The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

UIIiCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The nilravourrthle state of the weather prevented the Queen and Prince Albert taking their accustomed morning walk. ▪ Tee same cause prevented toe Royal Family taking Walking exercise. His Excellency Mon.. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency Baron de Brunnow, and Sir Rob -et and Lady Peel, took their departure from the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and Prinef, Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princ.! of Wales, Prince A. d, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice. and the Prin cess Helena, left the Castle fur Claremont, at half-past two O'clock this alternoon. The Royal Suite consisted of the 14.1-)y in Waiting the Marchioness of Douro, tha Lord in Waiting Lord Waterpark, Colonel the Ilon. C. B. Phipps, General Bowles, the Equerry in Waiting to the Queen Lord Alfred Paget, and the Equerry in Waitin g to Prince Albert Colonel Seymour. - -. The Royal party occupied four carriages and four. The Queen's escort from the Castle was composed of the Ist Life Guards. The State Apartments in Windsor Castle continue to be open gratuitously to the public on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Fridays. ' • The Lord Chamberlain's tickets may be obtained in London gratis, of Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, printsellers, No. 14, Pall-mall East ; Mr. Moon. print seller Threadneedle-street ; Mr. Mitchell, bookseller, No. 33 , Old Bond -street ; Messrs. Ackerman and Co., , printsellers, No. 96, Strand. They are available for one Week from the day they are issued. Residents and visitors at Windsor who have not had an opportunity of obtaining them in London, may obtain the tickets on application (between one and three o'clock from the 4 : Ist of April to the 31st of October, for admission be tween two and four o'clock ; and between twelve and .two o'clock f rom the Ist of November to the 31st of j_ March, for admission between one and three o'clock), t ., to John Roberts, Esq., the Inspector in the Lord Chem . c. E . berlain'sl Department at his office in the Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle. But time ticketswill be available for the day only on which they shall be ap- Plied for. :;,1 • The hours of admission to the State Apartments are, from the Ist of April to the 31st of October, between _••• eleven a and four and from the Ist of November to the , . The tickets March, between eleven and three. tickets are not transferable, and it is contrary to to he , rM a j esty ' s command that payment for, or in reference ,PP 3 : I be mad e to any person whatever. • 2 utude-books may be obtained in London for one ...,.penny each, f rom the parties who issue the tickets for the state Apartments, and, for the same sum, from the Queen's tradesmen in Windsor where these notices ~aPpear. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at -77 tended by Baron Knesebeek, left town yesterday for B elton House, Lincolnshire, to honour the Earl and ~= countess Brownlow with a visit. '"-s• A deputation on the tea duties, consisting of Sir G. Larpent, Chairman of the East India and China Associa re,..ti°a; Mr. S. Gregson Deputy-Chairman; Mr. Norton, iJand Mr. Dallas, had an interview with Lord John yesterday, at his official residence in Downing .,S tree t. Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, .:'!"- - i.tiransacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Bellingden Ker had an interview with Sir George • • :Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. The Rev. Mr. ••••;.. zones had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. r:4 The Commissioners of Railways had a meeting, the ..!.; 4 .,,,0r5t since the holidays, at their office in Great George ' ?i4-gitreet, yesterday. ' 1 ":. Mr. Hill had an interview with the Right Hon. F. • • ' . Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of (Trade. ' Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Co ...;AW-lonial-otfice, for the Governor of Ceylon. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) h as -,44A rrtved in town, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. x~ Viscount and Viscount. ss Feilding have left Far ,. tance's Hotel, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of , chichester, Stanmer, Sussex. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. Business was on too small a scale to call for a word or • observation. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 80 to 20 was laid against Planet, and 100 to 20 against NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Mr. B. Green's horses, the Lamb and Comet, were "..,•:declared to be struck out, on the publication of the "•-• — handicap this afternoon. CEESTER CUP. The only bets, to our knowledge, were 350 to 5 against ••• GratAick's The Flitch, and 500 to .5 against Mr. T. Dawson's Red Rover. 4 *A- 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken to 501. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken to 601. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken and aft offered iK 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher —t and aft offerd 1 :t: 50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator • 2000 to'3o agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eaglet and aft offerd. • 2000 to 20 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone--taken. OAKS. 1 ".?‘!„V" ., 160 to 10 agst Sir'J. Hawley's Miami—taken. • Lord Cardigan's Hunters and Hacks, Discount and 7 — the other Steeple Chasers, will be sold at Tattersall' on • • the 18th instant. ' INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET SECOND MEETING. MONDAY. •' Alarm receives 100 in the Match with Paragone. X `" THURSDA Y. • • Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old. •". , . ‘, Duplicity—Tippet—Little fippet—Littla Riding-hood—Awk . ' .4 ""—The Earl of Richmond—Brilliant—c. by Red , ‘,l, . • thank out of Bridegroom's dam—Propeller—Daughter r ef To scar —D• we r—lodine Teetotum—c by Toryboy, : e nt of Rachel—Nectar—Practice—Sea-room—Cracow ' Sheriff—Sweet Sauce—Wilmot. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. WEDNESDAY. ) . A ll ..„..e_St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya. each, for three yrs old. anota—Miami—The Horn of Chase— Projectile— , lentilt—o by Clearwell, out of Zipporah—Foreclosure . Administrator (late Virgo). - SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. 1847. • ' l r,,:The Match between Legatus and May is off. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 soya, each for two yrs old. Recuba—Dunrobin—The Monk —c, by Ratcatcher, '-i ) ut of Souvenir —c, by Redshank, out of Bridegroom's •...clarn—Sceptre—c, by Touchstone, out of Miss Julia— 'c-.iduckstoue—Cracow—Alpheia—f, by Bay Middleton, * :Alt of Correna's dam. 42t nouGarox MEETING, 1847. -- MONDAY. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs, each, for two yrs old. Corsican — Contessa—Motacilla—c, by HetrnatiPlatoff, • of 'Maid of Lune—Weathercock—Carthage —Thug Eagfe's Plume —c, by Venison, out of Soldier's Joy— ' ' e; by Thistle whipper, out of Pelerine—Vulcan—Xan ithus—Tisiphone—c, by Don John, dam by Jerry—Flat , - „p4icher—Assault—Rosslyn—Panic—Dunrobin—Sunny * 4icle—Lovelace—The Monk —c, by Redshank, out of : 4 1ridegroom's dam —c, by Redshank, out of Souvenir ~- 7 -Load..tone—Mastiff—Smptre—Hossar—c, by G ran d 1 0 uke, out of Adelgund—f, by Touchstone, out of firefly—f, by Cardinal Puff, out of Croton Oil's am—Lady Mary —ludine—f by Slane out of Hester— Nfiection—sis. to Anthony—Comet--The Sheriff— . §iveet Sauce—f by Bay Middleten, out of Correna's elM—Wilmot—Paladin—f by Lanercost, out of Cara— aty Touchstone, out of Ohio—Pithus. r. WEDNESDAY. F Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each for Two-yrs-old. P.Carthage —Hecuba—Earl of Richmond—Dunrobin— e Monk—c by Ratcatcher, out o f S ouven i r — c b y ie Colonel, out of Dorothy (bay)—Buckstone—f by ~itrdinal Puff, out of Croton Oil's clam. No day mentioned.—Match 200, h ft, Bst each. • , 6 _ 1 4114i, Strathmore's Sincerity, by Colwi c k, ags t M r . lay's Seaga (late Put-on .the-pot-says-greeiy-gut). NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1847. 'eights for the Newmarket Handicap. To declare on the 24th instant. & Alarm, 5 yrs, 9st 41b—Swe e tm ea t, 5 y rs , 9st 11b---- cyrrhus the First, 4 yrs, Bst 11113—Dulcet, 5 yrs, Est 11 1 ,1 1b—Wolfdog, 5 yrs, 84 lllb—Counseller, aged, Bst 7 . l 4 .,b—Mendicant, 4 yrs, B,t 61b—Sting, 4 yr s , Bst 61b— t VOleful, 5 yrs, ast 31b—Philip, aged, Bst 31b—Brocardo, 4yrs, Bst 31b—Emmeline, 4 yrs, Bst lib—Lady Wil (lair, 5 yrs, Bst—Quoen of Tyne, aged, 7st 131 b, , ropitstool, 4 yrs, 7st 131b—Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, 7st fllb—Kesheng, 5 yrs, 7st 111b—Chamois, 4 yrs, 7st Mb—Refraction, 5 yrs, ist 101b—Arthur, 5 yrs, sst 101.6 --Mowerina, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Best Bower, 6 yrs, /4t 81b—Mount Callan, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Fantastic, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Duc-an-Dorris, 5 yrs, ist 71b "rnpanile, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—R emorse , 5 yrs , 7 st Sheraton, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—'I om Tullock, 4 Yrs; 7st 41b—Ennui, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Laura colt, 4 yea, 7st 41 b — Colliugwood, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Glory, 4 yrs, 7st 31 b - -'Vanish, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Banana, 4 yrs, 7st 11b— lfarquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Bravissimo, 4 yrs, 7st lib — Buttress, 4 yrs, Ist lib—Humdrum, 4 yrs, 7lt Ilb—St. Demetre, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Free Lance, 4 yrs, Ist lib—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs, 7 s t 11b—H y d rangea, yrs, 7st—Satyr, 6 yrs, Est 131 b—Finvara h, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Princess Royal, 5 ttei, 5 yrs, 6st Mb—Cocoa N b_ ut, Q yrs, Est 131b—Scarlet g Run: :y:, Est 111b—Far thing Candle, 4 yrs, 6st 11.1h—Lynceus, 4 yrs, Est I lib Anne, 4 yrs, Est -- - Flahowlagh, 5 yrs, 6st 111 lAlb—Polka, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Geraldine, 4 yrs, gat 31b— yrs, 6st—Per - liillicrankie, 4 yrs, Est Ilb—Projectile, 3 care, 3 yrs, Pkta a filly, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Crozier, Yrs, Sat 1 Ilb— queen Mary, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Devil-me. Sat prlnghook, 3 yrs, sst 81 b — Sagacity, 3 yn, sst 81 1—Sagacity , 3 yrs, sst 61b—Comme-il-faut, 3 yrs, Sat 61b—Bit Nibble, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Watchdog, 3 . yrs sit 41 b—Meanee, 3 yrs, sst 11b—Palma, 3 yrs, sst 11b—: Connamore, 3 yrs, sst 11b—Sorrel, 3 yrs, 4st 1316—gy. ~._derabad, 3 yrs, 4st 131b—St. Martin, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b- - 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—Ch cby Euclid, darn xanrus, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Mirmillo, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—D by is eon_ tent, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—C o met, 4 yrs, Bst 31b paid— The Lamb, 4 yrs, 7st 11b, paid. The steeple-chase match between the Earl of C---- 94(1 J. R. Cornwall, Esq., for 5001 a-side, which was to have taken place yesterday over the Market Harborough country, has been p ostpone d t ill T ues d a y, the 9th o f rarch. Mr. Cornwall was anx i ous f or th e event to have elm d ec id e d yesterday, but his opponent objected, on the account of the dangerous state of the ground. It was therefore postponed. - DBATR OF THE FION, HENRY DAVID ERSKINE. 7 Tils gentl eman expired at his residence, near Clack autumn, in the seventieth year of his age. He was son or the fourteenth Earl of Mar and Kellie, by Miss Floyer, daughter of Charles Floyer, Esq., for some time Governor ot Madras, and was heir presumptive to his nephew, the sixteenth bolder of the title. He married, in 1805, Mary Anne, daughter ot John C.oksey, Esq , by wh om h e h ad issue eight children, the eldest son „ 13 illfc Walter Co n i ngs b y, born in 1810, a captain in the / N &Doi listin Lawry - - A 114 "i3i l,i 12% 1... • .... • 1 • 22 1 A • - 5 - 2 1 i 1 4 4° .... •• .. 1% P 40 •. •0 0. •41 to. 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A report was read, stating that the directors had been compelled to suspend the resolutions come to on Nov. 12, 1846, to the effect that new shares should be issued, and that 3,000/ of the debt should be liquidated. It stated that 1,800 of the shareholders had refused to take up new shares, and had offered their old shares at a ruinous price in the market. The directors, there fore, could not go on. They proposed now creating 4,800 new shares, issued at 11. instead of 21. 10s., in hope that the shareholders themselves would take them up, and thereby enable them to extinguish the debt alto gether. The CHAIRMAN stated that the debt was 4,0001, and the additional 800 wu uld be very advantageously em ployed in sinking their shaft to a lower level. The report was adopted and passed. The resolutions of the 12th of November last were then rescinded. A resolution rescinding any clause or clauses in the company's deed opposed to the creation of new shares was unanimously adopted. Resolutions based on the report, and creating 4.800 new shares, at 11. each, to be offered to the shareholders on or before the 21st January inst., were then unani mously passed, and the meeting separated. MAGAZI.NES, ETC._(CONTIN UED.) CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Para V. By Albert Smith. Illustrated by Leech The present number opens with an account of the Journey' of Mr. Gudge to Liverpool, where he meets Rockey and Christopher, and where he takes the latter into his service as a page, having previously agreed with Sir Frederick to bring him up in igno rance a- o , fhis origin, story iginin consequence of t o Dr. the receiptAatoa : of 251. " He had only one thing to vex him—the Parthenon did not flourish so well as he wished. The excitement caused by its inauguration had been but a tide that floated it temporarily, and now it was in danger of gradually settling down into the mud of inutility; which as the member of an ill-regulated mind, Mr. Saunders, declared was a shame, inasmuch as he had not received half enough amusement for his subscription. He didn't want knowledge, he said, he went in for fun. " But the knowledge diffused there was of a very dreamy character—mere Brutnmagen ' learning ; by which, however, none could be deceived, except the pos sessors. Whatever the subjects of the lectures were (and variety was an object in the selection) there were the same vacant faces, looking with the same fishy stare into the !ect.urer's countenance. And the owners of the dull faces heard one night a lecture on astronomy, and next week one on mathematics, which drove all they had heard about astronomy out of their bead , , just as one pellet in a pop-gun drives out another. Then came some foggy subject, which, as it had no meaning at all—at least that the lecturer knew of —could not impart any very great deal of useful knowledge. Next others on dyeing and calendering—unknown islands in the South Seas, and their political relations—smoke--Japanese forest trees—and the like ; as well as pages cut from funny works and pasted in a copy book, which were col lectively called lectures on the comic writers of the day. But the whole syllabus promised to be as useful to the members, as the cheap books in the boxes outside brokers' shops, labelled All at 3d.l' consisting chiefly of old Court Guides and odd volumes of unsuccessful novels, are to the world in general. " Yet there were many good young men who made a point of never missing a single lecture—always sitting in the same place and never smiling, except when the lec turerto enliven his subject made some small witticism—or jekelet, as Mr. Saunders called it—to enliven his subject with; which to them, for want of contrast or cornpari• son, appeared a masterpiece of wit ; really witty lec turers not being understood, or condemned, by Mr. Buffies as trivial," childish,' or 'superficial.' Others assisted their memories by taking down incoherent pas sages in little note-books, in a handwriting which would of itself have been sufficiently unintelligible if they had ever again referred to it, which they didn't and never meant to do—having with it all some confused idea that the process they were undergoing °improved their minds,' though not exactly knowing bow it could — sitting out wearying lectures with a perseverance worthy of a better cause—applauding old truisms heard for the thousandth time, or listening with eager interest to facts which had not the slightest relation to them, and never would have, whilst they forgot them immediately, of course. And at last, when they came out each even ing with their brains filled up like dust-holes with all the odds and ends, rubbish and broken pieces and chips of cheap knowledge, retreading the same path day after day—month after month—in the dull obstinate infatua tion that they were speeding on the road to knowledge, when they were, in fact, only blundering about amongst the dust and sweepings on its edge. " As for the library, it contained but few scientific works: and those were generally full of superseded systems or useless theories—being mostly presenta tions.' For one of the uses of the library appeared to be —that persons having worthless books lying about their houses, chose, by presenting them to the Parthenon, to save the trouble while they nobly sacrificed the profit, of selling them for waste paper. " The few really useful books the Parthenon possessed were seldom, if ever, taken down from the shelves; while the staple stock—the novels and romances—were so torn, worn, and dirtied with constant use, that each volume became a sort of Bottle Imp; useful only so long as the member holding it for the time could pass it on to another, and so on, until it came to the unfortunate last borrower, in whose hands it dropped to pieces and subjected him to the penalty of destroying the property of the Parthenon—whose huge broad seal was stamped in printing ink on the centre of all the engravings, and on all the blank spaces at the ends of chapters. " There were classes, too; but those for which no extra fee was required were on the system of ' mutual instruction,' which may be defined as that of teaching nothing without a master. The course pursued appeared as for the h enmd o pe f uye rte l pi i tn t ,o e gsw r se a i t tbo u hyf r e ai pnl e o ls r r ttrshou s i ncs c :s i i e tnw n og c hh e ooe,na a erp s s r to be—that a number of person s i g norant of a particular another.t e eh m t ee b ns l pd e ei d ne ;oh once to a week entertain delivered the most profound regard for the institution and its ob jects—(Mr. Saunders said its greatest objects' were the members, with Mr. Buffies at the head of them)—never came near it, except for the purpose of displaying their own rhetoric, one would have thought the institution a Cradle of Learning, a Nursery of Science, and a perfect Shrubbery of trees of Knowledge. But the trees were of that kind that would not bear transplanting." The Parthenon is a failure, and Dr. Aston takes back all " the curiosities " which he had presented to the temple of learning, and returns them to his own surgery, much to the annoyance of his aged house keeper, Mrs. Grittles. The Doctor is sent for to attend the wife of Ludly, who is about to add a unit to the census, and who, with her husband and --- WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND RUGBY RAILWAY. A meeting of shareholders in this line was hell yes terday afternoon, at the Londe. Tavern, to consider the propriety of requiring the directors, under Lord Del housie's Act, to call a general meeting of the shareholders for the settlement of the affairs of the company. Mr. SPACEMAN, who was called to the chair, said that he and his friend Mr. Samuel represented several thousand shares belonging to parties in different parts of the coun try, and who were willing to concur in any steps that the meeting might-decide upon taking. He considered the last meeting of the shareholders a nullity, inasmuch as the directors introduced 4,240 shares which had been pre. viously paid off and cancelled. The effect of this pro ceeding was to neutralise the votes of those present. If those 4,240 shares were deducted from the number of shares represented, the votes given on that occasion were not sufficient to constitute a meeting. The share holders, therefore, under the Act, could call upon the directors to hold another meeting to decide either upon desolving the company in the ordi nary way, or doing so by an act of bankruptcy. With out taking such step, the shareholders would be de prived of all their deposits. They would recollect the assertion of Mr. Ward, M P., the chairman, that, in order to relieve himself and the directors of all liability, the whole of the claims against the company, and those previously disputed, would be discharged in order that there might be no creditor to support a fiat in bankruptcy. The course be (Mr. Spackman) suggested they should pursue under these circumstance was to sign a requisition calling upon the directors to hold another meeting, and if they refused that, they, the shareholders, should call a meeting for them, at which the dissolution and bank ruptcy should be discussed. In the event of their not being able to obtain a satisfactory statement of their affairs, they would then petition the House of Commons for a Committee of inquiry, more especially with regard to the conduct of some of their own members connected with the company. That petition would also show the defective state of the present law with regard to joint stock companies, and pray for its amendment. Mr. DIXON then proposed, and Mr. GOOLD seconded, a resolution to the effect that a requisition be sent to the directors calling upon them to convene another meeting, which was unanimously passed, and the meeting sepa rated.- ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of the above company was held yesterday at the company's offices, Mdlbank street, in order to authorise the direc tors to borrow such sums of money as were specified by the Act. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, Mr. H. C. LACY, the chairman, said that the business which they were assembled to dispatch was brief, but important. The directors sought to borrow certain sums of money, to enable the company to proceed with the works. For this purpose they required the assent of the shareholders, and he should, therefore, submit to them the following resolution : " That tne directors be empowered, and are hereby authorised and empowered to borrow on mortgage or bond, at such rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum, and for such period or periods as they shall think fit, the whole or any portion of the sum of 64,8001., which the company by their Act of in corporation is authorised and empowered to borrow." One of the PROPRIETORS having remarked on the rate of interest they were empowered to give, The CHAIRMAN said they would of course endeavour to borrow at as low a rate of interest as possible. Several Proprietors wished to know whether the Eastern Counties Company were likely to accede to the proposals made to them by the company. The CHAIRMAN said that they had refused already; but he understood that they themselves would bring for ward proposals for some negotiation very shortly. The resolution was then agreed to, and the meeting separated. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF SPIRITS.--Owing IO the high and increasing price charged by the principal metiopulitan distillers, the licensed victuallers generally have given notice that within a short space of time they will be compelled to advance the price of gie, whisky, and rum to the extent of about threepence per pint, or one penny per quartern. Accounts have been received from Bombay, which mention the serious illness of Lieutenant• General Sir Thomas M'Malion, Commander-in-Chief at that Presi dency. It is understood that in the event of the gallant officer resigning the appointment, his successor in office will be Sir Charles Napier. On the 11th of August last, in the 14th year of his age, on board her Majesty's ship Grampus, on the pas sage from Callao to the Sandwich Islands, in conse quence of a fall from the topmast rigging, James Dudley 13rownlow Stuart Townshend, Naval Cadet, second son of Captain Townshend, R.N. In the words of his Cap tain :—" His amiable and excellent qualities had won him the regard and affection of every officer and man in the ship. As he was universally beloved, so was he generally lamented. Never did a purer and more inno cent child pass from this to the other world." ALLEGED CURIOUS DISCOVERY AT BLACKPOOL:. On Wednesday last we copied from the Preston Guardian a paragraph stating that a bottle containing a letter had been found in the belly of a cod-fish taken off Blackpool. That journal, however, now states that the letter and story were fabricated by some persons at Blackpool, for the purpose of deception.—Manchester Guardian. SUPPLY OF FOOD.—MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION.—We noticed in our last that the directors of the Manchester Commercial Association had memo rialised Lord John Russell with reference to the present stock and probable supplies of food. On behalf of the First Lord of the Treasury, Sir George Grey has ac knowledged the receipt of the memorial ; but, of course, does not refer to Lord John's views or intentions on the matter.—Manchester Guardias. Hickory, occupies a small cottage near the Salt town. " The chief occupation of a country doctor resembles that of a railway guard, whose business lies in ushering people on to the platform at the commencement of a long journey, and assisting them as easily as he can away from it at its terminus, with the exception that he has no control over return tickets. But during this journey nn the line of life he can attend to them at its different stations; try to obviate any complaints; and, al eve al, see that the luggage they carry with them is carefully looked after, and in a safe condition." Whilst he is at the cottage, amusing himself by assist ing Hickory in getting up the battle of Navarino, until his services shall be required by Mr. Luddy, Gudge arrives with Christopher, and having ascer tained from Dr. Aston that he perfectly recollects all the circumstances attending Christopher's birth, he sets off with the child for London. Taking advan tage of Gudge's absence, Sprouts has invited Bessy Payne and Miss Twitts and the Jolly Man to tea at Gudge's chambers. The Jolly man brings with him a bottle of gin and some tobacco, and the mirth is getting "fast and furious " when Gudge bursts in upon the astonished company, ejects them from his chambers, and dismisses Sprout from his service, having done which he and Christopher get into a Brompton omnibus to return to Gudge's villa. This number is full of fun. The description of the admi nistration of the physic to the youthful Gudge is very graphic (Leech's illustration, too, is very good), and Sprouts's party is one of the drollest affairs imaginable. THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE. No. XIIL Be,, Charles Lever. Perhaps this number is the most excellent that has HYDROPHOBIA.—Yesterday a dog in a highly rabid hitherto appeared. The description of the burning of state was shot at Parton, after it had thrown down and Newgate, and the escape of Freney the highwayman, severely bitten a child about the head and face, which it is written in the most brilliant style of Harry Lorre would probably have worried to death had the little quer. Then again the commotion caused at Miss sufferer not been released by assistance. The rabid Fumbally's, which is capitally illustrated by " Phis," animal snapped at everything that came in its way, and . as it has been seen in different parts of the county be- gives us a scene that is quite extravagant in its drol tween Wigton and the place where it was destroyed, it lery. Miss Daly proves a worthy sister of the inimi may have bitten several other dogs ; it would, there- table Baganel. The best chapter, however, in the lore, only be showing a due regard for public safety present number is one relating the levee of the then were all owners of dogs in the locality we have men. Commander-in-Chief his Royal Highness the Duke tioned to confine these animals for a certain time until of York. The interview between the Knight and they had ascertained that there was no fear of danger, the Duke is so cleverly detailed, that we herewith or in case of their exhibiting symptoms of hydrophobia transfer it to our columns : that they might be destroyed.—Cumberland Packet of " A considerable time elapsed before Lord Castle- Tuesday. reagh with the Knight following, had entered the room. LONDON COACHMAKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU.• I" It is against the positive orders of his Royal High- TION. —Last night the yearly meeting of the members ness, my Lord,' said an aide-de-camp, barring the and supporters of this society, which is established for passage; none but field o ffi cers, and in full uniform, are the relief of indigent members, their widows and o r pha ns , received by his Royal Highness.' was held at the rooms of the Institution, King-street, "Lord Castlereagh whispered something, and on- Golden-square, Mr. Savage in the chair. Mr. Brown ,deavoured to move on, but again the other interposed, the secretary, read the report., which stated that the so- saying, Indeed, my Lord, I'm deeply grieved at it, but ciety's funded property amounted to 3001., excl us i ve o f I cannot—l dare not transg ress my urde rs. up tothis of in the banker's hands, and that the subscripti ons " The Duke, who hadbeen enga g ed of the year, including a previous balance, figured moment conversing with a group suddenly turned, an and 681. 17s. 6d., leaving a general balance of 4211. Upon the p erce i v i ng t h at the presentations were no t followed up, motion of Mr. Lee the report was adopted. said, Well, gentlemen, lam waiting.' Then recogni- A HALT AT THE ALTAR. Thursday was fixed sing Lo r d Castlereagh, added, gaily, Another time, for Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Bromyard, a third time to my Lord, another time; this morning belongs to the enter on hymeneal blessedness. She was 78, and the service, and the colour of your coat excludes you.' object of her affections was a stalwart smith, of Norton, "6I ask your Royal Highness's pardon,' said Lord under 40. The bride was there in time—her groom was Castlereagh, in a tone of great deference, while he made not, and two weary hours did she wait for his coming. the apology an excuse for advancing a step into the By-and-by John appears, tolerably cool. " I'm sorry room, have but just left the Council, and was anxious I's kept you waitin', Betty," says he. " Why, where to inform you, that your Royal Highness's suggestions have you bin, John," says she. " Oh, I've bin to the have been fully adopted.' castle, a cleaning the squire's smokejack." The lady "' Indeed! is that the case,' said the Duke, with an was satisfied—business must be attended to—work first , elated look,' while he drew his Lordship into the recess though it is but cleaning smo k e j ac ks, a nd play after, of a window. The intelligence to judge from the Duke's though it be but the small joke of marrying a wife—is a expression, must have been both important and satisfac golden rule. And so the two were hitched together in tory, for he looked intensely eager and pleased by turns. the matrimonial noose.—Worcester Herald. "' And so,' said he aloud, • they really have deter- FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—About half-past five mined on Egypt? Well, my Lord, you have brought o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the premises me the best tidings I've heard for ma n y a d ay .' occupied by Mr. William Bentley (executor of Messrs. " And like all bearers of good dispatches,' said Lord Massey and Travis), calenderer, &c., 28, Deansgate. Castlereagh, catching up the tone of the Duke, prefer The fire originated in what is called the raising -room, a claim to your Royal Highness's patron age .' where the shearing of certain descriptions of cloth is "'lf you look f a r C he lsea, my Lord, you are just five carried on, and all the hands were at work at the time. minutes too late. Old Sir Harry Belmour has just got it.' It was first perceived amongst the waste on the floor, "'I could have named as old and perhaps a not less and as this is of an excee,iiugly inflammable nature, the distinguished soldier to your Royal Highness, with- this fire in a short time had spread over the whole room, and additional claim , a cla im I must say, your Royal High • ignited the roof of the building. An alarm was imme- ness never disregards—'diately sent to the police-yard, and Mr. Thomas Rose " That he has bsen unfortunate with the unlucky,' was sp ee dily on t h e spot w i t h an eng i ne ; b ut meant i me, sa id t h e D u ke, laughing, and .good-nattubreedketablelurdiianngds ; to the workpeople had done all they could to extinguish his own failure in the expedition to the fl ames , and after the engine had played for about ten but who is your Maud ?' minutes, the fire was complet e ly su bd ue d. It i s no t "'The Knight of Gwynne •, an Irish gentleman—' known at present how it originated, as all the lights ‘" One of your late supporters, eh, Castlereagh P said used in th a t room are protected. The damage done is the Duke, laughing. Hew came he to be forgotten til l Principally to the machinery ; out of eight raising ma- this hour, or did you pass him a bill of gratitude, paya ble chines four having been almost entirely destroyed. The at nine months after date ?' property is insured.—Munchester Guardian. "'No, my Lord Duke, he was an opp onent ; he was I 'THE ATRICAL F RACAS.—At the Greenwich Police- man that f never could buy, when his influence and court on W ednesday, Mr. Herbert, the lessee of the power were such as to make the price of his own die- Deptford Theatre, was charged with ass au lti ng M r . C ane , t a ting. Since that day, fortune has changed with him.' one of the performers, by ejecting him from the green- " And what do you want with him, now ? said the room, when he rinsed t o perform until his arrears of Duke, while his eyes twinkled with a sly malice, 'are salary were paid. In Cane's hurried Ejectment from the you imitating the man that bowed down before the green-room his nose came against the wall, and several statues of Hercules and Apollo at Rome, not knowing contusions and bruises of an anti-dramatic appearance when the time of those fellows might come up again ? were the result. The magistrate recommended a corn- Is that your game ?' promise, which the parties effected by virtue of a " Not exactly, your Royal Highness, but I really feel 59TOreigU and S rumpet9aii dinner, some scruples of conscience, that, having assisted sq many unworthy candidates to pensions and peerages, I should have done nothing for the most upright man I met in Ireland.' " If we could make him a Commissary-General,' said the Duke, laughing, ' the qualities you speak of would be of service just now—there never were such a set of ras cgls as we have got in that department ! But come, what can we do with him ? What's his rank in the army ? where did he serve ?' " If I dare present him to your Royal Highness, with out a uniform,' said Lord Castlereagh, hesitatingly, he could answer these queries better than I can.' " Oh ! by Jove 1 it is too late for scruples now—in troduce him at once.' " Lord Castlereagh waited for - no more formal permis sion, but hastening to the ante-chamber, took Darcy's hand, and led him forward. _ _ _ " If I don't mistake, Sir,' said the Duke, as the old man raised his head after a deep and courteous saluta tion, ' this is not the first time we have met—am I correct in calling you Colonel Darcy ?' The Knight bowed low in acquiescence. "' The same officer who raised the 28th Light Dra goons, known as 'Darcy's Light Horse ?'' The Knight bowed once more. " A very proud officer, in command,' said the Duke, turning to Lord Castlereagh with a stern expression on his features ; Colonel, who threatened a Prince of the Blood with arrest, for breach of duty.' " He had good reason, your Royal Highness, to be proud,' said the Knight, firmly ; first, to have a Prince to serve under his command ; and secondly, to have held that station and character in the service, to have ren dered so unbecoming a threat pardonable.' " And who said it was ?' replied the Duke, hastily. " Your Royal Highness has just done so.' " How do you mean ?' "' I mean, my Lord Duke,' said Darcy, with a calm and unmoved look, that your Royal Highness would never have recurred to the theme to one humbled as I am, if you had not forgiven it.' "' As freely, as I trust, you forgive me, Colonel Darcy,' said the Duke, grasping his hand and shaking it with warmth. Now, for my part, what can Ido for you? what do you wish ?' "‘ I can scarcely ask your Royal Highness, I find that some kind friend has already applied in my behalf—l could not have presumed, old and useless as I am, to pre fer a claim myseW " There's your own regiment vacant,' said the Duke, musing. 'No, by Jove ! I remember Lord Netherby asking me for it the other day, for some relative of his own—Taylor, is the Coloneloy of the 28th promised ?' " Your Royal Highness signed it yesterday.' "' I feared as much; who is it? perhaps he'd ex change.' " • Colonel Murk() Darcy, your Highness, unattached.. •" What, have I been doing good by stealth? Is this really so!' "`lf it be, your Royal Highness,' said Darcy, smiling, I can assure you that the officer promoted will not ex change.' " The depot is at Gosport, your Royal Highness,' said Taylor, so reply to a question from the Duke. " Well, station it in Ireland; Colonel Darcy may profer it,' said the Duke; for, as the regiment forms part of the expedition to Egypt, the depot need not be moved for some time to come.' " • Your Royal Highness can increase the favour, by only one concession, dare I ask it? To p erm it me t• take the command on service.' " The Duke gamed with astonishment at the old man, and gradually his expression became one of deep interest, as he said, _ " Colonel Darcy could claim as a right what I feel so proud to accord him as a favour. Make a note of that, Taylor,' said the Duke, raising his voice so as to be heard through the room, 'Colonel Darcy to take the command on service at his own special request. Yes, gentlemen,' added he, louder, these are times when the exigencies of the service demand alike the energy of youth, and the experience of ag e ; it is, indeed, a happy conjuncture that finds them united. My Lord Castle reagh and Colonel Darcy, are you disengaged for Wed nesday?' " They both bowed respectfully. " Then on Wedneiday I'll have some of your brother officers to meet you, Colonel. Now, Taylor, let us get through our list. "So saying, the Duke bowed graciously, and Lord Castlereagh and the Knight retired, each too full of pleasure to utter a word as as he went." If the serial be conducted to its conclusion with un flagging ability, " The Knight of Gwynne" will be the most admirable among the most many admirable actions of Mr. Lever. THE MAN IN THE MOON Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. This is an admirable sixpenny worth of fun. The illustrations by Phiz, Meadows, Hine, Thomas, &c., are capital ! and as the engineers for the amalgama tion of the broad gauge of Fancy with the narrow gauge of Fact into the Grand General Amusement Junction, Albert Smith and Angus Reach beat the Brunels and the Stephensons hollow. To the Man in the Moon is due the credit of having given to the world— " THE VERY WORST RIDDLE EVER MADE. " Why was Queen Elizabeth a greater person than Shakspere? _. . " Because Shakspere was a wonder (one der), but Queen Elizabeth was a Tudor (two der). '• N.B. Your are humbly requested to suppress your indignation." Verily the Man in the Moon is greater than either ; for if Shakspeare was a won-der the perpetrator ef the abOve atrocity is, as far as word pressing is con cerned, at the very least a ten-der. Here is some thing else in the punning style not quite so bad:— "There is a Quaker gentleman residing at Clapham, who is so averse to capital punishment, that he cannot he persuaded to wear suspenders to his inexpressibles ." And here is an article which, although it appears in the guise of a jest, bath matter in it, and goes to the root of abuses legal and social. It is to make use of the Carlyle slang " most suggestive" : " THE BOGY COMMISSION. " On a recent trial, at the Central Criminal Court, a very pretty little girl, aged apparently about eleven, was put into the witness-box. The offence with which the prisoner was charged was grave, and the credibility of the witnesses was of great importance. The judge wished to ascertain whether the little lady ' understood the nature of an oath.' So the following dialogue passed between him in the horsehair wig, and her in the shining ringlets:— " My dear, do you say your prayers?' " ' Yes, sir, every morning and every night.' " " Suppose you tell a s t or y, what will becom e of y ou?' Old Bogy will hare m e , sir.' " Let her be sworn,' s a id the judge; and sworn she was; and, thanks to her evidence, a very ill-looking gentleman is at this moment wheeling a barrow in Nor folk Island. But her answers set the judge thinking, and the result has been a commission to inquire into the Bogy Religion, as held by the childish mind. A few extracts from the replies of the witnesses examined by the commiseion may be interesting to mothers in general, who may not be aware how widely the faith in Bigy is spread, or how earn es tl y i t i s enforced by missionaries in the disguise of nursery -maids. Emily Rudd exa m i ne d—l s eight yea rs old. Iles heard of Bogy. Never saw him, and hopes she never shall. Was told all about him by Jane , the maid, that let in the man that stole th e plate. Jane used to tell her of him every night. Jane used always to threaten her with Bogy when she could not go to sleep. Jane said Bogy had red-hot claws, and scratched all the flesh off little girls who did not go to sleep, or told tales to their papas or mammas. Believes Bogy sits in the cos] cellar, to be ready when he is wanted. Once heard him roaring on the stairs, and then she had a fit. " Charles Twits examined—Was five last birthday. Has heard of Bo but does not care for the Bog y in gy, his papa's house half so much as he does for Bogy at grandmamma's, he don't. That bah dreadful Bogy, grandmamma's is. Never saw him, saw the grating of the window, down in the well, where ho is. Thought he saw his horns come out one day when he threw a stone down the well. Never threw any more stones, and is afraid to walk in the garden. Don't want to talk about it. '° Margaret Macdowell examined —Thinks she is si x . has heard 6 of Bogy, but has not been naughty for a long time, and don't known why she is spoken to about him. If she is to speak about him, begs she may be taken up and nursed. (The rest of this witness's answer was g i ven in whispers.) Bogy is a great, horrid, naked, black mun, who is chained in the cellar, to chop up little children into sausages. Believes a little cousin of hers was chopped up for telling a fib. " Katherine Earnshaw examined—ls seven. There was a Bogy in the barn when she was with her aunt in Yorkshire. One night, when she had pinched the ser vant, she was taken into the dark barn f or Bog to see her. Screamed dreadfully, but they made h er Y fire, looking b at They took her to the end of the barn, and called all Bogy, in a moment she saw two dreadful eyes, .egan to her, and two great wings streched out. hiss at her, and Sarah said that in anothegrYminute he was•taken would have torn her all to pieces . , only she away. her aunt, when she heard of it, la told her it was only the owl, but Sarah said, and that it was a dreadful Bogy, and that he would up,tairs, have her aunt for laughing. She cried dreadfully certainly they put her to bed, and wouldn't g o „,,ain ally when a 6 to her aunt's, not for all the world. Mary Jane Howard, examined—ls seven quarters. There is no Bogy in her mamma's and three- Ann, the nurse, took her into the church house; but made her look into the vaults under and once, and the church. ing through the window, she saw thous Look and something else, too dreadful to telltrids of coffins, tell, it was a dead person who had bee n d If she must not bear to look at the face, but Ann toldr"ned. Could a Bogy, with flaming eyes, walking her there was and that he would fetch her and ti about the vaults, person, if she told about Ann leaving eh her to the dead walking with the soldier. Never did t er and going and ell, to go to church after she was shown Never liked that mamma never frightened her, she is to, sight. her The Man in the Moon is one of kind ' " companions for the fireside, or for a e most pleasant has ever tendered his services to railway t that public. a. laughter -loving THE PATRICIAN. In the present number of the Patrician we have the commencement of a series of articles on " the deaths of the Sovereigns of England," and the deaths and burial places of the English monarchs, from William the Conquerer to Henry 111. are described. It is not often that we find a political article in the Patrician, in the present number, however, there is a short hut ably written paper on the " Constitutional value of the British Aristocracy," in which the aris tocracy of Britain is co.mpare4 with the asistooracie MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1847. ' of the various continental nations, and with the aristo cracy of the United States ; for, notwithstanding a ll Brother Jonathan's democratic boastings, he has an aristocracy, and one, that of all aristocracies, is the least entitled to respect—the aristocracy of the money bags. A resume:of the "Trial of Capt. Donellan for the murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton is "the curious trial " given this month, and it would certainly have been better that the trial should have been given at greater length. Not one word appears about Donel lan's experiments in distilling laurel water (the basis of which is prussic acid), and which is the poison supposed to have been used on this occasion ; and many points alluded to in the summing up of the judge, which is given pretty fully, are not given at all in the evidence. The idea of giving a series of " curious trials connected with the aristocracy " is excellent, but the evidence should in all cases be given at length, so that the reader may be enabled to review the decision of the jury. From the "Frag ments of Family History" we extract the following account of the Pulteney Guinea : "Pulteney, the great leader of the Opposition, after wards Earl of Bath, having, in one of his speeches, made a Latin quotation, was corrected by Sir Robert Walpole, who offered to wager a guinea on the inaccu racy of the lines. The bet was accepted, the classic referred to, and Pulteney being found to be right, the Minister threw the guinea across the table, which Pul teney, as he took it up, called the House to witness, was the first guinea of the public money he had ever put into his pocket. Tho very coin thus lost and won is still preserved, as `the Pulteney guinea,' in the British Museum." THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE. The present number opens with a very elaborate article on Sir Robert Peel's currency principle, as tested by the experience of 1845, which may be considered as a continuation of the series of arti cles on Mr. Tooke's theory of the currency which have appeared in this magazine. We have, more over biographical sketches of the late M r . Alsager and of the late Mr. P. M. Stewart, in addition to the usual banking intelligence of the month. UNITED SLRVIC'E MAGAZINE. The article of the greatest permanent value in the present number of the United Service is the conti nuation of the " History of the Sikhs and the Pun jaub." We hope that when the publication of this history in the magazine shall be concluded, the pro prietors will re-publish it in a separate form. It is by far the best work on the Punjaub that has yet appeared. We have also in this number a well written history of Texas up to the period of the battle of San Jacinto in 1836, which is likewise an article of permanent value. In the way of fiction we have the commencement of the " Confessions of a Pirate," which reads like one of Eugene Sue's earlier novels, and the continuation of " Guard-room Sto ries." There is also an admirable review of " Thiers' Consulate and Empire," and several other excellent articles. This is an admirable number of the United Service. RAILWAY REGISTER. Edited 6,y Hyde Clarke, Esq. The present is the fifth volume of The !tailwa Register, a periodical which, as the editor justly boasts, in his opening address in the present number, "so far from being an ephemeral production, has ac quired for each volume the character of a standard and indispensable work of reference." This high character the present number fully maintains. The opening article is a well written review of the " Rail way Policy of 1846." All our readers have heard of " the stags, 'they were the produce of the Joint-stock Companies Registration Act, and albeit, they have been deprived of some of "the honours of their head," they flourish still as projectors of 2s. a share " little goes ;" but the "knacker " is a species as yet scarcely known out of the railway world. Like the stag, he is the creature of an Act of Parliament. "The Dissolution Act may be shortly named as a farce, which has done no good to the shareholders, and no hurt to the coramitte-men, but which has given much trouble, and has fostered a new set of gamblers, who, under the Stock Exchange name of " knackers," have played their pranks, by means of Lord Dalhousie's Act, to the heavy loss of the old shareholders, who went into the undertakings with honest views. Lord Dalhousie's Act came as a godsend to the lower members of the Stock Exchange, and to the brotherhood of outsiders. They saw at once how it could be worked, and hoar ' in a time of loss and dulness, it would give profit and em ployment. " The trick of knacking' was this. Having, as nearly as they could, learned the money remaining to be shared, they beared the stock in the market, below its worth, and having bought in in strength enough to make a large body, they began to cry out for breaking up the company, and putting Lord Dalhousie's Act in work, whether the old shareholders who held their stakes were willing to go on with the undertaking or not. As they were on the spot, and went together, the knackers, for the most part, won the day, and by this means carried on a thriving trade ; being willing to take a small sum whereby they made a large gain, and doing all they could to get back at once the money they had laid out, heedless whether the undertaking were good or bad ; though they did not forget to put forward anything which would anger the shareholders against the com mittee-men, or bring the committee men to yield to their demands. Very nearly the same men played this trick in each undertaking broken up, and although they lust sorely in some cases, where the knavery of schemers had been beforehand with them, by spending every farthing, yet, on the whole, they had every ground for thanking Lord Dalhousie in giving them this staff to play with ; when, otherwise, they would have had nothing to do, and many must have starved." The editor continues his valuable series of papers on Indian railways, and Mr. Rettie likewise continues his paper on the mode of preventing accidents in mines. We have also an interesting historical sketch of the mines of Guatemala; an account of a rota tory steam-engine recently invented by Messrs. Allingham and M‘Gauley ; and an account of the position and resources of the Newmarket and Ches terfield line, illustrated with a map. The Portfolio contains the original prospectuses, &c., of the Grand Junction Railway. AYFICTING SCENE. The ship Anglo-Saxon, which recently arrived at this port, brought over three hundred passengers from Ireland. Nine deaths occurred during the passage. The mother of a family of five children was among the deceased. The children were landed here without a friend, and were found on board of the vessel by a benevolent individual, who brought the case before the Rev. Mr. Flood, of St. Mary's, who altar, an d had them t a k en t o t h at church on Sunday, placed them ad e a nThe appealrnisnu result was,eir be t a a 1 t f 2 t 5 0 3 tha on benevolent the congregation. dol lars were paid in on the spot for their relief ! Four other orphans, similarly situated, have been provided for by the same benevolent pastor and people.—Boston Pilot. liarlar, OF THE WINDOW DUTIES.--Wednesday a very numerous meeting of delegates and de • from the v ar i ous metropolitan parishes, in the Court-house, Marylebone, for the purpose of devisi n the best me ans o f forcing upon the attention of Lh e g pre sent Government, in the ensui ng sess i on of Parliament, the necessity of carrying out a t o t a l an d i mmediate repeal of the window duties. Mr. J g cirohn Williams, o f t h e Re ent's- • Regent's-circus, oc cupied the ch a i r . Af ter some discussion, a was agreed to t o t h e effect— " That a meeting resolution was con vened for the ensu i ng week, to which the Members for the borough of Marylebone, the city of Westminster, and Lord Duncan, the - Member for Bath, be invited, to consider the propriety of appointing a deputation to the Government urging the necessity of an immediate and total repeal of the obnoxious window tax." PRICE OF Wnisty.—Wednesday, in consequence of the additional rate now chauged by distillers ou the price of whisky, a meeting of wine and spirit mer chants was held at Alexander Paxton's, Royal Ex change, to take into consideration the propriety of making a proportionate rise in the wholesale and re tail prices of that commodity. Resolutions were ac cordingly adopted by the meeting, to the effect that so long as distillers maintained their present high prices, the retail price of malt whisky should, on after Monday, 11th January, nut be less than 4d. per gill, and grain whisky 31d. An efficient com mittee, representing all the branches of the trade, was nominated to see that the trade carry their re solution into effect, and generally to watch over the interests of the wine and spirit dealers of Edinburgh.— Edinburgh Weekly Register. TIIE ROYAL STAGHOUNDS.—The frost having en tirely broken up, and the snow which had fallen in the vicinity of Ascot having disappeared, rendering the country again in a fit state for the enjoyments of the chase, her Majesty's staghounds met, for the first time since the 22d ult., on Tuesday last, at Winkfield-row, a short distance from the kennel. The deer Woodman, upon being uncarted on Tuesday, at Brock Hill, took away to Winkfield, doubling back to the church, where it was headed at Warfield-grove, and thence doubling round to I lawthorn-hill and Bray-common, it made for Binfield Church, by the Stag and Hounds, and was taken in the stable of the Windmill, at Oakingham, after a very good run of upwards of an hour. The meet to day (Thursday) will take place at Salt-hill, and on Saturday at Bedfont Tollgate. EXTRAORDINARY SIiIICIDE OF A LADY OF Fon- TUNE.—Wednesday morning an inquiry took place be fore Wm. Carter, Esq., at the Princess Charlotte, Albany-road, Camberwell, as to the death of Mrs. Sarah Gregory, aged 60. Mrs. Martha Burgess stated that the deeeaaed resided at 1, Albany-place, Albany , - road. She was the aunt of Mrs. Smithe , of St. John s Wood, who left a large fortune for the education of her children, and the witness was left her executrix. Upon the death of Mrs. Smithe they removed to 1, Albany• road, and on the 31st f December she went up to her room, and found her lying on a sofa and vomiting. She asked her what was the matter, and she replied, " I have taken arsenic. Thi s is the worst thin g I ever did_" Her mind had been singularly altered of late, and she a said, when witness went up to her, she had t ken a great deal ; upon with and the medical man arriving the stomach pump , s he said, `° Oh! it is too late now. She said it was too much for her to do to distribute and attend to the money and children; and the obligation s of the will witness consider' d had turned her brain. The deceased was under the impression that everything they had for dinnerwas too expensive. She would say at a common dinner, " Why, can we afford this, Martha?" when, in fact, she was the trustee for the children of , great property, and possessing good property herself. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." OPIUM GAMBLING IN INDIA (From the 13entbay Gentleman's Gazette.) The gambling transactions in opium, carried on by the native merchants and shroffs of India—more espe cially of the Bombay presidency—have attracted the se rious attention of European merchants, and largely in fluenced the state of our markets, since we last appeared before our European readers. We felt it our dup.— and, with the exception of two of our native contempo raries, we have been solitary in our endeavours—to ex pose in several recent articles the disgraceful doings of these gamblers, and the pernicious consequences of the whole system of gambling. As many of our mercantile friends at home are more or less connected in business with some of the parties whose names have been men tioned (and mentioned on good authority too) as being mixed up in this unprincipled traffic, we think it will be interesting to them to learn some of the particulars which we now proceed to furnish, begging our readers in India will excuse us for taking up so much space in recapitulating what must already be known to them through our columns. The first sale by the Bengal Government of nearly 1,700 chests of opium, a portion of the prance of their Patna farm, which was held at Calcutta on Monday last, has formed the nucleus of all this gambling. As many as 30 COO " first sale " chests are said to have been bar gained for among the gamblers, at prices varying from I,loor. to I,Boor. per chest. Of course only 1,700 chests of the 30,000 can be bought, and the average price at the Calcutta public sale en Monday last of these 1,700 chests, which are sold in lots of five chests, will be the settling price of the remainder. The latest specula... tive purchaser on the present occasion has been Ragoo oath dass Ramlall, a Marwarry, and agent in Bombay of the Indian Rothschild, Lutchmonchund Muneeram, shroff of the city of Muttra, in Bengal. His purchases are stated to be to the extent of 8,000 or 10,000 chests, sold to him at the range of prices above named by a clique of Ahmedabad, Bombay, and Malwa gamblers, who during the last two years are said to have won from Ramlall above seven lace of rupees in similar gambling transactions. If Ramlall has been able—as he intended and was prepared—to run up the price at the Calcutta sale of Monday, the 30th of November, to above 2,000 r. per chest—of course driving every other competitor out of tfte sale room at whatever cost—it will be seen that the differences in price to be made good to him by the Bombay clique and their confederates will be something enormous ; little less, indeed, than half-a-million sterling. The bulk of Ramlall's purchase was made about two months ago, and it was not until the beginning of November that his intentions became at all known to his victims, who, seeing nothing but ruin staring them in the face if their engagements are to be honourably car ried out, have been exhibiting the utmost alarm and attempting the maddest expedients to rescue themselves from their perilous position. A petition to the Supreme Government to put a stop to gambling and frustrate the intentions of their powerful opponents is said to have been forwarded to Bombay; bearing the signatures, be it remembered, of the most notorious gamblers, and themselves the originators of the very evil against which they profess to complain! Meetings innumerable have been held everywhere over this island within the last fortnight, and threats and entreaties have been in vain used to induce Ramlall to come to an amicable compro mise of the matter. One of the most prominent and im portant of the threats has been, that they will treat their engagements as not binding, and refuse payment. Hitherto these gambling debts have been considered as debts of honour of the most sacred obligation and we now hear of " repudiation" for the first time. The Marwarry gamblers do not, let it be observed, participate in this dishonourable sentiment. We believe, moreover, that earnest money having been paid by Ramlall on all his purchases, and the transactions being otherwise bona fide bargains, these gamblers can be compelled in a court of law to pay the full extent of their engagements. It re mains to be seen whether this alternative will have to be adopted. We do not, however, think that where an honest endeavour is made to pay, Ramlall will press his debtors harshly or to the utmost. In the meantime, some of the effects which in our article of the 20th of last month we predicted would follow this gambling have become wofully apparent. Business has been suspended among the gamblers them selves, internal exchanges have become deranged as a natural consequence, distrust prevails in the bazaar, le gitimate trade is paralysed, and general credit shaken. Our home readers will recollect that the gamblers re present collectively the majority, we had almost said the whole, of our native moneyed interest. The conse quences already produced by this odious practice are bad enough in all truth, but we can scarcely bring ourselves to hope that the issue will not be infinitely worse. We shall know the worst ere another week passes over our heads. At present all is doubt and conjecture ; bat a strong presentiment is felt by many that the crisis will not pass over without a convulsion of our monetary system that will be felt far and wide, long and severely. We trust this presentiment may be wrong, but we have our fears. Although we cannot acquit Ramlall of a little selfish ness and a large desire for vengeance, yet we consider that the mercantile community of India is much indebted to him for his administering so well that retributi%e jus tice and well-merited punishment which the gambhngs of the last three years so loudly called for. Let us hope that out of all this " evii" will come " good," and that the blow which he has so dexterously struck at the trunk and branches will reach the roots of , this baneful tree, and extirpate it for ever from the soil of India. We have within the last few days heard it contended that the petition of the Bombay gamblers to the Supreme Government, which we have above mentioned, was not so mad or groundless, after all ; for, say its advocates, Government will be made aware thereby that a large proportion of its subjects will be ruined if things are allowed to take their present course, and though Govern. went may gain 10 lacs, or even 20 lacs, by the sale of 1,700 chests at 2,000 r., still the ruin of so many opium merchants will leave but few purchasers for the remain ing 14,000 chests produced this season at their Behar farm, and the Sirkar will lose as much or much more in the remaining eight tales as it gained at the first one. This is very specious—very ingenious, indeed. But what are the facts ? In the first place, Government has no right to interfere ; in the second, we cannot think that it will have had any wish to interfere. It wants money now, and moreover, it is not likely to be a loser by taking as much as it can get from this same first sale. For suppose it to sell 1,700 chests (we speak of Pataa only), at 2,000 r. at the first sale, it can afford to sell the remaining 14,000 at an average of about 1,200 r., and yet make as much out of its Behar opium farm this season as it did last, which, be it observed, was its test. Now 1,200 r. is a price that may fairly be expected in open market for every chest the Government possesses, and that rate will pay the shipper to China, so long as the drug there continues at its present price, and there will be a ready demand for every chest of it. Moreover, the Bengal Government is not, we presume, ignorant that the parties who thus petition against rui❑ are by no means large purchaser; of their drug. That their gambling has frequently in fluenced the price favourably for Government is not to be doubted, but without any very serious detriment. Our home readers will learn more on this subject when another fortnight shall bring round our day of inter course—always a pleasant one to us, and, let us hope, not unedifying to them. The subjoined supplement to the Bombay Government Gazette is of sufficient importance to merit imnaeduste insertion:— PROCLAMATION. TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT. REVENUE.-OPIUM. 1. With reference to the notification dated the 20th of August, 1846, published in a supplement to the Govern ment Gazette of the same date, notice is hereby given— that, from and after the Ist of June, 1847, passes for the free transit of Malwa opium to Bombay will be granted on application to the opium agent at Bombay, or to the resident and opium agent at Malwa, on pay ment of 400 Bombay rupees per chest of 1801 b. weight. 2. Passes will be granted for maunds instead of chests, should it be desired ; but in no case will a pass be given for less than 15 maunds or 5 chests. 3. Passes obtained at Bombay will not be given open to the persons taking them out, but enclosed in a sealed letter of advice to the opium agent at Malwa, who will countersign each pass before the opium is despatched ; persons taking out passes for Malwa opium, that may have left that province, will be required to satisfy the local authorities in whose district the drug may first arrive, that, in the event of its proving otherwise, the same may be confiscated, and the pass-money forfeited. 4. No duties will be exacted, on account of the Hon. Company's Government, on opium protected by passes; it will, however, be liable, should occasion require, to examination when in transitu, and also on its arr i va l at Bombay, with the view of ascertaining that the quantity corresponds with that specified in the pass ; but there will be no detention or obstruction by the efficers of Government, beyond what may be necessary for the dili gent prevention of any opium being conveyed into the territories subordinate to this presidency. 5. The owners of the opium will have to make their own arrangements for its transport. The dispatches will be accompanied by one or more chuprasses or peons, as the resident and the opium agents in Malwa shall consider advisable ; but the providing of escorts for the protection of the drug will rest with the owners ; and Government will not be answerable for any casualties that may befal the same. _ _ 6. It is left to the option of persons taking out passes to pay at the rate of 17 Bombay rupees per chest, in commutation of all customs and duties that may be due to the native states through whose territories the opium is conveyed, or to pay those duties themselves. Opium for which this commutation money may have been paid shall be allowed to pass equally free from customs and duties whether examined at, and dispatched from, Indore or Ratlam, or other marts in Malwa. 7. Persons residing at Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, or other places, desirous of exporting Malwa opium under a pass, will be furnished with the same on application to the British authorities resident at such places. 8. The Hon. the Governor in Council guarantees that the price to be paid for the passes and in commutation of the duties to native states shall continue as now fixed to the Ist of June, 1848, but the guarantee here given will not debar the Government from continuing to grant passes after the expiration of this period, should it think fit to do so, without a further proclamation. 9. For the convenience of individuals, deposits of Company s papers will be recei ve d on account of sums ' payable for the paAes and duties specified in Articles 1 and 6, interest being payable to Government on the same, until redeemed at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the deposit should be redeemed on or before the arrival of the drug at Bombay, from which period the charge on account of interest will be doubled. 10. Hoondies may be received by the opium agent in Malwa for passes taken out there, payable to the opium agent in Bombay within six days after sight ; if not re deemed within that period, a deposit of Company's paper or substantial security must be given by the parties con cerned, interest being charged at the rate of 5 per cent. until the arrival of the opium, which will be detained until payment be made, If securitioa be not Patin* produced, the hoondies will be returned as dishonoure d, and the opium seized on its arrival. 11. The holders of passes are to take tho opium to Indore, Rattan, or any other place in Malwa that may suit the wishes and convenience of both parties, to be weighed by persons who will be appointed by the opium agent in Malwa to perform that duty. 12. Fifteen days? notice must be - given to the opium agent in Alalwa, or his assistant, by all persons about to make exportations under licences, previously to the pro duction of the opium at the place of weighment, in order that he may be better prepared to receive, weigh, and despatch it. la. Only one despatch will be allowed under a pass, or license, which despatch may or may not, at the option of the holder of the pass, be for the full quantity men tioned in it; but a smaller quantity be exported, no drawback or refund from the sum paid for the pass will be allowed on account of such deficiency, excepting in the cases of such parties taking out passes at Bombay, who will be allowed a refund on account of such defici ency, on a report thereof being made to this Govern ment by the opium merchant in Malwa; but in the event of the actual despatch containing a greater quantity of opium than that for which the pass wis taken out, such excess shall be paid for at the rate specified in the first article of this proclamation, and shall by way of secu rity tor payment, be liable to detention by the collector of customs. 14. In weighing the opium an allowance of 3lbs. will be allowed for each cheit of 104Ibs. on account of leafage and dustage. 15. With the exception contained in Article 8, tho Hon. Governor in Council reserves to himself the right to adspt from time to time such measures as he may conceive to be necessary to prevent the illicit trade in opium, and to secure the object of Government in sanc tioning. the present arrangement. Published by order of the Hon. the Governor in Council. R. K. PRINGLE, Chief Secretary. Bombay Castle, Dec. 1, 1846. AMPUTATION WITHOUT PAIN. Our readers are aware that a series of experiment. recently made by an American physician, led him to an nounce to his professional brethren the discovery of a gas, the inhalation of which was capable of reducing the inhaler to a state of insensibility of so intense a charac ter, that the most painful operations might be performed without causing any, even the slightest, suffering to the patient. We stated on Saturday that an operation had been performed on the preceding day, at the Richmond Hospital, in this eity, on a female who was subjected to the inhalation of the gas whose newly-discovered pro perties promise to confer such benefits on suffering hu manity ; and that the result was of the most satisfactory character. Through the kindness of a professional friend, we are enabled to-day to give some of the details of this most interesting and successful experiment. The patient was a young woman under twenty years of age. She received an injury in the elbow-joint some weeks since, which is supposed to have been inflicted by a bramble penetrating the joint, and inducing inflamma tion of the delicate membrane that cover the surfaces of the bones of the joint. When admitted to the hospital the joint was much swollen, and in a state of suppura tion. Mr. M'Donnell, the gifted surgeon, under whose care, she was, applied every remedy which professional skill could suggest, but without effect. The patient was rapidly sinking ; her constitution was unequal to the combat ; hectic fever set in, and on a consultation being held it was the unanimous opinion of the surgeons of the institution that there remained but one means of saving the girl's life—amputating the arm. The poor girl was apprised of her position ; she consented to undergo the operation, it being the last chance of life, and Wednesday last was fixed on as the day on which it was to be per formed. We understand that on Tuesday evening Mr. M'Donnell first conceived the idea of testing the efficacy of *be narcotizing gas—the fumes of pure sulphuric ether I —but with that self-devotion so characteristic of great minds, he resolved that his first experiment should be on himself. The necessary apparatus had to be made, and the contemplated operation on the girl was postponed to Friday. The apparatus necessary to apply the fumes of the ether with effect, though simple, requires nice adaptation. That recommended consiet essentially of two valves placed in a tube, and acting in different direc tions—the one opening at each inspiration, so as freely to admit the fumes of the ether, and closing at each ex piration ; the other opening at each expiration, so as to anmit of the escape of the expired air, and closing at each effort at inspiration, so as to exclude the atmosphe ric air, and thus prevent the too great dilution of the fumes. These valves, it is obvious, must play with such freedom as to offer no serious obstacle to the process of inhalation. After several failures an apparatus was pro cured, and Mr. M'Donnell, accompanied by a professional fsiend, in whose steadiness and skill he had perfect con fidence, retired to his study to make his first experi ment—and on himself. After a few minutes' inhalation the operator became perfectly insensible. He, however, was quickly restored from his temporary death. No unpleasant sensation re mained, and—resolved that the poor girl should not be experimented on till he had first properly satisfied him self that no possible injury could result to her—Mr. M'Donnell again and again operated on himself, each time protlucing the most perfect insensibility—in fact, a complete absence of all sensation ; and on being restored, each time felt, as be afterwards described it, no unplea sant sensation ; but, on the contrary, rather a pleasing sense of quiescence during the return of sensibility, which lasted for some minutes. having thus convinced himself of the safety of the "”t3 ex periment, and his friend of the perfect temporary anni hilation of sensation, Mr. Mijonnell proceeded en Fri day to perform the operation (amputation) on his pa tient, in the presence of a number of his professional brethren. Having treated his patient as he had pre viously treated himself, she became insensible in a few minutes, and he proceeded to operate. The several stages of the operation were proceeded with, the patient all the time evincing no evidence of consciousness. The integuments and muscles were cut through, the bone was sawed across, and the amputated arm laid aside, the patient continuing to all appearance ignorant of the whole proceeding. These several stages occupied some thing more, we believe, than a minute and a half, and more than two minutes more elapsed before the patient evinced any symptons of returning sensibility. When she first became conscious, the distinguished opera tor was tying one of the bleeding vessels. This she felt, and described her sensation accurately, she also com plained of a sense of smarting, such as is usually felt after an incised wound, over the surface of the stump. She was perfectly conscious during the dressing of the stump, ard her sensations at the time in no way ap peared to differ from those of patients operated on in the usual way. She appeared, however, to suffer less, and was less agitated, than other patients. Since Friday the patient has been doing well. No bad symptoms have appeared—none of any character attributable to the inhalation. We cannot conclude our notice of this interesting and instructive case without congratulating Mr. M'Donnell on the new triumph this operation adds to an already remarkably successful professional careen—Dublin Free man's Journal. Ozr SAlsom's, JAL I. 7 Wind E.—Republic, New York The family of the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., has been greatly alarmed at the serious illness of Lady Clerk. By letters received in town from Penny cuick, we are glad to find that her Ladyship is out of danger, and when sufficiently recovered will accompany her family to join the Right Hon. Baronet in Park-street. CHAPEL ROYAL, ST. JAMKS'S.—Wednesday being the anniversary of the Feast of Epiphany, or the Mani festation of Christ to the Gentiles, the same was duly observed at the Chapel Royal, according to ancient usage. Sir WilliaM Martins (of the Lord Chamber lain's office), presented on behalf of her Majesty, the ac customed offerings of gifts, gold, and frankincense, &c. EXPLOSION OF BOILERS.—The constant occurrence of accidents to steam boilers is disgraceful to us as a nation, in a mechanical point of view, and calls for in quiry. It would seem to be necessary that every boiler should be examined by a public officer before it is sent out.--The Builder. DESTITUTION IN LIVERPOOL.—The parish offices in Fenwick-street have for several weeks presented an extraordinary scene of confusion, owing to the immense number of applicants for relief, but yesterday the appeals were more numerous than ever. The street was quite im passable. No fewer than 1,500 families, representing on an average three persons, were yesterday relieved, of whom probably three-fourths were Irish. The relief dispensed during the day, up to six o'clock last night (and the dis tribution had then by no means ceased), was 2,300 rations of bread and 2,000 soup tickets, in addition to a large sum in money.. The burdens on the ratepayers will be immensely increased by this large outlay, but we see no means at present of lightening the pressure. Liverpool Standard. RE-OPENING OF COAL-PITS.—On Saturday last there was a procession of a somewhat novel character through the streets of Manchester and Salford, to cele brate the re-opening of two of the coal- p its at the en dleton Colliery, belonging to John Fitzgerald, Esq., whic h have In for the m upwardsonthof of three August, 8 yearsl4b4, h orke beeni nun d atedwin with water. of coal at b o th the Albert and the six-toot mine was totally stopped by their being flooded. Mr. Fitzger a ld shortly afterwards erected a stationary engine and pump, in order to endeavour to clear the pits; and though for some time the task seemed almost hopeless, the exer tions were continued with vigour, till, after incessant pumping night and day, for nearly three years, the men w ere again enabled to commen ce coal-getting operations. —Manchester Guardian. THE WEATHER AND THE PARES.—REFORT or THE ROYAL HUMANE SOClETY.—Yesterday the ice upon the several lakes i n St. James 's, Hyde, and Regent's parks, which h a d a ff or d e d so muc h exercise and enjoy ment to all classes of society, was reduced to such an extreme thinness as to be considered entirely unsafe. In some parts it had disappeared altogether. The secre tary of the Royal Humane Society yesterday issued a report of the icemen's operations, and the numbers of sliders and skaters since the commencement of the frost. From the statement it appears that the number of persona immersed was 55, all of whom were rescued by the society's icemen, with the aid of their apparatus. One accident only (in St. James's-park) terminated fatally— a report of w hich was published in our paper some time since. The total number of individuals who have ven tured upon the ice of St. James's-park, the Serpentine, Hyde-park, Regent's-park, and the two ornamental ponds of Kensington-gardens, exceeded (it is stated) 100,000. The accidents by fallS upon the ice were very numerous, and of a very serious description ; and in these cases surgical and other assistance was afforded by the society's officers, and medical gentlemen engaged for that purpose. During the operations of the society, several munificent donations have been received at their marquees and receiving-houses in each park, from the Earl of Ellesmere, the Hon. Ir. Caoogan, F. Regori* Esq., J. Ouselcy, Esq., &c. --,. 1