The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

aIZA.I7 7Ylll.naal'23. SOUTHALL, JAN. 2.—Priin:_• is tt lid Sheep movcd off steadil: ) , at tL!I prices. In kaiiln of sock the supply of which wss but imakratc, very lit to wus Beet . , from 2s 61 to 4s; llnuov, 3s Ott to 4s 21; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3e 8d per 81bs, to sink the uffd.l. RomFoRD, JAN. 2.—Our market was tolerAly steady to-day, cri the foll.iwing terms:—Beef, from 2 Btl tai 4s; Muttou, 35 01 to 4s 2cl; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 8d ; and Pork, 3s od to 35 8d per 31118. Suckling Calves, 18s to 235; Quarter-old St ire Pigs, 17s to 22;; ani Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 13/ to 18/ eac h. HAILSIIAM, JAN. 2.—Our market was rather tilt to day, yet prices were well support,d. Beef from 3s 2,1 to 45 4d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4i ; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 35 8 , 1 per Sibs. ARUNDEL, JAN I.—Prime Beasis and Sheep were Trite as deur, although the demand for them was in.. active. Calves zm,l Pigs ruled dull. Beef from 3s 2 i to 4s 2d; Mutton 3s 4d to 45 4(1; Veal, 3s 24 to 33 8.1; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs. CIIICIIEsTER, JAN. 2.—Generally the demand was in active on the folkwing, terms :—B cif from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6.1 to 4s 6d; Veal, 33 21 to 3s 8d; and Pork, 34 2d to 3: 8d per Blbs. Sucking Cslves, 18, to 265; Quarter-old Store rigs, 163 to 2t3; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calt, 15/ to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES O} BRITISH CORN For the Week emled Dcc. 27.1849, made up from the Returns o, the 'inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Etigland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. AN fIEAT. I BALLET . ' OATS. aw. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE •• I 39: 41 I 256 Od 15s: 62 I 246 Od 126 s 02 129 s Od DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wIIRAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od. is Od is Od Is Od is Od Is Od SHERIFFS' COURT.—(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Bu&CHELL•) BLACK ,V. ZULUETTA AND OTHERS.-BREACH OF CONTRACT. This was an action to recover damages for breach of contract. The facts of the case were these :—The plaintiff, wish several other persons, was engaged by the defendants, who are foreign merchants in the City, as stokers on board a steam-vessel in the service of a firm at Cadiz. The terms of the contract were, an engagement for twelve months at 61. per month, and 21. per month for provisions ; or, in the event of the men being discharged without fault on their part, they were to receive three months' wages. Some dispute arose, and plaintiff and others were discharged. The case occupied the whole of the morning, but was of no general interest. The jury gave a verdict for 241., the amount claimed ; and in two other cases verdicts were entered for 211. each. SURREY SESSIONS.—kTHIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PUCLLE, Esq., Chairman.) William Johnson, 20, was indicted for stealing at Richmond a great coat, the property of' William Dolly. Mr. Clark prosecuted ; and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner. Prosecutor said he was cook at the Star and Garter Tavern, Richmond-hill, at which place the prisoner was also employed in the early part of October. Oa the 13:h of that month he missed his great coat from the porter's room, and cn the 23d the prisoner left the house for the purpose of taking another situation at Brighton. Witness had a brother at that place, who saw his coat in the prisoner's possession. Witness identified the coat produced as his property by a hole burnt in the skirt with a cigar. 'William Dolly, prosecutor's brother, said he was apprentice to Mr. Ellis, of the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, and at the latter end of October, the prisoner came to that place. While there witness saw his brother's coat in his possession, which he obtained, and sent up to London. A con - stable afterwards came and took him into custody. Police•constable 200 V said, he apprehended the prisoner at Brighton, and when he told him of the charge he said he bought it of a man on the 4th of October, at Croydon. Mr. CHARNOCK, in his address to the jury, said, all he had to rely on was the statement made by the prisoner, and he believed such to be a fact. He then called several respectable witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. The CUAIRMAN briefly summed up the case. The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. 1 30W-STHEE'f.—(THIS DAY.) A. middle-aged man named Rowlands, a journey man shoemaker, was charged with stealing a dead hare. The complainant, a poulterer in Blackmore-street, Drury• lane, stated that yesterday evening he observed the prisoner lurking about his shop. Shortly after wards the prisoner disappeared, and suspecting that something was wrong, he pursued and overtook him, when he found that the prisoner had the hare now produced in his possession. The prisoner said to the witness, " You did not see me take it !" and then witness said he did not; but, nevertheless, be should give him into custody, and he did so accordingly. The bare was identified by Mr. Day, the owner. The prisoner said nothing, and he was fully com mitted for trial. John lifacabe, a young man described as a painter, vo as charged with stealing 111113 s. of lead pipe, and ti ball -cock, valued at ss. The prisoner was found in the cellar attached to the house of the prosecutrix with the lead pipe ready cut and packed for carrying away. He tried to escape, but did not succeed, and in officer being sent for, he was given into custody. Mrs. Cooper, of No. 15, New ivy -street, identified the property. The piping had been cut from the ceiling of the cellar, and the ball from a water tat,k. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the lead pipe or the ball•cock, declaring that he went to the house to visit a fellow-workman named Macgrath, and the reason of his being down stairs was to relieve a call of nature. He was fully committed for trial. M ARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY ) GENTLEMAI4LT AMUSEMENT.—James Stoat, No. 3, Brecknock-terrace, William Freeman, 11, Huntley- ' street, and John C. Augnis, 25, Harewood- square, three medical students, were brought before Mr. Bingha m , c h arged with disorderly conduct in the public street. Stoat was also charged with wilt ully damaging a signboard belonging to Mr. William Howard, the proprietor of a coffee-house in Wind mill-street, Tottenham-court-road. It appeared f rom t h e ev id ence a dd uce d t h at on the previous evening, about seven o'clock, the three de fendants, who were in a merry mood, were proceeding along Windmill-street, having what is termed "a lark " with each' other. They were observed, amongst other pranks, to pull down one or two boards from a shop-door, and throw them into the street. Stoat, who appeared to have been more "larkish than the rest, went up to Mr. Howard's shop-door and deliberately tore down a signboard, which he threw down an area and ran off, followed by his companions. They were pursued by several persons, and, after a sharp chase, were taken into custody in John-street. A Witness, named Watling, proved seeing Stoat pull the board from the door of the coffee-house, and throw it down the area. He did not see the others do anything. The defendants denied the charge of dis orderly conduct, and called a witness, who, however, proved nothing in their favour. Mr. BINGHAM thought the case clearly proved against Stoat, and fined hitn 20s. The other two were discharged. 'RSTRUCTION OF BRUNSWICK HOUSE BY FIRE.— This morning, between six and seven o'clock, a fire c; a very fierce character broke out in the large range 0 premises termed Brunswick House, formerly the resi dance of the Duke of Brunswick. situate iu Belment terrace, Wandsworth-road. The flames commenced in one of the lower apartments, and so rapidly did they extend, that in the course of a few minutes the greater portion of the pl ace b ecame i gn i te d . I n a vi ry briefc periud the eng i ne b e l ong i ng to t h e W est ° I England Company reached the scene, and was followed by eumerous others of the London este blishment. Plenty of water having been obtained from the Lambeth and Vauxhall mains, the machines were o e ll e led i n t o operation, but in spite of the most strenuous tintired, tio.na of the fi remen t h e work of devastation con and when the roof fell in, the fire mounted must terrifically, and great fears were enter tamed f or The firementhe satety of th e a dj o i n i ng h ouse. the furth er , t h erefore, exerted th emse l ves i n cutt i ng off which th e F re ad of th e fl ames i n that direction, in tion was n e t eourttiuriciiately s uccee d e d . The couflagra e not befoeextinguishect until twelve o'clock in the day, and re the main building w as gutte d. The premises a t the time the dis aster were occup i ed by two or three policem en and their f am ili es, t h e latter fortunatel have been herdt of all it humble furniture, and an y they were not THE BoRouGH OP BIRMINGHAM Very recently thirteen new borough magistrates .r added to the commission of the peace for the cowrie were of whom nine were Libneils and four Conservatives. These appointments have led to a memer . tat from the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Birme i , h dressed to the Lord Chancellor, in tilt' • g ad' it was sub milted that though the power of appointing justices was in the Crown, yet that it had been usual for the Minis ters of the Crown to receive recommendations frern the town councils, and complaiiing that or , the occasion in question that body had not been consulted, but that the appointments had been made at the instance merely of the present and the ex-Mayor of Birmingham, under a mistaken impression that those gentlemen were acting officially. The memorialists concluded by pray ing that the recently-appointed magistrates might be superseded. At the last meeting of the corporation those who were chiefly interested in the appointments referred to:defended themselves; long and t:ngry discus- COBS of course ensued, but eventually memorials were resolved upon, and forwarded not only to the Lord Chancellor, but to Lord J o h n Russell and Sir George Grey. The result is licked to with some interest. HONEST EXERTION.—A down east spendthrift re cently s a id, " Fi ve years ago I was not w o rth a cent i n the world; now see where I am through my exertions!" --" Well, where are you?" " Why, I owe more than 3,000 dollars I"—lCentucAy Moderator. HUNGARIAN SUFFERINGS. MEE'T'ING IN WALES. nume.'ous and highly-respectable meeting was held on Friday, the 28th of December, in the county hail of Merionethshire, at Bala, to express sympathy with the Hungarians, and to memorialise the Govern ment to interfere in their behalf. Notwithstnding the secluded character of the spot where the meeting was heal, the season of the year, the hour of the night, and the severity of the weather, which was most severe, the ground being covered with ice and the mountains clothed in snow, the hall preE-nted, at six in the evening, a large assembly, collected not merely from the town but from the sur rounding country, and many individuals had come from remote parts of North Wales. It will be gratify ing to the friends of Hungary to learn that many of the gentlemen who took a leading part in the pro ceedings are either Conservative in their opinions, or men of moderate views in politics ; and among the speakers were individuals belonging to all religious denominations. Mr. RicuaansoN, of Aberhirnsnt, who took the chair, is a gentleman of large landed property in the neighbourln.od of Bala, and IA ho has never taken an . active part in politics, and is generally esteemed for his charitable and benevolent disposi tion. Nothin g could exceed the enthusiasm displayed as the different speakers addressed the meeting, which we entertain no doubt is virtually expressive of the general sentiments of North Wales. Bala, though a very small town, is the seat of two academies, one belonging to the Welsh Calvinistic Methodiss, and the other to the Welsh Independents. The heads of these two institutions, who are both highly esteemed by all classes, were arr.ot , g the speakers; and there can be no doubt that their sentiments are in unison with those of the entire body to which each of them belong. In Wales, as is generally known, the great bulk of the people ate dissenters. Letters were read from John Williams, Esq . M.P., and from R. G. Temple, Esq., Judge of the Staffordshire County Courts, expressing their inabi lity to attend, but declaring their earnest sympathy with the objects of the meeting. Mr. RICHARDSON, on taking the chair, said that he was happy to see so very large an attendance, and it was a cause of happiness alto to see the meeting graced with the presence of so many of the fair sex. It was to be understood that they had not met there to agitate any hostile opposition to constituted au thorities, but to express their sentiments and feelings with regard to the great cruelties and oppression inflicted upon the Magyar population in Hungary. A. J. JOHNES, Esq., Judge of the Merionethshire County Courts, moved the first resolution : " That this meeting, viewing with extreme horror and disgust the deceitful and tortuous policy of the Austrian Government towards the Hungarian nation, and the unparalleled atrocities perpetrated by that power, aided by Russia, on those brave people, calls upon all free nations both in Europe and America, as they value the institutions under which they live, emphatically to peti tion their respective Governments to exert their utmost influence to obtain for the Magyar people a restoration of their ancient constitutional liberties, and for those individuals of their race who are now unjustly endur ing the penalties of confiscation and banishment, resti tution of their property, and liberty to return to their native land." He said that he should - consider it a violation of duty to address that meeting from the place where he stood, the seat from which he usually discharged his judicial duties among them, on any question of a po • litical character, because whatever might be his own private opinions his connexion with Merioneth shire arose entirely from the office which he held, which was one of a judicial nature. Moreover, he felt that he owed the honour he enjoyed of holding the office to the good feeling of men of all political parties, though he was more especially indebted to the Lord High Chancellor as his patron. The present, however, was an occasion that had nothing to do with party feelings, and he rejoiced to see there pre sent men like the worthy Chairman, who, like himself, would not have taken a part in the proceedings could a party character be ascribed to them, and who had taken the matter up as one that concerned the common feelings of humanity. According to Dr. Pritchard, and other learned writers, the east of Europe in early times was inhabited by three great races, the Celts, the Germans, and the Sclavonians. The whole of Hungary was originally inhabited by Sclavonian tribes, the Hungarians or Magyars were a conquering tribe, that came f rom th e f ar eas t an d es t a bli s h e d th emse lv e s in the centre of the Sclavonians, who became subject to them, and the Croatians are their descendants ruled by the Magyars as an inferior race. But with the present day commenced a different spirit. The 11.1)gyar nobility, acting in unison with the age in which they lived, liberated their serfs, gave equal laws to all races and sects, and their reforms were in progress when the late war commenced. Moreover, the Magyar nobility not only freed their serfs, but gave large grants to improve their condition and to promote their education. One of the largest landed, proprietors in Hungary gave the entire rental of his estates for one year to the education of the people. And the same spirit of munificent generosity in the cause of their country generally character ised the conduct of the whole body to which he belonged. Ile mentioned these facts to show how entirely untrue are the statements which have been so industriously circulated by a portion of the English press, under influences which may be surmised, that the differences between the Austrian Government and the Hungarians were the work of revolutionists and demagogues ; the truth being, that they arose in the acts of men who occupied the same place that Lord Powis does in Montgomeryshire, and Sir Robert W. Vaughan, in Merionethshire. The immediate cause of the war which broke out was a law passed in the Hun garian Diet, giving perfect religious toleration to Pro testants and other denominations throughout the Hun garian territory, and it was for this that Batthyany and Kossuth, both of whom were Catholics, have endured what has since taken place. In addressing a Protes tant assembly he would ask them with what other feelings than those of gratitude can we recur to th( acts of these two great men, and with what feelings but those of detestation can we refer to the cruelty which has been inflicted upon them. The former. though descended from a family that saved the Aus trian empire from destruction, a man whose muni ficent generosity was never withheld, whose las' words were for his country, was murdered with atrocities that never will be forgotten. The latter, Kossuth, has been industriously represented by a portion of the English press as a factious and sellist , demagogue, who promoted his own interests at the expense of his country, and who, when he was driven from it, took away with him the Hungarian crown. :The principle which guides these writers will be well judged of when it is stated that Kossuth was so in- different to his own personal affairs in his zeal to pro. mote the interests of hi s coun t r y, th a t t h e l ea di ng nobility of Hungary, in a manner equally honourable to him and to, themselves, subscribed together to furnish him with a liberal income, which he decline , to accept. With difficulty he Was afterwards induced to accept a salary from the public purse, to which hip services justly entitled him; but he dispensed the greater part of it in charities. To return to the im- mediate cause of the war. The law of toleration passed by the Diets was unpalatable to the Croatians, a barbarous race, much under the influence of the Jesuits, and they raised an armed force to resist the law, under Jellachich. The Hunga rian Diet applied to the Austrian Governrnew for advice, and received in reply a direction to enforce obedience to the law they had passed. Now, will any man be prepared to believe that at the very time the Austrian Government were giving this advice, they were secretly instigating the Croatians to rebellion, and actually furnishing them with arms for the pur pose ? Was there ever before in the whole range of history baseness and atrocity equal to this on the part of any Government? Governments have occasionally been bad enough to SOW disaffections and excite wai among the subjects of a hostile state, but Austria pro bably is the first instance of a government so deeply depraved as not to shrink from excit ing civil war among its own subjects, and treacherously driving; two races, both under the rule of the same emperor, to imbrue their hands in the blood of each other. What would be thought of Lord John Russell or of Sir Robert Peel, if either of them were guilty of so detestable an act as that of exciting the Protestants and Catholics of Ireland to a civil war, in order that the Govern ment of England !might profit by the common mis fortunes and comt.non sufferings of both, and by their mutual weakness, which would be the result ? There is not an eminent statesman in this country, be his party politics what they may, who would not in an instant sacrifice office and power, and endure poverty and privation, rather than be guilty of such ci:irnes. But this is not the first time that the Government of Austria has acted in the same manner. Lord Holland, in his place in the House of Lords used the memorable expression, "that when tt.ere was anything cruel, treacherous, and base to ba d one in Europe, the Austrian Government would be sure to do it." When pressed by Lord Liverpool to qt zlify what he had said, he declined, and repeated the erxpression. Lord Holland was a man whose his trical knowledge was most profound. Events have ahoy; ti that they are merely descriptive of the true, eha cter of tho-.e to whom they alluded. Lord , and Holland has has long been gathered to his fathers Gov _"_ nul l: only a few years since the Austrian provinceer o n f t excited an insurrectiou in the Polish unfortunat e ' price Gallicia among the serfs against the noble. murdered almost was set upon the heads of the Hungary, detestabole nagntates of that province, and they were a as in it an is . sn Whatoti) nothing gs more occurred tiian in a repetition of what strict accordance with t e h urred in . Galicia, awl is in eemphatic language of Lord Holland. He (Mr. Johnes) d w e a s s ir n d o friend to revolu tions, because, although he to see progress, revolutions were lottery w hi c h' into the hands of the base as well as s a o y f throw theg o p d w a near THE SUN, LONDON, revolutions involve war, and wzx we all deprecate if it can be honourably avoided. But he could not believe that a government that had acted as that of Austria had done, could hope to escape revolution. It will be asked (continued Mr. Johnes) whit will be the advantage of holding such meetings as ours of to day ? My opinion is decided that such meetings cannot fail to have an influence on the fortunes of those who have been martyrs in the cause of humanity —that they will have a direct tendency to restore to their native land, and to honour and power in that country, those who are at present enduring the penalties of confiscation and exile. (The speaker here read an extrcct containing an interesting ac count of the generous treatment experienced by Kossuth and his companions from the Sultan, and a touching account of the hos pitality and kindness evinced towards them by the Turkish inhabitants of Widdin, and a description of the departure of the exiles from that place to Shumla, and of Kossuth's addresses to the Hungarian, Polish, and Italian troops. He then read a passage descrip ive of the present feeling of the population of Hungary, and drew particular attention to an incident which lately , occurred at a play in the theatre of I'esth ; when an allusion was made in one scene to " the return of the absent," it was referred to liossuth and his compa . nions, and received by the entire audience with a burst of enthusiastic applause which the Austrian authorities not dare to check) The speaker then proceeded If the maintenance of the Ottoman Empire was a matter of policy in former days, in our times the claims of state policy are united with those of a higher and more generous nature. Is there any man who hears me who does not feel that the character of the British nation is irrevocably pledged to the defence of a people who have acted in the manner that the Turk ish people have done, and that our highest respect is due alike to the exiles in Turkey and to their generous and courageous defender and host, the present Sultan ? I feel the strongest con viction that the present state of affairs in Austria cannot possibly last. Metternich, who for half a century had ruled that empire, was in the habit of saying, " After me, the deluge"—and the deluge came before his death—a deluge caused like that of the ancient world by the crimes and wickedness of those that it overwhelmed. The insurrection has been put down in Italy—it has been put down in Hungary, but let us look beyond the present. Is a revolution less likely to break out a second time than it was before it broke out in the first instance ? The sup pression of the revolution has been accompanied by misfortunes of the people and by crimes on the part of the rulers that have still further weakened the powers of government. Let it not be thought that I for a moment allude with any feelings of exultation to the prospect of further convulsions, which, if they bring punishment to the guilty, will also involve in suffering many innocent men. I express to you these views for the purpose of conveying to you the conclusion I have formed that nothing can avert new convulsions but an entire change of principles, a return to the dictates of justice and humanity, and the dismissal by the Emperor of advisers whose hands are stained with the blood of virtuous and patriotic men. The Government of Austria has commonly ascribed the awful scences which have recently taken place throughout its dominions to difference of language. What value can be attached to this explanation we are, in this prin cipality, in a good position to judge. I do not believe that if the Government of Austria were composed of men of principle and humanity, that the Hungarians would have any wish to separate from their fellow-subjects. One of the constant aims of Austria has been to suppress the Magyar language — an act of pure folly, for, with the advances of intelli gence, it was quite certain that the people would either retain or abandon their native language, as might be best, for the public good. Ha — ve the English Government lost anything by pursuing an opposite course in Wales ? In conclusion, let me irn- press upon you that the power of public opinion is one to which, in the present day, no limits can be placed. This power does not consist, as some suppose, in the mere influence of fear. Permit me to give you an inference drawn from my daily xperience which teaches me that men who will set at defiance any punishment the law can inflict upon hem will nevertheless shrink from the hatred and condemnation of their fellow-men. There is no man ,o bad as not to wish to possess the good opinion of his fellows, and the same rules of human nature which apply to men in humble life extend to the motives of those who live in courts and camps. We must all remember what was done by Clarkson and Wil berforce, yet the power with which they worked was purely a moral power—that power In our day has been immeasurably in creased. Since Wilberforce has been gathered to his fathers, the power of the press and of education has gone on advancing; steam navigation and railroads have united together the most distant lands. You nay travel from Bala to Pesth in less time than eou could have gone from Bala t.) London a hundred years ago. I feel assured that great and extensive genefits will flow from this meeting. Lord Bacon said he would leave his reputation to the care of future ages and of distant nations, and by the same test must the oppressor and the oppressed eventually .tand or fall. From this remote spot, not agitated oy any political feelings, and when nothing but the sentiments of humanity can have prompted those present, the expression of opinion which emanates from those assembled will be an impressive response to such an appeal. Rev. M. Jorms, tutor of the Independent Academy, in seconding the resolution, addressed the meeting in Welsh. He did not feel that it was requisite to say much on the subject, but he felt extremely gratified in being present to aid the good work the meeting had in view. The second resolution, moved by 0. RICUARDS, Esq., F.R.C.S., and seconded by the Rev. L. ED WARDS, which was carried unanimously, was— " That the noble conduct of the Turkish Sultan in refusing to comply with the iniquitous demand of Russia and Austria for the extradition of Kossuth and the other Hungarian and Polish refugees, has -ceited universal admiration throughout this coun try that the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Lord Palmerston (of whose general policy it highly ►pproves) for having energetically supported the Turkish Government in their resistance to this un paralleled aggression, and that his Lordship be assured that his efforts to preserve the independence of an ancient and valuable ally of the British nation will re ceive the cheerful and ready support of all classes in this country, provided that the Turkish Governmedt adheres to its original resolution, and whilst it affords protection the refugees imposes no restraint on their personal liberty." The third resolution was moved by R. H. ANWYL, Esq , and seconded by the Rev. JoHN PARRY, and carried unanimously : ."That this meeting, while regretting that a portion of the English press prostituted itself to the infamous irrvice of defending the cruel oppressors of Hungary by misrepresenting the noble Hungarian nation, at the same time tenders its warmest thanks to the conductors )1 those journals, both metropolitan and provincial, which have given their ccnsistent and continued support to the cause of Hungarian independence." Mr. R. H. ANWYL its moving the above resolution delivered a very able and elcquent speech, which was highly cheered throughout. We regret that want of , pace precludes our inserting it. The fourth resolution, moved by Mr. SIMON JONES, seconded by JOHN JONES, Esq., and carried, was— " That the prompt and energetic co operation of the President of the Government of France with the British Government in upholding the independence of the Turkish Sultan, is an event which has excited the liveliest , 'eelings of gratification in the minds of the inhabitants of the British empire, who have hailed the union of the French and the British flag on the present occasion as an earnest of future harmony and good-will between two great countries, and as an augury that two brave nations, whose contests in times past have been a cala mity to Europe, will henceforward be joined together as the defenders of the rights of civilization and humanity, and as the protectors of the oppressed throughout the world." The fifth resolution, proposed by Mr. WILLIAMS and seconded by EDWARD WALKER, Esq., of Dol gelley, was— " That this meeting begs to express its gratitude to Lord Dudley Stuart, the tried friend and patriotic ad vocate of the oppressed people of Hungary, and to all those public men who have devoted their energies to the same cause." vM Mr. WILLIAMS said that he had often had the pleasure of hearing his Lordship advocating the claims of humanity in the metropolis, and was certain that if all at the meeting bad experienced the same pleasure in hearing his Lordship they would feel the same delight as himself in proposing such a resolution. Carried unanimously. Mr. T. D. FOYLE then read the memorial which was proposed to the meeting, and moved its adoption. G. P. LLOYD, Esq., seconded the motion, which was adopted unanimously. The different speakers were vociferously cheered throughout, and the only matter of regret seemed to be that the meeting had come to a close, although it had lasted for several hours, and many of the auditors had several miles to walk over the hills before reaching their homes. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD.—The action of the heavy sea upon the embenlimeLt in the vicinity of Pen maenmawr has been productive of some damage and not a little inconvenience, one line of rails having subsided for some yards. The Parliamentary train leaving Ches ter at eight A.M. passed over on Thursday as usual, but the ten o'clock train had to retrace its steps about three miles, and got on the inner or land line, which now only can be used by the up and do wn tra i ns . Th e even i ng mail on Saturday night had to he posted from Penmen mawr to Llanfair, the sea having completely submerged t h e ra ilway; and some delay in t ransm i ss i on h as neces sarily been occasioned. The trains, however, now pass and repass as usual , taking the single line. The damage will be repaired forthwith.—/Vorth H'alvs Chronicle. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1850. CALUMNIES AGAINST KOSSUTH• The following letter, vie are informed, was lately forwarded to the editor of the Times : " Sir,—There appeared in your paper of the 25th, a calumnious statement, affecting the characte► of a public man and of a gentlewoman of spotless reputa tion. Many weeks must necessarily elapse, ere M. Kossuth, or Countess Dembinski's husband, or the Hungarian emigration, can hear of or refute that ac cusation. I have reason to know the utter falsity of the unmanly charge ; I am, perhaps, the only person at the present moment in this country who can speak from personal knowledge on the subject, and should therefore think myself neglectful of an actual duty if I allowed the reputation of an innocent lady and of an illustrious patriot, to remain even temporarily under the slanderous aspersion. You, Mr. Editor, as a journalist, I doubt not, will see sufficiently the propriety of deferring to the spirit of f'tiir play, and feel sufficiently anxious to make reparation fur the calumny which has crept into your columns by giving insertion to its refutation. That refutation I shall endeavour to effect by a sim ple statement of what I personally ascertained and witnessed, without comment, beyond the remark that I distinctly charge the author or authors of the accu sation with utter, wilful, and malignant falsehood. The conduct of your Vienna correspondent, who has spec.fically chosen to accept the responsibility of these defamatory lies, for which he vouches, would be difficult to characterise by expressions less offensive. I need hardly recall more of the substance of this pretended correspondence from Shumla, which overtly accuses Madame Dembinski of an improper intimacy with the late President Governor of Hungary, alleging that she travelled with him under a false name, in man's attire; that Kossuth had lost, in con sequence, the command of the emigrants, which had been given to Perczel; that Perczel represented the democratic, Batthyany the aristocratic party; that they were both at variance with Kossuth, and that the correspondent recognised a female in the disguise of military rank and uniform. I have the honour of the acquaintance of M. Kossuth, of Madame Dembinski and her husband, of Count Batthyany, and of General Perczel. I spent (with the exception of occasional absences) two months with the Hungarian emigration at Widdin, and accompanied it part of the way on its march to Shumla. During the chief part of that time I was lodged in the house of Kossuth. There were at Widdin, besides myself, three Englishmen, to whom I can appeal for the strict accuracy of my state ments, that is to say, General Guyon, the cor respondent of the Daily News, and your own cor respondent, respecting whom you will perhaps appreciate my silence if I am not here more ex plicit. In the first place, there did not exist in the emigra tion any aristocratic or democratic party. The refu gees, like the bulk of the Hungarians, occupied them selves no more with such questions than the English in the time of Queen Elizabeth, when menaced by the Armada M. Kossuth, Count I3atthyany, and General Perczel, always on a friendly footing, had recently contracted the closest intimacy. On the night of my departure I heard them pledge themselves to the most perfect concert during the whole continuance of their exile, and agree, as far as possible, never to allow themselves to be separated from each other. The last accounts that I (and I believe any one in this country) have received from Shumla, indicate rather an increase than any diminution of this good under standing. With regard to the deprivation of Kossuth's command over the emigration, the ex-president governor never attempted to assume any civil or military control or other pre-eminence whatever over the emigrants beyond the spontaneous deference conceded to his late supremacy, antecedents, and renown. General Guyon had the military command of the emigration. On his departure for Constantinople it was assumed by Mourad Pacha (General Bern). And Islourad Pacha having quitted Widdin in an armed steamer, before the emigration, commenced its march, the command of the Hungarians devolved naturally on General Perczel. Besides a few canteen women there were but two females—the Countesses Batthyany and Dembinski — accompanying the emigration. The story of the lady in uniform is a sheer fabrication. I come now to Madame, or more properly, the Countess Dembinski, and if obliged to enter into seemingly indelicate details, must plead as my apology both to that lady and to the public the grossness of the outrage to which she is victim. Madame Dembinski is the daughter of a merchant of Arad, and the wife of Count Dembinski, a Gal lician nobleman, and relative of the General of that name. Madame Dembenski, who has been some months married, may be eighteen, her husband about five and•twenty years of age. Madame Dembinski was married before she ever saw Kossuth. She followed her husband to the camp ; and I have heard both him and herself relate that, excepting during the continuance of an engagement, they had never since their marriage been, even for a day, separated from each other. Madame Dembinski is of an almost infantine shnplicity, and has never attempted any in terference in politics. Count Dembinski being attached to the person of Kossuth, spends his whole time under Kossuth's roof; and (since the late President Governor has kept a table) the Countess Dembinski presides over it. Both Count and Countess Dembinski are in ill-health, and still suffering from intermittent fever, caught during their retreat from Hungary. Kossuth, who is old enough to be their father, seems to take a paternal interest in this young couple. Kossuth, during the first part of his sojourn at Widdin, inhabited the hou se of the chief of the police, in which he occupied a single room, together with an aide-decamp and his interpreter. Here, being without convenience for the prepanition of any regular repast, I found him eating his solitary meal out of rude earthenware with an iron spoon. During the last month of his stay, in consequence of peremptory orders from Constantinople, the best house in Widdin was placed at his disposal; but, as he would not dispossess the owner, whose harem filled the upper story, only the four ground-floor apartments were occupied by him, and served to lodge some dozen persons of his suite, besides servants. The room which he day and night inhabited was, in bath houses, according to the Turkish fashion, always open to allow free ingress to all comers, and could only be closed by a curtain drawn across the doorway. Kossuth, during the whole of his stay in Widdin, may therefore be said to have lived in a glass house, and, amidst the empty honours finally paid him, had constant reason to complain of the want of privacy. The Count and Countess Dem binski did not lodge in the same house with Kossuth, except on two exceedingly cold nights, when, in consequence of their state of health, a room was ceded to them, its former occupants being quartered for the time upon Kossuth. For the same reason, the late president-go vernor, to whom a com f orta bl e travelling carriage had been presented, gave a seat in it to the Dembinskis, whose carriage had no springs. The last day that I accompanied the march I saw Kossuth on horseback, with C a u n t Batthyany on one hand and General P ercze l on t h e ot h er , an d Count Dem binski with his lady following in the carriage. Is it necessary that I should seriously add that, to the best of my belief and knowledge, Madame Dembinski,, who is distinguished by graces essentially feminine never arrayed herself in male attire in her life ? In conclusion I can frame but one conjecture as to the motive of this unfounded and scurtillous attack on a suffering, inoffensive, expatriated woman, and on a husband and father so notoriously devoted as M. Kos suth to his own wife and children. That conjecture, Mr. Editor (and I conceive your consequent dread of my participation in such a scheme, however involuntary) will, if the reasons I hive previously adduced prove insufficient, I am sure determine 3ou to insert this letter. Madame Kossuth is (or was until recently) con cealed in Hungnry. She had refused to follow her husband in the hope of rejoining her children. All the efforts of the Austrian police have hitherto been unavailing to to od o is d c r o a v w herehreirrormetrheear bidingt—h asth p i l s ace sl ? ander been devised I am, Sir,yßoßurAoubertenßt or se REV ELATIONS ryant, T or RUSSIA. London, Dec. 27th, 1849. COPY OF POSTSCRIPT TO LETTER TO THE " TIMES. " P.S. I have just seen in your paper a letter from Count Edmond Zichy, in which he says, " Kossuth, on entering Turkey, positively refused to allow his baggage to be searched," and " the spurs (a pair of emerald spurs) were offered by Kossuth himself at Widdin, on the feast of the Minim, to the Pacha, who refused the gift." I cannot believe that any attempt was made to search the baggage of Kossuth, but I know that that baggage consisted of one small portmanteau and a pair of sad dle-bags never locked, and the whole contents of which were often untidily displayed to the inspection of all visitors. On the occasion of Kossuth's only visit to the Pacha of Widdin during the feast of the Bairam, I also visited the Pacha, and was present during the whole interview. M. Kossuth was ac companied by Count Casimir Batthyany, and by five or six officers ; and I can vouch for the fact, that he never offered to the Pacha anything beyond the com pliments of the season. Count Zichy could hardly be expected to explain that his unfortunate brother (besides other treason able papers) bad in his carriage for distribution seve ral thousand proclamations of Jellachich, at that time declared a traitor and a rebel both by the Emperor and the Diet, and occupied in ravaging Hungary with fire and sword. The jewels and all other property of Count Zichy were legally confiscated by the Diet, and Kossuth prosecuted and punished the attempted appropriation of it by the police. During the war in Transylvania Bem made application for secret service money to counter-bribe a neighbouring authority. Some of k Count Zichy's jewels, as the most portable articles of value, wero sent from the treasury on duo receipt, through the interrnedium of a Wallachian agent, but I defy Count Zichy to show that KoLsuth ever re tained, received, or handled any portion of this or any other national property. The Zichys are unfortunate, one having been shot by the Austrians, the other hanged by his country• men as a traitor ; but this is no reason why Count Edmond should calumniate Kossuth, who never sanctioned that nor any other political execution. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. A quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held in the Scottish Hall, Crane-court, Fleet street, yesterday afternoon ; Mr. Nesbitt in the chair. The minutes of the last court having been read and con firmed, The HoN. SECRETARY submitted a statement of the accounts of the Kinloch Trust Fund for the year ending Dec. 31, 1849. The receipts were :—Cash in the Bank of England, 551. 10s. Bd.; dividends in Stock, 1,608/ 15s. ; Sto Ic sold, 409/. 18s. 9d.—total, 2,074/. 4s. sd, The payments v% ere :—Pensions granted during the y( ar, 1,8221 ; salaries and ex penses, 1891. 9s 7d. ; which items, together with a balance at the Bank of England of 621. 14s. 101., made up a total of 2,0741,. 4s. id. The t,,tal am,,unt of the stook of the trust is at present 53,7501. These accounts having been unanimously ado, ted, Dr. WEnsTER rose to read an address of condolence from the governors of the hospital to the family of the late Sir Charles Forbes (formerly vice-president of the charity), and which had been ordered to be prepared by a committee appinted at the previous meeting. The address was unanimously agreed to, and or dered to be presented to the family. Dr. WEBSTER then rose to propose that an address of condolence should be presented to her Majesty on the Death of the late Queen Dowager, and warmly eulogised the character and conduct of that illustrious lady, the circumstances attending whose decease and whose obsequies he considered to be among the most remarkable events ever recorded in history. The address was then read at length, and was as follows : " We, the president, vice presidents, treasurer, and governors of the Scottish Hospital, humbly approach your Majesty to offer our sincere condolence on the demise of your Majesty's illustrious relative Adelaide, the Queen Dowager—a bereavement which has oc casioned deep grief to all your Majesty's subjects of the United Kingdom. " We beg leave also to express the sorrow which we share, in common with our fellow subjects, from the patronage and liberal support which her late Majesty was pleased to bestow on this ancient charity, and the deep interest which that illustrious lady always evinced for its prosperity, at the same time that her late Majesty was a generous benefactor to many other most useful charities of this country. "It is a source of high gratification that this an cient charity, instituted for relieving the necessitous and deservieg portion of your Majesty's Scottish sub jects, has been long honoured, not only with the favour and support of your Gracious Majesty, but also with that of your Majesty's royal mother, and we venture humbly to solicit that your Majesty will be pleased to continue to the Scottish Corporation that countenance and protection which it has now en joyed for more than two centuries from your Majesty's royal predecessors. We likewise beg permission to offer to your Majesty our sincere and truly heartfelt wishes that Providence may long preserve your Majesty to reign over a loyal, united, and religious people, and that all prosperity and happiness may be vouchsafed to your Majesty, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to all your Majesty's illustrious family." This address was also adopted unanimously, and having received the seal of the corporation, was ordered to be forwarded to Sir George Grey, at the Home office, for presentation to her Majesty. There being no further business to transact; the court then broke up. THE RURAL POLICE AND AGRICUL- TURAL DISTRESS. GLOUCESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The quarter•session' for this county opened yesterday, and one of the most crowded meetings of the county magistracy ever brought together (numbering nearly 100) assembled on the occasion,` in consequence Of notice having been given that a proposal would be made for reducing the county police force one-fifth, and for reducing the salaries of the remainder of the force, and also the salaries of all the other officers of the county, in const quence of the existing distress in the agricultural districts of the county, and also on ac count of the cheapness of provisions. Among the magistrates present were the Duke of Beaufort, Earl Fitzhardinge, Hon. Grantley_Berkeley, 1.1. P., Hon. Craven Berkeley, Mr. Mullings, M.P., Sir NV. Co drington, M. 1?., Hon. Mr. Talbot, Sir M. H. Beach, Sir John Guise, Mr. Ricardo, M.P., &c. Mr. Pur nell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read the report of the special com mittee appuinted at the last quarter-sessions to consi der the practicability of reducing the police force and diminishing the salaries of the county officers. The report was a very lung one, but it recommendei that the salaries of all the officers abave 50/. per annum should be reduced 5 per cent.; all salaries above 1001. and less - than 2001. to be reduced 0 pa cent• ; and all above 2001. per annum 15 c,nt. A revision of the dietaries of the county . prison was recommended, with the view of lower ing it, as it was considered too high, and as affording a premium to crime. The Secretary of State for the Horne Department had sent down tables of dietaries for adoption by the Court, but the Chair man said it was the duty of the courts of quarter sessions to form the dietaries, and lay them before the Secretary of State for approval. It was recom mended that in future there should be only one chaplain to the county prison, instead of two ; and that the salaries of the chaplains to the various houses of correction should be reduced from 1001. to 601,, where they performed other clerical duty. The clerk of the peace's fees were also recom mended to be reduced. As to the police force, the present number of constables was 250, and it was proposed to reduce it to 200 ; the second class con stables to be paid, as now, 15s. per week ; the first class to be reduced from 18s. to 17s. 6d., and the ser geants from 21s. to 205.; the officers of superior grade to be subject to the per can tage reduction of 5, 10. or 15 per cent. according to amount. This would effect a total saving in the police force of 3,1601. per annum. The county treasurer's salary was to be reduced from 1501. to 601. per annum. The discussion which followed the reading of the report occupied about three hours. Mr. HOPKINSON moved the adoption of the report. Sir W. CODRINGTON, M.P., seconded the motion. He hoped that at a time of agricultural distress like the present, when wheat was 20s. per quarter lower than Sir Robert Peel had said it ought to be to give the agriculturist any remuneration, the Court would not call upon the ratepayers of the county to pay more than was actually necessary for the maintenance of the peace and order of the county. The thin. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P., said the only way in which he would support the motion before the Court was, with the understanding that at the expiration of the present year the whole of the rural police force should be discontinued altogether. From the experience which he had had of other counties, where there was no rural police establish ment, he was satisfied that the peace of the county could be maintained and crime repressed without their aid. Earl FITZIIARDINGE opposed the reduction of the force and of the salaries. They would not get good officers to remain in the force if they reduced their pay and increased their work. As to the argument that the police force was not fairly distributed, and that Cheltenham had more than its fair share, his Lordship pointed out that a large proportion of the criminals came from the Cheltenham district. Out of 108 prisoners for trial at these sessions,26 were from the Cheltenham district. The Hon. C. BERKELEY maintained that Chelten ham had only its fair proportion of the police. The different recommendations of the committee were put to the Court seriatim, and all adopted, with the exception of that recommending reductions in the police force and salaries, which was reserved for the last. When it came on for discussion, Lord ELLENBOROUGH addressed the Court at some length. He blamed the committee for not keeping a re cord of the evidence received on their inquiry, to lay be fore the Secretary of State. For his part he regretted that the Court had not gone to the utmost limit when they established their police force. He was inclined to thiok that the County Constabulary Act was in tended to be made compulsory. He was of opinion that a large proportion of the expense of the rural po • lice force should be defrayed out of the national ex chequer. That was the original intention of the Metropolitan Police Act. The Irish police were established on the seine principle, and now the whole of the cost of the Irish police force was paid from the public revenue, and he thought this principle should be carried out for all the police. Without looking to the particular cir cumstances of the pressure on the agricultural interest, which had been alluded to, and which to a certain degree was to be attributed to the legislative measures of the Government, there was sufficient to justify this Court, instead of proceeding with the proposed plan of reduction, to go at once to the Legislature and ask to be relieved of one-half the expense of the force, in order to enable them to continue it in its efficiency. He had made such a proposition in his place in Par liament, feeling that the Government out to bear hall the expense of the rural police force. They dared not make such a proposit ion for reducieg the pay of an armed force. The principle was not equitable ; it was a breach of agreement, and contrary to public policy. The Duke of BEAUFORT expressed his entire co. incidence with what bad fallen from Lord Ellenbo rough ; but if he had not had the advantage of hearing his Lordship, be could not have voted for the reduction proposed. Earl FITZUARDINGE expressed similar sentiments. After a good deal of discussion on the part of other magistrates, the Court decided by 50 votes to 30 against any reduction in the police force, or in the officers' salaries, except that of the chief constable (5501. per annum), on which a reduction of 15 per per cent. was to be made on 3001. CO URT-MARTIAL. A court-martial as4embled on Tuesday morning, on board her Majesty's sloop Impregnable, 104, in liamoaze, for the trial of William John Lowry, acting-lieutenant of her Majesty's sloop Britomart, 8, on the following charges :- 1. For that the said William John Lowry, when acting lieutenant of her Majesty's sloop Britomart, and in r.ctual service and full pay in her Majesty's fleet, did, on the Ist of April, 1849, on board the said sloop sleep upon his watch. 2. For that the said William John Lowry, when such acting lieutenant, and in actual service, and in full pay as aforesaid, wan, on the Ist day of April, 1849, drunk on board the said sloop. 3. For that the sjd William John Lowry, when such acting-lieutenant, and in actual service and tull pay as aforesaid, did, on the 16th day of November, (n board the said sloop, disobey the orders of William Charles Chamberlain, Eig.; the commander of the said sloop, his superior officer, by getting upon the poop grating of the said sloop during the watch of the said IVilliam John Lowry, although ord red by the said Commander William Charles Chamberlain not to do so. 4. For that the said William John Lowry, when such acting lieutenant, and in actual service and full pay, as aforesaid, did, on the 16th of November, 1849, on board the said sloop, behave himself with contempt to the said Commander William Charles Chamberlain, his superior officer, being in the execu tion of his office. The Court was composed of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Louis, President; Captain Hope Johnstone, of the Agincourt, 72 ; Captain Robert Smart, of the Indefatigable, 50; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Impregnable, 104 ; and Commander Charles Hall, of the Agincourt. William East lake, Esq., officiated as Judge-Advocate. The prisoner, by permission of the Court, was defended by Mr. John Beer, jun., of Devonport. The Judge-Advoeate read the correspondence of Commander Chamberlain, of the Britomart, to Commodore A. Fanshawe, C. 8., in command of the station on the west coast of Africa, authorizing the assembling of a court-martial, when most expedient, for the trial of Lieutenant Lowry on the above charges. William Charles Chamberlain said—l was com mander of her Majesty's sloop Britomart, and was on board on the Ist of April last. The prisoner was acting lieutenant, and was in full pay, at that time serving in her Majesty's service. Iwt a absent from the Britomart on the evening of the Ist of April upon duty. I returned to the ship between eleven and twelves o'clock that night. I was received at the gang way by Mr. Townshend, the midshipman of the watch, the sergeant of Marines, and the boatswain's mate. I turned round to address the officer of the watch, and, not seeing him, I asked where he was. I asked Mr. Townshend where he was, and he replied that he was below. I added " Where ?" The answer was, "In the berth." I then gave him orders to go with the boatswain's mate and sergeant, and that all three were to report to me where he was, and in what state he was. They went and shortly returned, and each reported to me that he was asleep upon the table in the midshipmen's berth, and that he was drunk. I sent for the first lieutenant, and whilst waiting for him I observed the prisoner get up the main hatch way and stagger against the gangway ladder quite drunk. I placed him under erre st. Q. State what you know relating to the third and fourth charges against the prisoner ?—A. On the 16th of Nov., 1849, I was walking the deck during the six to eight watch, of which the prisoner was the officer, and observed him to be standing cn the poop gratings, in company with the surgeon and master, holding conversation. I went up to him, called him down, expressed regret that I should have to speak to an officer for disobeying an order which I had before given him, not to stand on the poop-gratings, and desired him never to stand on the poop-gratings whilst officer of the watch, but to keep his watch attentively on the weather side of the quarterdeck. He replied, " I was speaking to the Master, Sir, about the log." I told him that, as the officer of the watch, it was his duty to see the log written himself, without conversation with the other officers ; and that, if there was occasion to refer to the master, he could do so when relieved. I went on to say that there was no earthly necessity for an officer to be upon the poop-gratings, to which Ee replied in the most disputatious, contemptuous tone of voice, " I don't think so at all ;" and added, " Do you mean to say, Sir, that I am never, at any time whatever, and on any account whatsoever, to get up on those poop gratings?" I told him that he was to go and walk the deck, reserve his convets tion, and not get up on the poop gratings any more." He walked the deck fur a few minutes, and then got up on the poop gratings, and looked slowly round the horizon, got down again, and walk( d the deck. He again got up on the poop-gratings, and as I saw him wilfully defying my order, I called hitn down, and in a peremptory manner again repeated my order—" He was never again, on any account, to get up on those gratings whilst officer of the watch." He said, in a tone highly improper, " Then, Sir, I have not charge of the watch—l cannot be answerable." To which I replied that he was to continue in charge of the watch. He said something may go, and I cannot be re sponsible if I am to continue in charge of the watch. I will go upon:the poop ; and if I cannot go up on the poop I won't sign the log." I sent for the first lieutenant to witness the execution of this threat, and mentioned to the first lieutenant what the prisoner said he would do, and then I said to Mr. Lowry, " I desire you, sir, to walk the quarter deck immediately, keep charge of the watch, and sign the log." He obeyed the order, and very shortly after he was relieved by another officer, and after consider ation of what happened, I thought it my duty to place the prisoner under arrest. By Captain Johnstone—When the prisoner came up the hatchway, I was about four yards from him. He was dressed as officers usually are, with the exception that he had no shoes on over his stockings. I did not observe the prisoner walk after he came on deck, but I observed him to reach the gangway by the help of the, main bits and the third gun. I did not speak to the prisoner on that occasion. I heard the prisoner speak, and his tone of voice was that of a drunken man. It was a clear light night, but I forget whether the moon was above the horizon. I had not given a general order previously that the officers of the watch should not stand upon the poop• gratings, but I had given :a special order to Mr. Lowry, as I had so frequently observed him lounging about the poop. I considered the prisoner's manner with reference to the fourth charge decidedly con temptuous. Evidence was called which fully corroborated Commander Chamberlain's testimony. In his defence the prisoner admitted the truth of the first charge, but urged it was the first time in his life he had been guilty of such misconduct, and denied having spoken contemptuously to his com mander. At the conclusion the court was cleared for about an, hour. On re opening, the JUDGE-ADVOCATE read the sentence, which was, that the prisoner, William John Lowry, be dismissed her Majesty's service. dance. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—On Tuesday evening, one of the most dread ful accidents which has occurred in this locality for a long period of time happened at the Maghull station on the East Lancashire Railway, attended by a fearful loss of life. It appears from the narrative of a passenger that a train lett Preston at a quarter before 8 o'clock last evening for Liverpool, with only one carriage attached to the engine, consisting of first and second class compartments. At the Ormskirk station there was a considerable accession of passengers, for whom it did not appear that there was adequate room. When the train arrived at the Maghull station there was a spare carriage on the siding, and to get hold of this carriage the train crossed the line on to the other rails, and for about 10 minutes was moving up and down on the rails on the wrong side of the line, when an alarm was given that a train was coming up; and being in the way of any train on the wrong rails, it was apprehended by the passengers that a train might be coming up on the same line as that on which they were moving, and under this apprehension several of the passengers jumped out, when . a train towards Liverpool passed at a rapid rate, and k th o _ night being dark, and the passengers on the track the advancing engine in a state of the utm ost and alarm, three of them were caught ivthengille and killed on the spot. Their w e r e bodies d lmmediatel y mutilation. VVe picked up, but in a shocking state . have not been able to obtain the names of the p arties, but it is believed they were country b:( n transacting b usiness at orn. k t people who h ad rk. Had the se Un fortunate people retained th eir seats, they would have sustained no injury, but the continuous moving of the train up and down the line at the station, the knowledge that they were on the wrong rails for their own train, to and the sound of the approaching engine, appear have caused a panic resulting in this melancholy termi nation. Whether blame attaches anywhere or not, cannot, as yet be ascertained, but no doubt the whole of the facts will transpire at the inquest to be held on the bodies of the unfortunate passengers.--Liverpool Courier. P ABRl D GE DThei,,,pe .l t h e ir c pot:: sioHnlfLoLrPsoinTnTesrsv.toGporrton,o7. Sends Bulls, NNithout mercy, to ?fore 'em; Our Phillpotts, to slow his nose fatherly love, Refuses permission to gore 'em. —Punch. DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN FROM BURNING. It becomes our melancholy duty this week to ~,.., record another death from burning. The unfortu nate individual in this case was a young won t - N:, - named Elizabeth Jones' woman, in the upper , art aged 17, who resided Ath her si s ter, a marr i e d of B a th- roa d, near t h e N orwoo d A rms . ' he was engaged on Friday evening, at half past 'six o'clock, in frying pancakes for the family supper, when her apron caught fire, and the whole 'of her garments were enveloped in flames. . sbe screamed loudly for assistance, and ran into the passage, hut before aid could arrive she was fright fully burnt. Mr. Askwith, surgeon, of Huntley lodge, Suffolk-r oa d, was sent f or, and was promptly in attendance. He did everything which •Nvvas pos ' Bible under the circumstances, but medical assist ' ante was of no avail.. , The poor creature lingered in great agony until , aline o'clock on Saturday morning, when death put, a period to her suf ferings. The lower part of her person was lit, rally burnt to a cinder, and the upper part of her body inj ure d. A g a i nquest was was also moat dangerously herd on the boly on Saturday night, at the Norwood Arms Inn, before Samuel Ma3.er, Eiq., deputy view ing the coroner, and a respectable jury. A fter body, the following evidence was taken : Henry Nash-1 em a labourer, residing in Bath. road, and work for Mr. Jonathan 1.3cmh.,, of Ltck • hampton. I reside in the same house where deceased lived. I was sitting in the kitchen abi ut half. past six o'clock, when I heard loud screaming up stairs. I ran up, and found deceased i n fl ame . running about the passage. Her clothes were burning rapidly. I ran down stairs and fetched up a bucket of water. I threw it over her; but the first bucket did not put out the flames, so that I had to fetch two more bucketsful!. She was burning all the time. Several per sons arrived soon after, and we sent for a medical man. Mr. Askwith arrived in about half an hour. lie ordered some liniment to be applied to the burnt parts. It was applied according to his orders. The deceased lived with her brother-in-law, Mr. Bolton, and his wife, for whom she kept house. Anne Bolton—ljam the wife of Henry Bolton, who is a haulier. Our house is in the parish of Chelten ham. The deceased was my sister, and she has lived regularly with me for the last ten months. She assisted me in taking care of my children, and in housekeeping. After the untottunate acci dent which caused her death had occurred, she told me she was frying a pancake aad that her apron caught fire; she said she was unable to put it out. I was away from the house at the time of the accident at work. Her stays were much burnt. She seemed to know that she would die; she lingered in much agony until about half-past nine o'clock this morning, when she expired. The CORONER here put it to the jury whether they were satisfied as to the cause of death, without further evidence, and being answered in the affirma tive, he closed the inquiry. After a brief consultation, the jury came to a verdict of " Accidental death from burning."—Chel tenham Journal. DIAMOND DUST. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) The most strict and severe, and suspicious ptrsons, are precisely those who are most often deceived. Suspi cion is so rarely directed aright, that cunning is more than a match for it; and oppression ever begets cunning, which is the dwarfed and deformed cleverness of the slave. The young should be spired from sorrow as much as possible. Never dim the sunshine of hope and joy, so as to leave them without even the memory of its glory. Rob charity of its name, by the delicacy - of .your be quests, and yku give it a fair chance of proving the divinity of its origin. People seldom - improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—An explosion of sulphnreous gas, attended with fatal consquences, oo curred at a coal-pit at Kingswinford, ou Thursday morning last. The miners resumed their labours at the ordinary hour, after testing the workings of the pit with a safety lamp, and pronouncing it safe. About an hour and a half atterwards, however, an explosion took place. All the lights were put out, and the men (several of whom are :lightly injUred) thrown down by the current. A boy named Jabez Burks, about thirteen years of age, was killed. An inquest was held on the body at the Sampson and Lion Inn, Pensnett, before T. M. Phillips, Esq., coroner, on Saturday last, when a verdict in ac cordance with the evidence was returned.— Wolver hampton Chronicle. BERLIN, DEC. 28.—The Court has received the satisfactory intelligence that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Dessau, saved, as it were, from the jaws of death by Dr. Wehscmeyer, of Berlin, continnes to im prove, and that hcpes are entertained of her ultimate recovery. Dr. Wchsemeyer is understood to have re sorted to an ingenious mode of applying a douche to the patient's head. Iler Roy al Highness was removed from her bed into a warm bath; the th.c:ur then mounted a ladder plum' against the walll, whence he pourt d down bucket after bucket upon the Duchess's head. This t•implc and efficacious mode of applying the remedy, in cases of spoplexy, or paralysis of the br..'n, merits bang recorded. RAILWAY FESTIVITIES IN MA N C lIESTER.—On Tuesday eveuirg, within oue of the t.reoes of the Lou. don and North-Western Railway, au entertainment was given to the my n employed in the goods department of the line, by Mr. Samuel Salt, the general manager. The arch, which is upwards Of 200 feet in length, and proportionably wide, was lighted with gas, and decorated with evergreens and artificial flowers. The number of persons present was from 650 to 700, and nearly one halt of these were the wives and sweethearts of the men. Upon the platform, erected at ono end of the arch, the guests' table were placed; and at these were seated the principal officers in various departments of the company's service, together with their ladies. The . . usual loyal and other tosits appropriate to the occasion were given, and the entertainment concluded with a . TUE AMERICAN PRESS.—The enterprise and libe rality of the New York press are, we apprehend, un• equalled in any other city in the world, except, perhaps, the city of London. Among the late enterprises of the press for procuring early foreign news was the establish• merit of a weekly express between this city and St. John, New Brunswick, a distance by land of nearly 300 miles, which was run from February to November at a rate of speed, over most of the route, of nearly 20 miles per hour. From St. John the news has been regularly tele graphed to New York, some 600 miles further, at an additional expense of 1001., making the total weekly expenses for a single dispatch of 3,000 words nearly 2001. The completion of the telegraph to this city renders the continuance of the horse express unneces sary, but the telegraph tolls are still to be paid, and they amount, for 3,000 words, which the press contract to receive, to n very heavy sum, say 5,000/. to 6,000/. per year. A good deal has been said, and not a little oppo sition exists, in this community, against granting the exclusive use of the wire for the transmission of the foreign news' dispatch to the New York press, and as the merits of the case do not app: ar to be fully compre hended by the public, we propose to give what we be lieve to be a correct statement of the matter. The New York Associated Press embraces all the leading papers in that city, and the committee appointed by the different publishers also represent, in this foreign news business, the morning papers of Boston, the principal papers of Philadelphia, and all intermediate cities to New Orleans. The leading object the committee of the press profess to have in view is to place -die principal commercial news before the whole public in advance of its receipt for speculative purposes; and their arrangements for giving the public the benefit of their ,enterprise are the most perfect that can be devised.---HaVux Sun. Tne MAILs.—SouTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2.—The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Trent, Captain W. Clarke, took her departure this after noon with the usual mails for the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, in charge of Lieutenant O'Reilly, R N., Ad miralty agent. Her route is via Bermuda, the Bahamas. Havannah, and Mobile to the Gulf of Mexico. She had 33 passengers, amongst whf m were Paymager Gibbs for Jamaica, Quartermaster Macdonald for Barbadces, M. Sotomayor for Ilavannab, &c. The freight list com prised 8,0001. in specie, 100 bottles of quicksilver, value about 1,6001., and the usual cargo for various parts of the West Indies. Some alteration has been made in the rigging of the Trent, which has bad the effect of im• proving her appearance considerably. She now carries topsail and topgallantsail yards on the main as well as the foretopmast. This addition, besides enabling the steamer to carry a vast deal more canvass in fine and moderate weather, makes her look more warlike, and has greatly augmented her " shipshape " appearance. The Avon, with the West India and P acific mails, ma y now be daily expected. A PRISON BREAKER.—Freder , ick Grimwood, some time since, when under - sentence of transportation fur seven years, quietly walked off from Ipswich gaol, to the utter consternation of the authorities. He then in. p al d to dulged in u•plund erin g ex p e dition throughout Norfolk, happened H unt ingdon, and Cambridge, and ultimat e ly f oun d his way into the Bury Assize Court for robbery. Here he was a te so d n , and yho was ba p s recognis ed bein court at Superin tendent the time. time. Grimwood, w h o had adopted the name o f Smith, was s en t eece d to six months ' iropr isonstent con for the offence of which he stood convicted, and it was arranged that, at the expiration of that term, he should be transferred to the Ipswich gaol, preliminary to undergoing his former sentence. On Wednesday afternoon, however, he took a distas , e to her Muj' sty's gaol at Bury is c aecordiugly walked off on his own account, with cut in any measure studying the feelings of the governor, who had been quite unaccuse turned to lose his prisoners. We learn that his escape was effected by the negligence of the plumber, in leaving a ladder which he had been using in the well. The prisoner could see the ladder from his yard, and he isn mediately climbed over the iron railings, seized the ladder, mounted the wall, and dragged the ladder ovet the wall to descend by. But it appears the ladder slipped sideways out of his reach, and he had to drop from the top of the wall, a distarce of 20 feet, as a deep indantsk tion was made in the sod by his feet in the tall. The officer having had occasion to leave the yard for about s minute, it appears that he took immediate advantage of his abience. Officers are scouring the country, but nothing has yet been heard of the prisoner.—lPsweek Express. The Hon. H. Fitzroy bad an interview with Sit George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.