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ing the water into the several basins to facilitate the i lagrvss and egress of the larger description of vessels. The engines, which are to be of 50-hone power each, ire now being made. Lord Panmure has benevolently contributed the liberal stun of 50/. to the soup kitchens at Montrose and Ar broath. Ilis Lordship has, in addition, given 70/. to "PP I Y the poor families of Brechin with coals. The new rules and orders in banknptcy, under the Act of last session, to amend the statute of the .sth and 6th Victoria, c. 146, relating to insolvent debtors, have rec ently been p romu l gate d b y t h e C omm i ssioners, having been approved by the Lord Chancellor. There are six teen rules and orders in the list, with a table of fees an nexed. The following order was issued by command of the 18Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General :—" Notice to e Publi c . —G eneral Post-office, Jan., 1844.—As th ere reason to believe that, notwithstanding the notices Which have been already issued, some misapprehension exists with respect to the transmission of 12tters, and es• PeciallY newspapers addressed to Germany, the Post- Master-General considers it necessary to call particular attention to the fact, that under the existing regulations all letters and newspapers directed to any part of Ger many (the A ustr i an dominions excepted), are forwarded the mail to Il am b urgh, unless specially marked via Ilolland, via Belgi um , or v i a F rance. " th On Sunday last I)r. Spry, the rector of the parish e D ean of Chichester, rector of All Souls' district and I tr. Peufold, rector of Trinity district, d iscont i nue d LOC I , use of the "badge of party " in the pulpit, and re :llmed thei r bl ack gowns when preaching. No reason _ a , 48 signed f or t hi s c h ange, which has given great sa .4taction to the respective congregations. P RANCE AND MOROCCO. I, Mr. liy, h er B r i tannic Majesty ' s Consul-General at •Oniers, hag l ate l y pu b l i shed the following letter of his Icese ° lll lll, dated— " Mogadore, Nov. 21, 1844. h arrived h ere on t h e 19t h i nstant. On landing the i7olrt morning, th e Governor, Sidi-Hagg-el-Gharbi koires, who h a d b ut recently arrived, met me on the to rne a ccompani e d by a guar d o f h onour, and expressed the the high pleasure he f e lt at m y re t urn , a ddi ng t h at Bight of the British flag wou ld serve to conv i nce the ;;;. l o t Ple of the re-establishment of pe ace , o f w hi c h t h ey m t resn ert4l d grave doubts. He assured me that coin the c ' e C ould be resumed without apprehension, that find People were d es i rous t h at i t should be so, t„ -- Waited with th e utmost anx i ety the return of the m y s elf merchants. He al so en t reate d me to present 11suYself in the town, that 1 might be seen, and judge for 13 :self of th e state o f th i ngs; which 1 did. Far from ezng insulted, I was met by expressions of jo• , and pmany persons assured me that they had only a fees days revious co me to the determination of quitting the town, ut that since the arrival of the Governor, the city had been well supplied with provisions, well ordered, and that Row the British Consul had returned they were in dooed to remain, being persuaded that Mogadore would shortly recover its former state of prosperity. " The E mperor a d vances slowly, but effectually, in the arrest of the employes of the city and province, who Participated in the late pillage, or took no steps to op efift the disorder pending the bombardment of the town ' the Fre nc h squadron ; and in the punishment of the flues who by their conduct during the pillage violated the laws of Islamism. "Ills Majesty is still at Fez, but will probably corn- Mence his journey as soon a s th e trou bl es i n the north re over. The native Hebrews are not yet returned rom Morocco, but daily expected ; and several Moor 'Bl,l inhabitants have resumed possession of their houses. The o n l y E uropean who lost his life during the late disorders is M. Boletti, who was found dead in his h C"onsuse, io rmerly occupi e d by M. Fl eurst, of the French late." The new comedy at the Haymarket has now been Performed upwards of forty nights, backed-up anclyetisstill in creasing in att ract i on, being capitally best of the Christmas novelties, the l fairy drama o f d diorama of b Gracio sa and PErcinet, and Phillips's splendid S witzerl an d. Many wagers have een laid upon the comedy running 100 nights. The Adelphi still retains its old popularity,). being cr owded every n i ght to witness The Cl in es, of I ickens. With its admirable cast, and the pantomi me o f C ats ' Castle. S uch is the likelihood of a long run f or those t ovelties th at i t has enabled Madame Celest e t o accept a five n i ghts ' starring engagement at Bristol, wh ere she O pened l as t n i ght CO one ofthefinest house s o f t h e season in th e j ustly popular drama of the Mysterious Stranger. STUTGARD, JAN. I.—The Court will go i n t o mourning to-morrow f or eight days, for her late R oya l hi ghness the P r i ncess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester.-- Journal de Francfort, Jan. 4. met. TRoMA S ' S HOSPITAL. —This royal, anci en t, an d excellent instituti on recently received governor s his th e di s - tin excellent h onors of adding i'as en to re i c tsl t is i list o Itoy a l Highness Pripe Albert. A deputation, consist ing of Sir Joh n line, the P res id ent, Mr. T. B. Bur bidge, the Treasurer, and , Messrs, Willi am P ott and Edward T yrre ll , Governors, attended by Mr. R. A. Wainewright, the clerk of thehospital, N had an audience °f the Prince on Friday last, at Windsor Castle, by ap illuminated copy of the pointraent, when a splendidly resolresolutions of a special general court,. electing his Royal utions a governor, together with a green staff \4l accordancewith old-established usage), and the t_r_toreary charge to . a loyal Highness, were read over Highness, who re 4t presented to his 1 ! 0 3 Z e d the same with his usual . urbanity, and was lesi t s i ci tu d tio to u express the interest which he felt in the _ , adll3 hope that his having b•ecomeecu fia°;:ley4Znin,iiiVlnt prove l useful. There is something p t and pE k 3, o 4 ll `.)' g in thFse manifestations of royal strong ope, th at a ge' affording, as they naturally do, thei, arseat such illustrious examples may I I disposed indi • eff • • benevo.ent y- . Viduals t effe ct in inducing not be without thi,i mark o foll sw t h e same ste p s . In the present instance ext ekio of royal favour has most opportunely ether, the" ~ Plan being in contemplationbeen the for older rebuilding, p o r ti ns , larAt will allow ' the whole of plan r - hoElSthaelrbeatldilding fthe this truly noble institution. b This b - ee e n t partly carried into effect y vet. lit, ('ett°ll of they two magificent wing . s abutting on 1 , sgts - elation they ret w hich, besides the increased accommo degree. afford to the sick, contribute in no trifling th e `° the geeeral effect of the southern . approach to rlew London- effect 'd This hospital, also, from' h avin i On- r t ge. lsa i g, Ipeeti founded by King Edward . the great VI., in the year length of atrong claims upon the public from ev e l,°f time durin g which its inestimable blessings T r*,. l- 1 c?nfedupon our poorer _brethren. , , oe 1,4', .1131.1stED CONVICTS AT STAFFORD.—Late Gthrnag4earYnonright a respite was received by Mr. Brutton. of Stafford County Gaol, from Sir _Janie s Powys, ,o,Ntra, for the youthful convicts, Downing and.morn.np.. I ,','_) were to have been executed on Saturd . a) be t some poui!,eaume of this Official interference is said t? e is re. served '!)f f law connected with the convicts, whichl execu tiorli the consideration of the Judges. itst Z°nsequently postponed until Saturday, T -i t e he' 25th hav e • be'ore which time the decision of the Ju d. d 6d ee , s ea w i i s ll , wh ethea ult - s Pen- The point reserved for the of th - -utr• Justice Coltman ought not, at the request eoun° Prisoners' counsel, to have asked the jury on h w i t h . 4, 40 , 4 of the indictment they found each of t . e p as th " g o i l tY i one of the counts charging Downing the Principal, and Powys aiding and abetting, , other count charging Powys as the pri - 41'cl:a Ras Downing as - aiding and abetting. The tait i Z` t ' w as of opinion that the indictment was e s t i: e s : - rally' ;and we understand that legal gentlemen g eolt raanticipate that the Judges will confirm Justice th at t?lls ?pinion. Should they do so, it is Mr. und understood i, ne prisoners will most certainly be executed, pu t_ laiiilltto their sentence. It is to be regretted th . at g , I'ol,l44l:Wing their perilous position, both Downing and W hieVa avi tice the same degree of callous indifference 1 , 11 ; as marked their conduct throughout. , i_1,L.5.....p CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN jLERKEN. 41 4; . e are requested to state that it was Mr. INn'a,ats csiabaPlbe not Mr. Charles Watkins, sen a who having Ecild i lt ted for manslaughter in consequence of his well, 4 his brother's shop, Middleton -street, Clerken atts" brother's of tartaric acid for tasteless_ c. s . al w ts, was to Poian n ' ed t he cab driver, and by which the poor fellow Si t 1).%1yet),,?(,,,NG OCCURRENCE.—On Monday afternoon, hthtt3lZoar"htiutor'teheanbdo3four o'clock, an infuriated cow forced s side of the National and pare_c_ a h r i, t l . l 4 tre, t. 4 ~„( 4. St. Paul'a, Covent-garden, situate in li ser eah , The children on the approach of the intruder, _l3,ollBClvtith:Wit,h terror: added . to the fury of the enraged sed afterunableout, its entrance, scampered about,upsetting thi rteen&e., and trampling upon th childre s n o , terio, Ito are much injured, three of . them it4t , i s Yasto be taken to Charing -cross Hospital. At .t l''lts failed attelqting to gore Mr. Chalklev, the master, i W aa . to the ground by the blow of a form, which . even w ith such force as to break off one of its A t h l_a! the same time shattering the form to Piec.es.: ha ti r ile some of the inhabitants hearing of the cir intreece, assembled, and with difficulty ejected the itaa sier, which was forthwith taken to Newport -market tali aughtered. Y three days lt appears that the animal had calved etat., ago. aft AIERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOClETY.—Yesterday ti tiril°oil the forty-fifth annual meeting of the members of'ir,i! heneYelent Institution established for the relief het gent travellers, their widows, and orphans, was ka li V' the offices of the Society, Ludgate-hill—Aldcr lt 4 , elr ChaPIRQII Marshall, the president in the chair. h er i'aPt ar,ed from the financial statement that the nu t % totatt,,,,elairtiants relieved by the Institution from 1 41)0,41 "cement, April I, 1806, to October 1, 184 4, 4 05 t e 4 to one thousand one hundred and five—viz., tr, taeMbers, 2.48 widows, 399 children, and 53 orphans, There vrh h , the suns of 74,2351. 11s. Bd. had been paid. 18 43 were remaining on the fund from the Ist of Oct., iltOtf.; a , °lle hundred and eighty-seven claimants, including obers, t he w 13 children, and two orphans. the'tted on th e fu d f ' th Ist of October, 1843, to 44, . , n rom _et n a,,,:"-, lertoot of the following year, 13 members, nine titil(,.3, and three children. Off the fund during that ,rlllB64l3lteten Members, nine widows, and five children. i s t) (l l,„, (a° Payment to claimants amounted to 1,7914 25., 1 4 1 . "' Year to 1 ,381 as hibi , in a decrease of 32/ Ir The f funds g `:' exhibit g . very :qtti,h, loms o. the Society appear to be in a . 4 1a 4e ing condition ; the receipts last year, including a 'lle, the of 1034 1 8s. ld., amounted to 2,338/. 9s. 6d., dO/, i,",° expenditure left a balanc e at the bankers of the ill., "e and in the hands of the secretary, 6d. lb lla tled ea it 1 % it ,. s p . Et was 'De 22,5471. The custoniary routi _ pt foli",v having been transacted, the election of offi i .ted ° 41, after which a series of resolutions were otes th I were then presented to the % Lea. . of an es 'el•tii,'i•., vice-presidents, treasurer, committee, trustees, re ef ~ f), and other officers for their services during the lic'ofie•ar' The usual compliment having been paid to , - 11 1 : 14 .,'I'In the meeting separated. ionyt earl of A.lOUlarles, scn of the Alarqui r lk tk . , lb, has ent Ltel ered the Army a cornet in the of • e 2d lit,a 4 %Ards. T he Noble Earl is s in his twentieth COURT CIKCULAR. WINDsoa, MONDAY. - The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and pleasure grounds around the Castle in the early part of the morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince pro menaded on the Terrace and in the pleasure-grounds and Home Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed airings this morning. The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Die trichstein arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Aberdeen and Mr. Patrick Fraser Tytler also arrived, on a visit to the Queen. Mr. Barnard, her Majesty's Charge d'Affairs at Coburg has left the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard joined the royal circle at din ner to-day. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at tendance during dinner and performed the following pieces : _ _ Grand March, Lucia de Lamermoor,—Donizetti. Overture, Der Freysehutz,—C. M. "Von Weber. Grand Fantasia, pour Clarionette, Oboe, and Basson, —Neumann. The Guards Polka,—Wright. Dublin Waltzes,—Labietzki. Her Majesty's private Band afterwards attended and performed the remainder of the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived at Cam bridge House yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the evening at Gloucester House. Lord Jocelyn had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Moreno, the Minister of the Argentine Con federation, had an interview with the Earl of Aber deen at the Foreign Office yesterday. Alderman Copeland had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie. Despatches from the Governor of Jamaica, and also from the Governors of the other 'Vest Indian Colonies, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon. The Marquis of Bristol and Mr. J. Hume, M.P., had interviews with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. OLYMPIC T IIEATR E. Horatius, or, the Roman Father, an adaptation from " Les Horaces " of Corneille, was revived at this theatre last evening, for the purpose of introducing Miss Davenport for the first time as the heroine. In the days of Mrs. Siddons this was a popular play on the English boards ; since her time, it has never been performed, for the simple reason that Horatia is her self the play, and that we have had no actress since Mrs. Siddons, who could, unaided and alone, sustain the whole weight of a tragedy. if we mistake not, however, Miss Davenport will restore this tragedy to its pristine popularity, for never has it been our good fortune to witness a more chaste and more tasteful, or more thoroughly classical performance than her Ho ratia. The tragedy is nothing more than a dramatic version of the story ofthe Horatii and Curiatii; and Ho ratia is the Roman daughter, who is stabbed by her brother, because on his return from the slaughter of the Curiatii, she reproaches him for having slain her Alban lover. Never has the young Roman girl been more beautifully personified than by Miss Davenport. She looked the character completely—her face was an antique cameo—her form an ancient statue. Not that we would have it supposed, from these expres sions, that her acting was of that "statuesque" school which is so much in vogue at the present day ; on the contrary, there is not the slightest attempt at melodramatic clap-trap; there are no " poses ;" all is beautiful, all is natural ; the countenance is the index to the mind, and the varying features express clearly the feelings of the heart. At the opening of the tragedy we find Horatia, the youn g and affectionate girl, confiding to her friend aleria the secret of her love for Curiatius, and expressing a wish for the return of that peace between Rome and Alba which shall enable her again to behold her lover. Beautiful exceedingly is her expression of 07 when her father enters and informs her that no battle ,r l / 2 ill take place between the two armies, but that each is to choose three champions to combat for the empire. A slight cloud of melancholy passes over her f eatures when she hears it announced that r thr ee b rothers are to be champions of Rome, but that melancholy becomes agony when she knows that the three champions of Alba are the three Curiatii, and that her lover is pitted in this deadly contest against her brother. The scene with her brother Publius, which immediately follows in which she clings to him, a n d b egs him to spare her lover, was most exquisitely and most naturally given, and the struggle between the stoicism of the Roman maiden and the natural feelings of the warm-hearted and affectionate girl was admirably depicted. The catastrophe now approaches. The combatants meet —two of the Horatii are killed, and the third flies. The old Horatius curses his degenerate son, while Horatia, endeavouring to comfort her father, feels a calm joy in the knowledge that her lover is safe. Suddenly a messenger rushes in, and announce s th a t the victory is Rome's. The flight of Publius Horatius was but a stratagem to withdraw the then wounded Curiatii from each other. He has returned and slain the whole of them. Pale, breathless, motionless, with features expressive of the intensest agony, of the most hopeless despair, Horatia stands—she listens to the story—a slight convulsive tremor agitates her frame. No word is spoken, no shriek is uttered, but she sinks to the ear th, death-struck beneath the weight of unutterable woe. The acting of Miss Davenport in this scene was transcendently fine—most artis tically did she work the part up to a climax. An inferior actress would have given vent to her feelings by shrieks and moans, but with that intuitive sense of the true, the natural, the beautiful, which is ever the accompani ment of genius, she felt that such woes as hers, were too deep for utterance. Tears, and shrieks, and sobs, betoken a grief which ad m it s o f consola tion. The grief of utter despair, the grief which admits of no comfort, is ever silent. The play should have ended here, but following in the footsteps of Corneille, the author gives us another scene, in which, recovering from her swoon, she taunts her brother, and is by him slain. This scene was very beautifully given by Miss Davenport, but we could but feel that such a conclusion is an anti-climax. Miss Davenport has in this character achieved a great triumph. She is now among the very first, if she be not already the very first of English actresses. She was called for at the conclusion of the tragedy, and received with the most enthusiastic applause. She was well supported by Waldron, whose Horatius was a very careful and excellent performance. The pantomime of Old Bogie, which is one of the best and most amusing of the season, followed, with Mr. Fl extnore , as clown. This gentleman, of whom we do not be fore recollect to have heard, is an admirable clown, one of the old Grimaldi school, full of fun and acti vity and practical jokes. We were almost afraid that the race of Clowns had become e x ti nc t. Th e man tl e _ _ _ of Old Joe, however, has fallen on Mr. FlexmoW, and long may he continue to wear it. The con cluding some of this pantomime is very magnificent, and the various characters pay homage to the Queen and Prince Albert, who most graciously and conde scendingly accept the same, and among the lieges appears General Tom Thumb, in his carriage. We know not whether it be the General himself, in propria persona, but if not it is, as his own countrymen would express it, " a considerable good imitation of him." The house was very well attended. EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OP PROPERTY TRANS FERRED BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.—A curious and (not a little) interesting document has lately been pre sented gratuitously to the select friends and clients of Mr. George Robins, also a large body of the agricultu rists, and - such persons as are deeply interested in the transfer of property. We have been favoured with one of these reports, and have read through it with unmixed pleasure and satisfaction; as a matter of reference only it will prove invalMable. It states the quantity of pro perty that has changed hands through Mr. Robins's in strumentality from the year 1815 to 1842, (and it avoids noticing any of the estates he has sold at or under 2,0001.;) but it details the situation, extent, and rental of each property, and the county wherein it is situate, &c., with the name of the estate affixed to it. From this condensed history we gather the following facts: That, during a portion of Mr. Robins's professional pur suits, he has sold Seven Hundred Thousand Acres of Land, the rentals upon which were Eleven Hundred Thousand Pounds a-year, and the aggregate amount Eleven Millions and Four Hundred and Seventy-three Thousand, Two Hundred Pounds. It is said the pro perty sold at and below 2,000/. would exceed another Million of Pounds sterling. A curious fact is appended to this unparalleled result. In the year 1824, Mr. Robins presided over the Sales of the Marquis of Or monde' s vast Estates, for which ha obtained 477,0001., independently of timber; and he valued the remaining portion of the Lands and Estates of the late Duke of Atholl (not sold during Mr. Pitt's Administration), to gether with his sovereign rights to the government, for 530,000/. Either of these occurrences (as it regards the extent of the amount) are without a precedent; but, occurring as they did in one year, are not in dread cf having a parallel case to oppose them.—Brighten Herald, an. 4. The birthday of his Grace the Duke of Rutland was celebrated at Belvoir Castle on Saturday, all the members of the Noble Duke's family circle at present in England assembling to do honour to the occasion. Hi s Grace has ceased to keep his birthday publicly as hereto fore, and the only additions to the family party on Sa turday were Sir Frederick Trench and Lady W. Powlett, who are on a visit at the castle. The servants employed on the Noole Duke's estate were re4uled to their heart's content in the castle on the same day, a nd upwards of fifty sat down to dtpker in the stewO,r„pcs room. His Grace, we ar e h a ppy o'announce, is in 9ieellent health. TFIE SyN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1845. LITERATURE. RODENHURST, 3 Vols. Mortimer, London, 1845. The incidents in this story are supposed to have taken place in the days -of George the Second, and are of an' exceedinsly melodramatic character, though occasionally --a s in the instance of the Jacobite fox-hunt with which the tale opens—they display much vig ri• and skill in the manner in which they are related. The author has strong political feelings— we should rather call them prejudices—is averse to the principle's orthe Revolution of 1688, but, above all, hates the Whigs with as hearty a detestation as ever Doctor Johnson exhibited. Some of his charac ters, especially that of Sir Andrew Luntley, are deli neated withiorne and sustained with consistency, but we must pretest against •the extravagant license he allows himself when touching on political matters. HAMPTON COURT. - 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. The author of this talc has taken a stirring period for his theme—that, namely, commencing with the great civil war, and closing with the restoration of Charles the Second under the auspices of General Monk, Duke of Albermarle. This eminent historical personage, together with his wife—a woman of strongly marked peculiarities —are the most conspi cuous characters in-the narrative, and are pourtrayed with considerable care. Sir John Denham, the poet, is also introduced, but not always with success, for there is much that is prosy about him. Those who like a spirited;:ather than a well-constructed, story, wherein the scenes are as constantly changing as those in a pantomime, Will find much to answer the purpose of amusement in the crowded pages of " Hampton Court." MAGAZINES CONTINUED. BRITISH CHURCHMEN. The British Churchman, which professes to be conducted on the principles of the Church of Eng land, contains, this mbtith, among a variety of other articles, a pleasing poem, entitled the "Pleasures of Charity," which is froth the pen of a lady, named Smith. "Montgomery on the Three Parties " is very dull, old woman's twaddle. BEAUTIES OF THE OPERA. This is a truly-elegant—little periodical, containing several embellishments gxecuted in a superior style, together with a brief synopsis of the plot of the po pular opera of the " Jewess.' The work has already reached a tenth part. AM4'RICAN REVIEW. We have here the first number of an American Monthly Review, which advocates Whig politics, and is embellished with a portrait of Mr. Clay, the cele brated Yankee statesman. The ablest article in the number before us is a critical notice of Miss Barrett's poems, which.are praised with great discrimination. LAW MAGAZINE. This is a carefully edited periodical, containing a great variety of useful information on legal matters. In the present I\ umber we find a judicious article on the subject of the " Law of Debtor and Creditor "—an important question, which is discussed with modera tion, and at onqiderable Length. THE 'ART-UNION. We have here the last published Part of a journal exclusively devoted to the fine arts, and to the conside ration of the improvements, mechanical and other wise, that are from time to time taking place in this graceful department of intellect. The article on the new " Process of Copying .Engravings " is very pleas ingly written. CHURCH OF ENGLAND .REVIEW. The ablest article in the Number before us is one on the subject of the " Present Difficulties of the Clergy," in which, however, occur some remarks, in the justice of which we cannot coincide, as, for in stance, when the writer asserts that " the system which the laityare in many instances pursuing is the reverse of legitimate." iVe think, on the contrary, that xothing can be more legitimate or more neces sary than the course they are now pursuing through out the diocese of Exeter. MUSICAL REVIEW. THE MUSICAL TREASURY, Containing seventy-one pieces for the Piano-forte, Vocal and Instrumental, and-consisting of the Words and Music, with Accompaniments for the Piano forte, Seraphine, Harp, &c., of popular, standard, and ori ginal Songs, Duets, Glees, Catches, &e., including Selections from modern Operas, and favourite Over tures, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Galopades, &c., newly arranged, expressly for..this work. London, G. IL Davidson, Water-street, Tudor-street. This very elegant publication consists of the first year's Numbers of " Music for the Million," elegantly bound, and ornamented with a tastefully illuminated title-page. Great judgment has been exhibited in the selection of the music. The greater n um b er o f the Songs have been re-arranged so as to suit the average run ofvoices ; and to the Glees, among which we recognise many old favourites, naw accompani ments have in many instances been added. Among the seleotions &um Opera are many of the gems of Rossini, Auber, and Donizetti. In addition to these we have some of Labitski's favourite Waltzes, and several original sets of Quadrilles from favourite Operas. The publication is, indeed, a musical trea sury, and we wish the proprietor every success in his laudable endeavour, to' supply the l ess wea lth y classes of society. with' good music on terms com mensurate with their means. The work is beautifully printed, and may be taken as a specimen of the latest improvement in letter press music. BRIGHTON, JAN. 3. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAlLWAY.—Tenders for performing the works on this line were opened on Tuesday at the Company's office in London; there were two contracts ; No:1 was assigned to Mr. John Hale, of Emswarth, and. No. 2 to Mr. George Wythes, the contracto'r for the Lewes and Hastings Railway. The amounts are considerably under the Parliamen tary estimates. The works are to be commenced without delay. On Monday last the Choral Society of Chichester gave one of the best concerts we ever attended, in the Assembly Room. The audience, which was numerous and respectable, were highly gratified with the judi cious selection of pieces.from the most eminent com posers, both ancint and modern, which were performed on the occasion. The Duke of Devonshire's Marine Villa, at Kemp Town, is modelled precisely upon the same principles, and is exactly the same size, as the one immediately en face, that has just been completed by Mr. George Robins. The advantage, which, in fairness, seems to have been awarded to ,the latter, is the character and taste that has been devoted to the interior; the ex pense in arriving at this result must have greatly ex ceeded the Noble Duke's, and the stained glass with which the portico has this week been adorned, has given to it an impulse that should be seen to be well appreciated. The stable department has arrived at completion in spite of frost and cold, and Mr. Robins has added four exceedingly comfortable chambers over each set of his stables, to keep the male depart ment of the establishment away from the family. This is an advantage also that cannot be claimed by the Noble Duke, while it aids materially the family con venience, as the abode is certainly not too large. The Brighton harriers, after a pause caused by the frost, recommenced hunting on Monday last, in their usual spirited. style, and had some excellent sport, killing two hares, and losing a third after a three quarters of an hour's run, at a tremendous pace, w hi c h beat off a large field, with the exception of the hunts man and four or. five gentemen. On Friday, they met at the Dyke, and the scent lay better than could have been expected, although the ground was too hard for riding, and several gentlemen got falls in being too venturous on the side hills. The first hare was found in Hangleton, ran to the Dyke down to Sedlescombe, , crossed the Henfield-road up the 1 ill between Sedlescdmbe and Sweet-hill down to the London-hill near Pangdean ; from thence, leaving the railroad on the left, went down to Major Paine's plantation at Patcham to Withdean thence to Preston, and,, turning to th e right, made up the hill to' Newman's plantation, to Blatching ton, d iubled back to Newman's plantation, and was here taken by some beagles which were hunting near the plantations. A. fresh hare sprang up, and engaged the hounds to three o'clock, when most of the sportsmen left, well pleased with the day's amuse ment.—Brighton Herald, Jan. 4. THE GrOYERINOR-GENERAL Or CANADA.-Sir Chas. Metcalfe is dying. It is useless to conceal this deplorable intelligence, much as it will grieve all whom it reaches. It is well known that Sir Charles suffered for many years from some cancer-like tumour in his face, and that one object of his return from Jamaica was to undergo an operation. A second operation, we believe, was per formed in Canada, but the insidious advance of the ma lady has not been checked. It has recently destroyed the sight of one eye. Nevertheless, so complete is the sufferer's mastery over himself—such his greatness of mind and thorough devotion to public duties—that the fact of his danger is not known in Canada. We wish our information wore of a kind to be doubted; but we understand that;the inevitable result must be death, and that Sir Charles Metcalfe's.friends dare not wish delay to that relief.—Spectator. CASE or FRAUD.—A decent-looking man, about forty-six years of age, called Charles Mliardy, from Aberdeen, wio had at one time been employed as a commercial traveller, was on Tuesday morning tried and convicted before Bailie Cunliff, at the Gorbals police-court, for fraudulently obtaining board and lodging in a' house in Adelphi-street, Ilutchesontown, to the am,unt of 3/. 121., and rot Laving the means of of paying it. The Prisoner was sentenced to thirty day's imprisonment in Bridewell. Scotch Reformer's Gazette ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE DUKE OF NORMANDY. Air. Clive here asked Inspector Haynes if he had seen Mr. Coupellier, and if that person was in attendance? Inspector Haynes said he had. He bad been to No. 33, Newman -street, Oxford-street, where M. Coupellier lived, and had found him in a miserable attic, and in a most wretched state of distress. He was, however, so ill as not to be able to come out at present to that Court. M. Coupellier, however, stated that if some per son could be procured who could write French well tie would give a statement. That was done on Sunday last, but there had not yet been time to have a transla tion got ready. The inspector then handed in the statement to the ma gistrate. It consisted of two sheets of letter-paper, closely written in the French language. Mr. Clive commenced reading it and translating as he proceeded, as follows:—" On the 19th of last December being called by some affairs to Regent-street, I met four of those intelligent individuals who, without having four legs and two long ears, are" — The magistrate then stopped, and said, r ea lly thi s i s a most extraordinary way of making a deposition; I really think there is no occasion for me to go on with this. Mr. Clive, however, continued silently to read the statement, and then said that it stated that M. Coupellier further said that he followed those four gentlemen along Regent -street to the American Stores public-house in Oxford-street, into which they went, and were joined by two others; that he went in also, and sat where he was not observed, when he heard them state that three of them were going to Belgium and two to Calais, and that the one who was speaking was the only one who would remain to finish some affairs he had in hand. M. Coupellier stated that he also heard them say that they intended to kill the Duke of Normandy, and that it would be done before the 10th of January. The Duke—l have no doubt but it was the same party who blew up my premises in the year 1833, in the Kent road. Mr. Clive—Who is Monsieur de Lotz, named in M. Coupellier's statement ? Inspector Haynes here said Mona. de Lotz formerly lodged with M. Coupellier, and handed to the magis trate M. de Lotz's statement in French, with the trans lation " I, the undersigned, declare that on Saturday, the 21st of December last, while at the house of M. Compel lier do Credancel, professor, No. 33, Newman-street, Oxford-street, the experiments recently made by the Duke of Normanby became the subject of conversation, in the course of which the professor said to me, 1 have some important matter to communicate to the Prince, if I could see him, and which I can intrust to himself alone. If I knew where he was, I would find him out, and make known the important matter which concerns him personally. In a word, I wish to forewarn him of a con cpiracy against his person, for I have learned from good authority that, since his last experiments, a plot has sprung up against him ;' and he added in conclusion, ' If I could write to him, and could let him know all my fears, and of the necessity of taking precautions, for I have been a long time aware of an intention to attempt his life, and I have also learned that, as the Prince in tends to make public experiments, that will be the time chosen to kill him publicly.' On the same day I commu nicated these assertions to the Count de la Barre. I have to-day seen M. Coupellier de Credancel, who was in bed, and informed him of the attempt upon the life of the Prince yesterday evening, and asked him whether what he told me on a former occasion was the truth ? He re plied, lam ready to repeat all I said before a justice of supposeenh to s t h h o e ot sam the peace, and I w ill g i ve every assistance in my power as respects the matt er. ' " 11. DE LUTZ. " thth e iet tie that Mr. Clive s a id i t was rather singular that the Duke should should be place fired I on fire. hime weapona s e as se t the The Duke --I am quite confident that, in addition to the bullet there was some combustible matter in the instrument, from the great light I saw. I have no doubt they thought it would communicate to what combustibles there might be in the workshop, and blow it up. Mr. Clive --It is also singular that five of the six persons mentioned in M. Coupellier's statement should be about to leave England that night. It is rather a contradiction, but perhaps that will be explained when M. Coupellier is able to attend. Now, all that remains is for M. Coupellier to point out the parties he speaks of. Inspector Haynes —M. Coupellier told me that he could only identify one of 'the men. The Count de la Barre was then called forward, and made a statement in the French language, after which Mr. Clive re a d a l etter from the Abbe Duriel, which was alluded to in the Count's statement. It was addressed to the Duke, and was dated the 26th of December. It stated, " I have to inform you of a plot, which I think it necessary that you should know. I have also to con • gratulate you on your late reconversion." The Duke—That relates to my reconversion to the Catholic faith. Mr. Clive then directed that the police-officers engaged in tile case should make inquiries without delay at the American Stores, and all other places which had been named, as to the truth of the statements, and when they were prepared with more evidence he would go further into the case. The Duke and his attendants then left the court, which during the inquiry was crowded in every part. MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL. LIYERPOOL, SATURDAL—Scarce have the two mur derers condemned at our last assizes expiated by their deaths the dreadful crimes they committed, than we are again horrified by the details of another and equally barbarous murder, committed in the vicinity of Rock ferry, Cheshire. It appears that the unfortunate victim of this atrocity, a Mr. Thomas Peacop, of the firm of T. and H. Golding and Co., Rockferry, left his place of business at, nine o'clock on Tuesday night last, rather later than usual, for his lodgings, which are situated at Bebington Pas ture, a small village, distant nearly half a mile, with the sum of 81, consisting of two sovereigns, 51 in silver, wrapped up in paper, and about 215., tied up in a small bag, on his person. The whole of the money he placed iu the same pocket. Mr. Peacop was known to be in the habit of taking with him every night the proceeds of the business of the day, and on the night in question, on leaving his shop, he observed a tall man, dressed in dark clothes, standing at the corner of the street. He was proceeding along a lonesome road, in the direction of his lodgings, when the same man joined him, and they walked side by side, for some little distance, toge ther. Wien they had gone about 250 yards from Derby-house, and were within 200 yards of Mr. Scott's cottage, which leads into the Rock -park, two men sud denly jumped from a plantation and made their appear ance on the footpath. The fellow who was accompany ing Mr. Peacop gave a whistle, and instantly the two others sprang upon Mr. Peacop, and felled him to the ground with a violent blow on the side of the head from a heavy stick or club. While down they struck him several other blows, arid rifled his pocket of the 21s. in silver which the little bag contained, but, in their hurry and.confusion, left the remaining 71. behind them. At the time a gentleman, named Keyzier, who lives at the Pasture, was going home from the Rockferry, and, hear ing the noise, he ran to the spot and found Mr. Peacop weltering in his blood on the ground, and two fellows over him, one in the act of rifling his pockets, and the other attempting, as he thought, to strangle him. Mr. Keyzier immediately cried out "Halloa ! what are you up to ?" and attempted to drag one of the fellows off, but he had scarcely uttered the exclamation and made the attempt when he received, from the hand of a third party, who had hitherto remained concealed in the hedge of the plantation, but who was, in all pro bability, the same fellow who had accompanied Mr. Peacop up the road, a violent blow on the right temple, which caused a deep wound and profuse flow of blood Mr. Keyzier, notwithstanding the nature of the injury, struggled resolutely with the fellow who struck him the blow ; but, fearing that Mr. Peacop was by this time strangled, and that, single-handed, he would have no chance in the hands of three such daring ruffians, he made the best of his way to Butler's public-house, oelled the Farmer's Inn, at the Pasture, where he informed the inmates of what was occurring. Instantly Mr. Butler, together with his hostler, George Deane, and a man named John Unsworth, armed with pokers and other weapons, sallied down the road, but, in the interim, the fellows had made their escape. Mr. Peacop had re ceived several fractures and injuries on the head, and breathed his last at half-past seven o'clock this morning. Mr. Keyzier is rapidly recovering. A man of the name of Jon. s was arrested on suspicion of having been con cerned in the murder, but we believe the evidence against him is very trifling, and that the murderers have, hither to, succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the police. At Hammersmith Police -court, yesterday, the soi disant Duke of Normandy, accompanied by numerous gentlemen, entered th e C ourt, f or t h e purpose of publicly stating the particulars of the alleged attempt upon his life, on the evening of Thursday last, the 2d instant, at Mulgrave House, Fulham. The Duke having repeated the statement which has been already published in The Sun, describing the cir cumstances of the alleged firing, Mr. George Tucker made the following statement :—I am rmnager of the Duke's household. On Thursday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, I was sitting with Mr. Neuring and my two sons iu the library, when we were alarmed by a tremendous explosion. 1 imme diately cried out, " There's something happened to the Duke." The Duke had gone to the workshop about twenty minutes before, which I was aware of. We all instantly ran out, and saw there was no light in the workshop. We then called out ; and, receiving no answer, called out the second time. The Duke opened the door, and called out, as we understood, for water ; and so great was our consternation at the time, that we were unaware of the mistake for six or seven minutes. I subsequently saw footmarks in the kitchen garden, leading to the waterside, and the marks of hands on the carnpshading. The grounds are quite open at the back, and the persons could have easily escaped. When the Duko told us that he had been shot at, I looked about to see what was the cause of his suspecting it, and I then saw the window broken and the hole made by the bullet through the partition, and subsequently the ball was found in the garden. My first impression, on hearing the report, was that it was an explosion of some combustibles in the workshop, although I did not know of any being there at the time. From the examination I have made of the window, I consider that the instrument used must have been held so close to it that it shattered the glass, or there would have only been the hole made by the passage of the bullet. Even the inside of the framework of the centre pane was blackened. The dog had been very trouble some for a night or two before. For the two nights be fore, one or other of my sons had been with the Duke in the workshop. The Duke had not been alone in the worshop for the previous ten days. Mr. Clive--Now the next question is as to the party. Whom do you suspect? The Duke—l am sure it is a political party in con nexion with the French Government, who want to take my life. BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES. At the Thames Police -court, yesterday, two men, named James Francis, a hatter, and Th o ma s S a lt, a labourer, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with committing a burglary in a dwellin g -h ouse belong ing to Messrs, Brindel and Roberts, proprietors of the Artichoke Tavern and Whitebait House, at Blackwell, and stealing property to a considerable amount. The house broken into is opposite the land frontage of the Artichoke, and is occupied at night by some of the tavern servants, and Mr. Brindel himself. On Sa turday evening the second cook had occasion to go to the private house, and on leaving it all the doors and windows were fastened and secure, and she locked the street door before she returned to the tavern. A very few minutes afterwards the charwoman of the tavern went over to the same house, and upon inserting the key in the lock she was unable to open the door. She was making a second attempt, when she heard a noise within and a scuffling in the passage. She im mediately raised an alarm that thieves were in the house. Mr. Roberts and several domestics, both male and female, rushed out of the tavern, and the former very wisely directed his neighbours and servants to form a cordon round the street in which the house is situate and the adjacent ones, to cut off the retreat of the burglars, and a sentinel was placed at the door of every dwelling. A ladder was procured and raised against the house, and a young man named Ellis, porter at the Artichoke, having obtained admission at the front window of the first floor, went down stairs and opened the street door, which the bur glars had taken care to bolt and make fast before they commenced operations. The thieves retreated by the rear of the premises and got over several fences and yards. Numbers joined in the pursuit, and the pri soners were seen jumping over outhouses and walls with great dexterity, but no shelter could they find until they reached the back of the Britannia Coffee-house, in Rus sell-street, about two hundred yards or more from Messrs. Brindel and Roberts's dwelling. Mrs. Weldon, the landlady of the Britannia, had just before gone into her back bed- room at the top of the house, and was startled by the hue and cry raised, and by her neighbours, all leaving their houses with lighted candles in theirh ands. She left her apartment and was making her way down stairs, when she was met by the prisoners, who, in a hurried manner, asked her to let them go into a room up stairs. She instantly told them to go down stairs, and they began swearing at her, and declared they would go up. After a severe scuffle, during which one of the prisoners struck her a violent blow on the face, and the other kicked her, she forced them down stairs on to the first fl an.. Mrs. Weldon called out " Murder ! thieves !" and screamed aloud for assistance. The prisoners, ob serving the door of a dining-room open, exclaimed " Here's a crib, we will bolt in here." A great many persons, alarmed by Mrs. Weldon's cries, immediately entered the house and dragged the prisoners from their hiding places. One was found concealed under a large table, and the other was crouching behind an easy chair. While the waiter of the Artichoke, and a young man, named Robey, were conducting them down stairs, Francis called out to Salt " Give him the knife, Jack," and he was about to use one when he was overpowered and lodged in the Poplar station bouse. Watkins, a police-constable, No. 310 K, was immediately ordered by Inspector Rutt to go to the house, and examine it. In the front room on the first floor he found four chests open, and their contents strewed about the place. One of them had evidently been forced open with a sharp instrument. A silk handkerchief was spread on the floor, in which the thieves had packed up ready to carry away, three coats, four waistcoats, two pair of trousers, two linen shirts, a silk stock, and a pair of stockings, all belonging to Mr. Brindel. All the rooms in the house were in a similar state of con fusion, and drawers, cupboards, and boxes, had been broken oven and emptied of their contents by the burglars, who would ha ve carr i e d o ff a r i ch b ooty if they had not been so opportunely disturbed. Three black:silk neckerchiefs and several articles of wearing apparel were found in several yards and gardens right and left of the house on Saturday night and Sunday morning ; they had been dropped by the thieves during their retreat. A chisel and several skeleton keys used by them were picked up in the yard behind Messrs. Brindal and Ro berts's house. Inspector Butt said he had no doubt the thieves ob tained an entrance into the house by means of one of the skeleton keys. He found upon the prisoner Francis a box of lucifer matches, a comb, and a short knife. Mr. Broderip asked the prosecutors if they had found all their property ? 11ir. Brindel said the only thing missing was an old silver watch. The prisoners, on being called on for their defence, said they had nothing at all to say, but Francis was very anxious for the restoration of the comb taken from him, to comb his hair. Inspector Rutt said it was a new tortoiseshell comb, and the produce, he believed, of another robbery. Mr. Broderip said the inspector must not part with it. He committed the prisoners for trial. THE CHURCH. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND DR. HAWKINS. TO THE REV. THE PROVOST OF ORIEL COLLEGE. My dear Sir—l have rarely been more surprised than by perusing your letter of the 31st ult., which I have this day received. It had not before occurred to me that any one could construe my letter to Mr. March Phillips as " containing strictures on the conduct of the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors, in the judgment upon Dr. Pusey's sermon." For I not only used the words cited by you, that " the authorities in Oxford had exercised the power belonging to them, according to the conscientious judgment of those who had to exercise it," but I also added, that " I did not presume to question the justice or wisdom of that judgment." My adverse observations were most explicitly limited to the principles of the law which you had to administer ; and even of that law I said that it must not be judged of without recollecting the " very special duties of caution and jealousy" which belonged to "an university as such." You say" possibly your Lordship did not mean to cast any reflections on our conduct ;" I answer, that until I read your letter I should have judged it impossible that any person could see in what I had said the slightest indication of such an intention. You add, " But the public, I fear, will interpret your words otherwise." I answer, that I have too much re spect for the understanding of the public to participate in your fear. If, however, you still think otherwise, I should not have the slightest objection to your publishing your letter, together with this my answer ; nor should I inquire whether you are, or are not, entitled, as ycu assume, to any expression of my " more favourable con struction of your conduct," were it not for the other matter in your letter. Fur I protest against the injustice of your making an unnecessary defence against an unreal charge ascribed to me, to be the vehicle of those disclosures of the particu lars of the conduct of the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors towards Dr. Pusey which have hitherto (for whatever reason) been withholden. Of those particulars, I will only say, that while they do not in the slightest degree reconcile me to the prin ciple of the law of the University, as a rule for myself in administering the discipline of my diocese, I gladly re. cognise in them that spirit of kindness, candour, and equity, which, whether required by the academic law or not, I should always expect to find actuating the late Vice-Chancellor, and his assessors, in administering it. You will do me the justice of recollecting that I am not now for the first time distinguishing be tween that law and its administrators. In answer to a letter from the committee (of which I believe you were a member) for conducting the election of the preicnt Vice-Chancellor in October last, I expressed my regret that an indispensable engagement (a confirmation fixed on the day of the election) would pre vent me from making a journey to Oxford for the mere purpose of recording by my vote my sense of the injus tice of the opposition to Dr. Symons,Thecause he had in Dr. Pusey's case conscientiously performed a painful duty which was forced upon him. 1 am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, H. EXETER. P.S. If you persist in the purpose of publishing your letter to me, which, for the reason I have given, I think highly improper, I request that this my answer be pub lished with it. If my memory does not deceive me (and I really have not opportunity or leisure to ascertain the point), a me morial to the late Vice-Chancellor, subscribed by Mr. Justice Coleridge and many others, in the last year, pro ceeded on those very grounds which you seem to imagine were first put forward by me in my letter to Mr. March Phillips. Bishopstowe, Jan. 3, 1845. TO THE LORD BISHOP OP EXETER, &C. My dear Lord,—l lose no time in expressing my re• gret that the expressions to which I referred in your Lordship's letter to Mr. March Phillips should have been misunderstood. Had your objections been supposed to relate to the statute I should not have taken the liberty of replying to them. It is very possible that the statute might be altered with advantage. Let me also apologise for having already printed my letter of Dec. 31st, without pre v i ous communi cation with your Lordship ; which, indeed, was not contemplated when I began the letter, but was judged advisable by those with whom I had acted as well as by myself, when your observations had already occasioned, as we had reason to believe, a revival of the old objections, directed, not against the principle of the statute, but against its administrators, against our " construction of the sta tute," and our proceedings under it. Your Lordship's letter of the 3d instant shall now, according to your desire, be published without delay, together with this apology. But allow me to return my thanks for your kind ex pressions respecting the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors ; and to mention, that, not having been a member of the committee to which you refer (having been absent, indeed, from Oxford whilst it was sitting), although I had heard with much pleasure of your Lord ship's wish to record your vote in favour of the Chancel lor nomination uf Dr. Symons, I had not seen your letter to the committee, and was not aware of the sentiments which it expressed. . _ Let me repeat my regret that I should appear to have needlessly occupied your Lordship's time and attention, and my great satisfaction that there is no room for tres passing upon them again—no occasion, indeed, I would willingly hope, for any future recurrence to the painful subject of our correspondence.—l am, my dear Lord, your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant, Oriel College, Jan. 4. EDWARD HAWKINS. " To W. Davey, Esq., Redruthii "11. EXET:ER. ".111PM , MONEY MARKET and Cl'iv NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS Dia: CITY, MONDAY EVEN/NG. TIMES.—The Forth packet has brought no more ,han $6,000 on account of the Mexican dividends, and the explanation which is given to account for the small ness of the remittance is of a nature somewhat alarm ing. The agents of the bondholders in the city of Mexico have written to the Committee of Spanish Ame rican Bondholders letters dated the 29th of November, in which they state, that in consequence of disturb ances in various parts of the Republic, the Minister of Finance had appropriated to the public service the pro duce of the Customs duties, amounting to about $700,000. Of this amount $340,000 belonged to the bondholders, and had it not been for the untoward oc curr, nce, $lOO,OOO would have been remitted by the Forth packet. The agents of the bondholders at Vera Cruz protested against this strong measure, and remon strances were made to the Minister at Mexico, both by the Committee's agents and Mr. Bankhead, the British Charge d'Affaires. The result of this application is, according to the words of one of the letters, "a promise from the Minister to replace the amount in sufficient time to be made available for the April dividends." The " April dividends" most likely mean the divi dends due last October, which are so called on an as sumption that they will be paid in April next. What is the value of the promise made under such circum stances, and why the Minister should feel so confident that he can get together the required amount of dollars by the time mentioned, it is rather difficult to see. From other letters is gathered the following short his tory of the movements in Mexico : " Immediately on the news of the rising of General Paredes at Guadalajara, the President Santa Anna put himself at the head of the troops which were at Jalapa, and marched on Mexico, gathering on his road the troops which were at Puebla. Meantime the partisans of Paredes had not been idle, and had induced the Con gress to pass a vote declaring that General Santa Anna had not been called to the command of the army, and upon this the Minister of War resigned, and his place was filled by one named Barsabre. General Santa Anna was exceedingly angry at hearing this, but after some altercation with certain of the senators, he continued his march towards Queretaro, where he arrived on the 20th of November, with about 8,000 men. Although the plot to overthrow the government of Santa Anna extended over the depart ments of Guadalajara, Durango, San Luis, Queretaro, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and the southern provinces, still is is expected that General Paredes will be obliged to capitulate, for neither his military nor political abilities are equal to those of President Santa Anna, nor are his troops (amounting only to about 3,000) a match for Santa Anna's army. We have, however, seen enough of Mexican revolutions to know that it is extremely diffi cult to foresee which party will triumph. It is clear there is a powerful party opposed to the actual Govern ment, or rather to General Santa Anna, who is, however acting with great energy; and to insure present re sources he has laid hold of the funds, intended for the dividends (but with a positive promise to repay them soon), and has also ordered the custom-houses on the coast to cease payment of all assignments, except those of the tobacco contract." Trade in Mexico is described as being very bad in the interior, on account of the disturbances. A royal decree from the Hague, of which the follow ing are the heads, has been received by Messrs. Raphael and Sons:— "To afford the holders of the remaining Dutch Five per Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another op portunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents., books are opened from Wednesday, January 8, 1845, till further notice, or till 20,000,000 guilders are sub scribed, but, at all events, not later than Tuesday, January 28. " The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest from the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for Five per Cents. so converted is fixed at 98i per cent. The holders receive out for each 100 guilders 11 guil ders in money, and one-third per cent. for difference of interest from the Ist of October to the Ist of January last." On Saturday a deputation from the merchants of Bir mingham, consisting of Messrs. Spooner, M.P., Muntz, M.P., Chance, Martineau, and W. R. Lloyd, had an in terview with the Board of Trade to induce the Govern. meat to take into consideration the difficulties arising from the obstruction of traffic on the line of raik ay between Birmingham and Bristol. The road to which the deputation referred belongs to two separate compa nies, the Birmingham and Gloucester and the Bristol and Gloucester, whose roils are of different gauges, so that the same carriages cannot perform the whole journey, but a trans-shipment must take place at Gloucester. This is found to produce the greatest impeiiment to the people of Birmingham, and the deputation, who requested the Government to take some steps to remove the inconvenience, acted under the authority of a very numerous meeting held at that place, in which feelings on this subject were strongly expressed. At the same time Mr. Lloyd took occasion to present a peti tion, signed by various merchants of Birmingham, to consider the injury that might be done to the trade of the country by allowing railway companies to have the monopoly of acting as carriers. This petition pointed especially to the Grand Junction and the Birmingham and Gloucester Companies, as there are no other existing means of conveyance in the district which are Jett to operate as a sufficient check. The advices by the West India mail give a satisfactory account of the progress of the crops, the reports from the various districts being favourable, not only as regards the weather, but also as regards the exertions of the labouring population, who appear to have lost that apathy which was formerly a distinguishing feature in their character, and now exhibit an interest in the wel fare of their employers, the planters. The return of sugar for the next year was expected to be large, and a positive increase upon the last exports was predicted. Messrs. Wright and Young, of Hull, in their annual circular, take a very comprehensive view of the state of the corn and seed trade during the past year. They, however, appear to dilate at the greatest extent upon the condition of the market for linseed, which seems to have attracted much attention amongst those interested in the article. A very active business is reported to have been done in the markets throughout the year, though it is said that during the greater part of the period it could not be considered profitable to the importing merchant, the value here, owing to the continued and large influx of arrivals during summer and autumn, approximating too 'early to the prices paid abroad to allow of a return adequate to the risk of shipment. For a short period in the spring the case was, however, different ; and, as regards the two closing months of the year, widely so, the great and rapid advance that then took place in prices leaving room for amply remunerating profits. SUN.—The English Market went back this afternoon, Consols being 1001 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 104; and the Three per Cent., Reduced, Mi. India stock, however, was rather better, being 288 to 289. Spanish Bonds continued rather drooping, the Five per Cents. being 27/ -8-; and the Three per Cents., 36i A-. Mexican Bonds were flat at 34i 4, as it appears that Santa Anna seized at Vera Cruz 340,000 dollars of the Customs' duties belonging to the bondholders, 100,000 of which at least would otherwise have come forward by the Forth. Remonstrances, however, had been made upon the subject, and it was promised the sum should be restored in time for the April dividend. Colombian Bonds were 14i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 63k. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Bristol and Exeter were 6; Cambridge and Lincoln, i; Direct Northern, 1; Dublin and Belfast, 2i; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 51 5 ; Great Western, 86 ; Ditto, Half, 46 ; H u ll an d Seby, 20; Lancaster and Carlisle, 4i; Birmingham, 129; Brighton, 2 ; Ditto, Loan Notes, 2i ; South-Western, 36i to ; Croydon, 21 to London and York, 2; Lynn and Ely, 11; Newcastle and Berwick, 63-; North Kent, 1 1 -; Ports mouth, Direct, ; Trent Valley, 8; York and North Midland Selby crip, 50 ; Lyons and Avignon, Orleans and Bordeaux, 5/ ; Paris and Orleans, 24 to 231 ; Paris and Rouen, 20 ; and Rouen and Havre, 241 premium. Midland, and Birmingham, and Derby, have been 14 discount. _ - THE INCOME-TAX.—Yesterday and on Saturday notices were affixed on the church doors of the various parishes within the City of London, by order of the Commissioners of the income-tax, to the effect, as stated in the circular, that all persons ho " think themselves aggrieved by the assessments in the said ward, in respect of the profits arising from professions, trade, offices, and the other profits chargeable under schedule D of the property and income-tax for the year ending the sth of April, 1845," should appeal before the Commissioners for General Purposes acting for the said district at their meeting, " which will be held for the purpose of hearin ,, ni and oa .c d se e t, r t e e ue r nt m l oe i nns unless determining hee s l u 7G c h t oh va of fr p n e t a pe a rni a tl slh t B h ott e us i l r .d” o thinkffi T c h e i n ps i is Bo thepa e s r i I n a g ts 6 - ot renew the Act. _ - THE KING or THE FRENCIL—Mr. Catlin, who has recently returned from a visit to Paris, had the honour during his stay th ere o f present i ng his American Indian Portfolio to his Majesty Louis Philippe, who ex pressed pleasure in examining the work, and compli mented the author by graciously subscribing for a number of copies. His Majesty the King of the French has just presented Mr. B. Cu bitt with a splendid diamond ring, in testimony of his satisfaction of the conduct of that eminent engineer, and his services in forwarding the train along the Dover Railway on the night of the fire at New Cross station, when the King passed through to Dover. ic • i i-- , to mord 'respectful consideration than many simile 6r ad- ! SP . GRTING /NT ELLIGEN dresses have merited. Indeed, the only particular s nich . TATTE RS A LL'S—YESTERDAY. •-• ",-:: = \'' culls for any adverse remark from me is the threat -con- With the single exce ption of Pam, against Who*J--i tained in eke second resolution, which had almost d ! ter- to 1 to nearly 2001., the price quoted against tlie:-praStq A mined me to decline taking any notice of the memorial. ' cipal favourites, were nominal. Business turnrthehie,ily "Still lam more diposed to take in good p•lrt wi sat - upon Panty a, the Miss Whip colt, Collier and i . !le pot, the odds laid against the first .two ~,,,,,,,- "... ever can be so taken than to find reason for censuri ) or complaint. .- I we have returned below, against C011ier...5044- '''. -.. . 4tl "On the surplice, no difficulty remains. I have w, ith- ! Jinglepot I,ooo's to 15 and 20. Several offers to back drawn that portion or my order. e Cher their the Rebecca colt (now called Annandale), but nearly all the layers " full," and little or nothing done. 3:11 . " On the offertory, I leave it to my clergy to exert •ise ter Cup betting was confined o'l,ooo to 20 against their own discretion. Those of their congregation -w ho New duly feel the duty of almsgiving, if they are aver 'se , t, 9 I court, 1.000 to 15 against Cabin Boy, a small be At 50 use the privilege of g i v i n g to G o d i n t h e way i n v.rhi . on . to 1 against Dog Billy, and 50 even on 22 against the the Church points out, appear to me to be busiuenced UT field, and two or three others laid in private. an tfrensous prejudice—but certainly not yselfishness or worldiy-mindedness. Those terms apply only to 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm such persons who hare not a due sense of the duty - of 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas Christian almsgiving, and to them I dare not be afra id 18 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—t. and aft. off: to apply them. 18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger " The Rubric being the l a w of the Church, I deem it 30 to 1 ags t L or d Chesterfield's NeWsmonger for reasons publicly stated by me, necessary to enforce , 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale it. I rejoice to think that very few alterations will be 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit--taken required in churches where reasonable attention to the 3 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gull's Old Eng ird o'-Cockpen—t and—taken Rubric has hitheri,3 prevailed.—l have the hoilour to be 35 to 1 ag s tll u k eo fßi c Sir, your very obedient pervant, 35 to 1 agst Mr. Most n's Pantasa—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam —4O to 1 taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen-40 to 1 t 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier-50 to 1 taken 40 to I agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip co lt— ta k en 50 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock'o Jinglepot—taken lo c o to 15 agst Mr. Feguson's Clear-the-way —taken OAKS. 20 .1 ag s t M r . B owes ' s As-you•like-it—taken 10 THE WI s‘")lt D GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE N CHASE Sportin g event, which will take . closed on the Ist; instant;. The entries for ice..accidents which riccurred place on the 25th of 31:21'4,2 will be remellabered, In consequence of the serial) last year (three valuable horses, having been killed, arising from timi highly daverous leaps over the land then selected in the' I , annediate vici nity of the town), it was at first contemplated that . the runs should come off this year in the neigh.!iourhoofi of Ascot Heath. An excellent line of country, . / lOweiret has been selected by the stewards, within about two :Mile g of Windsor, and close to Dedworth-green. Three events have been announced to come off on the s, time day (Baster Tuesday)—viz., a military chase, for hor, seal the property of officers ; a chase for a sweepstakes or five sovereigns each ; and a hack chase for one sovereig each. The following are the entries for the military chase : Lord Glamis's br g Tea-fighter, aged,--Earl of Long ford, 2d Life Guards, names The Dentist, aged—Captain. Blanes, 2d Life Guards, br g The Martyr, 6 yrs—Cap-• tzkin Schobell's, 17th Lancers, Cock Robin—Lord Miles's, 17th Lancers, The Colonel—Lieutenant Langlefs 2cL Life Guards, the Cardinal, aged—Mr. Pyett's br g don—Captain Boucherett's, 17th Lancers, The Imposter-. Mr. IL Sutton and Sir Charles Kent, Ist Life Guards,,, Major Ogilvie, and Mr. Heskett, 2d Life Guards, have, paid forfeit. The stewards are Captain Mountjoy Mar tyn and W. 11. Tollemache, Esq., 2d Life Guards, and.. Major Lawrence, 17th Lancers. Some excellent: sport is anticipated, from the well— known character of the horses already entered, aid the line of country selected by the stewards. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. The great running match between She pard, a cele— brated pedestrian, o f Bi rm i ng h am, and Jackson, alias" the American Deer, a noted runner, for 1004 $ side,. was decided yesterday in favour of the latter, who , ac complished a feat said to be unparelleled in the Amara of pedestrianism, that of running eleven miles all be t 100 yards, within au hour. The match came off on thee Hatfield-road, a short distance beyond Barnet, and at-- tracted a large assemblage of spectators, as the event has:. for some tithe past excited considerable interest of a speculative nature in the sporting world, particularly among those who delight in feats of strength and. speed, and considerable sums were pending the result. Sheppard at one period was the favourite at odds- oil' about six to four, but a rumour obtained currency laaU week that he was " amiss," and a reaction in thek betting was consequently the result. The winner wast admirably trained by Fuller, the well-known pedestrian, but who is now somewhat passe. He has, however, kept his man at work lately, making him day, it is said, get over forty miles of ground, in order to test his speed and powers of endurance. Sheppard is also a. most extraordinary runner, his previous performances fully justifying the confidence of his friends and back era. For instance, on the 4th of November last, he raw ,ten miles at the Vauxhall-gardens, Birmingham, in fiftrei. z minutes and a half. Some of the cognoscenti attnbeta his defeat to his having been trained " too fine,' and that he had been compelled but a few days since to resort to aperient medicine, which had produced temporary debility. Jackson has always been considered to be w " crack" man at a long distance, and it is recorded of him that when he ran Maxfield, the " North Star," at Peckham, he accomplished three miles in four seconds. under sixteen minutes. The event will excite consider able sensation in the provinces, particularly in Birming— ham, where Sheppard is held in high estimation. • In betting 6 to 4 were freely laid our Sheppard, and perhaps on no other running match was so much money speculated. One mile of road was measured, over which the match was to be decided. The competitors started at about the rate of one mile in six minutes. They con tinued nearly together till the eighth mile, when Shep pard appeared at an advantage. Upon the approach of the tenth mile Jackson increased his speed, and pressed his opponent, and on the turn of this mile Sheppard staggered and fell completely exhausted. Jackson then proceeded at a slackened pace for the remainder of the way, and the one hour had passed as he was 100 yards from the llth mile. The performance is greater there this, as we learn from a source on which we can strictly depend, that this is what is termed a long mile, that in point of fact it exceeds that distance by 21 yards. We are indebted to a sporting man who has recently mea sured it for this information. During the race there was a large body of horsemen riding alongside, the bibeds keeping the quadrupeds in a good sweat. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, about ,hree o'clock, an accident, which has proved fatal, oc curred to a shipwright named Atchison, whilst employed at the stern of her Majesty's ship Comus, 18 guns, now fitting in the third dock at Chatham. It appears that the un%rtunate man was standing on a stage suspended by ropes, which not hanging perpendicular at the time, caused the stage to tilt, whereby he fell into the dock, a depth of nearly thirty feet, his head com ing in contact with the edge of the stone steps. When picked up he was insensible, and blood was flowing co piously from the head ; the other parts of his body ap peared to have received severe injury. He was immediately placed upon a stretcher, and conveyed to the surgery, but owing to the extent of the injuries, it was found necessary to forward him to Melville Hospital, where he received every medical attention from the principal offi cer, Dr. Rae, and Surgeon Charlton. On the removal of the hair from the bead the back was found to be completely shattered, Dr. Rae extracting upwards of a dozen pieces of bone, leaving a piece of bone in the head of about four inches in diameter. The poor fellow's sufferings terminated at three o'clock on Saturday mora ing last. The deceased was about sixty years of age, and had been in the dockyard upwards of thirty years. He has left a widow and six children. The widow will re ceive 121. a-year as a pension for life. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF STRANGULATION' BY MACHlNERY.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the York Minster, Bunlall-row, St. Luke's, on the body of William Lawrence, aged eighteen, employed by Mr. Martin, paper glazer and embosser, of Old-street, but whose factory is in Bunhill-row. On Friday evening deceased was about to glace some paper at a one-horse power steam-engine, and was passing a proof sheet beneath its rollers, one of which is of hollowed brass, heated by a red hot round bar of iron, in the manner of a tea-urn. He wore at the time a handkerchief with the ends depending loosely. The sheet of paper ho was trying, missing its bite, slipped, and, as he stooped to catch it, the ends of his neckcloth got beneath the brass roller, and ho was drawn in, with his neck and side face tightly fixed against it. He cried out, "Stop the engine;" and two fellow-workmen hurried to his assist ance, and did so. They then unscrewed the roller, and extricated deceased. He sighed heavily once or twice, and expired. Mr. John Matcher, a neighbouring sur geon, having been sent for, pronounced the cause of death to be strangulation, and accounted for its sudde.n nessbyith recolellosr. H close contactadit been of the cool edoecl be mighteased'svi notsage mth the heated have been strangled. Verdict, " Accidental death." SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CIIARACTEI.---. Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Dolphin, Tun bridge-street, New-road, upon James Leach, a master shoemaker, aged 72. The deceased,hiswhs was a wid ower, led a kind of anchorite life duringwidowhood, seldom admitting visitors, and allowing his apartment t o b e cleansed but once during the past six months. Last Thursday the female who discharged that duty called to do some work for him, and he told her to go away and return.about one o clock. Sh e did so, and upon her re turn she found him stretched and i nsensible alongside his table, at which he was dining, with his half-consumed meal before him. Medical assistance was called in, but he was lifeless at three o'clock. Verdict, " Natural 11 tShtn3or D e T e r emb A e l r im la D s E t R a O co r mm AN on lN w F h A ite NT. w — ick o er n the bas ket, of rather bulky appearance, was brought to the Southampton Railway terminus at Nine Elms, by a female, di rec t e d to " P. Muspratt, Esq., Winches ter." It was accordingly sent to the latter place by the mail train, but no person of that name could be found there. It was shortly afterwards brought back to Nine Elms, where it laid in the parcel office until yesterday, when a putrid stench from the basket attracted the attention of the clerks. It was accordingly opened in the presence of the superintendent, when the body of a new-born male infant was found inside, rolled up in a piece of old flannel, over which was a piece of yellow oilskin. A surgeon was sent for, but there were no marks of external violence. It is presumed that the infant died for want of nourishment and proper attention from its inhuman parent. The body, which is in a very putrid state, awaits a Coroner's inquest. Lord Mayor Gibbs presents his compliments to the editor of the Great Gun, and would be obliged by being informed whether Tyler, the President of the United States, is any descendant of \Vat Tyler, who was once knocked down by an unaccountable Lord Mayor.—Great Gun. Hay has attained the price of 61. 53. per ton at Merthyr, and it is feared will for some time continue to rise. It is computed that the weekly consumption of hay in this town averages 8701. worth per week, and of employed in the k worth w ; o s r ucs.h.cmri. is a th b e a la n. rge number of horses TIIE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE REDRUTH MEMORIALISTS. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has addressed the fol lowing reply to the memorial and resolutions agreed to at Redruth " Bishopstowe, Dec. 28, 1844. " Sir,—l have received your letter, containing a me morial and a:copy of resolutions of a meeting at Bedruth, of which you were chairman. " The memorial is drawn up in terms which entitle it ~i .~ , .