The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

CHESTER ELECTION. 0n Satu r d a y morn i ng th e con stituency of Chester elected Lupus, - Earl Gr..svenor, to represent the borough in t lainent, in the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor. d S. stand for Middlesex. The attendance at the hustings in the Town-hall was unusually large, and the proceedings thr oughout s e ofwerspirited character. a very T he 11EllIF. , having conducted the usual preliminary Proceedings. Mayor of Chester, D. PHILLIPS JONES, in rising to .._ 1)(1 se Earl Grosvenor as a fit and proper person to repre :Tt.the city in Parliament, felt -that however much they ;,,ht regret the loss they had sustained by the resignation 72. 1 1eir , late worthy and honourable member, Lord Robert nsvenor, their sorrow was in some degree lessened by the ''° B yeet of having his honourable nephew as his successor. li(uttees s .) Sh ou ld t h e cons tit uenc y be now pleased to e eet Earl G rosvenor as th e i r re p r esentative, he felt assured That the trial they would thus be enabled to mak of his fit- Otis for th e t rust wou ld b e suc h as to induce them to prefer "Its on succeeding occasions. Earl Grosvenor possessed more r tl ifications than he would venture to name in his pre ,pasacee. closely might state, however, that the house of Eaton identified with the interests of the city of Chester. wO re Was an association too in the name of Hugh Lupus , Ea the constit uenc y of Chester must ever feel an interest Ilugh Lupus, a Norman name, was the name of the first 40.1 Grosvenor, who was in many respects an eminent man , ng had devoted himself most zealously to promote the pros tidtY of the city. Th e y h a d a Hugh Lupus before them now, r let them hope that history would record his annals to be read with equal pleasure as those of his Norman tore tatfiera.—(Cheers ) The mayor proposed Earl Grosvenor for their suffrages. • Tuostas Discos, Esq., reconded the nomination. He con gratulated the city on the union of interests they had met With i n t h e course of the presen t canvass . The committee ['ad waited personally on 1,400 electors, and out of that num there was not more than two dozen who refused to give 4arl Grosvenor their hearty support. There being no other candidate, the sheriff declared Earl arovesnor duly elected, a mid long continued applause. Earl GROSVENOR, on standing forward to return thanks, Was received with much applause. Ile said—Electors and brother freemen, it is with the sincerest pride and satisfac• tion I now address you by that title—a title wbich my ancestors have borne for many generations—a title to Which I have long aspired, and a title which I had the honour of receiving from you on Monday last. The eon of a freeman, and the grandson of a freeman of Chester, I need not tell you how much gratification I feel in being per flitted to address you by that title, which is the only tie, II any additional tie were wanting, to cement the union which has so long sub s i s t e d b e t ween t hi s c i ty an d th e h o use with Which lam connected. It has been my utmost endeavour during the short time that has elapsed between the resipena iion of your late Member, my relative, and the period fixed for holding this election, to make acquaintance with you all, W l . Should I h ave om itt e d ca lli ng u p on any, I trust you pnot impute it to neglect or disrespect; but that you will attribute it to the only circumstance from which it could have !rift; the short time that has been permitted me to see you Individually before the nomination. — (Cheers.) I have t he authority of my uncle to say that it was his most earnest r i u tO have paid his peonal regards to you to-day, and to l ive taken a farewell o rs f those with whom he has been so °ll g Connected by ties political as well as persona l, and whose interests lie has been ever most anxious to promote ; but runistances have prevented his intended visit to Chester. aware that it is usual for candidates on such occasions ite these to make a declaration of their political opinions ; but 4 ! Present my youth and inexperience must be accepted as tire excuse for not making pledges. I may , ho wever, sa y , t i t i 8 my desire to promote the extension of commerce NM support every measure calculated to improve the moral al4B eeial condition of the people.—(Cheers.) I have again thank you for the honour you have done me on this oc- L Land be assured that, to obtain your con fidence, and er it. a it your esteem b 3 my future conduct shall be my most us 'desire.—(Applause.) he TROXAS DIXON, Esq., had a resolution to sumit, which Was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of hol d person present ; and if the room was large enough to the city, he should not anticipate a dissentient voice. b begged to move that a vote of thanks be given to Lord Interests of the city, and for his unceasing exertions to pro n°te itz prosperity ; and that the vote of thanks b 3 signed by -441 sheriff, and transmitted to his Lordship ; on behalf of the kee ting.—(Great cheering.) 2,Vm. Buowst, Esq., begged to second the resolution , and 7e, I am convinced that there is not a man in the city who h ave not feel the deepest regret that the Noble Lord should :tve been compe ll e d by an y circumstances to sever the con ilaL, ion which has so long subsisted between him and the tc 'y of Chester. It has been a great advantage to the city I:Velless suck a representative as Lord Robert Grosvenor, for ,„. hie high talents, his unbending honesty of purpose, his "Zverying support of those Liberal principles which lie at the zr,t et . all social improvement, have always been most cheer- ZLY and cordially rendered, both for the advantage of the L' u ll.try in general and the city which he represented.— , 0 , - 1 / I •l3plause.) He is shortly to be placed in a situation ere he will have a wider sphere for the exercise of his tal ents.. and industry, and while our best wishes go with him, "0 hope we shall have no reason to regret the unanimous Noble which has this day been so cordially tendered to the Lord, his successor. A vote of thanks was passed to the sheriff, three cheers Were given for the newly-elected Member, and the meeting attParated. WASTE LANDS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Jan. 30, 1847. 81R,—You who were the first to recognise the general soundness of the views set forth in my letter to Lord John /Itlasell, upon the subject of the reclamation of t h e waste 'ands in Ireland,would. I am sure, be much pleased that the Government plan does not vary in one single instance ; aern that which I proposed. In the postscript to a new edition, which will be published la the course of the week, I have discussed two most im- Portant Hied from on the same subject, and which I purposely difference the letter, be cause I knew there would be a great fferenee of opinion respecting them, and I did not wish to r ert the attention of my readers from the main object I had in view. Those two questions are,—" What shall be the ma ximum and the minimum size of the farms, and what -„ at be the tenure." I have entered fully into those two ruestions, and shall feel obliged by your insertion of so much as relates to the Government proposal, not less than twenty five or more than fifty acres.—l am, Sir, your most obedient S ervant, RIGBY WASON. My TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Lord,—The Government plan, it appears, is to ',Vat) the unclaimed land into small possessions, not less 4111 11 twenty-five acres, or more than fifty acres. For the easons already given, I think these figures far too low. No Z ▪ übt the change from a five-acre possession to one of twenty blne, acres is a great and salutary improvement, for it corn 'e:Y obviates one objection to the cottar system, by the benefit ding permanent employment for the present wretch state t n t e condition o f the agricultural labourer. It is impossible that the p ossessor o f 25 acres ca n give permanent employ - Ve s _ltt to a s i ng l e l a b ourer a t a d equa t e wages, and what is to I ,,°,;erne of the next generation? Are the 25 acres to be di d among the family of the present possessor? or is it in (led to introduce the principle of primogeniture? Is it L i l l! evident that, under such a system, the populat i o n will w i l -r ease with the utmost rapidity . ? A joint-stock company , use first duty is to make a respectable dividend, takes no con sideration of these matters; but are they not of the utmost 43 ,portance, d eserv i ng the careful attention of statesmen? • taint there is another element which I think proves the trs Pelicy of further extending in Ireland the syste m of such s mall pos sess i ons . L oo k a t the following table, showing that °v , 636,997 at of 685,309 farms, into which Ireland is at pres ent di ided are under 30 acres, and only 48,812 above that Ilutaber Number of From 1 to From 5 to From 15 to Above 30 Farms. 5 acres_ 15 acres. 30 acres. acres. Miter ••• • .. 234,499 190,817 98,992 25,099 9,591 :twister • ... 162,386 57,028 61,320 27,481 16,557 .... 133,220 49,152 45,595 20,584 17,889 C onnaught .. 155,204 99,918 45,221 5,790 4,275 ----685,38T130615 251,128 78,954 I 48,312 I would seriously ask, Has this syst em p roduced so much h appiness or contentment that a statesman should desire to extend it? Would it not be far more wise, now there is an .?pportun it y. which if lost can never be regained, to try the 4 acglish and Scotch system of dividing the land into farms different sizes, cultivated by agricultural labourers ? But then your Lordship says, "You do not think that the s mall holdings of the country have been injurious." I sin rely feel that the expression of any opinion by your Lord p, give n w ith ou t an y reason , would have great weight' ell; but when you state a reason for that opinion, and ".•, 1 1 reason embraces a fallacy, I am confident that your Lor dship would be the first to alter your opinion when the lacy Was clearly pointed out. The reason you gave for 1 . 1 .ae opinion w as thi s : " I have arrived at that conclusion from tie fact that the most prosperous and best cultivated county Ireland is Armagh, a county in which the greatest divi 'llo.! of la n d ex i sts ." th 4l cm, unless this fact can be most satisfactorily explained is no doubt that it fully justifies your Lordship's that it ceases to support the opinion — it is that Arma g h is t he centre of the linen trade. Now it has always been ad !pitted that small p os sessions in the neighbourhood of large togas or manufactones have no injurious quality, because the occupiers are certain of employment ot her than that of their strip of land, and in cases of failure of crop, can rely l I I I P° II the sympathy and support of their wealthy neigh ours. S urroun d L iver p oo l, or Manchester, or Dublin, or Belfast, with five-acre possessions, and would not the occu ntier be in t o t a lly diff eren t c i rc umstances from the bolder of nye acres in the wilds of Connemara or the Highlands of Scotland? But a careful examination of your Lordship's reason estab lishes not only the opinion, but positively establishes beyorn , a doubt its converse. I take Munster because it was put b's your Lordship in junta-positi on w ith Ulster, and not because have any reason to believe th a t it i s the least prosperous or worse cultivated province i n I re l an d . Now, by the above table, I find the relative sizes of the farms in Ulster and Munster to be I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Number of 1 From 1 to I F rom 15 to farms. I 5 acres. 30 acres. Ulster ~. 1 234,499 1 100,817 25,099 Munster... ... 162,385 1 57,028 27,481 Thus, with only one-third more farms, Ulster has nearly double the number of cotter holdings from 1 to 5 acres, and not so many farms of from 15 to 30 acres as Munster. If, therefore, the prosperity of Ulster is not entirely owing to a nother cause—that of the linen trade —surely your Lordship's duty would be to assimilate the rest of Ireland with that of Ulster, and increase as much as possible the number of cot ter holdings from I to 5 acres; and it Munster, with so large a relative proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least Prosperous and worst cultivated province in Ireland, what earl justify dividing the waste lands into a minimum of 25 &cres and a maximum of 50 acres ? nave the Government calculated the enormous extra ex penses necessarily attendant upon a division of land into small possessions as that of 25 and 50 acres . The in eased number of barns and offices of every desc ri p tion — the e " enormous expense of making roads for such properties 1 1 the boundary fences would amount to a large sum. TUE ITALIAN OPERA.—We are informed that an A -ar lY night after the opening of her Majesty's Theatre will be .evoted, with the whole resources of the establishment, to the relief of the deAitute Scotch and Irish. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.— On Saturday the an foal report of this society was issued. 174 persons have en restored by the means adopted for restoring suspended a n imation by the society's officers; 26 were beyond recovery. Fourteen silver and thirty-one bronze medals and pecuniary rewards have been given to 162 individuals for courageous aonduct in saving human life: and 79 persons were rescued omring the re cen t s k a ti n g season by the society's men, only ne terminating fatally. We understand that a bazaar is to be held at Clifton in Easter week, for the relief of the distress la Ireland and w ltlancl...-,Bristol Journal. T 11 CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING THE i:LARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF viONT PENSIER, WITH LEFERENCE TO THE TREATY OF UTRECHT. Such is tne title of an admirably written and ad mirably argued pamphlet Oil the subject of the Mont pensier Marriage, which been published during , the course of the last week, by Rigdway, and which demonstrates that if the treaty of Utrecht is hence forth to be considered as part and parcel of the public law of Europe, then the issue of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier cannot succeed to the Spa nish crown. The author says that there are three courses open to those who contend for the right of succession of such issue To deny altogether the validity of the treaty ; 2d, To endeavour to set aside its provisions by interpretations more or less in jurious ; 3d, To adopt a course between these two; and to argue that the treaty, though not absolutely invalid, is no longer applicable to the present times. With regard to the first proposition the author proves by, in our opinion, incontrovertible arguments that the treaty is perfectly valid, but we will not enter into these arguments, because if the members of the House of Bourbon deny the validity of the treaty of Utrecht, they thereby repudiate their right to the throne of Spain. Their right to the throne of Spain is based upon the treaty of Utrecht, and if the treaty of Utrecht be invalid then is a Prince of the House of Hapsburg, not a Prince of the House of Bourbon, the righful Sovereign of Spain. It is upon the treaty of Utrecht, and the treaty of Utrecht alone, that the right of the Bourbons to the throne of Spain rests. It was upon those conditions mentioned in that treaty, and upon those conditions only, that Philip V. was acknowledged as King ot Spain by the powers of Europe, and by the Spanish people. The revolution which placed Philip V. on the throne was not like the revolution in England in 1688, or the revolution in France in 1830. It was not a renewal of the compact between king and people by the forfeiture for misdemeanour of the rights of the old sovereign and the election by the people of a new chief magistrate, who accepted cer tain conditions as the tenure by which he was to hold his office. The Royal line in Spain was extinct, and the throne was guaranteed to one of the claimants to it (not the claimant in the direct line of succession) by the people of Spain and by the Powers of Europe conjointly, (one of the Powers so guaranteeing such succession being the other claimant to the throne, whose clahn but for the treaty . of Utrecht would be acknowledged by any jurist in Europe to be superior to the claim of the Bourbon prince,) upon these conditions set forth in the treaty of Utrecht, which treaty was thereby made part of the Public Law of Europe, and the founda tion of the Public Law of Spain. Whatever mem ber, therefore, of the House of Bourbon shall seek to repudiate the treaty of Utrecht, or any part of it, by that very act repudiates his or her own right to the throne of Spain, and revives the right of the House of Hapsburgh, or at least gives back to the Spanish people the absolute right of choosing their own sovereign. It is evident, therefore, that it is not open to any member of the House of Bourbon to deny the validity of the treaty of Utrecht. Attempts have been made by M. Guizot to set aside its pro visions by interpretations more or less ingenious. These interpretations have been met and combated by the writer of this pamphlet, and the medium that of arguing that the treaty, if not absolutely in valid, is no longer applicable to the present times, is also shown to be untenable. In fact, the argument on the marriages formed on the treaty of Utrecht, is completely exhausted in this pamphlet, which proves to demonstration that the children of the Duke of Montpensier are barred from inheriting the throne of Spain by the renunciation of the Duke of Orleans, who, on the 19th of November, 1712, renounced for himself and his descendants all right to the succes sion to the throne of Spain, in whatsoever manner that succession might arrive to his line. His words are— " Nous nous declarons et nous tenons des-I-present. Nous, nos entnns et Descendans, pour exclus et inha biles, absolument et a jamais, et sans limitation et dis tinction de personnes, de degrez et de sexe, de toute action et de tout droit a la succession a la couronne d'Espagne. Nous voulons et consentons pour nous et nos descendans, que des maintenant et our toiljours on Nous tienne, Nous et les autres, pour ex p clus, inhabiles et incapables, en quelque cl6gr6 que nous nous trouvions, et de quelque maniere que la succession puisse arriver I notre Ligne." The second article of the treaty distinctly declares the object, to secure which, these renunciations were made : " Article 11. of the Treaty of Utrecht between England and Spain, dated July 13, 1713. " Whereas the war to which, through the grace of God, an end is put by this peace, was undertaken in the beginning, and has been carried on for so many years with the greatest ffiwts, vast expense, and infinite blood shed, on account of the immense clang , r which would result to the liberty and safety of the whole of Europe from too intimate an alliance of the kingdoms of Spain and France ; and whereas for the purpose of removing from the minds of men all anxiety and suspicion con cerning an alliance of that nature, and in order to con firm and render stable the peace and tranquillity of the Christian world by a just balance of power (which is the best and the most solid foundation of mutual friendship, and of general and lasting concord), both the Catholic King and the most Christian King have desired that it should be provided, by sufficient and complete securities, that the kingdoms of Spain and France should never be united into one empire, and that one and the same person should never become the sovereign of both kingdoms. And to that end his Catholic Majesty has most solemnly renounced for himself', his heirs, and successors, every kind of right, title, or pretension to the crown of France. [Here follow the renunciations.] His said Catholic Majesty most solemnly renews, and confirms by this present the renunciation above recorded on his part. " And whereas it has obtained the force of a prag matic and fundamental law, he promises anew that he will observe, and cause it to be observed inviolably, in the most sacred manner by every means in his power, insomuch that he will use his most earnest endeavours, and will provide with all care, that the aforesaid renun ciations be irrevocably observed, and carefully executed, as well on the part of Spain as on that of France, which renunciations, in truth, subsisting in their full vigour, and being observed with good faith on both sides, together with the other transactions thereunto relating, the crowns of Spain and France will be so separated and put asunder that they can never hereafter be joined in one." is evident that if the children of the Duke of Mont pensier are capable of inheriting the Crown of Spain, then, inasmuch as they are also capable of inherit ing the Crown of France, the rowns of France and Spain will not be so separated and put asunder that they can never hereafter be joined in one, and the treaty of Utrecht will be violated. It is, therefore, evident, as is proved by this writer, that the children of the Duke of Montpensier are barred from all right of succession to the Crown of Spain by the renuncia tion of Philip, Duke of Orleans, and by the provisions of the treaty of Utrecht, and, England, therefore, was perfectly justified in giving warning both to France and Spain, that when the proper time came she should, if she saw fit, enforce a compliance with the conditions of that treaty. GORSE As FOOD FOR LIVE STOOL.—In the northern districts of the principality of Wales, and more especially in the Counties of Carnarvon, Anglesey, and Denbigh, gorse has for time immemorial been in general use as food tor horses. It has also occasionally, when provender was scarce, been used as food for horned cattle. Where, either by itself, or in conjunction with other provender, it has been used as food for milch cows, the results have been highly satisfactory. It has given to the milk and butter a fine colour end rich flavour. Those who have applied it to this purpose are of opinion that cows yield ' a better profit than when they are ted with the best hay or even turnips. The butter is in all respects of an im proved quality. The experience of its utility as food for sheep has been very limited. This has chiefly risen from the little attention bestowed by Welsh farmers upon the feeding of that class of live stock. Where, however, tried in conjunction with turnips, sheep ate it treely, and improved rapidly in condition. It is in feeding horses, however, that gorse has hitherto most generally and most advantageously been employed. It is because this plant grows so abundantly in all parts of the princi pality, and because it is so much employed in the keeping o o f f I \ i v o r e s t e s h s , f t a h r a m t e i r n s mmayanycsoenags o r a n t s u t a h t e e less s w e e h a , wealthy y c 1 0 n a t h s s e e i s r escape from ruin. It will grow luxuriantly on the thin nest, the coolest, and apparently the most sterile soils. It is capable of being used as circumstances may require at one years growth as well as two. With moderate atten tion to its culture, and by keeping it from being injured by sheep and cattle, it will produce, if it be cu t e ver y year, at the rate of from eight to fourteen tons per acre, of goodly succulent provender ; if it be cut every second year, it will yield at the rate of from twelve to twenty four tons per acre. Instances have occurred of farmers having been known to pay at the rate of 151., 20/., 30/., aye, 401., per acre, for gorse to those who have bestowed some little care in the cultivation of it, and that upon land immediately contiguous to that which t they hp themselves ea eh h wwith occupied. te Scores slightest of attentionacres o f o f land so yi e t h d e i n l d g , ho suchlus u luxuriant cropsfarmers alt g,No,rhsoel,eare districtssu ffere suffered o t o r b e m e o a i f n n ot unproductive. va a lu n e d . N, fore thought, are almost worthless; gvhaenryrzlaptterho,evoyeftipduer Their own grass crops, from want of activity nt formg thee t an and immediateindustrious n ei neighbourhood Viidoooadl atindividuals, t ah that t i more h t n as i intelligent l e i l of gorse, which land in their own hands, if judicio u sly in m anaged, is capable of furnishing in abundance, a re turn for the most trifling outlay.—Robert's Prize Ess ay . B R ISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JAN. 29.--About 100 hlids. West India has found buyers since our last report, at rather easier prices, and the market closed with a quiet ap pearance. Refined peals steady, and still scarce. S.ELLING MACKAREL ON SUNDAY.—On Saturday a notice was posted at Billingsgate, signed by Mr. Goldham, the clerk of the market, informing the dealers that, by the 9th and 10th of Victoria, passed the 3d of August, 1846, the sale of mackerel on a Sunday was now illegal. ECONOMY IN THE SCARCITY.—If those of the in habitants of Great Britain and Ireland who were in the habit of using bread newly baked were to use old baked bread, they would find that three old baked loaves would go as far as five new ones. Were all to adopt this practice, immensely more would be added to the general stocn fo the supply of the public than can possibly be brought from America. Old baked bread being much more wholesome than new, the general health of the community would by this plan be premetel SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NIN G-, FEBRUARY 1, 1847. '3. the man who can read that narrative without being moved; he can have no sympathy witk us, or we with him. It is such passages as these about little Paul Dombey that have made the world acknow ledge the pathos of " Buz " to be even more admirable than his Wit; it is such passages as these, delineative of our common nature under its divinest aspect, that have rendered the name of Charles Dickens a h.,usehold word—a name most pleasant to our ears because of its many beautiful associations. What a gentle and endearing tone there is about those few syllables which follow the account of Paul's death, when the body of the child is lying on the bed and the living mourners are all gone ! " The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in the room. The old, old fashion ! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will last un• changed until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion—Death! Oh, thank God, all who see it, for that older fashion yet, of Immortality ! And look upon us, angels of young children, with regards not quite estranged, when the swift river bears us to the ocean'!" The book will be worthy of Charles Dickens, and an honour to him. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. Without derogating either flees the character of the late John William Smith as a lawyer, or from that of Samuel Warren as a writer, we at first conceived that he opening article in Blackwood :or February was dis ;e•oportionately long. On r, sling that biographical riper, however, the industry, genius, and integrity of rh e former was developed - before us in such beautiful colours, and under such a fascinating aspect, that we cordially acquitted the latter from any blame as to the extent of his conti ibution. Mr. Warren, moreover, ha-, more than any other of the eminent corps of the maga zine, with the single exception of course of its editor, rare old Christopher North, entitled himself to the con sideration of its readers. His admirable notes from the Diary of a Physician," his yet more admirable " Ten Thousand a Year," and his miscellaneous -papers in the pages of " Ebony," have insured to everything that ema nates from hislpen a very peculiar attention. The mind that conceived the all-perfect Aubrey, the all-beautiful Kate, and the all-wily Oily Gammon, could not fail indeed to enlist for himself the sympathies of those who had watched the movements of those clever creations. Mr. Warren cannot write anything to which his name is at tached without arousing in a considerable degree the interest of the public. And how much more is that interest enhanced when the subject of his lucu brations is such as the character of the re markable man whose memoir he has just writ ten so gracefully and tenderly. Like Sir William Follett, John William Smith was suddenly carried off by diseases arising from the ardour of his professional pursuits, and of his intellectual application, at the very moment when the recompense of his extraordinary capacities, and of his • yet more extraordinary industry, was beginning to be showered upoa him. Both were hurried into the grave when the honour of their fellow-men for them was ripened, and when the golden rewards of wealth and elevation were about to be lavished on them by their contemporaries. Both had regarded their intellects in their proper light, nam' ly, as instruments which could only be employed efficiently when embellished by knowledge and tempered by prac tice. To continue the metaphor—theyhad both embla zoned those instruments with erudition, and covered them with the jewels of lore, and at the very moment when their labour—the labour of years—was completed, and the instruments were ready to be used—they perished. Can anything be more melancholy than this? Can there be any spectacle more truly affecting? There were the tAlps before them, beyond which was the region where they could gain fame, and do good to their fellow-creatures, and cause their own genius and great ness to be recognised and acknowledged by the world. By intense ardour, by astonishing labour, and by wonderful perseverance they surmount those obstacles, they climbed those Alps, and when they stand upon the last pinnacle, and see the region of fame lying before them—at their very feet—they die. Such were the lives and such the deaths of 'Sir William Follett and John William Smith. It seems a bold thing for Mr. Warren to say that the name of John William of fb i i t e h " g ra h p a h s y greater than t claims hena upon meo f attentionstihreNviilWilliam of readers Follett, b but the observation is justified by the circumstances in the career of the former, and particularly by the memorial indited by Mr. Warrrn himself. An article upon " Modern Italian History" is merely an enumeration of facts taken from the biographical work, recently pro duced by General 141.6, the friend and follower of the great soldier Murat. " French Players and Playhouses" is a delightful, though somewhat garrulous, account of the condition of the drama across the .Channel—a con dition rather different from that in England. Talk as we may, however, of the diminution of the passion for dramatic representations, the cause of the decay of the drama in this country is of a very different kind. For a long time there has been a suspicion that one of the chief things detrimental to the interests of dramatic art is—the starring system. The fact is becoming plainer and plainer every day. Mrs. Butler has done good service to the art of which she imagines herself to be so magnificent an ornament, by rendering the shameful height to which this starring system has risen apparent, and herself eminently ridiculous. In a characteristic review of Horace Walpole's Memoirs, there is a survey of the reign of George the Second. The paper will repay perusal as illustrative of a very recent period (comparatively) of our national history, and a period but too little known by the generality. " Mildred " is brought to a conclusion in a rather tragical manner. It is succeeded by " A Ride to Mag nesia," and the whole number terminates with a tho• rough Blackwoodite chapter on "Direct Taxation." THE FORTUNES OF TOI?LOGH O'BRIEN. Nos. X. and XI. In this doubly number this historical tale of the wars of King James is brought to a conclusion. With all the effervescence arid exaggeration of the writing, there are several brilliant descriptive passages, and fascinating portraitures in the volume—instance Phoebe Tisdal. Besides James 11. and 'William 111., Sursfield and Schomberg are introduced in the narrative, and are de lineated with some skill. Indeed it is the introduction of these personages, celebrated in our national history, which is the redeeming feature of the story—the majo rity of the fictitious characters, as Garvey, and Hogan, and Miles Garrett, and Tisdal, and Deveril, being re pulsive and disgusting in the last degree. From the circumstance of " Torlogh O'Brien" being illustrated by Phiz, and being published uniformly with the serial novels of Lever, it will command, no doubt, a circulation which it could not otherwise have obtained. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Her Majesty's brig Mutine sailed yesterday morning for the Tagus, with dispatches for Vice- Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. She took out some officers appointed to ships of his squadron, and upwards of 100 boxes and packages for the different ships. There does not appear to by any intention of immediately recalling the Channel Squadron, as orders have been sent down to make • an estimate of the tonnage which will be required to send out the various stores which the ships are in want of—sails, cordage, spare topmasts, boats, &c.; they amo unt to u p wards of 1,000 tons, and are to be got ready immediately. The Belleisle troop-ship is fit to go to sea at twelve hours notice, and should her services not be wanted to convey pro visions to Ireland, she will probably be selecte d to proceed to Lisbon with the stores. Her Majesty's ship Crocodile sailed for Cork y esterday, to take the flag ("tear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot,K.C.ll. Her Majesty's steam -frigate Sidon has been moved into the basin for the convenience of the working engineers, and also to have her fore and mainmasts taken out, and larger ones substituted. Captain Henderson and the officers and men, have gone into the Retribution, and will take her to assist in trying to get the Sphynx off the eound to-morrow morning. The appointment of commodore at Jamaica, with a broad pendant in her Majesty's ship Imaum, has been offered to Captain Lambert, of her Majesty's, ship Eudymion, on the West India station, and, should he accept it, Captain G. W. C. Courtnay will take the command of the Endyrnion. Should Captain Lambert prefer keeping the frigate, Captain Courtnay goes to Jamaica as commodore. The Medea steamer, after landing the body of Com mander Hammond at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, is to come to this harbour to fit for the reception of Sir Hamilton Seymour, and convey him, his suite, and baggage to Lisbon. The Medea goes then to India, without returning to England. Her Majesty's screw-steamer Rattlar, Commander Moor man, is ordered to prepare for the reception of the Right Honourable Lord Howden, and his private secretary, the commissioner selected by Government to proceed to the River Plate to settle affairs in that country. His Lordship is expected to embark in the Rattler on the 15th instant, and goes to Rio Janeiro first. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Her Majesty's sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Arthur Farquhar, which left this port for the coast of Africa about ten days since, put back yesterday, having been 600 miles to the westward, and experienced very heavy weather. She was top-heavy, rolled consi derably, and, during the hurricane, threw overboard 14 of her guns. Her decks were swept, and quarterboats carried away. Her main rigging is swifted in ; she was battened down for a week, and 25 of her crew are sick ; during the gale she passed a merchant-ship lying to, with all sails furled. The bark Silicia, Captain Boyce, from Liverpool for Ha vannab, put in this morning, having been in the longitude of 14 west. Her foretopmast is sprung, fore and main top gallant masts and crosstrees carried away, and other damage incurred. The brigantine Anna Sophia, Captain Stevens, of Fever sham, from Newport, with railroad iron, for Alicante, came in this morning damaged, having shifted her cargo. On Monday last the ship suddenly lurched, when the captain was in the main hold, and the iron falling on him broke his this4h in two places. He now lies in a very dangerous state on board the ship in the Sound. Woormicn, JAIL 30.—The Odin steam-frigate was placed in charge of Captain Williams, with the officers and crew of the Amphion steam-frigate, and yesterday afternoon they commenced rigging the vessel with the masts of the Gorgon steamer while that vessel is refitting here. Both the masts were put up and a considerable part of the rigging befere two o'clock to-day, and this day week she will be ready to proceed to Deptford, and take on board meal and rice for con veyance to Ireland. The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Coles, went up to Deptford yesterday before proceeding to Ports mouth and Ireland. The Avon steam-vessel is reported ready for sea, and will be employed in conveying meal to Ireland. Messrs. Hobbs, Williams, and Sargent, engineers to the St. Vincent; have been appointed for service in the Tartarus. Mr. Hodgson, master, has been appointed additional to the William and Mary yacht. Mr. Norman, paymaster and purser to the Rosamond, vice Stanley superseded. Mr. Hobbs, acting second master to the Avon. Mr. J. Gilling, acting master's assistant to the Avon. Vessels in the Harbour—The William and Mary yacht; Mastiff and Woodlark, surveying vessels; Black Eagle, Lightning, Antelope, Teazer, Minx, Avon, and Monkey steam-vessels; Amphion, frigate; and Fairy, tender to the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht. In the Basin—Gorgon, Ariel, Rosamond, Dwarf, and Odin steam-vessels. In the Dock—The Terrible steam-frigate, and the Vixen steam-vessel. TELLIGENCE. lONAL STEEPLE CHASE. Sovs each, and 100 Sovs. added. the 10th, and acceptances de- SPORTING IN LIVERPOOL GRAND NAT] Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 Weights to be published on dared on the 17th of February, Marquis of Waterford's Firefly Mr. Oakey's Valeria Mr. Hall's False Heir Plurarist Mr. Lambden's Discount Mr. Clayce's Tea-pot Mr. Lo wood's Barmaid Mr. Watts na. St. Leger Mr. Robertson's Ballybar Captain Barnett's Marengo Lord Sefton na. b. g. by Glau cus, dam by Belzoni Lord Craven na. Blue Pill Mr. A. Browne's Midnight Mr. Courteney's Matthew Mr. T. Morris's Tamworth Mr. Bevill's Latitat Mr.Mangle's Sam Slick • Mr. Smith na. Cumberland Lassie Mr. T. Abbott's Proceed Air. W. Hall's Tramp. Mr. A. Gordon's Palmerston - Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle Mr. Moseley's Jerry Mr. J. P. Williams's Nimble Hairy Mr. Waters' Cavendish Lord Eglinton's br b by Tom Brown Mr. Payne na Sparta Sir R. Brownrigg na Ragman Mr. Craven na Mameluke Mr. R. J. Moore's St. Ruth Mr. Pearce's Jack Mr. J. Malloy's Fanny Eisler Mr. Wesley's Gayhurst Mr. J. Bowers's Saucepan Mr. Vevers' Little Tommy Mr. D'Arcy's Culverthorpe Major Rushbrook nd Gazeley Captain Campbell's Railroad Mr. Dacill's Jeu d'Esprit Mr. Elmore's Young Lottery Mr. C. Wicksted na Gog Mr. 0. Higgins's Pioneer Mr. Kirkpatrick's Clinkey Lord Strathmore's Switcher -- Sacrifice - Sabine Roarer Captain Gambier's Avoca Mr. Preston's Brunette --- Frederick Mr. Campbell's Christopher North Mr. Anderson's Grenade Mr. Blackburn's Indian Prince Mr. G. Robert's The Page Mr. Neale's Red Lancer Mr. Liddell's Profligate Mr. J. Townley na Teresa Colonel Taylor na Quicksilver Mr. L. Standish na Cure All Mr. J. W. Hammond na Forest Boy CHESTER Cur.—The following horses have been scratched, in addition to those mentioned in our last :—Hope, Burgundy, Lady Sarah, and Roebuck. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Hardwick-11. Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., Wyton Toll Bar. Bedale lids., Wed., Thorp Perrow; Fri., Kiplin-10%. Berkshire lids., Wed., Cokethorpe ; Fri., Buckland. Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Comberton—lOLA. Cleveland lids., Thurs., Ormesby-10%. Devon lids., Thurs., Ford House, Newton. Durham County hds, Wed., Kennels; Fri., Embleton-10-i. F. B. hds., Fri., Bishop's Wood-10j. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Tues., Pewsdown-11. Haydon hds., Wed., Woodshield ; Sat., Plankey Mill-9. Hurworth hds., Tues., Northallerton ; Thurs., Over Dins- tale; Sat., Kennels-10%. Mr. S. Lowndes' hds., Sat., Beachampton Grove-11. Oakley hds., Thurs., Cross, Alban's Wood ; Sat., Bempton Wood—li t to 11. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Kennel; Fri., Harpsden-10i. Puckeridge hds., Wed. Great Hales; Sat., Great Munden —lO%. Sirinington hds., Tues.,-Deal Stone Inn (Hambleton Fri., Hoiingham-10. Mr. Trelawneys hds., Tues., Brent ; Friday, Shaugh Bridge Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., Clifton; Thurs., Warkworth Sat., Yilldon Park-10 1 A. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Wbixley ; Thurs., Pill Moor (Brafferton) ; Sat., Heslington-10 , 4. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Bourton Village ; Thurs., Men marsh Guide Post ; Sat., Warden Kennel-10i.. DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. ' THREATENED DISTURBANCE SIX LIVES LOST. . ABERDEEN. '(From the Shefrid Independent.) Friday forenoon there were considerable appre- It is our painful duty to record an accident of a most la- hensions of a.riot taking place , caused by the present mentable nature, and a tt en d e d w ith th e l oss o f s i x lives, high price of provisions. A number of people had as which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Darley Main Coal. sembled in the town aud neighb ourhood, and about Company's pits, at Worsbrough Dale, about two miles from where the town of Barnsley, and ten from Sheffield. The following eleven o'clock a meeting took place on the Links, . are briefly the facts connected with the occurrence, as far as one or two parties gave some very distressing details of we have been able to learn. It appears that on Friday after- the state to which many have been reduced, even in our noon, about two o'clock, some men who were employed in city, where there has been comparatively little word of one part of the pit, fired a blast of gunpowder for the purpose suffering till now. About 200 of the crowd were rail of bringing down a large quantity of coal. Shortly after the way labourers, who came from the opposite side of the explosion, an alarm of fire was given from a part of the pit Dee, bearing a black flag, which had a som ewhat 200 yards from the place where the blast had been fired. om inous appearance in their hands. Another body of The underground steward, George Gornersley, who was at in dinner at his house, a short distance from the pit, was sent dividuals had assembled before the Town-house, for, and as many men as could be mustered at the time, went and commenced cheering and yelling, and causi n g with him immediately to the place, from whence the alarm considerable disturbance. The Provost, who, to - was given, for the purpose of endeavouring to extinguish the gether with the maeistrates, had gone to the coun flames. A large mass of coal was found on fire, and every oil-room on the first appearance of any riotous e xertion was used to stop up the driftways , or roads through disposition, addressed the crowd, pointing out the which air was admitted, and to put out the fire by throwing uselessness and folly of their making any at water upon it. The men were engaged in this manner tempt to disturb the public peace. In a short from two o'clock until four, at which time, instead of time the crowd took their departure for the meeting having checked the flames, it was f o und that they were on the Links. At this assemblage, which amounted to gaining upon them, and the pit being filled with nearly 1,000, it was agreed that a deputation should smoke rendered it impossible for them to continue be sent to the provost , laying their melancholy case be longer. One of the men, named John Elstone, with fore him. This deputation w aited upon the magistrates, several others, turned to go back to the pit mouth, Elstone and represented to them that distress at present prevails being at the time scarcely able to stand from suffocation. On his way to the pit mouth, he passed Gomersley and two ' ?ng a large portion of'tliat class of the inhabitants, or three others, who had sunk from suffocation. Gomersley owing to the dearth of Provisions •• the magistrates, • said as he passed, " I'm d one for. Elstone with great diffi- while they dieply sympathised with their fellow citizens culty reached the pit mouth. He was then unable to speak, for the cause which was mentioned, et once expressed and was removed in a state of insensibility to his house. their desire to use all means within their power to alle- Those who were at the pit mouth now became alarmed for viate the sufferings of the people as far as possible, the safety of their companions, an d a message was imme- trus ti ng th a t ever y one wou ld have the good sense not di a tely dispatched to the pits of Messrs. Field and Cooper to aggravate the calamity by any disorderly conduct. for assistance. Some of the other men s ucceeded in reaching And at the same time, in furtherance of th e - assurance the pit mouth in a state of exhaustion. T he mana g er of the the gave the deputation, they lost no tim e i n h av ing a works went down into thepit, which was then so full of sheeting a ith the principal grain merchants in Aberdeen, smoke that he was obliged to return. Joseph Beaumont, the who expressed an earnest desire to co. operate with the steward at Messrs. Field and Cooper's p its, arrived shortl y magistrates in the benevolent object which they after four o'clock, and every exertion was then used to reach the place where she men were known to be, and without had in view. and , readily agreed in the meantime success. John Elstone, about seven o'clock, recovered so not to purchase more grain for shipment, in order. far as to be able to state where he left his fellow-work if possible, that the high price of meal may be reduced, men, one of whom was his brother. Renewed exertions stating, at the same time, that they could not were made, and, in a short time, the body of Thomas avoid fulfilling contracts which they had already entered Broadhead was discovered quite dead. At intervals of into, and which they were bound by law to fulfil. The time after this, the bodies of J ohn Gilberthor p e, Jelin magistrates expressed a hope that this would be satis- Jenkinson, George Brown, Thomas Elstone, and. George factory to every well-disposed person, and trusted that Gomersley were found. The body of Thomas Elstone nearest the place where matters would soon take a favourable turn, and relief was was not until twelve o'clock the fire was burning. It at night that the last of the be afforded to those who may at present be suffering bodies (that of George Gomersley, the under-ground from the dearth of the necessaries of life. Throughout steward) was found, and they were each removed the day considerable excitement prevailed. At 3 to their homes. The other men, eight in number, who •had o'clock a meeting was held iu the court house for the escaped from suffocation, only with great difficulty, were im• purpose of swearing special constables. In the course of mediately after being removed from the pit, attended by a the afternoon a portion of the crowd made an attempt to surgeon, who administered such remedies as their cases re- take flour from a cart in Trinity-quay, and one of the quired, and though suffering severely there is every reason orincioal pin leaders while in the act of cutting to hope that they will recover. John Elstone states that - - one of the sacks and rolling it from the cart, was taken he did not attempt to return until he could scarcely draw risoner by Mr. Barclay, one of the police, while his his breath, and his strength had so far failed that he was P unable to walk. The cause of the accident has not yet been companion s looked quietly on and saw him carried clearly ascertained, but, from the statements made by the away and lodged in prison. , Throughout the afternoon men who were in the pit at the time (one of them the man there was little noise, but as the evening advanced a who fired the blast), and who escaped, there does not • crowd of boys collected, and gradually increased, re appear to have been any light near the place where the fire ceiving from all quarters additions of people of more-ad was discovered, until immediately after the blasting of the vanced years. The shops were closed in the neighbour coal. It is supposed that the breaking up of the coal must hood of Castle-street, and with good need, for a con have opened a crevice in which sulpharretted hydrogen gas, siderable number of v. indows were broken, especially in or fire-damp, had accumulated, and this having ignited, Mareschal-street. Between six and seven o'clock the bad set fire to the coal. The following are the names of the whole body of police, day and night, made a sally upon six men who have lost their lives :—George Gomersley, under-ground steward, Worsbro' Dale, aged 46 ; Thomas a crowd of about 500 or 600, who were pelting them Elstone, aged 35; Thomas Broadhead, aged 50 ; John with stones, and, after a struggle, succeeded in taking a Jenkinson, aged 50 ; John Gilberthorpe, aged 20 ; and number of persons. They had fre q uent encounters with George Brown, aged 0. Several of the men were married, detached parties here and there throughout the evening, and have left wives and children to deplore their unfortunate and before ten o'clock there were upwards of 50 men, deaths. besides a great number of women, imprisoned. The Mr. Badger (one of the coroners for Yorkshire) has fixed riot, however, was not such as rendered it necessary to to open the inquest (this day) Monday, at one o'clock, at the ca ll out the special constables. All has been quiet during Mason's Arms Inn, in Worsbrough Dale, when the whole of the circumstances attending this unfortunate accident will be the night.—Aberdeen Herald. fully inquired into. THE . SPANISH MARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. MR. Enrron,—Your observations generally upon the scandalous intrigues by which the Montpensier marriage was brought about are so perfectly just and conclusive that it might appear that scarcely anything could be added to them. There is, however, one point that seems not to have been touched upon by yourself or any of your contemporaries. It is this—that even the Queen's having issue would not re move the objections to marriage. The treaty of Utrecht, which expressly excludes both branches of the house of Bourbon, was intended to guard against, not the probability, but the possibility of the union of the crowns of France and Spain on the same head. Now, admitting that the Queen should have children, might they not all die in her lifetime? and have we not bad a notable instance of this in our own Queen Anne, who, although she had by Prince George of Denmark not less than thirteen children, yet she survived them all ; thus ending the line of the Stuart family.—l remain, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant, Cheltenham, 31st January, 1847. FAIR-PLAY. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right. Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons had his first Parlia mentary dinner this session on Saturday last, at his mansion in Eaton-square. Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord Marcus Hill, the Right. Hon. Richard L. Sheil, the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Lord Advocate, Sir William Somerville, the Hon. William Cowper, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Right lion. George S. Byng, the Judge-Advocate, Admiral Dundas, The O'Conor Don, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. H. Tuf nell, Mr. Parker, Mr. H. . Ward, and the Solicitor-Gene ral for Scotland, constituted the party. Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Capt. Berkeley, and Mr. Rich were prevented from dining with the Right lion. Gentleman. LONGEVITY or THE DONKEY.—A donkey belonging to Mr. Gandey, 68, Upper Bedford•street, Brighton, died on Monday last, at the advanced age of a hundred years! It was a great favourite with its master, and was well provided for up to the time of death. PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS.—On Saturday morning the match, in which Wharton, of White chapel, was backed to run ten miles within one hour, came off over two miles of road at Hackney. In betting time was the favourite. The start was made at a rapid pace, and two . . miles were accomplished in twelve minutes and a half. The pedestrian kept the equestrians in full trot, and concluded half the distance in thirty-one minutes. Towards the seventh mile he increased his speed, and had thirteen minutes to finish the remaining two miles, and ultimately won the match by performing the ten miles of road in fifty. nine minutes in an easy manner. PRESENT FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.—WO stated some time since that, the King of Prussia had ordered a shield to be manufactured, - as a present to his godson, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. We learn from Berlin that this superb cadiau is now finished and exhibited to the public in one of the royal museums at Berlin, previous to its being forwarded to England. The shield is of silver, and covered with bas reliefs, from models by the renowned Fischer. In the centre-is the Saviour's head in gold, resting on a cross, around which are four small figures representing Faith, Charity, Hope, and Justice. The other part is divided in compartments inlaid with precious stones, each containing subjects from the Old and New Testament. This magnificent piece of workmanship bears the following inscrip tion :—" Fredericns Gulielmus Rex Prussorum Alberto Eduardo Principi Wallim in Memoriam Diei Capt. XXV., M. Jan. A. MDCCCKLIL" ORANGE MANUFACTORIES.—At an inquest held on Saturday in St. Giles's, Mr. Wakley told the jury that he had discovered a manufactory of oranges, at which bad oranges could be made into apparently good ones. The process pursued was the submitting of unripe and inferior oranges to the action of steam, or par-boiling them. This made them swell, filled out their rinds, and made them thin, the usual external sign that the fruit was good. To give them the last polish, and heighten their outward attraction, they were rubbed with a greasy piece of flannel, or with something more objectionable. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.—Upon inquiry on Saturday at the Red Lion Inn, at Southall, as to the state of Mrs. Ibotson, who was injured in the above accident, it was stated that the un fortunate lady still remains in a very bad state. It appears that Mrs. Ibotson was at the time of the accident sitting in the third compartment of the first second-class carriage of the four o'clock down train, with her back against the par tition dividing that compartment from the second, in which the deceased individuals, Halt and Bishop, were sitting face to face. In fact, she was sitting back to back with Halt, and the same blow which struck him and Bishop struck her with milder force behind the left ear, and knocked her for ward on her knees between the two seats, in which situation she was found by Dr. Daniels, who, on asking her if she was much hurt, was answered, " Oh, Peen% tell. Everything is going round with me. My reason is quite gone." She was at the moment in a state of distraction, and was crying fearfully. Dr. Daniel's carriage being present, she was placed in that, and instantly taken to the Red Lion Inn, followed by 'Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of Brentford Butts, who found her, on examination, to be labouring under concus sion of the brain and injury to the spinal column. Re peated retchings had supervened, which there had been great difficulty in stopping. Mrs. Meuntjoy Martyn is pro gressing favourably. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—REPTON, WARWICKSHIRE, SaTunnay..-Last evening an inquest was held at the White Lion, Tavern, on the body of Henry Peter Taylor, aged eleven weeks, the illegitimate offspring of Jane Taylor, aged twenty years, who had jumped into the War; wick and Nupton Canal, with the child in her ham Thursday night last. Hannah Taylor, of Henn ing was that her husband was the brother of Jane Tay lor . _ told buit her had the deceased with her. When she w that and witness understood she was crying very much , Witness wished her not at her house on Thursday evening about went aw ay aow'caloyck. she was going to Leamington. she Persisted in going. up in to-nigh that she must procure it wasMciyultehusbuannndecesshaarYd, a fresh home, for he was unable to e nagd there,notice w to hie l h eav n e oti eeour Was house to go out, as conse quence(Friday%) We have but one room for myself, husband, and . her W b e three children, and, therefore; support h o e f r. had no room for her and the baby. Phineas Page said—On the previous evening, as he was coming from the mill, he saw something floating on the opposite side. Having p rocure d assistance, and got the female out, she then ejaculated," Oh, my baby." Her dress having been unpinned, deceased pinned, the poor was found clasped in her arms quit e d ea d. Th ju e ry returned a verdict of wilful murder against Jane Taylor, who was fully committed to take her trial at the next assizes. ROBBERY AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACILS.-011 Saturday information was forwarded to the police that some thieves had broken into the stables of W. Beaumont, Esq., the Old Barrack-yard, Knightsbridge, and plundered the place even to the bed and bedding belonging to the groom. Tat COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—The amount of this subscription, when last advertised, a few weeks ago—we mean the subscriptions forwarded to the committee for this district—amounted to 53,6241. Since that announcement, other subscriptions have been received, chiefly from Liverpool, together with some from Paisley, Kendal, and Macclesfield, increasing the amount by 4,7221., the total, up to last evening, being 53,3461. 19s. 9d. These subscriptions include one from Mr. Pennington, of Liver pool, of 300/.; Mr. J. C. Ewart, Liverpool, 2001.; Messrs. Tennants, Crow, and Co., Liverpool, 200/.; Mr. William Jackson, Liverpool, 1501.; the family of Crosfield, Liverpool, 1451.; and two sums of 1051., and ten others of 1001. each, all from Liverpool contributors. We have seldom seen so extensive and spirited a subscription emanating from Liver pool. We have not heard the aggtegate amount of awns tional tribute from all parts of the kingdom. Naneliestfr Guardian. ROWITT'S JOURNAL. Part 1. Precisely in the same form, animated with the same spirit, and supplied by many of the same contributors as the People's Journal, a new weekly and monthly peri odical has just made its first appearance under the at tractive title of Howites Journal. We know nothing whatever of the causes of this separation, we do not in tend therefore to enter into any examination of the merits of the case, nor have we the slightest inclination to do so. All we feel called upon to say is that Howites Journal at its very outset evinces remarkable talent, talent worthy of its eminent contributors (among others, Dr. Southwood Smith, R. H. Horne, Alaric Watts, Dr. Bowring, George Thompson, and W. J. Fox, with a promise of Douglas Jerrold, Leigh Hunt, Charles Mackay, Miss Mitford, Ebenezer Elliott, Barry Corn wall, and others), and not unworthy of its editors. William and Mary Howitt—names peculiarly associated with the cause of the advancement of the people. With such editors, such writers, and an object so noble and philanthropical as that of elevating and enlightening the popular mind, failure is impossible. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in the slopes and grounds around the Castle. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed walking and pony exercise. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken for an airing yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdoi ff. and attended by Lord Ca moys, Hon. Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning. The Earl of Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, arrived at the Castle yes terday on a visit to the Queen. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner left the Castle yester day The Royal dinner party at the Castle last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner, and her Majesty's private band performed the remainder of the evening. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. The Royal Family took walking exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken also attended the service. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. _ A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Cla rendon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Counsel sat two hours and a half. Lord John Russell left town after the Council for Windsor Castle. Mr. Labouchere left town after the Council for Brighton. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted busi ness at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Mr. Oswald, M.P., and the Hon. Mr. Bouverie, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Buckingham had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Lord John Russell will have a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday next, the 6th of February, at his resi dence in Chesham-place. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of COM• mons had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday. The Earl and Countess of Minto and family arrived at their new residence in Eaton-square on Saturday. The Duke of Wellington a ttended the early servic e yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Mr. Haden officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily service the Prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton, and the Lessons by the Rev. T. Helm ore.he sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The anthem was, "In thee, 0 L or d." Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Marquis of Anglesey, Lords Gran ville and W. Graham, and the Bishops of Ely and Here ford, were among the nobility present. THE WEST INDIA COLONIES. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The Petition of the undersigned Agents appointed by the Legislat ures o f the West India Colo nies hereinafter mentioned. Showeth, iisttiltlhearit:Bs'raitain '1 1. That your petitioners feel called upon to express, on behalf of the Colonial Legislatures, by whom they are accredited, their gratitude to nur House for having been pleased to entertain the _pro positions that sugar may be used in the public breweries and distilleries, and that a reduction in the present duty on rum imported into Great Britain and Ireland shall forthwith take place, approximating to an equalisation of duty with that on British spirits in this country. 2. The undersigned deem it a matter of sincere con gratulation that the principle of treating the colonies as an integral portion of the empire is thus practically re-1 cognised as a principle which they confidently howil be speedily and substantially carried into effect in all its bearings. 3. Your petitioners may, neverthet Iheessp, the colonists, observe that the permission prayed. for y b ublic breweries I b n e dia all p o l w e e b d te t r o s to have sugar and molasses used in and distilleries, will not avail the West itnhde unless uce cultivationthe m en t in oeat otherwise measure hi b see e i r a teos p rt l a r tt ro eh se a . n investmentnt one t t o l a i f o s s l c d e a s s pi out im sap le n td. o t e ) tiainohnrxsee: fo r tthye et hl uadt e Your res p t r e it t ch i t t ei i o o n n ps e r petitioners eo s regret ecdo nctoetnmucpfielsnasdti eotdnh,aatats and deth o momi l ic a ttoh s fhl, s e,wm e r s poaueu :s r,lsdme n n iissn t se i ieto rt m i levied milted b i into t o h : i r ; luam:aePssttiiyes /nspirncotpooosGestrdmewatsta, theto 5 u . successse Your ( t: u g r a r poe i ft n itthi theoe petitioners me p re u sa b s s l o i u c rbe d m. ad rbbetheere can be no real be deemed difficulty in allowing cane juice to o of be imported also at a fixed duty, nor in admitting both public breweries and distilleries_ o to n the same being observed that 6. trans ferred duty paid e West Indies pre_ at sugar) direct from the bonded houses to the public breweries and distilleries, where the molasses and cane state ay that these juice pro te c m t i a o y n , beof dealt 1 I T with e h fsrta u yn i ti s d e rd e e r vaesnnudrcuji is to d r a d e st g o o n u m e l requisite, but to be so . acted upon as not to preclude the free use of them in such public breweries and distilleries. to b e dudes many of the planters from converting the juice into sugar, to their great loss and injury. cane the 7 . wlTannhteregardofiundersignedlabourers o t u o re caners are i t c hi, e u concessions would materially promote the interests the colonies which they r epresent. of The undersigned respectfully pray that your Honour able House will be pl eased to take th e ino your favourable consider ation. T. P. MAYERS , Agent for ar B badoes. E. L. NUGEN r, Agent for Montserrat. Antigua and T. COLQUHOUN, Agent for S phers, St. Vincent, Dominica , t. Christo and the Virgins. Nevis / St. James's-place, Jan. 25, 1847. ANOTHER DISASTER AT. SEA. ---L IVERPOOL, FRl- DAY.—Another melancholy disaster at sea is to-day reported the captain, mate, and two seamen of the ship Eliza War wick, arrived from New York, havirg been lost at sea— swept overboard. The crew of this s hi p, we find it stated in our American files, mutinied shortly after leaving New Fork ; and, according to the statement of the crew of the steamer which towed the vessel to sea from New York, several pistol-shots were heard shortly after she left the Warwick. Our statement with reg ar d to the arrest of the c rew of the Columbia was incorrect. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ADELPHI TERRACE.-- On Friday the dilapidated balustrade on the Adelphi-ter race, that has for some time past been in a very danger- MIS state, W4VS remeyed. It is to be replaced by a light iron pa 1144,1% FRASER. It is evident, from the tenour of the only political ar ticle in the present number of Fraser, that, namely, which is entitled, " What are we to Expect?" that the.oldTory party is completely disorganised. The writer admits that the Protectionist opposition, either through their own misfortune or the faults of their leaders, fall as short of the Ministerial party in moral power as they exceed it in numerical force, and that the breach which has severed Lord George Bentinck and Sir Robert Peel is quite irre. concileable. It is evident, moreover, that the Tory party dread Sir Robert Peel, and accordingly, this writer, speaking in their name, endeavours to persuade the Right Hon. Baronet either to retire altogether from public life, or to accept a peerage. We hope he will do neither. The House of Commons is the proper field for his exLr tionA, and as the moderator of parties in that House, " sitting apart and watching for his country's welfare, like some ()mete created to advise," his position may be, perhaps, as this writer says, " irksome," but it will be most useful and most honourable, and although " it may prove a source of inconvenience to others(" that is to say, to the incompetent, and incapable, and disappointed, and selfish, who aspire to be statesmen, but who possess not the requisite ability for the due performance of the func tions which may devolve on them), to have the most ac complished administrator of affairs that this country has of late years produced, present in the House of Commons, to puzzle them by questions and to expose their short-comings—yet the presence of such a one cannot but be of vast service to the country, and there fore we hope that Sir Robert Peel will continue in the House of Commcns. Cunningly is the temptation held out to the personal friends of Sir Robert Peel to desert " Between the younger members of the late Cabinet and the heads of the Protectionist party there is no feud which a little explanation on both sides could not speedily end." And why is this temptation so' held out ? Evidently because the Protectionists feel that they are absolutely without any man of administrative talents among them. The junior members of the Peel Cabinet are, therefore, to be invited to join the Bentinck party, in order to teach them the business of administration, and to be sacrificed immediately afterwards. In the meanwhile it seems the Whigs are to be tolerated as warming-pans for the Pro tectionists:— _ _ "The Whigs must have fair play; that they will manage matters well for any length of t►me, in promoting the people's interests, while they maintain in their integrity the great Institutions of the country, we rather hope than anti cipate. If they do, they shall have our hearty support ; and if they do not, they may rely upon it that we will tell them of their backsliding, and use our best endeavours to turn them out; and then it will be seen how far the Pro tectionists deserve the good opinons which, at the present moment, we entertain of them." Such are the present purposes and views of the remnant of the once compact and powerful Conservative party. The article on" Literary Legislators" is continued. The elaborate notice of Mr. Disraeli is concluded, and fol lowed by a notice highly eulogistic, but not more eulo gistic than just, of Mr. Mackinnon. The most readable paper in the number, however, is the article entitled " Holland House and its Inhabitants," which is full of amusing gossip, ant;quarian, artistical, and biographi cal, of the far-famed Holland House and its inhabitants, from the days of Sir Henry Rich, who began its con struction in the time of Queen Elizabeth, to those of its late accomplished occupants, the late Lord and Lady Holland. DOLMAN. Apart from its peculiar views upon religion, Dolman is, as usual, of a character very attractive to the general reader. There is no sectarianism, or intolerance, or acerbity in its pages ; insomuch that the most earnest opponent of the Roman Catholic Church may, without any diminution of his zeal, say taus much in commenda tion of this organ of the Roman Catholics in England. We observe that the editor extends the field of his his torical reminiscences in regard to the penal laws against his ancestors in the faith, by going back from 1779 and 1780 to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. His revelations are mournful enough. Such cruelty and bigotry as he records is hardly comprehensible in this age of humanity and toleration. Upon the life and character of the Empress Josephine there is a very charming article, but it could scarcely be otherwise. Jo sephine was worthy of being the wife of the Great Napoleon, both in the gentleness of her heart and the elevation of her mind, in her dignity and her beneficence. The character of the Empress Jose phine is conspicuous in that age of greatnes.s, and it, is as fascinating as it is conspicuous. A story entitled " Kathleen Connor" follows ; and the next paper is one styled " Thu Cradles of Gold and Wicker" by an Os cotiv. The contribution is illustrative of the insufficiency of mere birth to render any one either eminent or happy : it contrasts the careers of King Louis XVII. of France, and of a base-born child named Jacques, whom we should take to be fictitious, but that the writer states to the contrary. Jacques is described as having attained great eminence and as being still in existence. We suspect that the writer had M. Thiers in his mind's eye when delineating the aaracter. Those who can transport themselves back in imagination over a vista of eighteen centuries shouldcalled rea A a n s exquisite nen little tie n sketch er. in the present number of m mi o r n a a ce t i " s b I y which It is thedescriptionali estabshen of m one tof Christianity- themostsub waslime 6. The Anglican Revival," by Mr. Jer accompanied. deserves is one s m t o o re be th s a , n ) f a ro n m y o it t s h ecrano dour and moderation . Thereof , a rh ningham, in deficiency the contribwuitliloipies number interior to its predecasor . Dol manfoallsitbedersee Intelligencer eh r ; a i r h y , this and t that is r e s b a r e l o v n i t e y s of th"eCpartehsoelnict -------=------ DOMBEY AND SON. No. V. By Charles Dickens. Never was any work of fiction commenced with so much evichnce of genius, and goodness, and eloquence as this. If the fifteen numbers which are to come be enly comparable with the five already published, Dombey and Son will be the masterpiece of Charles Dickens; and that is saying much—that is saying that it will be a noble addition to the literature of our country. In the last chapter in the present number there are sentences that should be w r itten in letters of gold. Tiny Tim and Little Nell are ideal beings that the mind of a poet alone could have imagined, but Tiny Tim and Little Nell are cyphers to Little Paul Dombey. And Little Paul dies. The description of the young child's death, given iu the part before us, is one of the most exquisite and touching descriptions in the English htuguage. We do nOt enTY HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPHYNX. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—The Porcupine and Echo steamers went down to Yarmouth yesterday with a great variety of stores, and some mooring lighters, and the two camels which have been prepared, to endeavour to float this steamer off the beach. The camels are large flat-bottomed mud barges, c overed over, and securely cauled in, and are to be fixed under the paddles. The mooring lighters will be anchored pretty close to the vessel, and cables passed from them and secured, and then hove taut, and it is fully expected, considering how light the Sphynx is, that she will be dragged out to sea. The Retribution steamer, manned by the officers and crew of the Sidoc, who have Wen turned over this after noon, and the Myrtle steamer, go down to-morrow morning. The Retribution will be kept ready to assist the vessels off the coast should the wind ehange, or the rollers set in dan gerously. The Myrtle is a light steamer, drawing little water, and will be used as a dispatch boat. The wind is now moderate and favourable for the ope rations, being from north and off the land. The tides to-morrow and Tuesday are expected to be very high, and therefore the most sanguine expectations are entertained of the Sphynx being preserved. Captain Austen, R.N., Mr. Murray, chief engineer, Mr. Watts, builder's assistant, Mr. Bellamy, second master attendant, the commander and crew of the Sphynx, and a great number of experienced and in telligent men from the dockyard, used to operations of this nature, with at least 250 others, are to be employed. Some remarks have been made by naval people, that the same measures should have been adopted as were used to get the Gorgon afloat in the Brazils, but the positions of the two ships are quite different : the Gorgon was driven in a gale of wind on a bed of sand, during a very high tide, and there left high and dry; the officers and crew could and did get to work on her nearly every day, they were able to raise sheers to take out her engines, they had to clear away 9,000 tons of sand from under her, and by downright hard heaving at the capstan got her into the water, and then with camels floated her into deeper water. The Sphynx is exposed to the open sea, and only at certain periods can be approached, and the atflooaavtail themselves of the slightest 101 l e a t t h o e w r o m r k u s t t h b e e capstan w atche sd DETERMINED SUICIDE OF TWO LOVERS. A most lamentable affair took place in Wakefield during b ai created a great sensation two respectable families the night of Friday last, in the neighbourhood, and h a state o the deepest distress. A wh w ich ere h have been thrown idnto Georg G e Hampson, 'about twenty-five young man, named his addresses to a young woman of the years of age, had p Morton for about three years. Both the par name of Susan Morton for about three years. Both the par in Wakefield, the young man being a whitesmith, ties resided in Wak e Hampson, also a whitesmith, ikc., in and son of Mr. Georg On the evening of Friday last, Hampson went that town. he house of his lover and at that time it would a s usual to t well , for she sent for her younger appea r the g i r l was not very s i s t e r, Fanny, Susan, w ho came to her, but when she arrived Susan was better.however, had, a fainting fit during the evening, but it app ears she had been sub j ect to them for some time. About ten o'clock, Susan feeling better, was persuaded by her sister to go out walking for a short time, and advised her to go and see her mother, who was in a different part a the town. They all three went together, and after walking round St. John's, and afterwards into the town, Fanny left them, as she slept at the house of a friend. It seems Hampson and Susan returned to the house of the latter, and Susan's brother left them in the house to gether when he went to bed. Nothing more was seen or heard of them until the following (Saturday) morning, when two coats and a hat, and a bonnet, shawl, and boa, were found on the banks of the Barnsley Canal, near the bridge which crosses it in some fields near Heath Wood, about a mile and a half from Miss Morton's home. Search was af terwards made in the water, and the bodies of Hampson and his lover Susan were found near the place where the clothes had been discovered. The suicidal determination must have been strong in each, for their bodies were firmly tied toge ther with four handkerchiefs, which must have been fastened by Hampson, as the knots were tied behind the young woman. In his pocket was found a pistol loaded with ball, and two bullets, some powder, caps, &c. ; and in her pockets was found a soft substance, like paste, which has not yet been analysed, but which is supposed to be poison. What tends to make the affair more mysterious is the total inabi lity of any one to find a reason for the commission of such a rash act. There were no marks of violence on either of the bodies, or anything to lead to the belief that either of them had come to their death by unfair means. The deceased young woman was about 21 years of age, a fine figure, and very pretty. An inquest was held on the bodies on Saturday, before Thomas Lee, Esq., Coroner, when the jury returned the fol lowing verdict:—" Found drowned, without any marks of violence; but how, or by what means, they got into the canal, there is no evidence to show." A JUDGE'S CHARGE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, —Johnson, in his life of Savage, gives the following version of the speech of Mr. Justice Page to the jury, at the trial of Savage, for murder, in 1727 :—" Gentlemen of the Jury !—You are to consider that Mr. Savage is a very great man ; a much greater man than you or I, gentlemen of the jury:—that he wears very fine clothes; much finer clothes than you or I, gentlemen of the jury—that he has abundance of money in his pocket k much more money than you or I, gentlemen of the jury—but, gentlemen of the jury, is it not a very hard case, gentleme n of the jury, that Mr. Savage should therefore kill you or me, gentlemen of the jury." Another remarkable charge of the same Learned Judge is given in the following terms, and it will be seen that it contains an anecdote that, in one sense of the term, at all events, may be said to be original :—" Gentlemen of the ju r y —Ye have heard the evidence against this here fellow, and all that. He not only robbed the gentleman who was so good as as I can to pro secute him, of his effects and money, but, as far learn, has always been a vagabond, a stroller, I think ; a fellow that went about with tricks and fancies. Now I never liked your tricks and fancies. I'll tell you a tileasant story. Some years ago, when I was at Exeter, there was a fellow, an ill-looking dog, somewhat like the prisoner at the bar, that went about with a bear and fiddle : a troublesome rascal, there was no living for his tricks and fancies. so this was very well ; I was not then a judg sifter I went e, but went only that on private business. However, some time circuit. You may be sure I inquired for my old friend ; but, somehow or other the thinkwas dead, and the fiddle was broke. But how do you I served the fellow? Why, I hanged him." A DDITIO NAL DAY MAIL TO SOUTHAMPTON. —We are gratified in being able to announce that arrangements have been made for the purpose of affording Southampton the accommodatiou of an additional day mail. A mail bag will be made up and dispatched from London by tbe 1 r.st. train, and the letters will be delivered at Southampton by the six o'clock delivery. This regulation will enable parties to receive second editions of the morning journals, and will greatly facilitate t he communication betweea this town and th o se places in the v icinit y of London, whose morning mails reach the metrop.olis before twelve o'clock ; it will also pre vent that delay in the delivery of letters from the North of England, which occasionally occurs during the winter months. The Southampton bag will be dispatched by the 1 raw. train to London, the box at the Post-office closing about 12.30 P.M. We understand these alterations will be made in the course Of next month. —Hants Independent. A LucxT NAVVY. —A navigator working on the Lewes Railway has just received information that his uncle bequeathed 13,70004 to be divided between him ad his brother. ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAIL WAY. The first general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this line was held on Saturday, at the London Tavern ; Captain Owen in the chair. The directors presented a report and submitted the ac counts to the meeting, by which it appeared that a balance of 7511. 6s. 4d. remained in the hands of the treasurer. Ground has been purchased at Enfield for the erection of a station, and terms have been come to with the Northern and Eastern Counties Company for a junction with their line. A contract has also been entered into with Mr. H. Earle for the construction of the works for 20,5001., the line to be com pleted within five months after possession of the land has been obtained. The report on the motion of Captain BOSANQUIT, seconded by Dr. ASTLEY HOLT, was unanimously adopted. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting was dissolved. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM CIiIAYTOR, BART.—We deeply regret to record the death of Sir William Chaytor, Bart., which took place on Thursday last, at his residence, Clervaux Castle, near Darlington. The deceased Baronet was highly respected, and his loss will be severely felt and deeply lamented. In " Dodd's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain," we find the following :—" Sir William Chaytor, first Baronet, created 1831, son of William Chaytor, Esq., by his marriage with Miss Jane Lee. Born 1771. Married, 1803, the youngest daughter and co-heir of John Carter, Esq., of Tunstall and Richmond, Yorkshire." The late Sir William Chaytor was Lieut.-Colonel Com mandant of the Yorkshire Militia (North Riding), and a deputy lieutenant of the county of Durham. He repre sented Sunderland in Parliament, in 1833 and 1834, but has latterly retired into private life. The deceased was in the 76th year of his age, and is succeeded in his title and estates by his son, William Richard Chaytor, who was born in 1805, and married, in 1836, a daughter of Mr. Lacy, of Easingwold, but she died in 1837. The present Baronet represented the citz_of Durham from 1831 to 183 4 .—York Herald. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR EDWARD GIBBS, K.C.8., LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. OF JERSEY.—This distinguished officer, whose terms of service as Lieutenant- Governor of Jersey ceased a fortnight since, expired on the 24th ult., at the: residence of one of his friends in that island, in the seventieth year of his age, though for some time suffering from an attack of gout. Sir Edward was carried off somewhat suddenly. Having given up possession of the Governor's house he proceeded on a visit to a friend in the interior of tile island, and while there sustained an attack of paralysis, Which baffled all medical aid, and terminated fatally on the above-mentioned day. A few days before the melancholy event, the gallant officer received the most flat tering testimonials of approbation from her Majesty through Sir George Grey, and addresses were presented to him from all classes of the inhabitants, comprising English, French, and native, congratulating him on the successful termination of his eight years' service as Lieutenant-Governor and Com mander-in-Chief, and complimenting him on the impartial manner in which he had ever discharged his duties. Sir Edward Gibbs entered the army in 1798, and his o ther coin missions are thus dated : lieutenant, November 28,.1799 ; captain, Februa7 24, 1803; major, February 4, 1808 , major-general, January J l. an e u b a ru ry ar l y o, 6 l , B3 l 7 B ; lt u c t o e : n o an ne t l . , g M en ay era 2 l, 7 ko l v B e 2 m s; - ber 9, 1846. Sir Edward was the son of Samuel Gibbs, Esq., of Housley Park, Essex, by the daughter of Admiral Sir William Rowley, and was brother to the late Sir Samuel Gibbs, who fell at New Orleans in 1815. SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN FRANCIS FREAD, R.N.—We regret to record the death of Captain F. Fread, R.N., w hich took place at his residence, Nightingale Vale, Woolwich, yesterday (Sunday). The deceased officer, who was of a full habit of body, was seated at breakfast with his family, when he was suddenly seized with a fit of apoplexy, and expired before medical assistance could be procured. Captain Freed was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kent, and was one of those officers who accepted the retire ment a few weeks since. He was brother_ of Colonel Fread, late of the Grenadier Guards. He has left a large family to mourn his sudden decease, and a general feeling of regret has been felt in Woolwich, where as genotlremENannThGe OF Fas THEhighly r o R esteemed. Ts. taken off the bonded w are h ouses i magistrate and private a T t h h e is ploocrtkduring v ethebe epre sent week, but there was not much grain to release. The ex ports from Gloucester to Ireland are now very considerable; and the purchases of grain here for that destination—some say on behalf of Government—daily become larger.—Glou cestershire Chronick, , t%' N II ; ,~ :~ HI ~, :,_ , ,s 1. E l