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lIIIITISII ASSOCIATION for the RELIIF of EXTREME DISTRESS in the REMOTE PARISHES of RELAND and SCOTLAND. COUXITTEE. light Hon. Lord Mayor ' Robert Hanbury, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq. Thomson Mulkey, jun., Esq. Henry Barnewall, Esq. Henry Kingscote, Esq. Charles James Bevan, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq, P. Carleton, Esq. W. G. Prescott, Esq. i a. J. Cum m i ns, Esq. lion. Stephen Spring, Rice Ralkes Currie, Esq., M.P. Baron Lionel Rothschild Samuel Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. G. R. Smith, Esq. With power to add to their number. I nformation having been received Of the most distressing charac ter, and of undoubted credibility, of the rapid progress of famine and atter destitution in many remote parishes of Ireland and Scotland, in Which there are but few families wins can be considered as the resi dent gentry, and who are therefore exposed to urgent and overpow 'la* demands for the smallest supplies of the necessaries of life by the famishing' population, to an extent far exceNling any means Within their power—it has been determined, in dependence upon God's blessing, to form a Committee in London for the purpose of aiding the efforts made to relieve the multitudes who are suffering ender the present awful calamity. The Committee propose to apply the Subscriptions that may be in trusted to their care, either in sending supplies of food to Ireland and Scotland, or In such other manner as tnly secure a conscientious and faithful administration of the funds to the relief of the most ne cessitous and the most deserving, in strict conformity with the rules Which shall be laid down by the London Committee. The relief proposed will be afforded by the distribution of food, ' L othing, and fuel, but in no cases shall money be given to the par ties relieved. ~!The sick and infirm, •• the fatherless children and widows," who, fts, constit u t e a very numerous class of the sufferers, and who are in a great degree beyond the reach of the Government plans of relief, Wlll be the principal objects to which this Committee will direct as- Ma_ time° to be g i ven. Should it be in any case practicable, som e re wril in work, of an agricultural or other generally useful natnrc, will be required from the individuals relieved. The Committee abstain from pressing their application by introduc ing extrhcts from the distressing communications which they have received ; the appalling nature of the visitation with which it has matter God to afflict so l arge a portion of our fellow-subjects is now Z au er of Pslblic notoriely, and to enlarge upon it would be needless. They prefer to act upon the strong conviction that there are a large number of benevolent persons fully acquainted with the distress, and ready to best ow their bounty whenever a channel is presented to nera t hrough which it may be applied, and secured as far as possible from the danger of being abused. sthPersons feeling A peculiar interest in any particular districts In er Ireland or Scotland, can direct that their contributions should be applied to the relief of suck districts, which will be strictly ob- Served - 6'y the Committee. CONTRIBUTINS. Her Most Gracious Majesty TILE QUEEN £2,000 0 0 His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT .. 500 0 0 Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of GLOU CESTER •• 200 0 0 •• •. •• •• The Duke of Devonshire • .. 1,000 0 0 .. •• Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. .. 1,000 0 0 t i ts . r r s. Jones Loyd and Co, .., _ tes 8.. Ovoethresenhd iIP and Co. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Right Iron . TSltnin:inithanP:. ”ican urn b o ury y, , and Co. .. .. 1,000 0 0 .. .. 1,000 0 0 ' - •••a• and Smith .. .. 1,000 0 0 Right g t Iron. Lord John Russelßl,ulll.PPn., st . n . d. Co.. 1,000 0 0 .. 300 0 0 Hon. Sir G. Grey, Bart., M.P. .. .. 200 0 0 Right Hon. Sir C. Wood,'Bart , M.P. •• .. 200 0 0 Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and CO. .. • • 290 0 0 Messrs. Jones, Brothers • . •• .. 200 0 0 Right Hon. Sir • R. Peel .. .. .. 200 0 0 _Messrs. Probing and Goschen •• •• 200 0 0 _Mess Sehttnk, Solichay, and CO.' '• • •• 200 0 0 James Bruce, Esq. •• 150 0 0 .•• • • E. C. Bu x t on, Esq. (100/. . Scotland) • • •• 150 0 0 IlebrY Kingscote, Esq. .. • • 150 0 0 Right Hon. the Lord Mayor • • Francis Carleton, Esq. • • • • • • • • .: •• . 100 0 0 100 0 0 li. R. Willcox, Esq. •• .. .. .. 100 0 0 _ • 100 0 0 A. Anderson, Esq. •• •• .• am. Marsha% Halstead • • • •• .. 100 0 0 Laurence. Cazeneve, and Co. • • ..roo 00 '• David Salomans, Esq. • • • • '• •• 100 0 0 W. 1. and N. Wilkinson ••.•• ••• 100 0 0 R. • Sillem, Son, and Co. • • • • •• 100 0 0 J. C. Emma, Esq. .. .. •• •• 100 0 0 The Hen. Stephen Spring Rice •• •• 50 0 0 C. E. Treyel,yan, Esq. .. .. • • •• 50 0 0 B. IL .• 50 0 0 Sir john Easthope. Bart., M.P. 50 0 0 'W. H. Forman, Esq. .• • • .. • • 50 0 0 Messrs. Kreutlerund Mievillo •• •• 50 0 0 Bishop of Hereford .. .. •• •• 30 0 0 Joseph Meyer Menteflore, Esq. • • 40 0 0 George Grey, Esq., Stockwell Park .. .. 21 0 0 James J. Cummins. Esq. Brixton .. .. 21 0 0 Messrs. Sharpe and Wilkins • • .- .• 20 0 0 Louis Lucas, Esq. •• •• •• •• 20 0 0 Dr. Graham, Epsom .. • . .. .. 15 0 0 M. Field and Co. 10 II 0 Bostock and Sons .. •• .. 10 10 0 S. J. Waley, Esq. •• •• •• •• 10 10 0 T.Joues, Esq. ... .. .. •• .. 10 10 0 H. Grisewood, Esq, .. .. .. . ,1010 0 . S. R. Worms,Esq. .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Benjamin Cohen, Esq, .. •• 10 0 0 T. 11. Helbert, Esq. • • •• .. • • 10 0 0 The Viscount Fielding • • .. .. .. 5 3 0 .. . Major Straith .. • • •• • • • 50 9 ' : Messr s . C umm i ns an d Litchfield .. •• 50 0 ,''. - i,' , Charles,Cook, .Esq., South Lambeth .. .. 50 0 Children and Servants of a Family in the Country, .. • • • • .. • • 5 4 6 Oetaylus Browne, Esq., Brixton •• •• 30 0 A powerful Iron steamer will immeciately be sent with supplies of fe " 34, &c., to Ireland ; and should any person be inclined to contri bute clothing, flannel, blankets, &c., and will inform the Committee of their kind intention, immediate steps will be taken to forward the same by the a b ove vesse l , w hi c h vesse l , i t i s to b e hoped, 11411 be dispatched in the course of this week, or very early in the ensuing Week. Subscriptions receive."' at all the Bankers. Committee-room, South Sea House, Jan. 6, 1847. GR . hAT vvli STE RN RAILWAY. CALL for SECOND INSTALMENT of 21. 10s. PER SHARE on 171. SHARES, making 41. 10s. PAID, Meet The Directors of the G rea t Western Railway, having resolved at a ing held this day, to call under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, for an instalment of 21. 10s. per share on 171. shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of JANUARY next, to any of the under-men tioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 171. shares, viz.— London. • • • Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills and Co., at the Great Wtstern Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol ......Messrs. Miles, Ilarford and Co. Messrs. Bonne, Ames and Co. Stuckey's Banking Company, The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool ....The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham.. The County of Cloucester sank. Reading .• • . Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, 3d December, 1846. O.REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for FOVRTII INSTALMENT of 21. lbs. PER SHARE on 251. SHARES, makin ,, 121. 10s. paid. : Th e Directors of the Gr ea t Western ' llallway having resolved, at 4 14 ,, ee ting held this day, to Call, under the provisions of the Acts xot-iarllament, for an Instalment of 21. 10s. per Share, on 251 Shares, Dlty 12 hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to in e „;: 1 or before the Bth day of Jatsuanr next, to any of the under tiye"uoned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. en each of their respec- L 0n , 25 /. Shares ..... Messrs. Glyn, liallifisx, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway-office, 29, Gresham-street, City. trist o l 3fessrs. liarford, and Co. Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. Stitokey's Banking Company. The West of England and South Wales District Bank. I Ch It :11.er Dool • • • . The Bank of Liverpool. County of Gloucester Bank. •••.Meilsra. J. and C. Symonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 3, 1846. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society as enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. en the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. ..m. terminus, raaaington, Dee. s, 1846. EXAMPLES. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. . 7 ; 1 , ig OPENING OF THE PETERBOROUGH BRANCH. ~.. ,i, 1-1 Bonus Bonus in '' 2' I Assured This Line will be opened for General Trani° on the 14th Instant. , 4 - -- Premium. 2 B a c added. Cash. E• s : may ge arrangement of Trains will be as follows : . 3 a Borrow. FROM LONDON. 7.15 a.m. ; 11.30 a.m. ; 2.0 p.m.; 6.0 p.m.—Week Days. - ---- 6.45 a.m. ; 2.0 p.m.—Sundays. x xB. d. 1837 £217 15 IXIOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 FROM PETERBOROUGH. ! *6.0 a.m; 8.25 a.m. ; 12.0 n . ; 4 . 40 p.m . ; 7.0 p . m .—W ee k Days. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 .6.0 a.m.; 8.45 a.m. ; 4.0 p.m. —S un d ays . 60,1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10; 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 : A Train also leaves C am b r i dge at 6.50 a.m. every morning, for 1 1840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 Peterborough and Stamf or d . I 1841 111 6 8; 49 10 0i 710 4, 247 4 5 All the Trains. Pzrantla.. •,___ - . . a ___ ..- - -r- -•I- .-ass. FROM LONDON. 7.15 a.m. ; 11.30 a.m. ; 2.0 p.m. ; 6.0 p.m.—Week Days. 6.45 a.m. ; 2.0 p.m.—Sundays. FROM PETERBOROUGH. *6.0 a.m ; 8.25 a.m. ; 12.0 n. ; 4.40 p.m. ; 7.8 p.m.—Week Days. .6,0 a.m. ; 8.45 a.m. ; 4.0 p.m.—Sundays. A Train also leaves Cambridge at 6.50 a.m. every morning, for Peterborough and Stamford. AU the Trains, excepting those marked *, are in conjunction with Trains at Peterborough to and from. Stamford. For particulars as to Fares, Rates, and Coaches in connexion with the Trains see Time Bills, to be had on application at any of the Company's stations, or at the coach-offices in connexion with the Company, on and after the 10th inst. By order, The division of profits is annual, and the neat ►ill be made in e.cember of the preseat year. F. FEIIGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Ilishopsgate Station, January 4, 1847. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,—ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY 3tEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchester, in the county of Lan caster, on the 2d day of F EBRUARY next, at the hour of Eleven o'clock hl the forenoon of that day. And notice is hereby further given, that, in accordance with a re- Walt - ion signed by more than twenty shareholders in the said under - ta klng, holding, in the aggregate, not less than one-tenth of the capital of the said Company, an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL be held o f the SHAREHOLDERS of the said COMPANY, will ne held at the Palatine Hotel aforesaid, on the day and year afore 851d, at Twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, or immediately on following of the business of the said or di nary M eeting, for the owing purposes, namely —" To receive, consider, an d d ec id e, on 'h e steps to be taken with respect to the report of Messrs. William IGibb, George William Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of nv estigation appointed on Saturday, the 25th d ay o f J uly last, and 0 determine on the propriety of reducing the number of the Directors fr om twelve to six, and if thought ad v i sa bl e , spec i f i cally to remove SIX of the present Directors. And notice is hereby further gives, that at the said last-mentioned 'fleeting the Directors will apply for powers to proceed with, and en deavour to obtain, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, Acts for alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch, with power to purchase, rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- QTyne Junction Railway, and to the Northern Counties Union Railway o llvanies ; Railway fro m th e E ast L ancashire Railway near Burn y, to join the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail 'way, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway _ C ompany, or to the Manchester and Le e d s R a il way C ompany; and Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Railways Amalgamation. And the Directors do hereby convene the said meetings accordingly. THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. C. MOORE WILSON , / Secretaries. W. H. 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Thomas Barnewall, Esq. Jonathan llopkinson, Esq. William Beresford, Esq., M.P. Edward Oxenford, Esq. William Sprott Boyd, Esq. George Rennie, jun., Esq. W. it:Collett, Esq., 31. P. John Savage, Esq. Henry Cornfoot, Esq. John Shewell, Esq. Edward Cotton, Esq. ! Joseph Thompson, Esq. James A. Douglass, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of six per cent. pi.r annum, for the half•year ending 31st December last, will be PAYABLE to the Propietors, at the Banking-house of the Company In Lothbury, on and after the 18th instant. The Transfer Books will be closed front this dato to the 20th lost, By order of the Board, Dated Jan. 6, 1847. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .S.-SOO,OOO. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages .vith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured :as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for citure of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; *:so the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in :rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible odes. B RITISH COLLEGE of EIEALTH, New road, London. REPORT fer 1847 of RICHARD TOTIIILL, Esq., of Ileavitree, near Exeter, of the Cures effected at the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, 91, Fore-street-hill, Exeter, by Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. I. Abraham limiting, aged 52, cured of a complication of disorders of 40 years standing. 2. John White, aged 34, cured of pains in the stomach, side, and back. 3. Maria Stonelake, aged 20, cured of tightness of the chest, which completely prevented sleep or rest. 4. William Woodley, aged 62, cured of a liver and Stomach complaint. 5. Elizabeth Plymsole, aged 50, cured of an ulcerated leg. 6. Ann Warren, aged 38, cured of nervous debility. 7 John Carter, aged 45, cured of rheumatic gout. 8. Elizabeth Wood, aged 46, cured of violent pains In the head and chest. 9. Mary Balstone, aged 41, cured of severe pain in the right side, arising from ulcerated lungs. 10. Charlotte Trump, aged 26, cured of a liver complaint. 11. Rebecca Middich's children, cured of St. Vitus's dance. 12. Ann Lewis, aged 7, cured of a scorbutic complaint. 13. Diary Ann Gardner, aged 41, cured of general weakness and loss of apetite. 14. William llurrige's child, aged 6 years, cured of diseased arm. 15. William Sargent, aged 18, cured of Thematic complaint and glandular swelling. 16. James Todd, aged 14, cured of fever, accompanied by delirium. 17. Ann Down, aged 25, cured of inflammation of the bowels, 18. Elizabeth Tucker, aged 38, cured of a scorbutic complaint. 19. John Drew, aged 19, cured of typhus fever. 20. Benjamin West, aged 56, cured of a general deranged state of health. 21. 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Agents : Da Silva and Co., I, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; sold by all medicine venders. THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—The remarks in the Times of Friday upon what you justly term " the most important point of all in naval matter, that of securing an effective supply of trained sailors to man our ships in case of emergency," and your promise of recurring to the subject, induce me to tres pass on your indulgence. There is so=much in your observations exactly in accordance with my own views, as expressed in a little book which you were pleased to notice favourably last July, that I trust whenever you recur to the subject you will afford me space for some practical suggestions of my own. For the present, I would only enforce the necessity of not postponing so vital a question as that of manning the navy until war breaks out, and would urge one or two obvious inexpensive and ineffectual measures for sup plying our first wants. It cannot be too seriously consi dered that the defect of organization which leaves Eng land without those resources for any sudden emergency which other Powers possess is no longer a secret. Not only has it been officially admitted in England upon the best authority that in the critical times of 1840 and 1844 we were completely a deecouvert to any hostile attack, from our inability to collect seamen in time, but foreign countries are now fully aware of the fact, and caculate upon it. The subjoined extract from a very clever and singularly impartial History of the late War, by an in intelligent French naval officer, establishes the truth of an assertion which I believe I was the first to bring pro minently forward last summer. Captain E. Jurieu de la Grav;are, after detailing the straits to which England was reduced at the brejtking out of war in 1793—a war for which we were unusually well prepared, on ac count of the Spanish and Russian armaments of 1790, says : " The difficulty which the Admiralty experienced in forming the first crews at this epoch presented itself again in 1840. It will present itself every time England finds herself obliged to face unforeseen embarrassments, and will always give to an active and enterprising enemy the advantage of most favourable chances during the first months of a war." Here we have a judicious and dispassionate French man exactly confirming my own assertions as to a fact which, though controverted at the time by a large part of the daily press, has since been officially admitted in Parliament. Would it not, then, be lamentable apathy and inexcusable neglect, if, with our eyes open, we con tinued to tempt other nations to insult us, by gratui tously offering them chances of easy success against us? Are we again to enact the old farce, the transparent cheat, of moving " demonstration ships" about our har bours, sticking their masts in, painting their sides, and trying, by tills demonstration, to frighten foreign Powers, like naughty children, when they are perfectly aware that it takes us several months to man a single line of battle ship? Are we to pay above 7,000,000/. annually for keeping up a navy, and yet leave it a demonstrable fact that we are behind France and Russia in the power of makinr , any effective demonstration in case of emer gency, and that we have not advanced one step beyond the crude, and now uncertain expedient, of impress ment for manning our fleets? I am happy to think there is reason to believe that the present Admiralty do not intend to sleep over this danger, or to tolerate so dis creditable a state of things. But, as any great measure involving (as it must) the interest of our maritime popu lation, requires the support of public opinion, I trust the Times will afford its powerful aid in establishing the necessity of some change. We may shut our eyes to the fact, but it is undeniable, that the present is a new era in naval affairs, and England might just as well trust to her old feudal levies for a regular army, as to impressment for an adequate supply of trained sea men, capable of meeting the disciplined forces of other Powers. known. f O t o h uu e rr by navy,sfimernesdrtcan itg ea ht The optimists and qui e ti s t s o f t h e press may argue i n favour of doing nothi ng , b ut no Government can l eave things as th ey are. Th e experience of 1840 and 1844 forbids it, the a d m i ss i on o f 1846 forbids it, and the too well-grou n d e d ca l culations of foreign writers forbid it. A few w or d s upon the general principles by which the merchant seamen ma y b e made available to the State. It is certain th at w h atever may be circulated to the pre judicepni s s ,t ht l hi e s pee a sna s os seamen; n n ow;u p al o adr p n u bd : en a h r ot oto w wmw h e arc r eka e tenc i t tteh i db s ,es t best tlelbe done r. i c k o n n o d w it nb io ut n ot ed tenders, but ships deserving the name) to our commercial ports, where they are never seen by any chance? I do not mean to raise volunteers, but merely to show themselves in all the attractive " pride, pomp, and circumstance" belonging to a well-ordered " Queen's ship." Ido not theorise here, but can assert, from my own experience, that the ship of war, at her first ap pearance, will be regarded with distrust and dread, then with distrust alone, next with indifference, and finally with a strong desire to join her smart, cleanly, rakish looking, happy crew. This would do much, if steadily and systematically carried out; but more would be necessary in order to dispel the strong prejudices which alienate our maritime population from the Royal Navy. A further measure I would suggest is an enactment requiring that all boys apprenticed to the sea should serve some stated time, be it ever so short, in her Majesty's navy. They would then learn the truth concerning that terrible bugbear they had heard so much of; and, of ten boys who should spend two months in the navy, eight at least would wish to remain in it. They would, while in it, acquire habits of cleanliness, order, and alacrity, which would be use ful to them afterwards ; and they might be sufficiently instructed in the gun exercise, to make them doubly valuable whenever called into the service of their coun try. Ido not say that this would do all that is neces sary, but it woula undoubtedly place our capabilities of defence on immeasurably higher ground than they now occupy, and might prepare the way for abolishing a practice which we may make necessary by our own im providence, but cannot justify on the plea of a necessity which had been foreseen for years and might have been provided against.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant. G. PLUNKETT. Captain Plunkett's letter, as given above, will be read with attention by all who remember his claims to be beard upon the subject in question. We took occasion roe the yisuesrna oh day, day, in neighbours iwi dhiwche he er ecaroyeemfveismrdusee:nnettltoyli evidently extracting on the heeoxmptaerraktcht oianntg Fn the tfrhreoei from warnings lessons paarsn historical nwegxhspich e. o iooanflulsrut trainedrdouew instructive comprisent i . v i net the Toee t ua o hsnareu otherpla noticen sGovernments for of mtahnisning subjectw ouril will navy,nots ora besome o days whichlost u a p gw o o n e: l a y l o re f a t d w y o i d n iff th er e e g n t u c e l e a n ss ,s es p o ay f and men—first, held en s i T n e mt h. c weoerpent) idersth se a a t le an o y r ordinaryn uy ntrained a issued o ; m a a n n d o r br of f, the these u c h a would o haveul ddiscreditable hitherto furnish practice übeen with it raised fh a corps o r o p n s s a u ne impressment.any seamen, as we have never possessed yet, the latter would supply our old personnel by fairer means ; one provision is adapted to the advanced state of naval warfare, the other to the enlightened state of public opinion. If the other navies of Europe remained in the condition in which rneargdsroe:l former mv:wyee of for a b they were left at the conclusion of the war, it might not be necessary to extend our care beyond measures for the abolition of that practice which justice, humanity, and policy, alike condemn ; it would be sufficient simply to secure such sailors by enlistment as we formerly ob tained by impressment, and we might then trust to a like training for a like result. Such, however, is notoriously not the state of affairs. Though we have happily had no occasion for proving our relative strength on an ele ment we have been taught to consider our own, yet, making all allowances for exaggeration, it is clear enough, from fact within our actual cognisance, that the improvements in artillery practice and naval architecture, backed by the novel and scarcely appreciable power of steam, have supplied our opponents with such resources as leave us no longer at liberty to reckon upon a day's breathing time after the declaration of hostilities. We must be prepared with fighting-crews at an hour's notice ; and these can only come from a regular reserve. A full complement of volunteers from the merchant service though i n the finest ell as heroes. No pose. They must be gunners as w t • cap am, spirit and condition, would not answer the pur doubt a couple of months' practice, under a good would make them all that could be desired ; but to se cure them this few weeks' law , a trained and disciplined crew must be at hand to bear the first brunt of the war. As no doubt can be entertained of the necessity of this _ provision, so few differences can exist as t o the mode of as man-of-war's insuring it. The men must have served men, for in no other school can they learn their duty; and they must be kept either afloat or ashore, either in marine barracks or additional guardships. The only difficulty on this point would be found in the repugnance felt by seamen to enter for any but a particular ship or undert in p a particular c e a , ptain; but the loss of this freedom o w r er e e le c n t o io t n tb m o i o g g li b t t b t e o c ob o re mpensated by a small improve of continuousinstead of p t ef r s rp p l oy e r c am t r o e y f t e te r b a yp t t n ohy g e s m , ea e ed v tv e .a n n i tT f a ee t expediency of prolonging the present term of a seaman's engagement is admitted by almost every writer and speaker on the subject, and can hardly be doubted by the men themselves. A discharged sailor is as helpless as a disbanded soldier, and is the worse off as his desti lotion is almost sure to recur. Nor are the old stories about these matters altogether inapplicable to the pre sent day. It, is barely eleven years since 15 per cent. of certain ships' crews were summarily turned adrift, al though their engagements had been understood by them as extending to the whole period of the commission. 1 is clearly, however, impracticable to increase this reserve of trained men to such an amount as would at once send to sea all the ships we might require, although it should undoubtedly be strong enough to constitute, along with those afloat, an effective squadron, and to furnish a nu cleus of good h an d s on board ships less advanced in dis cipline. Next, then, there arises the qu.!stion, how the bulk of our sailors are to be obtained without recourse to impressment when necessity requires. One of the schemes for this purpose which has obtained the attention of two successive Administrations is that of Lieutenant Bowdon, of which the following is an outline : Every merchant vessel is to carry, for every 150 tons of her register, one "Queen's man" and one " Queen's boy," the first to be an able seaman, and the second not under fifteen years of age. The former is to be liable at any time and under any circum stances to serve in th e royal navy, and the latter i s to stepinto his full rank at the age of twenty. The term of the Queen's man's engagement is to be five years, renewable at its expiration for a like term, and then en titling him to a pension ; and both he and the boy, in addition to their regular wages, are to receive a small monthly allowance from Government. It is calculated that from London and Liverpool alone some 13,000 or 14,000 able seamen could thus be procured at a few days' notice, even if only one quarter of the vessels bad been enabled to enter the prescribed number of Queen's men. The readiness of the men to accept these terms is presumed from the considerations that their wages would be increased, their time of servitude;defined, their pension certain, and their chance very good of enjoying the advantages of the royal service without ever actually serving. Nor is it conceived that the masters o merchant vessels would be otherwise than consenting parties, inasmuch as they are not required to enter these men over and above their proper compliments, but only as part of them, and since these men, and these only, would be liable to be taken away from their ships by any of her Majesty's vessels, a regulation which would in form them of the precise extent of their liability in the event of any sudden demand. The possible efficiency of merchant seamen for the higher duties to which they may be rendered liable, is a consideration only second in importance to the regulations for securing their services by an equitable contract ; and a former suggestion of our correspondent's deserves attention as well as the hints thrown out in his present letter. It is to the effect that as this class of persons are exempt from the militia ballot, they should be required to attend a drill of their own on board an "exercising ship" at certain periods while within certain limits of a port ; and we are en tirely of the gallant author's opinion, and that a few trifling prizes and a little tact in the captain superintendent would soon make this exercise a great deal more popular than skittles or nine pins. If any person should be impressed with an idea that our sailors have degenerated in a long peace, or that improved treatmeut has relaxed their nerves and subdued their hardihood, we commend to his notice the story of the shipwreck of the Osprey, as reported in our t paper an last which w f e e e w k .eve Arni accidentinvolved lessof a culpability, most gr 1 e v w o a u s s reme died to a singular extent by the behaviour of the officers and crew under circumstances far more trying than the hazards of an unequal battle. After the lives of all had been saved by the most energetic promptitude of action, the ordnance material and provisions were landed through a heavy surf, and guarded with effective disci pline, among a population who would have been excited by the slightest relaxation to pillage and murder. Al most all the stores of the ship, including even her copper copper le b o o f l t d s e , e w p e s r a e n s d a . v e d A , f a t n e d r t t r h a e n p s r p o o v r i t s e i d o n a s c r h o a s d s m b e o e r n e t a h n a d nam expended, h wole ship'sduring a company period o was f two mustered and months' m ceaseless arehe dI toil, l the miles across a savage and unknown country, the disci • pline and behaviour of the men, during nearly a year's exposure to these severe duties, being so admirable as to have been honourably recorded by their captain in the course of his own defence, and to have received from the Court a testimony which both Captain Patten and his crew merited almost as fully by their improvement of an inevitable misfortune as they could have done by any instance of less costly, though snore glorious success.- 1 bites. CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION. A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been transmitted to the visiting magistrates of all the county and borough gaols i❑ England, and has caused consi derable discussion at the several quarter sessions, many of the prisons not being sufficiently capacious to accom modate more than the usual number of prisoners sentenced to short terms of imprisonment:— " Whitehall, Dec. 31, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acquaint you that, in consequence of the sus pension of transportation of male convicts to Van Dieman's Land, it will be requisite to make immediate provisions for the confinement and imprisonment in this country of the greater portion of such offenders. In order to facilitate the measures requisite for the accom plishment of this object, it appears to Sir George Grey that the .temporary imprisonment in the county and borough prisons of a proportion of male convicts under sentence of transportation may be necessary, where there is sufficient accommodation for their reception, and where proper arrangements exist for reformatory discipline. I am, therefore, to request that you will state, for the information of Sir George Grey, what number of prisoners can be conveniently lodged in the prison under your superintendence without interfering with its discipline and good order—what has been the greatest number of prisoners actually confined in the prison at any one time during the past year, and what system of discipline is now in force in the prison. Sir George Grey directs me to inform you that a vote having been taken in the last session of Parliament for i defraying the cost of maintaining convict prisoners in gaols, no additional expense will be imposed upon th• counties and boroughs in respect of the maintenence of prisoners who may be retained in, or sent to, any prisons in pursuance of the convict arrangements. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, s . M. " To the Visiting Justices, &c. sx.” By the adoption of this plan the Milbank Prison, which has now between 1,000 and 1,500 convicts under sentence of transportation within its walls, will be pre vented from being overcrowded. LIME V. RATS.--A gentleman who had occasion to use considerable lime ab ou t his premises , which had hitherto been much infested with rats, says that those destructive vermin had Suddenly ceased to appear and annoy him. " Before using the lime," says he, ." you could scarcely walk across the yard at night without treading on them." Around the principal holes he de posited a small portion of fresh unslacked lime, which evidently had the effect of driving them from these places, which they before resorted to in great nu . mbe!s. The above is a simple and cheap method of getting rid of this annoying and destructive pest.—Sherberne Mercury. GOLDEN Rur,Es IN SHOOTING.—Never take a Shot from Sour neighbour, although, should h . e be a bungler, be always prepared with a b arrel to give the coup de grace. Never walk with the muzzle of your gun poi n t e d , except towards the ground or to the sky. Always un lock your weapon in crossing a ditch, or getting through a fence, or over a gate. After firing one barrel, n ever fail to ram down the other, as the charge may have got loose. Never load one barrel with the other cocked, the ramrod down it. In cover shooting, b e . or . particularly careful to ascertain where your companions, beaters, "Ine.youar powder dogs are, so as not to mistake them for Always and un load your gun, or see it done yourself. Keep Never or copper caps dry. Never put your hand or b r lo ta ly into the muzzle of a gun, or lean over it. Over . the barrel of a gun, and always treat it a s • 1 as loaded." loaded ; for no sooner does an accident take plalfcel,ttwhaans brothers the first exclamation is, "I had no idea it vf remember b ers walking Never take a loaded gun into a house • Anglesey'swit oth , witboarrels loaded, hearing of one of Lord across the hall at Goodwood, and the cocks wentsecond caused parent reason, both off, and' fight u : an y a P; the hall fortanately, no one considerable havoc ; at the time. Be particularly careful where keep your powder, for housemaids where y ou dren will poke their noses into en b an d ail drawers with lighted candles. NeverP oards and a hayrick or any outbuildings. wb fire near come to a difficult pass, such as a lar enes.rer you fence, high gate, wall, or very thick covert° ditch, stiff copper caps. In the event of your rani:r , d take off your in your gun, do not allow a clod to try t ° sticking fast his teeth, but, having removed the Cap fo extract it with by knocking it against a tree. To the , se orce the ramrod maxims, the one from Colonel Hawker I will add two Daniel. The Colonel thus writes :_____,: the other from gun at any time to be held in the direction Never suffer a or bea!t." And the author of " Field Sof either man following excellent advice :—" in b port . s" gives the stranger, who . perhaps keeps his gun es ooting with a usually . pointed to the left, plead for t rk F d, and muzzle tion, and urge that you cannot hit a . ? right hand sta left. With a gamekeeper, take the , hird ft ; --.Y.ng to the ceremcny."—Sporting Magazine. light hand without Another claimant to the Estate and Crawford . and Lindsay has appeared' Earldom of William Lindsay Barfoot, Esq., 30 in the person of ware-road ; (the title has lain dorm ant street, Edge- He claims as a lineal descendant of Siri:ruant since 1808). Lind say, of Dumod, (A. D. 1500, or thereabout)Alexander mediate steps are about to be taken to, and im mediate the House of Lords, where bbring his claim s success.. In consequence of his predecessors,ecalculates upon generations, having been clergymen their for five been kept with great care and regard records have for orrectuess. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. An inquiry into the circumstances attending the late fatal accident at the King's Langley station was com menced yesterday, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, before Francis Osbaldeston, Esq., Coroner for Hertford shire, at the Bell Inn, Primrose-hill, a small hamlet in the parish of Abbot's Langley. Mr. Hayes (of the firm of Parker and Hayes," solici tors to the Nofth-Western Railway Company) was pre ,ent to watch the proceedings. The bodies of the deceased were lying in an apartment at the rear of the house. The remains were respec tively proved to be those of William Assup, aged twenty two years, engine-driver, and George Mathurs, aged thirty-two years, fireman. James Owen was the first witness called.- Tie said—l am an engine -driver in the service of the North-Western Railway Company. I came into their service in April tast. On Monday last, being in charge of the engine No. 16, I was directed to pilot (assist) the goods train, which left Camden station at half-past one, to Wolver ron. I did so, and remained at Wolverton until half-past eleven at night, at which time a luggage train, consisting of twenty• s i x waggons , came up from Rugby. Eight coke trucks were here attached, and I was directed to pilot (assist) this train on to London. The' first station we stopped at after leaving Wolverton was Leighton, where we left one waggon. The deceased William Assup was the driver of the engine behind me, and after the waggon had been detached I asked him whether I should take in water there or at Tring. He said, as he had nothing to leave at Tring, it would be better to take water at Leighton, and I did so. The conducting of a train, where the same is driven by two engines, is under the control of the driver of the second engine, except with regard to looking out for signals, which devolves upon the first driver. We did not stop at any station after leaving Leighton until we came in here, about three minutes after one o'clock on Tuesday morning. CORONER—And when you got in here what_hap pened 2 Witness—i saw s red signal. - CORONER—Was the night foggy ? Witness Yes, very. I did not see the signal until we were within about two hundred yards of the post. I then opened my whistle, let off the steam, reversed my engine, and put the steam against her. Ido not know whether my mate had actually applied the break. When we advanced a little further I saw three red lights on the main line, and the next instant a red hand signal lamp. lat once saw the danger we were in, and jumped off the engine on to the line. On a clear night there would have been no difficulty either in observing the signal or in stopping the train. CORONER—Did Assup let the steam off his engine ? Witness—l cannot tell. I was too busy in minding my own duty. CORONER—You can surely tell whether his steam was let off or the engine reversed? Witness—lndeed I -cannot. He might have been working his engine by expansion, and then I could not hear its beat. If I must answer the question, my impression is that Assup had certainly not reversed his engine. CORONER —What happened after you jumped off your engine? Witness—The luggage train ran directly into the coal train. Examination in chief—After the collision I went to look for the guard of my train. I found that he had been sent back by the policeman on duty at the Langley station, to stop all up trains. That policeman's name is Thomas Smith. He was the only man on duty at the station when the accident occurred. When a train passes a station, it is the duty of the policeman to turn on the red signal for so many minutes, and subsequently the green for a similar time, before showing the white light. After the accident, the policeman gave me two fog signals, and directed me to follow the guard down the line towards Boxmoor, and place them upon the rails. I went down the line until I overtook the guard. I did not see the station master. On my return, the police man told me he had gone on to Watford, on the coal train engine, for assistance. CORONER—And what had become of the poor fellows who were killed all this time? Do you mean to say they were left unattended? Witness—Yes. The po liceman told me they were dead very shortly after the accident, but owing to the steam and water, which was flying about in all directions, it was impossible to afford them any assistance, or indeed to get near them until nearly an hour after the accident. The witness was further pressed by the Coroner, with a view to show that unnecessary delay had taken place before any attempt was made to extricate the deceased parties, but nothing of a character to bear out such a presumption was elicited. Examination in chief—My engine lay upon her side athwart the rails of the up and down lines. The leading wheels of the second engine had mounted upon my ten der, and the second tender had crushed the footplate of the deceased's engine. The bodies of both the deceased were crashed by the second tender. The fireman was fastened between the reversing lever and the fire box when I first saw him. He was very much crushed and quite dead. I did not see the driver. I was so shocked at the sight of the firemen that I did not go to look fur ther, but I heard that he was in a similar position on the other side of the engine. My opinion that deceased had not reversed the engine arises from this nest ; for had he done so, both men would in all probability have been found on the reversing lever side of the engine. When on the road the driver and stoker generally stand one on each side of the boiler, as the deceased parties were found. CORONER (addressing the witness)—Now, Owen, one word as to your regulations. Does any one time the luggage trains? Witnes—Yes, the guard. Our train I was late on Monday night. We were late in leaving Wolverton. CORONER—What time did you expect to get to Wat ford? Witness—l cannot say exactly, CORONER—The policeman at the Langley station knew that goods trains were likely to pass between one and two o'clock? Witness—Yes, there can be no doubt of that fact. CORONER—And, knowing that, he leaves a number of waggons on the line? Witness—He was going to put some of the trucks back into the siding. The luggage trains have been very much behind of late. We have had a difficulty in getting through our journeys some - times, especially during foggy weather, when the rails have been damp. CORONER—And, in the face of all this, a number of carriages are left on the line, on purpose to cause an accident. Mr. Hayes (the company's solicitor) here rose and ob jected to the Coroner making remarks, unsupported by evidence, which were calculated to bias the jury. The CORONER expressed his regret if he had implied any wilful neglect by his observation, and begged to re• tract the same. Examination of Owen continued—Under ordinary circumstances we can stop a train in 500 yards; but in foggy weather, and when the rails are damp, we require a longer dist ance . T he deceased, Assup, had been ployed four yea rs as a stoker on the ' line, andab e o ni u; three months as a driver. The CORONER here suggested that perhaps_ th e j ury would like t o v i s i t t h e scene of the accident before they proceeded further with the evidence. Several members of the panel expressed a wish to do so, one juror remarking that he thought they had already heard enoug h to prove that extraordinary rules ought to be enforced in foggy weather. Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent of the railway, re marked, that he thought there could be little doubt, if the driver of the second engine (No. 115) had observed and acted on the signals as Owen had done, the jury would not have had to sit there that day. Mr. Bruyeres kere read the folio wing rule from the book of regula tions :—" The engine -man is at all times to use great caution in foggy weather, and especially on a p proac hi ng stations, from the difficulty of discerning the regular signals until close upon them ; and he is to be prepared to bring his engines to a stand should it be required. In cases of this sort the whistle is to be kept frequently going." Mr. Bruyeres (addressing the witness Owen)—You have said that on observing the signals at tho Langley station you shut off the steam and reversed the engine. Do you not think that if Assup had been equally vigilant, your train might have been stopped in time to avoid the ' collision ?—I am not sure of that, but, at any rate, he would have been prepared to jump off as I did. CORONER—The fact is, Mr. Bruyeres, this is where the shoe pinches. Although it was perfectly understood that another train was coming up the line, a number of waggons were left directly in the ordinary track. Mr. Bruyeres hoped that this matter had been satis factorily explained. The fact was simply this. If the Coroner or any other gentleman, in coming up from Birmingham and wishing to get out at Tring, were brought on all the way to London, it would be no satis faction to him to be informed by the guard that the train was a quarter of an hour late, and therefore could not stop at Tring. The proper course would be to stop at Trine, as usual, taking care to exhibit proper signals. So, with a coal train, having to detach waggons, the same principle applied. In the present case the signals had been all duly exhibited, and he contended that the accident could not have happened but for the neglect of the deceased parties. The jury then left the room with Mr. Bruyeres, who accompanied them to the station, and explained scienti fically all that had occurred to him in explanation of the manner in which the accident happened. On the return of the jury, William Heaver, stoker to the last witness, was exa mined. He stated no new fact. After jumping off the engine, he became, for a time, insensible, and knew very little of what had occurred. Thomas Smith, police-constable, 211, in the service of the North-Western Company, was next called. He said— I have been in the service fouryears and four months. It is my duty to turn on the red signal on the arrival of a train, and also to start all trains which arrive l • uring the night. I recollect the night of Monday last. On that night, or rather on Tuesday morning, a goods tran passed up the line about half-past twelve. A coal train was the next to arrive ; it was a special train, and came about one o'clock, five minutes under or over. This train consisted of eighteen waggons and one engine. CORONER—When was the next train due? Witness— They come so irregular, I cannot say exactly. CORONER—Oh, indeed. Did you expect any before daybreak ? Witness—Yes ; I am always expecting trains. CORONER—Oh, then, am I to suppose they run at PRICE SD. pleasure? Witness—No, :sir ; but there is a great un certainty as to the time of the goods trains arriving. CORONER—How long had the coal train been at the station when the collision occurred? Witness—About three minutes. CORONER—Did you start it ? Witness—No, sir. I was assisting the breaksman to detach some waggons when the collision happened. I had previously turned on the red signal lamp on the stationary post. CORONER—Hare you not got fog signals? Witness— Yes, but there was no time to use them. CORONER—How do you mean no tirne? You have, I believe, only to throw them down on the line? Witness' —On, dear no, sir. They would have had to be placed on the rail at a distance of 500 yards from where I was to be of any service. CORONER—Did you not think it requisite to employ them on such a night? Witness—Highly requisite, and after the collision I gave some such signals to the driver of No. 16, in order to place on the rails as a caution to any advancing train. The witness here stated at length the course he bad adopted after the collision, in order to obtain assistance; and explained to the Coroner that so soon as the steam and fire allowed any one to apprcach the spot, every exertion was made to extricate the deceased parties. He further stated that on hearing the approach of the goods train be ran down the line about a hundred yards, waving his red lamp, and doing all in his power to stay its progress. The foreman said he thought if the fog signals had been used no accident would have happened. Several other members of the jury expressed a, similar opinion. Patrick Tomey, police-constable 232, in the service of the company, was next called. He said, I remember the night of Monday last. I was on duty at the Boxmoor station about twenty-five minutes to one, at which time the special coal train arrived. I expected this train in consequence of a signal attached to the preceding train. When it arrived the driver told me he had five waggons to detach at my station. The night being very foggy, I brought out the porter and asked him - to uncouple the waggons and attend to the points while I returned down the line to stop any train which might come up. I went about a quarter of a mile, and remained until I heard the coal train go on. I then returned to the station, and went into my hut, where I trimmed my hand lamp, on which I came out on to the line again, when I fancied I heard a train coming up the Boxmoor Bank. I ran down to the signal post, exhibiting my, hand lamp as I went, but before I could get there the driver of the leading engine blew his whistle, and I believe he slackened his pace. The coal train had been gone by at this time about 11 minutes. As soon as I arrived at the signal post I showed a green light, to denote that the driver ought to proceed cautiously. Had there been no coal train so recently in advance I should have shown a white light. Even as it was, the time had expired for the exhibition of the green light, but being a foggy night I was in no hurry to take off the red signal, and had allowed it to remain eleven minutes instead of five, as laid down in our regulations. If the red light had been allowed to remain on, the effect would have been to stop the goods train. As it was I was under no apprehension that the goods train would overtake the coal train. The foreman thought that if the same degree of caution had been shown at Langley as at Boxmoor no accident would have happened. Mr. Bruyeras—But, sir, you will remember that there was not the same time between the arrival of the trains. The foreman—Had there been a porter at Langley as at Boxmoor, even then I think the collision might have been avoided. Mr. Bruyeres—l assure you, under ordinary circum stances, the hands employed at Langley are more than sufficient for the work they are required to perform. Mr. John Weaver, foreman of the locomotive depart ment at the Rugby station, said he knew the deceased, Assup, who was an industrious and intelligent man. Wit ness had furnished deceased with the necessary rules on his entering the service, and so late as the 29th ult. had examined him as to his knowledge of his duties. Befere being employed as a driver he had acted as a stoker in the company's service, Mr. Weaver was examined at some length as to his opinion whether the deceased had reversed his engine or shut off the steam. He was inclined to believe that the position in which the lever was found was attribut able to a blow from the tender, and not from the driver having touched it. Richard Ashby, the driver, and Langley, the breaks- man of the coal train, were successively questioned, but their evidence threw no new light on the matter. Ashby said he travelled about sixteen miles an hour, and was not aware of having lost any speed between Boxmoor and Langley. The foreman said an impression had gone abroad that the deceased men had been overworked, and in conse quence had fallen asleep while on the engine. He should be very glad to have this point cleared. Mr. Weaver was then recalled. He said they came on duty at seven o'clock on Monday night, having had 14 hours' rest previously. The jury expressed themselves satisfied on this point., and no other evidence being forthcoming, The CORONER summed up. He said the case appc.ared to him to be a very simple one. If blame attached to any person, he thought it was to the poor fellows who had lost their lives. He thought it quite unnecessary to read over the evidence, inasmuch as he had na doubt the jury would agree that neither the railway company nor any other person were to blame in the matter. The law of deodand, as no doubt they were all aware, had been abolished, and in its stead, a sta'., - ute, entitled "The Accident Compensation Bill" had, been passed. This measure, by the way, he might remark, was a most ex traordinary one, for while it professed to give a remedy, it took away the means of oblaining it (so the Coroner was understood to say). He did not know whether the royal Member for Sunderland was in the House when the Bill passed, but for his own part he should think it was him who prepared it. However, without making any further remark, he would leave the case in the hands of the jury, who would say whether in their opinion, the accid en t h a d ar i sen from the negligence or carelessness of any individual. The jury, after consulting for a few moments, found " That the deceased, William Assup and George Mathurs were accidentally kill e d ; " and in returning this verdict the panel felt it their duty to recommend that more servants should be employed in future at the King's Langley station. Mr. Bruyeres remarked, that if twenty servants had been employed he felt satisfied the accident would still have occurred under the circumstances proved in evi dence. The proceedings, after extending over four hours, here terminated. A RIGHTEOUS DECISION.—Some time ago, a poor fugitive escaped from .Maryland, and, hotly followed by the pursuer, on his way to safety beneath the broad flag of England, in Canada, was overtaken and seized in Vermont. The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas corpus, and carried all parties before court, to see what warrant they had to arrest any man in Vermont who had committed no crime. Three judges were on the bench, two of them young and energetic, one aged and feeble, who came to his seat by the habit of years, but seldom spoke, his eyes being dim and his strength abated. The counsel spoke—the defence wished to know why the man was kept in custody. The lawyer for the slaveholder rose to reply, and said he should move that the offender was guilty of a breach of the laws of Maryland State ; he Ras a slave, and had stolen himself. The other lawyer then said he should require proof that he was a slave. The slaveowner then stood up and held forth a docu ment ; this, he said, is a bill of sale, made in my favour, for this man, signed by his original owner. Then the old judge rose to his feet, and with a voice of thunder, strangely loud for one so old, demanded " who signed it, Sir ?" " John Williams," replied the astonished owner. "Take it away ! take it away 1" said the old man, rais ing his hands to heaven. "It is not valid, Sir ; it is falsely signed, Sir ; it is a blasphemous forgery ; none can sign the bill of sale but God Almighty." The court was electrified ; the slaveholder slunk out, and Vermont awakened like a sleeper, gave twenty thousand abolition votes at the next election.—Extract of a letter from Troy, State of New York, Oct. 1845. MARY ANNE WELLINGTON, BY THE REV R. COB BOLD, M.A.—This work, which has been dedicated, by permission, to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, is one which possesses very peculiar claims upon the favourable consideration of the public. It is not only extremely interesting in itself, but the object which the author has in view, is to obtain relief for the heroine of the tale, who, after having braved the perils of the whole Penin sular campaign, during which her kindness to the sick and wounded made her generally known to the army, and attracted the attention of the Duke of Wellington himself, now finds herself, in her old age, in a state of destitution. The daughter of a soldier, the wife of a soldier, and now the mother of soldiers, she may be said from her very cradle to have 4 In the pitched battle heard, Loud larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets long." The work gives a full account of her personal adven tures, comprising a very stirring nar rative o f the work,princi paltheon events of the Peninsular camp a i g n . the whole, we have no doubt, will a ttain a far greater popularity even than " Margaret Catch pole."—Sunday Times. Already has the address to his Holiness the Pope from the Animals' Friend Society, of 18, Strand, been responded to by the humane Pontiff, in his causing an edict forbidding all dog fighting at Rome, even among the English residents ; and having also passed some other regulations of a like nature. The address, as we understand, caused a strong sensation on the Continent; and owing to the exertions of the society, through its foreign lion. Secretary Dr. Forster, cruelty to animals is now checked by the police there. The society also, last week, caused Wm. Shrale to be fined in costs at the Southwark Court by Mr. Seeker for great cruelty to a horse. In consequence of the public announcement from Mr. Byng, that it is not his intention to offer himself again as a representative for the county of Middlesex, we understand that the electors in the different districts, who have carried their venerable Member through so many struggles, are taking steps to get up a requisition to Lord Robert Grosvenor, requesting him to come for ward as a candidate for the metropolitan county, when ever a dissolution may take place.—Titues. ANTITON'S CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES. Just published, the fourth edition, 12m0., bound in embossed roan, price fis. ANTTION'S C/ESAR'S COMMENTARIES on the GALLIC WAR, and the First Book of the Greek Paraphra , e, with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Plans of Battles, Sieges, Sec., and Historical, Geographical, and Archeological Indexes. By C. ANTHON, LL.D. With Engraving! and a Nap. Also, the following Ne - w Ed — Mons of Antlin's Books : Horace, by Boyd, 7s. 6d.; Homer's Illiad, by Davies, 7s. 6d. Sallust, by Boyd, ss. Latin Lessons, by Hayss, 4s. Cicero, by Boyd, 6s. Grammar of the Greek Lan- Greek Reader, by Boyd, 7s. 6d. guage. by Major, 4s. Virgil, by Trollop, 73. 6d. Greek Prosody, by Major, 2s. 6d. London : William Tegg and Co. i OCIETY FOR PROMOTING TWO AM.ENDMENT OF THE LAW. A meeting of ibis ..society was held yesterday a eir ioms,•2l, Regent-streel;for witting nne new members, and of hearing a. communication om Mr. Boyle, of the state of New York (advocate), upon the law and practice of registering deeds and instruments in the United States of America. The attendance of members was very thin. Lord Brougham presided. The SECRETARY having read the minutes, the following gentlemen, having been ballotted for, were admitted members :—Messrs. Alexander Colvin, Edward Lawrence, A. E. Cockburn, F. N. Walsh, Alexander Pulling, and Peter Cator. Mr. STEWART, Q.C., then read the report upon the subject of registration of deeds in the United States. The document, which was of a voluminous character, described the great facility for registering legrl instru ments in the United States, and the economy with which letters of administration and probates of wills were obtained. The practice referred to was that which prevailed in the State of New York, but the law, with differences of detail, was the same in all the states. In the State of New York there is a registrar af i keleeds, who takes custody of the legal records to 1111111 ch the report referred, but where there is no registrar of deeds, the state is divided into two counties, each county having an officer, bound in sureties, who, by virtue of his office, is the recording officer of that county, and takes charge of all records, which may be examined at his office without fee or reward. There is, in addition, another officer in each county, called the Surrogate, or Judge of Probate, who is empowered to grant letters testamentary and administration of wills. The registration of instruments affecting title to real estate is constituted, by filing the instrument in the office of the surrogate or clerk of the county in the county in which the estate exists, or in the several counties sepa rately in which it may be situated, if there should be several, that being done, the registration is completed for all legal purposes. Parchment is seldom or never used, and on receiving the paper, the clerk of the county minutely examines it, and notes the day and even the hour when it is received, after which he has it carefully transcribed, and placed in the volume of public records. The instruments entitled to be thus recorded are all deeds and instruments conveying real estate, or creating an interest in real estate for more than a year, or other wise charging real estate for more than a year with effect to be valid against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees, and those instruments are only valid from the moment when they are, thus formally recorded. In struments affecting less than freehold require one sub scribing witness, but if more than freehold, two sub scribing witnesses, and in every case a subscribing witness must appear before a judge of the Court of Record, or other person properly qualified, such as a commissioner of records, and prove that the party sign ing and sealing did so in his presence, and with the purpose set forth in the instrument. The greatest care is taken to secure the proper authentication and regis tration of such records, and any neglect of this is fatal to the validity of the document. Judgments and devises can by that record become liens for twenty years, and then, if necessary, the lien can be renewed by scire facias. The facility thus afforded of obtaining access to the volume of records has proved of great advantage to the public, and renders the expense of examining for records, &c., comparatively trifling. The report, which is very ably drawn, went at length into the details of the law upon this subject, the above being merely an outline of its leading features. The report was received, but without any decision on the part of the meeting either as to the approval or dis approval of the whole or any part of the details. There having been no other business before the society for that evening, the meeting adjourned to the first Wed nesday in February. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND AT TEMPTED MURDER. A highway 'robbery, accompanied by very consider able violence, was committed in the neighbourhood of Bristol on Monday night. It would seem that a young man, named John Tucker, bad hired himself as servant to a Mr. Watkins, who rents the rabbit warren and farm belonging to Sir John Smith, Bart., in Leigh woods, and on Monday evening, as he was on his way to his place, he happened to call in at a roadside beer-house to have a little ref res h ment. T here were several men drinking there, and not being suspicious of anything wrong, the young man i ncaut i ously pulled out his money in their presence. Ile paid for his beer and pro ceeded on his way, when, at about half a mile from the beer-house, one of the men whom he bad seen drinking there overtook him. They proceeded some distance in company, when, upon coming to a by part of the road, the man jumped before him, seized hold of his hands, and in a menacing tone demanded his money or his life. At the same moment a second man came up, and poor Tucker was knocked down and beaten. The man who had demanded his money then began to plunder him, steal ing 19s. 6d. in money from his pockets, stripping him of his wearing apparel, and robbing him of a bundle of wearing apparel. Tucker struggled with them, and cried out " Murder," upon which the fellows swore they would kill him for snaking an alarm, and one of them seized him by the throat and tried to strangle him. After a time they ran off with their booty, leaving him upon the ground in a state of exhaustion and alarm. As soon as he came to himself he Rent back towards the beer house, and gave information of the injuries done him. The police of . the Bedminster division immediately - went in quest of the robbers, and in the course of the night they apprehended two men, named James Flower and Edward Milisins. Upon Millsins's person they found a portion of the stolen property, and several articles were likewise found in his house. The felloAs were taken before the magistrates on the following morning (Tues day), when Tucker identified them and the property found with Millsins. He swore pwsitively to Flower as having been the man who followed him from the becr house and first attacked him, and to Milkins as having aided and abetted him in the robbery. Evidence was called to prove that the prisoners had been seen to follow the prosecutor from the beer-house, and they were both committed for trial. THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY BY A YOUNG FRENCHWOMAN. Yesterday, at Winchester Sessions, Malvina Florentina de Saumarez, described in the calendar as of 19 years of age, and of superior education, was tried for having stolen, at Farehans, on the 28th of October last, a ja panned cash-box, containing 135 sovereigns, 23 half sovereigns, a guinea, and other articles, the property of Thomas Purkis. The extraordinary nature of this robbery, and the somewhat romantic circumstances attending it, of which a full notice appeared in this journal about two months since, created an intense interest in Hampshire, and long before the case was called on every available seat was occupied. A great number of ladies were in attend ance, and some belonging to the first families in the country were on the bench. The fact of the prisoner being a Frenchwoman had created considerable sympathy on her behalf, so much so as to induce several benevolent individuals to furnish the means of providing her with counsel. The prisoner, who was led into the dock, appeared to have suffered much during her lengthened imprisonment. She was respectably dressed, and wore a black veil, ap parently to conceal her features from the public, and during the whole proceeding avoided observation as much as possible. The facts stated in evidence were to the same effect as those deposed by to the witnesses during the examination before the magistrates. The CHAIRMAN (Sir W. Heathcete, Bart.), summed up the evidence with great precision, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy. The CHAIRMAN then said, notwithstanding the recom mendation to mercy, he could not discover any exte nuating circumstances in the case. He had seldom seen cases where the advantages of education had been applied to such deep-laid schemes of vice. The sentence of the Court was, ten years' transportation. The decision appeared to create extreme surprise, and the prisoner fainted. PUNCH'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.—Gentlemen, — Brevity is the soul of Punch; he will not, therefore, like Polk, write you a letter as long, but not so lively, as a volume of " Sam Slick." Your thanks are due to your national stars for the successful settlement of the Oregon question. You will learn with regret that you are in a decided fix. With a view to business you have marched into Mexico; but you have no business there. You are likely to meet with more drubbings than dollars. You had better imitate a former king of France, with his thirty thousand men, a n d marc h b ac k again. If you do not take care, you will involve yourself in a national debt. You owe quite enough already; and I recommend you to pay it as soon as possible. I advise you to repu diate—not indebtedness, but—slavery. Industry is more profitable, and less ha zar d ous , th an annexation. The s a i m de e r nd at m io e e n . t o G f e t u h t e le l m a w en o , f I L w y is n h c i you ou s worthy o ui rt e h r y ry o s f es ,y s lu n ur session, and a happy new year.—Punch. OZ Th T e llE exp L re O s N s DO tr N ain AN o D a BRIGHTON M IRACULOUS EXPRESSE S C T A B P 4 E r Monday morning reached London an hour and ten minutes behind its time, owing to an accident opfroace e very d d e alarming character. The train started from B r i g h ton, a o butin and hefirst car immediately- all usual, ten lriht as far a s minutes s t Stoats before at,s Nest st o clock, a ' ti n, after it passed the station the passengers viage, which was attached to the luggage-box, felt some, thing give way, and almost at the same instant the carriage sunk, but still kept on its course. The pas sengers were greatly alarmed, not knowing what was sthtiell morematte alarmed r The . passengers in the thi r d carr i age were on finding the wh ee l s o f th a t car riage protruding through the bottom. All of them had the presence of mind to keep their seats, but in a dreadful state of alarm. In a few moments they were somewhat relieved by finding the pace gradually slacken, till they came to a stand-still, and the whole of them got out in safety. On examining the train, it was found that the axle and the wheels were entirely gone from the first carriage, which, when stopped, was off the line, hut was still attached to the other carriages by the:, coupling chains. • The second and third carriages wer t , off the line on the opposite side, and greatly damag.ed. Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. Peter Cl ar k e (th e maeagrJr of the London and Brighton Railway), and Colonel, L ane Fox, were in the train at the time. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE COMPTROLLER.G ENERAL AT SOMERSET-110ITSE.—Last evening an inquest was held before Wm. Carter. Esq., on the body of William Furdige, Esq., the Comptroller at Somerset-how4e. It last the appeared by the evidence, that on Moni a y wee k deceased, who resided close by the Duke of Y , Jrk in the Camberwell New-road, where the i nquest vv." held, was putting on his boots, when he b ecame such:leely ill, an fell from his chair and died. Verdict, qhat t h e d e . ceased died from natural causes." etn, vsjn." I