The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-27 00:00:00

....---e, nth, 0 , -! • ......___--. " e Or li : '': blishment could furnisla such minute and correct se t D r details, as the enormc,us amount of information is ter °' obtained by the emple , yrnent of each letter- carr i er i n suntr a his own district, after the completion of his official copr, duties. The work does great credit to Mr. Kelly, red°' a it' ', and we have no doubt th a t th e exce ll ent manner in which it is prepared, tie d th e i n f ormat i on wh i ch it ion t 9 s i conveys, will ensure for it universal approbation and J alels complete success. 4 e v `4 4 ant," F RENCH RAILWAY NEWS. ingS, (From the R a il way E xpress.) e -stOw PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 23.-The great event of the ii50 0 : 0 1 week has b een t h e a dj u di cat i on of the Lyons and St. i ny , ,A Quentin Railway s . I n b ot h - cases circumstances arose eg o °'" to give unu s u a l in t erest to the proceedings. As there was only one compaP.y for the Lyons line, the engineers nib : D i having withdrawn, it was considered a certainty that the DO, • fused company rineet btain it ; and in conseuence, the irg a e : P"' • prices of promis , :s ros o e in the market, and the definitive ? , i shares went uro from 60 francs premium t o 80 f rancs 15 01 0 premium. F or t h e S t. Q uent i n l i ne, i t was believed, that berd four compaaliee, independently of th e N or th ern , wou ld e yes i send in tanders, and the most f orm id a bl e opponent to t h e le O le latter v eal considered to be the Company Cordier, for no4i": manly k nown b y t h e name of the Company Kysaiius. era - All, the four companies, however, were considered so n otSrl %%eel( when compared with Roths c hild' s , th a t th e i r pro -1 tel l a s anises were all at a discount ; an d i t was l oo k e d en as a a 4 we a' certainty, tnat if any other company but the Northern i ch_ l r Ce obtained the line, the shar es o f suc h success f u l ilicle`" company would go considerably below par, as , atirli e was seen in the case of the Fampoux line. 31 013° ' Hence the subscribers of th e severa l compan i es, strange as it may seem, were all mos t anx i ous f or t h e success of rtaa ias ' the Rothschild Company, th e d ay b e f ore the att djudie olicht4 tion; when the cauti o n money o f 3,000,000 f rancs was , Do - to be paid in by each, it was rumoured about, that the and 0 - Cordier Company was unable to sends its quota. This, *O i l on inquiry, was discovered to be true, and the cause was , °f la 1 I said to be the refusal of th e E ng li s h C omm i ttee to pay , , its portion of the funds Thi s ,* aga i n , was f oun d to b e ! eve the fact, for the representati ve o f t h e E ng li s h su b scri b ers , i terieien who had brought over the necessary funds to Paris, rm~e- • fused absolutely to sacrifice the interests of his consti- tsi • te r tuents to the ruinously low lease which the French Com sbaP, mittee were inclined. to propose. He declared that if , a Vo°, l the figure, which Ite named, and which was s uc h as a t° ° would not endue - ger the interests of the Company, was , 3 1? adopted by the ;French Committee, he would at once hand a 'ti l e Of , forth the Fseiglish subscription. This being refused, he h 00 , 1 , 6 on his part held back the mon e y, an d th e C ompany e is could nut send in a tender. till °' Various rumours were afloat that an understanding air & 11 % had been come to between Rothschild and the others; f , s, P c6. but though such a course was more than once attempted, b rt 1' ° it was found im p ossible to ac complish it , from the heavy _ _ fo e n penalties impos e d by th e F renc h co d e on any attempts a 0 to impede the course of fair competition, once that the a , itt° l earl!! various lists had been depo s it e d w ith th e Mi n i s t er o f a Public Works. The Di rectors cou ld , i t i s true , h ave a, OP; , made a bargain for th emse l ves , b ut as thi s mild he , i s ti t° affected only by throwing the subscribers overboard, it ia r tstios i is not wonderful that they avoided so disgraceful ap, Lay be 1 course of proceeding. 1 ,410 rOJ.• - •,. j At last the day arrived (Saturday) in which F r : per , ' t the decision was to take place. The crowd in „ „i 01 the court-3 and of the hotel of the Minister of Public hr Oa' l a st f it Works was immense ' • and when, at last, the doors o f tea ill were ope ne d., th e crus h was tremendous. After a quar- p t e ter o f an h our ' s b att li ng, t h e pu b l i c got we d ge d i nto wi P etite their places in the adjudication-room, and M. Dumon, Ti s a , the Manister of Public Works, opened the proceedings ma Et fee l by reading the law of July 15, 1845, authorising the ad- tr' e por , Jar:ication of the Lyons line for 45 years at most, and of wt ' 'else St. Quentin fur 75 years at most; each Company, irr° Vl to in the former case, to deposit 16,000,000 francs as cer- ne ,At i oa , lain money; and on the latter 3,000,000 francs. He next no '''' the on placed on the table two sealed packets, containing the wi . b ete maximum of lease, which, in accordance to the law, he had in rat i p himself fixed, and beyond which no tender could be an, • 0 valid. The offer of the fused Company for Lyons was au OW • le a' then opened, and it appeared that they consented to a du r Ota diminution of two years and six months, leaving the aif length of the lease at 42 years and six months. The a b ly 'e Minister then broke the seal of one of the packets which ant p i ed be had laid on the table, and read from the paper en- a r n , pa closed in it that he had fixed the lease at 41 years and „ a ' t ayete e e d 90 days. " Consequently," observed M. Dumon, " the „I' m 3 04 o° 3l tender just presented, being higher than that determined L s l sae on by the Government, could not be accepted, and the ant ta bl e s adjudication was accordingly adjourned." This most hot 4 TP - • logical deduction of the honourable Minister's, fell most sto , ba the r unpleasantly on the ears of the parties most deeply con- wit cerned. I scarcely ever beheld longer faces, for this wh , eiai t° denouement was never for a moment contem p lated by a the JO single person present. The agitation was for a few t® 1 Oe minutes extreme ; but when at last it had subsided, the pea 00 o adjudication of the other line was proceeded to. The 5 maximum of the lease allowed by the Chambers was 75 big , 0 Tears, and the offers made were these :- full 1. The Company Colbert offered to the 2. T af l b° take the line for 36 years 350 days Go. tb e he Company Ardoin Arnoux, of I a 0 and M 49 yrs 2 mtbs 15 dys aitres des Poste al l 3 . The Company Carrette et Min oft 10 0 guet 43 years 285 days aces ' id, Ili 4. The Company Rothschild 24 years 335 days mat , e r ic i rev A loud burst of laughter greeted this latter announce. eve , went, which the Minister immediately declared to be obit e accepted, being lower than the term which he had named can re t o ° a in his sealed packet. A rush to the Bourse immediately PI spit 0 ensued, although the incidents of the day were not yet ou :a . _ A l e. at an end ; for M. C. Laffitte immediately rose and pro- te . ' Posed, in the name of the fused Company, of which he i n st. ?..ig, Was a member, to take the Lyons line for a term of years wi t . A 17 ,8 fixed by the lion. Minister. M. Damon replied that he lit , to ' could not return a decided answer at that moment. The Olr ' the: ! ,a t crowd then slowly withdrew, many hundred persons rest o bi 0 0 • being still in the court-yard for an hour after. vete The scene at the Bourse, we are informed, was most The ect 0 1 ° Il extraordinary: when the first messenger arrived from the 1 111 Minister's hotel, whether intentionally or not cannot be Thi viitr 6a , i d, though the former is to be presumed, the person whi rs‘ e wno first ran up the steps cried out that Carrette and cwh( ol l :, Ilinguet had got the St. Quentin line. A tremendous to Or shout at once burst forth, as if the defeat of Rothschild cat i l l Was a universal benefit. The commotion was so grea t, tow that the agent de change were obliged to desist from de thir business for a minute or two. When they resumed, don the Northern went down in about five minutes a te' from 740 francs to 700 francs ! Just before th )b er , the bell rang the true state of the case b ecame k nown , s l it tha t and they then rallied to 715 francs. Yesterday they t_i c o e r rie ° '' opened at 740 francs, were done at 745, and closed at I. a cora 737 francs 50 cents. It is probable that after so great a and i s 0 1 rise they will decline for some days, from sales being poh acl i: effected to realise profits. Biel the s at The offer of the Great Fused Company for the Lyons line has been since accepted by the Minister of Public new 1 1 the • Works. Having declared the length of the lease which th e ' be thought the line ought to be taken at, he could not ado , ec, Oh . Well do otherwise. a t wo Since my last, the market has been firm, and the sa w, ) ese prices of both French funds and railway shares have saic for advanced. 0 4 The Orleans to Bordeaux line is not now expected to bon If' be opened to Tours at the beginning of the year, as was Tat) the exp ec t e d. Th a t even t w ill not take place for a couple a te of months lat er . Th e w o rks on the Northern line are aa la Sill not either altogether tie far advanced as has been stated I w a i t r i th e in some of the public prints. be t t 0 RAILWAY RETURNS. ried tb e RAiLwAlt TRAFFIC.-The following are the Total Receipts of Rail- 13( 1 u gas Ways for the past week-that is to say, up to the date to which the Cltit elf/ respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same rice Week in the previous year :- the , 9 tern it. 4 es thir test Week Last o , ki at" Con 0 . ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. !1; .",;,;* , 1 ,...P.- gee , led aa P!..' - nor the - 0' ..t X whi Dec, 20 Arbroath and Forfar ...............175 122 roe - Bristol and 8irmingham.............- - Me: :1 1 ' 19 Chester and Birkenhead .••.••• • • • • • • 463 391 war 18 Dublin and Drogheda• 603 508 the ;lie 23 Dublin and Kingstown St' 21 Dundee and Arbroath. ••••••• • • • • • • • 214 ale tne of 29 Durham and Sunderland ....... ••• • . • 456 336 rad , 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 2,201 1,798 site let 21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 7,036 4,233 a te 20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 1,784 1,325 of s 20 GUIS ;ow and Greenock. •••••• • • • • • • 680 669 CIIC , ' O4 - Grand Junction •• • • - - ' unr It) 1 20 Gravesend and Rochester • - vote 14 i - Great North of England •••••• • • • • • • - - 21 Great Western .••• • .. Oe , 22 Hartlepool .. ••••••••.••- • • • • • • • • • • • 979 - cow I f 1 20 London and Birmingham, &c. .• ••- - - 32,651 30,631 a bl e 21 London and Blackwall • 643 597 tO 1 20 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 4,186 3,639 afte i t 1 23 London and Croydon .• . - London and Greenwich. •••• •• •• •• •• - - • But ',lt s 21 London and South Western .•••• • • • • 5,516 5,672 relu 0 21 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ••• • • • 844 780 - Manchester and Birmingham.. ••• • • • - 3,286 we 20 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc • • 6,018 4,858 GO, I 20 Midland Counties ..... Y 1 , 20 Newcastle and Darlington ••.. • • • ... 2,454 1,014 20 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••.. • • .. • • 1,717 1,572 a 1 21 Newcastle and North Shields... ••. • . 410 .33 peo b 21 Norfolk •.......• 1,038 220 resi 19 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,444 1,471 0 , 22 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • • ........ 5,788 - can 0 22 Paris and Rouen . ..... ............. 4,626 3,929 tent II 20 Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • . • • . • • 420 343 sisal 20 Sheffield and Manchester • • .......... 948 562 $ 20 South Eastern • anx .. 5,451 4,518 / „ ' , O Ta ff Vale ... ..... ........... •••• • • • 1,162 827 me - Ulster . ... . - 6 55 tier / - Yarmouth and Norwich ...._ .- bro 1 20 York and North Midland . ...... •• • . 4,757 4,955 „,, REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.—AIready the requisition to Mr. Busfield and Colonel Thompson has re ceived about 500 signatures.—Leeds Mercury. SUICIDE ON CHRISTMAS-DAT.-0/1 Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, a young man of respectable ap pearance called at the Gloucester Coffee-house, Aldersgate street, and inquired if he could be provided with a bed, ob serving that he was very much fatigued. He went imme diately to his room. The next morning he got up about eleven o'clock, when, on entering the coffee-room, he asked the proprietor, Mr. Smith, to let him have a tumbler. On receiving it he returned to his room, but in about two mi nutes after he was again in the coffee room ; upon entering which he instantly tell on the floor. Mr. Smith, thinking that he was in a fit, bathed his face with vinegar, but be could nct be revived. Mr. Lowe, a surgeon, found a phial which had contained prus4c acid in the pocket of the de ceased. He had on a black dress coat, ablack silk waistcoat with red spots, black dress trousers, Wellington boots of chamois leather, a dress top coat, and a black silk scarf with very small red spots round his neck. He was about five feet four inches in height, of fair complexion, and 22 years of age, with light brown hair, and no whiskers. There was in his Pocket only a tavern bill. A BOLD STROKE FOR A CHRISTMAS DINNER. — At the Lambeth Police-court, yesterday, John Edwards was committed to take his trial at the next Surrey Seisions, on a charge of stealing a piece of ribs of beef. It appeared th a t on W e d nes d ay ' evening, a lad, in the service of a butcher in Harper-street, Old Kent-road, t las taking th e p i ece o f b ee f h ome to a customer, w h en prisoner, with much dexterity, snatched it out of the tray and ran away with He was, however, followed and secured. The pritoner, in defence, said he had nothlng for his supper on Christmas eve, or his dinner on Christmas-d a y, an d h a d ma d e up his' mind to hare something for both. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY'. is pledged for the redemption of the debt owing to us voted away and alienated under a system of coercion, and of physical and moral duress. CHRONICLE.—The Times seems to be just now under the twofold influence of the genius loci and of the genius tees i voris—o Printing ll:Aix-square and of the season of pantomimic transformations. The last feat of our flexible Contemporary is a remarkable lour de force, even for the practised skill of that literary harlequin. On Monday last the public were informed of the imme diate cause of Lord John Russell's failure in his attempt to form an Administration. The cause, as the Times states, was this :—" Lord Grey most strongly objected to the appointment of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign office, and for his own part positively refused to serve with that Noble Lord as Foreign Minister." Lord John Russell, "considering that he could not dispense with either c f their LordAips," resolved " to return his commission into ht r Majesty's hands." Yesterday the Times statec that amongst Lord John Russell's friends a conviction prevailed that Lord Palmerston " stood condemned by the public opinion of Europe as a man unfit to conduct the foreign affairs of England " that " this conviction was ' 4 fatal to the formation of Lord John Russell's Cabinet "—that it had led to " the secession of some of his colleagues," and thus to the failure of an attempt to form an Administration. Upon the matter of fact with respect to the events of the last week, we wish merely to say that the first statement of the Times is strictly correct, the other the rev( rse. Un willing to provoke any controversy upon the sutject, we confined ourselves to the simple announcement that Lord John Russell had been obliged to abandon his task, not in consequence of any difference amongst his col leagues, either upon the question which had led to the break-up of Sir Robert Peel's Ministry, or as to the individuals who should have composed the new Cabinet. The difference related merely to the distribution of offices, and was confined to Lord Grey's refusal to act with Lord Palmerston as Foreign Secre tary. We are now merely stating a matter of fact, about which, for the present, we are not called upon to offer an opinion. Whether the cnore recent statement of the MONEY MARKET and CITY_ NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—Among the leading and experit need brokers of the Stock Exchange, whost; views of the state oft he money market are always worth listening to, there is great dif ference of opinion on the present reaction in the funds, on the probability of its being sustained or otherwise. Many of them are disposed to ascribe it in great mea sure to the late excessive speculations for the fall, and to the extensive demand for stock which has been pro duced by them ; and these ask, with some emphasis, in what way is our situation changed for the better, with the single exception of the return of Sir Robert Peel to por. er ? Have we not still to contend with the efficts of scarcity of agricultural produce, the intended repeal of the corn-laws, with the action on the currency of the large importations of grain which must follow that mea sure ? Is there any better prospect of overcoming the baneful influence which the railway mania has had in deranging the operations of the money market ? And has the Oregon question lost any of its political importance within the last week or two ? The par ties who reason thus are persuaded that the whole, or the greater part, of the late rise is fallacious, and that a counter reaction is all but inevitable. Those who take a more cheering view of the state of pub lic credit, rely mainly on these considerations, viz. : that the late alarm among the stockholders and specu • lators was, in the first instance, greatly disproportioned to the danger which really existed ; that nine-tenths at least of the new railway companies were mere bubbles, on which very little money was raised, and that little sure to be spent before the meeting of Parliament ; that the corn question need raise Ile alarm, because the stock on the Continent, where alone gold would be the me dium of purchase, is notoriously so small that none could be had there if wanted ; that Mr. Polk is of the western states, and must play his game of brag well to please his friends in that part of the American union ; that Sir Robert Peel, made stronger by the manner of his return to power, is not only a peace-msker, but a great financier, who, if he understands anything, fully understands the nature of public credit ; and, therefore, to sum up all, as Consols were at or near:" par" in Anglia last, there is no reason why they should not return to that point. These, as nearly as may be collected, are the reasonings of the Stock Exchange on the state of the market ; the public will consider which has the best of the argument, which time alone can actually determine. There is something ludicrous in the various impres sions made upon applicants for railway shares, who have thought it prudent quietly to back out by the threat of the promoters of the schemes to publish their names as defaulters. A great number content them selves by earnestly deprecating such a cause ; others meet it with a counter threat of prosecution for libel, should the parties carry this avowed intention into effect ; few, if any, think of paying any money for the purpose of averting the impending evil. At present all seem to be under great alarm ; and as the adroit managers of the hopeful projects do not fail to discover this, it is not unlikely that they may, in a few days, go a step farther, and proceed to ac tual hostilities. O ne correspondent has, however, started a new view of the case, which it may be of some use to those who are placed in a like predicament to men tion. He is willing, he says, perfectly willing, that his name should be published as what these defeated schemers term a " defaulter," but what others may desig nate as an honest, or at least prudentperson, who, like a man tricked at a gaming -house, refuses to fulfil engage ments media with sharpers aryl swindlers, to which there exists no law that can compel him. He could wish, he adds, that the contrary course could be taken, and publication made of the names of those who have yielded to such threats as these by the payment of the sums levied ; he has no doubt they would feel as much annoyed by the exposure, and that they would be laughed at as simple tons, Rho from their money are " soon parted." These remsrks only apply, of necessity, to those projectors of companies who have so conducted themselves as to be justly left in the lurch by the dupes, though there are very few probably of a diffilrent character to whom it would have occurred to put forth a threat of public expo sure as a means of enforcing payment from defaulting applicants for shares. The world will, perhaps, never know the whole truth of how many railway com panies have issued prospectuses, in which the whole money, raised from the gullible and unfortunate persons who were fascinated by them, has been spent in various ways without the least chance that the project could ever arrive at maturity. The bankers who have kept the accounts of such money as they have managed to scrape together, would be able to tell a tragic tale in this respect, but could not tell all, nor is it likely that such official or professional confidence will ever be betrayed as to lead to the desired exposure. Times is one of those distortions of truth produced by the habit of bending and twisting facts to make them fit particular views, or is the malignant suggestion of some unscrupulous intriguer, we feel equally bound to tell the public that it is altogether disentitled to credit. There s a very wide difference indeed, though we care not just now to dwell upon this, between the refusal of such a man as Lord Grey to co-operate with Lord Palmerston as Foreign Secretary, and " the secession of sonic of his colleagues upon the important ground" that he " was an object of general suspicion and alarm." It is a stale artifice of those who, from various and conflicting motives from factious hostility, from larger party views, from personal pique or am bition, or, as some do, from the mere love of mischief —aim at breaking any political combination, to assume the existence of some difference, and then to enter as auxiliaries and partizans of imaginary dissentients. " The Whigs," it is said, "have acquiesced, for the most part, against their own conscientious convictions in the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston." Here is, if we may so say, the trick of the Artful Dodger in politics. Our Contem porary would make it appear that the Whigs have one policy and Lord Palmerston another, and he benevolently interferes to protect the great body of his party from the contamination of his principles. Now, whatever may have been the merits or the faults of the foriegn policy of England from 1830 to 1842, they belong not to Lord Palmerston or to the Whig Cabinet, but to the people who placed and sustained these men in office. This we claim in justice to the Liberals of England. It was the force of opinion in this coun try that enabled the Government of the day, and would have compelled any other Government, to recognise and h ear tily t o support t h e t h rone and the newinstitutions of France, then menaced by Powers not even yet fully r econc il e d to t h e pr i nc i ples out of which they sprung. In Belgium, in Spain, in Portugal, in Italy, in Greece, the allied Governments of France and England brought to pacific solution questions of the greatest complexity—questions that had within them the . seeds of th a t ca l am i ty f oreto ld b y one of the most gifted of our statesmen—a war of opinion in Europe, and which seem e d so i nev i ta bl e as to draw from an Op position leader the memorable declaration, that if an angel were to descend from Heaven to write our dis patches,, it would b e st ill i mposs ib le to preserve peace." Peace was p reserve d t h ough, and the basis of its preservation ssas the alliance of France and England. It is fresh in all men's minds how that alliance was a ssa il e d—h ow t h e men who stood by it were thw ar t e d b y every f act i ous artifice within reach of th e most unscrupulous Opposition of which the history of party gives record. Day after day the columns of the very journal that is now treating us to hypocritical homilies up on th e bl ess i ngs o f peace an d good will amongst nations, teemed with incendiary ap peals to the vilest passions and the old anti-Gallican bigotry of our people. Our Parliamentary records are full of debates and divisions—so many pitched battles— the hardly concealed object of which was to dislodge our Government from the position they had taken by the side of France. This spirit pervaded all ranks of the Tory party, and such was its virulence that not the most respectable of their organs could restrain its exhibition even upon an occasion that lays all orcinary animosities at rest. A man of European fame, come to do honour to a great event in our history, was elaborately insulted, be cause he was a Frenchman—the representative of a popular Government. And indeed so little has the spirit of this hostility abated, that as in 1838 the Quarterly Review insulted Marshal Soult, so in 1845 it insults M. Thiers, who, whatever may be our quarrel with him as a politician, was not here as a politician, but as the guest of our country, the representative of the literature and the civilization of his own. If there be then in England any feeling at variance with the inte rests of peace, lay it not at the door of the Whig Go vernment, of Lord Palmerston, or of the Liberal press. They who sow the wirlwind in opposition must not expect to reap sunshine and tranquillity in office. There is not a public man in France, no matter what may be his party or his personal predilections, who can entertain the slightest suspicion, that, up to 1840 at all events, there prevailed in the Liberal Cabinet any other than the most friendly feeling towards that country. Does France complain of the thing in 1840, or merely of the manner in which it was done ? If of the thing itself—of the treaty of 184 . 0, and of the arrangement of the Eastern question which .re sulted from it, then, at all events, it is but common pc- I tice to the Government of Lord Melbourne, and to the Foreign Secretary of that Government, that the people and the public men of France should know that the policy of 1840 and 1841 was essentially the policy of the British nation, sanctioned at the time by the opinion of the most distinguished men of all parties, supported by newspapers of all shades of opinion (the Times amongst the most strenuous), and since then more than once adopted by the Tory leaders—the Duke of Wellington declaring, with characteristic love of justice, that "he saw nothing in the whole proceedings to blame." ADVERTISER.—The American Minister has, it is said, submitted the following propositions to the Mexi can Government :-1. The Rio del Norte to be the boundary between Texas and Mexico. 2. An indem nity of 5,000,000 dollars to be paid by Mexico. 3. Upper California to be ceded to the United States, as far down as the head of the Gulf; the river Gila, which empties itself into the Colorado of the west, to be the boundary. If this arrangement should be car ried out, New California, embracing the splendid har bours of San Francisco, and Monte Rey on the Pa cific coast, would become part and parcel of the Ame rican Union. A glance at the map will show, that the Americans would gain thereby an accession of territory, including Texas, equal to more than one third of their present extent of conntry on the Western Continent. The River Gila, one of the affluents of the great river Colorado, runs from east to west, a little northwards of the head of the Gulf of California ; and if the Mexicans should cede the Rio Bravo del Norte, which no doubt they will do, on the side of the Gulf of Mexico, as the boundary line of Texas ; and after wards, which appears to us incredible, consent to run the line along that river, till it reaches the parallel of the River Gila, taking a westerly direction to the Colo rado, and thence to the Pacific Ocean—we say, unhe sitatingly, that modern history furnishes no example of such aggrandisement, brought about by the influ ence of giant overwhelming strength, against pitiable unresisting weakness. It' the Mexican Congress should vote away this vast tract of country, it appears to us that a more suicidal act could not be perpetrated. To conceal from themselves for one moment the inevit able consequence, that Mexico Proper must speedily afterwards be absorbed in the vast Anglo-American Republic, would be the height of the blindest fatuity. But the grave consideration which forces itself upon our reluctant minds, and none can be better disposed than we are to view favourably the acts of the United States Government ; is it possible that France and England, especially the latter, will remain quiet spectators of such a vast acquisition of territory by . the United States people ?—without a murmur, without a serious resistance ! The aggressive spirit of the Amen can policy, veiled under the pretence of ex tending the sphere of their free institutions, now manifests itself' in a manner which cannot but inspire anxiety, if not alarm, for the consequences. 'Whatever Mr. Polk may say, if France has already turned her atten tion to that quarter, and has lately, with great propriety, broached the doctrine of a "balance of power" in America, it is not the President's vain threat that " the United States cannot in silence permit any European interference on the North American Continent; and should any such interference be attempted, will be ready to resist it at any and all hazards,"—it is not such mere declama tory protests that will deter France and England from exercising their equally undoubted privilege of acting as they may deem wise, and politic, and just ; nor from extending protection over the weak and the oppressed amongst the distant nations of the world, in the sane way as at this moment they are achieving real perma nent honour and glory by succouring and supporting a much-wronged State in the southern part of the Ame rican hemisphere. To suppose that England would yield the whole of Oregon, and allow, at the same time, the United States to seize upon Upper California—after having annexed Texas, by which the area of the American territory would be at one mighty stroke of policy actually doubled in extent —is something so utterly beyond the bounds of imagination to conceive, or for us to submit to, that we cannot regard these monstrous pretensions and aggressive acts, without feeling the deepest anxiety for the result. The self praise and egotism, the affectation of humility and for bearance towards the neighbouring states, sanctimo niously seasoned with grave appeals to Heaven—which prevail throughout the whole of the speech of Mr. Polk —contrast but too painfully with the settled determined resolution, which, step by step, gains ground upon all the countries conterminous with the republic, compels conces sion by overwhelming force—extorts vast territories under the plea of compensation—and usurps the vast empire of the North American continent, under the hppocritical, plc of advancing the happiness of mankind. Whilst Mexico stands indebted many millions to England, we shall never look on supinely, and see the territory which THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENT NG, DECEM BER 27, 1845. sequently his Lordship entertained another large party, including Master Henn. Sergeant Stock, Dr. liadchtf, Q.C., ; Dr. Gayer, Q.C.; Mr. J. J. Murphy, Q.C.; Mr. H. Baldwin, Q.C.; Mr. Butt, Q.C.; Mr. Napier, Q C, and several others. PROPOSED GRAND YACHT REVIEW BY HER MAJESTY. We (Knots Advertiser) are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Knight, the zealous Secretary of the Royal Southern Yacht Club, at Southampton, for the following interest ing communication:— " I beg to submit, through your columns, - a proposi tion to the Commodores and members of the Royal Yacht Clubs of Great Britain for the display of their collective force iu such a manner as, from its novelty and beauty, would, I think, eclipse all other naval sights, save those of fleets intended for actual conflict. " Her Majesty, by selecting the Isle of Wight for a marine residence, and extending her patronage not only to the Squadron, but to so many Yacht Clubs, has merited the especial gratitude of their gallant owners; and that gratitude could not be, as I conceive, more ap propriately shown than in paving our Ocean Queen' the compliment I will proceed to describe. " I would advise that a meeting, on a grand sca'e, should be held in London of all the members of Royal Yacht Clubs in the kingdom, at- which the oldest Com modore, the Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough, should be requested to preside, to consider the most advisable mode of getting up a magnificent Review of all the Yacht Clubs in the Kingdom, to take place before her Majesty in the yachting months of 1846. " I would respectfully tender my opinion, in deference to the judgment of such a meeting, that it would be ad visable for every Royal Yacht Club to rendezvous (say in the month of August) at the desire of their Commo dores,:at Cowes, or its immediate vicinity, and go through the necessary preliminary manoeuvres in divisions or squadrons, in order to require the practice which would make the evolutions of the combined fleet, when reviewed by her Majesty, deserving of her approbation. I will not presume to suggest any further details, but express my hope that the idea may not be thought unworthy of realisation by the noblemen and gentlemen of the Yacht Clubs of Great Britain. Such a day would not only he unprecedented, but the display would be honourable te the national character. " By no other instances of magnificence in their ex penditure, and taste in their sports, are foreigners of in telligence so much struck as in the profuse expense and patriotic feeling displayed by the members of the Yacht Clubs, the fit-out and discipline of many of these vessels approaching to those ranking in their country's service. The expenditure of the Yacht Clubs counts by hundreds of thousands of pounds in building, fitting, wages, and victualling. Ship-building, too. has greatly improved by the patronage of the Clubs, -and they employ up wards of four thousand of the smartest seamen to be found in the world. " The Review I p ropose suggests f eel i ngs of the highest gratification and nati ona l i n t erest, an d the assem b lage of visitors on the occasion would doubtless be the greatest ever witnessed. I think I may venture to express con viction that our beloved Sovereign would be delighted with such an appropriate and imposing sight. Of it; magnificence some idea may be formed from the fact being that there are more titan eleven clubs, cemmand ing a force exceeding five hundred yachts, and as the statistics of such a force may be interesting to the lovers of aquatic amusements, I will conclude by laying the following before your readers : Distinction of Clubs. No. of No. of No. of No.of Puincipally Yachts Tons Men Guns Brass Pds. Royal Yacht Squadron 102 9,000 1,600 400 from 2to 9 Royal Thames Yacht Club 146 4,400 540 220 from 3s to 6 Royal Western Yacht Club 74 3,000 400 260 from Ito 6 Royal Southern Yacht Club 67 2,800 350 230 fr;;ut Ito 9 Royal Victoria Yacht Club 38 3,200 420 250 from 2to 9 Royal Harwich Yacht Club 38 COO 120 40 from 16 to 4 Royal Cork Yacht Club 42 1,650 250 120 from Ito 6 Royal Mersey Yacht Club 45 1,470 240 110 from Ito 6 Royal Northern Yacht Club 40 1,459 230 110 from Ito 6 Royal Eastern Yacht Club Royal Kingstown Yacht Club 29 1,360 230 70 from Ito 6 621 29,250 4,380 1,810 Deduct about 1-6th for the same Yachts belonging to different Clubs, you will have a Grand Total of 530 25,000 3,900 1,500 " The seamen are exclusive of masters, cooks, and stewards, which would give at least 800, in addition to the foregoing numbers. " The wakes alone for the masters and seamen ex ceed 120,0001. per annum, and the intrinsic value of the yachts, with their armament complete, is more than three-quarters of a million of money. " All yachts (beside their broadside guns), are pro vided with small arms of every description, and the crews in most cases are instructed in the use of them. " The amount of outlay with regard to provisions, Clothing, and other expenses, can scarcely be guessed at, as the greatest luxuries are to be found on board, re gardless of cost. "At the present time there are upwards of fifty yachts of large tonnage in frame, at the several building yards of White, liatsey, and Hanson, of C owes ; R u bi o arid Biaker, of Southampton ; Wanhill and Penny, of Poole ; Inman, of Lymington ; Moore, of Plymouth ; besides the yards at London, Gravesend, Clyde, Kings town, Colic, and other private yards in the kingdom of Great Britain ; so chat in the spring of 1846, 600 sail of yachts may be calculated to be in commission.—Your ob,dient servant, " JAMES KNIGHT, " Sec. Royal Southern Yacht Club." " Southampton, Dec. 12, 18-15." CORN-LAW MEETING AT BURY ST. EDMUND'S. DEFEAT OF THE PROTECTIONISTS. A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Bury St. Ed munds, on Friday last, convened by the Mayor (J. Deck, Esq.), in compliance with the following requisition, signed by sixty inhabitants: " We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Bury St. Edmund's, feeling impressed with the impor tance of the present question of a free trade in corn, more especially as it affects this agricultural district, hereby request; you will, at an early day, convene a public meeting of the inhabitants to afford them an opportunity of expressing their sentiments where their trade and prosperity are so materially concerned. " To John Deck, Esq., Mayor." It being known that nearly all of the signatures were those of protectionists, the free-trade party on Wednes day put out the following handbill Fellow-townsmen,—The advocates of monopoly end starvation purpose holding a meeting on Friday next, at noon, in the Guildhall, with a view to assist in per petuating the existence of the present bread-tax. " Those of you who are of opinion that this cruel monopoly ought to cease—that the industry of the country should be free and unrestricted—that the people of England ought no longer to be dictated to by a selfish minority where they shall buy the necessaries of life, or dispose of the fruits of their industry—that the poor man ought no longer to be cheated out of a cheap loaf, and compelled to buy a dear one—attend that meeting, and let it be seen that the public mind of this town is in favour of free trade, and a cheap and plentiful supply of bread to the poor. " December 24, 1845." At the hour appointed for meeting the hall was crowded by tradesmen and mechanics, and several of the agricul turists in the surrounding neighbourhood were also pre sent at the proceedings. The Mayor having taken the chair, the foll Owing reso lution was proposed by Capt.HElGH.cu (a landowner , cul tivating his own farm), and seconded, by JOHN WORL LEDGE, Esq. (an owner and tenant):— " That in the opinion of this meeting the adequate protection of British agriculture from foreign competi tion is essential not only to the prosperity of the classes more intimately connected with it, but to the welfare of the whole population ; and this meeting, therefore, most earnestly deprecates any diminution of the protection now enjoyed.: Upon which Captain HUBBARD, R.N., and Mr. T. G. WILLIAMS (draper), in very argumentative addresses, proposed the following amendment : "That in the opinion of this meeting it is to the in terest of the tenant-farmer, the labourer, and the land lord, that the corn-law question should be permanently settled, the experience of the last thirty years having proved that protection drives capital from the land, narrows the home market by crippling the foreign trade, and is injurious to all classes." _ 11. BEVA N, Esq. (banker), having spoken in support of the original motion, he was replied to by a mechanic named Punshon, in most truthful terms. The question was then put by the Mayor, and the amendment was carried by a majority of at least twenty to one. Bury St. Edmund's being the centre of the agricul turist district of West Suffolk, this demonstration against protection" speaks volumes. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. EDINBURGH, DEC. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 38s.—Edinburgh and Northern, 675. —Ditto, Newport, 235. —Ditto, Lochgelly, 30s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 40s.— Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 41s. 6d.—Glasgow and Les mahagow, 595.—North British, Halves, 57a—Ditto, Exten sion to Carlisle, 43s.—Perth and Crier 'Direct, 355. 6d.— Scottish South Midland, 40s. HULL, DEC. 26. The Exchange is closed until Monday next. What private transactions have taken place, have been mostly at the highest prices paid in London on Wednesday. YORK, DEC. 26. Our Exchange is closed, and consequently no lists will issue until Monday next. Nevertheless, there are many buyers of York Extensions, Newcastle and Darlingtons, and Brandlings, at an advance on our last quotations. London and Yorks and Berwicks are also sought after. There is, in fact, a decided improvement at this moment in the aspect of affairs, and a brisk demand for most of the better descrip tions of stock. ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE FOURTII.—III a re cent memoir of the late Mr. Irving, M.P., an anecdote is introduced, exemplifying in an interesting manner the character of the honest and kind-hearted sailor King. It is recorded as follows in the inscription on a splendid silver salver, presented to Mr. Irving a few months pre vious to his Majesty's death :—(Royal Arms).—" King William the Fourth has given this piece of plate to J Irving, Esq., the representative of his Majesty's late highly esteemed friend, J. Rae, Esq., in commemoration of a review dinner, given by his Majesty on the 2d of June, 1805, at Bedfont ; and in discharge of the suns of 251. s hich the King on that occcasion borrowed of Mr. Rae, his guest—a debt which had not recurred to his Majesty's recollectionuntil recently. -28th March, 1837. Mr. Robert Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, who is attached to the British Legation at Madrid, is shortly expected to return to this country from Spain. Mr. Peel has been abroad nearly three years. The Earl of Ducie has, it is said, disposed of Woodchester Park, the magnificent family domain in Glou cestershire, to an opulent merchant. The consideration money is stated to have been 160,9001. It will be recollected that the estate was submitted for public competition, but the highest sum that was bidden for the property was considered beneath its Talus. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON. On WE dnesday the adjourned inquest was held on view of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers in the late melancholy catastrophe at Bolton. Since the day of the accident four other persons have died of the injuries they received, so that the total number killed is, up to this time, fourteen. There are others still in a danger ous state. An opinion gained ground that there was considerable blame attached to the master, and therefore the court-room in which the inquest was held was crowded to excess. On the bench where the coroner sat there were a number of magistrates, and a considerable number of millowners and other respectable inhabitants, also the sub-inspector of factories for this district. Mr. William Fairbairn, of Manchester, the eminent engi neer, who had been called in by the jury to investigate the cause of the accident, was also on the bench, accom panied by Mr. John Hick, a boiler-maker. The jury having been reaworn, they proceeded to view the bodies of the four additional sufferers. There were two witnesses who were considered of importance, but could not be removed from their beds, so the coroner and jury proceeded to their homes, where they took their depositions. After s(ime evidence as to the circumstances of the explosion had been taken, a long paper was read by Mr. William Fairbairn on the subject of steam-boiler explo sions, which ended as follows: " After the selection of competent engineers and as sistants, I would recommend the following precautions:— " 1. That the practice of placing boilers under build ings where the workpeople are employed be discon tinued. " 2. That two safety-valves be attached to each boiler; one of them to be weighted from the inside to the re quired pressure, and to have a long ascending discharge pipe, out of the reach of interference ; the other to be under the control of the engineer. These valves, in order to be perfectly safe, should have respectively an area equal to one-half of the steam-pipe, or about one square inch to every two horse of the computed power of the boiler. 3. That in cases where boilers are situated under mills, a mercurial gauge, indicating the pressure of the steam, and an ascending column of water corresponding with that pressure, will be found of great value in cases of negligence on the part of the fireman or engineer. " Lastly. Each boiler should have a water gauge and two fusible fire-plugs, composed of suitable mate rials." The CORONER said that was the conclusion of the evidence on the part of the Queen, but if the owners of the mill wished any other witnesses to be examined, the jury would, no doubt, be glad to receive their evidence. Mr. Gaskill, solicitor, who appeared for the firm, said they had no important witnesses to bring forward. The jury then retired, and in about three-quarters of an hour returned with a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Thomas Kitts, one of the partners in the concern. The foreman of the jury said he had been requested to express the thanks of his the jury to Mr. Fairbairn, for the great assistance they had received from his valu able document, and to request that it should be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with a view of bringing the subject of steam-boilers before the Legislature. RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM AT WINDSOR. The question of the liability of his Royal Highness Prince Albert to pay the poor rates for the farm the Prince occupies in the parise of Windsor, is about to be submitted to the law advisers of the Crown. Mr. Darwill, solicitor, of Windsor, having been pro fessionally employed by the overseers and churchwar dens of the parish to endeavour to obtain from his Royal Highness the payment of arrears of poor-rates, amount ing to nearly 2301., and not having succeeded, after a correspondence with Mr. G. E. Anson, the Prince's private secretary, on the subject, the parochial au thorities determined to memorialize the Prince him self on the matter in dispute. Accordingly a memorial, couched in the most respectful language, was trans mitted to his Royal Highness, pointing out the great losses which had been sustained by the parish during the past 12 or 14 years, in consequence of the vast amount of property in the town and neighbourhood which had been purchased by the Crown, and consequently, was now unrated ; and showing, at the same time, in the opinion of the inhabitants, in vestry assembled, that his Royal Highness, having clearly a beneficial occupa tion in Flemish farm, was liable to be rated to the relief of the poor, equally with those who were compelled to pay the poor-rates upon property adjoining that occu pied by the Prince. A letter has just been received by Mr. Darvill, written by Mr. G. E. Anson, by command of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, in which it is stated in effect, that the Prince still demurs to the legality of the claim which has been made upon him by the parochial autho rities, in pursuance of a resolution passed at a vestry meeting held in September last, aad that his Royal Highness, under the impression that the parish has no legal claim upon him for any poor -rates alleged to be due for Flemish farm, intends to have a case submitted to the law officers of the Crown, and to abide by their opinion on the subject. As soon as this opinion has been obtained by the Prince, no time will be lost in trans mitting a copy of it to the memorialists on the part of the parish. In the event of the opinion of the law officers of the Crown being in favour of the view taken by the Prince Consort, a vestry meeting will be imme diately called for the purpose of laying the case and opinion of the law officers before them, as well as the correspondence which has passed between Mr. Anson, on the part of the Prince, and Mr. Darvill, on the part mayc o o f m th e e to pa so ro m c e hia fi l na a l u d th e o ci r s i i t o ie n s, on in a sourbd they cre ated great excitement throughout the borough. On Wednesday morning the large number of married and single men, amounting to nearly 200, em ployed in the firm of Messrs. Coombe and Delafield, the porter brewers in Castle-street, Long-acre, rece i ved tickets to procure for the married men, their wives, and "children each 5-lbs. of beef, 1 lb. of bread. and a pint of porter, and to all the single mcn 2s. 6d. in money. The gift is from Mr. Delafield, it having been the practice of bia late uncle. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen, attended by the Countess of Desart, promenaded this morning in the grounds adjoining the Castle and Homo Park. Prince Albert went to shoot at Swinley, where his Royal Highness met the Duke of Cambridge this morn ing. Mr. Anson, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater and Colonel Bowles were in attendance on the Prince. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfreil, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual early rides and fur walking exercise this forenoon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Quecn. The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robort Gordon also arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The Right Honourable Sir William Fremantle had the honour of joining the royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday evening. This evening her Royal Highnrss the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Baroness de Speth will join the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. llis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House yesterday morning on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The remains of Lord Wharncliffe, late Lord President of the Council, were removed from his residence in Curzon -street at an early hour yesterday morning, for interment at the family seat in Yorkshire. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE. Her Majesty the Queen having been graciously pleased to command that for the future no fee shall be taken from any person visiting the State apartments at Windsor Castle, we are authorised to give notice that from the st of January next, in accordance with regulations issued by the L or d Ch am b er l a i n , tickets for th e ad mission of visitors to the State apartments may be ob tained gratis at Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., print sellers, No. 14, Pall mast East. Mr. Mitchell, librarian, No. 20, Old B 203Threadneedle-street.No. Messrs. Ackerman and Co., printsellers, No. 96, Strand. N.B. The days of Omission are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Hours.—From April to October, eleven to four. " From October to April, eleven to three. CHRISTMAS FESTI VITIES. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are entertaining a distinguished circle at Badminton. The Noble Duke, on Wednesday last, dispensed his customary bounty to the more necessitous among the labourers and poor fa milies residing on his extensive estates in Gloucester shire aid Monmouth. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are entertaining a numerous party at Arundel Castle. The Noble Duke has caused his annual bounties to be distributed among the necesiitous poor on his estates in Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are sur rounded by a select circle at Alnv%ick Castle. As usual, at this season of the year, the Noble Duke has relieved the poorer classes in the district by a bountiful supply of beet', bread, &c., in proportion to the number of each family. The Duchess also has extensively distributed blankets and clothing, suitable for the season, to those poor persons whose limited means render such gifts most acceptable. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have a family circle assembled at Goodwood Park, where great hospi tality will prevail until tho third week in next month. The poor on the Noble Duke's estates were liberally regaled on Wednesday last, and gifts of money and cloches were presented to the mostnecessitous inhabitants of the district. The Duke of Devonshire and a distinguirhed circle are enjoying the princely hospitality of Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, at Worsley hall, Lancashire. The Duke of Rutland is at Belvoir Castle, where the Marquis of Granby, Lord Charles Manners, Lord Forrester, and a family circle have met for the Christmas holidays. The noble Duke's birthday will be celebrated on the 4th of next month, with the customery rejoicings at the castle. His Grace the Arcbishop of York is receiving a large family party at Bishopsthorpe, the Archiepiscopal palace, near York. The venerable Archbishop caused his annual bounties of beef and bread to be distributed amongst the poorer families at York on St. Thomas's day. The Earl and Countess of Minto are entertaining Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Melgund, and a large party, at Minto House, Hawick, North Britain. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke has assembled at Wilton House, near Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, Earl and Countess Bruce, the Countess of Dunmore, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c. The Earl and Countess of Powis have a party of friends at Powis Castle, Welshpool, enjoying the gaieties of the season. In entertaining the rich, the poorer classes of that neighbourhood have not been forgotten. Lord and Lacy Delamere intend to enliven Vale Royal, their charming seat in Cheshire, by a series of masques the second week in the ensuing month. Sir Clifford and Lady Constable will entertain a dis tinguished circle at Burton Constable, Yorkshire, early next month. Private theatricals and balls are to be the chief attraction. The Earl and Countess Cowper have a fashionable party at Pansanger, Herts. Viscount ,Melbourne had a select circle visiting at Brockett Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady Beauvale are there ; and the Hon. Mrs. George Lamb has joined the party from town. The Earl and Countess of Stair are entertaining the Earl and Countess of Carnperdown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan and a large circle, at Oxenford Castle, North Britain. The Earl of Shaftesbury has a select party at St. Giles's, his Lordship's seat in Dorsetsbire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are enter taining the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, and a numerous family circle, at Beaudesert, the Noble and Gallant Marquis's seat, near Lichfield. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are enter taining Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and a small party at Bowood Park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne are also there. The Marquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, has a select circle met to participate in the festivities of this period of the year. Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford, Lord and Lady William Compton, Mr. C. S. and Lady Eli za b et h Di c k ens, Lord A. Compton, & c ., are there. The Earl an d C ountess of Zetland are receiving a numerous and distinguished circle at Aske Hall, near Richmond, Yorkshire. Lord Glenelg was to have joined the party yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Harewood, who have a large circle of friends at Harewood House, Yorkshire, next month. purpose to r ece i ve company there until the third week in The Earl of Derby has Lord and Lady Stanley, the lion. Colo ne l and Mrs. Stanley, an d a se l ec t party , a t Knowsley nail, Lancashire. The Earl of Lonsdale, on Tuesday last, caused a number of f a t b eeves to be slaughtered, and distributed amongst the f am i l i es of the poor in the parishes of Low ther, Askh am, Hackthorpe, & c . His Lordship also caused bl an k ets, stockings, pett i coa t s , jackets, and oth e r articles of wearing apparel, to b e di s tributed amon gs t th e poor famili es. Sir Geor ge M usgra ve, of Eden Hall, Bart., and his esteemed lady, s i ster t o Sir James Graham, have given to upward s o f 25 0 poor f am ilies in the villages of Eden hall, blankets an d var i o us articles of wearing-apparel, suit- Langwathby, Carleton , and o f t h e town of Penrith , able f or t h e season , coa ls, pieces of be e f, an d mone y. 'rhe same worthy B aron et also treat e d th e i nmates o f the Pen r i t h un i on workhouse with an excell en t di nner on Wed nes d a y last, consisting of roast beef an d plum pudding, and the male inmates with a sufficient supply or good home-brewed ale each, while amongst the females, suitable quantities of tea, sugar, and cakes, were distributed. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—FOREIGN MAILS. - Yesterday the following notice, relative to the depar ture of the next foreign mails, was posted at the Chief office, St. Martin's•le-Grand:— " PENINSULAR MAILS. — The Queen, f or th e ma il s o f morning of the 27th (this day), for Vigo, Oporto, Lis bon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Madeira. " The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian I s l a nds, Egypt, India, &c., via Southampton, will via Marseilles, will be dispatched on be dispatched on the morning of the 3d of January. " The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, thelndia, evening e a n n i n d China,got t (except Bermuda), Mexico, 1e 7th of January. " WEST INDIES.—The Thames, for the mails of the t nn l a n h d . ies BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES.—The next morning of the 2d of January, for the British and Foreign hed on the evening of the 6th of January. a o ao, n l inl o umsd n au i rAwerl MADEIRA, Honduras, baßen t A h da e i ils N itay e t e s AE RICA.—The Hibernia, for the mails of the even ing of the 3d January. " SYDNEY AND NEW SOUTH WALES.—The Henrietta, for the mails of the evening of the 31st instant." DIARY HOWITT'S NEW IN OvEL, "THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE," is one of those highly romantic narratives in which the finer feelings of cur nature are displayed under circum stances that cannot fail of creating the deepest interest in the reader. There is a love story of great power and beauty, in which devotion and self-denial attain an elsva,tion only to be met with in those rare natures which adorn the humblest as well as the highest stations. In this story the same nobility is found existing as flourishingly in the cottage as in the Court. The Princess Morani and Count Lacy are truly noble characters, but they are not more distinguished for their intelligence and virtue than the Citizen of Prague, and his incomparable grand-daughter. It is impossible to imagine a tale of deeperinterest, and w e cannot d ou b t that " The Citizen of Prague" will be equally popular with either of those strikingly picturesque narratives which have pre ceded it. POTATOES.—Some of our Conservative contempora ries still assert that the supply of this vegetable is im proving, and that the causes for alarm are quite needless. We can speak for oar own market with confidence. The potatoes that come there are sold at 10d. and a shilling the stone—double the usual price at this season of the y • , but few of them would b e worth having at any price if the failure had not been so general. In the north of Cornwall, where the sandy districts prevail, many of the potatoes are as good as in former years ; the sand was found to absorb or carry off the moisture so well, that only those vegetabloa suffered that were too near the surface. In the neighbourhood of Jump, five miles from Plymouth, a hogshead of cider has been offered for a bag of potatoes, and refused.--Plytnough Journal SPORTING INTLLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. Nothing in the shape of betting. The Chester Cup nominations are anxiously locket for, and are expected to be more Lumerous than la.s. year. _ _ Mr. Meiklam Las purchased Mr. D. Cook's Derby colt, the Fancy Boy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1846. Nominations for the Newmarket Handicap. Eboracum, aged—Johnny, aged—Nawortb, aged-- Queen of Tyne, aged—Coranna, aged—The Roper's * Daughter, aged—Captain Flathooker, aged—St. Law rence, aged—l am-not-aware, aged—Haitoe, aged-- Queen Mab, aged—Oakley, aged—Lothario, 6 yrs— Minataur, 6 yrs—Winesour, 6 yrs—Trueboy, 6 yrs— Inheritress, 6 yrs—Wee Pet, 6 yrs—What, 6 yrs— Judex, 6 yrs—Pine-apple, 6 yrs—Bourra Tomacha, 6 yrs—YoungLochitivar, 6 yrs—Miss Burns, 6 yrs—Board • ing School Miss, 5 yrs—Joe Lovell, 5 yrs—Elemi, 5 yrs —Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs—Satyr, 5 yrs—ldleness, 5 yrs— Best Bower, 5 yrs—Little John, 5 yrs—Doctor Hus band, 5 yrs—b h by Velocipede, out of Fair Jane, 5 yrs—Antler, 5 yrs—Akbar, 5 yrs—Beaumont, 5 yrs— Sir Piggery Diddle, 5 yrs—Needful, 5 yrs—Rowena, 5 yrs—b h by Velocipede, out of Amulet, 5 yrs—Mickey Free, 5 yrs—Warp, 5 yrs—lonian, 5 yrs—Alamode, 5 yrs—Sorella, 5 yrs— Pugalist, 5 yrs—Leopard, 4 yrs—Correct Card 4 yrs Merryman, 4 yrs John Davis, 4 yrs Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs—Plaudit, 4 yrs—Lyons, 4 yrs— Fitzallen, 4 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Energy, 4 yrs—c by Slane, out of Frill, 4 yrs—As You Like It, 4 yrs— Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—Deodora, 4 yrs—Wolf Dog, 4 yrs —Ruff, 4 yrs—Mongrel, 4 yrs—Rosa, 4 yrs—i Eolian, 4 yrs—Devil's Dust, 4 yrs—Kesheng, 4 yrs—Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs—Pc-tit Morceau, 4 yrs—Agis, 4 yrs— Arthur, 4 yrs—Jenny Wren, 4 yrs—Sister to Ma Mie, 4 yrs—Weatherbit, 4 yrs—Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs— Timbria, 4 yrs—Anna Comnana, 4 yrs—llawkesbury, 4 yrs—Refraction, 4 yrs—c by Elis, out of Mopsa, 4 yrs —The Pasha, 4 yrs—Laird o' Cockpen, 4 yrs—Chertsey, 4 yrs—King Cob, 4 yrs—My Mary, 4 yrs—Bretwalda, 4 yrs—Venus, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs—Stoker, 4 yrs—Fuzbos, 4 yrs—Maynooth, 4 yrs —Crim Con, 4 yrs—Metal, 4 yrs—Dean Swift, 4 yrs— f by Defence, out of Nike, 4 yrs—Due an Durras, 4 yrs —rho Wreck, 4 yrs—The Baron, 4 yrs—Chemise, 4 yrs—Foremast, 4 yrs—Alarm, 4 yrs—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs—Event, 4 yrs—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs—Killi Krankie, 3 yrs—Ohio, 3 y - rs—Terrier, 3 yrs—Thrapston, 3 yrs—Spur, 3 yrs—Punch, 3 yrs—Curiosity, 3 yrs— Corcelius,3 yrs—Astonishment, 3 yrs—Sharpshooter,3 y rs —The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yrs—b f by Stockport, out of Ganymede, 3 yrs—Chandelier, 3 yrs—The Hero, 3 yrs— br f by Retriever, out of Emilia, by Dexterous, 3 yrs— b c by Mus, out of Guava, 3 y rs —M arqu i s of Conyng ham, 3 yrs—Tug-Net, 3 yrs—c by Venison, out of Pet, 3 yrs—Sister to Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs—Symmetry, 3 yrs—Ukraine, 3 yrs—Breastgirth, 3 yrs—f by Discord out of Soldier's Joy,3 yrs—Blackbird, 3 yrs. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., Bromhill-hut ; Fri., Salt-hill. Heythrop hds., Mon., Great Tew ; Wed., Barrin g t on Park; Fri., Addlestrop-gate ; Sat., Wilcot-10f. Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Wick Park ; Sat., Woodland-brake-10f. Albrighton hds., Mon., Chillington; Thurs., Sleigh ford ; Sat., Davenport-104. Whitehaven harrs., Mon., Sandwich ; Thurs., Dis tington-10. Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Buller's Arms, Dean ; Fri., Tolche Moor-gate-10f. Mr. Horndon's hds., Mon. Amey Cross; Thurs., Lan due Bridge-9f. Devon hds., Mon., Luscombe-11. Herefordshire lids., Fri., Wormelow Turnpike. Ludlow hds., Tues., Hope Court; Fri., Norton's Camp. East Kent hds., Tues., St. Alban's Down; Fri., El ham Park-10i. Thanet hrrs., Mon., Hale ; Wed., Manston Wood —lOl. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Bedford Purlieus; Wed., Stanwick Pasture; Thurs., Biggen Hall-10. Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Kemwick Gate ; Tues., Greetham ; Thurs., Girsby ; Sat., Enderby Cross Roads-101. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Blackbrook ; Thurs., Manson's Cross--10. Quorn bds., Mon., Holt; Tues., Steward's Hay; Thurs., Great Dalby ; Fri., Bunney Park-11. Atherstone hds., Mon., Overssel Village; Wed., Alles tborpe ; Fri., York Road; Sat., Rathby Burrows. Petchley Hunt, Mon., Harrington ; Wed., Stanford's Hall ; Fri., Buttock':, Booth ; Sat., Ashby St. Ledger-11. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Mon., Corby Toll-bar; Tues , Launde Abbey; \%Ted., Holywell Hall; Fri., Leesthorpe ; Sat., Ham bleton Bar-11. Donington lids., Mon., Clifton Village; Wed., Cavendish Bridge; Sat., Belton Village-10i. Badsworth hds., Tues., Hampole Inn ; Thurs., Hemsworth Lane End; Sat., Notton-14 Rufford hds., Mon., Oxton Village; Wed., Thoresby Park; Sat., Kelharn-104. Whiston hds., Tues., Remshaw ; Fri., Aston-10i. Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Weelsby House; Wed., Thornton Abbey ; Sat., Kingerly Wood-11. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds., Mon., Saxilby ; Tues., Lang worth Bridge ; Wed., Bardnev ' • Thurs., Tile House Beck ; Fri., Haekthorn ; Sat., Potter's Hill Bar-11. heshire hds., Mon., Bradfield Green; Wed., Marbury ; Black Dog, Saigton ; Sat., Three Greyhounds. Sir W. Wynne's hds., Tues., King's Mills; Wed., Wynn stay; Fri., Plas Teg ; Sat., Gallantry Bank. Shropshire hds., Mon., Kennels; Wed., Fox, Albrighton ; Fri., High Hatton-104. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Pentrenant--10. Mr. larquharson's hds., Mon., Melcomb Park ; Thurs., Martha Wood. B. V. 11., Tues., Pointington Ridge ; Fri., Mappowder Commcn-11i. Mr. Drax's lids., Mon., Holnest Kennel. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Castle Hayes; Thurs., Dove ridge; Sat., Black Slough-10i. Essex Union lids., Tues., South Hanningfield Tye; Sat., Boreham House-10i. East Essex hds., Tues., Gosfield ; Thurs., Helions Bump field ; Sat., Panfield Hall-10i. Essex and Suffolk hds, Tues., Ardleigh Crown ; Fri., Had leigh. Captain Candler's hds., Mon., Bishop's Wood; Wed., Bransford Bridge ; Sat., Liekey-10i. United Pack, Tues., Netherwood ; Sat., Little Seretton. Findon hds., Tues., Stoke; Thurs., Miehelgrove ; Sat., Toddington-11. CraWley and Horsham hds, Mon., Chariwood Park; Wed., Denne Park; Fri., Crawley Village-10. Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Race-course; Fri., Dyke-11. rookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., This combe Sir 11 . M. Stanley's hds., Mon., Burton ; Sat., Backford Village-11. IRELAND. HURRICANE AND LOSS OF LIFE. WATERFORD, DEC. 24.----On Monday night and yes terday morning this city was visited with one of the severest gales we have experienced for many years. At eleven o'clock (Monday night) it commenced blowing a stiff gale from the north-west, and at two o'clock it blew a perfect hurricane. The river was in awful commotion and the schooner Rate, of Bristol, which was lying oppo site the Custom-house, after discharging her cargo, broke from her moorings, and ran with wind and tide to the opposite side of the river, near Cromwell's Rock, where she struck. The wind at the moment got under her larboard quarter and upset her. Fortunately, the captain and an apprentice belonging to the vessel rushed on deck, and leaped overboard. The apprentice (John Richbald) succeeded in climbing up on the keel of the vessel, and the master swam towards the quay, and was picked up by a boat belong ing to a vessel lyin g i n th e river. But, most melancholy to relate, the captain's son, together with three sailors, were drowned, they being asleep at the time the accident occurred. The captain's name is Collins, but we were unable to learn the names of the three unfortunate men. The Thistle was also dragged from her moorings op posite the Tower, and was carried as far as the Scotch quay, where her anchors again took the ground, and kept her fast. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES. LIMERICK, DEC. 24.—As Mr. Connor Cogblan, steward to Sir Aubrey De Vere, Bart., was returning from Askeaton on Friday to his residence at Ballina mons, within a few miles of Pallaskenry, he was fired at from behind a ditch. Providentially the assassin's aim did not take effect; the ball passed through the sleeve of his riding-coat, slightly grazing his left arm. This man was attacked on two former occasions, on which he miraculously escaped being killed. On Saturday evening, about five o'clock, as a farmer of the name of James Jones, from near Kilteely, was re turning from this city, he was attacked nearly opposite the county gaol by three men, and knocked down by a blow of a stone, and cut in two places. They robbed him of a gun he was taking home after repairs by Mr. S. Whitaker, of this city. lie reported the outrage to the Ballysimon police, who made diligent search for the offenders, but without effect. A threatening notice was kft on the barn gate of Mr. Arthur Morris, of Pallaskenry, menacing any landlord who should demand rent for ground in which black potatoes grew, or any person who should pay rent for such ground, or if the did they would be dealt with according as the beard of conscience may think proper. On Sunday last the Rev. P. Quaid, P.P. of Clonlea, county Clare, addressed his flock, first at the chapel of Oatfield, afterwards at Kilkisken, in consequence of recent outrages committed borderieg his parish. Ile pointed out the folly and wickedness of the course pur suing by those midnight legislators, and described in such feeling terms the heartrending scenes which he himself had witnessed, resulting from similar proceed ings, that the greater portion of the congregation were in t..ars. A more forcible appeal to the feelings of an audience, we are assured, was never delivered. This is not the first time we were led to record the Rev. Gentle men's exertions to check outrage. On Tuesday last, a threatening letter, bearing the Ca tleconnel postmark, and a death's head and coffin, was received by Cornelius Connors, a tenant to David J. Wilson, Esq., on the lands of Coolassey, orderinc , him to quit his farm within three days, or to mark the conse quence, if he disobeyed Tipperary men's orders." On the same evening, Neagle's house, on Ballycullen, was attacked. The same party visited the houses of Martin M'Nainara and M.Ma.bon, tenants to John Gabbett, of Castlelake, Esq., from each of whom a gun was tak€n. Saturday night an armed party forced open the pound at Bridgetown, County Clare, and turned out all the cattle under seizure for rent.—Limerick Chronicle. '1 he Irish Lord Chancellor gave his usual entertain ments after Michaelmas Term to the judges of the Irish bar, without party distinction. On Saturday his Lordship entertained Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chief Justice Doherty, the Chief Baron, Baron Lefroy, Judge Keatinge, and °tilers of the judges, together with several Queen's counsel, including Mr. Hatchell, Mr. G. Bennett, Mr. Monaghan, Mr. R, Moore, Mr. Holmes, &c. Sub- DUTCH MAJL. THE HAGUE, I)Ec. 21.—The Bulletin of the Laws publishes a royal decree of the 16th of this month, of the following tenor :—Afterdrawing by lot a capital of 300,000 florins of bonds, at three-and-a half per cent., of the late Syndicate, hearing interest, shall be repaid on the 31st of December, 1845, issued by virtue of the law of 27th May, 1830, and conformably by the royal decree of the Ist of June following. In consequence a sum of 300,000 florins must be inserted in the 13th article of chapter Ix. of the budget for 1845. We have received by Java journals of the 10th of Sep tember, the following article, dated Batavia, Sept. 2:— " On the 20th of July, between half-past one and two o'clock in the afternoon, some very smart shocks of an earthquake were felt at Amboina. In the evening of the same day there were several slighter shocks, and in the evening of the 21st of July, between half-past six and seven o'clock, two severe shocks. On the 22d of this month there was a succes sion of slight shocks. The Government•house at Batoe Gadja has suffered Si much that it must be abandonezl, and the military hospital has sustained some injury, but not so much as to make it necessary to evacuate it. Private dwellings, on the whole, have suffered but little. The shocks ware felt to come from the Kest, and were mostly vertical. One of the Hagae journals publishes a letter from Rotterdam, which states that fifty ships, laden with the produce of our col , 3nial possessions, are expected in that city towards the month of February next. If the ice does not impede the arrival of these vessels, the port of Rotterdam will be more animated than it perhaps ever was before. Most of the laws lAtely passed by the States -General are now promulgated by the Government in the Bulletin of the Laws. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 23. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent........ •. • 60 60% Bitto, 3 per Cent .......... •••• • • • • 71 73 1 ,a Ditto, 4 per C en t........... • • • • • • • • • • . 91 94% Amort Syndic, 4% per C'ent...... •• • . 99 99 , 4 Ditto, 3% per Cent................ Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .• 16134 162% East India Loan, 4 per Cent .... .. •• .. 93% 9414 Exchange on London, at sight • —•• • • 12 17 5 Two months... ———•• • • • • 12 07 1 On llamburgh, at sight •. • • 35 56 27 Two months.• •———• • • • • • 15 18 5 On Paris .. —••••• • • • •• Two months. ————• • • , • • —Dutch Papas, Dec. 21. PRUSSIA-N FUNDS.—BERLIN, DEC. 22. Bills. Money. ••• • • 98 f / i 97 St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • Prum English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...—. Foreign Exchanges.. • ... Exchange on London, X 1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 24% 6 24N liamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 1497 8 Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months •••• •• • • 79.4 Unirersal Prussian Gazette, Dec. 23. lIAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, DEC. 23. Bills. , 1 ttstrian 5 per C'ents •• .. •.•.•• • • • • • . 113 Bank Shares • • •• •• • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan •. .• ... ••• • • . 168 9 / 1084 Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription ••••••• • • • • • 104% Ditto,Hops and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99 Ditto, in Certificate.. ••••——• • • • • • • • 99 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• . 91 Ditto Stieglltz .. • Spanish New 5 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent .•—••..•• • • • • • • • • 32% 3214 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . 6O '— Ditto 3 per Cent. • • . • •• • • .. • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 •••• 81% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • . 86 National Bank Shares.. ••••••• . • • .. •• Loney Lord Brougham, it is now understood, will not arrive at Grafton-street from his chateau, near Cannes, until the second week in January. MELTON MOWBRAY.--The Earl of Wilton has ar rived at Egerton-lodge, his hunting-box here, from the Duke of Beaufort's seat, in Gloucestershire. Viscount and Viscountess Newport, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, and the Hon. Captain Cecil Forester, had arrived previously at the lodge, the Noble Earl having given up his residence to them while the Countess and family are in Italy. The Quorn hounds have had excellent sport since the commencement of the hunting season. A host of distinguished liimrods are located here for the advantages of the chase afforded in this neighbourhood, as the Duke of Rutland's foxhounds are such close neighbours that there is now to be a meet within a few miles of this spot. Lord Forester, Lord Charles Man ners, the Marquis of Granby, an d L or d John Manners, have had sonic tine exciting runs with the ?Duke's famed pack. We have residing at Melton, Lord A. St. Mau., Col. an d M rs . Wyndham, Lord Wallas, Count Batthyany, Captain Oliver, Mr. W. G. Melville, Mr. W. S. Crawfold, Mr. C. P. Leslie, Mr. T. W. Coke, Mr. J. Leslie, &c. Sir James Mus grave is daily expected to join the hunt.—Midland Counties Advertiser. Her Royal highness the Princess Sophia, who continues to labour under deprivation of sight, is passing the holidays at Kensington. The Princess, who continues to en joy good health, visied her Royal sister, the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Christmas-day. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield's party, at Bretby Park, during the holidays, is limited to a family circle. The Noble Earl, who, it is understood, has relin quished his intention of visiting the Continent this winter, will occasionally entertain parties of sporting noblemen and gentlemen at Gedling Lodge, Nottinghamshire, during the shooting season. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie are at Strath fieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. The Earl of Ellenborough has left town for Southam House, the, Noble Earl's seat in Gloucestershire. LORD MORPETH.—The sheets of the requisition to Lord Morpeth were yesterday received in Leeds from most of the polling districts, but from several of the districts they had not arrived prior to our going to press. Within one day (for on Thursday being Christmas-day, no names were applied for) six thousand eight hundred and two electors have signed the requisition, exclusive of those on the sheets not yet received. —Leeds Mercury of this day. A painful rumour prevails to-day respecting the Exeter manager, Mr. Harvey, and his company of come dians. They left Jersey in a packet last Friday, and have not since been heard of. The theatre was to open to-night ; but at half-past two this afternoon, we find, on inquiry, that no tidings haul reached the theatre. Great excitement pre vails---it is feared they have perished in the gale of Sunday.— IVestern Times of Friday. PERILOUS POSITION OF THE GLENALBYN STEAMER. —The Glenalbyn steamer, at present plying, in room of the Vesta, between Newcastle and Leith, appears to have suffered considerably during the severe hurricane of Saturday night. This fine vessel left Leith that evening, about eight o'clock, with a very full cargo, and an average number of passengers, the wind blowing moderately at the time. During the night the gale increased to a complete hurricane, and on Sunday morning, when off Berwick, the vessel became quite unma nageable, and drifted about at the me rc y o f t h e e l ements. Th sea had risen to an extraordinary height, and being greatly agitated by the tempestous wind from the north-east, which swept over the deck with terrible violence, the vessel was also found to have shipped nearly five feet of water, and the engines were discovered to be unworkable. In these perilous circum stances, the captain wisely resolved to "lay to" till the wind either abated or veered round to a different point, and the crew and several cf the passengers applied themselves in a vigorous manner to the pumps, and likewise lightened the ship by throwing the deck cargo overboard. After remaining in this frightful position for several hours, the passengers being, all the time, in the greatest imaginable alarm, the wind providentially chopped round from north-east to north west, thus enabling the vessel to pursue her course. Soon after, the engines resumed working, and although the sea still continued high, the vessel made rapid headway, and happily reached Newcastle about eight o'clock on Sunday evening, having been full twenty-four hours on the passage. —Tyne Mercury. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE HANS Towx BREWERY, CHELSEA.—Late on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Wakley, M. P., coroner, held an inquest at the George public-house, Lower George-street, Sloane-square, Chel sea, on view of the body of James Gilpin, aged 16 years, who was killed under the following singular circumstan ces. It appeared from the evidence gone into that the deceased had been in the employ of Mr. William Druce, of the Hans Town Brewery, Lower George-street, Sloane-square, for nearly the last twelve months. as an assistant in the stables. On the afternoon of Monday last, about 5 o'clock, deceased went into the stable for the purpose of assisting the chaff cutter, who was employed in the loft over the stables. On entering the stables, the deceased heard the man having charge of a mill adjoining the stables, and from which the only entrance is, call to the horse which was working the wheel of the mill, to go on, and deceased went and drove the horse on, from which time he was not again seen alive. About twenty minutes afterwards, deceased was missed, and on search being made for him in the building in which the horse was still pursuing his labour, the deceased was found lying on his back in the horse's track, which must have passed over him while making every circle. Deceased was quite dead, and his body, which presented a dread fully mutilated appearance, was removed to the counting house, where the jury viewed it. It is supposed that the deceased, after urging the horse on, followed him round a portion of the circle and then stood still, when, not being sufficiently out of the way of the butt end of the beam to which the horse was attached, it struck him violently on the face, throwing him backwards, and in sensible, when the horse, which makes about six circles in a minute, must have passed over him upwards of a hundred times, crushing the bones of both his body and face. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death. ------- CHELSEA IMFROVMENTS. — Among the numerous and vast improvements of late, and in at present in course o f being carried into effect in the parish of Chels ea , an impor tant one is to be made the approach from the King's road to the Royal Hospital. A contract h as b een conc l uded by a party with the authorities for the entire and immediate removal of the numerous lofty trees on b o th s id es o f th e avenue, the whole of which are of the description known generally as the horse chesnut, and are very aged and shat tered, having, it is supposed, been planted in the reign of Charles, at the time the hospital or college was first founded. Several of them have already been rased to the ground, and so soon as their entire demolition shall be completed, it is intended to plant some young shrubs in their room, and lay out the whole space as an ornamental garden and pro menade, for the use of the public. A handsome terrace of houses is in course of erection on the east side of the avenue. on the site of the extensive nursery garden formerly on the spot, and when the whole is completed an unrestricted view of the college will be obtainable from thehigh read, which has not hitherto been the case. The Directors of the Midland Railway (says a Correspondent) have resolved that the sum . of 15s. a week b e allowed to the family of the late Mr. Stubbs, policeman, of Leeds, who lost his life in the late accident, till the youngest child is ten years of age ; after that 10s. a week to be allowed until the youngest child reaches the age of fourteen, to be paid weekly in the Leeds pay bill. The lighthouse fixed by Mr. Bush on the Goodwin Sands has disappeared. the exact time of its sinking in the sands is not known, as the fog prevented observa tion for two or three days. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, DEC. 26.—We have moderate supplies of all grain this week. There is a little more business passing in wheat, and in some instances an advance of Is. per quarter is obtained. Fine barley s e ll s freely at form e r p r i ce s, common sorts in slow request. Beans of all descriptions fully as dear. Oats and shelling each maintain the prices of Friday last. Malt in fair re quest,. wit bout alteration in value. An ordinance of the King of the French opens for the Minister of Public Works a credit of 2,000,000 francs, for loans and grants to the Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Railways.