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A ar 31 0° r i stanefi t n fourte en creat it ' S 11° at O . cuetod9ebut th c augh t unlit h e other ) stru ck irCo ol , e. , Ofle W' otber )me 2 °' it it sf.- charg be di. AY) gbt tries ;ircuo• some IA r d o icx , - 15) of rtless 6 of bet r , 4 with ' daily dai d lf . s treet" racte r : pi reoP ; f t ',' and fl ;r to° for ) s 5. 0 4 ladi ho ar • Wif e " 0 Lb ° • lat een foor , , 4 a SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NI.NG, FEBRUARY l, 1847. p ro Latpuusrat on s CHESTER ELECTION. morning . the constituency of Chester elected . earl Grosvenor, to represent the borough in to Ram the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor, resigned th e To r Middlesex. The attendance 'at the hustings in thr oe ..., .out was unusually large, and the proceedings t were of a very spirited character. pk,retSHantrs. having conducted the 'usual preliminary Th ea lt in " of thei 14 0 ,,_. ° -favor of Chester, D. PHILLIPS JONES, in rising to aft ru t te Earl Grosvenor as a fit and proper person to repre- Nh t ue city in Parliament, felt that however much they regret the loss they had sustained by the resignation psver late worthy and honourable member, Lord Robert eentor, their sorrow was in some degree lessened by the Nett EarV ..i&leerof having his honourable nephew as his successor. ial thw Should the constituency be now pleased to d th at e tr. G rosvenor as their representative, he felt assured would thus be enabled.to mak of his to on on trp.st would be such as tp induce them to prefer tltlatificatiscrjeding occasions. Earl Grosvenor possessed more anus, „ ons than he would venture to name in his pre i might state, however, that the house of Eaton tt,a,."''''c'Y identified with the interests of the city of Chester. ol de l l s was an association too in the name of Hugh Lupus, h y.the an of Chester must ever feel an interesf Ea r l l logh Lupus, a Norman name, was the name of the first _Grosvenor, who was in many respects an eminent mac, i;uent!,bad devoted himself most zealously to promote the pros .„,, 1 7 of the city. They had a Hugh Lupus before them now, 1 - _' let them hope that history would record his annals to tare with equal pleasure as those of his Norman fore theers•—(Cheers.) The mayor proposed Earl Grosvenor for suffrages. 11°31 -As DLXON, Esq., reconded the nomination. He con gratulated the city on the union of interests they had met a t h the course of the present canvass. The committee k_m waited personally on 1,400 electors, and out of that num rthere was not more than two dozen who refused to give Earl Grosvenor their hearty support. There being no other candidate, the sheriff declared Earl °roveenor duly elected, amid long continued applause. Earl Gitosvasion, on standing forward to return thanks, *as received with much applause. He said—Electors and brother freemen, it is with the sincerest pride and satisfac • Lion I now address you by that title—a title which my ancestors have borne for many generations—a title to Which I have long aspired, and a title which I had the honour of receiving from you on Monday last. The son of a freeman. and the grandson of a freeman of Chester, I need not tell you how much gratification I feel in being per mitted to address you by that title, which is the only tie, 'say additional tie were wanting, to cement the union which aa bug subsisted between this city and the house with rich 80 lam connected. It has been my u t mos t en d eavour r ing the short time that has elap se d b e t ween th e res ig n - N ;tun of your late Member, my relative, and the period fixed nholding this election, to make acquaintance with you all, !_a.s should 1 have omitted ca lli ng upon any, I trust you "Nlnot impute it to neglect or disrespect; but that you will attribute it to the only circumstance from which it could have ._ llr iscat the short time that has been permitted me to see you audividually before the nomination. —(Cheers.) I have the authority of my uncle to say that it was his most earnest Wish to have paid his personal regards to you to-day, and to 'Lave taken a farewell of those with whom he has been so g connected by ties political as well as personal, and whose lUterests he has been ever most anxious to promote; but 'we n tunstances have prevented his intended visit to Chester. lam aware that it is usual for candidates on such occasions '.'.these to make a declaration of their political opinions; but at present my youth and inexperience must be accepted as ~1 317 suttee for not making pledges. I may, however, say, 4 .nat it is my desire to promote the extension of commerce a Support every measure calculated to improve the moral and social condition of the people.—(Cheers.) I have again to thank you for the honour you have done me on this oc 'caat, and be assured that, to obtain your confidence, and your esteem b) my future conduct shall be my most 4111.Xi0113 desire.—(Applause.) TRomAs DIXON, sq. E, had a resolution to submit, which was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of fieldperson present ; and if the room was large enough to /i ) "', the city, he should not anticipate a dissentient voice. D!,. o egged to move that a vote of thanks be given to Lord Zrert Grosvenor for the attention he had always paid to the ro "‘crests of the city, and for his unceasing exertions to pro mote its prosperity ; and that the vote of thanks be signed by meeting.— ue sheriff and transmitted to his .Lordship on behalf of the (Great cheering.) J II IM. BR OWN , EN., begged to second the resolution, and 7 , I am convin ce d th a t th ere i s no t a man i n th e city who h ave not feel the deepest regret that the Noble Lord should t i ave been compelled by any circumstances to sever the con- LT -1, ion which has so l on g subsi s ted between him and the Z I T of Chester. It h as b een a grea t a d van t age t o th e c ity for Natalia such a representative as Lord Robert Grosvenor, his high talents, his unbending honesty of purpose, his va l7ing support of those Liberal principles which lie at the Lroot of aIT social improvement, have always b een most cheer uny and cordially rendered, both for the advantage of the 1 411 trY in gene r al an d th e c it y w hi c h h e represen t e d.— I ,Ptslause.) He is shortly to be placed in a situation ere he will have a wider sphere for the exercise of his !atoms and industry, and while our best wishes go with him, hope We shall have no reason to regret the unanimous Z I PPort which has this day been so c o r di a lly t en d ere d t o the "'pie Lord, his successor. vote of thanks was passed to the sheriff, three cheers __"oca given for the newly- e l ec t e d M em b er, and the meet i ng inarated. WASTE LANDS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. Jan. 30, 1847. Sts,—You who were the first to recognise the general .„ a toundness of the views set forth in my letter to Lord John Lumen, upon the subject of the reclamation of the waste 7 , da in Ireland,would, I am sure, be much pleased that re Government plan does not vary in one single instance, 'roue that which I proposed. k in the postscript to a new edition, which will be published the course of the week, I have discussed two most im !gutant questions on the same subject, and which I purposely 7,?_eluded- from the letter, because I knew there would be a great agerenee of opinion respecting them, and main not wish to L'lrert the attention of my readers from the object I had „. view. Those two qu es ti ons are ,—" Wh at s h a ll b e the 2aximura and the minimum size of the farms, and what shall be the tenure." I have entered fully into those two c p les tions, and shall f ee l o bli ge d b y your i nsert i on o f so much r v relates to th e G overnment proposal, not less than twenty ora more than fifty acres.—l am, Sir, your most obedient ° errant, ItIGBY WASON. if To THE RIGHT HON. LORD .TOYLN RUSSELL. 414 Lord,—The Government plan, it appears n , is to e the unclaimed land into small possessions,not less 'W M twenty-five acres, or more than fifty acres. For the .I;easons already g i ven , I thi n k th ese fi gures f ar too l ow. N o , oubt the change from a five-acre possession to one of twenty -I'e acres i s a great and salutary improvement, for it com- L et eY obviates one objection to the cottar system, by Erlding permanent employment for the wretch ut then t hehe condition of the agricultural labourer. It is impossible that the possessor of 25 acres can give permanent employ to'a single labourer at adequate wages, and what is to Zmotne of the next generation? Are the 25 acres to be di- L i ded among the family of the present possessor? or is it in ',ended to introduce the principle of primogeniture? Is it laot evident that, under such a system, the population will increase with the utmost rapidity ? A joint-stock company, those first duty is to make a respectable dividend, takes no to, naiderstion of thesematters; but are they not of the utmost I Mportance, deserving the careful attention of statesmen ? But there is another element which I think proves the ipolicy of further extending in Ireland the system of such araall possessions. Look at the following table, showing that tlitt of 685,309 farms, into which Ireland is at present di tided. 636,997 are under 30 acres, and only 48,812 above that tntraber Number of 'From 1 tc Farms. 5 acres. t it s* •• •• 234, 499 100,817 ...unster • • 162386 57,02 8 Leinster ...• 133,220 49,152 Cermaugfit .. 155,204 99,918 From 5 to From 15 to Above 30 15 acres. 30 acres. acres. 98,992 25,099 9,591 61,320 27,481 16,557 45,595 20,584 17,889 45,221 5,790 4,275 685,389 1 306,915 1 251,128 73,954 1 48,312 I would seriously ask, Has this system produced so much a Ppiness or contentment that a statesman should desire to e xtend it? Would it not be far more wise, now there is an of - Z P P er tunitY. which if lost can never be regained, to try the glish and Scotch system of dividing the land into farms different sizes, cultivated by agricultural labourers ? But then your Lordship says, "You do not think that the Ball then of the country have been injurious." I sin !:ar.ely feel that the expression of any opinion by your Lord with7ll9,gv without any reason, would have great weight ti all; but when you state a reason for that opinion, and iaeicrihciarheiarn embraces a fallacy, I am confident that your would be the first to alter your opinion when the tt e ":" was clearly pointed out. The reason you gave for opinion was this : " I have arrived at that conclusion from I `e fact that t h e most prosperous and best cultivated county Ireland i s Armagh, a county in which the greatest dint ton of land ex i sts. " th'e..w,i unless this fact can be most satisfactorily exp l a i ne d ll no doubt that it fully justifies your Lordship's th at i t but the explanation is so clear, so self-convincing. the it ceases to support the opinion—it is that Armagh is centre of the linen trade. Now it has always been ad rtnitted that mall possessions in the neighbourhood of large t ( 1 3 1 1 ‘ .11 3 or manufactories have no injurious quality, because theire occupiers are certain of employment other than that of strip of land, and in cases of failure of crop, can rely ) 1 1::oa the sympathy and support of their wealthy neigh ,°r3- Surround Liverpool, or Manchester, or Dublin, or zselfast, with five-acre possessions, and would not the occu- Ver be i n totally different circumstances from the holder of ti acres in the wilds of Connemara or the Highlands of Scotland ? 161'But a c are f ul examination of your Lordship's reason estab _,e3 not only the opi n i on, b ut positively establishes beyond paoubt its converse. I take Munster because it was put by ut. Lordship in juxta-position with Ulster, and not because have any reason to believe that it is the least prosperous or Worse cultivated province in Ireland. Now, by the above table, I find the relative sizes of the farms in Ulster and Munster to be I Number of FrsomacrelB.te I to.Faroomaclrses „ i I farms. Ulster . ... 234,499 100,817 25,099 aunster... 162,383 57,028 27,481 Thus, with only one-third more farms, Ul ster has nearly double the number of cotter holdings from 1 t o 5 acres, and !tot go many farms of from 15 to 30 acres as Munster. If, a*therefore, the prosperity of Ulster is not entirely owing to nt her cause—that of the linen trade—surely your Lordship's /3 7Y Would be to assimilate the rest of Ireland with that ot t. i .' e ler, and increase as much as possible the number of cot - "klinga from 1 to 5 acres; and if Munster, with so large „_relative proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least T-- e l? er ous and worst cultivated province in Ireland, what a'e'irnttustify dividing the waste lands into a minimum of 25 li w and a maximum of 50 acres ? „ e __ ve the Government calculated the enormous extra ex sE,leLZtesnille,cessanly attendant upon a division of land into cre ue , ail possessions as that of 23 and 50 acres. .Thc in the en Z ''umber of barrs and offices of every description— ""ttl threni°" expense of making roads for such properties boundary fences would amount to a large sum. I have the honour to remain, • lour Lordship's most obedient servant, RIGBY %,"ASON. ---- earl -u nE ITALIA'S OPERA. —W e are i n f orme d that an depot bight after the ope n i ng o f h er Majesty's Theatre will be ta;;ed, with e whole resources of the re lief of the destit u t e S cotc h and Irish. establishment, to i;;alnm 11.0YAL 1113111ANE SOCIETY. —On Saturday the an- I N)ort of this society was issued. 174 persons have .n restored by the means adopted for restoring suspended r z ewa r r te d e n !,noluMation by the society's officers; 26 were beyond recovery. silver and thirty-one bronze medals and pecuniary oed t ,: t ! l avel?een given to 162 individuals for courageous 1151 r sa ec v e i n n t g s tu a r t r i i n a g n sleifaes:onani;ly the esroscoinesty7semreerne,scounelyd c4l ( ,, llr ig th ~,i ..,,, aster week, ~, , ..aa in, faLt.ly. i, l'-. Widerstand that a bazaar is to be held at Clifton Stott for the relief of the distress in Ireland and Natl...-riau/ Journal. CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING THE :dARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF MONT PENSIER, WITH REFERENCE TO THE TREATY OF UTRECHT. Such is the title of an admirably written and ad mirably argued pamphlet on the subject of the Mont pensier Marriage, which has been published during the course of the last week, by Rigdway, and which demonstrates that if the treaty of Utrecht is hence forth to be considered as part and parcel of the public law of Europe, then the issue of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier cannot succeed to the Spa nish crown. The author says that there are three courses open to those who contend for the right of succession of such issue t-Ist, To deny altogether the validity of the treaty ; 2d, To endeavour to set aside its provisions by interpretations More or less in jurious; 3d, To adopt a course between these two; and to argue that the treaty, though not absolutely invalids is nu longer applicable to the present times. With regard to the first proposition the author proves by; in our opinion, incontrovertible arguments that the treaty is perfectly valid; but we will not enter into these arguments, because if the members' of the House of Bourbon deny the validity of the treaty of Utrecht, they thereby repudiate their right to the throne of Spain. Their right to the throne of Spain is based upon the treaty of Utrecht, and if the treaty of Utrecht be invalid then is a Prince of the House of Hapsburg, not a Prince of the House of Bourbon, the righful Sovereign of Spain. It is upon the treaty of Utrecht, and the treaty of Utrecht alone, that the right of the Bourbons to the throne of Spain rests. It was upon those conditions mentioned in that treaty, and upon those conditions only, that Philip V. was acknowledged as King of Spain by the powers of 'Europe, and by' the Spanish people. The revolution which placed Philip V. on the throne was not like the revolution in England' in 1688, or the revolution in France in 1830. It was not a renewal of the compact between king and people by the forfeiture for misdemeanour of the rights of the old sovereign and the election by the people of a new chief magistrate, who accepted cer tain conditions as the tenure by which he was to hold his office. The Royal line in Spain was extinct, and the throne was guaranteed to one of the claimants to it (not the claimant in the direct line of succession) by the people of Spain and by the Powers of Europe conjointly, (one of the Powers so guaranteeing such succession being the other claimant to the throne, whose claim but for the treaty of Utrecht would be acknoWledged by any jurist in Europe to be superior to the claim of the Bourbon prince,) upon these conditions set forth in the treaty of Utrecht, which treaty was thereby made part of the Public Law of Europe, and the founda tion of the Public Law of Spain. Whatever mem ber, therefore, of the House of Bourbon shall seek to repudiate the treaty of Utrecht, or any part of it, by that very act repudiates his or her own right to the throne of Spain, and revives the right of the House of Hapsburgh, or at least gives back to the Spanish people the absolute .right of choosing their own sovereign. It is evident, therefore, that it is not open to any member of the House of Bourbon to deny the validity of the treaty of Utrecht. Attempts have been made by M. Guizot to set aside its pro visions by interpretations more or less ingenious. These interpretations have been met and combated by the writer of this pamphlet, and the medium that of arguing that the treaty, if not absolutely in valid, is no longer applicable to the present tines, is also shown to be untenable. In fact, the argument on the marriages formed on the treaty of Utrecht, is completely exhausted in this pamphlet, which proves to demonstration that the children of the Duke of Montpensier are barred from inheriting the throne of Spain by the renunciation of the Duke of Orleans, who, on the 19th of November, 1712, renounced for himself and his descendants all right to the succes sion to the throne of Spain, in whatsoever manner that succession might arrive to his line. His words are— " Nous nous declarons et nous tenons (lei-a : present. Nous, nos enfans et Descendahs, pour exclus et inha biles, absolument et d jamais, et sans limitation et dis tinction de personnes, de degrez et de sexe, de toute action et de tout droit a Is succession a la couronne d'Espagne. Nous voulons et cousentons pour nous "et ` nos descendans, que des maintenant et pour to . iijoilrs on Nous tienne, Nous et les autres, pour exclus, inhabiles et incapables, en quelque clegve qua nous nous trouvions, et de quelque maniere que la succession puisse arriver notre Ligne." The second article of the treaty distinctly declares the object, to secure which, these renunciations were made : " Article 11. of the Treaty of 'Utrecht between England and Spain, dated July 13, 1713. " Whereas the war to which, through the grace of God, an end is put by this peace, was undertaken in the beginning, and has been carried on for so many years with the greatest tffot ts, vast expense, and infinite blood shed, on account of the immense dangr r which would result to the liberty and safety of the whole of Europe from too intimate an alliance of the kingdoms of Spain and France ; and whereas for the purpose of removing from the minds of men all anxiety and suspicion con cerning an alliance of that nature, and in order to con firm and render stable the peace and tranquillity of the Christian world by a just balance of power (which is the best and the most solid foundation of mutual friendship, and of general and Listing concord), both the Catholic King and the most Christian King have desired that it should be provided, by sufficient and complete securities, that the kingdoms of Spain and France should never be united into one empire, and that one and the same person should never become the sovereign of both kingdoms. And to that end his Catholic Majesty has most solemnly renounced for himself, his heirs, and successors, every kind of right, title, or pretension to the crown of France. - [Here follow the renunciations.] His said Catholic Majesty most solemnly renews, and confirms by this present the renunciation above recorded on his part. And whereas it has obtained the force of a prag matic and fundamental law, he promises anew that he will observe, and cause it to be observed inviolably, in the most sacred manner by every means in his power, insomuch that he will use his most earnest endeavours, and will provide with all care, that the aforesaid renun ciations be irrevocably observed, and carefully executed, as well on the part of Spain as on that of France, which renunciations, in truth, subsisting in their full vigour, and being observed with good faith on both sides, together with the other transactions thereunto relating, the crowns of Spain and France will be so separated and put asunder that they caa never hereafter be joined in one." It is evident that if the children of the Duke of Mont pensier are capable of inheriting the Crown of Spain, then, inasmuch as they are also capable of inherit ing the Crown of France, the Crowns of France and Spain will not be so separated and put asunder that they can never hereafter be joined in one, and the treaty of Utrecht will be violated. It is, therefore, evident, as is proved by this writer, that the children of the Duke of Montpensier are barred from all right of succession to the Crown of Spain by the renuncia tion of Philip, Duke of Orlea.ns, and by the provisions of the treaty of Utrecht, and, England, therefore, was perfectly justified in giving warning both to France and Spain, that when the proper time came she should, if she saw fit, enforce a compliance with the conditions of that treaty. GORSE AS FOOD FOR LIVE STOCK.--In the northern districts of the principality of Wales, and more especially in the Counties of Carnarvon, Anglesey, and Denbigh, i gorse has for time immemorial been in general use as food ! tor horses. It has also occasionally, when pro ven d er was scarce, been used as food for horned cattle. Where, either by itself, or in conjunction with other provende r , it has been used as food f or m ul c h cows, the results 'nave been highly satisfactory. It has given to the milk and butter a fine colour and rich flavour. Those who have applied it to this purpose are of opin',,on that cows yield a better profit than when they .:re l'al with the best hay or even turnips. The butter is in all respects of an im proved quality. The experience of its utility as food for sheep has been very limited. This has chiefly risen I from the little attention bestowed by Welsh farmers 'unim the feeding of that class of live stock. Where, however, tried in conjunction with turnips, sheep ate it freely, and improved rapidly in cond;aion. It is in feeding and most advantageously bee,n employed. It is because horses, however, that gorse bite hitherto most generally this plant grows so aburida'.itly in all parts of the princi pality, and because it is so much employed in the keeping of horses, that in many seasons the less wealthy classes of Welsh farmers may congratulate themselves on their escape from ruin. It 'sill grow luxuriantly on the thin nest, the coolest, and apparently the most sterile sods. It is capable of being used as circumstances may require at one years growth ez well as two. With moderate atten tion to its culture, and by keeping it from being injured by sheep and cattle, it will produce, if it be cut every I th n e sta r n a c te es r yi n e o ld te. at year, at the rate of from eight to fourteen tons per acre, cf goodly succulent provender; if it be cut every second y fo e u a r r, t o it n tons willp per having been known to atthe • o f h a fr v o e m occurred twele t o o f t f N a v r e n a l t e 3 r ' s rate of 151., 201., 301., aye, 401., per acr , pay e a gorse to those who have bestowed some little ~ !' r e i that upon land .cultivation of it, and immediately contiguous to that which they themselves occup:ied. Scores f though capable with th e sli blest'o acres of land so h e ld, attention of yieldi ng ps luxuriant cro of gorse are suffered to be o f no value. Nay, such farmers all ow whole districts to refniain unproductive. Their own grass crops, from want thought, are almost ws,rthless; and of activity mid fore purchase in the humediate neighbourhood at a high rate C v f alai industrious individuals, that very r ' uv i Lti l d nore intelligent e i r f , in the form of gorse, which land in their ownPham'lS managed, is capable of furnishing in abundanc e return for the niost trifling outlay.—lt a b er e s p,./..;e!paP-d in BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JAN. 29_ A' 'gr ay . Mids. West India has found buyers since our' -dout 100 rather easier prices, and th e market closed -i last report, at pearance. Refined goods stead y , and stil l , i scarte.a quiet ap - SELLING MACKAREL ON SUND *,tY.—On-c Saturd y notice was posted at Billingsgate, r; geed by Mr. Goldhana- a clerk of the market, informing the dealers that, by th i' the and 10th of Victoria, passed the 3d of _ _ e 9th August, 1846, the sale of mackarel on a Sunday 'WAS now illegal. --' ECONOMY IN THE P , CARCITY.---If those of the in habitants of Great Britg:in and Ireland who were in the habit of using bread newly baked were to use old baked bread, they would find that . three old baked loaves would go as Ear as live new ones. Were all to adopt this practice, immensely more would be added to the general stock for the supply of the public itfal can posAbly be brought L'oni America. Old baked br.ead being much more wholesome than new, the genera!4 health of the community would by this plan be ProAoted. . r ~ ~.. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. late lF j it o h h o n u derogatingtyvili William Smith ei t h a e s r a f r l o a m w y t e h r e , or character fro trt t o h f a t th o e f Samuel Warren as a writer, we at first conceived that the opening article in Blackwood for February was dis proportionately long. On reading that biographical the former er , w as the developed industry,be before us us in s and suc h integrity beautifulof colours, and under such a fascinating aspect, that we cordially acquitted the latter from any blame as tot he extent of his contribution. Mr. Warren, moreover, has, more than any other of the eminent corps of the maga zine, with the single exception of course of its editor, rare old Christopher North, entitled himself to the con sideration of its readers. His admirable notes from the " Diary of a Physician," his yet more admirable ‘‘ Ten Thousand a rear," and his miscellaneous :papers in the pages of " Ebony," have insured to everything that ema nates from hislpen aver) peculiar attention. The mind that conceived the all-perfect Aubrey, the all-beautiful Kate, and the all-wily Oily Gammon, could not fail indeed to enlist for himself the sympathies of those who had watched the movements of those clever creations. Mr. Warren Cannot write anything to which his name is at tached without arousing in a considerable degree the interest of the public. And how much more .is that interest enhanced when the subject of his lucu brations is such as the character of the re markable man whose memoir he has just writ ten so *gracefully and tenderly. Like Sir Wilbert!' Follett, John William' Smith was suddenly carried off by diseases arising from the ardour of his professional pursuits, and of his intellectual application, at the very moment when the recompense of his extraordinary capacities, and of his . yet more extraordinary industry, was beginning to be showered upon him. Both were hurried into the grave when the honour of their fellow-men for them was ripened, and when the golden rewards of wealth and e l evat i on were a b out to b e lavished on them by their contemporaries. Both had regarded their intellects in their proper light, namely, as instruments which could o n ly b e employed efficiently when embellished by knowledge and tempered by prac tice. To continue 'the metapbor—they,had both embla zoned those instruments w i t h eru di t i on, and covere d them with the jewels of lore, an d at t h e very moment when their labqur—the labour of years —was completed, and instruments instruents were ready t o b e use d—th e y perished. Can anything be more melancholy than this? Can there be att , spectacle more truly affecting? There were the !Ales:, before them, beyond which was the region where they could gain fame, and do good to their fellow -creatures, and cause their own gecius and great ness to be „recognised and acknowledged by the world. By intense ardour, by astonishing labour, and by wonderful perseverance they surmount those obstacles, they climbed those Alps, and when they stand upon the last pinnacle, and see the region of fame lying before them—at their very feet—they die. Such were the lives and such the deaths of Sir William Follett and John William Smith. It seems a bold thing ots f orrebil observationll' eh l g r h V p ah a sy r r g” e r n tehias t at o jne ur saystclaimshtiefientdha a m t buey t p h oo e rnt •s eihr e e e oc W illiam e r a ttention oufm John ooc Follett, reader ti i tn ' but career of the former, and particularly by the memorial indited by Mr. Warren himself: An article upon " Modern Italian History" is merely an enumeration of facts taken, from the biographical work, recently pro duced by General PeitS, the friend and follower of the great soldier Murat. " French Players and Playhouses" is a delightful, though somewhat garrulous, account of the condition of the drama across the Channel—a con dition rather different from that in England. Talk as we may, however, of the diminution of the passion for dramatic representations, the cause of the decay of the drama in this country is of a very different kind. For a long time there has been a suspicion that one of the chief things detrimental to the interests of dramatic art is—the starring system. The fact is becoming plainer and plainer every day. Mrs. But i ter has done good service to the art of which sle imagines herself to be so magnificent an ornament, by rendering the shameful height to which this starring system has risen apparent, and herself eminently ridiculous. In a characteristic review of Horace Walpole's Memoirs, there is a survey of the reign of George the Second. The paper will repay perusal as illustrative of a very recent period (comparatively) of our national history, and a period but too little known by the generality. " Mildred " is brought to a conclusion in a rather tragical manner. It is succeeded by " A Ride to Mag nesia," and the whole number terrainates with a tho rough )31aCkwoodite chapter on "Direct Taxation." FRASER. It is evident, from the tenour of the only political ar ticle in the present number of F)-aser, that, namely, which is entitled, " What are we to Expect?" that the.old Tory party is completely disorganised. The writer admits that . the Protectionist opposition, either through their own misfortune or the faults of their leaders, fall as short of the Ministerial party in moral power as they exceed it in numerical force, and that the breach which has severed Lord George Bentinck and Sir Robert Peel is quite irre. concileable. It is evident, moreover, that the Tory party dread Sir Robert Peel, and accord'ingly, this writer, speaking in their name, endeavours t'a persuade the Right Hon, Baronet either to retire altogether from public life, or In accept a peerage. We li so p e he will do neither. Thp,Hpuse of Commons is the proper - field for his exer tion, and as the moderator 01 parties in that House, " sitting apart and watching for his country's welfare, like some oracle created to advise," his position may be, perhaps, as this writ er says , " irksome,' but it will be most useful and most honourable, and although " it may prove a source of inconvenience to others(" that is to say, to the incompetent, and incapable, and disappointed, and selfish, who aspire to be statesmen, but who possess not the requisite ability for the due performance of the func tions which may devolve on them), to have the most ac complished administrator of affairs that this country has of late years produced, present in the House of Commons, to puzzle them by qrAestions and to expose their short-comings—yet the presence of 'such a one cannot but be of vast service to the country, and there fore we hope that Sir Robert Peel will continue in the House of Commons. Cumaingly is the temptation held out to the personal frienda of Sir Robert Peel to desert " Between the younger members of the late Cabinet and the heads of the Protectionist party there is no feud which a little explanation on both sides could not speedily end." And why is this temptation so held out ? Evidently because the Protectionists feel that they are absolutely without any man of administrative talents among them. The junior members of the Peel Cabinet are, therefore, to be invited to join the Bentinck party, in order to teach them the business of administration, and to be sacrificed immediately afterwards. In the meanwhile it seems the Whigs are to be tolerated as warming-pans for the Pro tectionists:— "The Whigs must have fair play; that they will manage matters well for any length of time, in promoting the people's interests, while they maintain in their integrity the great Institutions of the country, we rather hope than anti cipate. If they do, they shall have our hearty support; and if they do not, they may rely u,on it that we will tell them of their: backsliding, and use l our best endeavours to turn them out; and then it will be seen how far the Pro tectionists deserve the good opinons which, at the present moment, we entertain of ta in . , 9 Such are the present, purposes and views of the remnant of the once complot and powerful Conservative party. The article on" Literary Legislators" is continued. The elaboraA,e notice of Mr. Disraeli is concluded, and fol lowed by a notice highly eulogistic, but not more eulo gistic than just, of Mr. Mackinnon. The most readable paper in the number, however, is the article entitled " Holland House and its Inhabitants," which is full of amusing gossip, antiquarian, artistical, and biographi cal, of the far-famed Holland House and its inhabitants, from the days of Sir Henry Rich, who began its con struction in th e ti me of Queen Elizabeth, to those of i ts late accompl is h e d Holland. occupantq the late Lord and Lady A part 1)0L MAN. is, as 11 . dual, of a character very attractive to the general rrom its peculiar v i ews u pon religion, Dolman r p.. e c a e r' r. , ir . ty in T i l t i s er p e is no sectarianism, ages; insomuchtlatotrheinmtoolcsTtance, earnestor opponent of the Roman Catholic Church may, without any diminution of his zeal, say thus much in commenda tion of this organ of the Roman Catholics in England. We observe that the editor extends the field of his his torical reminiscences in regard to the penal laws against his ancestors in the faith, by going back from 1779 and 1780 to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Ills revelations are mournful enough. Such cruelty and bigotry as he records is hardly comprehensible in this age of humanity and toleration. Upon the life and character of the Empress Josephine there is a very charming article, but it could scarcely be otherwise. Jo sephine was worthy of being the wife of the Great Napoleon, both in the gentleness of her heart and the elevation of her mind, in her dignity and her beneficence. The character of the Empress Jose phine is conspicuous in that age of greatness, and it is as fascinating as it is conspicuous. A story entitled " Kathl,en Connor" follows ; and the next paper is one styled " The Cradles of Gold and Wicker" by an Os cotian. The contribution is illustrative of the insufficiency of mere birth to render auy one either eminent or happy : it contrasts the careers of King Louis XVII. of France, and of a base-burn child named Jacques, whom we should take to be fictitious, but that the writer states to the contrary. Jacques is described as having attained great eminence and as being still in existence. We suspect that the writer had M. 't'hiers in his mind's eye when delineating the character. Those wh o can themselves back read anexquisite in imagination little over asketch s vista t c o h f t e r i a g l h is t p ee o n a c enturiesshould " of one n Scene t of f e A m n o c s i t e n sublime - f Ch he establishment o ristianity was miracles by which t i ni n o t ri h a e t. Anglican Revival," by Mr. Jer accompanied. present lt s a numberd description o c n d . e be th s a i n , f a ro n tn y o it t s he c r an o! th e contributions, ; and It Tht re is one deficiency in Doi dour and muuerat.on. is the brevity of " Catholic ninghtim, will p " e i rl l i i ti e ps i . man for February, and that bnc- deserves e ud m t o or number inferior to its predec , .ssor Intelligence ;" in this particular s alone is the present DOMBEY AND SON. No. V. By Charles Dickens. Never was any work of fiction commenced with so much evidence of genius, and goodness, and eloquence as this. If th e fift ee n numbers which are to co me be only compa ra bl e w ith the five already published, Doulhey and Son will be the masterpiece of Charles Dick e n s ; and that is sa yi ng noble addition t o th e lit era ture of our country. In the much—that is saying that it will be a last chapter in the present number there are sentences that_ should b e wr i tten i n l etters o f go ld. Tiny Tim and Little Neil are ideal beings that the mind of a poet alone could hare imagined, but Tiny Tim and Little Neil are eYPliers to Little Paid Donabey. And Little .I. l attl Mite descripti on o f th e y oung child's death, gil•er il= the part before us , i s one o f t h e mos t exqu i s it e and touching descriptions in the English language. We do not enYY the man who can read that narrative without being moved; he can have no sympathy with us, or we with him. It is such passages as those about little Paul Dombey that have made the world acknow ledge the pathos of " Boz " to be even more admirable than his wit; it is such passages as these, delineativ e o f our common nature un d er its divinest aspect, th a t h ave rendere d t h e name o f Ch ar l es Dickens a househ o ld word—a name most pleasant to our ears because of its many beautiful associations. What a gentle and endearing tone there is about those few syllables which follow the account of Paul's death, when the body of the child is lying on the bed and the living mourners are all gone ! " The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in the room. The old, old, fashion ! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will last un • changed until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll, The old, old fashion—Death! Oh, thank God, all who see it, for that older fashion yet, of Immortality ! And look upon us, angels of young children, with regards not quite estranged, when the swift river bears us to the ocean !" The book will be worthy of Charles Dickens, and an honour to him. THE FORTUNES OF TORLOGH O'BRIEN. -- - Nos. X. an d XL • In this doubts number this historical tale of the wars of King James is brought to a conclusion. With all the effervescence and exaggeration of the writing, there are several brilliant descriptive passages, and fascinating portraitures in the volume—instance Phoebe Tisdal. Besides James 11. and William 111., Sarsfield and Schomberg are introduced in the narrative, and are de lineated with some skill. Indeed it is the introduction of these personages, celebrated in our national, history, which is the redeeming feature of the story—the majo rity of the fictitious characters, as Garvey, and Hogan, and Miles Garrett, and Tisdal, and Deveril, being re pulsive and disgusting in the last degree. 'From the circumstance of " Torlogh O'Brien" being illustrated by Piaiz, and being published uniformly with the serial novels of Lever, it will command, no doubt, a circulation which it could not otherwise have obtained. HO WITT'S 'JOURNAL. Part I. Precisely in the same form, animated with the same spirit, and supplied by many of the same contributors as the People's Journal, a new weekly and monthly peri odical has just made its first appearance under the at• tractive Lille of Howitt's Journal. We know nothing whatever of the causes of this separation, we do not in tend therefore to enter into any examination of the merits of the case, nor have we the slightest inclination to do so. All we feel called upon to say is that How itt'a Journal at its very outset evinces remarkable talent, talent worthy of its eminent contributors (among others, Dr. Southwood Smith, R. H. Horne, Alaric Watts, Dr. Bowring, Gebrge Thompson, and W. J. Fox, with a promise of Douglas Jerrold, Leigh Hunt, Charles Mackay, Miss Mitford, Ebenezer Elliott, Barry Corn wall, and others), and not unworthy of its editors. William and Mary Howitt—names peculiarly associated with the cause of the advancement of the people. With such editors, such writers, and an obj ec t so no bl e and philanthropical as that of elevating and enlightening the popular mind, failure is impossible. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SuNDAy.—Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in the slopes and grounds around the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed walking and pony exercise. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken for an airing yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorff. and attended by Lord Ca moys, Hon. Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning. The Earl of Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, arrived at the Castle yes terday on a visit to the Queen. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner left the Castle yester day The Royal dinner party at the Castle last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner, and her Majesty's private band performed the remainder of the evening. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. The Royal Family took walking exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen . tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken also attended the service. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Cla rendon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Counsel sat two hours and a half. Lord John Russell left town after the Council for Windsor Castle. Mr. Labouchere left town after the Council for Brighton. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, .and Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted busi ness at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Mr. Oswald, M.P., and the Hon. Mr. Bouv erie, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Excheq uer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Buckingham had an interview with the _Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Lord John Russell will have a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday next, the 6th of February, at his resi dence in Chesham-place. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of C 4 mi• mons had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday... The Earl and Countess of Minto and family am red at their new 'residence in Eaton-square on Saturday... e yesterday in the Chap e l Ro al St. James's. y, The Duke of Wellingto n atten d e d the early sere The 13 '•ev- Mr. Haden officiated and preached the sermo n. At , the G. daily service the Prayers were read by the Rev ;), he Repton, and the Les sons b y t h e Rev . T. Helmore. T , e sermon was preached by t h e Bi s h op of London. ° anthem was, In th ee , 0 L ord. " Mr. Tune presidtx at the organ. The Marquis of Anglesey, Lords Gra ville and W. Gr a h am , an d t h e B i shops o f Ely and Ho n *e.. ford, were among the nobility present. THE WEST INDIA COLON IES. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BIOTA IN IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. ; d The Petition of th e un d ers i gn ed Agents aPI I ° -f l e o . To by the Legislat u r es o f the West India Co nies hereinafter mentioned. Showeth, I. That your petitioners feel called upon to e) :press, on behalf of the Colonial Legislatures, by whoa t they are accredited, their gratitude to your Hono arable House for having been pleased to entertain the ( pr . o positions that sugar may be used in the public bre' :duesmerl and distilleries, and that a reduction in the prese nt y may on rum imported into Great Britain and Ireland • forthwith take place, approximating to an Wal l attlice of duty with that on British spirits in this country. 2. The undersigned deem it, a matter of sincere con gratulation that the principletf treating the c olon ics re- as an integral portion of the empire is thus practical is cognised as a principle whickthey confidently hop e will be speedily and substantially carried into effect in al 1 its bearings. 3. :Your petitioners a neverthels, be all.owev ito o b se rve that the permission prayed for by the coloni, sts, to have sugar and molasses used in the public browei ies and distilleries, will not avail the West In h dia plan t nott trs unless the measu re be a permanent one ; it olds inducement otherwise fur the investment of capital in the cultivation of their estates. Your petitioners regret to find that molasses is not. i n eluded in the proposed concession, and it would s e€ cri that restrictions are contemplated. as to . the permi , u si., ul to use sugar in the public distilleries, which may i n Iptede the success of the measure. can be no 5. Your petitioners submit that,_ as . molasses i s :ace_ mitted into consumption into Great Bhe tain at a fixed 6 :etityl alsc lat a levied by her Majesty's Customs, _there difficulty in allowing .cane juice to importedbe h being t . runs fixed duty, nor in 01134611 g both of t _t em for use i a t i n public breweries and distilleries on he s ame ferred duty paid (as is propose_d to be done in rya se t° sugar) direct from the bonded warehouses to the 1 ite tAi breweries and distilleries, where the molasses and c juice may be dealt with under such regulations to iv.itne protection of her Majestys revenue as may be de( ti to public brev , . t ti ) requisite, but to be so framed and acted upon as 1 i ` o llie 3 preclude the free use of them in such it is to be obsery e d and distilleries. ~t ri o s West Ind i the Qlllll 6. In regard to cane juices the want of labourers in the Brit:sh that eludes many of the planters from .converting e s pre. juice into sugar, to their great loss [ma' injury. 7. The undersigned are authorised to .state that these concessions would materially promote th.:= i ntere sts of the colonies which they repr esent. The undersigned respectfully pray that your H able House will be pleased t o takeonour the premi s your favourable consideration. ' 3 8 into T. P. MAYERS, Agent for Barbed( , E. L. NUGEN r, Ag ent f or Anti 'e- * Montserra;t. g 11 4 A and T. COLQUHOUN, Agent for St, ChA phers, St. Vincent, Dominica,sto and the Virgins. A :, , yii, St. James's-place, Jan. 25,.1847. ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.—LIVERPOO3 y URl- DAY.—Anather melancholy disaster at sea is to-day 1 !ep orted the captain, mate, and two seamen of the ship Ell; & a, War wick, arrived from New York, having b een lost at sea— swept overboard. The crew of this ship, w e fi n d it ; t ted in i a our American files, mutinied shortly after leavir ig New York ; and, according to the statement of the ere' wo f the steamer which towed the vessel to sea from N E IN '.sCork, several pistol-shots were heard shortly after she Lott the Warwick. Our statement with regard to the arres C of the crew of the Columbia was incorrect. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ADELPHI T ERR ci Oa lico; , ‘" the ditapi , lated haluslrae , o on the Met, p race, that has for some time past been in a very . L ous state, was removed . It is to be replaced by a ,7, t; ,, ' ll pain e. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Her Majesty's brig Mutine sailed yesterday morning for the Tagus, with dispatches for Vice- Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. She took out some officers appointed to ships of his squadron, and upwards of 100 boxes and packages for the different ships. There does not apPearlo be any intention of immediately recalling the Channel 'Squadron, as orders have been sent down to make an estimate of the tonnage which will be required to send out the various stores which the ships are in want of—sails, cordage, spare topmasts, boats, &c.; they amount to up wards f 1,000 tons, and are to be got ready immediately. The Belleisle troop - ship is.fit to.go to sea at twelve hours notice, and should her services not be wanted to convey pro visions to Ireland, she will probably be selected to .proceed to Lisbon with the stores. . Her Majesty's ship Crocodile sailed for Cork yesterday,. to take the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.H. Her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon has been moved into thebasin for the convenience of the working engineers and also to have her fore and mainmasts taken out, and: farger ones substituted. Captain Henderson .and the officers and men, have gone into the Retribution, and will take her to assist in trying to get the Sphynx off the ground to-morrow morning. The appointment of commodore at Jamaica, with a broad pendant in her Majesty's ship Imaum, has been offered to Captain Lambert, of her Majesty's ship Endymion, on the West India station, and, should he accept it, Captain G. W. C. Courtnay will take the command of the Endvmion. Should Captain Lambert prefer keeping the frigate, Captain Courtnay goes to Jamaica as commodore. The Medea steamer, after landing the body- of Com mander Hammond at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, is to come to this harbour to fit for the reception of Sir Hamilton Seymour, and convey him,' his suite, and . baggage to Lisbon. The Medea goes then to India, without returning to England. Her Majesty's screw-steamer Rattler, Commander Moor man, is ordered to prepare for the reception of the Right Honourable Lord Howden, and his private secretary, the commissioner selected by Government to proceed to the River Plate to settle affairs in that country. His Lordship is expected to embark in the Rattler on the 15th instant, and goes to Rio Janeiro first. PLYMOUTH, JA...N. 29.—Her Majesty's sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Arthur Farquhar, which left this port for the coast of Africa about ten days since, put back yesterday, having been 600 miles to the westward, and experienced very heavy weather. She was top-heavy, rolled consi derably, and, during the hurricane, threw overboard 14 of her guns. Her decks were swept, and quarterboats carried away. Her main rigging is swifted in; she was battened down for a week, and 25 of her crew are sick ; during the gale she passed a' merchant-ship lying to, with all sails turfed. The bark Silicia, Captain Boyce, from Liverpool for Ha vannah, put in this morning, having been in the longitude of 14 west. Her foretopmast is sprung, fore and main top gallant masts and crosstrees carried away, and other damage incurred. The brigantine Anna Sophia, Captain Stevens, of Fever shaurrfrom Newport, with railroad iron, for Alicante, came in this morning damaged, having shifted her cargo. On Monday last the ship suddenly lurched, when the captain was in the main hold, and the iron falling on him broke bis thigh in two places. He now lies in a very dangerous state on board the ship in the Sound. WOOLWICH, JAN. 30.—The Odin steam-frigate was placed in charge of Captain Williams, with the officers and crew of the Amphion steam-frigate, and yesterday afternoon they commenced rigging the vessel with the masts of the Gorgon steamer while that vessel is refitting here. Both the masts were put up and a considerable part of the rigging before two o'clock to-day, and this day week she will be ready to proceed to Deptford, and take on board meal and rice for con veyance to Ireland. The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Coles, went up to Deptford yesterday before proceeding to Ports mouth and Ireland. The Avon steam-vessel is reported ready for sea, and will be employed in conveying meal to Ireland. Messrs. Hobbs, Williams, and Sargent, engineers to the St. Vincent, have been appointed for service in the Tartarus. Mr. Hodgson, master, has been appointed additional to the William and ary yacht. Mr. Norman, paymaster and purser to the Rosamond, vice Stanley superseded. Mr. Hobbs, acting second master to the Avon. Mr. J. Gilling, acting master's assistant to the Avon. Vessels in the Harbour—The William and Mary yacht; Mastiff and Woodlark, surveying vessels; Black Eagle, Lightning, Antelope, Teazer, Minx, Avon, and Monkey steam-vessels ; Amphion, frigate ; and Fairy, tender to the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht. In the Basin—Gorgon, Ariel, Rosamond, Dwarf, and Odin steam-vessels. In the Dock—The Terrible steam-frigate, and the Vixen steam-vessel. HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPIIY NX. PORTSMOUTH, JAIL 31.—The Porcupine and Echo steamers went down to Yarmouth yesterday with a great variety of stores, and some mooring lighters, and the two camels which have been prepared, to endeavour to float this steamer off the beach. The camels are large flat-bottomed mud barges, covered over, and securely cauled in, and are to be fixed under the paddles. The mooring lighters will be anchored pretty close to the vessel, and cables passed from them and secured, and then hove taut, and it is fully expected, considering how light the Sphynx is, that she will be dragged out to sea. The Retribution steamer, manned by the officers and crew of the Sidow, who have been turned over this after noon, and the Myrtle steamer, go down to-morrow morning. The Retribution will be kept ready to assist the vessels off th .e coast should the wind change, or the rollers set in dan gerously. The Myrtle is a light steamer, drawing little water, and will be used as a dispatch boat. The wind is now moderate and favourable for the ope rations, being from north and off the land. The tides to-morrow and Tuesday are expected to be very high, and therefore the most sanguine expectations are entertained of the Sphynx being preserved. Captain Austen, R.N., Mr. Murray, chief enginier, Mr. Watts, builder's assistant, Mr. Bellamy, second master attendant, the commander and crew of the Sphynx, and a great number of experienced and in telligent men from the dockyard, used to operations of this nature, with at least 250 others, are to be employed. Some remarks have been made by naval people, that the same measures should have been adopted as were used to get the Gorgon afloat in the Brazils, but the positions of the two ships are quite different: the Gorgon was driven in a gale of wind on a bed of sand, during a very high tide, and there left high and dry; the officers and crew could and did get to work on her nearly every day, they were able to raise sheers to take out her engines, they had to clear away 9,000 tons of sand from under her, and by downright hard heaving at the capstan got her into the water, and then with camels floated her into deeper water. The phynx is exposed to the open sea, and only at certain periods can be approached, and the weather must be watched to avail themselves of the slightest lull to work the capstans afloat. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF TWO LOVERS. the A n m i g o h s t t l o a f m E e r n i d t a a b y l e l a a s ff t, a w i r h i t c o h o k h a place e a t i n e d Wakefield e sensation o d r e e e s p p e e s c t t respectable t r f e a s m s i i A e s have i n e b e n e e n i g l t t h b r o o u w r h n o ointo a n a d state r e o b t Y: t h t w e young man, named George Hampson, about twenty-five years of age, bad paid his addresses to a young woman of the name of Susan Morton for about three years. Both the par ties resided in Wakefield, the young man being a whitesmith, and son of Mr. George Hampson, also a whitesmith, &c., in that town. On the evening of Friday last, Hampson went as usual to the house of his lover, and at that time it would appear the girl was not very well, for she sent for her younger sister, Fanny, who came to her, but when she arrived Susan was better. Susan, however, had, a fainting fit during the evening, but it appears she had been subject to them for some time. About ten o'clock, Susan feeling better, was persuaded by her sister to go out walking fora short time, and advised her to go and see her mother, who was i n a different part of the town. They all three went together, and after walking round St. John's, and afterwards into the town, Fanny left them, as she slept at the house of a friend. It seems Hampson and Susan returned to the house of the latter, and Susan's brother left them in the house to gether when he went to bed. Nothing more was seen or heard of them until the following (Saturday) morning, when two coats and a hat, and a bonnet, shawl, and boa, were found on the banks of the Barnsley Canal, near the bridge which crosses it in some fields near Heath Wood, about a mile and a half from Miss Morton's home. Search was af terwards made in the water, and the bodies of Hampson and his lover Susan were found near the place where the clothes had been discovered. The suicidal determination must have been strong in each, for their bodies were firmly tied toge ther with four handkerchiefs, which must have been fastened by Hampson, as the knots were tied behind the young woman. In his pocket was found a pistol loaded with ball, and two bullets, some powder, caps, &c. ; and in her pockets was found a soft substance, like paste, which has not yet been analysed, but which is supposed to be poison. What tends to make the affair more mysterious is the total inabi lity of any one to find a reason for the commission of such a rash act. There were no, marks of violence on either of the bodies, or anything to lead to the belief that either of them had come to their death by unfair means. The deceased young woman was about 21 years of age, a fine figure, and very pretty. An inquest was held on the bodies on Saturday, before Thomas Lee, Esq., Coroner, when the jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" Found drowned, without any marks of violence ; but how, or by what means, they got into the canal, there is no evidence to show." A JUDGE'S CHARGE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO —Johnson, in his life of Savage, gives the following version of the speech of Mr. Justic g e e i'age „ tz , the jury, at the trial jary oi—f !—.You are t f o or eo m ns u id r e d r er t , ha in t 1 1 , 7 r 27i Savage is a very much greater man than ' you or l l , llt g le e m nt e le il m o e f n ry great the jury :—that he wears very fine clothes; much finer clothes than you or I man ; a a?bfutnhdeance jury, o is f money in ina gentlemen N,e of the jury—that he has than you or I, gentlemen his pocket k much more money should the jury—but, gentlemen jury, that Mr. Savage s , h , of the same Learne j d urY jud e gentlemen of the ' terms, and it will be seen g thlaet given hard therefore case, gentlemen kiu yon or of m t h e e , Another remarkable charge I v contains en i h t e following anecdote that, in one sense of the term, at all events, may be said to be original :—" Gentlemen of t he j ur y —Ye have heard the evidence against this here fellow , and all that. He not only robbed the gentleman who was so good as to pro secute him, of his effects and money, but, as far as I can learn, has always been a vagabond, a stroller, I think; a fellow that went about with tricks and fancies. Now I never liked your tricks and fancies. I'll tell you a pleasant story. Some years ago, when I was at Exeter, there was a fellow, an ill-looking dog, somewhat like the prisoner at the bar, that went about with a bear and fiddle: a troublesome rascal, there was no living for his tricks and fancies. So this was very well ; I was not then a judge, but went only on private business. However, some time after I went that circuit. You may be sure I inquired for my old friend; but, :somehow or other, the bear was dead, and the fiddle was broke. But how o you think I serred the fellow ? 11 hy, I hanged him." ADDITIONAL DAY MAIL TO SOUTHAMPTON. — We are gratified in being able to announce that arrangements have been made for the purpose of affording Southampton the accommodation of an additional day mail. A mail bag will be made up and dispatched from London by the 1 P.M. train, and the letters will be delivered at Southampton by the six o'clock delivery. This regulation will enable parties to receive second editions of the morning journaLs, and will greatly facilitate the communication between this town and those places in the vicinity of London, whose morning mails reach the metrop.olis before twelve o'clock ; it will th . also pre ent that delay m the delivery o f letters from e North of v England, which occasionally occurs during the winter months. The Southampton bag will be dispatched by the 1 r.m. train to London, the box atthe Post-office closing about 12.30 P.m. We understand these alterations will be made in the course .. of next month. —Hants Indepe ;dent. A .LucKy .NAVVY. —A I,avigator working on the Lewes Railway has just received information that his uncle I bequeathed 8,70001., to be divided between him and his brother. DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT, • - SIX LIVES LOST. - ) - ... (From' tlio She . ffleld Indendent. It is our painful duty to.record - an accident of a most la mentable nature, and attended with the loss of six lives, which occurred yesterday afternocin at the Darley Main Coal Company's pits, at. Worsbrough Dale, about two miles from the town of Barnsley, and ten from Sheffield. The foll Owing are briefly the facts connected with the occurrence, as far as we have been able to learn. It appears that oh Friday after noon, about two O'clOek,, some men who were. employ.ed in one part of the - pit, fired a'blast pf gunpowder for the purpose , of bringing down a large quantity pf coal. Shortly after the explosion, an alarm of fire was given from a part of the pit 200 yards from the place where the blast had been. fired. :The underground steward, George Gomersley, who was at !dinner at his house,.a short. distance from . th e ' pit, was sent for; and as many men as dould be mustered at the time, - went with him immediately to the, place, from whence the alarm was given, for•the purpose of endeavouring to extinguish the flames. A large mass of coil . was 'found on fire; and every exertion was used to stop tip the driftways, or roads through which air was - admitted, and to put out the . fire by throwing water upon it. The men were engaged in this manner from two o'clock • until four, at• which time, • instead of having checked the flames, it was found that they were gaining upon them, and the pit being filled with smoke rendered it impossible for them to continue longer. One of the men, named John Elstone, with several others, turned to go lock to the pit mouth, Elstone being at the time scarcely able to stand from suffocation. On his way to the pit mouth, he 'Passed GOmersley and two or three others, whc; had Mink frank suffocation. Gomersley said as he passed, " I'm done for."' ' Elstone with great diffi culty reached the pit mouth: He was then unable to speak, and was removed •in a state of insensibility to his house. Those who were at-the pit • mouth now became alarmed for the safety of their. 'companions, and a message was imme-, diately dispatched to the pits of Messrs. Field and Cooper for assistance. . Some of the other men succeeded ih reaching the pitmouth in a; state of exhaustion. The manager of the works went down into the pit, which was then so full of smoke that he was Obligedio return. Joaepli Beaumont, the steward at MeSsrs. Field and Cooper's pits, arrived shortly after four o'clock, and every exertion was then used to reach the place where the men were known to be, and without ' success. John Elstone, about seven o'clock, recovered so far as to be able to state where - he left his fellow-work men, one of whom was. his brother.. Renewed exertions were made, and, in a .short .time, the body, of Thomas Broadhead was ..discovered quite dead. At intervals of time after this,. the .bodies of John Gilberf . horpe ? John Jenkinsou, George Brown, Thomas 'Elstone,'' and George Gomersley were found. The' body'"Of Thanas Blstone , was nearest thii ' placd - Where' the flit was"burning. . It was not until twelve O'clock at night that the last of the bodies (that of George Gomersley, the under-ground steward) was found, and they were each removed to their homes. • 'The other men, eight, in number, who had escaped from suffocation, only with great difficulty, were im mediately after. being removed, from the pit,.attended by a surgeon, who administered sucb,remedies as their cases re quired, and though suffering severely there is every reason to hope that they will recover. John Elstone states that he did not attempt to return' until he could scarcely draw his breath, and'his strength had' so far failed that he was unable to walk: ' The tense of' the accident has not yet been clearly ascertained, but,. from • the statements • made by the men who were in the pit at the time (one of them the man who fired the -blast), - and who escaped, there does not appear to have been any light near the place where the fire was discovered, until immediately after the blasting of the coal. It is supposed that the .hreaking.up of the coal must have opened a crevice in which sulphurretted hydrogen gas, or fire-damp, had accumulated, and this 'having ignited, had set fire to the coal. Thellillowitig are the names of the six men who have lost their lives :—George Gomersley; under-ground 'steward;' Worsbro'• Dale, aged 46 ;- Thomas Elstone, aged '35 ; Thomas Broadhead, aged 50 ; John Jenkinson, aged 50 ; John Gilberthorpe, aged 20 ; and George Brown, aged 0. Several of the men were married, and have left wives and. children to deplore their unfortunate deaths. . . . Mr. Badger.(one of the coroners for Yorkshire) has fixed to open the inquest (this day) Monday, at one o'clock, at the Mason's Arms Inn, in Worsbrough Dale, when the whole of the circumstances attending this unfortunate accident will be fully inquired into. SPORTING IN LIVERPOOL GRAND NAT] Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 Weights to be published on dared on the 17th of February, Marquisof Waterford's Firefly I Ur. R. J. Moore's St. Ruth Mr. Oakey's Valeria • • • 'Mr. Fearce's.Jack Mr. Hall's False Heir • Mr. J. Malloy's Fanny Eisler Plurarist ... Mr. Wesley's .Gayhnrst Mr. Lambden's Discount .. Mr. J. Bowers's Saucepan Mr. Choyce's.Tea-pot , Mr. Vevers' Little Tommy Mr. Lockwood's Barmaid Mr. D'Arcy'S Culverthorpe Mr. Watts na. St. Leger Major Rushhrook nd Gazeley Mr. Robertson's Ballybar Captain Campbell's Railroad Captain Barnett's Marengo " Mr. Ducill's Jeu d'Esprit Lord Sefton na. b. g..by (slag-' Mr. Elmore's Young Lottery cus, dam by Belzoni • - Mr. C. Wicksted na Gog Lord Craven•na. Blue• Pill • • Mr. 0.. Higgins's Pioneer Mr. A. Browne's Midnight Mr. Kirkpatrick's Clinkey Mr. Cohrteney's Matthew Lord Strathmore's Switcher Mr. T. Morris's Tamworth . Sacrifipe . . Mr. Bevill's Latitat Sabine Mr.Mangle's Sam Slick Roarer Mr. Smith na. CUMberlafid Captain Gatilbier's Avoca Lassie Mr. Preston's Brunette Mr. T. Abbott's Proceed • Frederick Mr. W. Hall's Tramp Mr. Campbell's Christopher Mr. A. Gordon's Palmerston North Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle Mr. 'Anderson's Grenade Mr. Moseley's Jerry Mr. Blackburn's Indian Prince Mr. J. P. Williams's Nimble Mr. G. Robert's The Page • Hairy Mr. Neale's Red Lancer Mr. Waters' Cavendish Mr. Liddell's Profligate Lord Eglinton'a br h by Tom Mr. J. Townley na Teresa Brown Colonel Taylor na Quicksilver Mr. Payne na Sparta Mr. L. Standish na Cure All Sir R. Brownrig na Ragman Mr. J. W.Hammond na Forest Mr. Craven na Mameluke Boy CHESTER Cur.—The following horses have been scratched, in addition to those mentioned in our last :—Hope, Pilgrim, Burgundy, Lady Sarah, and Roebuck. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. .TELLIGENCE; lONAL STEEPLE CHASE. Soya each, and 100 Sovs. added. the 10th, and acceptances de- Baron Rothschild's stgbds., Thurs., Hardwick-11. Sir C. Constable's atghds, Wed., Wyton Toll Bar. Bedale hds., Wed., Thorp Perrow; Fri., Kipliti-10%. Berkshire lids., Wed., Cokethorpe ; Fri., Buckland. Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Comberton—lost. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Ormesby—loV g . Devon hds., Thurs., Ford House, Newton. Durham County lids, Wed., Kennels; Fri., Embleton—loi. F. B. lids., Fri., Bishop's IVood-10 1 / 2 . Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Tues., Pewsdown-11. Haydon hds., Wed., Woodshield ; Sat., Plankey Mill-9. Hurworth hds., Tues., Northallerton ; Thurs., Over Dins— cale • Sat., Kennels-104. dr. S. Lowndes' hds., Sat., Beachampton Grove-11. Oakley hds., Thurs. , Cross, Alban's Wood ; Sat., Kempton Wood- 1 4 to 11. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Kennel; Fri., Harpsden-10/. Puckeridge hds., vied. Great Hales; Sat., Great Munden —lO l / 2: Sinnington lids., Tues., Deal Stone Inn (Hambleton) ; Fri., Hovingham-10. Mr. Trelawneys hds., Tues., Brent ; Friday, Shaugh Bridge. Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., Clifton; Thurs., Warkworth ; Park-10%. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Whixley ; Thurs., Pill Moor (Brafferton) ; Sat., • Heslington-10%. Mr. Drake's Ms., Tues., Bourton Village ; Thurs., Men marsh Guide Post ; Sat., Warden Kennel—lq. ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAIL- WAY: The first general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this line was held on Saturday, at the London Tavern; Captain Owen in the chair. The directors presented a report and submitted the ac counts to the meeting, by which it appeared that a balance of 7511. 6s. 4d. remained in the hands of the treasurer. Ground has been purchased at Enfield for the erection of a station, and terms have been come to with the Northern and Eastern Connties Company for a junction with their line. A contract has also been entered into with Mr. H. Earle for the construction of the works for 20,5001., the line to be com pleted within five months after possession of the land has been obtained. The report on the motion of Captain BosANQUET, seconded by Dr. A§TLEY Holm, was unanimously adopted. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting was dissolved. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM CHAYTOR, BART.—We deeply regret to record the death of Sir William Chaytor, Bart., which took place on Thursday last, at his residence, Clervaux .Castle, near Darlington. The deceased Baronet was highly respected, and his loss will be severely felt and deeply lamented. In " Dodd's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain," we find the following:—" Sir William Chaytor, first Baronet, created 1831, son of William Chaytor, Esq., by his marriage with Miss Jane Lee. Born 1771. Married, 1803, the yoilpgest daughter and co-heir of John Carter, Esq., of Tun - stall and Richmond, Yorkshire_ The late Sir William Chaytor was Lieut.-Colonel Com mandant of the Yorkshire Militia (North Riding), and a deputy lieutenant of the county of Durham. He repre sented Sunderland in Parliament, in 1833 and 1834, but has latterly retired into private life. The deceased was in the 76th year of his age, and is succeeded in his title and estates by his son, William Richard Chaytor, who was born in 1805, and married, in 1836, a daughter of Mr. Laoy, of Easingwold, but she died in 1837. The present Baronet represented the city__ Durham from 1831 to 1834. York Herald. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR EDWARD GIBBS, K.C.8., LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. OF JEesny.—This distinguished officer, whose terms of service as Lieutenant- Governor of Jersey ceased a fortnight since, expired on Ibe 24th ult., at the: residence of one of his friends in that island, in the seventieth year of his age, though for some time suffering from an attack of gout. Sir Edward was carried off somewhat suddenly. Having given up possession of the Governor's house he proceeded on a visit to a friend in the interior of the island, and while there sustained an attack of paralysis, which baffled all medical aid, and termiiated fatally on the above-mentioned day. A few days before the melancholy event, the gallant officer received the meat flat tering testimonials of approbation from her Majesty through Sir George Grey, and addresses were presented to him fro and m all classes of the inhabitants , co m p risin g English, French, native, congratulating him on the successful termination of his eight years' service as Lieutenant-Gdvernor and CoT mander-in-Chief, and complimenting him on the impartial manner in which he had ever discharged his duties. Sl Edward Gibbs entered the arm y in 1798, and hi - .t missions are thus dated : lieutenant, Novemb: • , lieu captain, February 24, 1803 ; major, Febru. 1825; tenan t- co lonel, February 6 , 18121; !. • , To major-general, Janu ar y 10, 1837 I`. , vem _ ber 9, 1846. Sir Edward• w as t h e •,n el Gibbs, Esq., of Housley Park-, Essex, 1,31 the ' r- of 'Admiral Sir William Rowley, and was brotheibte t eglite Sir Samuel Gibbs, who ell at New Orleans in 1815., -SUDDEN DEATIL OF CAPTAIN. FRANCIS FREAD, R.N.—We regret to record the death a Captain ,F. Fread, R.N., which took place at his residence, Nightingale Vale, Woolwich, yesterday (Sunday). The deceased officer, who was of a full habit of body, was seated at breakfast with his family, when he was suddenly seized with a Sit of apoplexy and expired before medical assistance could be procured. C a ptain Fread was a Justice of the Peace f or th e County of Kent, and was one of those officers who accepted the retire ment a few weeks since. He was b ro th er o f Colonel Fread, late of the Grenadier Guards. He has left a large family to mourn his sudden decease, and a general feeling of regret has been felt in Woolwich, where as a magistrate and private gentleman he was highly esteemed. OPENING OF THE PORTS.--The locks have ITeen taken.off.the bonded warehouses in this port during the pre sent week, but there was not much grain to release. The ex ports from Gloucester to Ireland are now very considerable; and the purchases of grain here for that destination—some sayonbehchrone alf of .Government—daily become larger.—Glou cestershirel (4. THREATENED DISTURBANCE IN ABERDEEN. . • Friday forenoon there were considerable appre-, ,- hensions of a riot taking place, caused by the present high price of provisions. A number of people had as sembled in the town and neighbourhood, and about - eleven o'clock a meeting took place on the Links, where one or two parties gave some very distressing details of the state to which many have been reduced, even in our city, where there has been comparatively little word of suffering till now. About 200 of the "crowd were rail way labourers, who, came from the opposite side o f the Dee, bearing' a Mack flag, which had a somewhat ominous appearance in their hands. Another body of individuals had assembled before the Town-house, and commenced cheering and yelling, and causing Considerable disturbance. The Provost, who,, to gether with the magistrates, had gone to the coun cil-room on the first appearance of any riotous disposition, addressed the crowd, pointing out the uselessness and folly of their making any at tempt to disturb the public peace. In a short time the crowd took their departure for the meeting on the Links. At this assemblage, which amounted, to nearly 1,000, it w as agree d t h at a d ep U tat i on should be sent to the provost, laying their melancholy case be fore him. This deputation waited upon the magistrates, and represented to them that distress at present prevails among a large portion of that class of the inhabitants, owing to the dearth of provisions • the magistrates, while they deeply symp a thi se d with their fellow citizens for the cause which was mentioned, at once expressed their desire to use -all means within their power to alle viate the sufferings of the people as far as possible, trusting that every - one would have the good sense not to aggravate the calamity by any disorderly conduct. And at the same time, in furtherance of the assurance they gave the deputation, they lost no time in having a meeting with the principal grain merchantil in Aberdeen, who expressed an earnest desire to co-operate with the Magistrates in the benevolent object which they had in view. and readily agreed in the meantime not to purchase more grain for shipment, in order. if possible; that the high price of meal may be reduced, stating, at the same time, that they could not avoid fulfiltling contracts which they had already entered into, and which. they were bound by law to fulfil. The magistrates expressed a hope that this would, be satis factory to every well-disposed person, and • trusted that matters would soon take a favourable turn, and relief be afforded to those who may at present be suffering from the dearth of the necessaries of life. Throughout the day considerable excitement prevailed. At 3 'clock a meeting was held in the court house for the purpose of swearing special constables. In the course of the afternoon a porti Ai of the crowd made an attempt to take flour from a cart in Trinity•quay, and one of the principal ringlead. whit., in the act of cutting one 01 the sacks u:..1 rolling it front the cart, was taken prisoner by Ali- Burclsy, ohe ut . the police, while his cotnpuncontt looked qiiietly on. and saw him carried away and lodged in pristiu. Throughout the afternoon there was little noise, but as the evening advanced a crowd of boys collected, and gradually increased, re ceiving from all quarters additions of people of more ad vanced years. The shops were closed in the neighbour hood of Castle-street, and with good need, for a con' siderable number of is indowt , were broken, especially in. Mareschal-street. B-tween six and seven o'clock the whole body of police, day itlid night, made a sally upon a crowd of about 500 or 600, who were pelting them with stones, and, after a struggle, 'succeeded in taking a number of persons. They had frequent encounters with 'detached parties here and there throughout the evening, and before ten o'clock there were upwards ,of 50 men, besides a great number of women, imprisoned. The riot, however, was not such as rendered it necessary to call out the special constables. All has been quiet during the night.—Aberdeen Herald. THE SPANISH MARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUN. Ma. Enrron,—Your observations generally upon the scandalous intrigues by which the Montpensier marriage was brought about are so perfectly just and conclusive that it might appear that scarcely anything could be added to them. There is, however, one point that seems not to have been touched upon by yourself or any of your contemporaries. It is this—that even the Queen's having issue would not re move the objections to marriage. The treaty of Utrecht, which expressly excludes both branches of the house of Bourbon, was intended to guard against, not the probability, but the possibility of the union of the crowns of France and. Spain on the same head. Now, admitting that the Queen should have children, might they not all die in her lifetim e ? an d have we not had a notable instance of this in our own Queen Anne, who, although she had by Prince George of Denmark not less than thirteen children, yet she survived them all ; thus ending the line of the Stuart family.—l remain, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant, Cheltenham, 81st January, 1847. FAIR-PLAT. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons had his first Parlia mentary dinner this session on Saturday last, at his mansion. in Eaton-square. Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord. Marcus Hill, the Right Hon. Richard L. Sheil, the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Fox Manic, the 'Lord Advocate, Sir William Somerville, the Hon. William Cowper, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor. General, the Right Hon. George S. Bvng, the Judge-Advocate, Admiral Dundas, The O'Conor lon, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. H. Tuf nell, M r. Parker, Mr. H. G. Ward, and the Solicitor-Gene ral for Scotland, constituted the party. Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Capt. Berkeley, and Mr. Rich were prevented from dining with the Right lion. Gentleman. LONGEVITY OF THE DONKEY.—A donkey belonging to Mr. Gandey, 68, Upper Bedford-street,-Brighton, died on Monday last, at the advanced age of a hundred years! It was a great favourite with its master, and was well provided for up to the time of death. PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS.--On Saturday morning the match, in which Wharton, of White chapel, was backed to run ten miles within one hour, came off over two miles of road at Hackney. In betting time was the favourite. The start was made at a rapid pace, and two miles were accomplished in twelve minutes and a half. The pedestrian kept the equestrians in full trot, and concluded. half the' distance in thirty-one minutes. Towards the seventh mile he increased his speed, and had thirteen. minutes to finish the remaining two miles, and ultimately won the match by performing the ten miles of road in fifty• nine minutes in an easy manner. PRESENT FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALEII.—We staltAld some time since that the King of Prussia had ordered a shield to be manufactured, as a present to his godson; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. We learn from Berlin that this superb cadeau is now finished and exhibited.to the public in one of the royal museums at Berlin, previous to its being forwarded to England. The shield is of silver, and covered with has reliefs, from models by the renowned Fischer. In the centre is the Saviour's head in gold, resting on a cross, around which are four small figures representing Faith, Charity, Hope, and Justice. The other part is divided in compartments inlaid with precious stones, each containing subjects froin the Old and New Testament. This magnificent piece of workmanship bears the following inscrip tion :—" Fredericus Gulielmus Rex PrussOrum Alberto Eduardo Principi Wallis' in Memoriam Diei Capt. XXV., M. Jan. A. MDCCCXLII." ORANGE MANUFACTORIES.—At an inquest held on Saturday in St. Giles's, Mr. Wakley told the jury that he had discovered a manufactory of oranges, at which bad oranges could be made into apparently good ones. The process pursued was the submitting of unripe and inferior oranges to the action of steam, or par-boiling them. This made them swell, filled out their rinds, and made them thin, the usual external sign that the fruit was good. To give them the last polish, and heighten their outward attraction, they were rubbed with a greasy piece of flannel, or with something more objectionable. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Upon inquiry on Saturday at the Red Lion Inn, at Southall, as to the state of Mrs. Ibotson, who was injured in the above accident, it was stated that.the un fortunate lady still remains in a very bad state. It appears that Mrs. Ibotson was at the time of the accident sitting in the third compartment of the first second-class carriage of the four o'clock down train, with her back against the par tition dividing that compartment from the second, in which the deceased individuals, Halt and Bishop, were sitting face to face. In fact,-she was sitting back to back with Halt, and the same blody which struck him and Bishop struck her with mildg focAt i behind the left ear, and knocked her for ward on 14,r is between the two seats, in which situation she was foundllyr. Daniels, who, on asking her if she was much hurt, wasi"linswered, ." Oh, I can't tell. Everything is going round With me. My reason is quite gone." She was at the moment in a state of distraction, and was crying fearfully. Dr. Daniel's carriage being present, she was placed in that, and instantly taken to the Red Lion Inn, followed by Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of Brentford Butts, who found her, on examination, to be labouring under concus• sion of the brain and injury to the spinal column. Re peated retellings had supervened, which there . had been great difficulty in stopping. Mrs. Mcuntjoy Martyn is pro gressing favourably. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--REPTON, WARWICKSHIRE, SATURDAY.—Last evening an inquest ,held at the White Lion, Tavern, on the bo d y of Henr y ,Tans Taylor, aged eleven weeks, the illegitiinate ) ff iet r o ulg the o Taylor, aged twenty years, who had jumpe d oind in Thursday night last. Hannah Taylor, War wick and Nupton Canal, with thechilodf Jane Taylor. She was that her husband was the brother of annhinergharm,s6 'I aboutshe went away she was witness elsesn un derstood that she was go i n g to Lea mi ng ton. at her house on Thursday evening five o'clock. She had the deceased with he r. cry i n g very much, a nd uite w itness unnecessary, but she wished her not as W it q pers isted in g oing.to go o ut, 53w My husband had told her that she must procure a fresh home, for he was unable to support her. We had notice to leave our house in conse. quence of her being there, which notice was up to-night (Friday.) - We have but one room for myself, husband, and three children, and, therefore, had no room for her widths baby. Phineas Page said—On the previous evening, as he was coming from the mill, he saw something floating on the opposite side. Having procvred assistance, and got the female out, she then ejaculated," Oh, my poor baby." Her dress having been unpinned, the deceased was found clasped in her arms quite dead. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Jane Taylor, who was fully committed to take her trial at the next assizes. ROBBERY AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACHS.—On Saturday information was forwarded to the police that some thieves had broken into the stables of W. • Beaumont, Esq., the Old Barrack-yard, Knightsbridge, and plundered the place even to the bed and bedding belonging to the groom. • TILE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—The amount of this subscription, when last advertised,'ll few weeks ago—we mean the subscriptions forwarded to the committee for this district—amounted to 53,6241. Since that announcement, other subscriptions have been received, chiefly from -Liverpool, together with some from Paisley, These subscriptions and Macclesfield , increasing the amount by 4,7221. the total, up to last evening, being 53,346/. 19s. 9 d._ , .e . ssrs.„ subscriptions include one from Mr. Pennington, _of _Liver pool, of 300/. ; Mr. J. C. Ewart, Live Cr sfi Id Jackson, Liverpool, 150/. ; the family- of e , Liverpool, Tennants, Crow, and Co., Liverpool, um ; am tors 145/. ; and two sums of 1051 . , and ten others of 1001. each, coutribu. We have seldom seen so all from Liverpool extensive and spirited a subscription emanating from Liver pool. We have not heard , the , al i g ti reg kin ate gd am om oun i_ t zi o a ct c h us e n ic e; , tional tribute -from all parta 94 Guardian. _~s~. . / " .F I )f h er [ws KW: 3 016 h$ Cl 10V 6. i0t 156 1 the ; se nt ---,