The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

LITE 1: A TURE. ANTON/NA ; or the Fall of Bonze. TVi/hie 3 Vols By I The author of the " Life of William Collins," has here adventured upon a more a'inhitious uudertaking --the son anl biographer of the painter, has, in de picting the scenes attendant on the fall of Rome evidenced a power of paintiag with the pen which few contemporary writers have ever equalled and none have surpassed. Many of the incidents in " Antonina," terrible, sublime, and almost impossible though they be, are, by the ma gical power of Vie language which describes them, inves;el with an air of positive and appalling reality. greater contrast could hardly be imagined to the do- Mestic novels of the day than this masterly glimpse of the men and manners of a bygone day—a glimpse, Moreover, given at a moment when the races of the Kurth and the South—the effeminate inhahi hmts of imperial Rome and the hardy soldiers cf the dauntless Alaric were arraycd in death -I'4l antagonism—when (to quote the opening of the Second voluaine of '•Antonina") "an army of bar barians had indeed penetrated for conquest and for vengeance to the city of the world ! The achieve merit which the invasion of six hundred years hal hitherto attempted in vain was now accomplished, and a ccomplished by the men whose forefathers had once fled like hunted beasts to their native fastnesses before the legions of Caesar—the Goths were at the gates of Rome." Grandly is the scene described where Alaric stood contemplating the walls of the great city, " the only invader since Hannibal by Whom they had been beheld." Contrasted with the simplicity and severity of manners of the Gothic eoldiers, the lavish magnificence . and intemperate Plea'.ures of the luxurious Romans are detailed with very skilful effect. Tne gentle, childiike Antonina, vqaally out of place among her dissolute countrymen and the savage invaiers, glides through the streets of Rome and the camps of the Goths, like an inhabitant Of another and a purer world, her momentous life se rving admirably as a, connecting link between the various passages revealed in these volumes, ,a 8 illustrative of the fall of Ram. We "ftve marked several paragraphs for extract Which want of space compels us to defer. We shall a gain take the opportunity of noticing, at greater ength, this, Mr. Collins's first essay in historical ro %aline ; in the meantime, we congratulate him on his h ost succeslul achievinent, and commend " An "Pina" more especially to the attention of , 11 . 11 Wh o can appreciate and enjoy a masterly delinea tion of great events and colossal characters—such, for example, as the fiendish Goisvintha, almost magnifi cent in the fierce pertinacity of her horrible thirst for 14 I. a Ven geance as she stands over the timid, graceful, g Antonina. THE CREAM" OF THE POETS. Fancy a little, yellow, pocket volume, containing S even poems, some of the masterpieces in our litera printed in excellent type, with admirable corn r'eteness, with scrupulous accuracy—and its price , Ile shilling ! Such is the charming book before us, a try jewel of cheapness—the cream of the writings 13 f Gray, Burns, Crabbe, Kirke Cowper, f° l dsmith, and Coleridge ! One of each of their leitou s compositions has been selected, and the t hole of those seven poetic stars grouped together Into a constellation like the Pleiades 1 Of Burns, we have the " Cotter's Saturday Night ;" of Gray, the - Megy in a Country Churchyard;" of Crabbe, the village ;" of Cowper, " Conversation ;" of Kirke " Ciifton Grove ;" of Goldsmith, the "De kserted Village ;" and of Coleridge, the "Ancient riner." Out of these three, if we were required t ti ° make our choice we should unquesti ona bly se l ec t " Elegy," of Gray, the " Deserted Village," of and the " Ancient Mariner," of Coleridge " Elegy" as the most perfect, the "Deserted ; "lage," as the most beautiful, and the "Ancient Ma hlner" as the most extraordinary : the first a master piece of metrical composition, the second one of the h ost delightful of our national favourites, the third a Wild and startling effusion of genius condeived in the sa Ine enthralling mood as "Frankenstein," only llunrned as " Frankenstein" is not adorned, by all the B' r aees of poetic art. After what we have observed it I t tneedless to commend this exquisite little volume to e perusal of the multitude. COURT CIRCULAR. . Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse t blited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseba c k, attended by Colonel Bouverie, yesterday. lier Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per °rolance cf the French Plays with their presence !sterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the h i soountess Jocelyn, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord 4 "offerin, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, p 'e rice Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Princess llelena, and the Princess Louisa, took th eir accustomed exercise yesterday in the gardens t ' t Buckingham Palace. The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham calac e on Tuesday evening, and played the following pieces,, c rerture, "La Fiancée du Brigand" Ries. 'Avatina " Schweitzer Familie" Ad a • ' F . ette and Trio Sinfonia, N 0 .4 Beet h ove n. ae vtk Cabinet Council was held yesterday , in the ° ,l' i eign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus - V) the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Tinto, ts r George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, 1 1 Q Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Carlisle, , pßight Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan parde, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and other 44inisters. The Lord Chancellor was absent, being still India ned, but the Noble and Learned Lord was much '' .. er yesterday. The Council sat two hours. The American Minister had an interview with Earl , r e3r yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr, James . 111 1 had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. r , The C omm ittee on the Animal Kingdom of the °tornission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday , the new Palace of Westminster. There were pre tent Lord Stanley, Professor Owen, Professor E. F orbes and Professor Hofmann. Mr. ',like attended tt l the part of the executive committee. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and heard Rawson's petition for an exten -04 of Noble's patent. The case was adjourned. The tords p resen t were Lord Brougham, the Master of e Rolls, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield and Lady Har tt Anson arrived at their residence in Sta ble- y ard, t • James's, yesterday, from Shugborough. Lord 'tnori arrived at his residence in the Albany, from Qtighorough. A deputation in favour of the Ten Hours' Act , and „ l ) ,Posed to the practice of working by " shifts" and lays in factories, that being an evasion of the spirit 4 t 'd intention of the Factories Acts, and highly pre 'Miele' to the working people, had an interview w ith L o rd John Russell on Tuesday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted ~p "' the Earl of Harrowby, Lord John Manners, M.P.; s ir G. St r i c kland, M.P. ; Mr. Muntz, M.P. ; Mr. 4,glionby, M.P. ; Mr. Brocklehurst, M.P. • Mr. Ed wards, m.p.; Mr. Bankes, M.P. ; Mr. Busfiel'l, M.P.; sir R. Inglis, M.P. ; Sir J. Walmsley, M.P. ; Mr. tdderley, M.P. ; Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; I ,'" ) tilytb, MP.; Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P. • Rev. Dr. urnett (vicar of Bradford), Mr. John Wood (Brad ford), Mr. W. Rand (Bradford), Mr. W. Walker ttradf o rd), Mr. Thomas Fielden (M inchester), Mr. S amuel Fielden (Todmorden), Mr. P. Grant (Man- C hester), Messrs. Mille, Pitt, Wardlaw, Kay, Ilar brreaves, Unsworth, Balme, and Bottomley. Sir eorg e Grey was present with Lord John Russell at m t he reception of the deputation. Committee for the vegetable kingdom of the C ommission for the Exhibition of 1851 met on Tues day at the New Palace of Westminster. There were resent Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Sir William Hooker, •urofessor Royle, Professor Lindley, Professor Fara day, Professor Solly, and Mr. C. W. Dilke. The C ommittee for manufactures had a meeting yesterday, Which was attended by the Right Hon. W. E. Glad ,,l3tone, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr. R. Iledgrave, Mr. J. ' 4 . Herbert, Mr. H. J. Townsend, Mr. Jobson Smith, a nd Mr. 11. Cole. The Committee for machinery met yesterday—Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Stafford Northcote, the joint secretaries to the Com- Loissiop, were in attendance. The Finance Committee of the Commission for t he 4 Exhibition of 1851, met on Tuesday at the office 11 f the Board of Trade. There were present the Earl Vranville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Barry, and Colonel Reid, R.E. UNFOUNDED RUMOUR OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN SAVING PASSED I3EHRING'S STRAITS.—With reference K 1 a report of Sir John Franklin's expe,lition having passed through Behring's Straits, and which report tattle from a person on board the ship Blakeley, dated ban Franciso, December 30, we are requested to state that letters had been received by Messrs. Leftwich and Co., of Liverpool, the owners of the Blakeley, from the %can:under of that vessel, cf the same date, viz., De !enit er 30, in which no mention whatever is made of the circumstance; and who, from his accurate habits ° I correspondence, Messrs. Leftwich aro persuaded *mild never have allowed such news to have re kaincd unnoticed if it had come from an authentic l 'ource. WHOLESALE EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL TO EUNITED STATES,—The tide of emigration seems Itgain to lave set in, for we learn from our Liverpool orrespondent that six vessels for New York alone lay I n the Mersey on Tuesday awaiting the tide. The ag gregate number of their passengers was upwards of 3,000. "eanwhile hundrals of other persons are waiting to de part by other ships. THE SUN, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedin9s of the House of annawns.; WEDNESDAY, 111AtiCII 13. ATHY, CASTLECOMER ! AND KILKENNY ROAD BILL. Order for Second Reading rea : ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 68. Adair, R. Shafto Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Sir G. Alcock, Thomas Greenall, G. Pelham,' D. A. Blair, Stephen Greene, John Pigott, Francis Bouverie, E. P. Greene Thomas Pinney, William Brotherton, Joseph Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pusey, P. ,- il Brown, W. Grenfell, Charles W. Rendlesham, Lord Burroughes, H. N. Hardeasile, J, A. Reynolds, John Carew, W. I'. Harris, Captain Rice, E. R. Chichester, Lord J. Hawes, B. Simeon, John Clive, H. B. Hayter, W. G. Smith, R. V. Cobden, Richard Heald, James Somerville, Slr W. Colebrooke, Sir T. Henry, Alexander Spooner, Richard Corry, Henry Heywood, James Strickland, Sir G. Cowan, Charles Heyworth, Lawrence Stuart,. Lord J. Denison, Edmund Hodges, T. L. Thicknesse, it. A. Drummond, Henry Hume, J. Thornely, T. Duckworth, Sir J. Lewis, Sir T. Tollemache, John buncombe, 0.; Lewis, G. C. Vane, Lord 11. Duneuft, John Meagher, Thomas Westhead ,J. P. Eg,alon, W. T. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wilson, Matthew Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Lord Fordyce, A. 1). Pakington, Sir J. S. Fortescue. Chichester Palmer, Roundell Frewen, C. 11. Patten, J. W. TELLERS. Vesey, Hon. T. French, F. MINORITY-NOES, 37. Ansley, T. C. Gwyn, Ilowel Scully,'Francis Archdall, Captain Herbert, 11. A. Stafford, Augustus Arundel, Earl of Ilildyard, T. B. T. Talbot, J. H. Brooke, Lord Kershaw, James Taylor, T. E. Chatterton, Colonel Kildare, Marquis of Tonison, E. K. Codringtou,:Sir W. Lennox, Lord A. Thompson, Colonel Dunne, Colonel Manners, Lord G. Wawn, J. T. Ellice, Edward Miles,:W. Williams, John Fagan, William. Parke, C. W. Willoughby, Sir H. Farnham, E. B. Pilkington, dames . . Foley, J. 11. Power, Nicholas TELLE3B. Fuller, A. E. Repton, G. AV. J. Naas, Lord Grace, 4 .). D. Sadleir, John Sullivan, Michael Grosvenor, Earl BalweY, Colonel PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :" Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 11i. Adderley, C. E. Glyn, G. C. Reid, Colonel Aglionby, H. A. Cireenall, Gilbert Ricardo, J. L. Anderson, Arthur Greene, Thomas Rice, E. R. Armstrong, Sir A. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Rom illy, Colonel Armstrong, it. B. Grey, Sir G. Salwey, Colonel Bagslia w, John Grosvenor, Lord R. Sandars, George Baines, M. T. Hall, Sir B. Scholefield, William Barnard, E. G. . liardcastle, J. A. Scully, Francis Bass, M. T. Harris, Richard Seyrner, 11. K. Bellew, R. M. Thistle, Archibald Simeon, John Birch, Sir T. Headlam, T. E. Slaney, R. A. Blackail, S. W. Henry, Alexander Smith, John B. Blake, M. J. Heywood, James Spearman, 11. J. Bouverie, E. P. Hume, Joseph Stansfleld, W. R. Bramston, T. W. Jackson, William Staunton, Sir G. Bright, John Jervis, Sir John Strickland, Sir G. Brocklehurst, John Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, Lord Dudley Brotherton, J. I Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord J. Brown, W. Labouchcre, Henry Sullivan, Michael Campbell, W. F. Langston, J. H. Tenison, E. K. Cavendish, C. C. Lindsay, Colonel Tennent, P. J. Chaplin, W. J. Lushington, C. . '1 hickuesse, R. A. Childers, J. W. M'Cullagh, W. T. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Mahon, O'Gorman Thornely, Thomas Clay, Sir W. Martine. W. Verney, Sir 11. Cobbold, J. C. Matheson, Alex. Wall, C. B. Cobden, R. Matheson, Colonel Wahnsley, Sir J. Cowan, Charles Melgund, Viscount Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Mitchell, T. A. Westhead, J. P. Duncnft, John Morris, David Willcox, Brodie Dundas, Admiral Mulgrave, Earl Williams, John Ebrington, Viscount Mure, Colonel Wilson, Matthew Ellis, John Norreys, Lord Wood, W. P. Elliot, John E. Patten, W. Wrightson, W. B. Fagan, W. l'echell, Sir G. Wyld, James Foley, J. 11. Pelham, D. A - Wyvill, Marmaduke Fordyce, A. D. Pilkington, James Forster, Mathew Pinney, W. TELLERS. Fortescuc, Chichester Power, Nicholas Ewart,,William Fortescue, J. W. Pusey, Philip Hamilton, G. A. Gibson, Thomas M. Rawdon, Colonel MINORITY-NOES, 101. Anstey, Thomas C. Frewen, C. H. Masterman, John Arkwright, O. Fuller, A. E. Miles, William Arundel, Earl of Gaskell J.;M. Morgan, 0. Baring, H. B. Goulburn, Henry Mullings, J. R. Barrington, Lord Graham, Sir J. Mundy, William Bennet, Philip Granby, Marquis of Muntz, G. F. Beresforcl, William Grogan, Edward Newdegate, C. N. Blair, Stephen Gwyn, llowel Oswald, Alexander Bowles, Admiral Raiford, Sir Henry Packe, C. W. Boyle, Colonel Halsey, T. P. Pakington, Sir J. Bremridge, Richard Heald, James Palmer, Robert Broadley, H. Heathcoat, John Palmer, Roundell Brockman, E. D. • Heneage, G. H. Peel, Frederick Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Plowden, W. H. Cayley, Edward S. Herbert, Sidney Portal, Melville Chatterton, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. Prime, Richard Clive, H. B. Hildyard, T. B. Rendlesham, Lord Cocks, T. S. Hodgson, W. N. ' Rumbold, C. E. Codrington, Sir W. Hood, Sir A. Rushout, Captain Coles, li. U. Hope, Alexander Russell, F. C. Decdes, W. llornby, John Shelburne, Earl of Denison, Edmund Hotham, Lord Smollett, A. Dodd, George Howard, P. 11. Sotheron, T. H. S. Duckworth, Sir J. Hudson, G_ Spooner, R. Duff, George S. Duncombe, A. Duneombe, 0. Du Pre, C. G. Edwards, 11. , . Inglis, Sir R. Stafford, Augustus Jermyn, Earl Stanford, J. F. Lacy, 11. C. Waddington, H. S. Law, C. E. Walpole, Spencer Legh, G. C. Walter, John _ Egerton, W. T. Lewisham, Vise. Emlyn, Viscount Lygon, General IVegg-Prosser, F. Wortley, J. S. Farnham, E, DitiCkenzie, W. F. Farrer, James Mahon, Lord Fellowes, E. Manners, Lord G. TELLERS. Sibthorp, Colonel Buck, L. W. Forbes, Wm. Manners, Lord J COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. The CHAMBERLAIN informed the Court that he had received a letter from one of the officials of Sr. Thomas's Hospital, requiring that the hospital seal should without delay be affixed to a document pre sented by that institution. Application had been made at the last Court of Common Council on the same subject, it being in the power of either Court of the Corporation to perform the ministerial act of affixing the seal ; but the Common Council referred the subject to a committee, which is at pre sent engaged in investigating its merits. After some observations from several members of the court, to the effect that there was no intention upon the part of the Court of Common Council to cause any unnecessary delay, the question was post poned until the latter shall have again assembled, and the impression appeared to be that the report of the committee would be favourable to the object of the governors of the hospital. The Recorder had advised the Court of Common Council, on the application of the governors of the hospital, to pursue the course they had adopted, and the Court of Aldermen as readily acted upon his sug gestion, although the letter which had been transmitted to the Chamberlain contained a threat of mandamus if any hesitation should take place on the point of affixing the seal. THE DEATH OF THE COMMON SERGEANT. The LORD MA TOR announced to the Court the death of Mr. Mirehouse, the late Common Sergeant of the city of London. Alderman Tnomrsost said he knew it to be in complete accordance with the feeling of his brethren that they should express their condolence with the widow of their deceased friend, upon the severe loss the Court and the Corporation and the public had sustained by the demise of that learned and excellent person.—(Hear, hear.) It would be in their recollection that they had had the advantage of the experience and learning of Mr. Mirehouse as Common Sergeant for 17 years, and as a pleader for 27 years. It was not necessary to speak at any length, amongst those who had known him so well, of the qualifica- tions he possessed in so eminent a degree. His frank ness and candour were acknowledged by all who knew him, and it was impossible to be for a mo ment associated with him without feeling the force of such powerful recommendations to esteem.— (Hear, hear.) His death was so sudden that he might be said to have breathed his last in the performance of his official duties, for the disease which proved fatal to him had attacked bim first in the Central Criminal Court, and very little time had been allowed to him after that intimation. For thirty years an intimate friendship had subsisted between Mr. Mirehouse and the person who at that moment was performing the melancholy duty of moving a resolution of condolence to the widow of that most valuable officer of the Cor poration ; and it was a source of much satisfaction to know that she would derive real consolation from the expression of the affectionate and respectful sympa thy of the Court.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman Thom son then moved the resolution of condolence, for the composition of which he was, he said, indebted to the Recorder. Sir P. LAURIE seconded the resolution. It was, he said, impossible that any man could be more honourable or more independent than the late Com mon Sergeant. Not one syllable bad Mr. Mirehouse ever uttered which held connexion with mental re.: servation. The two Courts of the Corporation in curred by the death of their invaluable friend a most serious loss, which they would long have reason to deplore.—(Hear,l hear.) Alderman HOOPER said he had had the honour and gratification of uttering a few words in the Court of Common Council upon the announcement of the death of his respected friend, and since that time he had received from one of the family a communication ieclaring the great satisfaction they felt at the man • ner in which that C mrt had acted upon the occasion, by using language so soothing to the feelings of dis tress and affection with which they were over whelmed.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that Mrs. Mirehouse and her family would receive addi tional. consolation from perusing the resolution in which that Court was about to concur unanimously, as well as in seeing that she had no small share in the public sympathy.— (Hear, hear.) Alderman W. HUNTER bore testimony to the love which the people of the place (Wales) in which Mr. Mirehouse 's extensive property lay bore to the de ceased, and the enthusiastic manner in which they evinced their admiration and esteem. Alderman FARIBROTHER said there was not ward of consolation uttered in w hich he did not heartily agree. He would most cordially join in any thing calculated to heal the heart of the excellent woman who had to deplore so heavy a loss. He, at the same time, was convinced that she had a resource in the rel4;ion of her own mind which would enabl e her to petfOrtn the duties which were thus *rand LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, upon her by the affliction with which she was visited.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman HumrnEßY also spoke in terms of high praise of the deceased Common Sergeant and his widow, and the resolution was carried unanimously. The resolution of condolence was then, upon the motion of Alderman TuompsoN, seconded by Alder man HOOFER, ordered to be signed by the Town Clerk, varnished, and transmitted forthwith to Mrs. Mirehouse. Adjourned. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A FAMILY IN FRANCE. The following details of a murder recently com mitted on a family, by name Redaud, appear in the Courrier de Limoges:—Paulait, a landed proprietor et St. Priest le l3etoux, in the canton of Chateupousat, fired six shots at the Reclaud family as they were returning in a cart fcmn Magnac Laval. Madame Redaud, tl , e mother, and her eldest son were mor tally wounded; the wife of the latter is severely in jured, as also is M. Redaud the younger, recently retired from the service, and married on the 11th of February last ; his w ife, who was also in the coach, received no damage. On the morrow of his crime, the 3d of March, at six o'clock in the morning, the murderer executed justice on himself by blowing his brains out near Lussac les Eglises, whither he had proceeded after the perpetra tion of his crime. Paulait, who is about 34 years of age, was of a taciturn disposition. He was generally considered as a well-conducted man. His fortune consisted of 40,0001'. in landed property, and he had received some education at the college of Magnac Laval. He was married, but had successively lost all his children, to the number of five or six, and this had given him a desire to quit his native place. With this intention he sold all his property to MM. Redaud and Chaumoneix for a sum of 33,000 f. He soon repented of the bargain, and the sale was can- celled at the cost of 2,000 f., which were to have been paid to R.I. Redaud at a certain fixed period. Pau lait soon after refused to pay, and an action was com menced, which increased Paulah's liabilities to 5,000 f. The result of this was an excessive degree of exasperation on the part of the debtor, which for some time he carefully disguised. On the Ist of March Paulait met with M. Redaud at the fair of Bellac, and asked him for Of. as a loan, which he promised should be returned the next day at St. Sor nin. On the 24 of March, at eleven o'clock in the morning, Paulait was at the inn of the Green Bull, on the road to Magrac, when he perceived in a char-a-bane certain persons belonging to the Redaud family, who were going to the college in that town to visit the young Redaud at school there. Paulait asked the innkeeper for writing materials, and, when he had finished a letter, asked to hob.and-knob with him fcr the last time, no attention being paid to the expression at the time. He then went home, cast some bullets and slugs, and ensconced himself at a dis tance of two kilometers from the cross-road leading to Dompierre. Hidden behind a holly-bush, he laid at his feet two double-barrelled guns and two pistols. At half-past four o'clock he heard a coach coming up the hill at a walking pace, and having assured himself that it contained the Redaud family, when it had arrived within ten paces of him, he rushed out into the middle of the road. The first two shots struck Madame Redaud in the abdomen—she fell ; the horse stopped, and two more shots were fired, taking effect on the shoulder and arm of M. Redaud, the elder. He had strength, however, to jump down and drag himself to a distance of more than a kilometer ; his wife alighted from the cart, threw her arms round the assassin, and entreated him to spare her life, and she would forgive him his debt. The wretch threw her off, crying, "It is your life I want, Madam !.' and a pistol was directed at her head. She covered it with her arm, which was pierced through, and as she was attempting to escape another ball struck her in the loins. N. Redaud, the younger, had been wounded in the thigh at the same time with his mother—his wife alone escaped uninjured from this fearful slaughter. The assassin fled in the direction of Lussac, and arrived at the village of Libauderic, at the house of one of his friends. His disordered features were fearful to look upon. He asked for a bed, and one was made up for him in an adjoining barn, there being no room in the house. The next day, at five o'clock in the morning, the ex plosion of a fire-arm was heard, and on running to the place Paulait was found behind the barn with his head shattered by a pistol shot. The letter written at the inn was lying at his feet. MURDER B Y A MANIAC. The rural and secluded little village of Little Grees den, in Cambridgeshire (about eight miles from Cam bridge, on the Bedford-road) has just been the scene of an awful tragedy, in the shape of a matricide by a ma ❑iac. In the village resided an old man named Henry Carrington, and his wife, and one son, named John. The old man has been through lif.3 a labourer, but la'ely, by reason of age and infirmity, had been de pendent on the parish. He had five sons, but four out of them are maintaining themselves, and the fifth (John), the perpetrator of the outrage, was formerly resident in Cambridge, where he was assistant to a college shoe black, but returned home, on his becoming what the vil lagers call wonderful strange." He was in the habit in the dull season of hawking combs, thread, B(e., through the neighbouting villages, and working in the fields in the summer. The following is the account of the affair, as given by the prisoner himself:—He said that some months ago he had broken a piece cut of his father's spade, while dig ging roots in the poor allotments, and his father had been wrath about it ever since. When he went home on Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, he sat down to get his tea, and his father entered with the spade and talked " wonderful coarse" to him about breaking it. lle of fered his father sixpence as remuneration, but he would not take it, and would have struck him with it if he had not have taken it from him. On seizing the spade, he " knocked the old man down with it, and his mother coming in to save his father he cut her down also." The mother was found stretched lifeless on the floor of the cottage, and the old man in a state that precludes all hope of his recovery. The above statement having teen corroborated by witnesses at the inquest held en the body of the prisoner a mother, The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against John Carrington, who was conveyed to the county gaol to await his trial. The depositions of the injured man will be taken as soon as his state of health will allow, so that in case of his death it may be used at the trial of the prisoner, who evinced no emotion ;on being made acquainted with the verdict of the jury. AN ARTFUL IMPOSTOR. On Thursday last the attention of a number of per sons was attracted by a man who had fallen, appa rently in a fit, on the Osmaston-road. On returning to consciousness, the man appeared distressed at being surrounded by so many people, and informed Mr. Webster (the governor of the workhouse, who was present), that if he would take him to a private room he would make known to him his name and cir cumstances. The case seemed to be so distress ing that the sympathy of Mr. Webster was excited, and he had the man conveyed to the porter's lodge, where every attention was shown him. He then stated that his name was William Cleveland, and that he was a master builder at Whitby, in York shire. He said he had been walking day and night since Sunday, was in great distress of mind, and had not a farthing in his pocket to purchase an ounce of sustenance or to get back to his home. He further stated that he had lost his wife, and having no children he intended to adopt a nephew, who, however, eloped with a man's wife last July, and was the cause of all his misery. 'When he discovered the conduct of his " dear nephew," he made up his mind to follow him, in the hope that he might succeed in reclaiming him from his evil courses, and restore him to his proper position as a respectable member of society. When he left home in search of his nephew he took with him 1801., a gold watch, and the necessary supply of clothing. He followed the unhappy couple to America, Egypt, and we don't know how many other countries, frequently being close upon the heels of the fugitives, who, how ever, contrived to elude his grasp. At length, broken down in health, spirits and pocket, he returned to England, was obliged to sell his watch and nearly the whole of his linen and other apparel, and was ' now wending his way homewards, penniless and heartbroken. Big drops rolled down his pallid cheeks as he recounted his long catalogue of woes, and the heart of his hearer yearned with compassion. If he could but get home,—oh, he would give pounds for shillings to any good. Samaritan who would thus heal his bleeding heart and send him to his cherished birthplace. At this junc ture a gentleman from Belper happened to call upon Mr. Webster, and on hearing the particulars we have the N Whitby unfortunate related, said r s wt a u i e d nr ae i t t et so then e happened n a op wouldnp e a n e d visitathatc ca two accompany mhipsa house,n y hi gentlemenatnodt Belper,hf a ro t m i m and his statement should prove correct, he would sup ply him with the W necessaryamountiappeared g o r f a c te a f s u h l to but enableexcuhsiemd to reach hitby. ie himself from going to Belper th a t even i ng on th e Darby followingersjo ti u .b n y d af o l of his morning. oc i g s rohnut b il n e dhg i e n .o g bwt v aol e iut r nl y dwt illha seatqroourfaißrni arranged g a night's the proceed a t rnde e a n ar remainingePde t n t: t hi thein should sleep at the Nag's Head, and proceed to Bel , per by train next day, the gentleman promising to meet him at the station. Mr. Webster gave the man ss. 6d., some bread and butter and gin and water, and then sent a boy to show him the way to the Nag's Head, where Mr. W. was to see him in the morning and start him by train. Again tears of gratitude II iwcd, and the unfortunate innocent was ill the act of leaving the workhouse in com pany with the boy when he said, with great sim plieity, " Pray, sir, may I ask where I am ?" " You are at the Derby Union porter's lodge," wa s the reply. " Good gracious ! Why lam a member of the Whitby board of guardians ; what a laugh it will occasion my colleagues when they find that I have been relieved at the Derby Union !" The notion seemed to tickle his fancy for the moment ; and the kind-hearted, confiding governor, no doubt thought it was a " curious coincidence." However, with the easy confidence of an unsuspecting man, the governor sent a boy with the "large builder from Whitby," to lead him to the Nag's Head, there to refresh tired nature with balmy sleep. But alas ! the ingrate turned upon his benefactor. No sooner had the man of many sorrows gone a con venient distance from the workhouse, than he changed his tone, and ordered the boy to leave him. Bent, however, upon a faithful discharge of his duties, the boy persisted in " showing him the way " to comfort able lodgings; whereupon he and his master were assailed with threats and epithets which cannot he repeated to ears polite, and the boy returned to the union to astonish his master with the tidings. _Nothing more was heard of the fellow until Friday afternoon, when a man fell as if dead in front of Mr. Hefford's shop in Queen street. Many good Samaritans were speedily at tracted to his assistance. He was in a fit ; and many doubted whether he would ever get out of it with life. dr. Webster's boy happened to be a spectator, and instantly recognised the Simon Pure. With foot fleet as a galloway the boy ran to the union with the information, and Mr. Webster lost no time in apprising the police. Meanwhile, every attention bad been bestowed upon the man, who was kindly conveyed to the house of Mr. Evans, surgeon, where, on recovering, he was supplied with coffee, two half-sovereigns, and some silver. We understand the impostor was in the act of relating his eventful history to his kind benefactor, when two policemen entered, and much to Mr. Evans's surprise walked him off" to the police office. Only one half-sovereign could, how ever, be found upon bile, and it is supposed he swallowed the other. On Saturday the "large master builder from Whitby" was taken before the Mayor, and he was very properly consigned . to three months' prison fare, with daily exercise on the tread-wheel. When that period has expired, the Lei cestershire police will be in readiness to escort him to Thrumpstone, where he obtained a suit of clothes and other things in a manner which the law does not re cognise as legitimate, and for which it provides a fitting recompense.—Derby Reporter. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 9, IMO. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *133 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 50 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ... 149 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 141 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ... 171 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. ... ••• -•• ••• Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &',. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• ••• Malformations... ••• • •• '•• • •• Premature Birth ..• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 50 ... 42 Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . • 151 ... 123 North DiAricts.. 376,568 •• 168 ... 160 Central Districts 374,199 ••• 1 70 ... 160 East Districts ... 393,067 ••• 2 55 .... 186 south Districts.. 503,346 .•• 303 ... 246 ~. 1,047 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females ... 875 ... 433 ... 442 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ••• ••• ••• ... 733 Females ... ••• .•• ... ... 743 Total ... ... 1,476 *ln this number are included 14 by Scarlatina, 29 by Typhus Fever, and 9 by Diarrhoea. BEETHOVEN Rooms.—Signor F. Ronconi ' s second concert took place last night, when a choice selection of music was performed. Miss Durlacher was encored in Balfe's sweet ballad " Zillah," Miss Leslie sung an Ita lian aria with much taste, Miss St. Marck, Miss Durla cher, and Mr. Toulmin, were encored i n " Lusato ardir," and Signor Ronconi was much applauded on singing his charming canzone " L'Occhio cerulec'." Mr. Jewson's pianoforte compositions and performance were much ad mired. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMERS.— The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental SEA am Na vigation Company have decided on sailing their ships on temperance principles, and with that view are making the necessary arrangements with regard to the allow ances of spirits and wine to be shipped as requisites for medical purposes. It is understood that this new ar rangement on the part of the company commenced with the steamer Jupiter, on the 27th ult., but that it is in t mded to apply only so far as the crews cf the several vestols are concerned, and not to interfere in any way with reference to the passengers. The crews will be allowed in money more than the cost of the spirits hitherto supplied to them. IRISII LINEN.—The following extract, written about the year 1775, cannot fail to be highly interesting at this time :—" It is of great importance to Ireland, that flax, the basis of this manufacture, is of home growth, and of the most excellent quality. From the very moment of the seed being put into the ground, to the time of its being exhibited in the market, in the form of a piece of white li nen, everyt hi ng i s t h e na ti ve growth of the soil, —everything the productive labour of the inhabitant." The exports of linen from Belfast in 1775 were 147,278 pieces; one firm is now turning out more than that number of pieces annually; and we r ay to the foreigner for flax, flax-seed, and oil•calte upwards of six millions verling per annum. From the constabu lary returns of the breadth of flax sown in Ireland, in 1848, the total is given of 53,863 acres ; the entire quantity of flax required for British manufacture would occupy from 350,000 to 400,000 acres. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT I3AsTiNGS.—An attempt at suicide was made at Hastings on Tuesday morning, by a gentleman named Hodges, about 28 years of age, who was staying in Bedford. pla ce on s visit. It appears that Mr. Hodges got out of bed a t a b out ten m i nu t es to seven, and laid hold of his raz or , w i th wh i ch b e i n flicted a severe wound in his neck, extending from un d er the : left ear to the middle of the th roat, being from s i x to e ight inches in length and of cons id erable depth. O n inflict ing the wound he fell to the floor, and the noire of his fall having excited alarm, he was speedily discovered, and Mr. Savery was called in to render surgical assist ance. The unhappy gentl eman suffered muc h f r om the loss of blood, but is now go i ng on favourabl y. —Hastings News. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.and Reeves, the a p n e d rfo M rm r. a l n V c h e i w t lo s r o t Maccabeus, was given h ere last ni ht, under the con ductorship of Mr. Huila's. Thep rincip a l g vocalists were —Handers Oratorio, 'Judas Miss Birch, Mrs. Nobl e , Miss Gill, Miss Kent, Mr. BIRKENHEAD C OMMISSIONERS. The usua l monthly meeting was held on T ues d ay. Notice o f m otion wa s Sims d s given that steps would b e taken to compe l the railway n h. tbe T w h h e Ol ff e a sa li ti w sfa s c s t w or e y ll . company to complete certain bridges in different streets. A letter from the Admiralty, addressed " To the Wor shipful the Mayor of Birkenhead"—(Laughter) —re specting the use of the Town-hall for investigations shortly to take place, was referred. From the proceed. ings of the ferry committee it appeared that the receipts for February, 1849, were 1,1501. Os. 10d.; for the same month of 1850, 1,2041. 16s. 5d.; from the 23d of April to the 28th of February, 1849, 13,646/. Os. 10d.; in 1850, 16,324/. 4s. 3d. The total expenditure for the latter period was 16,7504 6s. 11d. It was stated that the opposition to the Birkenhead Improvement Bill had been withdrawn. The Admiralty is only anticipating a little. Birkenhead must have a charter of incorporation. —Chester Courant. THE FISHMONGERS' AND POULTERERS' BENEVO LENT INSTITUTION.—This valuable institution held its fourteenth anniversary festival last evening, at the London Coffee-house. Mr. Ebenezer Howard, the chair man, in proposing success to the institution, feelingly al luded to kite circumstance of its being encumbered with a dtbt of 7001. 'rho best course for them to take was in the first place to emancipate the institution from that debt. The chairman then alluded to the claims that the unfortunate members of their trade, and their widows and children, had upon them. It became them not as Christians to scrutinize with rigid eyes whether the widows or children for whom they sought to provide had become reduced to adversity by the imprudence or the misfortunes of the parents. The Rev. Mr. Sherman, in adverting to the debt of 7001, mentioned a circumstance that had occurred in his own life. He had been invited to go into Yorkshire to plead the cause of an institution that was in debt 2,700/. He was particularly impressed with the desirability of appealing for a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon that sum. When advocating its claims, however, it had struck him to ask for the prin cipal. lie should never forget the looks of the people. They all seemed to say, " We wish you may get it," as smiles darted across their countenances. It had so hap pened, however, that at the close of his address a stran ger said he was so tickled with the notion of paying off the principal thst he handed a cheque for 100/., and the promise of a second 100/. The result had been a con trihution of 800/., and he had bad the pleasure, on going doe's a second time that thy twelve months, to sing the requiem of the entire debt. The reverend gentleman then exhorted the members of the trade to pursue a similar course to the Yorkshiremen, by liquidating the debt of 700/, which encumbered their excellent institu tion_. References having, ban made by several other speskers to the institution having been the means of providing for 214 unfortunate persona, and the asylum of the society, at Wood-green, being in a highly efficient state, if there were but funds sufficient to fill it with in mates. The result a the festival was announced to,be the contribution of a handsome sum. EKHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. —We understand the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London has sent invitations to the mayors or chief municipal officers of the following towns to dine with his Royal Highness the Prince Albert on Thursday next. The occasion of the chief magistrate of the capi tal of the United Kingdom entertaining the Prince and the chief magistrates of a large number of cities and towns, is the desire which tha Lord Mayor has evinced in promoting the intended Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations :—Aberystwith, Ashton-under-Line, Barn staple, Bath, Bedford, Berwick-upon-Twt ed, Beverly, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire), Bridgnortb, Bridgewater, Bodmin, Brighton, Bristol, Buckingham, Burnley, Bury (Lancashire), Bury St. Ed munds, Boston (Lincolnshire), Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Cheltenham, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Congh ton, Coventry, Darlington, Dartmouth, Daventry, IJr al, Derby, De vonport, Devizes, Doncaster, Dover, Dudley, Durham, Exeter, Falmouth, Gateshead, Gloucester, Grantham, Gravesend, Guernsey, Guildford, Halira,x, Hastings, Halstone, Hereford, Honiton, Huddersfield, Hull, Ips wicb, St. Helier's, Jersey, Knaresborough, Keadal, Kid derminster, Kingston upon-Thames, Lancaster, Laun ceston, Leamington, Leeds, Leicester, Lewes, Lichfield, Lincoln, Liverpool, Lynn, Alacch, sfietd, Maidstone, Manchester, Monmouth, Marget', Merthyr Tydvil, New a• k, Ne..vcasee on-Tyne, Ne wcas -untle7-Lyne, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport (Monmouthshire), Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Oxfor, , , Petz ince, Plymouth, Pontefract, Portsnym:b, Preston, Ramsgate, Riper, Rochdale, Rochester, Sal ford, Salisbury, Scarborough, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Southampton, Stafford, Stamford, Stockport, St .cktor upon-Tees, Stoke- upor-Trea', Stroud, Sunderland, S ansea, Tam worth, Tivez tor, Totnes, Truro, Wake field, Walsall, Wa•rington, Warwick, Weymouth, Wi gan, Winchester, Windsor, Wisbeach, lverts atnptor, Worcester, Westminster, Yarmouth (Great), York Scotland—Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Greenock Glasgow, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Paisley Leith, Montrose, Perth, Stirling. Ireland—Belfast. Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, Cole , raine, Drog,heda. KILDRICKEN SILVER. LEAD MINING COMPANY.- Yesterday the winding•up of this company's aff - Airs was proceeded with before the Master in Chancery Richards. According to the petition of Mr. Henry Crockfird, of Queensferry, Flint, it appears that the enterprise was started in 1846, to work the iilbricken mines, near Ennis, county of Clare. The proposed capital was 13,000/., in 1,300 shares of 101. each, of which petitioner had had allotted to him 650 free shares, the deposit to be in two instalments of 5/. each, and the company to be conducted on the cost-book system of Cornwall. Soon after the establishment cf the undertaking it was disco vered that no company, unless formed for working mines in Cornwall, could be carried on under the cost-book system, and the Court of Stannaries could have no juris diction over a company in Ireland. The calls made were not paid, and the concern became embarrassed. Mr. Crockford, in his examination, stated that after two calls had been made the directors found they had no power to enforce them. Was the owner of the mines and the machinery. After it had been agreed to wind up the concern, he bought it for 2,2701., there being some intention of creating the company anew. The property was more unsaleable ilow than mining property in ge neral, being in Ireland. Gave to Evans 100 free shares on starting the company, and to his brother, Frederick Crockford, sixty. Mr. Wryghte, and his solicitor Mr. H. Harris, report that there will be a call of about 11. per share to defray outstanding liabilities. ENGLISH HOMCEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION.—The an nual general meeting of the friends and supporters of the homoeopathic system of medicine was hold on Tues day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., in the chair. The Noble Chairman, in addressing the meeting, stated the objects of it to be to protect their medical advisers from legal and other sorts of op pression; to place the truths of the system on such a basis that men would he compelled to examine the facts they had collected and systematised; and by examina tions of medical practitioners, to ascertain and certify to the public whether homosopatbic practitioners were fit to discharge their important duties. The means by which they proposed to accomplish these objects were the establishment of an hospital on a broad and catholic basis, with a medical school attached. The association hat already served its purpose, by keeping the principles of the system before the public, and by publishing and distributing the volumes of Mr. Sampson and the lectures of Dr. Epps. The report read by the secretary stated that 156/. 2s. sd. had been collected for the estab lishment of an hospital; that the committee had de termined not to proceed with that building until 600 Z had been raised; that the pamphlet on the symptoms and treatment of the cholera had been extensively sought for, and distributed with good effect; and that the receipts during the year had been, by Dr. Epps' lectures 341. 10F., from the "Pearce fund" 1901. 145., and the general account 981. 18s. 10d. The Rev. Mr. Kennaway, Mr. Asburst, Mr. Case, Dr. Epps and other gentlemen addressed the meeting. The report was adopted; the committee and office•bearers appoint-2d; and a petition to Parliament, praying for compensation to Mr. Pearce, on account of illegal imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter la , t year, during the prevalence of cholera, was read and approved. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—The following circular memorandum, issued from the Horse Guards respecting the reduction in a e army, comes into operation on tbe 31st inst.:--The sth, 20th, 36th, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 56th, 67th, 69th, 76th, and 2d battalion of Rifle Brigade, are to be converted into regiments of one battalion of 1,000 rank and file each, will a recruiting depot, simi'ar to regi ments serving in India. The 11th, 58th, and 65th Regi ments (now serving in New Zea'and and Australia), are to be reduced to 750 each, and to be Otis divided:— Service companies, 540; depot, 210; tct'sl rank and file, 750. I; may be added with regard to the regiments in New Zealand and Australia to be reduced, the men are to be discharged on the spot, so as to allow such as desire it to colonise, but such as desire to return home wilt be obliged to pay their own passage. The 6th Foot (hi therto 1,200 rank and file), is to be reduced to 750. The following depots cf regiments serving in the colonies are to be reduced 20 rank and file each—viz., Ist battalion Ist Foot, Its, 16th, 19th, 34th, 38th, 54th, 66th, 72d, 73d, 79th, 88th, 95th, and Ist battalion Me Brigade. The above Rill give a reduction cf 3,680 rank and file. With respect to officers, the lieutenant-colonel,, cap tains, and subalterns are to remain in full pay on the strength of their regiments (en second) until their ser vices are actually required; but the quartermasters and medical officers are t.) be placed upon half-pay from the Ist of April next. The saving to the country by this reduction will be about 120,000/. for the present year. THE EXPLOSION AT HOUNSLOW.—A corre spondent at Brigh'on informs us that the late fatal ex plosion at Hounslow was distinctly felt and heard in Sussex, at a distance from Hounslow of between 50 and 60 miles. At Petworth, upwards of 40 miles off, three reports were distinctly heard, and a corresponding num ber of shocks were felt, so that the inhabitants ran out of their houses, imagining that they had felt shocks of an earthquake. At Brighton, Mr. Heslop, a teacher of languages, while walking near the mansion of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, at Hoye, near Brighton, heard a noise as of distant thunder, but as the sky was clear, he ima gined that he m us t ave heard a roar of artillery. It was then 25 minutes to four by his watch. Mr. Smith, a gardener and nurseryman at the north part of Brighton, also distinctly heard the noise. The most conclusive evidence, however, that the explosion was felt between 50 and 60 miles from the spot is furnished by the follow ing paragraph, copied from the Sussex Advertiser of Tuesday, a paper which was printed and in town before the news of the explosion reached Lewes:—" Accounts have reached this office from several persons living in different parts of Lewes, who depose to having expe rienced a slight shock, as if of' an earthquake, at about 20 minutes to four o'clock on Monday afternoon. There was no train passing through the tunnel at that hour. Moreover, the shock was felt in parts of the town not affected by the passage of trains. All the persons alluded to experienced the shock at the same period of time." From various other places there are similar ac counts, all agreeing as to time, but varying a little in description. Some heard a noise, others felt a shock, while still others both heard and felt the effects of the explosion. ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS-BANS.—The trustees of the St. Helen's savings-bank are preparing to ray a first dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound. It is expected that there will be funds to pay all legal demands in full; per sons who had deposited money beyond the legal amount can only claim the surplus, if there is any money re maining from the property of the Johnsons after the legal claims are satisfied.—Sheffield Times. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —The anniversary dinner of this charity took place last night at the London Tavern, and was remarkably well at tended. About 250 guests assembled on the occasion, and the festivities of the evening were presided over by Sir De Lacy Evans, who was supported by his colleague in the representation of Westminster, Mr. Lushington, and other gentlemen. The proceedings differed in no respect from the usual routine on similar occasions, the secretary announcing a long list of subscriptions, amount ing altogether to a sum of 1,154/. This includes a le gacy of 5001., duty free, left by Mrs. Anstey, of George , street, Hanover-square. By the rules of the institution its benefits are open to all journeymen tailors incapa citated from labour who have subscribed for three years to the funds. It appears that 101 pensioners have been placed on the funds of the charity since its establishment, and that 57 are now enjoying an allowance of 20/. 16s. a year, with coals, medicine, and medical attendance. The dinner, provided by Mr. Bathe, was excellent, and the musical and other arrangements were unexception able. Mr. Harker was toastmaster. ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE.—A meeting of the members of the College of the Freemasons of the Church (a society funded for the recovery, maintenance, and furtherance of the true principles and practice of archi tecture) was held on Tuesday evening at the College House, 10, Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Mr. G. R. French, grand master, occupied the chair. The object of the meeting was to propose a series of resolutions in supper: , ef the intended Exposition in 1851, which were unanimously adopter'. The Rev. Mr. Pocock, Mr. 11. Rogers, Mr. J. W. Archer, and other gentlemen, in sup porting the resoltriou, strongly urged the advantages to the people of au extended cultivation of the arts, on the ground that if they could but be "imbued with a tone of the good and the pure, they would thereby be weaned from that which was gross and corrupt." Sir Walter Jame', Bart., after the passing of the resolutions, read an able paper "On the use and abuse of the imaginative faculty with ref_rence to the arts." Tho meeting then adjourned. A POACHER KILLED,-.CHESTER, MARCIa 12. A fatal poaching affray occupied the attention of Mr. Hostage, the city coroner, and a respectable jury, seve ral hours yesterday. Owing to the alarming rumours that had been circulated in re-pcct to tie death of the unfortunate man, the proceedings excited the deepest interest. Mr. Roberts, a solicitor, attended to watch the evidence on behalf of the friends of the deceased. It appeared from the testimony of several witnesses, that on Wednesday night last, between eleven and twelve, a police-cfficer in the Chester force, named Hughes, ac companied by a brother comtable, came up with a man named William Jones, on a road leading from Curzon ' Patk, ih the egokizte of the city. The ceastege seeing MARCH 14, 1850 he had a gun in his possession, asked what he was doing with it? Fie replied he was taking it to a person at Saltney, which not sati-fying the officers, and being seen to leave the park, he was told that he must consi der himself in custody and give up the gun. He re plied he should not do thnt. When the constables at tempted to take it from him, two men, apparently the deceased's companions, rushed out of a plantation and defended him, saying he s hould not be taken or his gun. This led to a violent conflict, and blows were struckby both partie s , th e officers using the sticks which they carry about them when on duty. The three men were knocked down one after another, and even tually they were secured and taken into custody. The deceased was missing for a few moments, but a toll collector coming up with a light, he was discovered lying in a hole. They were than removed to the police station in the city and locked up. At four o'clock in the morn ing deceased was found to be seriously ill in the cell. At first the constable on duty thought it was a ruse to escape, but tet a more advanced period of the morning, Mr. Jones, a surgeon, saw him, and before aiything could be done fur him ho expired. The temple-bone was fractured, as if from a blow or fall, and a fl :sv of blood to the brain was the cause of death. The jury found that the deceased came by his death in consequence of a blow from a stick, given by John Hughes in aischargc of his duty and in his o wn d e f ence. EMIGRATION..--PLTMOUTLI, Maacrs 12.—Yester day there w a, - ; a dinner given t) the ernig, ants who were about to proceed in the British Sovereign, 500 tons, Captain Harris, chartered by Messrs. Marshall and Edridge, e f London, which had put into this poi t t i re ceive a portion of her emigrants. The dinner took place at the Navy IR tel, and was presided over by Mr. J. 13 : Wilcocks, the agent to the Colonial Land and Emi gration Commissioner,, and the proceedings were of a very gratifying description. After a series e f toasts had been proposed, M. Lusignan, one of the cabin passen gers, presented an address to the chairman, in which the passengers expressed their entire satisfaction as regards the provisions made f or th e i r h ealth and happiness dur ing the voyage. The chairman, in the course of some observations he addressed to the meeting, referred to the ship Aden, about which there had been a great deal of complaint at Adelaide, and which had, like all the other ships chartered by Messrs. Marshall and Edridge, touched at this port on her way down Channel. One of the complaints made by the emigrants at Adelaide was that they had had bad provisions on their way down Channel, and that they had had no fresh provisions while the ship was in the port cf Plymouth. With re gard to the first statement, it was very singular that not a singe complaint was ever made to him during the time the ship was lying in this port by any one of the pas sengers, and as to the statement that they had bad no fresh provisions while the ship was in this port, it was untrue, as he should prove by his tradesmen's bills for supplies rendered to that ship while she was here. Mr. Wilcocks further stated that he had full power to order for all those ships that had been chartered by Messrs Marshall and Edridge whatever he might deem ne , cessary. SHOCKING DEATH.—On Monday afternoon last, a fearful occurrence, resulting in the death of a child named Edward Hineson, six ycars of age, son of Jamey Hinee.on, sawyer, took place at a bone-crushing manu factory on the Quay, belonging to Mr. Greens,H. It ap pears that the machine is turned by a horse with a long wooden shaft, which revolvei about four or five feet from the ground. The mill is managed by a boy, who acts as " feeder," and a an named Gardner, who has the superintendence of the building. The latter states that he left the mill for not more than a minute and a half, for the purpose of softening the oil which had become congealed. During this interval, the unfortunate child had run in, and climbing on a stone, about three feet in height, to overlook the hopper or grinding process, and not perceiving the shaft turning round, it struck him on the head, completely crushing one side of it. He was picked up in a very mangled state, and conveyed home, where he lingered only a few hours. Had the child re mained on the ground, the shaft would have passed ov.r him, but the stone just elevated him to the height of its revolution. An inquest was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Gardner, at the Custom-house Tavern. It was stated that the child had been frequently sent out of the mill before this occurrence. The boy who was charged with the " feeding " of the machine, the jury did not think fit to call on account of his youth. A verdict in accordance with the above facts was returned. ROYAL LITERARY FUND.—The annual general meeting of this corporation was held yesterday, at 73, Great Russell-street, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P., in the chair. There were also present, Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., Sir Henry Ellis, K.H.; Mr. Cabbell, M.P., Mr. James, Mr. Hawkins, Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. Dilke, Mr. Crofton Cruker, Rev. Dr. Croly, Mr. Brocke don, Mr. Robert Bell, Mr. Pepye, Dr. Beattie, Mr. Prior, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Gandy, Mr. Harrison, Mr. KO. nig, Rev. T. 11. Horne, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Birch, Mr. Griffin, Rev. Dr. Major, Dr. Fraser, Dr. Forbes, and other gentlemen connected with literature. The report of the auditors stated that the sum of 1,325/. had been distributed during the past year among 41 applicants, making the total of 37,865/. applied to the relief of dis tressed authors, their widows and orphans, since the in stitution of the society. The treasurers' report stated that the permanent fund at present amounts to 20,C00/.; the fund bequeathed by Mr. Thomas Newton, to 8,1671.; and that the Newton esta'e, at Whitechapel, produces an annual rent of 2031. The Marquis of Lansdowne was re -elected president, the vice-presidents were re-elected, and also the council, with the addition of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Lard Leigh, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson, and Mr. Charles Baldwin. The general eommitt,e were re-elected, with the addition cf Mr. John Newman, Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., and Mr. John Bruce, Mr. John Griffin, Mr. John Murray, and Mr. John Gough Nichols, were appointed trustees of the Newton estate. It was announced that the anniversary dinner is t) take place on the 15th of May, under the presidency of Mr. Justice Talfourd. GRAND BALL AND SUPPER AT THE MANSION HOUSE. Last night tl e Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a splendid ball and supper to the younger branches of the families of the members of the Court of Common Council. It was the third ball of the present mayoralty, and all the arrangements were admirably adapted t) the occasion. The company, which began:to assemble at nine o'clock, consisted of between 600 and 700 young persons. Mr. Gilbert officiated as master of the ceremonies, and Barnard's band struck up soon after nine with great animation, commencing with country dances, and introducing, as they proceeded, all the varieties of " the poetry of motion." At twelve o'clock supper was announced, and the company ascended to the old ball-room, which was magnificently fitted up for the entertainment, in successive parties of 200 each, so that all chance of confusion in that important part of the business of the night was completely avoided. It was quite impossible that greater enjoyment could have been felt tha❑ was expressed by the delighted young guests, during the night, at the elegant welcome with which their presence was hailed. As might be expected, the dawn appeared before they separated. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A NAPHTHA MANUFACTORY. —On Monday evening an explosion and fire occurred at a naphtha manufactory, belonging to Mr. James Bapty, manufacturing chemist, New Wortley,and severely injured four persons, one of whom is since dead, besides doing considerable damage to property. It appears, that in order to prevent the nuisance arising from the vapour generated in the process of making naphtha, Mr. Bapty had a pipe fixed by which the offensive fumes were conveyed from the still into a tall chimney; the pipe was defective, and a new one was order - eel, but had not been got ready. Meanwhile the old pipe had been repaired, and all went on safely till about ten minutes before six o'clock on Monday evening, when, in discharging the still, a quantity of the gaseons product escaped through chinks in the pipe, and as the fire, through mistake, had only been partially extinguished, in an instant a violent explosion took place, resembling one of fire damp in a coal mine. The roof of the building was lifted up perpendicu larly, one of its sides, adjoining a yard, was driven down, and when the roof fell the flames were forced out laterally for several yards, and Mr. Bapty, Mr. John Brook, and two persons, named Joseph Wrigley and John Wil liamson, were completely enveloped in a sheet of fire, and had to make their way out of it as best they could. They bad been standing outside the building, about three or four yards from the door at the side which was forced down. They were all severely burnt and scorched, and Mr. Bapty and Mr. Brook were conveyed to a house a short distance, and the other two to the infirmary. A larger building, to which that in which the explosion took place forms a wing, was also set on fire, and there being on the pre raises a considerable quantity of highly combustible material, including about three tons of naphtha, or asphaltum, which was destroyed by the fire, the flames raged for a considerable time with great fury, and it was a full hour before they were extin guished. The building was a new one, and we under stand that the entire damage will amount to between 400(. and 5001. Neither the building nor the stock is insured. Mr. Brook, one of the injured parties, expired on Wednesday morning. He was 49 years of age, and in independent circumstances ; he formerly k e pt t h e Fountain Inn, Wortley. He had no interest in the naphtha-manufactury, but was there merely as the friend of Mr. Bapty.—Leeds Intelligencer. SECURING A LODGING RENT FREE.—.111 t the po lice station of the Gorbals, Glasgow, a female, in great distress, implored the officer to give her a night's lodg ing, which he refused, when she went outside and so ached the door lamp. The next day she was brought before the magistrate, who adjudged her sixty days' confinement, which greatly pleased the poor creature. DUTIES ON BRICKS.—It appears, from a return of the duties paid on bricks in the several excise dis tricts in the year 1849, that the amount was 448,8261. VESTRIES AND VESTRY CLERKS.—The Bill pre sentede by Mr. Wood, entitled "A Bill tohprcevheunrtchth Churches. holding of Vestry and other Meetings i provides section urch that upon an application and for Regulating the Appointment o fVestry Clerks, has been printed ." The first de ns , of a ut a hl ) :: pat ish where the .populationofthe churchwardens , CoO O rmLd by a resolution o f the vestr y , the Poor-law Corn mlssioners may g rant an order to the effect that the pur poses of the wh ole or any part of this Bill should Le put in force in that parish. 13y sections 2,3, and 4, all procetdings of vestry or other meetings held in churcl e 3 or vestry-rooms, except for ecclesiastical, charitable, or other purposes approved by the bishop of the diocese, are proposed to be rendered null and void, while such meetings held in any other place within the parish would be considered valid in law. Sections 5 and 6 provide for the power to purchase and hold land on the part of the churchwardens and overseers for the purposes of the proposed Act, and fur the borrowing a money for the same purposes, under an order cf . the Poor•law Commissioners when authorized by a resolution of the vestry. The 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th sections relate to the appoint. ment of a vestry•clerk to transact the business of the parish. It is proposed that he should be elected by a meeting of the vestry, snd hold his office until removed by A TOO o such meeting, with the consul Vf the 139er law Commissioners, and that he should have the right to appear before justices of the peace and conduct-pro ceedings on the part of the parish, although not an at torney or solicitor. His salary would be fixed by the Poor-levy Commissioners, and chargeable on the poor rates. Persons now performing the functions of a vestry clerk would cot be affected by the measure, nor would it exempt or discharge any churchwarden or overseer from his duty, or oblige him to avail himself of the as eistenee of a vestry clerk, unless disposed to do so. CANNIBALISM. —Our benevolent and humane Mis sionary and other Christian societies are continually exerting themselves to the utmost in sending out into barbarous places good men as missionaries, to teach the savages Christianity and to " love one another." With out in the least detracting from the praiseworthy inten tion of the promoters c f these societies, we would beg to call their attention to the state of things at home. Wilier or more uncultivated savages do not exist in any part of Africa than are to be found within a few miles of cur own homes. We are led into these remarks in conse quence of a case which was heard bcf;re the magistrates on Tuesday last, which, although it is the first of the kind that has been brought before the bench, it is only one among the many similar brutal scenes which are constantly occurring in other localities around this dis trict. A man named William Lae ton summoned Ri chard Senior for assaulting him without provocation. The parties reside at Cumberworth half, and on the 2Gth of January Lawton was in Eerteood'e beer-house, in that vil!ago. lie had only been there ten minutes before Senior " clicked" him by the hair of the head, and shook him violently, before a word had been *poker' by either of them. He then seized Lawton by the right cheek with his teeth, and tore his cheek down about four inches in length ! Not content with this, he bit him se verely on the nose! On being questioned by the defend. ant, Lawton denied ever biting the nose off Joseph Woodhead's face (brother-in-law of defendant). The defendant exhibited severe marks of bites on various parts of his body. The brute was fined 55., and expenses 285., or one month to hard labour. In this case the de fendant had been bitten in many places, the complainant had lost his nose, and a severe laceration of the cheek, one witness had lost his ear, and others had vatious wounds from the same brutalizing practice of worrying each other like so many wolves.—Halifax Guardian. PURCHASE OF LAND BY THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—This society has concluded its first purchase in East Surrey. The estate is distant from London about nine miles, and consists of nearly sixty acres of very eligible building land, adjoining the Malden station on the South-Western Railway. It is bounded on two sides by good roads, on a third side by the railway, and on the fourth by the estate of the Duke of Cam bridge. The terms of the purchase are, we understand, very favourable to the society, and it is probable that a largo proportion of the allotments will cost the members less than 301., including all expenses. It is said that some of the lots will be set aside for those members who are prepared to pay for th©m at once, and that the re mainder will be offered to the subscribing members in order to be determined by lot; and the system of drawing for priority has been so devised that every member will have exactly his fair proportion of chances with reference to the length of time for which he has subscribed. The site is admirably adapted for the erection of small villas, worth to let from 30/. to 401. per annum, and it is calcu lated that the cheapest lots will each be worth from 21. 10s. to 31. a year for building on. Of course, nothing is known of the political tendencies of individual mem• bers of this society, but from the general character of the men who are using this means to acquire the ft an chite, it may be confidently assumed that this Malden estate will in a short time be the means of adding several hundred votes to the large majority of reformers in East Surrey. ROYAL MARINES.—The corps of Royal Marines is to consist of 102 divisional and 10 artillery companies; each divisional company to consist of 1 captain, 2 subal terns, 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 3 drummers, and 76 privates; total, 92. Each artillery company to consist of 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 7 sergeants, 7 corporals, 3 bombardiers, 3 drummers, 125 gunners; total 150: making the whole establishment 9,384 men; divisional companies, 1,500; ditto, a r till er y an d staff, 70; total, 10,954 men. The 102 divisional companies to he thus distributed:—Chatham, Ist division, 25 companies ; Portsmouth, 2d division, 27 companies, and 10 artillery, ditto; Plymouth, 3d division, 25 companies; and Wool wich, 4th division, 25 companies R o y a l M ar i nes . acadamized streets are the worst that possibly can be made. In such a street the soft absorbent material becomes soaked with liquid filth, which, putrifying, sends its noxious exhalations into the atmosphere. Where there is a great traffic, the read wears so fast as to be constantly under repair, while, by every indentation of the surface, and the laying on of loose materials, the friction is immensely increasd. In wet weather it is covered with mud, and in dry weather the air is loaded with the dust 'of the disintegrated stones mingled with the filth caused by the traffi e producing disease of the respiratory organs, and rapidly deteriorating food and clothing in the houses, and the articles exposed for sale in the neighbouring shops. If to these evils it is added, that a macadamized road is the most expensive to keep in repair, and costs four times as much to cleanse as a paved road, I shall be borne out in saying, that such a road in a town is an expensive nuisance which should be done away with as soon as possible.—Builder. THE CULLODEN MONUMENT. -- The Inverness Courier says :—" This monument has now progressed to some height, but the fund receives accessions so slowly, that the possibility is anticipated of seeing the monument stuck in a half-finished state, and so left soon to become a shapeless heap of rubbish, not much to the credit of that eathusiasm out of which the pro p )sal arose." CONVICTION OF A COFFEEHOUSE KEEPER —Yee t rdey, at the Court et Inland Revenue, Emanuel Nathan, proprietor of a coffee-house, known as the Waterloo Supper-rooms, No. 7, Jermyn-street, St. James's, was fined 25/. for retailing spirituous liquors without being duly licensed.—John J titter, of 21, Hone shoe-place, St. Luke's, was convicted in the penalty of NU for working an illicit still. POOR RELIEF IN CITIES AND TOWNS.—A Bill has been brought into the House of Commons, having for its object to provide for the more equitable distribu tion of the charge for the relief of the poor in certain cities and towns. Its leading provisions are, that unities of more than one parish, with a population of 20,000 persons, are to be combined for the relief of the poor, and that warrants of removal and appeals are to be made to guardians instead cf overseers. LAMBETH.—The parishioners of Lambeth enter tained yesterday, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, Mr. Robert Taylor, one of their churchwardens, at a dinner, on which occasion they presented to that gentleman three splendid silver salvers, beautifully wrought, as a testimony of their high regard for the zeal and tin- wearied assiduity at all times displayed by that gentle man for the best interests of the parish, for his success- ful exertions in recovering the amounts long and justly due upon the accounts of the parochial officers of 1839- 40, amounting to 2,3501. Ils. 2d., and for his humane efforts in suggesting and raising a large fund fur the benefit of the sufferers by cholera in 1849. Mr. John Hunt, one of the churchwardens, presided on the occa sion, and was supported by upwards of 150 of the most respectable inhabitants of the pariAr. We learn that Mr. Disraeli's illness is likely to prevent, for some time, a resumption of his Parliamentary duties. PREJUDICE AGAINST CHLOROFORM.—We observe it stated that chloroform has been employed in Edinburgh, in from 80,000 to 100,000 cases, without a single acci dent or bad effect of any kind traceable to its use. Mr. Carmichael, a surgeon of that city, commenting on the fact, says—" Would 80,000 or 100,000 full doses of opium, or antimony, or Epsom salts, or any other potent medicine, have been followed with as great impunity?" Chloroform is now habitually used in Edinburgh in all kinds of surgical operations, down to tooth-drawing. It saves many lives which otherwise would sink undor the nervous shock which is experienced from a severe operation undergone in a state of consciousness. Such is the published opinion of the discoverer of its use as an anaesthetic, the now celebrated D. J. Y. Simpson; and this opinion has not been gainsaid by any bf the profession in Edinburgh. At the same time chloroform has received the sanction and recommendation of the most authoritative bodies in France and the Unite& States. Nevertheless, the public of London is almost wholly denied the vast benefit of this agent, purely through the prejudices of the profession. This forms a curious illustration of the condition of medicine and of the medical mind in the metropolis, but it is not a new one. Not only is there a distaste amongst scientific men in England for everything that comes from the north, but there is a general benightedness in the London me dical world. They opposed vaccination while it was em braced in the provinces; and to the indelible disgrace of all concerned, inoculation with small-pox maintained its ground in a London hospital devoted to the purpose a quarter of a century after Jenner's discovery. The Lon don public should take this matter into their own hands. .1 a y o s f t r s e u s e s h u t p h o e n r e a c h counts are b e e o n f a few; but f L a e ta t l th e e ff in ec n ts m ot f . r t h o e . t s oc r o e h ni rkre a a l i ta r b tmo l e that in Edinburgh, where of first-rata app g av re e e ha u p f p u e a n r e e d , and due care, not one accident happened. the article is preparedaratus, and perfect where it purity, sad m with is s t ilt t ar e ed benefitwnei dtwith judgment e E I s v e e w n h a e d r m e i t w ti e n r g e t h u a u t t t a h r e u a i d c a c aid e e n t b s y w a h u l y c h d h e savedtheyshboyuldthbee specialpla placed b u e s s e ide of tb t e hi li s re a s ge w n lich T h a a k v i e n g bee th il e matter on still lower ground, the rejection of chloroforms because of a few fatal cases, is no more rational than it would be to refuse to travel by railways because one person in several millions has been killed by a collision. —Chambers' Journal. mille, which , h a e t p th re e m E iu n m gli o sh n gold d t a p t r P ic ar eo is f is I‘ l l 6 ° p N e E r r 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.55; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.474, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cult. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicea from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4364 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.104; and the ex change at Ilamburgh on London at short being 13.114, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. At the Oundl e C oun t y C ourt on th e 27th ult., the i p nt was suggested to the Judge whether a plaintiff could, on the eve of trial, withdraw the action without paying the hearing f• es: his Honour's attention was called to the decision of the Judge of the Lincoln County Com t, reported in the Mercury of the 22d tilt. Mr. Wing said ho saw no reason to alter the practice cf his circuit, which was that tho plaintiff could withdraw the cause without paying the fees of hearing, if in fact no part of the cause was heard. If the plaintiff did not appear, the cause was struck out by the words of the Act. If he did [veal:, and the cause was called on, and he then chose to withdraw it, he would have to pay the withdrawal fee to the clerk, and the bailiff's fee I for calling it on, but no other foes.—Stamford Mercury.