit is Belgium, which has also been of very great service. The inference to be drawn from the past importations of fruit is, therefore, that all three of the countries named are of importance in that especial particular, Holland being the first in the market with her produce. There is no doubt, also, in consequence of the reduction in the price of sugar, and the extensive importation from abroad of the various kinds of stone fruits, that the public have been enabled to lay in a much larger stock of preserves than for merly. With reference to the importation of cattle from abroad, which has this year increased to so great and impor tant an extent, and of foreign provisions generally, we have so frequently and fully enumerated the particular arrivals from time to time, and dilated on their quality and their bearing with reference to our markets and consumption, that it is superfluous now to enter into a recapitulation of the matter at the present moment. We will only observe, that the palm must be in the question of cattle, both in the case of horned beasts, sheep, and indeed cattle of all descrip tions, be given to Holland, the quality and breed having been improved to a remarkable extent, and the large quan tities which have arrived weekly during the summer being beyond all precedent. The varieties also of every other es teemed article of food which have been introduced from that quarter, increasing in extent, and the universally-allowed ex cellent quality of the whole, give a degree of importance to Holland in regard to the supply of this country with cattle and edibles of every description, which, previously to their introduction to their present extent, certainly did not exist, notwithstanding its importance in other matters of trade and commerce. The importations of cattle from Hamburgh have not increased in extent, neither can the quality of them be compared to the Dutch produce, but the importance of that city, also, for the supply of all other sorts of provisions, can not be called in question. Next in importance is Belgium, which is constant in her supplies of butter, eggs, and at this season of the year, poultry of various descriptions, besides rabbits, which, as we have, we believe, previously stated in a former particular notice, abound in that country. The im ports of articles of food from France are confined to poultry, which at times arrive in considerable quantities, and eggs, the extensive importation of which is so universally known that they scarcely require to be mentioned. ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (*mom A CORRESPONDENT.) An accident occurred on the above railway on Satur day night, which, from the extreme carelessness evinced by the servants of the Company, might have been at tended with serious loss of life, yet most fortunately the result.was only a few scratches to an engine-driver and a fireman. The following are the particulars as far as can be ascertained, but the officials of this railway always maintain such a mysterious silence respecting any acci dent, that there is no little difficulty in giving a correct statement. A gentleman, who was very desirous of pro ceeding into South Wales by the mail from Gloucester, finding all the trains had left Bristol for that place, had no alternative but to order an express engine and car riage. This was soon in readiness. Upon reaching Standish junction, where the Bristol and Great Western lines join, about eleven miles from Gloucester, on the Bristol line, the engine ran into something on the line, which proved to be the last truck of a goods-train stand ing across the line, without any signal lights, or in fact any light at all. The concussion threw the engineer and stoker of the express train engine off the engine some yards distance, both escaping with a few slight bruises. The passenger also most providentially escaped with a severe shaking, and was enabled to proceed at once by the Great Western mail train from London, which ran past a few minutes after the accident hap pened. The engine was very much broken, and the trucks were knocked to pieces. As before observed, the acci dent was entirely the result of not putting signal-lights on the goods' train. Conduct so reprehensible deserves the severest censure; and whoever is to blame in this instance ought to be severely punished, as at this part of the line, even in broad daylight, is very dangerous from the junction of the two lines (the Bristol and the Great Western). The guard of the goods' train was given into custody for a breach of the bye-laws, in not having a signal lamp with him, and to-morrow an investigation will take place by the Midland Company, who now have the management of the traffic on this line. A SQUIRREL'S RETREAT.—A young lady, resid ing in the neighbourhood of Tarvin, has two pet squirrels, in whose frolics she naturally takes considerable interest; during a recent visit of some friends, they were taken out of their cages, when one of them suddenly disappeared; anxious search was made, but without effect, till a shriek from one of the rural beauties of the party led to the startling discovery, that the mischievous little animal, in its bustle to escape, had actually taken refuge in that part of the fair girl's vestments which is supposed to give additional grace to the female figure.— Liverpool Mail. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—Letters dated the 4th of November, announce that the opportunities of testing the sailing qualities of the experimental squadron up to that date, had been but few, although of a decisiv e nature. On the 29th of October a trial took place with the line-of-battle ships. Wind one point free, under all plain sail, with a head swell—Canopus, Ist; Superb, 2d; Rodneyand Albion, last and equal ; the Da rin g , 12, keeping her station during the trial, which she was enabled to do, sparing the line-of-battle ships, "courses, royals, and flying-jib." November 3d.—A trial on a wind, with a cross head sea, under single reefed topsails, topgallant sails and course, which lasted four hours. The 12- g u n brig , Daring, gained four miles in the wind's eye of Canopus, Rodney, and Superb (which were all close to each other), and we re th emse l ves respectively 2i miles to windward of the Albion. —. Ham pshire Telegraph. THE ENGLISH IN CALIFORNIA. (From the New York courier and Inquirer.) That portion of the Pacific coast known as California, is at present attracting an unusual share of the attention of the Governments and people of this country, Great Britain, and France. It is regarded by them all as in itself one of the richest and most beautiful regions of the earth, and as des tined by its situation, its harbours, and its proximity to Asia, to influence at no distant day the commercial and political affairs of the world. We have published from time to time, from the leading English and French papers, able and im portant speculations upon this subject; and special attention has been excited by the passages we have given from the Mexican correspondence of the London Times, in which the possession of California by the British is held to be indispensable to check the progress in wealth and power of the United States, which is beginning to excite the jealousy and alarm of the leading nations of Europe. That writer has repeatedly, intelligently, and most zealously urged upon the British Government the necessity of at once acquiring California by purchase from Mexico, insisting that thus, and thus only, can the American Republic be cut off from the West Pacific coast, and shut out from a most advantageous access to the trade of Asia. Substantially the same view is urged in the leading and official papers of Paris. In this state of things the character, condition, and general relations of California, become to us objects of the deepest interest. It has been generally understood that certain por tions of the territory have been mortgaged to parties in Eng land, by whom money has, at various times, been loaned to Mexico; and that there is a disposition on the part of the British Government, by means of this mortgage, to acquire possession and dominion of the whole country. Of course no just argument in favour of such possession can be drawn from the existence of such mortgage, as the mortgage will be equally binding, an d acqu i re additional value and validity, should California become part and parcel of the United States. In that case the debt will be guaranteed by the American Government, and if the solicitude of the British Government extends solely to the security of these debts, it will abandon its designs, if such have been entertained, of acquiring dominion there, and allow California to assume the position which events may assign it. It seems clear, however, that jealousy of the United States, a disposition to check their progress, and to retard their growth in power and sway, is at the root of this proposition to make California a province or dependent section of the British possessions. Such a con summation would be to the United States a most serious and important event—one which would greatly influence our relations with all the world, and cut us off for ever from easy and independent access to the boundless wealth of Asiatic commerce—a consequence to which the United States can never submit. We lay it down as an axiom—to be en forced by war, if necessary —that when Mexico ceases to own California, it must constitute an integral part of the Ameri can union. Accurate and reliable information upon the subject be• comes, therefore, of the utmost public importance ; and we are gratified to be able to publish the following letter from Mr. Cushing, which was written in answer to the inquiries of a friend:— "Newburyport, October 24. " Dear Sir,—l have before me sundry documents, which appertain to a subject of your inquiry as to the interest of the British holders of Mexican bonds in the territory of California. " I. By decree of the President ad interim of the Mexican Republic, issued April 12, 1837, under the authority of an act of Congress of the 4th of the same month, it is declared, " 1. That the entire foreign debt of the republic may, if the public creditors see fit, be consolidated through the agency of Messrs. Lizardi and Co., and of the Mexican Minister in London. " 2. That the existing bonds may be exchanged, one-half for new bonds of such consolidated fund, and the other half in land warrants on the vacant lands in the department of Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, and California, at_the rate of four acres for each pound sterling.' " 7. That 'for further security in the payment of the prin cipal and interest of the national consolidated fund, the Mexican Government specially hypothecates, in the name of the nation, 100,000,000 acres of the vacant lands in the de partments of California, Chihuahua, New Mexico, Sonora, and Texas, with special guaranty to the said consolidated fund until the total extinction of the bonds.' " 10. That foreigners, who, in virtue of their land war rants, shall come to establish themselves on their properties, shall acquire from that date the title of colonists, and shall participate (they and their families) in all the privileges which the laws grant, or may grant, to any others of the same origin and under the same conditions.' " Other articles of this decree, namely, the 3d, 4th, stb, 6th, Bth, and 9th, regulate various questions of detail in regard to the new bonds and the land warrants. 11. On the 14th of September, 1837, in pursuance of a pre vious meeting of the holders of Mexican bonds, it was agreed, between them and the agents of the Mexican Government to accept of the latter, with twelve modifications proposed, of which the most material to the present purpose are the fol lowing, namely:— " 2. That, among other things, instead of at once convert ing one-half of the old bonds into land warrants, for that half shall be issued deferred bonds, which deferred bonds shall be at all times receivable in payment of vacant lands in the department of Texas, Chihuahua, New Mexico, and California, at the choice of the purchaser, at the rate of four acres for each pound sterling.' " 4. That the deferred bonds shall contain a clause sti pulating that the Mexican Government, when thereto re quired, shall grant to the bearer of the said bond full right of property and complete possession in the number of acres of land corresponding to the amount of said bond, with the accruing interest thereon, at the rate of four acres of land for each pound sterling, of which full and competent possession shall be given by the competent authorities on the presenta- tion of said deferred bond.' " 7. That the Mexican Government, In addition to the general hypothecation of 100,000,000 acres contained in the seventh article of the decree, 'shall especially set apart • • . . 25,000,000 acres of Government lands in the de partments having the nearest communication with the At lantic, and which may appear best suited for colonization from abroad ; the said lands to be specifically and exclusively held open for the location o f d e f erre d bonds. " 14. That bonds of the first class may run until the year 1866, and those of the second class until the year 1876. " The other articles are not particularly Important to the subject of inquiry. " 111. On the Ist of June, 1839, an Act was passed by the American Congress, which— " 1. Approves the above agreement made with the holders of Mexican bonds on the 14th of September, 1837. " 2. Grants one year for the proposed conversion of the foreign debt. "4, Requires the Executive to take heed that no lands on the frontier shall be granted to the subjects of the border States, in the event of any bonds falling into their hands which they may be desirous of exchanging for lands,' &c. " G. Enjoins, that the lands be so divided among the emi grants as to prevent their too great concentration on one point; they are therefore to be located at some distance from each other, and as near to our towns as may be con venient. " IV. On the 29th of July, 1839, there was issued by the President ail interim of the Mexican Republic (Santa Anna) an Order in Council, of 24 articles, which regulate in detail the Itsue of the new bonds, and especially those of the first class, for which a certain portion of the custom-house reve nues were specially pledged; but this Order in Council does not materially affect the present object. " Please to observe that the hypothecation of 100,000,000 of acres of land in California, Texas, Chihuahua, New Mexico, and Sonora, is permanent until the whole debt be paid, and the right of locating the deferred bonds in California, Texas, Chihuahua, and New Mexico, also con tinues until these are paid, it being a condition inserted in the bonds. " I subjoin an extract from an English work on California, published in 1839, which bears upon the general subject : " This (the transfer of California to the English creditors) would be a wise measure on the part of Mexico, if the Go vernment could be brought to lay aside the vanity of retaining large possessions. The cession of such a dis jointed part of the republic as California would be an advan tage. In no case can it ever be profitable to the Mexican republic, nor can it possibly remain united to it for any length of time. Therefore by giving up this territory for the debt, would be getting rid of this last for nothing . If California were ceded for the English debt, the creditors might be formed into a Company, with the difference that they should have a sort of sovereignty over the territory, somewhat in the manner of the East India Company.' " I remain, very faithfully yours, " C. CUSHING." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OP ROBERT GRAY V. . JAMES BIRCH, PROPRIETOR OF TAE "WORLD" NEWS- PAPER. Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., moved that the traverser in this case should be called up for judgment. Mr. Henn, Q.C., opposed the motion, on the ground that there was an understanding between the parties that judgment should not be moved for, in cousequence of which his client, Mr. Birch, did not avail himself of the privilege of moving for a new trial during the days in the present term set apart for hearing new trial motions ; and, also, upon the absence of the Chief Justi ce , b e f ore .whom the trial took place, at Trinity Term last. The Court conceded the objections urged by Mr. Henn, and ordered that the case should stand over until Mon day, the 19th of January next. Woo',lnca GARRISON, Nov. 20.—An important point has been decided by the Board of Ordnance, respect ing the legality of the attestment of recruits from the Royal Artillery and Engineers, by Sir John Webb, the director-general of the Ordnance medical department, and a justice of the peace for the county of Kent. The gallant knight has been for more than thirty years in the habit of attesting recruits, but it appears that the Mutiny Act re quires that the attestation shall not be performed by any officer on full pay, and, consequently, the men who peti tioned the board for their discharge under the above cir cumstances, were yesterday desired to return their arms and accoutrements into the stores. A garrison order is expected to be issued by the commandant, notifying that " those who choose to take their discharge may, but those who wish to remain in the Ordnance corps must be re attested in a legal manner, without prejudice to their former service in the corps." Many have sent in their names band; and it is com pute:; that,foi d a i t sch h a o r m ge e , a in a c d lu o d4ng for t e l i i g e p eere, hundreds will apply to be released from a military life, a n d so l e l y on account of the miserable pittance of 6d. per, servitude. A similar day bei ng now a ll owe d as a pension after twenty-five years occur rence took place in theyear 18334. It appeals that Sergeant Sloan, of the Royal Artillery, was under a garrison court martial for a military offence; he pleaded that the members of the court had nojurisdiction, as he had never been "attested," having only joined the regiment as drum-'boy; his objection was found to he fatal to the proeedings. This had the effect of c aus i ng an investigation into these attestations, when it proved that an immense number of soldiers who had entered the service when mere boy s had not been properly attested. A garrison order was then issued to take those that remained before Sir John Webb, to be dully" attested," but thia form appears now to be invalid, according to mai. tax law. 7 . ) / .--" ROGRESS OF MANUFACTURES IN SPAIN. It is perhaps not generally known that the consump tion of linen in Spain is greater than that of England, France, and Belgium, put together; and it is most re markable that, until very lately, there did not exist one manufactory in Spain where fine linen was made, the whole of that article of a better quality being imported from England and Belgium. Thero are, however, and there have been for some years, three or four small factories where a very coarse kind of linen was manu factured, but of a quality no better than that made by the peasants themselves. This attracted the attention of Madame Laurens, a Spanish lady by birth, but educated in one of 'the manufacturing towns in the south of France, where she possesses a small manufactory; and accordingly, after much trouble and expense, she esta blished a linen factory at Aviles, a small seaport town on the north coast of Spain, where, after encountering great difficulties, she has succeeded so well that, at the exhibition of national industry held at Madrid last summer, the specimens of Spanish manufactured linen presented by Madame Laurens were awarded the first prize. Tho Governm en t o f Sp a i n , na t ura lly anxious to promote the welfare of an enterprise of so beneficial a nature, immediately presented Madame Laurens with a large plot of ground near to Aviles, and on which there is a large building, formerly a monastery. This was given to her and her heirs in perpetuity, subject to the condition that it should be converted into a linen factory. Finding her self thus encouraged, Madame Laurens immediately co:nmenced a tour of inspection through Belgium and England. In England she visited all the great manu facturing towns in the north, in order to carry to Spain all the most recent inventions in the mac hinery of a linen factory ; and though the object of her visit was known, and it was to be expected that she would become a formidable rival to our manu facturers, s he was treated with the greatest courtesy, and every information she asked for was immediately given, and g iven in a cordial manner. Madame Laurens has now left England, and there can be no doubt that, before another year is past, Spain will be in the possession of a linen manufactory, where the quality of the article produced will be as fine as the finest manufactured in this country. TIIE LATE CASE OF MURDER AND PIRACY ON TIIF, thou SEAS.—The twelve Judges, before whom th e im portant question of international law, in this case, was argued On Saturday, the 15th, have not yet been able to come to a de cision, and have intimated their wish that the points should be argued again by civilians from Doctors'-commons ; the 3d of December has been fixed for the argum en t b y one; Learned Doctor on either side in the Court of Exchequer. The respite of the prisoners, which expires to-morrow, has been extended to meet the delay consequent upon this arrangement. Observer. SINKING OT A BRIG IN TILE RIVER.—On Saturday a largo brig, heavily laden with granite from Scotland, sud denly sprung a leak: in the Pool. Every exertion was used by the captain and crew to stop it but without effect, and on arriving at Limehouse-hole she began to sink, when the crew took to their boats and effected their escape. In less than ten minutes afterwards she sunk in deep water, her masts being only partly seen above. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—We regret to hear this morning from Turville-park that Lord Lyndhurst is in a much more precarious state than is stated by our London Contemporaries. If what we have heard be correct, and we see no reason to doubt it, there is but little hope of his Lord ship's eventual recovery.—Berhs Chronicle. -;) - 7 . HORRIBLE MURDER of a FEMALE, AND ATTEMPT AT ARSON, IN THE UNITED STATES. Our city was thrown into a great state of excitement this morning by a report that a most appalling murder had been committed at the West-end, in a disreputable house in Cedar lane, which act was stated in our second edition, but without any other particulars. A Coroner's jury was empanelled this forenoon, and, under the direction of Colonel Pratt, preccefed to examine the body, and the premises in which the deed was perpetrated — a preliminary step to the inquest, which will take place at the Court-house to-morrow. The scene of the murder is a small two-story brick house, in Cedar-lane, between Cedar and Charles-streets, occupied by M r . J oe l Lawrence and wife, who have lived there something like 2.5 3 - ears. For some years past, as we understand, the premises have been used as a house of assignation —rooms being kept for the accommo dation of those in the habit of visiting it. The body, that of a young and beautiful female of 23 or 24, was lying on the floor, covered all but th e b reast, head, and feet, with a bloody sheet, which had been thrown over it.. She lay on her back close to the grate, with the head turned over on the right side. The head was thrown back, exposing a ghastly and terrible cut from ear to ear. The jugular vein and windpipe were entirely severed, the razor which the murderer used having entered to the bone. Her hair was partly consumed, and her face charred and blackened by the action of the fire. The room, which was a small-sized bed-room, in the rear of the house, in the second story, contained fragments of burnt clothing strewed about, and the walls were spattered with blood —probably done when she was dragged from the bed and thrown upon the floor. A chair standing near the head of the bed contained a pool of blood. Wegathered from a conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Law rence,. and a girl i n th e house, that they were a w a k ene d a b out five o'clock thi s morn i ng, by a shriek up stairs, and a heavy fail, which apparently jarred the house; immediately after, and before they were hardly awake, a person came down stairs, slipped in his haste and fell, but recovered, and rushed out of the front door. The family then smelt fire, and going up into the room, found it filled with flame and smoke. The fire was set in three different places—the bed which the murdered woman had occupied—the closet containing her dresies, and a bed in an adjoining bed-room, which was unoccupied, were all more or less burnt Against the door of the front bed-room, occupied by a girl who lives there, a pile of bed-clothes had been placed and then set on fire—it seems to have been the intention of the murderer to bury all evidence of his fiendish deed, in the conflagration of the house, and the death of its occupants.' The name of the murdered woman was Maria A. Bickford. She was of slight, graceful figure, and very beautiful. She has been married, but has not lived with her husband for some time past. He is a shoemaker by trade, and was lately in the employ of Mr. Smith, in Cambridge -street. He is now in Bangor, where this ill-fated woman formerly belonged. The wash-bowl in the room contained a quantity of bloody water, from which it is evident that the murderer washed his hands after his bloody work. A letter was found in the room addressed A. J. T. to M. A. B. ; also a pair of men's drawers, cane, and stocking, and a bunch of keys. Dr. Moriarty, who was present at the exa mination, said it was impossible for her to move after she received the death wound, and he must have dragged her from the bed. In the straw bed under which she slept, a bunch of matches were found nearly burnt up. Suspicion, amounting almost to certainty, is fixed upon Albert J. Tirrell as the murderer, though he has not yet been arrested. Tirrell was arrested some time since, at New Bed ford, on a charge of adultery, and was lately discharged, hav ing compromised th e matter. He is said to be a native of Weymouth, in this State.—Boston Mail, Oct. 27. irtir 34,Sbition QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) (Sittings in Banco.) JUDGMENT—THE QUEEN V. SHARPNELL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for the judgment of the Court upon the defendant. Charles Needham Scrope Sharp nell, who had pleaded guilty to informations that had been filed against him for a misdemeanour under the 45th George 111., which prohibited any sale or traffic in public situations or offices held in the service of the East India Company. It appeared, by:the informations, that the defendant had written a letter to Major-General Robertson, one of the East India Directors, in which he proposed that he would make an arrangement with the General for an appointment as a cadet, which was in the General's gift. Defendant also wrote to Mrs. Robertson, stating that she would be paid an annuity if he got the appointment. The defendant was also accnsed of having written similar letters to other East India Directors and their wives. The Attorney-General said he wished to leave the punishment to the merciful consideration of the Court, as the defendant, when he wrote the letters in question, was labouring under severe domestic affliction and pecuniary embarrassment, to such an extent as to affect his mind; for lie had lost his father and four children in one and the same day. It also appeared that he was the sole support of his mother, and was in expectation of a situation, which he would lose if he were to be imprisoned. Counsel for defendant prayed that he might be let out on his own recognizance to appear when called on. The ArrortNEY-GKNEnAr, said he would not oppose that course. The COURT, after observing upon the impropriety of de fendant's conduct, sentenced him to four months/ impri sonment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) THE QUEEN V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. FRANCILLON applied for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding the Great Western Railway Company to issue a writ requiring the Sheriff of Gloucester to assemble a jury and assess the damage sustained by a person named Cliff, from that Company. It appeared that the applicant had, in 1837, purchased a piece °Hand, on which stood five houses, and he had a right of way expres:43 , given to him in the deed as far as Russell street. Ile called the place Bath-place, and built five mere houses on it. On the commencement of the formation of a junction line with the G-eat Western the works materially impeded the ray claimed by Mr. Cliff; and the only means of communicati9n with the town was blocked up. That junc tion line had since been incorporated with the Great Western, and the line of rails crossed the way to which a right was claimed, and in consequence of the danger incurred by per sons in crossing the rails several of his tenants had left, and she value of the houses was materially decreased. Application granted. THE QUEEN V. DAVID THOMAS WILLIS. The ArroIIsEv•GENERAL applied for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing David Thomas Willis, clerk to the guardians of the poor for Winslow and Buckingham, to render up for inspection certain accounts he held in his possession. It appeared that a Mr. Cowley had been auditor to the two workhouses mentioned, but by a recent Act; the Bth Vic., c. 101, it was made lawful for the Commissioners to place the poor-houses of many parishes into one class or district and with one common auditor. The Commissioners had thought proper to classify the two poor-houses above-mentioned with many others into one district, and they had appointed Mr. Alfred Heyward auditor. The guardians of the poor for Winslow and Buck: ingham entertained the idea that the power of the Commis sioners could not depose Mr. Cowley, as he was already the auditor of the two unions, and which constituted a sort of district, and on those grounds he refused to submit the accounts to the inspection of the new auditor.—Rule granted. I THE MURDER AT NEWTONBREDA. BELFAST, Nov. 20.—0 n the evening of Monday, the 10th inst., y t e is wsot t om w n o th e. o b f ro th e e r ir s, William friends, waernedrleituogrohinCgrafwrofmord, Belfast accom fair r ni t ed by N breda,avinage three miles distant from Belfast fair the party were waylaid and assailed near the former place by another party, some of the persons composing which have been since identified. The two Crawfords sustained such serious injury, that one of them, William, died the same evening, and the other is not yet pronounced out of danger. An inquest was held on the Wednesday following to inquire i n t o th e circum stances connected with the death of William Crawford. After a number of witnesses had been examined it was adjourned till this day, at ten o'clock. Dr. Tyrell, Coroner for the county of Down, opened the Court, and proceeded with the further examination of the case. The evidence adduced did not cast much light on the motives which had led to the out rage, but sufficient transpired to authorise the Coroner to commit for trial three men in custody, of the respective names of James Spence, Thomas Spence, and Jelin Woods. They will, accordingly, be tried on the charge of man ' slaughter at the ensuing Downpatrick assizes, and have been meanwhile admitted to bail, themselves in 100/. each, and two sureties in 50/. each. —From a Correspondent. SOUTH DEVON.—During the last fortnight a large quantity of rain has fallen in this county. O n Thursday last, about eleven A.M., a violent storm commenced, rain and hail, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of thunder. On Saturday the wind veered to N.W., and a sharp frost set in ; the hills on the mountainous regions of the forest of Dartmoor are covered with snow. A report has been for some days current' of an intention on the part of her Majesty's Government, not to rely so fully as it has hitherto done upon the Chelsea Pen sioners in case of any occasion for their services, but to call out the Militia for a short period of training. It is said that the ex‘il expediency b ie e nch t of forming as theingab ground r u s n c d hoo for l tohfirs measure. ecruitsfur the army GUILDFORD CATTLE FAIR, SURREY.—This cattle, sheep, and horse fair was held on Saturday. The fair was numerously attended by buyers, and the supply of cattle of althougha l the graziers w as g o good, were enrde reluctant prices aot i o sellingobtainedunless were a g t oo fa vourable prices. The weather being mild permits the cattle to run the marsh and pasture lands. Fat beasts at 4s. Bd. per stone, and many came to London ; bea s t s f or stalling sold at prices varying from 9 /. to 12/. a head, and lean cattle from 8/. to 10/. a head ; milch cows made from 12/. to 14/. ; and large framed Yorkshire cows with small calf made as high as 171., 18/., and 19/. each ; goed bred cows, down calving, made prices varying from 121. to 154; and heifers early calving, realised 10/. to 11/. ; and yearlings from 6/. to 71. a•head; fat wethers went off at 4s 8(1- per stone, and good wether sheep for stock, varied in price from 295. to 395. a-head ; tags made from 255. to 335.; and fat lambs made :55. p er s t one; fat lambs, for stock, averaged 21s. per head; and a few choice breeds obtained 27a; prime South Down ewes made from 28s. to 365. a-head, and inferior ditto made from 255. to 305.; horses young and sound were In request, and went off at prices satisfactory to the sellers; cart horses made from 18 to 25 guineas, and nags young and well-bred ranged is price from 10 to 35 guineas; pigs were caught up quickly, and at good prices. FRENCH POTATOES.—A cargo of potatoes, COn• signed to Messrs. Treeby and Co., arrived here on Monday last, from Pont l'Abbe, in France. It is rather a novelty in the commercial world, to see potatoes imported from abroad. A duty of 3s. 4d. is payable on potatoes, the produce of a foreign country, under the plausible ppretence of affording " protection to the Agriculturist."—Plymouth Journal. BS T , ,CH,ERED.—ANycesEtßerdoz afternoonLeavu a serious COAL-CE LLAR inaccidentat F A occurred FLAPS to Edgar Weyvill, Esq., a gentleman the iron flap of a Hamp stead, secured, and he fractured coal-cellar that was not properly dt,h7ovh:4l in to ptabsos groundin throughby steppingSe ou Seymour-nsrtersej et, gomers-town, the right leg. ri fi n r c e e d f L ro e m opold, left Devonport Black Eagle, 'Admiralty s _ _ board their Royal Highnesses Prince Per- On Friday morningt,eaanthaaclif:tTaigsnteinrecoom'cinlocankd,etrhse. B. Cook, having on er l e ' the Port Admiral's for Lisbon. Roya flag-ship, the Queen, 110, in the Sound, and from the citadel, Fer dinand of Saxe , Co l b s u a r i g nte a s n w d CROWDED STATE OF THE PORT OF s the beautiful vessel went out of Ilamoaze. Huu..—The docks and harbour of Hull are now crowded with shipping. The blue flag has been flying these last two or three days, signifying that no more vessels can be allowed to enter the port.—Hull Packet.