The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

~....,~ - ~..a! t: _..: } THE THEATRES. LYCEUM, si A new mic dram a in t wo acts, entitled Tahing Pos attiesiteus, co'was Prod uced at this theatre last nigLt. Mr. a nd 13inedle ( \Jr. :Keeley), a t rave ll er for a fish sauce his Pickle warehouse, to G ermany i n the way of lr°c4t io n, and falls in with a• w hom is i n possession to the band of gip s i es , one o f of a lottery ti c k et , w hi c h h e offers to sell retailer of sauce samples for 100 florins. but he kr. Boodle offers ten, expecting that it will h e r« f use d ; mistaken,mistaken. Thetenflorins are paid, an d No. 1 ,688 is 13oodle's. Well, the numbers are drawn for, and 1 ,688 is a prize, the holder being declared the w i n n er of ttuißatenhole Castle ; whereupon the Euglishruan is all joy ,: ng, "at the top of his bent," " Rule Britannia. lbeßu the ticket, of right, belonged to Carl, the nephew of seneschal of the castle, and the leader of the gIPsY band (Ur. Wigan) undertakes to get the title deeds from °° dle• Of cours e the latter makes all diligent haste to se e h_ _ DanublA '3 noble castle and demesnes on the banks of the e, and the gipsy leader has everything prepared I s ° r e him a warm reception. In the first place, as he LI "'ring the steamer in the small-boat, he gets a duck lig; then, wishing to make a speech to his tenantry on on: subject of allotments the corn-laws, and wash houses t he Poor b e •- • ll , pelted by the tenantry. He is tle%t s hown t 14 " ~,__, wn into a cold, unfurnished room, where he is . to a ti n v d nu the eight. The gipsv leader comes in disguise, hat You k now, of course, that poor Boodle cannot sleep. between the howling of the wolves and the ghost toi()_l!es l ee the his companion entertains him, he thintlesses he b ent is 1:10 t all, the m ost miserable of men. But Re is told that the gipsies are to o k •on murdering him. One of them, who av er 4° Dae of his soy, supposing it to he mi Y rare beverage, declaring that he has a particu ar eoli ti e t !P e c,,jel cause of complaint against him on that ac the di„ . 41 1 - e good angel who brings this information to aelf;—Nlsolatesßoodle you may guess is'a gipsey her kiyie a n i cl in order to evade their wicked designs, by her i ttorokrile[4:loer4altaenrcis,his appearance, and pretends eeche.giPsey himself. Of course he is received with that ho is that he may nor be idl?, he is desired i ha ke t he leader of the band, Balthazar. There is muc i ur i n . 3 slth azo _ his goi- , -ng to act his first murder ; bu, il he r wh ° 4 titivi he is disguised, says he will tell a ratir,e.s, and our poor Boodle is terrified out of being horrid" treatment against the new landlord of 14 1)1 4 e, who tretnbles all over in his disguise, and hr 11 4' t° ° ha t Itg , ot Ppy to resign the title deeds of the castle, b! ) ..klate ;sas much money as will brlng• him back to ig aro, • ar e and his betrothed, Corra (Mrs. A. '° go b e thus made happy, and B ,udle vows never trki,ell qond call of the new police, The id. If th 4, 0 et' for . ver i r sa, Jiffs of .- ..:. - , e sauce samples is evidently taken prom ‘ 9 ‘ o , i i i i r t 14;4;6 °rre!pondent "of the .‘ Se. nirge l and like 1), (k °lll , it falls deeply below the original : th at *:"eult to . excelir at it say what is the aim of the piece,iticisa,, It would whi c h t el l'es as a vehicle for some haltink.r. of eu' ,nwever, like lame Vulcan performin:the oni c c ie e le, ~,,aeiarer, raised roars of laughter amongst 1 t petit B im et : gods." The piece was announced for re t ime I STRAND. have not enji.yed such a hearty lautrh . for a b i ng e bar e , a4 We enjoyed at this theatre last evening, a, h Eft y o `pe of Anryone. It is a regular screamer—worth .., ilnr od „ the slk•etatle burlesques %here flue ., "eo,ri ele s ' l e Pd to make up for paucity of jokes. "1 'he original ave titt en Y follovvi.d--Aristophanes himself could not have of his a more ludicrously exact quiz upon the tragedy Ie h, 4grude'lteontemporarY. The chorus was excessively in every °t o f t theo Antigone of George Wild was, on hies,,a ar,,ue word, brunense Llaq was Creon, and, , latigl,74rance, was greeted with a roar of hearty ° l:eon t t l ,u Ile Made Crgenn alter Punch's caricature he uega ti, i'.". The resemblance was exact ; and, when hns as 4,,11, itrieh Atuuster brogue, addressing the Thr_• c a t _ , 40 eativuis'errittary bondsmen," the audience was perfe a : I) , Cha „.'s imitations of Vandenhotf, Macre .4141, 0 ties n.ean, were excellent • in fact, we Beyer saw }ki t the geat--his Creon is super'ior even to his lag , ; b li tga • e:Lii°l° is a piece of rich drollery ; the funcne:ter 'l4tieh,.-"-', jr we mistake not the Antigone 0 , - -:* Sinie oil Will have a greater run than even the Ant i t4tlttled.°P4ocls. The house was exceedingly wel SP° 1 11` INTELLIGENCE. ING TATTERSALL'S. --/7 a CRESTER. CU Chester d at ._ an an) Tit Thevl ceePtances, which closed in town ti ll , e te o clock on Saturday...pr'EßDAY. more, owing to oat'itag,ien record --the number 711 —tour appeared ir. yester night, (lart Q4B ill ecTYing the list, than far exceeded owing Est qaPets• The horses omitted were, Advice, 4 yrs, Est 21 ,; The Old Niaid, 5 yrs, 6st 61b; 71b. Amongst the I trr u , and Stayley, 5 yrs, sst nearly all that Vitula, 5 yrs, have L'es left in will be found ne first opened thj;e4 backed since the books being to`r• The be yesterday was - us occasions , ie ter a l , el ity as on one or two liberal,pFevio particularly With eallssions, however, Were Era, Pug (the were brisk, enli oZttl to the two favourites, thewithout. 44 C errah ert in by Lord George Ben tinck to ), at Ti, —llk Cater t opened at 20 , s were as 0 4 ( 1 4 , ae , 1 averages Iltide Y 8 quotation. She film r, 10 t_ , ft, off. ls to" t tint M. Jaques's Semi , 1, Agriculture,ad close 18 t 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone 's Obscurity—taken Cataract—taken 20 fr () , 1 agst Mr. W seott's ke 25 to 1 •' I agst Lord G Be tinck', Pug—ta to I a , • 11 • ' Celeste . seria—t. da 22 to tsat Mr. A. Stebbing The Era-25 to 1 agr.t Mr. A. Johnstonse's 2s to ~ taken freely. ao ~ I agst Mr. O Parry's Zaco . ni 1 re--taken ' t I agst Ur. W. Scott's Agricu tu ls ° I agBt Mr. Bell's Winesour ,__takee 4 t° 1 aRq Mr. Vaughan's Externpor _ as t to e 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—taken ,to to 1 at'st Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence tnaek_en 4 0 4 agst kr. Oshuleston's Sore a 60 t o 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's so ._ . agst Mr. Collett taken to `,'? !agst Mr, Irwin's Figh-a-131 Rolls filly—ta. 'b CQU r u r e a e n n n a ° -L l :t a y k_e il ,s 0 L,? ! agst Mr. Parry Master of the taken 6 6 t `,.. ° ! agst Mr. 'Wesleys Counsellor—taken.tirn_ta. 10 0 t( '' l 1 agt. Mr. Plummer's Alice Haw I 2 ,00 0 , agst Ur. irwin's Mickey Free—takkeenn. The t") ao agst Mr. Collett's The Dean— PasitionW° lekling favourites remain in about the the same "11 . At " we left theta last week, Ala- avsionogevtenne Latila,; Otle titne it was a near thing for choice, 1 , offered I .,titi th:een laid bet ween th and only 12 to 1 against Col. Socaell3 4`',l 13 tol was en b enlq.ently betted been t,.(4t i n ht to ands,ll; buelieve, might have it ." it la r 't4',..iis to 1; it: sii,/,,,i; hkdger s the owdads.returned; Merrel ttilietelotlft° Czs three" tiar;Lnl-rsatat 1 000 to 30, 30to the Pr I nd - Annand ale,ci 't ' '25 andbacked at 14f . t o 1 .•rh Lai t o 1 e .rd o'Cock e nd the Frederica f two - or thpeo'bat'a (the outlayi) ncia t). Iroumast" for two at i ',,°^`lted pounds niat°,loertaoel,' I.2z?e o 's to hand 20. ClOS,ing prices :- ~ all in;" and 1. I 1 NISt Greville's Aiarra IS t(lo agot eOl. Peel's Cobweb cult—taken It to 1 44st Colonel tinson's K dger ' and aft off. 1% to . 1 'IN Lord Stradbroke's Idas—t and aft.. off. 3 0 t o 1 %Ist Lord Chesterfield's Path t. au t o 1 agit Me. A.. Johnstone's Armand ti t o. _ a o to 1 igst Lord ChPsterfield's Newsin.o al to I 'IN Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip a 4 4gst Mr, 8 P l'- M tor—taken to 1 a •t.a u s en as to gst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken c--take 33 , Cock en agat Duke of Richraond's Laird 0 4 0 te i`,, taltela —t a k en 4 0 t o 1 'l4l Mr. Gratwiclre's Frederica, colt 60 t o , agst Ur. A., VV, Hill's Ironmaster..—rt_aken Ranger—taken tO t o ',' agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ran,,e to ,_ 1 agst Mr, Colemans Young Eclip se l Oop ti ,' , i 1 agst kr. Coleman's Fuzbos—taken 1 1 %0 C o ', 5 'Agit Lord Chesterfield's Twig t° b41:31,;,,i1't kr. Tuting's Adonis (M.yrrha colt) tt'n h-atvp-s'a n A larm and the Cobweb colt olt. —taken ,Ittitkoa:4:4weahEzzetee:lirfi,e, intprsuatdarloetialenrdttlisltWtaghhpanc has been Natke"llltolkti,a w- Scalteen died on Friday last at Ne l'h Nlfet • Ilittitafoll„i TElt STEEPLE CITA ta, y 44_133 horse, have been named for the Royal Ist of Cior'h :......b,ncilrap Sweepstakes, to be run on livNhotT"° l'ag, Dis(ount, Wilton 'Quartermaster, CE. the E , 4 11 t, 41,, Itobin Adair Ilarefield, The Spy, Vag a v , t r L ort, Ada r' The Pony. Little Tommy,,at, V.,i'toll'harle, Pl,e, Gaylad, Tully, The Heart of ,euvirel, k„'?1 I'aß, I,l'lle Icnight, The Returned, MY ,e: The 4Nelt!ht Toa'rinita, The Rector, The Cardinal to.us. 'z1.,:41, Ta,„,l ) at, eluti, The Scavenger, Tan . . 1 d ti..",'",rth, Labylon, Reslington, Eagle, lad Y' 1-kitta• i„I;"* Xovic_ ,e Lazarus, Boxkeeper, Sam k4(l, (v''' of other Days Duenna, Consul, Ay , ril ktre'', Sehe'hoy.liwiek, GE:lopade, The Darling, ihe 1104:4/8 n,„ „",kr' hi s s.ttENiziEsii PRINCE LOUIS 4,N frol LACtNIIOURG.Letters have been there I,4'N of 1%, Stutgardt conveying information of . 0 , ,,E 4t'ab ~,r'llee Loni's Christian Augustus Hohenl.ohe Nilt t;.--, Ilis Serene Highness was uncle of Prince 11,41,`'1•14,4,,ilaleheolohe La genbourg, and brother of ",,,t ~,,`: la the ~I,,,llthiee Gatave Hohenlohe. H e 4 was tli qlfv!erabet,'" of January, 1 774, and married the 2 . 41, ,a 01.4 1 , , 1816, Princess Louisa, daughter of Prince fit htth „tederick of II h 1 he Rirchberg who died )412,111‘!al in'ttli()ectobe.r, 182°1. enThe Prince was a Major- A 'IS 14 servzoo or the Ring of Wirteraberg• ‘"trit'atiollntTilltn4,b C,RILD.---TrruAnsu v. CUAPMAN. 'lt 4 ~azTitg been rnade to the Court of Quaen's L41.411(' tt? tt-rb:1,141443 t .eorapel the Vicar of Bassing -1,14',1i1d,,, J ~..ie bod y of Jane Rurabel, " the ttn veL-I,eti o a, I l i ' the suggestion of the Court a notice tk' t14.,,1ra on Wednesday last, informing 111n1 hvg the "044 be brought for interment titalotiii tL'irvi.eis the Re interment t , the i : ict - - at four fk'iZ44se A'reisllet:rtae-tit 19VeloelTeir2avivincigtroboi Nt i ➢i 4 44 , be en L ° f sorne / iy, at the appointed ?efore the 1;11z. of spectators. e c. , as t ti c e ,rounti Court. ‘l,,_ (l e . ued re -very ei., • • - - n . I —tu of the baptism not being val,- 1 t. •`Ptisre,") which the ingenuity of counse : an 16,04sel:lre;111'Pede the in , d the vicar, as et,t4i ktiot t.,, having failed tobtain a prohibition from tttill kr • 4aeen's b ° - fresh appli t)),;i ik r , ) int, et!o ~to Prevent any n 10, tit., e), }gent (tne body having been brought 1,24t1 , , 4 ;a hi,s,a, 1.-%e t'lUots.int!y compelled to perform t.444ktit4,111,b,j6e,t1/4.4 jitnetbielurnbiLtehl rigbhtrnofneeeve.r3l72, baptisedB3 9 ; :itiPla ;10840 deceased Feb. 14 1840. First Ati 'w iii, °l' buri.4 l7 1840 • second ditto, Nrt 40 v,, ; third ditto Feb.a ' _, 184-5 Thus, after k ttll: ll t,aetra' litigation', th°._a3sohes of *Jane ofßmbel A Oad t deposited by the ashes 'dof those her tkll4Ntri,6ll of he r bl, e6l rot.er - ris e rs --Patriot. 1/ kr •tlt tift ")11i l all • ' and 1-- te .*between a tllt ita Liitle%•,,tat,,...;_a?tce is ori the taps of Oti 4443, itiecitt,,T,:‘,°l,duaang one of her Majesty's_ ships ci, IN ii!tttoria3iti.t , arid son of a Nobte Lail, a a Push ed daughter of the GoTeriaor of to 9,4 that ititticiz• THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNI instead of all that miserable weakness which we see daily going on in Doctors' Commons.—(Cheers.) The Li beral Members, myself among them, may not be able perhaps to do much good, but we trust that we may pre. vent a considerable degree of harm, as in the last session, in the case of the M,isters' and Servants' Bill.—(lm mense cheering). We destroyed that Bill—(Cheers) which at once made the industry and labour of the working man not worth a twenty-four hours' purchase; which placed him at the mercy of his employer, for if he gave but a disrepectful look, or, as it was called in the Bill, " misbehaviour," it subjected him to three months on the tread-mill; but there was no like punish ment if the mastermisbehaved himself. Oh, no. It be hoved the friends of the people to keep a sharp look out for those measures, and therefore, I say, that if we do not much good, we can at least prevent some mischief.— (Great cheering.). Mr. Moore has expressed a hope that I will not suffer the Post-office espionage to remain as it is. I hope that you all know me sufficiently well to be lieve that I will not allow it so to remain. On the last day of the past session I gave notice that I should call the attention of the House to the Secret Committee Re port, and to-morrow I will renew that notice—(Tre mendous cheering)—and I will undertake to prove that that report was made for the sole purpose of mystifying the public. Sir James Graham had named his own jury, and I was excluded from it.—(Hear, hear.) I could have given them some real information, and they declined to possess it.—(Laughter and cheers.) No, they said this—at least they meant it:—" The state ment mast be screened from the public; now we know, that if you come into this room, you will let the cat out of the bag."— (Laughter.) But I have done that pretty well already.—(" You have," and laughter.) Ah, but then they were in doubt about my statements; but was there one of those statements once controverted—one THE GRAVESEND STAR STEAM PACKET COMPANY. In compliance with an advertisement which appeared in the Times, calling a meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, a numerous and highly respectable assem blage of that body was held yesterday, at the George and Vulture Tavern, Lombard-street. At a few minutes past one o'clock, upon the motion of Mr. Marryat, George Frederick Young, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. MARRYAT said that as they had met for the pro motion and protection of their interests as Shareholders in this Company, he trusted that all the information that could be procured for the furtherance of those objects would be elicited ; but he would suggest that it would be well that none but Shareholders should be present. After a short discussion, it was agreed upon that the newspaper reporters should be allowed to be present ; but no other persons who were not Shareholders or Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to say, that as he felt he owed the meeting some explanation for having called it, he would now beg leave to offer that explanation, and in doing so those whom he had the ho nour of, addressing might rest assured he would he exceedingly brief. The reason he had taken upon him self to call this meeting was this': There were many Proprietors and Shareholders, who;like himself and those by whom he was surrounded, had long been engaged in this unfortunate Company. When first they embarked in it, he thought they might say, without vanity, that they did so without any desire to induce others to follow their example, but merely for the purpose that was ap parent—namely, a commercial speculation; but, owing to the faith reposed in those to whose management the alitirs of the Company were entrusted, very many persons were induced to embark their capital in it, and had it not been for this feeling, he pledged himself that he, and many others whom he knew, would:have long since retired from the Company altogether.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to indulge in any observations which might be deemed individually offensive ; but, at the same time, be would not hesitate to say that the affairs of the Company had been not only fraught with disaster and loss, but they, had been conducted in a manner which he for one could not approve of ; and he would go further, and add that his opinion was, that many of, the losses of the Company had been owing to those to whom its management had been entrusted.— (Hear.) He, in common with the other Shareholders, had received the printed circular or notice of the Directors, and he should confess that that rotice did strike him with amazement, and it was in consequence of it that he had deemed it his duty to call this meeting. —(hear, hear.) However, he had resolved to restrain his feelings, and not to give expression to his suspicion until this meeting was held ; and here he would say, that a more bold attempt of a body entrusted with the management of the affairs of a Company, to hold the rod over that Company, and dictate to them the terms upon which they should almost sacrifice their own interest, he had never heard.—(Hear, hear.) The proposition of the Directors was to this effect, that they would either buy up the shares from the Proprietors at 12s. per share, or that the latter should pay up n dividend of 11. per share. But whether these propositions were the result of an ascertained fact by the Directors, to the effect that the property was worth no more—a matter which every individual Shareholder was entitled to be informed upon —they were left in utter ignorance of. For thes e r e ason s he would say h e did think that such a course of conduct was not becoming on the part of the Directors. —(Hear, hear.) The circular of the Directors had led many country Shareholders to believe 'they had no other alternative than that it proposed.; and to his own knowledge many female Shareholders had actually acceded to the proposition, believing that this treatment of them was such as they had no valid means of resisting.—(Hear.) Now, he did think this was a position in which the Shareholders should not have been placed ; and he entertained the hope that the Directors would give the fullest and most frank and satisfactory statement of the affairs of the Company ; that those affairs would appear not to be in so bad a state as the Shareholders had been led to suppose ; that if the property was to be sold, it would bring a larger sum than could be expected from the statement of the Directors ; and that if such should be the ultimate reso lution of the Shareholders, the proceeds should be divided fairly, pari passu, between them.—(Hear, hear.) The Directors had called upon the Shareholders to do a certain amount by a given day, without affording the latter sufficient time for consideration. There were many Shareholders in the country who were at a loss to know how to act. They had asked his advice. This he did not like to give ; but the course which he himself thought he ought to adopt, was to call upon the Directors for their consent, and ask them in decorous, but at the same time firm, terms, fur a full explanation of the affairs of the Com pany.—(Hear.) If the Directors had the power to buy up the shares, he had no doubt but the Shareholders could get an inhibition from the Court of Chancery to restrain them ; but he did nut think the deed of settle ment gave them that power.—(Hear, hear.) After a few further observations, the Chairman concluded by repeating what he had said at the outset—namely, that under the circumstances he had mentioned, he had deemed it his duty to call the present meeting in order that they might adopt whatever means they deemed most expedient fur the protection of their own interest ; begged that hard words might not be used, as they would only throw impediments in the way of business ; and thanked his auditory for the at tention with which they had heard him. Mr. HITCHENS concurred in all that had fallen from their respected Chairman. He fully agreed with him that it would be injudicious to use hard words, though they broke no bones. At a former meeting of the Share holders at Gravesend, it was agreed upon that the Com pany should be broken up, but that had not been done, and he was at a loss to know why it had not. It was true they had been told a flattering story as to the state of their affairs, and that a dividend of 10 per cent. had been declared. But, he would ask, what had they now? Why, nothing.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He would ask, what right had the Directors to say now they would take upon themselves to dispose of a property that for the last ten years had been getting worse and worse ? He denied they had any such right, and there fore they should not call upon the Shareholders to sell their property until a full and fair statement had been laid before them, showing the real and actual value of it.—(Hear.) The Shareholders had seen no data what ever upon which the Directors had gone in order to ascertain the value of their property, and, therefore, be would say, without wishing to use hard words, that on his soul he had never seen or heard anything like this in his lice.—(Hear, and a laugh.) After applauding the course taken by the Chairman, Mr. Hitchens concluded by moving the first resolution, which, with the others, will - be found in our advertising columns. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion that from this meet ing ought to emanate a requisition to the Directors to call a general meeting of the Shareholders, and to ex press a strong hope that the former would at that meet ing evince a wish to adopt whatever course should be deemed most advisable by the latter, instead of coming with their pockets filled with proxies, in order to enable them to carry out their own views. —(Hear, hear.) In deed, he could not think they would do otherwise, and therefore he would suggest the adoption of such a re• quisition. the meeting. the T re u as e ur s e a r id, o f t h t a h t e w h C e o n ne ti p r a s n t y h , e n s e a x vr t to be present, as it was anon y m ous ; but he was adds e dMr a er ck s v Ae e d r it t N i t sment calling thi s mee ti n g, he did not in tendhe glad that he had attended. He felt that he should take to himself a share of the discredit, if any there was, that should fall upon the Directors. He had been urg ing them since July last to make out a statement, but they had not done so. He was not a Director, but the 'Trea surer of the Company, and, as such, he felt proud of the confidence they reposed in him.---(Hear.) He did not, however, mean to throw any reflection upon the Direc tors, for he believed the majority of them to be highly course erathbalet the e Shareholders m en should and to adopt out.—(Hear.)any Some of the Directors were men of considerable wealth and influence, and would, therefore, be ashamed to do any act unworthy of men of high character.—(Hear, hear.) He had not a copy of the deed of settlement, , but he willing believed it would be found that its clauses were very strong, and that none of them conferred the power on the Lord Chancellor alluded to by the Chairman. He would suggest that four or five of the Shareholders should meet the Directors, and ask them to show, if they could, whether they had had good premises for the arguments set forth in their circular. Here a short discussion took place upon the wording of the resolutions (which will be found in our first page) and requisition, which, having been agreed to, a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation_to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. contrary evidence found against it? They escaped, how ever, as well as they could, and screened Sir J. Graham as much as possible. I have read since that time in some newspaper that the secret office is closed, and that the clerks are sent to the right about.—(Laughter and cheers.) Is that report satisfactory ? Is it nut as pro bable that it is only removed from the Post-office to the Home-office—(Shouts of laughter)—and that the ser vice: of the clerks are transferred to Sir J. Graham's outer room?—(Laughter.) It will be a more convenient arrangement; so that if any of you write to me—and my letters have been opened before now—there will be no time lost. He can at once say, " What is this, see what is written to Duncombe, and let me know imme diately."—(Shame, and hisses.) Oh, what a stain to our country in the eyes of foreign nations. What indignity that the prisons of despotic foreign Powers should be filled with victims to our Post-office-espionage. The blood of the nine men who have lately suffered in Calabria is on the Post- office of England. It is a well known fact now that we gave the Pope information of what vvas gOing on in his dominions, and it is equally well known that .on the principle of " one good turn deserves another," be has done the Government a good turn now by using his iAfluence on the politics of Ire land.--.—(Hear, hear.) The Government said, "We assisted you in putting down rebellion i❑ your terri tories, now give us your assistance- with Daniel O'Con nell." I trust and hope that there is sufficient independence remaining with the people of Ireland that, be their religious principles what they will, they will not allow a foreign potentate to interfere in their struggle for their political freedom.—(Great cheers.) My friends, lam reminded of the trades' conference. I do then say that I trust the metropolitan trades, and the tra les throughout England, will meet by delegates here, for it is quite clear to me that there is now an attempt to pr‘judice the public mind against all combinationl4 saving always COKltnuations of capitalists.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Speaker made some further observations on the principles of trades' unions, and concluded by thanking them for the confidence they had conferred on him; and be hoped that the ensuing session would not in any way shake their friendship—that he would meet them at the end of it, and be as warmly greeted as he had been that evening. He then sat down amid enthusiastic applause. Several other speakers followed, and a ball wound up the festivities of the evening. ASHBURTON:A MODERN WONDER.—One of the most extraordinary prodigies of railroad and printing dispatch has taken place this week that has ever been recorded from this town, viz., the working men's ad dress to Mr. Matheson, relative to the silver snuffbox, tngether with Mr. M.'s answer, were sent off from the po-t-offiee here at half-past six o'clock on Sunday even ing last for insertion in the daily Sun, London news paper, and, wond, rful to relate, on Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, both documents, and a highly inte resting leading and appropriate article appeared in that journal, and arrived here, thus having traversed upwards of 400 miles, in addition to the process of composing, printing, B,:c.—Western Times. DEATH OF LADY MARY BAGOT.—It iS with regret that we have to announce the decease of Lady Mary Bagot, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mornington, and widow cf the late Right Hon. Sir C. Bagot, the late Governor-General of Canada. This sad bereavement was most unexpected, her Ladyship having been only considered slightly unwell within the last fe w days, her illness being supposed to have risen from a cold. On Saturday night alarming symptoms displayed themselves, and shortly after five o'clock on Sunday morning her Ladyship breathed her last, at the family residence in Porchester-terrace, her complaint having terminated with inflammation. The deceased lady, who was, as we have above stated, the eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mornington, was born sth February, 1786, and married 22d July, 1806, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, second son of the late Lord Begot, by whom her Ladyship had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living, Lieut.-Colonel Bagot and the Countess of Winchilsea being her eldest son and daughter. By her Ladyship's demise the Duke of Wel lington, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Earl and Countess of Westinoreland, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, the Earl and Countess of Mornington, Lord and Lady Cowley, Viscount Wellesley, the Earl and Countess of Winchilsea, Viscount and Viscountess Chel sea, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Fraser, Viscount Burghersh, the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald V. Wellesley, Lord Bagot, the Hon. W. Bagot, the Earl of Uxbridge, and several other families of rack, are placed in mourning. Several large pensions have lately fallen in by the death of the -recipients. These are the late Sir Gore Ouseley. 5,0001. a year ; the Earl of Limerick, 8461. ; and Lady Ann Culling Smith, " sister of the Duke," 6001. There is also from 7,0001. to 10,0001. per annum by the death of the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, partly arising from Parliamentary grant, and partly from the salary which she received as Ranger of Greenwich Park. COMMITTAL OF A .SCHOOLMASTER TO MAIDSTONE GAUL.—ROCHESTER, FEB. I.—Yesterday a full Bench of County Magistrates for the north division of the lathe of Aylesford, assembled at the offices of Messrs. Essell and Hayward, and were occupied nearly the whole of the day investigating several charges of a revolting description against Mr. John Williams, of 21, Gibraltar-terrace, New-road, Chatham, and who has hitherto enjoyed the reputation of conducting an extensive and respectable boarding-school for the education of young gentlemen. It appeared from the exa mination of several of the boys that their master had, up to this charge made against him, about twenty boarders and about fifty day scholars, and at night their master had occasionally different young gentlemen boarders to sleep with him, when he behaved to them in a most revolting manner. These abomi nable acts of the master were first discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Janes, of Rochester, who had a son a boarder at the establishmant, and who had come home to them so exceedingly ill, that they called in Dr. Anam Martin, of Rochester, to attend' the boy. The boy related that which implicated the master, and the pri sorter was immediately apprehended. Several of the boys were examined, among whom were Twister' Janes, of Rochester, aged 10 years ; John Strotht.r, of 35, John-street, Rotherhithe, 10 years old, and Thomas Janes, aged 15 years. Each of their evidence went to prove such offences against the prisoner that the Magistrates, without the least hesita tion, fully committed the prisoner for trial at the next Maidstone assizes, on each separate case. The pri soner is about sixty years of age, and has moved for some years in respectable circles in the neighbourhood. EXTRAORDINARY RUSE.—In consequence of the fall of snow on Friday morning, the following clever trick was well and successfully played throughout the metropolis. Between eight and half-peat eight, a printed circular, headed with the royal coat o f arms, and looking as official as possible, was distributed, not only among the squares at the West-end, but very bountifully in the neighbourhoods of Walworth and Cam berwell. The circular ran as follows :—" Metropolitan Police, Scotland-yard.—The inspectors and sergeants of police have received instructions from their super intendents to desire every private on their several beats to report the non-compliance of householders and others with the enactment of the Police Amendment Act, relating to the removal of snow, or other obstruc tions of the footway in front of their houses, whereby a fine of not less than 10s. is imposed for every such neg lect." Within half an hour after the delivery of this ap parently official handbill, another knock or ring followed at the street door, and the question was as duly put— " Please will you have the snow swept away from the front ?" In more than eight instances out of ten the trick succeeded, and sums varying from 6d. to 2d. were realised by the holders of the brooms and shovels from each house. The alarm excited by the official appearance of the handbills may be well and truly imagined, while the offer of service just after breakfast shows the greatest judgment and knowledge of human nature. Considerable sums, comparatively speaking, were cleared by the speculation—one well-worthy of the Stock Ex change itself. The bills had evidently been printed some in anticipation of a snow storm. NEWLY-DISCOVERED FISHING BANK.—A fish ing bank of great extent has been recently resorted to by the fishermen, at a distance of about eighty miles to the east of Scarborough, where large quantities of fish, partienlarly soles, of superior size and excellence, are now regularly taken, and such has been the effect of this fresh source of supply to the fish-markets in the interior of the country, that soles are now selling in the Leeds and other markets of the manufacturing districts, at a reduction of from fourpence to sixpence in the pound. This newly-explored mine of marine wealth has obtained the appropriate name of the Silver Bank.—Leeds Mercury. RARE DEER STALKING.—On Tuesdnv week a full Mrown stag wa s s h o t i n th e woo d s o f Acn i lty, by Mrs. oss, of Rossi°. This is the second instance of this lady's display of adroit deer-stalking this season, having a few days previously shot another stag with the German rifle, Scottish Refivmer's Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE FOR FIVE HUN DRED GUINEAS.—Messrs. Byles and Pooke, of Windsor, Berkshire, have made a challenge to all England to show weer, a pony, and a hog, collectively, against any three ta.,414r species, bona Jai:‘ rLc p. upvi Ly of any tWQ ir3ividtlala 111 one Own. Lord Cha nce ll or , i n NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—Mr. Russ e ll G urne y h on as e r o e f ee t i h v e ed so a n n s i o n f ti M ma r t . i ß on ar f e r n om G t u i r le ney, we are inf o r me d, reply to his application, that he will be called within the bar as one of her Majesty's Counsel. The effect of this appointment will be to place him over the heads of Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Sergeant Shee, who are many years his seniors both in rank and standing at the bar, and to lead those eminent and talented men on the Home Circuit, unless the Lord Chancellor grants them patents of precedence. In fact, owing to the elevation of Mr. Platt to the bench of the Court of Exchequer, and the appointment of Sir F. Thesiger as Solicitor- General, both of whom belonged to the Home Circuit, Mr. R. Gurney will lead the entire bar on;that circuit. MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.—It IS now defini tively arranged, we believe, that the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle goes to Ireland as Lord Eliot's suc cessor in the important office of Chief Secretary ; that the Hon. Sidney Herbert leaves the Admiralty, and takes Sir Thomas Fremantle's place as Secretary at War, with a seat in the Cabinet ; and that the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry succeeds to the First Secretary ship of the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Sidney Herbert. With regard to Mr: Cardwell, M.P., whose name has been mentioned in print, in connection with these neces sary changes, we are enabled to say that, up to the pre sent moment, he has not accepted any appointment under Government, but it is hoped that, ere long, the country will have the benefit of his services. It was stated in the City on Saturday evening, upon authority which admits of no doubt, that Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., has been invited by Sir Robert Peel to take an office in all r.spects suited to his talents and commercial knowledge, and we fully expect that we shall, in a day or two, have to announce his accession to the Ministry in a position in which he can be eminently useful. Lord Dalhousie, as our readers are aware, quits the Vice- Presidency of the Board of Trade, and will become the head of that department by reason of the retirement of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.—Morning paper. Viscount Malden, eldest son of the Earl and Coun tess of Essex, and nephew to the Duke of St. Alban's, has entered tie aer.oy as Emige, Ic the I2th Regimezt of FOOtt TEA PARTY AT WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE. SOIREE IN HONOUR OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE, EsQ., M.P. FOR FINSBURY. A soiree of the friends, admirers, aed constituents of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., was yesterday held in the White Conduit House, for the purpose of honour ing that gentleman fur his unflinching advocacy of the rights of the people. The room was crowded to excess, not less than 500 having sat down to tea; and when the worthy representa tive of Finsbury entered the room, the cheering was of the most enthusiastic description. Dr. Wade having been called to the chair, was sup ported right and left by Feargus O'Connor, Esq., J. Duncombe, Esq., solicitor, Mr. J. Roberts, Esq., Roger O'Connor, Esq., &c. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., sat on his left. Letters of apology were read from Col. Thompson, Mr. Patteson, M.P., Mr. W. S. Crawford, M.P., and Mr. T. Wakley, M.P. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to give the first sentiment, " The people, and may they speedily obtain their just rights," said that his sympathies had ever been with the people, and he had always been most anxious to see the fullest emancipation of labour—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped that at the first favourable opportunity the labouring clssses would adopt the advice of Sir Robert Peel and take their affairs into their own hands, but to do so required union and a proper system of organisa tion.—(Cheers.) He felt proud at the position he oc cupied that evening, as the meeting was, properly speaking, one called by the borough of Finsbury to do honour to their Member for his patriotic and un paralleled exertions in the House of Commons, which not only commanded the gratitude of his own consti tuents, but the admiration of Great Britain and Ireland. In returning to Parliament that honest, eloquent, talented, and indefatigable person, his constituents had entitled themselves to the thanks of all their fellow countrymen.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to under stand that the trades of Great Britain had again deter mined to unite, and it was assuredly just that they should do o; for if the employers might combine to depres4 the price of labour, surely they had an equal right to com bine for the purpose of defending themselves.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The object of the meeting was to do honour to the representative who had acted so honest, so proud, and so prominent a part in a corrupt Parlia ment; who had united the spirit of the Christian and the philanthrophy of the philosopher, with the purest principle of the patriot. The same principle actuated him as in days gone by; actuated those who gave eman cipation to America from the thraldom of Great Britain, and those who reseued Switzerland from the grasp of the Bavarian despot.—(lmmense cheering.) It was the principle which rendered a people great, happy, and prosperous, and it only could eventually make England great, glorious, and free.—!Great cheering.) Mr. CLARKE seconded the sentiment. Mr. R. ;MORE next proposed " Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq.. the faithful representative of the in ' dustrious millions in the House of Commons." Nothing but a sense of the obligations they all owed to their ex cellent representative could have induced him to take a personal share in the business of that evening. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was indeed the representative of the people, and not merely of the Finsbury 101. householder-. —(Cheers.) It would occupy too much of their tine( were he to advert, however briefly, to the eminent services done to the people by Mr. Duncombe. The speaker, after eulogising the conduct and principles of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, concluded by prophesying that in the forthcoming session of Parliament the Hon. Gentle man would persevere in the course which had already so distinguish, d him, and at the end of the session again meet his constituen a to receive their gratitude and con gratulations. Mr. DtrecomnE then rose, and was received with the most enthusiastic applause, which continued for many minutes. At length silence being obtained, he said— Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen—l can assure you that the pleasure I feel—the gratification that I have in meeting you this evening, is not altogether of an un mixed character, for I consider with regret that so many of you should have come here—that you should have left your warm firesides and comfortable homes merely for the purpose of paying a compliment to so humble an in dividual as myself, that you should so distinguish me far beyond the merits I possess, or the services that I have performed, and yet I hope that I have done my duty— for at best it is but such—as the independent representa tive of an independent constituency.—(Cries of " You have," and much cheering.) I rejoice to find that my con duct and Parliamentary career meetwith your approbation, and that from others present, and not connected with the borough of Finshury—a large portion of my fellow countrymen—l should receive similar encouragement. Gentlemen, Parliament is to meet to-morrow, but I should mislead you if I said that next session will en title itself any more than the last to the gratitude of the people, or to any part of the toiling millions of the country.—(Hear, hear.)—You well know the vagaries— the pranks that were played last session. You well re collect our votes—for being one of that House, I say our votes—upon the Sugar Duties Bill. You recollect our votes on the Factories' Bill. You well recollect that on its being proposed that sugar might be admitted a little cheaper, it was but a little, but still the movement was in the right direction—(Hear, hear)—when the Govern ment came down and told us that if we did so vete fur a reduced duty, the country would cease to be governed by a Tory Administration.—(Hear, hear.) — What did the Tories in the House? Why, they pre ferred a Tory Administration to cheap sugar for the people of England, and they then rescinded their votes. —(Hear, hear.) You recollect the tergiversation which took place with regard to the Factory Bill. One evening we voted that ten hours' labour was sufficient for the women, the daughters, and the children of the men of England.—(Cheers.) On another evening we carried that by a small majority; but on a succeeding one comes down Sir Robert Peel, and says, "Ifyou don't make the women. the daughters, and the children work the twelve hours, the country ceases to be governed by a Tory Administration." Well, our votes were rescinded, and vet to the Members who doomed them to work for twelve hours in their dangerous vocation they pay dearly--(The sentence was lost amid the tremendous cheering.) These questions will not, of course, come again before the House (luring the present se :sion. They are disposed of, and if any one were to attempt to introduce them, Ministers would easily get their supporters to• rescind even their pledged votes on the Very next day.—(Hear.) If such a measure is proposed again, I will be no party to it. I will not again be fooled by Lord Ashley, or by any other Member.—(Cheers.) I will not be induced to vote one day for an Eight Hours' Bill, and on a second day for a Ten Hours' Bill, and then, after all, find Sir R. Peel come down and command the House to turnabout and wheel about just at his pleasure.—(Great cheering.) It is monstrous. It is insulting to the common sense of he country to call this conduct representation. • I flatter myself that I represent the common sense of the country --(Cheers)—for I hope I represent the sentiments of the people.—(Continued cheering.) I have said that Parlia ment opens to-morrow. The business begins at five o'olock; the Speaker comes in and tells us that he attended at the House of Lords, where her Majesty made her gracious speech, and where he had the good fortune to obtain a correct copy of it. —(Laughter.) Then we, of course, congratulate him on his possession of so c srrect a copy, and then he reads it, and then again two men in answer jump up, and one moves and the other seconds an address to her Majesty. —(Continued laughter.) Have you ever read an ad dress ? If you have, you will certainly never read a second.—(Laughter.) You may be sure the address is a mere echo of the speech, and what is it ? Why, this. Her Majesty congratulates herself and the country on the daily assurances of good feeling and continued amity expressed by all the fcreign Powers, and so on ; but how much more consolatory and satisfactory it would be, could she tell us, that from one end of her own kingdom to the other, contentment and happiness prevailed among her people. I hope it has not been represented to her, (luring. her late visits among tha aristocracy, that the magnificence of Burleigh and the grandeur of Stowe is a guide to the real condition of the country ?—(Cheers.) Let her go to Sheffield, to Derby, to Nottingham, to Leicester. Let her view men with wives and families working for 4s. a week, aye, and working, too, for four teen or sixteen hours a day.—(Hear, hear.) Let them not talk of the prosperity and happiness of a country where such misery as this is found—(Cheers)—and where filth and discontent as surely accompany it. Let her go among the miners of the north—let her go among the ill used colliers, who, if they consent not to be blown up by fifties and by hundreds; who, if they ask but for a proper, a good ventilation, in order to work with safety underground, are told that they are mis guided men—that they belong to a union of working men—and that they are so prejudiced that they cannot see things properly or fairly ; she would indeed find a vast difference there from what she saw in the aspect of Strathfieldsaye and of Stowe, where she had been met, I dare say, with an obsequious tenantry and a body of yeomanry, and the farmers of the counties. But there are other matters that will be introduced—some thing, probably, in connexion with the property and income-tax. The Premier has told you that he has got a surplus revenue. How is he to dispose of it ? We, in London, want him to take off the window-tax ; the farmer wants him to reduce the malt-tax ; and the manufacturer prays him to take the duty off the raw material. I cannot see how it is possible for him to escape from this difficulty. It is not our business, how ever, to settle it for him.—(Laughter.) If he asks us how we should do it, we shall say to him es he did to the Whigs, " Call us in and we will show you how we do it.—(Continued laughter.) Let him call me, and I will show him how I will do it.—(Cheers.) I will call on the people—(Prolonged cheers)—consult the indi vidual industry of the country. I will say, " Meet them fairly ; let them be represented ; and then they will tell you how the revenue of the country can be improved and maintained.—(lmmense cheering.) They have as much respect for the rights of property as you have ; and, having that respect for its rights, they will still maintain them. But with respect to the income tax ; if none of the other taxes be taken off, I trust at least that some alteration may be made in it. regard to the articles of g enera l consumption with the h,- no increase of duty can be added to them. Indirect tr. e ms has received its death-blow in this country, and '-faxes must be directed against the realised property Le the country.—(Ch eers.) Yes, all taxes on trades and eofessions must be considered final, and be in future rect-ed from realised an d f un d ed property.—(Great cheering. There will no doubt b e some allusion made to the ecasiastical courts of th e country, and no doubt another 'empt will be mad e t o bolster them up. Last year such a.. attempt was made, and Government, in supporting them, 'nosed themselves to contempt and infamy. These cows owed their origin solely to the dark ages, and are ona,aontinued to this day to suit the purposes of the House of 'lscereees. They are a reproach to the country, an abomination =u. the eyes of men, and an iniquity in the sight of Heaven. Their whole business ought at ozac to be tram,A2Tcj to the civil courts, where decisions are founded on equity, LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—My attention has been called to a letter in the Morning Herald of the Ist instant, signed "In vestigator," which purports to be a reply to my com munication to you of the 23d of January last. I have read "Investigator's " letter with attention ; and lam sure, if your readers will do the same, they will agree with me, that though he sets out with the admission that my view of the case is one of minutite and detail, he studiously abstains from any attempt to show either that the facts stated by me are incorrect, or that the conclusions which I deduced from them are erroneous. "Investigator" has not ventured to state that a new line of railway from London to Peterborough is called for, or can be justified, in a national point of view, or that if made, it will be other than a directly com peting line with an existing railway. More than this—he does not deny that every town on its route may be amply provided for by other lines of railway now under the consideration of the Board of Trade, not one of which will interfere with existing inte rests. Neither does " Investigator" tell us in what re spects the metropolitan terminus of the London and York line can be compared, in national importance, or in its accommodation to the traffic from the manu facturing districts and from Lincolnshire, with the existing and projected termini of the Eastern Counties. He observes the same politic silence also with re ference to the proposed communication between the main line of the London and York, and the Man chester and Sheffield, and Manchester and Leeds Railways ; not venturing to challenge my assertion, that by the London and York scheme the connexion of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing and mineral districts involves 43 miles of new railway, whilst by the Midland scheme the same object is as well, or better attained, by the construction of 12 miles only. Again, as regards the communication between London and York, " Investigator" does not deny the following facts : that the direct line involves the con struction of 185* miles of railway, whilst the exten sion of the existing line involves the construction of 132 miles only ; that there will be no saving in time, by the more direct route over the other; that the distance saved is chiefly, if not entirely, saved between London and Peterborough; that from York the line must be made to Lincoln and from the south to Pe terborough ; that to accommodate the heart of Lin colnshire, and the population collected in the nume rous towns and villages along the Car Dyke, the line must be continued from Lincoln direct to Peterbo borough ; that the chain of railway communica tion will then be complete from York to London via Lincoln and Cambridge ; that another new, expensive, and entirely competing line from Bawtry to London cannot be justified on anyground ofnational importance, and cannot hold out any reasonable prospect of return to the proprietors. " Investigator" has charged me with having stated "that for the first thirty miles from London the York line invades some of the finest garden ground to be found in England." I made no such statement; what I did state was, " the first thirty miles from London will require an enormous outlay of capital, then thelitie will pass through some of the finest garden latiCtifEngland "—and this statement is substantially j iialiterally correct, as at or near Biggleswade the line will pass through some of the finest garden land in England. I refer to this trivial charge against my accuracy as showing that the writer could not impugn or - call in question the more important statements which my letter embodied, in asmuch as it is the only instance of mis-statement or misrepresentation which he has ventured to attribute to me. Mr. Herepath has published an excellent map of the London and York line and its loop, as a supple ment to his last Saturday's paper ; if your readers will refer to it, they will see how every statement in my former letter is borne out. I could have wished that Mr. Herepath had marked upon his map the various competing lines ; but if your readers will extend the Northern and Eastern line from Cam bridge, by St. Ives, Ramsey, Peterborough, Market beeping, Bourn, &c., to Lincoln, and thence, as the Midland propose to carry it, by Gainsborough and Doncaster to the York and North Midland at Monk Frystone, and will pencil out branches from Stamford to Spalding, Heckington to Boston, Doncaster to Swinton, and from the North Midland to the Manchester and Leeds Railway, by Griggleston and Gomersall, they will perceive how completely the objects of the London and York line may be attained at one-third of the outlay which the construction of that line and its loop will require, and without injury to existing interests. If I understand the general reasoning of " Inves tigator" correctly, it comes to this—that if the Lin colnshire lines are made the distance between London and York will be reduced eleven miles only, and the through traffic be retained on the Midland lines. Now, by the Northern and Eastern and Cambridge and Lincoln lines, the distance to Lincoln will be 136 miles • if the line be carried on direct to York by the Lincoln, York, and Leeds direct and independent (through Snaith and Selby), the entire distance from London to York will be 194 miles, or only eight more than by the London and York ; if the line be carried on from Lincoln, by either the London and York, or the Midland, the entire distance from London to York would be about 200 miles ; so that " Investigator" does not state the case fairly when he says that if the Lincolnshire lines are made, the journey from London to York would be 228 miles, or only 11. miles less than by the present circuitous route. With respect to the retention by the Midland of the through traffic on their present lines "Investi gator" is equally wide of the mark ; it is clear that the through traffic must be diverted from the Midlands. When that Company found that the public required, and would have a more direct communication between London and York, they proposed to make part of the chain, and, at the same time, to connect Lincolnshire in the most direct and cheapest way with the manufacturing and mineral districts. The Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Eastern Counties complete the chain, under such arrangements with the Midlands as will secure the quick and cheap transit of the traffic along the entire line; in fact, the Midlands are bound by the stongest of all inducements to a public company— their pecuniary interest—to pass the through traffic along the new line ; but, even if they were not so bound, the Board of Trade would take care that the public were neither retarded nor inconvenienced in the use of any railway communication by the Midland or any other company. " investigator" assumes that it never was the dis position of the Northern and Eastern Company to go northward beyond Peterborough; certainly they would not do so if other companies would do it for them, and so bring upon their line, already made, the traffic which they relied on when their first Act was obtained ; but if the London and 1 ork is granted, the Northern and Eastern line will be robbed of its just and legitimate traffic—all the district lying to the north of Cambridge, round St. Ives, Ramsey, Hunt ingdoil, Peterborough, and the whole of Lincolnshire, as well as the through traffic, would be taken from them. I hold a large number of shares in the Eastern Counties which I purchased, relying on their having the traffic to which I have referred; and I do not hesitate to say, that there is no existing line of railway in the kingdom which will be more deeply, unfairly, unnecessarily, and permanently injured by a com peting line, than the Northern and Eastern line will be by the London and York, if that Company is permitted to make a competing line from Peterborough to London. I am reminded by " Investigator" that Cam bridge is not on the direct route between Lon don and York, and " that the Cambridge and Lin coln line touches no great town on its route." In return, I would remind " Investigator " that the route from London to York, via Cambridge and Lincoln, has been sanctioned by the Legislature, has been selected and recommended by many eminent engineers, at various times, since 1826, as the proper trunk line for the country, and was, in fact, so se lected, in the the first instance, by the promoters of the London and York, and that Cambridge, Peter borough, and Lincoln, all of which are touched by the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and are directly and best accommodated by it, are the largest and most important towns on the route. I will now briefly allude to the continuation of Mr. Herepath's observations on the London and York Railway, published in his journal of Satur day last. Mr. Herepath, like "Investigator," has not attempted any reply to my letter, on the ground, that he will not be drawn into a dispute on the merits of the two lines. He has before frankly admitted that, perfect as he conceives the London and York scheme to be, be would rather the line had started from Cambridge and gone into the York and North Midland at Burton Salmon ; for this opinion, which by his own statement, he has repeatedly expressed to the promoters of the London and York line privately, I have no doubt he could advance sound and conclu- sive reasons, which it would be difficult to reconcile with the support be is now giving to the London and I York, and can only regret that the promoters of that line have not paid more attention to his opinion. Herepath has gone into an elaborate exposition of the character of the works OR the London and York line, from items supplied (as I gather from his article) by the engineer of the line, and they are matters for an engineer to deal with. As to the cost of construction we are left to guess. Lr. Herepath averages 330 miles of railway at 13,3301. per mile !!! Now this is less per mile than the estimated cost of the Cambridge and Lincoln, which has neither tunnels nor viaducts, nor an expensive city terminus, and over a large portion of which the works are o f as light and favourable a character as the hen and . chicken part of the London a n d York. It is nt upon Queb gvesses as that the decis ion Board of of the 'Trade and of rarliamelit b made. 1 FEBRIETARY 4, 1845. am assured by engineers of great experience, who have examined the plans and sections of the London and York line and who are acquainted with the country it will traverse, that it cannot be completed under an average cost of 20,0001. a mile. Many of the railway projects which have been re ferred to the Board of Trade have originated in a spirit of aggression, or as defensive measures, on the part of existing railway companies. I have on a former occasion expressed my conviction of the ne cessity for a preliminary inquiry by Government into the merits of competing lines, with the view to the se lection of such one line, or to the amalgamation of such different lines, as may best provide for the ad vantage and convenience of the public with the least I detriment to existing interests. I cordially concur with Mr. Herepath in the opinion, that the decisions which the Board has already announced are just and proper, and I look forward to its report on the Northern awl Eastern lines, not only with ou t anx i ety, b ut with perfect confidence that it will be in accordance with the principles which have hitherto guided its deci sions. The Board of Trade is well aware that the London and York is only another name for the Man chester and Leeds—and that the struggle for the dis trict north of Lincoln is, in fact, a struggle between the Manchester and Leeds and the Midlands. The Manchester and Leeds want to have the command of the traffic between the manufacturing and mi neral districts and Lincolnshire. The Mid lands say, that is our district, and you have no right to invade it. The Manchester and Leeds reply, we will not only invade it, but we will divert from your line all the through traffic north of York. The London and York Company may assert that they are independent of the Manchester and Leeds, but it is notorious that they could not fill their subscription list till they were taken up by the Man chester and Leeds Shareholders, and afterwards amal gamated with the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Company. • The London and York scheme does not affect the Midlands only—if carried out in its inte grity, it will divert the traffic from another most im portant line of railway, one that for years yielded scarcely any return to its proprietary, and has never yet been able to pay more than 33- per cent., and whose proprietary have clung to it through adverse circumstances, in the reasonable expectation that sooner or later their property would be improved by the extension of the line north of Cambridge, either by themselves or by an independent company. Of all the schemes which the abundance of capital has called into being, the London and York with its loop, whether regarded as a means of shortening the distance between London and the north, or as con necting the rich and productive county of Lincoln with the ports of London, Ipswich, and Harwich ; or with the manufacturing and mineral districts, is the most uncalled-for and indefensible—uncalled-for, be cause it entirely disregards existing lines, by the aid of which the same objects may be better attained, at one-third of the outlay, and consequently to the much greater advantage of the community—indefensible, because it can only be supported by the diversion of the traffic: from important existing railways with which, moreover, it must always be a competing line I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SPECTATOR. IRELAND. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 31.—The Mercantile Advertiser of this evening contains the following announcement, which is founded upon information derived from an unquestionable source : , "We have learned from a source of the very best authority, that the Queen and her Illustrious Consort have determined upon visiting Ireland early next summer; and our informant adds, that great political changes are in contemplation for Ireland.' "We should state that this intelligence reached us before the resignation of Mr. Gladstone could have been known ; but it is impossible not to connect that event with the important changes in Irish policy spoken of by our correspondent." MURDER OF CAPTAIN M'LEOD, STIPEN DIARY MAGISTRATE The _Enniskillen Chronicle, of yesterday, gives the following appalling statement in a second edition : " We stop the press to announce the melancholy and distressing intelligence that Captain 3.l`Leod, R.M., who was on temporary duty at Ballinamore, county Leitrim, from this town, was shot dead last night, at Garradice, near Ballinamore, the residence of Mr. Percy, with whom he was dining. Captain M'Leod left about one o'clock, on an outside car, and, coming out of the gate, was fired at and shot dead on the spot. Few gentlemen have ever discharged the duties of an important situation with more credit than he has done. The melancholy news created a great sensation here this morning, and a universal regret pervades every grade of society among us. Imme diately on receipt of the letter, George Wood, Esq., and Wm. MiLeod, Esq., the only one of Captain M`Leod's sons at present here, posted off for Ballina more." An account of this dreadful murder, similar in substance to the above, reached the constabulary office at Dublin Castle this day. Captain M'Leod was appointed by Lord Normanby, and bore the highest character as an impartial and judicious magistrate. He had been, until his removal to Fermanagh, stationed in Tipperary ; and his conduct in that county afforded the greatest satisfaction. The following details are given in the Mercantile Advertiser of this evening :—" Captain M'Leod at tended the petty sessions on Wednesday. Some tenants of Mr. Percy, of Garradice, near Ballinamere, a magistrate, were charged with Ribbonism. The other magistrates on the bench were disposed to allow the accused to give bail ; but Captain M'Leod opposed this course, and bail was refused. Captain M'Leod dined in the evening with Mr. Percy, and on leaving that gentleman's residence he was attacked at the gate lodge and shot dead." THE NEW HIGH SHERIFFS. The Dublin Gazette of this evening contains the following : DUBLIN CASTLE, JAN. 31, 1845.—His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to the office of high sheriff for the following counties and counties of cities and towns in Ireland, for the year 1845 : Antrim—John White, E3q., of Whitehall. Armagh—T. M. Jones, Esq., Jonesborough. Carlow—R. S. Doyne, jun., Esq., Tullow Lodge. Carrickfergus—Stewart Dunn, Esq., Carrickfergus. Cavan—Anthony O'Reilly, Esq., Baltrasna. Clare—Hugh Palliser Hickman, Esq., Fenloe. Cork—Hon. H. St. Leger, Doneraile House. Cork City—James Morrogh, Esq., Glanmire, Cork. Donegal—Lord G. A. Hill, Ballygar. Down—Hugh Montgomery, Esq., Rosemount. Drogheda Town—William Cairnes, Esq., Drogheda. Dublin—Hon. Edward Preston, Gormanstown Castle. Dublin City—Thomas Crosthwaite, Esq., Eitz william-square, East. Fermanagh—William Archdall, Esq., Dromard. Galway—Denis Kirwan, Esq., Castlehacket. Galway Town—P. M. Lynch, Esq., Kenmore-park. Kerry—Christopher Galwey, Esq., Killarney. Kildare—Lord William Fitzgerald, Carton. Kilkenny—Charles Hely, Esq., Foulks Court. Kilkenny City—John M'Craith, Esq., Kilkenny. King's County—Richard Warburton, Esq., Garry hinch. Leitrim—Edward K. Tennisson, Esq., Kilronan Castle. Limerick—Edward C. Villiers, Esq., Kilpeacon. Limerick City—Henry Watson, Esq., Limerick. Londonderry City and County—Sir H. H. Bruce, Bart., Downhill. Longford—George Lefroy, Esq., Carrickglass. Louth—Frederick J. Foster, Esq., Castle Ring. Mayo—Henry W. Knox, Esq., Netley. Meath—Lord Killeen, Killeen Castle. Monaghan—Andie Allen Murray, Esq., Lough Owna. Queen's County—Horace Rochfort, Esq., Clogrenan. Roscommon—Garrett (Moore, Esq., Cloghan Castle Sligo—Philip Perceval, Esq., Temple House. Tipperary—John Bayley, Esq., Debsboro'. Tyrone—Wm. D'Arcy, Esq., Necairn Castle. Waterford—John B. Gumbleton, Esq., Fortwilliam. Waterford City—Jacob Penrose, Esq., Waterford. Westmeath—Hon. L. 11. K. Harman, Newcastle. Wexford—Patrick W. Redmond, Esq., Newtown. Wicklow—Wm. W. Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Hume. wood. wo A rk s i u ng nu c ß la T fs i es .— to r AL WYth a n small, but by of their presenting the Hon. Membe A m Ve r t . ga ar v a e th la e s a t on 7eek th ., e o ad th dr e es oe s e o as f the ion sincere respect and him highly prized, token of theirasa snuff-box bought by esteem for him. The p eo i nl nh d ab n i o ta t, nt o s f . ranks as The h p e e nny intrinsic su bscr i i m p l t a io e n course, weigh much with fio e s m s e e e n ha t t two o gentlemanmethousandmewhonto and generous-minded man, no warm-hearted,h s a i v n e c e p r r e o , proved more acceptable than did this one of the wealthiest Commoners of the day. But to a present could humble token o T f hthewono.rkionenpeanemople, in of his Ashburtonanswer toto their Member. e H the address which accompanied it, shows how highly he pr i zes this inestimable testimonial ; and we refer to the a nswer, not only for proof of this, but for the enlight ened sentiments which it contains. Mr. Matheson bears important testimony to the value of free -trade princi ples, shows their inevitable progression, and looks to their ultimate triumph as the source of our national prosperity. We sincerely hope that the union which exists between the borough and its Hon. Representa tive may long continue---we believe that it will wholly depend upon the Hon. Gentleman himself to fix the term. The Peerage is chiefly recruited from the ranks of fortunate lawyers and successful warriors. We hope to see the day when the peaceful acuievements of com merce will be considered one the highest claims for the highest honours of the State. If ever the mer chant princes of our empire be selected for such dis tinctions, James Matheson will be of the foremost rank. —Western Times. The newspaper reports respecting the state of Sir W. Follett's health are very flattering. We regret to say, howeer. thnt, we douht very much whether Sir 'W illiatu's family re receive ~uch flattering accounts as the newspapers are favoured with.— Wed*" Timm. FINE ARTS. TEE ATTACK OF THE LION. Brain and Payne, London, 1E145. We have here a plate engraved in the line manner from an original picture painted by his Royal Highness Prince Raden Saleh. The en graving represents a fierce attack made by a lion on a horse and his rider in the 'gorge of a mountain, close to the edge of a tremendous preci pice. There is infinite spirit in the drawing of the wounded animal, whom the savage lion is tearing to pieces with a ll th e f eroc i ty i nsp i re d b y hunger. 'The countenance of the horseman, who has thrown him self back in hi s sa ddl e , and is clinging with both arms to the projecting branches of a tree, expresses a world of horror. THE EAST SUSSEX BURGLARS. All the Sussex and several of the Metropolitan papers have of late noticed the commission of various acts of burglary, during the last four or five months in the vicinity of Brighton ; and not only the:Brighton police, but the East Sussex constabulary, have been exerting their energies for the discovery of the cul prits, but without effect till last Thursday. Onefea ture was common to all the burglaries, that the en trances were effected by the use of a centre-bit, and in nearly every case eatables and drinkables formed a main portion of the plunder. On the night of Tues day last, the house of Mr. Hampshire, a small farmer, living at Newick, about twenty miles from Brighton, was broken open, and a large quantity o f p rov i s i ons , comprising two legs of pork, hacked off the carcase of a recently-killed pig, seven rabbits and two hares, and likewise a dozen of port wine, were carried off. In the course of the evening, a man named Patching, who had recently removed from a neighbouring village to Brighton, was observed going towards the house ; and his footsteps being tracked for a long distance towards Brighton, the East Sussex constabulary called in ithe aid of the Brighton police, who soon discovered that Patching lived in Apollo terrace, a row of houses at the northern extre mity of the town, from which there is an easy access to the Downs; the constabulary, provided with a search-warrant, proceeded to search the house, where they pounced upon an immense quantity of stolen property, comprising tubs of pork, large quantities of bacon, and crocks of butter ; besides several other articles which have been since identified, among them being the surplice stolen from the Rev. Mr. Stavely's house, at Falmer, about two months si nce ( cu t i n t o pieces), and the barrel of a gun stolen from the house of Mr. Blaker, of Perching. At the back of the house they found a rope-ladder, which being used only in the night gave easy means of ingress and. egress to and from the Downs, without observation. Patching was not at home when the officers searched his house ; but a woman with whom he cohabited was apprehended. On being told that she must go to the station, she asked why they did not go to Burgess's house too ? Upon this hint the officers proceeded to a small greengrocer's shop, at the top of Cumberland-place, where they found similar quantities of provisions to :those disco vered at Patching's, and likewise the sto c k of Mr. Blaker's gun, the barrel of which had been found at Patching's Both Patching and Burgess were in the neighbourhood while the officers were making the search; but, finding how the wind blew, made them selves scarce. A jealousy of the Brighton police ob taining any of the credit of the capture, induced the county constabulary to proceed alone, after ascer taining Patching's residence ; and to this it is pro bably owing that the two men are now at large, since, had the Brighton police, who knew them, been called on to assist, it can hardly be doubted that they would have been recognised and consequently appre hended. The stolen property and the woman who had cohabited with Patching were afterwards con veyed to Lewes. On the way thither she intimated that a house occupied by a man named Longburst ought to be searched, and this was consequently done, when several articles, supposed to be stolen property, were found. The magistrates at Lewes are investi gating the case and the county constabulary are, meanwhile, exerting themselves to discover the whereabouts of Patching and Burgess. ORIENTAL METHOD OF MAKING SCAGLIOLA. The greatest attention is paid to the art of manu facturing scagliola, or imitation marble, by the natives of the East Indies, who, for their finer cements, which are capable of receiving a most exquisite polish, use ghee (butter in its oily state), oils, jaggery, and other to us expensive ingredients. At Madras fifteen bushels of pit sand well sifted are added to fifteen bushels of stone lime; this is slaked in the common manner, and so laid two or three days together. Twenty pounds of coarse sugar or molasses is dissolved in water, and the mortar is sprinkled with the liquor, which is then beat up together and well incorporated, and after wards let to lie in a heap. A peck of gram (similar in nature to our coarse gray pea) is then boiled to a jelly, and the liquor strained and preserved. A peck of mirabolans is also boiled, and the liquor set aside ; the three waters are then added together. The mortar beaten up, and, when too dry, sprinkled with this liquor, proves remarkably good for laying bricks or stone, keeping some of the liquor always at hand for the workman to wet his bricks with. For very strong work tow is incorporated with the mortar. Of this the natives make many architectural orna ments, such as columns, arched work and imagery, besides using it for common building purposes. For finer works, to every half bushel the white of five or six eggs and four ounces of ghee, or ordinary salted butter, and a pint of butter-milk beaten all well together; mix a little of the mortar with this, till the ghee, butter-milk, and white of eggs be soaked up ; then soften the rest well with plain fresh water, and so mix all together, and let it be ground, a trowel-full at a time, on a stone with a stone roller. When used, in case it be too dry, moisten it with some water, or the before -mentioned liquors.— The Builder. Sir R. Peel acknowledges the receipt of 161. 12s. 6d. on account of " Unclaimed income-tax for eighteen months." how FRIGATE.—We understand that our towns man, Mr. Napier, has been commissioned by Government to build an iron frigate for the Navy, of 1,800 tons bur then, and that Mr. Napier is about to do so at his new and extensive works at Govan, near Glasgow. This will be the first frigate built on the Clyde, and we have ao doubt that Mr. Napier will make her one of the best that ever entered her Majesty's service.—Scatck Reformer's Gazette. ADULT BAPTISM.—On Wednesday evening a lady was publicly baptised at Christ Church, Liverpool, in the presence of a large congregation, by the Rev. Field ing Ould, who preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion. The baptism was by immersion in a large vessel of water, placed near the reading-desk. The improvidence of many of our great landowners is such, that every year they become less able to make a stand. Who would believe that any of the nobles who have had the honour to receive her Majesty as a guest, should find it necessary to raise a large sum—rumour says as much as 100,000 L—on his estates, very recently. --Cheltenham Looker-on. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.— WOOLWICH, FEB. 1.-- HEN MAJESTY'S STEAM YACHT TEE BLACK EAGLE.-- After a series of trials (completed this day), of Mr. Samuel Hall's smoke consuming apparatus, as applied to one of the boilers of 130-horse power of this vessel, it has been found so satisfactory (although Newcastle coal was used), that it is ordered to be applied to the other boiler. Each boiler having a separate chimney caused the contrast between the consumption and non-consump tion of smoke to be very striking. INCENDIARY FIRS.--On Monday evening, &bolt seven o'clock, the farming premises contiguous to the - mansion of John Maryon Wilson, Esq., were discovered • to be on fire. It broke out in a cart shed, in which there had been no occasion to use a candle. A messenger be ing despatched to Dunmow, the powerful new engine quickly reached the spot, and subsequently that from the Roothings, by which means, aided by . a plentiful supply of water from the canal, the extensive premises were saved, and also the dwelling-house, which, being nearly attached, must otherwise have come to the ground. Th e a waggon, s evera l conflagration was entirely mastered by about half-past eleven. The :property consumed consisted of the cart. shed where the fire originated, a haulm stack, th e roof heonewrgoerkti e c dthe were engines were often for some time standi ng k nee partcoafrtand of a far l m on in g g r i a m ng p e lem o e f n s ts ta . stabling, whole was in sure d . , D a mage supposed to be about SOO/. The labourers be haved r t th a i lty, thosead sow s e riv nt e d most t 0 do P their rai s b e e w s t ° , h deep in water. Not the slightest doubt is entertained th at it was ma liciously set on fire.—Chelmsford Chroniele THE ADDRESS.—Parliament will b ' Queen in person o n T uesday e.opened by the next; and, although the contents of the ro y a l speec h are a matter of strict official secresy until it is the Parliamentary read to the Memb ers p resen t a t dinners giv en by th e Mi n i ster i a l leaders i n the Lor ds and Commons, on the eve of its de livery from the th rone, policy of enough is known in the pr o e sa t Government to enable us to s a y that no amendm ent to o t o the Address will be moved in either House, unless, indeed, Mr. Williams, of Coven? 7, in the ingenuity of his habitual discontent, should im provise one for the torment of his auditors. The an nouncements of Sir Robert Peel at the close of last session have led the public to expect that her Majesty's speech will contain some gratifying recom mendations on the expediency of affording increased means for the extension of education among all salaam of her subjects in Ireland, and that it may not leave un. noticed the very inadequate provision now made for the maintenance of an establishment exclusively devoted to the education of persons destined to be the religions in structors of a most important section of her people in that country. The royal speech will, we have no doubt, in all respects breathe such a spirit of kindliness and conciliation towards our Irish fellow-citizens as must in sure a most cordial response from all sane politicians. The other portions of the Ministerial programme will be so shadowed forth as to give no tangible ground t for oh jection, affording to all parties the tehte pl e asin g du ty of "2. curring in an unanimous address to rale for h whilst at the same time each Mara her gracious speec h . her reserves to himself the full right of canvassing those specific measures which the Minister may afterward' submit to Parliament, both as to their principle and day tails. The Opposition leaders will, therefore ,offer no amendment,—Observer. t" 13 0 c; io bo te r; orlf° at Se; of sild° joi ll' • , fer if er A