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___-••••:,.... _......_ ... __, _ __,... . • . • THE SUN , LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN [NG, JANUARY 6 , 18 47 ... - • , , ...., .. ...._. ...._ " -- ....... _ ‘‘ , ; ) xt.l.S, JAN. 5.-The Orwell, Martin, 'Was towed cuff the i stated that, on the 25th of December, he missed one of 6„ei ~-. 3 5 4 274 W Ipack Sand to-day hy the Wilberforce (steame r ), and a flock of fifty sheep, and on searching, with the t h e ► for Hull in iew ante of his man, on the following Monday, he found the THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JAN VARY :" 1847• - -4 ' 0, - . - skin and entrails of a sheep He recognised the skin as vier * , -- CIA Et-K. ET N E WS.-(T HIS DAY). havicg been part of the sheep he had lost from discover- No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January. 1845, and sth of J anuar y , 1847 , s h ow i ng t h e , ...- ing the marks of E. L. on the horns and on the tides of ______...____ Increase or Decrease on each head th ereo f. COR, N - EXCITANG-E-WEDNESDA X tire animal He also found a lamb with the entrails, and the sheep he had lost was, when taken away, ready to ! QUARTERS ENDED YEAr. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR i . Year ended Jan. 5. 'Quarter ended Jan. 5. The qu 22 The show of English Wheat samples here was again very P all ; yet, owing a , ended , 1, , ended ;; r .--.--__,...___, r ___-_,__ T ____, ration wa 1,6 1 / 2 to the extreme rates demanded by the drop her lamb. 'r - April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5 July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, ;, Crane•cot 11212 holders, the amount of business actually passing was trifling. Mr. Dawes, a butcher at Ripley, had examined the 1845 1845 1845 1846 1846 1846 1846 1 1346 1647 1847 ;; Increase. Decrease. Increase. 1 Decrease. o'clock la) ..... However in every instance, Monday's prices were well mutton found in the prisoner's premises, and the remains annual mc _ s upported, Iu free Foreign Wheat the -ales were t o a fait of the sheep discovered by the last witness, and believed X X X £ 1 x x x x .1: x , x £ x x extent, and the late advance in the currencies were freely Customs .• •••••• • • • . • • 4,402,506 4,409,548 4,848,363 4,354,789 18,105,206 3,961,918 4,523,391 5,310,835 4,514,721 18,210,865 ; Customs . 205 659 .... 159,932 - the meeth. 11 Ve 1 maintained. Several parcels of inferior bonded Wheat were 1,917,485 2 965,684 3,955,106 3,338,837 12,177,112 1,626,458 3,104,711 4,181,926 3,608,155 12,5')1,250 , Ex c i se ............ . e ., them to be the same. -- commenda '37 0 - 6 1 - 30 1"' 1 - 92 40•( 7 152 114 220,700 •• • • 51,715 bye laws c 1% P , taken on Irish Iv firmaccount, at high rates. The Barley trade as a ,a ; .but we can notice no further improvement in value. Mr. ROBINSON then addressed the jury en behalf of lixe i 'e• ••• •• •••• ••'• •' the prisoner. Stamps. .............. 1,742,461 1,8 , , ~ ,IJ ,I , .- ,• , 1,685,868 1,730,41)5 1,114,364 1,740,687 6,931,114 ' ;tamps, . • Taxes ................ 145,945 2,000,567 201,279 1,876,901 4,223,842 •• • • . 386,985 5,026,570 1,963,882 1,009,162 1,972,128 450,219 5,395,391 Property Tax....., 368,821 .... 146,142 2,006,427 209,940 1,909,399 4,272408 Taxes 189,000 731,000 215,000 181 000 217,000 203,000 816 000 Post-office ••• • • 344,138 .... 269,318 48,566 .... 33848 - in order Ic - The CirainataN summed up, and the jury found the 63,234 - Malt is s in moderate request, at unusually high rates-87s. . Property amount of - il ving been paid for tine Chevalier. Oats, Beans, and Peas prisoner Guilty.-lle was sentenced to ten years' trans- Post-ofece••.•• •••••• •• Crown Lands T ax .......... 1,9 17 0 : 7 0 g 72 :0 9 0 9 0 1 1, 2 8 0 2 9 3 :0 8 0 3 0 3 35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 120,000 45,000 -----, 45,000 30,000 120:000 . Crown Land 5......,. . 85,000 .. .. 14,000 5,000 - - Dr. WE Supported the late advances; while the top price of Flour P .Miscellaneous*.. ••• • .. 22,951 13,152 15,102 68,612 120,317 91,522 18,001 177,910 29,637 317,( 90 , Miscellaneous.- • • 19 • 6 • ;/73 •• .. 1% P ortation. •• •• •• •• 3 8 '955 law, said ti was 655. per 2801bs. APPEALS. .....• ARRIVALS. The CIIAIRMIN stated that appeal cases would not be Total .. .. Total Ordinary Revenue 10,350,01",..9 12,411,518 12,8 . 62,908 12,031,676 47,65(3,161 9 735 790 12,5 - 3,187 13 R 89,103 12 4 - 6 338 4s 1 ,6 8 7 4 .6 4 4 18 1 ; china money ...... China Money.• • • .... 392,06 a . • ,;" - , . 440,000 300 '5O 1 142 924 ' ' - 44 ' 0000 '227,644 ;' 8 . : '* ' ' ' ' Barley. Oats I Flour. taken before Saturday. Imprest Moneys, &c. •. ' 206,007 29,262 24,591 64,084 323,944 52,909 73,939 33,319 31,884 192,547 Imprest Moneys Sce .... 131,397 •• •• 32,`,00 ~.... English wheat.... would prol 1,2 . - . 18 . .:J57 4 2 7 2 5 0 :2 7 8 0 0 0 54 . 5 : 33 . 2 30900:8671,0 stand a i b t i ro n( -..- Irish .•••• • • (~ • , 0 qrs. 1,560 qrs. -- rs. I 1,420 AV. Repayments ofAdvanees 418,545 182,354 473,881 404,179 1,478,959 , 456,473 111,607 199,81i2 1 302,449 1,070,411 , RepanintsufAdv'ncs: 408,548 .... 101,730 ....., Foreign -- •• ____ ___ 1 __ - - BO W-STREET-(THIS DAY). r- _____ •• •• 2,600 _ 400 -- Total Incotne .• • 11,366,176 . 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800098 :0,601,988 10,249,172 13,198,733 14,350,141 1`),3 , 0,671 50,615,0 , 0 - ) ) Total .....• • • 1,248,957 1,235,925 545,332 525,459 films of the --- Malt. 1.910 qrs. .-- - he would n 1 !Valiant Harrison was placed at the bar before M. -- HITZCZIAPEI. ..kinount a;mlled to Eon- Deduct The Aupplics of each kind of meat being on the increase,l 23:5,925 { ! mended by Fend ...... ~2,3,07, 8,255,51;2 8,869,97.3 7,859,997 32,258,609 , 5,468,395 8,476,134 7 617 435 8 615,393 30,177 B')9 ' 529,459 [ ..,, ' -- Henry, on a charge of " being a disorderly person, and solidated'- - - Decrease iieerc,,Se. the demand was in a very sluggish state, and prices were driving' through a file of foot soldiers, thereby endanger- puto, as Advances .. ••. 380,000 101,501 550,000 615,077 1,646,578 140000 91,501 '472,500 '837,500 1,5-11,e01 , The rest. I With difficulty supported. Beef, from 2s 8(.1 to 3s 8d ; Mut- , pato, as ways & Means 4,266,071 4,391,407 4,325,724 1E1,196,801 i 4,636,817 4,631,094 6,260,509 3,317,273 18,395,197 ; ; Increase Increase ..-• ing their lives.' I the reason: Mr. Mo; 2S 131;'s ton i 3 s 10d' it i r t) lb 4 , s b 6 s d • the g (in, of the l' c ea a l r , ca t . to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to Sergeant John Hanin t - - - 13,032/ I cat : the Year. 19,8731 on the Total ... . • 11,366,676 ;12,623,134 13,811,330 12,800;',03 50,601,988 10,245,172 13,198733 14;350,444 12,82 - 0,671 50,615,020 ; be given. . dier Guards, said that this morning about i - Quatter. was marching with a single le of soldiers through the t l ta l li o on clo t e , n i % or the Year.......... 3,713,599 1 * Exclusive of China Monev_ 3 9 IA SPC(II‘I . I% A I)-r,-1.... ........-.,..-. .... .-- _ ._ !Valiant Harrison was placed at the bar before M Henry, on a charge of " being a disorderly person, and driving through a file of foot soldiers, thereby endanger ing their lives." Sergeant John Hanington, of the 3d battalion Grena dier Guards, said that this morning about 11 o'clock, he was marching with a single file of soldiers through the Strand, on their way frcm the Tower, where the batta lion was stationed, to the tailor's, where they were to be fitted with caps, when the prisoner, in a cart, came down Wellington-street, " at a foot pace," just as they were crossing the road. Although he and two of the privates called out to him to stop, and the two privates attempted to stop him, he still bent on. He broke through the file, and was driving down Welliegton•street South, towards the bridge, when he was stopped and brought back. He did not say a word, but allowed himself to be given in custody. There were 18 men in the file. They were ordered to walk in single file to give as little ob struction as possible to passengers. The two privates mentioned by last witness, John Wood wall and George Macktellow, gave evidence in corroboration. The prisoner was going at a slow trot. He made no attempt to stop. Woodwall was obliged to retreat, and Macktellow to spring forward in order to avoid being run over. They had tried to stop the cart, but could not do so. The file was completely broken. The prisoner said that the file was already broken by a van, and that he only passed through the opening already made. He did attempt to stop the cart. Ihe three witnesses denied this altogether. The van drew up and waited till they were gone over, and the ' prisoner (whose cart was alongside the van) might easily have done the same. The file was not broken till he broke it. He made no attempt to stop. Mr. HENRY said the prisoner was like most obstinate people, he insisted that he was right when it was clear he was in the wrong. To convince him of his error it was necessary to punish him. The sergeant said that if the prisoner would admit his error and apologise, he and his comrades did not wish to press the charge. They did not want to hurt him, and if it was " a warning to him " that was enough. The prisoner gave the required apology. Mr. HENRY said that as the complainants did not wish to press the charge, he would not inflict a heavy penalty, but it was necessary to inflict a nominal penalty to convince him that he was liable to punishment. He would therefore fine him 2s. 6d., which, together with the expense of taking his horse from the green-yard, would be enough. The prisoner sent for the money, and on receiving it paid the penalty and was liberated. _ _ 394 7 /9 1 107 S ECONDARIES' —(THIS DAY.) BLACKMAN V. WEBB. This was an action to recover the sum of 41., the balance due on a promissory note. The defendant de nied making the note. The plaintiff's solicitor said he should be able to prove the defendant's signature, and that 1/. was paid on ac count, and called Henry Baker. —An objection was taken to this witness being examined, on the ground that the money was ad vanced by a loan society in which he was interested. The ;-ECONDARY said that did not show that the wit ness was an incompetent witness: he might hold some appointment. The defendant's attorney asked whether witness was in not a sharehold er as well as clerk, and was answered the negative. The wi tness then deposed that the defendant signed the note. In h e a d m i tte d entr i es i n a Pass-book of Payment.; to the amount of 1/. iinTcheeoSfECONDARY said that he could not receive evi hsi Payment under the plea. The defendant denied is gnatfour the, and on th a t pl ea pl a i n tiff was ent i t l e d to a verdict r e amount of the bill but he had admed, by the particulars, the payment of which washhe only sum could be deducted, notwithstanding any evi dence of further payment—the difference in amount was O nly 5 5., but large or small, the principle was the same. The jury gave a verdict for 41. 10,245,172 hina oney No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the fth .Tanuary, 1846, and the sth January, 1847. , . . Quarters ended Jan. 5. 1 Quarters ended Jan. 5. e „....-.......-....... INCOME. 1846 1847 1 CIIABGE. 1846 1847 X. X. _ X. X. Customs . . 3 353 440 3,622,151 Terminable Annuities..... ••• • •• 617,473 Stamps ............................ 1,792,402 1,740,687 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued •to Inca the charge on the Consolidated Fund .. .. 1,876,050 1,909,899 Sinking Fund .. ..... • Taxes Property Tax • ..... •••••••. • • .. • • .. 386,955 450,219 The Civil List . .... • . . •• • ••• .. Post-ollice .... . .......... .......... 189,000 203,000 Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund ••• 423,583 338,038 Crown Land 5....................... 25,000 30,000 For .Idvauces ...... ,•.. .. . Miscellaneous . China Money .............. —.• • • • 300,859 Total Charge • • ...... .... ..... •••—•.. • . . • • . • 8,740,084 8,024,456 Imprest and other Moneys • ........... ..... ..... ......... 4,275,316 4,810,211 Repayments of Advances • • • • 404,179 002,449 13,015,400 12,834,667 12,815,400 12,834,667 j The Amount of Exchequer-bills Issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended To Cash brought to this Account to be Oct. 10, 1846, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, applied to pay off Deficiency Bills.. 200,006 after deducting 650,0001., paid off out of the Sinking Fund •. .. _ The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of 13,015,400 . 12,834,667 ! the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services• ••••••••••••••••••••• • • •• •• • • • • • •• • • • .... Ike Surplus of the Consolidated Ftuid, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847 The Surplus of Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the Consolidated Fund, and for the payments of i Supply Services in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847 ••.••.•••••••• • • " • • • • • • • • • • s 4 3i -- , 51A •••••••• • ..... • OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED). DOUGLAS JERROLD'S. Exeter lines, the writer likewise recommends com promise. We have in this number a chronicle of the result of the past session of Parliament, as far as rail way matters are affected, and a prophecy of the pros pects of the coming session—besides lists of contracts, &c., and the usual railway intelligence of the month. We have received the Queen of Spain's Speech at the opening of the Cortes, on the 31st ult., of which the fol lowing is a translation:— " Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies,— "Nothing causes me more lively satisfaction than to find myself again in the midst of you, and again to give myself over to the hope that your loyalty and your every effort will be consecrated to cement the union of the Throne with the institutions of the country, and to continue the work of the prosperity of Spain. "I have contracted a marriage with my august cousin, Don Francisco d'Assis Maria de Bourbon, agreeably to my intention announced to the preceding Cortes. I trust that Heaven will bless this union, and that you also, Gentlemen, will unite your prayers with mine to Almighty God. The marriage of my beloved sister has also taken place in the way which has been already ex plained to the Cortes. " In our relations with foreign Powers no change has taken place worthy of notice. . . 1 We are sorry to see, from an announcement on the cover of the magazine, that the writer of a " History for Young England" has abruptly brought his labour to a premature close. As, however, the publisher states that this series of papers will shortly be re-pub lished and completed in a separate form, we hope that the " abrupt close" alluded to only concerns the magazine, and the world will not be deprived of this which promised to be an excellent abridgment of English history. The illustrations to St. Giles and St. James are also discontinued. Of the story itself, however, we have the 35th chapter in this number, which thus commences : ••••• a RIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COUT. MURDE R C OMM ITTED UNDER R INSANITY.—Mary Ann jle nY, a healthy• looking woman, aged 25, was charged, en the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of James Ring, an infant, to whom she had shortly before given birth. The prisoner had been removed to this coart by an order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, in Which she was placed shortly after the occurrence, in consequence of being afflicted with insanity, under the influence of which, it was assumed, she had committed the crime. As she subsequently became sane, and was deemed in a fit state to be set free, it was necessary that she should undergo the ordeal of a trial here, in order that a jury might decide upon the matter, and if proved to their satisfaction that she was not a free agent at the time, that she might be liberated. Mr. Duane appeared for the prosecution. Amelia Lyons, the mother of the prisoner, stated, that on the 22d of January last her daughter was delivered of twins, a boy (the deceased) and a girl. Shortly afterwards she !appeared to be labouring under insanity, as she talked incoherently upon religious subjects, and about her chil dren, and dying. On the 31st of that month, she was in her room ; her (the prisoner's) husband was also there. Her daughter was in bed suckling the infants. Having observed indications of insanity on the previous Thursday, she was afraid to leave her alone, and having occasion to go to the fire place, she desired her husband to watch her. She turned towards the fire, and the next Moment the husband exclaimed, " Oh ! mother, she has thrown herself on one of the children." He pulled her up, but she again flew at the child, and bit hi m on t h e cheek. 'I hey succeed e d in getting the child away, on Whose face they found two marks and a little blood. She took the child to Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in the neigh bourhood, whilst her husband held her daughter down on the bed with a sheet. She raved and besought him to take care of her children. The child died three weeks and two days after. Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, Newington, stated that the child was brought to him about ten o'clock in the evening in question. He found his face, especially the left cheek and the mouth, covered with blood. On removing the blood, he found several punc tured wounds—one on the upper lip, one on the nostrils, and another near the eye, which bore the imprints of teeth. Inflammation ensued, and he attended the child until his death. From feelings of humanity he visited the prisoner the same night, and found her perfectly in sane. She was wholly unconscious of what she was saying or doing. Mr. Justice ERLE suggested to the jury, that if they were satisfied that the woman was unconscious at the ti me, that they should acquit her on the ground of insanity. The jury accordingly Acquitted the prisoner on that aNiad. on i n 14 ,r. DOANE said the p r i sener b ecame i n a s i milar state , birth of her first child. Mr. Justice ERLE said a representation would be Made to t h e S ecretary o f S tate, nett i ng forth the state ef her m i nd at the time, and the verdict of the jury, and she would be liberated. The woman was then removed. ! COI NING. —James Morris, aged 36, described as a sbourer, was convicted on two indictments, charging Via with having count er f e i te d a h a lf crown, and of "ling a mould in his possession. Sergeant Brenan, an active and intelligent officer, and a body of constables, proceeded to a house in Duck-lane, Westminster. He broke into a room, and found the Prisoner with a pipkin in his hand at the window, from Which he threw several articles, amongst which were several counterfeit shillings. He was crushing a half crown mould under his feet. A counterfeit half-crown WAS taken from him, but it was so hot that the sergeant was obliged to put it into his pocket, and another fro m the same mould was found in his possession. There was a clear fire and a galvanic battery in the room. The prisoner shouted from the window, and brought some hundreds of the denizens of that part of the metropolis, who assaulted the police severely, and enabled the prisoner to escape. Sometime after he was arrested at a house in the Borough in the very act of coining; several dies and other coining implements were found, and twenty-two counterfeit half-crowns, fifty shillings, and a number of crown pieces. He blew out a candle which was on the table and jumped out of the window. Ho was, however, immediately arrested. It appeared that the prisoner had been known to the police as a coiner for sixteen years. The prisoner besought the Court to deal mercifully with him on account of his having a wife and five young children. He said he had been driven to the crime in him Order elief to provide food for th em . Hi s parish had refused r. Mr. Justice MAULE sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fifteen years on each indictment—thirty Years altogether. THE MIRROR. A new tale from the pen of Mr. Percy St. John, entitled the " Miser's Will," is commenced in this number. In this tale Mr. St. John has abandoned his stronghold of America, and has laid his scene in England, in London. His power, however, is not diminished one jot. In the present number we have only four chapters, but the interest of the reader is completely excited. His descriptions are as graphic, his characters as completely individualized, and his reflections as philosophical in this as in any of his preceding tales, and he is quite as much at home in the streets of London as in the prairies of America. In the first chapter we are introduced to a strange and eccentric rich man, who shuts himself up in an old house in the Borough, much after the fashion of the Colonel in Eugene Sue's tale of " Mathilde." In the second chapter we are introduced to the hero. " About the middle height, certainly not more than one-and-twenty in age—his features were naturally handsome, though the good effect of them was much marred, either by the effects of dissipation or of poor and unwholesome living. His eyes, in which lurked a hidden fire, were somewhat sunken, which with his hollow cheeks was almost proof sufficient of his poverty, if indeed his sudden interest in the beggar woman had not made the supposition almost a matter of certainty, for none sympathise with the poor so readily as those who feel the most. His hair was black, and fell in huge matted clustres over his shoulders, while a shabby hat, rejoicing in a rim with no particular bias up or down, but rising here and falling there according to fancy, was of very material assistance in rendering his naturally good looks of little moment. A blue Taglioni of anti quated fashion, in the pockets of which his gloveless hands were thrust, plaid trousers, boots with more holes than sole leather, completed his attire, save only a shirt collar of large dimensions and very yellow tinge, which fell over a black silk handkerchief that encircled his neck. ow.. , • away l ‘ WWe sympathy—thatwill e t oi eosvvhti l rrirn i ineoo n mgggta g faad e ismj:ec r mhoselawkusian w i eibeditnisehgotihaw?fue out-turned ootdl u S yihfit n dw-eio i t a p t houubphd e yfrreae t !I n tl diohl u . sesrceooleyoyi F cieuwsk o tetb: r oh osuafswel being—uponubsl n t ueaw y aenksi d e al : a nroe s lf t medicablebei hiredal oe n siewhsnt cowardice, old, dr r led e e ffsi knavery, m a r eut e , n bptt n ort p e unee y i t s t-ybe the d h nman e a been no jest whatever in the dull mishap ; the robbery and the wound might have passed among the serious things that lengthen even careless faces. But how different the casualty I A man—an old man—and the quintessence of the drollery lay in his wrinkles—had been robbed of his other self ; had had his very being rent in twain, and to think of his loss was rarest comedy—to picture him writhing in the agony of that forced separation was to crow with laughter. Such was the compassion bestowed by men upon the old money-merchant, as rumour, like a wild-goose, cackled as she flew. Therefore, for a time, we will leave Snipe ton at his solitary hearth. No; not solitary. For now the figure, the features of his wife—the run-away; yes, there was the horror; there the burning truth that poi soned the wound—were multiplied about him. It would have been some relief to the tortured—a passing breath cooling the damned—to think that beautiful mischief the victim of violence: but no; she had clubbed her share of cunniner; she had played a free part iu the wickedness; she had fled from him; and he could hear her laughter at the trick. And then those very numerals—things that in pleasant idleness of heart he had jotted down, as fancied guards, and retinue of wealth, to glorify and do homage to that idol of his home— they rose in his brain like sparks of fire, and he howled and whined like idiotcy. And at the same time, as we have said, there was great laughter —very great enjoyment at the clubs." Fleicher, who has been repeatedly remanded on a charge of furiously driving a market gardener's cart in Whitehall, and knocking down and driving over an old fruit woman of seventy years of age, who, with her husband, was wheeling a barrow of fruit, was finally brought before Mr. Henry this morning. The complainant now said that as the prisoner was a poor man, and had a wife and large family, and as ho showed great contrition, and " paid every attention" in his power to her while laid up, she " did not want to hurt him." •• 1.• Ili V . . " Domestic tranquillity, that first need of nations, is strengthening itself, in spite of attempts which have been made to disturb it. lam confident that all legiti mate opinions, uniting themselves on the vast and free field of our institutions, will leave without support the factions hostile to the public peace, and will contribute ..... • • Mr. HENRY, yielding to the very earnest request of the complainant, agreed to let the prisoner off un punished, as far as the charge of injuring her was con cerned, but as no man must be allowed to get into a cart drunk and drive at a furious rate in a crowded street, for that offence he would fine him in the full penalty of 21. As the complainant was very much to be pitied he would order her 11. out of the poor-box. to consolidate the constitutional Government, and to efface all traces of the troubles which have so long agi tated the nation. "In order to attain that important end, I have granted to persons implicated in those troubles as large an amnesty as the welfare of the State permits. It is the welfare of the State which I shall consult, at some future time, as to the question of extending this amnesty to those who, for weighty reasons, have been hitherto ex cluded from it. MARLBRO I -STREET—(THIS DAY). Thomas Webb and Thomas Leary were both charged with creating a disturbance in Oxford-street, and in several public-houses, where they called for liquor and refused to pay for it. Police-constable E 34, saidihis attention was called:to a crowd of 200 people gathered in front of the American storef, in Oxford-street, where he found the prisoners quarrelling and vociferating. He said he bad been obliged to take them out of the American Stores just before. .. ••••`. .. 2% P "It is a great satisfaction to me to be able to an nounce to you that, thanks to the peace and to the re forms to which former Cortes have given their support, the national prosperity is making notable advances; my efforts will before all things tend to extend and aug ment those advances, and I reckon on your co-operation and assistance in this matter. " The different branches of the administration of the State have experienced great ameliorations; these are owing to the zegularity introduced in the payment of expenses in the various offices, to the preservation of the public peace, and to the harmony and order which the laws recently established have introduced into the working of the administration. "Such was Frederick Wilson, student.at-law, as he called himself, reporter as his friends denominated him, while penny-a•linner was the highest epithet which his enemies could ever a ll ow hi m . Wh atever hi s profession, however, he did but little credit to it ; his whole appear. ance was that of one whose breakfast was rare, whose dinner was matter of irregular occurrence, and who, if he ever supped, did so at intervals of very great extent." Wilson renders a service to a young girl, who is going home alone, is by her introduced to her mother, a Mrs. Cartwright, and it is evident that before they part Wilson and Miss Cartwright are in love. An apothecary, with whom the Cartwrights' lodge, waylays Wilson, in order to pump him, and they adjourn to gether to a night tavern in St. Giles's, where the author leaves them. There is one retrospective chap ter, detailing the revenge of a husband upon his sup posed unfaithful wife, and with this adventure we imagine that the Cartwrights and the mysterious man in the Borough are concerned. This tale is illus trated by several wood. cuts. " The Eagle's Nest "is continued, and we have several other light and amusing tales. Among the papers of more permanent value are an article on "Education in Greece,' in which free use has been made of the valuable and excellent work of Mr. J. A. St. John, on the "Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece." A "Memoir of General Demetrius Kalerges," one of the liberators of Greece ; and a review of " Lewis's History of Philosophy," in which we are glad to find the reviewer taking up the cudgels in behalf of Locke against Victor Cousin, and Whewell. As to Victor Cousin, the reviewer describes him accurately, when he says, " he is a bad reasoner, and a bad writer, a faithless translator, tLhoecke and a disen genuous commentator ;" while the self sufficient, vai n , d an d y p hil osop h er of Trin. Coll., Cam., ha v i ng fi rs t m i s - appre h ended and mis-stated refutationmeaning,'s of applieshis uli himself miselfvsitke g a oro . uslyto Pro fessor Whewell does very well as stage manager of the British Association, but no superficial man should venture to meddle with Locke. The Mirror im proves month by month. This is the best number that has yet been published. Elizabeth Knight, barmaid to the American Stores, said the two prisoners and another man came in and called for a pot of stout. It was drawn for them, and they drank it off, and called for another, but on being told they must first pay for what they had had, they began to quarrel with each other, and as none of them had any money, it was necessary to call the policeman, and have them turned out. Mrs. Brown, landlady of the Three Tuns public house, Oxford -street, said the same persons had just previously been in her house, and drank smne rum, and ran out without paying for it, Mr. lIARDwIck said there was too good reason for believing that the prisoners were of a gang who were perambulating the metropolis for the purpose of defraud ing people of their property. He sentenced them to a fine of 203. each, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for creating a disturbance. Donation of 2/. from J. H. H., through Messrs. Gos ling and Co., was received in aid of the poor-box. The scene then shifts to the house of Shoveller, to which poor Clarissa has been abducted, and Shoveller and Crossbone are congratulating themselves on the cleverness with which they have managed the affair when young St. James enters. Crossbone meets him, and St. James is scarcely able to conceal his disgust when he learns that Clarissa has been taken off by violence, and is at that moment a prisoner. Seizing the key of the chamb e r i n w hi c h she is con fined, he rushes up to her prison, leaving Crossbone alone in Shoveller's parlour, where he is soon joined by the housekeeper, Mother Daws, an ugly bunch or an old woman, who would in days of yore have been burned as a witch. A new story, entitled " The Dreamer and the Worker," which will be com pleted in the present year, is commenced in this number. It opens with a description of shipwreck, which is written with great power, and which introduces to, as we suppose, the Dreamer and the Worker—the Dreamer being Archer, a passenger, in the shipwrecked vessel, who keeps his post by Miss Walton and her aged father on the deck of the shipwrecked vessel, and refuses to leave them ; the Worker being Harding, a ship-carpenter, who forms a raft, which he is about to launch, but is restrained by Archer, who demonstrates to him that the time for launching it is not yet come. The Worker takes the advice of the D rea mer, delays his launch until the proper moment, and both Worker and Dreamer, and Miss Walton, and her father, are saved and hospitably received by the inhabitants of a Welsh hamlet, near the spot where they are cast on shore. Forty persons, h o wever, have perished. " Fables for Foolish Fellows" ' are continued ;" and Paul Bell, in " Heads and Tails of Families," ad mirably satirizes the " unto gude," in the person of Mr. Dabley, a ma n o f su b stance and a pious man, who always has " family devotions" at ni g ht, and always occupies a handsome pew in the church on a Sunday, but who is a domestic tyrant withal, and makes his home such a perfect place of torment for his children that th e y all quit it a s soon as possible— (the girls elope, on e w i t h a co mmon soldier, and another with a German adventurer) —and all turn out badly. There are, we fear, too many D . tblrys in the world. The " Ph ar i se es of the Rail is a smashing philippic on the Sabbatical Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The following is the concluding passage : " But, for the present at least, the pharisaical star is in the ascendant. They have it as yet all their own way —these modern representatives of the mad bigots of old, who raised their Exeter H a ll like braying's, when the Founder of Christianity healed disease and rebuked devils, and soothed suffering upon the Sabbath-day. The four Scotch Popes are issuing their bulls, and ful minating their edicts, triumphing ove r the free exercise of common sense and reason ; reviling the creeds, and slandering the motives of all who attempt to stand by their own rights and those of society. How long sh a ll their reign last ? How long shall these particular dog s have their day ? Their overthrow is no doubt f as t coming. The sense of mankind is arming and.ve mo mar. shelling i tself against them; but until the decisive ment is at band, be content, Scotsmen, to remain what you are—the objects of the mingled pity and derision o f the civilised world; be cont ent to.be tyrannised over by four Railway Directors; be content to hand yourself over, dare not to stir —you have body and soul, to Blackadder and though sickness the Sabbath and death smite your friends, spiritural dictators—crouch and obey; . keep as you are ordered—attempt. to think or act for your selves at your peril—lurk your crowded Glasgow cou rts—your loathsome Edinburgh closes: the country a ir—the bright sunshine of the first day of the week, were not intended by their Creator for you; or if they were, four Railway Directors have decided th a t you shall not enjoy them!" The best of the light papers of th e present number is a graphic sketch of Londo n skaiters, by An us B. Reach, entitled " Winter in the Parks." g ..- .. 09 .. la " In the organization of the army some reforms, im• peratively demanded by the public good, have been carried out. These reforms have brought about a con siderable economy in the expenditure, and it is great subject of satisfaction to me that their introduction has not infringed upon vested rights, nor caused any preju dice to the classes who compose this interesting portion of the nation. In the matter of discipline and soldierly behaviour the condition of the troops both by sea and land could not be more satisfactory, and the fidelity of all ranks is a sure guarantee that the sacred trust re posed to their care will be protected from all dangers. " My solicitude, and that of my Government, has not been less with respect to the navy. For the first time since many years the expenses of all establishments have been covered ; considerable works and repairs have been completed in our arsenals ; an impulse has been given to naval construction, as well in the yards of the State as in those of private individuals, so that the vessels of our fleet have been available for all the purposes of the State, as well as for the protection of our mercantile marine, the rapid increase of which gives rise to the fondest hopes. " The amount of the revenue is increasing. and there is ground for hope that it will be still more considerable when the projected alterations of the tariff have been put in force ; my Government will notify these changes to you in a proper form. now. Oa .... .. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Frederick Blackstone was charged before Mr. Combo with attempting to pick pockets in the pit of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and also with having struck police-con stable 171 G, a tremendous blow on the head, with a thick stick, loaded with lead at the end. The policeman stated that he was on duty last night at Sadler's Wells Theatre, when he observed the pri soner, who was accompanied by several other well known thieves, enter the theatre, and having watched them closely, and observing the prisoner try several persons pockets, he took him into custody, and had re moved him as far as the lobby, when the prisoner sud denly turned round, and struck him a violent blow upon the top of the head, which felled him to the ground. The house, as usual, was much thronged, and a number of the prisoner's companions succeeded in getting him away, but he was followed by several con stables through the crowd, and again taken into custody. He was committed to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month, without the alternative of a fine. .. 140 10 0. 4, • .. 71 . .. •• Al .... . •••• Two diminutive boys, named William Bailey, and John Fully, were charged with stealing from Mr. Ayrc, a surgeon and chemist, in High-street, Camden-town, a number of valuable smelling-bottles, and William Har rison was charged with having received them, well know ing them to have been stolen. The prosecutor stated that within the last few weeks the prisoners had called at his shop several times, under pretence of having some trifling prescription compounded, and on almost every occasion ho missed some article from the shop after their departure. Yes terday they came again, and as they were leaving he searched them, when he found upon fully two silver mounted scent cases. The prisoners then said they had stolen several other silver mounted bottles from the house and sold them for three-halfpence each to Harri son, who keeps one of those shops, half marine store dealers and half confectioners, where children too often get their initiatory lesson in thieving, by exchanging small portable articles for" sweet stuffs." Mr. COMBE said, that taking into consideration the extreme youth of the two boys, and that they, as well as too many others, he was afraid, had been made the victims of the elder prisoner, he should admit them as evidence against him, so as to ensure his conviction, which would be a benefit to society. The boys then made their depositions to the above facts, and Harrison was committed to take his trial. " Some alter atioLs have at the same time been intro duced in the subject of taxes, and the chief defects which disfigure that system will disappear as soon as all the data, which are now being sought for with great care, have been collected, with a view to a just and equal apportionment of the contributions. SPIERS' UNIVERSAL ALMANACK and BOOK of GENERAL REFERENCE for 1847. The title of this book is an accurate description of its contents. It is an universal almanack and book of general reference, and contains every species of in formation that those who refer to an almanack can expect or desire in such a publication. • 1 1 ,i • 49, s6RAk 4 11 . 27 " My Government will present you with the budget of receipts and expenses for the year 1847. You will there see the ameliorations and economies which it has been possible to make. I regret that past troubles, and the very reforms themselves which must afterwards produce good results, do not permit of my making at present all the reductions which I desire. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty walked this fore noon on the Eastern Terrace of the Castle, attended by the Lady in Waiting the Marchioness of Doure. The Bishop of Oxford left the Castle to-day. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Mi. ter, and Madame Van de Weyer, are expected to ve at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Excellencies Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excell ency t h e B aron de Brunnow, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir Robert and Lady Peel. The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. ....• I NE URT7 ROBBERY OF THE W HUNTI CO NGDON AND WISBEACU RAILWAY.— Win. Poole, a very respectable young man In appearance, and lately a clerk in the service of the Huntingdon and Wisbeach Railway, was indicted with stealing an order for the payment of 10L, the property o f the company. The jury acquitted the prisoner. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.--The ease Of Francis Olifreres, described in the calendar as a hair-worker, and who stands charged with stealing property to the amount of uPwards of 4001., was postponed to the next session. Mr. CLARKsoN having made an application this morn ing to the Common-Sergeant, to delay the taking of the Witnesses before the grand jury till that period, on the ground of the absence of a most material one, the Learned Common-Sergeant, upon an application for that Purpose, refused to liberate the prisoner upon bail, de clining to take up on hi mse lf so great a responsibility, R Parties if they w i s h e d to o b ta i n the liberation of the r isoner till the rext sessions, must go before one of th e Learned Judges of the land and see if the could persu a d e hi m to take bail. y •••... 0 " It has been equally impossible for my Government to arrive at an arrangement of the public debt in virtue of the authority given by me for that purpose. How ever, as I have a lively desire to satisfy the just de mands of the State creditors, as well domestic as foreign, the measures which may appear most proper for arriving at this end will be proposed to you at a fitting time. " Agreeably to the law of the 9th of June, 1845, a loan of 200 millions of reals (50 millions of francs) has been contracted, destined to making new roads; the works have partly commenced on several lines, forming parts of the vast plan of internal communication which my Government proposes to carry out. " Besides the budget, other measures demanded by the public weal will be proposed to you. " A fixed and fitting endowment for religious pur poses and the clergy is a positive and urgent need, as essential to the welfare of religion as it is for that of the State. My Government will present you shortly with a law on this important matter. yo• II „,, o 0 . )A 17 ' ) ,E., light 3hadduk Symerot August* ml. Sid' from the 1, Valley? THE LATE FIRE AT IRONGATE WHABL—RII MOURED Loss OF LlFE.—Notwithstanding that five days have elapsed since the outbreak of the destructive fire at Irongate Wharf, a considerable portion still re mains in a heated state, and the firemen were still obliged to keep discharging water upon the same. That portion of the premises that contained property belong ing to Mr. Powell, the provision merchant, is perfectly cooled, and the firem en h ave a l re ady succeeded in getting out nearly 250 ti erces o f b ee f a n d pork in a good condition ; they have also succeeded in saving about 150 tierces of the same s or t o f p r o v ision, but in a very damaged condition. The wall at the western extremity is in an exc ee di ng ly d angerous con diti on , and is ex pected mom en t ar ily t o t opp l e over . It i s so situated that until the ruin s are c l eare d ou t i n th a t qua rter it can neither be shored up nor pulled down. The dock com pany have commenced erecting a substantial wooden hoarding round the premises, so as to prevent the rubbish from falling into the street. Mr. Cole man; the occupier of the wharf, has made a most searching inquiry, to ascertain, ifpossible, the exact cause of the calamity. The result of that investigation showed that the outbreak was occasioned in the manner previously stated in this journal. One of the workmen who had been employed on the premises, and who it:is asserted, by his fellow-workmen, was seen on the wharf at the time of the outbreak has not since the night been seen or heard of. Some of the workmen state that he was seen as late as six o ' c l oc k i n t h e even i ng ass i st i ng i n extinguishin g the flames, whilst others assert that he never left th e prem i ses a f ter the f i re commenced. What has becom e o f t h e party i s unknown. One thing, how ever, is certain, that his wife was at the ruins yesterday mornin g inq u i r i ng w h ether any one had seen her hus band, as he had not been home since the morning of the day th at the fire began. D ur i ng yester d ay a number of bales of canvass and sail cloths were got out, but they were p larg greatly e r nnn damagedber by of fire. personslt b h a a y s e beenlost a r s o c e e r r t a t y i n b e ) (l , that ere a the disaster than was at one time believed, ponepgentle man belongi ng to Bridport, alone, has lost plate and fur niture to the value o f 70 0 1 . The firemen no doubt during this day will be able to get a deal of other pro perty from the ruins. " BROTH E R, BROTH ER , WE ARE BOTH IN THE Wnosc.' Ihe Hon. Captain Berkeley and the lion. Craven, Berkeley have be ea on a visit to Earl Fitzhardinge, at BCI keley Castle, during the last few days.—Cheltenham Journal. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing -street. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor attended. Mr. Iligham, Comp troller-General, was in attendance. The ratification of a treaty of commerce and naviga tion, negotiated and signed at Athens by Mr. P. Del gauni, Councillor of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to his Majesty the King of Greece, and Dr. Patrick Col quhoun, llanseatic Plenipotentiary at Athens, were exchanged on the 15th ultimo, in London, by Mr. Rail', Consul-General of his Hellenic Majesty, and Dr. Patrick Colquhoun, on the part of the Venerable Senate of Bremen. SURREY SESSIONS. —(THIS DAY.) Jane Morris, a woman fifty-five years of age, was in „dieted for stealing Is. sd. out of a drawer in the bar of the house of Mr. James Coles, at Godalming, on the 28th of December, where she was employed as a char woman. hi e Coles the landlord, saw her unlock the till and take something from it. He immediately stopped her, and found the money produced in the mad handed, with her, over to Court, which he marked, the constable. The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to Mercy. She was sentenced to solitary confi nement for 21 days. Wm. White, aged 28, was indicted for stealing a ewe sheep at Ripley, the property of Mr. John Metcalfe. an other count h e was charge d w i t h ki lling the Insheep with int ent to carry off the fore and hind quarters. Mr, Locke was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Robinson defended the prisoner. Mr. L OCKE, having stated the case, called William liolington, inspector of police at Guildf c rd, who Was sent for on the 28th of December, and Was show fahe place where the sheep had been slaughtered. Near it he observed the tracks of a man's (hoes for for some distance where the carcase had been dragged along. From information which he received he went to the prisoner 's r , house, wher e h e f oun d a nec k o f mutton, and, afterwards, the caroase of a sheep tied up in a bag, with the name wa s employed . upon it of M r. Lambert, by whom White Witness subsequently headofthe sheep with the carcase, as also the saddle With the Place from which it was taken, and found them compared the to fit exactly. lie had also compared the prisoner's sho e s , with the marks in the field, „and found them to !igree, The prisoner Was apprehended at a barn be longing to Mr. Lambert. theCross-examined—The foot -marks were plain, but _ o re n as nothing particular about them, and he did not " r i 3pare the nails with the indentations. the CIIIIRMAN—He had traced the marks from the f_osldYto the Place where the sheep was killed. The place w about halt mile from the prisoner's house. Mr. John Metcalfe, a farmer and innkeeper at Ripley, " Besides these, other laws will be proposed in the course of this session—some with a view to protect the increase of wealth by curbing the abuses which accom pany the first impulse of its development, others with a view to introduce ameliorations in the different branches of the administration, and others, finally, with a view to regulate the arrangements in force relative to the press and to exceptional professions. rd. Job° unbeam► ValPa rhomsB; Mobile; r York; Em u ll4 nsw ick ; :ontresl• Id. Star' COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE. In addition to the usual commercial intelligence of the month, this number, on the " Law and Equitable Mortgages," shows what the state of th e l aw i s at the present time, as lad down in all the recent deci sions. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Lord Monteagle had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. " It is thus, Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies, with the aid of Providence, and while the efforts of all arc directed with courage and firmness in the pursuit of the same aim, that the ameliorations introduced in a politi cal, economical, and administrative point of view will be consolidated, that fresh ones will be introduced, and that, after so much agitation, peace, order, and prospe rity will be restcred to this nation—blessings to which her great qualities and her many virtues give her so great a claim." 1. Sifel" Chit latth The e" is abar crevi I,iver The It, le t ' lie Car' to-dei The Judges and her Majesty's Counsel will not meet at the Lord. Chancellor's residence on the first day of the ensuing term. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill have left Farrance's hotel for Blenheim. RAILWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This is a new candidate for the favours of the rail way world. It opens with a paper, illustrated with a map, on the South-Eastern Company and the N ew Kentish schemes, in which the scheme s of that company, as opposed to the schemes of the Brighton Company, are advocated with energy and ability. - We then have a paper on the Birmingham and Oxford Rail way, which is at present the great bone of contention between the North Western and th e G reat Western Companies After giving a history of the various negotiations which have taken place on thi s su bj ec t, the writer proposes the following Compromise between the conflicting claims of the two companie s :-- " The London and North Western Company think they ought to have joint possessio n of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway. We think they are reasonable i n that desire. If our surmises are accurate, the Great Western Company are not indisposed to acquiesce in the arrangement upon one condition —that condition being the extension of the broad guage to Birmingham. There - a the case in a nutshell, and we think its settle ment might be as brief as this description." In the paper on the capital of proposals of the South Western, Great Western, and Bristol and HAIRDRESSERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—A preparatory meetibg was held at the Bedford Head, Bloomsbury, last evening, for the purpose of forming an association for the earlier closing of hairdressers' shop in London, when a series of resolutions having this object in view were agreed to. It appears that this class of tradesmen are in the habit of keeping their shops open until a late hour, especially on Saturday nights, and the subject of discussion was the practicability of their being closed earlier both in the winter and summer months (sich a practice having been pursued in Glasgow and other large towns with success), and thus enabling the numezous journeymen and apprentices in this business to have time for recreation and the acquirement of general knowledge. It was understood that a public meeting on a larger scale, with the view of carrying out the objects of the association, would shortly be held. COALS AND NEWCASTLE.—On Monday last, a leg of Mutton and a half-crown were run for by a party of skaters, sixteen in number, on Port Holme Meadow. The leg of mutton was one by Mr. W. Clark, butcher, and the half-crown by Mr. C. Jacob, jun., harness maker.—Bedford Mercury. or Ap't idirelf POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. Yesterday information was received by the metropolitan police that two letters containing notes and bills of exchange amounting to 2,229/. 18s. 6d. had been abstracted during transit through the post-office, from the firm of W. S. Chee them, of Nottingham, to the Commercial Bank of Scot land, Edinburgh. All efforts at present, either to trace the notes or detect the guilty parties, have been un successful. ijesty's ncl• Star rise to _Axrd• Rente r ► FREE READING-ROOMS FOIE THE LABOURIN e CLASSES IN THE CITr.—A society has been established, having Lord Ashley at its head, for " the purpose of pro viding free reading-rooms for the labouring classes in the city of London." We regret to state that Mr. W. R. Cartwright, of Aynhoe, the late representative of th e southern:division of the county of Northampton, expircod at his residence in that county on the 4th instant, in., - the seventy - sixth year of his age. oldest ; 4 444,; 1 4;,„ ; ‘ ,.. trb , gi SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. THIS AY. The quarterly meeting of the members of this corpo ration was day; this held at the offices of the society, Crane•court, Fleet -street. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Sir Walter Stirling. The minutes of the annual meeting having been read over and confirmed, the meeting proceeded to take into consideration a re commendation of the committee to suspend one of the bye laws of the society, and to sell out 500/. of the stock in order to meet the pressing emergency of the large amount of claims made upon the funds of the charity. Dr. WEBSTER, in proposing the suspension of the bye law, said that he feared an erropeous impression haul gone abroad that this society was very rich, and did not stand in need of the assistance of its friends, and this would probably account for the pre , ,ent deficiency in the funds of this charity. Sooner, however, than the opera,- tions of the charity should be brought to a stand-stilt, he would move the suspension of the bye-law as recom mended by the committee. The resolution having been seconded, Mr. Moult's said he thought that some explanation of the reasons of the present deficiency in the funds should be given. lie disapproved of the recent increase in the salary of the secretary. W. LANE, Esq., thought that the late grant to the Caledonian Asylum was highly improper, and that at least that society should pay someihing to the funds of this society, for the use of the rooms and offices. The Rev. Dr. Cti3IMING thought that the circumstance should not be lost sight of, that there had been a larger number of applicants during the last year, and also that the allowances made to them had been larger than for merly. In answer to a question put by Dr. WEBSTER, The SECRETARY said that the amount of subscriptions to the society was, for the years-1844, 2,3671. ; 1845, 2,6911. ; 1846, 2,7611. ; and that the number of indivi duals relieved out of the funds of the society had increased since from 2,802 in the year 1837, to 4,611 in the present year. The resolution was then agreed to unanimously. The SECRETARY then said that a matter personal to himself had been obtruded upon the meeting by one of the speakers, contai n i ng an i ns i nuat i on t h at h had acted improperly with the funds of the society. He totally denied the charge, and hoped the committee would not separate without appointing a committee to inquire into the subject. A warm discussion ensued between several of the members, but, upon the suggestion of the Rev. Dr. Cumming, the subject was dropped, it being finally arranged that the Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Morris) should go over the accounts with the Secretary himself, and report upon the subject at the next meeting of the Court. Several other matters of business having been dis posed of, The CHAIRMAN, having vacated the chair, then moved a resolution, embodying the sentiments of the society on the occasion of the sudden demise of their respected treasurer, the late Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. He was a scholar, a statesman, and a man of business, whose energy of mind was equalled only by the amenity of his manners and• the kindness of his heart, and who was ever ready to do all that in him lay to promote the interests of this society and of his fellow-creatures. W. DALLAS, Esq., having seconded the resolution, it was agreed to nem. con., and the resolution in question ordered to be forwarded to the Dowager Lady Shaw Stewart, and bearing the signature of the secretary. Mr. LAING then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice with respect to a grant made to one of the applicants. The circumstanco has been brought before the committee upon various occasions. The grant complained of was, it appeared, recommended by Mr. Nisbet, one of the governors of the society, but in consequence of some irregularity in the application, the grant was reduced from the sum of 101. to 31.. Mr. Nisbet having been taxed with the irregularity, denied all knowledge of the subject, and a committee was ap pointed to inquire into this subject, which reported ,ac cordingly. The object of the present resolution was to set aside the report of the committee, as not founded in fees, and to appoint a committee to inquire into the subject. Mr. NISBET, whose conduct had been impugned, stated that neither directly nor indirectly dld' he kno w any thing at all of the applicant or the grant, and challenged any person to say that he had ever been guilty of a dereliction of his duty as a dispenser of the funds of the charity. After a few remarks from Mr. Gillespie and Rev. Dr. Cumming, to the effect that no possible good could arise from re-opening the case, and much detriment to the interests of the charity might ensue by opening the question, A warm discussion ensued, but, upon the motion of Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Dallas, the subject dropped, the original motion having been withdrawn. The other business of the meeting having been dis posed of the thanks of the Court were given to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. rk yorkp York• woo, t, was atoll THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders was held within the Royal hotel, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, to consider and approve of various Bills proposed to be applied for in the ensuing session of Parliament ; Mr. James Hadden, the chairman of the company, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said—The first is a Bill to enable this company to make a railway from the Arbroath and For far Railway, at Forfar, in the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, in the pariah of Glammis—in other words, to extend the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, which is now leased to this company, to a convenient point of junction with the Scottish Midland, near the village of Glammis. The length of the proposed new line is about two and a half miles, and will effect a saving of distance as com pared with the present intended route of the Scottish Midland, of half a mile. By a reference to the map it will be seen that the present intended junction of the Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland is not only inconvenient, but is is so laid down as entirely to cut off the important town of Forfar ' • and to rem e dy t hi s , and to secure the most di rec t thorough communication, the present Bill is proposed. The estimated cost is 36,000/. The next Bill to be submitted is one to enable the company, in part, to alter their branch line to Brechin. The alteration to which this Bill relates was sanctioned by a general meeting of the proprietors, specially called for that purpose on the 30th of May last, by adopting which the company are enabled to carry their terminus considerably nearer the town of Brechin, rendering it more convenient for the inhabi tants of that town. The works are presently being pro ceeded with ; but it is necessary to procure an Act of Parliament, in order to obtain a valid title to certain en tailed lands through which the line passes, as well as in other respects to secure the legal rights of the company. The expense is estimated at 3,0001. The next measure to be brought before you is a Bill to authorise this com pany to purchase, and the Aberdeen Harbour Commis sioners to sell, a piece of ground at the upper part of the Inches, and upper part of the harbour of Aberdeen. The ground referred to is close in the vicinity of the terminus at Aberdeen, and is required by the company for the purposes of building workshops and other ac commodation thereon, for which it is very suitable and convenient. The present Bill is rendered necessary, in consequence of the harbour commissioners having no power, by their Act, to dispose of the ground. The last and most important matter to be submitted to this meeting is a Bill to consolidate the Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railway Companies. In bringing forward this measure, your directors are carrying out a resolution passed at a general meeting of proprietors held on the 11th September, 1845. It is as follows, viz.: " That this meeting recommend to, and authorise the directors to adopt, in conjunction with the directors of the Great North of Scotland Railway, the proper measures for affecting an amalgamation of the two lines at the earliest period which may be found advisabl e and practicable." And the Great North of Scotland Company having obtained an Act in the last session of Parliament, both companies are now in a position to apply to the Legislature for a Bill for their amalgama tion. Of the desirableness of such an union, I believe there can be but one opinion among those who know the intimate connexion between the two lines of railway, and the mutual dependence on each other, which, from their position, must always exist. From the very first, the promoters of this company contemplated the ex tension of railway communication north of Aberdeen, in connexion with the Aberdeen Railway, and although it was considered advisable to bring out the Great North of Scotland Company as a separate undertaking, the directors of both companies have all along acted on the distinct understanding that, as the interests of both lines were identical, they could not be kept separate with advantage to either. The question in regard to the terms on which the amalgamation should be made has received the most anxious consideration of your direct ors, and after maturely weighing the matter in all its bearings, they have unanimously come to the resolution of recommending an amalgamation of the two com panies on equal terms. I do not think it would be judicious on the present occasion to make any com parison of the merits of the respective lines, but I deem it proper to state the following facts regarding the Great North of Scotland Railway, as indicative of the reasons which have induced the directors to recommend such terms of amalgamation. 1. The Great North of Scot land Railway, commencing at the Aberdeen Company's terminus, in the centre of the city of Aberdeen, n passes through the important counties of Aberdeen,Baff Moray, Nairn, and Inverness, and embraces a wide extentof fertile country containing a large population. 2. In ad dition to the counties above mentioned, it forms an outlet to the population and commerce of the more northern u 'es of Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness. 3. The line will be of singularly easy construction, more so than any railway of similar extent in Britain, as, from the favourable nature of the country, the rails may almost be laid on the existing level, for a considerable portion of the distance; and 4. The traffic on the line which was carefully taken by competent parties, shows a return equal to eight-and-half per cent, on the capital of 1,500,0001., exclusive of the traffic of tt.e counties of Ross, Sutherland, and Caith ness. T hese are a few of the facts we had before us in coming to a resolution on this important matter. By the contemplated mea sures, upwards of 200 miles of railway will be placed under one management, and the superior economy and advantage of working long, as compared with short lines, are now too well known and appreciated to re quire any commendation. The directors, therefore, earnestly recommend the approval of this Bill as a mea sure which cannot fail to be of the greatest importance to the shareholders. —(Applause.) The Chairman then sub mitted drafts of the various Bills seriatim to the meeting, which were all unanimously approved of; and a resolu tion adopted empowering the directors to make the necessary application for obtaining the Bills in the ensuing 304011 Of ritrlialll9nt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT 'MANCH ESTE R.—Ttrasray. CHESTER Cur.— 50 to 1 agst Fitzalleni(taken)-50 to 1. agst Newcourt (taken)-50 to 1 agst Antler (taken);--50 to 1 agst Crim. Con. (taken)-1,000 to 15 offered against any other. DERBY.-15 tot agst Van Tromp (offered),-A3,t01 - aga4 • Epirote (offered)-17 to 1 agst Planet (taken)-25 to raglt' Glentilt (taken)-25 to 1 agst Sister to Cobweb colt (offered)-35 to 1 agst Lunedale-33 to 1 agst Old Port -35 to 1 agst Wanota-40 to 1 agst Red Hart (taken)-40 to 1 agst Miss Martin cult (taken) 11 to 2 agst Scott's lot (taken). INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT, 1847. Nominations for The Great Northamptonshire Stakes — weights to be declared 20th January, and forfeits on the Ist of February. Leopard, 5 yrs—Refraction, 5 yrs—Typhon, 3 yrs—Bro. to Stitch, 3 yrs—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs—Black Strap, 5 vrs— Valentiesimo, aged—Bokhara, aged—Halo, 3 yrs—Palma, 3 yrs—Sheraton, 4 vrs—pal, 4 yrs—Fort William, 4 vrs— Punch, 4 yrs—The Premier, 3 yrs—Tragical, 4 yrs---livd rangea, 4 yrs—St. Demetri, 4 yrs—Satyr, 6 yrs—Secundus, 6 yrs—Wolfdog, 5 yrs—Humdrum, 4 rs—Queen Mary, 3 yrs—Wild Roe, S yrs—Fugitiv e , 4 - yrs—The Duke of Ricinoi;d, 4 Yrs—Morocco, 4 yrs—Sting, 4 yrs—Lady Ct - cilia, 4 yrs—(;oinine ii f<iut, yrs—Turpin, 4 yrs—Rufus, 4 yrs—Queen Anne, 4 VI'S Projec t i le, 3 yrs—Ennui, 4 yrs— Spur, 4 yrs—br g by Young Cadiand, 5 .yts—Tit-bit, 4 vrs— What, aged—Captain Pliebus, n yrs—Giselle, 4 yr:s—Six. to Pedometer, 5 yrs—The 13,st of Three, 6 yrs—ldolater, 5 yrs —Moonlight, 5 yrs—Sister to Flambeau, 4 yrs—Morpeth, 6 - yrs—Dioined, 4 yrs—Reminiscence, 3 yrs—Chatterbox, 4 yrs—Marquis of Conyngliam, 4 yrs—Polka, 4yrs—Roebuck, yrs—Dulcet, yrs—Millen, 5 yrs—lcicle, 4 yrs—Caprice, 4 yrs—Credential, 5 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs—Wee Boy, 3 yrs— Trojan, 6 yrs—Daughter of the Star, 3 yrs—Milliner, 4 yrs— Crozier, 3 yrs—Counsellor, aged—Enoneline, 4 yrs—Cha mois, 4 yrs—Roderick, aged—Komager, 5 yrs— Vampyre, 4 yrs—Mendicant, 4 yrs—Euclid colt, 3'3 rs—Flitch, 4 yrs—Lo thario, aged—Alvanlev, 6 yrs—Campanile, 5 yrs—Mirmillo, 3 yrs—Roman a,4 yrs—princess Royal, 5 yrs—The Magnet, 5 yrs —Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs—Alliance, 4 yrs—Lightning, 6 yrs— Annandale, 5 yrs—Buttress. 4 yrs—Lancer, 3 yrs—Princess Alice, 4 .yrs—Golden Bee, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 6 yrs—Miss Burns, aged—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs—Devil me-care, 3 yrs —Sweetmeat, 5 yrs—Doleful, 5 yrs—Watch Dog, 3 yrs— Mistress Jean, 3 yrs—Headsman, 4 yrs—Red R over , 6 yrs. NOMINATIONS FOR THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Dacia colt, by Eryrnus, out of Equator colt, by Touch stone, dam by Glencoe—Mother Carey's Chickens, f by Col wick, out of Vignette—Old Brompton—The Sheriff—Lucy Ashton—lota—Glendower f by Buzzard, out of Layla— Woodcraft—Fernhill—Little Red Riding Hood Beverla —Hanwell—The hind of the Forest Hatherlcy—Chip. peway—Propeller—Protection--Searoom Good Boy Nectar Awkward—Publican. CHESTER CCP. The following names complete the entry of 177 horses for this race :—Driffield b fby Colwick out of Quid's Dam, Sir Martin, and No. 45. We ought also to add that in our former list Fantastic and Emigrant were named twice, and Banana called Bavaria. THE CENTRAL SUN. At the close of the last meeting (on the 14th of De cember) of the Royal Irish Academy, after the delivery of the very interesting antiquarian communication from Professor Warsare, of Copenhagen, and in connexion with a new mathematical method of geometrically con ceiving and symbollically expressing the Newtonian law of attraction, Sir Williara Hamilton announced that he had just received from Professor Midler, of Dorpat, the extraordinary and exciting intelligence of the presumed discovery of a Central Sun. Professor Miidler's essay on the subject (Die Central Sonne, Dorpat, 1846) was also exhibited by Sir William Hamilton on the same evening to several members of the academy; but as this work may not, for some time to come, be generally known, or, indeed, easily procurable in this country, we believe that our readers will thank us for publishing a sketch of the results which it contains, and which were briefly stated on the evening already mentioned. This course will also serve to correct any misconception on the subject which the unexpected nature of the commu nication, and the consequent absence of many of the members of the academy, may possibly have occasioned, or at least allowed to arise. By an extensive and laborious comparison of the quan tities and directions of the proper motions of the stars in various parts of the heavens, combined with indications afforded by the parallaxes hitherto determined, and with the theory of universal gravitation, Professor Miidler has arrived at the conclusion that the Pleiades form the central group of our whole astral or sidereal system, in. eluding the Milky Way and all the brighter stars, but exclusive of the more distant nebula, and of the stars of which those nebulae may be composed. And within this central group itself he has been led to fix on the star Alcyone (otherwise known by the name of Eta Tawri), as occupying exactly or nearly the position of the centre of gravity, and as entitled to be called the central sun. Assuming Bessel's parallax of the star 61 Cygni, long since remarkable for its large proper motion, to be cor rectly determined, Madler proceeds to form a first ap proximate estimate of the distance of this central body from the planetary or solar system ; and arrives at the (provisional) conclusion, that Alcyone is about thirty tour million times as far removed from us, or from our own sun, as the latter luminary is from us. It would, therefore, according to this estimation, be at least a million times as distant as the new planet, of which the theoretical or deductive discovery has been so great and beautiful a triumph of modern astronomy, and so strik ing a confirmation of the law of Newton. The same approximate determination of distance conducts to the result that the light of the central sun occupies more than five centuries in travelling thence to us. The enormous orbit which cur own sun, with the earth and the other planets, is thus inferred to be de scribing about that distant centre—not indeed under its influence alone, but by the combined attractions of all the stars which are nearer to it than we are, and which are estimated to amount to more than one hundred and seventeen millions of masses, each equal to the total mass of our - own solar system, is supposed to require up wards of eighteen millions of years for its complete oF scription, at the rate of about eight geographical miles in every second of time. The plane of this vast orbit of the sun is judged to have an inclination of about eighty-four degrees to the ecliptic, or to the place of the annual orbit of the earth ; and the longitude of the ascending node of the former orbit on the latter is concluded to be nearly two hundred and thirty-seven degrees. The general conclusions of Midler respecting the con stitution of the whole system of the fixed stars, exclusive of the distant nebulae, are the following :—He believes that the middle is indicated:by a very rich group the(Pleiades), containing many considerable individual bodies, though at immense distances from us. Round this he supposes that there is a zone, proportionally poor in stars, and then a broad, rich, ring -formed layer, followed by an in terval comparatively devoid of stars, and afterwards by another annular and starry space, perhaps with several alterations of the same kind, the two outmost rings com posing the two parts of the Milky Way, which are con founded with each other by perspective in the portions most distant from ourselves. Professor Miidler has acknowledged in his work his obligations, which are those of all inquirers in sidereal astronomy, to the researches of the two Herschels, Sir William and Sir John. The views of Sir William Her schel, respecting the relation of our solar system to the Milky Way, will naturally recur to the recollection of our readers ; and while astronomers are anxiously awaiting the shortly-expected appearance of the com plete account of Sir John Herschel's Observations on the Southern Nebulae, the following passage of a letter, which was written in 1835 by that illustrious son of an illustrious sire, from the Cape of Good Hope to Sir Wil liam llamilton, may be read with peculiar interest, from the agreement between the views it expresses and some of those to which Professor Midler has been led. In the letter just referred to (from which an extract was published at the time) Sir John Herschel expressed himself as follows: " The general aspect of the southern circumpolar re gion, including in that expression 60 or 70 deg. of S. P. D., is in a high degree rich and magnificent, owing to a superior brilliancy and larger development of the Milky Way, which, from the constellation of ,Orion to that of Antinous, is one blaze of light, strangely in terrupted, however, with vacant and almost starless patches, especially in Scorpio, near a Centauri and the cross; while to the north it fades away pale and dim, and is in comparison hardly traceable. I think it is im possible to view this splendid zone, with the astonish ingly rich and evenly distributed fringe of stars of the third and fourth magnitudes, which form a broad skirt to its southern border, like a vast curtain, without an im pression, amounting to a conviction, that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but an annulus • or, at least, that our system placed within one of the poorer and almost vacant parts of its general mass, and that eccen trically, so as to be much nearer to the parts -about the cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it."—Dublin Evening Post THE LATE ROBERT PLUMER WARD, ESQ.— Among the numerous articles of interest left by this deceased, as heir-looms with the family estates, there are the following :—The pole of the royal standard of Scot land, taken at the battle of Musselborough, tempore Sir Ralph Sadlier, his pre dEedclasrodr V in i" t b h y e the Sta Standen o ne f state ; the stan dard of his father-in-law, General S ir Geor g e Anson' s regiment, 23d Light Dragoons , bea rin g Peninsula, Tal avera, Sala manca, and Waterloo, and other banners ; the helmet, crest, and coat of arm s o f Sir John Gore, his . prede cessor in the Gilston estate ; many original paintings, family portraits, and of the nobility and t h e i r ancestors, bust of th s and ep iuraeengravingsr family the service of pl ate w i th the arms ; and the pl a t e at Gi lston familyti fie d by an dtsi ther G p e . d Nay iaree l c o r , f several pedigrees, G Pa a r r k te ; r, h e e er the Plumer Ward, from Charlemagne ; an intended letter written by Mr. Pitt on his death bed, a few hours before he expired, and when his mind was wandering—although Mr. Pitt had torn the paper, he gave it to Sir Walter Farquhar, desit ing he would give it to the testator, Mr. Ward, then under secretary of state for foreign affairs All his printed books, not specifically disposed, he leaves to his three grandsons, Charles, Swinburne, and Evelyn, the sons of his son Henry George Ward ; and leaves all other his furniture, books, busts, pictures, plate, &c., in his several houses in Upper Brook-street, Chesterfield -street, London, and O'Beover Hall, Stafford shire, his carriages, &c., to his relict, who is his sole executrix. He has left liberal legacies and provisions for his servants. All his real estates he has settled on his son Henry G. Ward, subject to his wife's jointure.— Post. LIME v. RATS.—A gentleman who had occasion to use considerable lime about 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 numbers. The above is a simple and cheap method of getting rid of this annoying and deatructive pest.—Sherborne Mercury, ~~ 114 - 1.% - , 311; -- 914 1X ;i% 00 3 3,‘ 1! , s; P , 38 0 7% ;14 13 lom