The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-30 00:00:00

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LLTTS TUL ALL I \ This was a suit instituted against the Blackwall Railway u ornpany, for compensat i on for the loss of tithes, so MCA :doped by the constructin ion The Sun, of their railway. The facts have already app nlB HONOUR delivered judgment to-day,and decided that rate In the case of certain houses specified in the bill, the com lAlly should p ay 2 s. 9d. in the pound, in that of others the originally paid, and with respect to some other points he reserved his judgment. use was ordered to be mentioned the first day after term. CO MMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) BEAUMONT V. DRESDEN. ,lIJS was acase which was tried on W e dn es d a y last, before 2 1 r. Justice Coltman, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The action was brought by a (!eachtnaker to recover th e pr i ce o f a carr i age, w hi c h th e End or gefeudant, it was allegel, had seen at the plaintiff's shop, ,t, dered to be p u t aside at the back of the shop for him. Monday, the 15th, by the defendant's order, the carriage TZ r as sent h ome, and he was driven out in it that day, b ut on onday it was returned, and had never been paid for. o points had been raised—whether there was 4,"'Lt a cceptance of the goods within the statute of ! lau ds ; and if there had been an acceptance, whether Learned been on the Sunday, and therefore void. The Judge gave leave to move on these points to eater a nonsuit. Mr. PRENTICE now moved for the rule, contending there 1 . 03 a distinction between delivery and acceptance, and that if even there was a good delivery, which he submitted there was not, still there had been no acceptance.—Rule granted. BANKRUPTCY. -(THIS DAY.) IN RE DONALDN. This bankrupt who had carried SO on business as a coach maker in Regent-street and Margaret-street, came up to Pass his last examination. The bankrupt said he was not prepared with, his accounts as they had net been properly made out. T he Learned COMMISSIONER said accountants were not 'veognised by the Court, it was the duty of the bankrupt to Make up his accounts. The report of the official assignee was put in, from which aPpeared that the sums entered in this account appeared to have been arrived at by guess work or balancing one item against the other, although there was a ledger, day-book, cash-book, journals, and other materials for making a perfect account. The bankrupt said it was all the fault of his accountant. The Learned COMMISSIONIR—I repeat that we do not re cognise accountants here; thus it is that bankrupts attempt to deceive the Court, letting accountants make out a specious account, which the bankrupt signs and swears to. The bankrupt said he had refused to sign it or swear to it, but he could not get the accounts in time to make one out according to the rules of the Court. The Comusstoriss said it was quite clear that the bank ' rapt could not pass on these accounts, and the estate ought not to be put to the expense of another meeting, but as the official assignee (Mr. Green), who always took a kindly part, had expressed his belief that the bankrupt was an honest ' Elan, he would adjourn the case for a short time for proper accounts, but this case ought to be a warning to all bank ropts.—Adjourned accordingly. LONDON SESSIONS.—THIS DAY.) ' KEEPING A HOUSE OF ILL-JAMIE. —Ann Robinson and Joseph smith, who were indicted some time since for keeping a disorderly house in Hare-court, Aldersgate• street, were called up to receive judgment. Mr. CLartiKsoN . stated that at the last session he made an aPPlication for the recognizances to be estreated, as the de fendants did not appear, and they had not abated the • naisance. Mr. Posten, the vestry clerk, proved giving de fendants notice to appear, but they laughed in his face— there being, however, some slight irregularity in the notice, the Court had directed other notices to be served for this day, • Which had been done, and immediately afterwards it was .thrown out into the street. Evidence was adduced to this effect, and The RECORDER said it must be stated on affidavits. -A man got up to say he had taken the house, and was Ping to Open it on Monday in the chimney-sweeping line. Fie took it last week of Mrs. Robinson's servant, who kept the house. The REC ORDER ( to M r. Cl ar k son ) — H ere i s a l ucky t hi ng for you. This man is just the one to prove the occupancy. Let him be joined in the affidavit. The witness, who had evidently gone up thinking by a alde-wind to assist the parties, seemed somewhat surprised at the turn affairs had taken. He said he 'had only come nP to " claim protection," as he meant to carry on trade. T he RECORD ER sa id t h e parish officers would not interfere with him if he only carried on legitimate business. itxmovar, or A PAUPER.—In a parish appeal against the ..e,ra tt eval of a paup er , Mr. PasinEv handed in a consent by nsel on both sides, that the order should be quashed, on the ground that the pauper was irremoveable under the last ;teetawhich prevented paupers from being removed after a liable, of 5 years in the p ar i s h i n w hi c h they bec a me _ A note to th at effect was marked in the hope that .fe Co urt would h ave i t i n the order, to prevent any future ."nievaL—The order was quashed. ftTITIONs llousP ON PRIVATE BILLS. 4 COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22 OF , before Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. Assistant- Examiner FLERE.) UNOPPOSED LIST. • tiThe formal proofs in the following cases having been taken • sta nding orders mere declared to have been complied with : „Leeds., Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway. Ipswich Docks Acts Amendment. B uckingh am Gas Light Act Amendment. ~,.,".,...he i ngharn and Brackley Junction Railway and Oxford _1 , !1?1_1 tchl9- Junction Railway Companies (Amalgamation .012 Extension of Lines). Ityde Improvement. Pier Extension. G LASGOW OPPOSED LIST. pItA , PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK RAILWAY ANCHES AT PORT GLASGOW, AND TO THE C LE AL D ONIAN RAILWAY, AND DIVERSION OF AN). I n this adjourned case it was decided that the standing —a had not been complied with. WJTII YORKSHIRE, DONCASTER, AND GOOLE RAILWAY (PURCHASE OF SHEFFIELD, ROTHER HAM, AND BARNSLEY, WAKEFIELD, HUDDERS FIELD AND GOOLE RAILWAY, AND OF DEARN N AVIGATION AND DEARN DOVE CANAL. ....lila consideration of the allegations in this case was re d. (11( " 1 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant- Examiner Gtrformr..) UNOPPOSED LIST. the the following cases the formal proofs were received, and tut Examiners decided that the standing orders had been complied with:— Bolton Improvement. Woodford Metropolitan Cemetery. Imperial Continental Gas Company. Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Railway veviations and Approach to Manton Station). ADJ•URNED PETITION. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL RAILWAY (WITH BRANCHES). In this case, which occupied the Examiners nearly the Whole of yesterday, the remaining petitions were with drawn, and the Examiners decided that the standing orders had not been complied with. Mr. May then adjourned until Monday. SUDDEN DEATH ON HORSEBACK.-011 Tuesday __ e vening, as Master Robert Wheeley, second son of Robert bTheeley Esq., Pentre House, was proceeding with his brother John to visit his grandfather (the Rev. James Jen kin') at the Llanfoist Rectory, he was seized with a fit and fell from his pony ; he was immediately conveyed to the bearest house, and medical attendance instantly procured, - much regret to say that life was extinet.—Noremouth aeneon. VRNTITATION of Gas.—There is an amendment rinhe use of gas, by the way, of very general requirement, l icit may here be noted down while we think of it. In kW, we have already done so in more instances than one, ,)_ ll ,t the importance and general want of such an amendment i nduces us here to repeat the very obvious suggestion that ratans for the proper ventilation of the injurious products fenerated in the burning of gas within doors ought to be i?sisted on, and provided, either by tha force of public en !!glitennaent on the subject, or of legislative enactment itself 12'_L c ourse of the p ropose d amen d ments. Gas burners con peie the vital air no less than human lungs. and we are at sr moment in as lamentably defective and aboriginal a .er It 'a of Progress with respect to the ventil a ti on o f th e dele 1° rious products o f gas b urn i ng as our a b or i g i nal progeni -8 Were with respect to the ventilation of their domestic 4earths while chimneys were unknown.—Th e B u ild er . th. M ANAGEMENT OF MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday MANAGEMENT of two o f th e C omm i ss i oners, t h e Earl of C h i chester tz :Lord Seymour_, appointed to inquire into the manage tip: 4 ‘ of Milbank Prison, was printed. A third Commissioner • aPPointed, Mr. B. , Escott, and as a dissentient he will d a separate report. The document now issued bears the • eof the present month, and in a communication from the tllder-Secretary of State to the inspectors of the prison, of tausth instant, he informed them that Sir G. Grey had t i?ght it right to place the report in their hands without ; -1 _ 1 !)r in order that no time might be lost in attending to „:4 . 11 of its suggestions as had not been already anticipated. Ta r 'Rog the suggestions, which will require tlie sanction of ae 'lament, the Under-Secretary noticed the separation of 141. governing authority of the prison from the functions ex vreised by the inspectors, who unite the duties in their own Persons, and it was his intention to propose to Parliament an amendment in that respect, of the Act 6th and 7th Victoria, the p. 26. for regulating the prison at Milbank. The Secre tary of State required the inspectors to prepare a code of rules for the government of the prison, and to submit the flame to him for his approval. He requested the in aPectors to communicate to the governor a copy of the r e .. Port, as related to him, and to impress on him " the indis- Pensable necessity of exercising greater caution and self eoromand in those particular points which h ave b een pointed Oat by the Commissioners as exceptions to his general high character and qualifications for his office. Sir G. Grey r egrets to observe that in the opinion of the Commissioners he of the officers of, the prison were liable to censure from i4e u nsatisfactory character of their evidence and the spirit . 1 1 1 [ Which it was given. As a considerable time has since i h a Psed, and no complaint has in the meantime been laid be eel° S ir G. Grey with regard to them, he trusts that their eop .s i eq, uent conduct may have been such as to render their p u Z i a c u sl ance . in their offices consistent . with advantage to the that service, But I am to desire you will inform . them, sub u ! Perseverance by any officer of the prison in conduct fronlversiVe of its discipline, will be held to disqualfy them alisaitr:etaining their situations." The inquiry by the com nerdeners had reference to the petitions of a discharged 1 4 e:aeon r o lla r Ted Baker, prtipat•esented by Mr. T. Duncombe to the C ommons, and that gentleman attended the inves . ion with Baker, and examined the witnesses at his dis flud rePortede rep or t Commissioners inspected the establishment, th e generally on its management. The letter from ni t i o . 'ley-Secretary gives the principal points in the report, TL "1 with the appendix, extends to sixty-one folio pages. 'L." faults which the Commissioners consider the governor to Wit e h ha t. r .geable with, relate to a too hasty method of dealing :1 0 3 enreer ° 8 ; r 7 .,le c vw e il r l s ; the occasional use of improper or offensive 81° ° 8 an an inattention to the rules of the prison. probably be discussed in the House of Com- T b .: 41 days. SOANEflame MuSEuM.—it may be interesting to 151 41:trfteae! Sir our readers to know that the season during which oa_ne's museum is open to the public commences the -,4,,. o F tr, e l ) tat ru f a il r ly • 21,)e fro m N.,lew:dhibeyh a d p a A t a o ti on the tioastonlelleosi t the museum. —The Btalder. Orlloral, and 23Ya. Marines, consisting of one sergeant, one , lie hrnent tN. 29.—Yesterday. morning ade - privates, marched en route for Woolwich to jztereonceizecla_to,Po_rtsmouth to join the Marine Artillery, and 12 rcued also for duty at Woolwich. i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 30, 1847. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. • • • "''' ~f 1 f:11. %V, OA:, The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction, and Coplawhill Branches, and Montrose-street Terminus)—" to enable the Glasgow, Air drie, and Monklands Junction Railway Company to make certain Branch Lines, to extend their Terminus to Montrose street, Glasgow, and to amend the Act relating to such Railway." Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Cowlairs Branch)—" to enable the Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway Company to make a Branch from, at, or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to or near Cowlairs, and to amend the Act relating to such Railway." Liskeard and Launceston Branch—" for making a Railway from Lanneestcn to join the Cornwall . Railway, near the town of Liskeard, all in the county of Cornwall." WeaiValley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Extension, and Wear and Derwent, and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation—" for enabling the Wear Valley Railway Company to purchase or lease the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, the Wear and Derwent Railway, the Weardale Extension Railway, aad the Shildon Tunnel, and to raise an additional sum of money, and for other purposes." North :Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedberg)--" for enabling the North-Western Railway Com pany to make certain alterations and diversions in the Main Line of their Railway at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh." Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (Amalgamation or Leasing—" to consolidate the Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railway Company." Aberdeen (Brechin Branch Deviation)—" to enable the Aberdeen Railway Company in part to alter their Branch Railway to Brechin." Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction Con necting—" to enable the Aberdeen Railway Company to make a Railway from the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, in the parish of Forfar, to the Scottish Midland Junction Rail way, in the parish of Glammis." Direct London and Portsmouth, and London, Brighton, and South Coast Amalgamation—" to unite and consolidate the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company with the London. Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company." Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &c.)—" for enabling the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Company to alter a por tion of the Line of their Oldham Branch, and fbr other pur poses." London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway)—" to incorpo rate the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds, Dewsbary, and Manchester Rail way Company, with the London and North-Western Rail way Company." Manchester 'and Leeds (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union, and new Line into Leeds) —" to enable the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to alter the Line and Levels of the Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union Railways, and to make a new Line into Leeds." Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—" to authorise certain alterations of the Line of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto." Norfolk (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway near Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth)—" to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Railway from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway near Reedham, with a Branch therefrom to Halesw•orth." The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Avr (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2). North Staffordshire (Alterations and Branches). North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley and Trent Valley Junction). Llynvi Valley Extension. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. I—Yarmouth Ex tension). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station at Shef field and Branch to the Sheffield Canal). South-Eastern (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge). South .Eastern (Croydon and Bromley Branches). South-Eastern ( 'Maidstone to Chart). South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone). South-Eastern (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction.) South-Easterri(North Kent Line). Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Carey Branch). Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Deviation of Main Line, &c.). Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, and Chester and Birkenhead Amalgamation. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Acts Amendment (Diver sions of Line in the parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in t he-Moors) • _ _ Direct London and Portsmouth. Dundalk and Enniskillen Act Amendment, Great Western ( Brar ches to join the Ve; - t - hon don, Hammer- smith, a c.). Great Western (Berko and Hants Amendment and Branches). Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c.) Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration at Reedham). THE WEST HIGHLANDS. 11 7 ° arA clad to find that in Glengarry, Lord Ward hat been • 0:1 ever since dearth or scarcity of provisions was (eared. By a letter from his Lordship's factor, Mr. Scott, to a; en tleman in town, are learn it:at not only has his Lordship provided ample work for•all the labourers, women, and boys on his estate, who are capable of working, and that at very ample rates of wages, but that be also supplied from fifteen to twenty bolls of meal weekly to the very poor and infirm, gratis ; to the less poor at. half or two-thirds of the prime cost ; and to the able-bodied labourers at the prime cost of meal in October last. BesPes this, his Lordship has an nually expended in improvements in Glengarry the whole rents of the estate, less only public burdens and expense of management; and farther, his Lordship pays all his tenants' shares of poor-rates and income-tax. From Arisaig, January 19 :—"As the potatoes have always been the staple food of the people of this country, their state of destitution for the last half-year may easily be imagined, and but for the aid afforded them, their condition would have been deplorable. The noble proprietor, besides the supply regularly given to the poor who receive parochial aid, ordered meal to be given to the old and infirm who cannot work ; and in December last gave two bolls of oat meal each to thirty-three families, tenants. This month his Lordship has given them work at draining,. trenching, and ha proving land, for which they receive meal in payment.- The Free Church have a store here, and a weekly supply is given from it to such as are not in either of these classes. The ensuing half-year will press more heavily on the. poor, as the little that some of them had has been exhausted. Many also who have land will not have seed. This is an important matter, and we hope it will be a subject of serious consideration." A Skye correspondent writes as follows, under the date of the 14th inst. :—" The weather here for ten days past has been remarkably fine for this time of the year. It is mild and dry, without frost; and, were it not for the low eleva tion attained by the sun, even at mid-day, and the shortness ' of his circuit, one would suppuse we had April or October in place of dreary winter. By the aid afforded by proprietors and poor's boards in the western part of Skye, the people are upon the whole as well supplied as the circumstances of the case can well admit of. We are in daily expectation of hear ing as to what is doing in reference to our condition iu the south, and that we shall have assistance soon from that quarter, which is certainly required. There was a meeting of the poor board of Durinish at Dunvegan yesterday, when the supplies so timeously and humanely given out by direction of the chairman, Macleod, of Macleod, were sustained by the other heritors. A discretionary power was still continued to the inspector, to supply occasional aid. Petty thefts of tur nips, fowls, parcels of corn, &c., sometimes take place among us, but the wonder is that they are not of more frequent oc currence, and of greater extent." Another correspondent mentions that Macleod of Macleod is making preparations for commencing a brick and tile work on the farm of Bay. A person has been lately on the spot (engaged from Northamptonshire) to conduct the preparatory operations, and the locality is paid to be highly favourable for • a brick manufactory. We understand that there is now a Government steamer in South Uist, from which barley-meal is sold •at prime cost. The people are gladly availing themselvesof this opportunity to purchase food, and will spend all their little supplies in laying in provisions. The consideration now is to provide for the • future, as in a short time both money and meal will be exhausted.—lnverness Courier. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Her Majesty's brig Mutine has been directed to land her packages, and send her super numeraries for South America and th e B raz il s to thebt. Vincent. She is ordered to Lisbon with dispatches for Vice- Admiral Sir William Parker, and then proceeds to the Medi terranean. The Medea steamer, after depositing the remains of the late Commander Hamond at Yarmouth, iu the Isle of Wight, is to be paid wages, and also proceed to the Tagus. She will take all the supernumeraries collected here for the squadron, and then go on to the East Indies, calling at the Cape of Good Hope to coal and water. lIER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPHYNX.—The reports this morning from the officers state that the gale of the 27th inst. had been felt in Brook Bay, that the rollers had come in with great force, causing the sea to reach the Sphynx, and after high water it was found that she had been dis- lodged from her former position, and lifted higher on the beach, nearly her own breadth. This is a serious hindrance to the operations contemplated. The camels, &c., are all prepared, and it the Echo's engines are repaired in time, they start in the morning. The Crocodile has been prevented from going to Cork by bad weather and foul winds. She is now ordered to take a party of stokers for Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, to distribute among the steam• vessels now employed on the coast of Ireland. The Belleisle, troop-ship, is reported ready by to-morrow for any service the Admiralty may require. A detachment of Royal Marine Artillery are fitting Lieutenant Robert's mortar in the Curlew brig, under his directions, and in the course of next week she will be towed to St. Helen's for the experimental firing of the shells. The Porcupine steamer went to Yarmouth this afternoon with a party of seamen and riggers, and a great supply of stores of every description requisite to assist in moving the Sphynx. The Pelican brig has been lent by the Admiralty to the Customs department for the use of the coast guard. ENROLMENT OF THE DOCKYARD ARTINICERS.—III furtherance of the arrangements ordered by the Admiralty circular for this purpose, Commander Robert Jenner, recently promoted, is appointed to superintend the drilling of the battalion in the ship-gun exercise. The number of volun teers from this dockyard amounts to 2,000. The enrolment into different companies and battalions will take place imme diately. The drill is to commence on the Ist of April. WOOLWICH, JAN. 29.—The Medea staam-vessel, Com mander Mason, son of .lear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.8., left Woolwich yesterday for Portsmouth, and was to convey the remains of her late Commander, Graham E. W. Hamonn, to Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight. The Centaur steam-frigate went down the river yesterday, and had upwards of 400 tons of meal and rice on board for conveyance to the Hebrides. The Odin steam-frigate, designed by Mr. Fincham, and similar in tonnage to the Sidon steam-frigate, proceeded on Tuesday on her experimental trip as far as the Mouse Light, and attained a speed of nearly eleven knots per hour, al though not sufficiently immersed to test her full speed. The engines were made and fitted by Fairbairn and Co., and worked very well, and from the result of the trial she is ex pected to be one of the fastest large steam-vessels in the royal navy. Mr. Atherton, assistant to the chief engineer, attended on board to report her capabilities. The Rosamond steam-vessel was taken out of the basin to-day. The Tartarus steam-vessel has her steam up, and will leiVe to-day for Portsmouth and Ireland. CHATHAM, JAN. 29.—The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Com mander A. H. Ingram, arrived here on Saturday afternoon, the 23d inst., and dropped alongside the Fortitude coal depot; and she completed shipping her coals on Tuesday last, amounting to nearly 400 tons. A case or two of small-pox broke out on board, and the individuals were immediately removed to Melville Hospital; and those on board who had not bad that eruptive distemper, or been hitherto vaccinated, had to undergo the operation. A few small repairs to the ship having been completed, she will to-morrow be removed to Gillingham-reach, and the reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment will embark on board next Monday to proceed to Gibraltar. The strength of the battalion consists of 28 ser geants, 10 drummers, and 536 rank and file, with the regular complement of women and children, under the command of Lieutenant-• Colonel P. S. Norman, with the following officers: —Brevet-Major C. O'Connor Higgins, Captain W. A. Con ran, Captain A. W. Byles, Captain G. W. Patey, Captain R. W. Lacy, Captain R. Anderson, Lieutenant A. Mac donald, Lieutenant H. C. Lanauze, Ensign 11. J. Tolcher, Ensign F. W. Fellows. Ensign W. Clutterbuck, Ensign G. Thorne, Ensign J. H. Humphrey, Ensign S.W. F. Cheetham, Lieutenant and Adjutant F. Ramsay, Quarter-master J. Swaine, Assistant-Surgeon S. W. Deeble, and Assistant-Sur geon May. The reserve battalion leaves at this garrison a depot of about 60 men, in charge of Brevet-Major J. Wigg, with Lieutenant J. S. launder;, and Lieutenant G. S. Hanson. A detachment of this regiment, consisting of two sergeants, two corporals, and 26 privates, in command of Lieutenant J. S. 11. Farrar, proceeds on Saturday morning for Sheerness, there to embark on board the vessel Carus to proceed to Gib raltar with convicts. The Daphne, 18 guns, Captain Onslow, was paid off into ordinary on the 26th instant. The marines, consisting of two sergeants, one drummer, and 23 privates in charge of Lieutenant It. Farmar, join their head - -quarters at this division. Colonel J. Irving, late of the Royal Artillery, and recently appointed director of engineering and architectural works, in room of Captain Brandreth, and Mr. Owen, chairman of the committee on metals, paid an official visit to this yard on the 2tith, and on the following day proceeded to Sheerness yard, and returned to this - yard the same day. Captain Mould, Royal Engineers, director of works, attended the above two gentleman in their inspection. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A COURT OP JUSTICE. — At the Chester sessions, last week, three prisoners, Philip Dixon, 13. Conley, and Eliza Dixon, were indicted for bur glary: Dixon pleaded guilty ; the other two prisoners not guilty. 'The Recorder—You are charged, Dixon, with hav ing committed this offence after having been previously con victed of felony. I caution you that pleading guilty will not make any difference in the sentence that may be awarded to you. Dixon—lt's no use, sir, telling a lie about it; I am guilty. While this conversation took place between the Re corder and the prisoner, Dixon stood up, resting on his elbow on the front of the dock, and apparently adjusting his necker chief. He then laid his head on the partition, and in the course of a moment or two fell backwards into the dock. It was at first supposed that he had fainted, but his wife and other females who were in the 'dock uttering a frightful scream, it was immediately ascertained that the prisoner had suicide. A iNtt n voha bsas spectators, cll m iti ea tdt h s of v reo a s aia g dvnj i a v odsi e nt n ihi n,rej adjoining Mayoratr htt (Dr.es ti am c t o u peo r drawn a razor across his throat, and attempted to commit .t d f Jones), a w te h l i y c,h c came excitement.' hae cA h r a os p wu p dr e ged n surgeon d wn forward to render assistance. After binding up the wound, the Mayor intimated to the Recorder that it was not of a serious nature, or such as was at all likely to endanger life. It was a flesh wound, just over the larynx, which fortu nately it had not penetrated, or fatal consequences would most probably have ensued. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. He expressed his sorrow that he had not succeeded in destroying himself, but intimated his determi nation to take the first opportunity of putting a period to his existence. The prisoners were placed at the bar on the following day, when the case being clearly proved, the female prisoner was acquitted, Dixon and Conley being found guilty. The former was sentenced to fifteen and the latter to ten years' transportation. ew opera of "Atill a ." VLAM'S NEW OPERA.--The ., Scala, at Mil an , opened on the 2d instant, with Verdi' s • donna, Moriani, an prima applauded by the audience; but the Milan The principal parts 17eredsuBsatsaiinnie(dtebnyolirsI)a,daanmdemla'tridinoilini, (bass).the It was greatly • works of the composer. previous JEWELLER'S ANNU.UITY IN- A ' GOLDSMITHS g general meeting of the do norsjournals criticise it severely, and pronounce it inferior to the wrlTT.lTlON.—Thursday Crown and Anchor Tavern, r annuitants on the funds, founded or general t and e the election of additional members in the above for the purpose of relieving decayed and subscribers to e th ve e n a i s b n o t d clerks, as likewise that chair. The report stated . their widows ; Mr. Sills iu the o abl) 1, 9 001. being in vestedthe institution was going above en institutionf on favourably, A n f r urther sum - of 7001. has business, their workthen, shopmen, an in the Bank of England. been set aart for building . almshouses , an d the y earl y sub scribers number about 1,000. Last evening's election will make 14 males and 6 females receiving annulties, the males 15/. and the wid ows 101. per annum. A corn ri o t t oo k pl a ce in Okehampton . Market on Saturday l as t. A f armer, name d Hooper, having refused to sell his barl e y f or l ess t h an O s . 6d. per bushel, a crowd of starving wo men l oudly threatene d t o cu t the bags, and let the corn run out. H e t h en acce d e d t o their demands, and retailed it a t 6 s . per b us h e l . — Sh er b orne J ourn al. CHINESE the Auguste SUGAR.—A vessel named Jes,ie, arrived in the St. Katharine Docks from Bong-hung and Whampoa, has brought from the latter-mentioned place 7,000 bags of sugar, in addition to a large general cargo of Chinese produce. THE WRECK OF THE SIRIUS. INQUEST AT CLOYNE. On Tuesday a•.: inquest was held at Cloync, before Daniel Geran, Esq., coroner, and a respectab.e jury, for the purpose of ascertaining by what means two persons, names unknown, whose bodies had been washed. on shore at Ballycotton, and who were supposed to have been passengers in the Sirius, came by their deaths. Several county magistrates were in attendance, and on the part of the steam-packet company Mr. Walsh (barrister), Mr. R. N. Parker, and Mr. M. Con way. The first witness called was Thomas Murphy, labourer, who deposed to having found one of the bodies on the strand at Ballycotton, a short distanee from where the wreck lay. Mr. Charles Lightford, of London, was examined, and de posed that he had been a passenger in the Sirius on her last voyage. Witness detailed the circumstances of the vessel's striking three times on the rocks. Did not hear any direc tions given by the captain. The chief mate, Mr. Byrne, was giving a great many directions. Did not at this time see the captain at all. There was great confusion, and the cap tain might have been near him without his seeing him. A boat was let down from the sea side of the vessel which witness understands was swamped. Captain Cameron let down another boat, which capsized. Captain Cameron got on the rock. By his exertions and those of the chief mate several of the passengers were attached to the life buoy. The peasantry swarmed down to the vessel, and took away every thing they could. The conduct of the mate was cool and seamanlike. Edward Byrne, chief mate, examined—Captain Moffatt was on deck for an hour and a half before the vessel struck. The captain was perfectly sober and collected at the time. Steering the usual course, as they were, they considered themselves before the occurrence to be four miles off Bally cotton. All necessary directions were given to have the boats in readiness. Had the boats been launched under his directions, they would have been sufficient to save the lives of all on board. All orders were given by the captain. Wit ness tried several times to make the captain leave the vessel. He would not leave it until after one o'clock in the day. Wit ness had not tasted any liquors that day. When the fogcame on, did not heave the lead, as witness did not think there was any necessity for it. Richard Prendergast, sub-constable, deposed as to the fact of the loss of the first boat launched. This witness's state. ment disagreed with that of the chief mate, both in respect to the launching of the boats, and the time the captain left the vessel. The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned."—Cork Examiner. LOSS OF A VESSEL WITH PRO VISIONS FOR IRELAND. PORT,MOUTII, JAN. 25.—A brig called the Gipsy was un fortunately wrecked oii.the Wolseners Shoal yesterday, and one of the crew, a boy, drowned. The calamity is more to be lamented. as this vessel was loaded with provisions of various sorts for Ireland, from Hull, the cargo having been purchased by the subscribers to the fund raised in that port for the re lief of the Irish. Finding all hope of saving the brig gone, the master, and the rest of his crew, took to the long-boat, and made for Hayling Island; but. from the fury of the gale and the heavy sea it upset, and with great difficulty they got on shore—one man was nearly exhausted. The exertions of the ( fficer and men of the coast-guard were highly praise worthy in rescuing them. The Gipsy is a total wreck, and her cargo quite lost. • _ r U yo j A n e T vi elarOlyN citiesn ' u f m O aen L r doOutsßo towns, waited JOHNuLaatiti deputation ndRuUO upon SELL. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX. P po a l i r: s l e ia s a t n el d r en li p a3 t, and delegates from - various parts of the metro onMLemorbdeJrsohonf Russell, at his official residence in Downing -street, for tho purpose of urging upon the Noble Lord the necessity for a total and immediate repeal of the window -tax. Lord Duncan introduced the deputation to the Noble Pre mier, who received them with great courtesy. Mr. G. DANIELL said, as chairman of the metropolitan delegates, be was instructed to state to his Lordship, that in the present state of Irish affairs they had no desire to harass the Government by pressing for a repeal of the window-tax, but they were prepared to show that the people of England had a right to claim an exemption from this tax, as well as others which were not inflicted on the sister kingdom of Ire land. What they proposed in lieu of a window-tax was, that the Government should bring in a property-t ax for Ireland, and tax the landed aristocracy of Ireland, who not only did not attend to the wants of their own poor, but who paid no taxes whatever. Mr. Daniell then proceeded to show the baneful effects of the tax in a sanatory point of view, and declared reNNrch omitted the repeal of those tllaiN dutiestira.iwii);auss a,ttroitc„enl.3l:e inefficient.referred e s f u e rred to the position in which the la,emotion question lomteona t of were e had e t r le e i l a w s ' itnidnoNovffideuet,iewsh when n t o o h d e N ( S 3 , l}e r n . H t u h m e ep; withdrew G N o ; given notice of for the total repeal of the window-tax, on a promise being made by Lord Ahhorp that in the following year half the tax should be abolished, but which, on account of the low state of the finance's of the country, was not cal i ied out. Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Berkeley, M.P., (Bristol), Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Roebuck, M.P., and some other members of the deputation, aving severally urged the propriety of the repeal of this tax, Lord Jonx Riff:SELL, who listened to the remarks addressed to him with the most profound attention, observed that what• had fallen from the members of so highly influential and respectable a deputation must necessarily command his serious consideration. He could assure them his attention should be directed to all the arguments adduced with the greatest care. He would, however, only remark that he feared, if he should repeal this tax, there would be other parties pressing upon him, declaring that other taxes were equally obnoxious. The deputation then withdrew. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 29. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. The following commission days were appointed this morn ing by the Learned Judges, appointed to the Norfolk Circuit during the Spring Assizes : Buckinghamshire—Monday, March 8. Bedfordshire—Saturday, March 1. Huntingdonshire—Wednesday, March 17. Cambridgeshire—Friday, March 19. Suffolk—Wednesday, March 24. Norfolk—Tuesday, March 30. City of Norwich—Same day. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied nearly the whole of the day in hearing motions for new trials, none of which, however, pre sented any case of interest to the public. • MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of January 29.) SUGAR.—There has been a strong desire manifested by holders of all descriptions of Raw Sugar to realise this week, the demand having not been so active, supplies abun dant, and the arrivals on a large scale, consisting of 600 brls and 2,300 hhds and trcs of West India, 48,000 bags Mauritius, 3,800 packages Foreign, 7,000 bags China, 5,000 bags Madras, and 25,000 bags of Bengal, a fall in the value has, in consequence, taken place upon all descriptions. REFINED.—Today Refined'Goocls were sparingly dealt in by the home trade, and prices are still on the decline. Bonded Crushed Sugar is less asked for, and first quality can now be obtained at 35s per cwt. Maumnus.—This afternoon Mauritius met with little at tention privately; and 849 bags at auction were taken in. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quanty of Bengal Sugar submitted to public competition was large, and amounted to 8,894 bags and 50 chests; but the demand was limited, and a part only sold 6d under former rates for white, and 2s to 3s for low brown. FOREIGN SUGAR.—The demand has fallen off considerably for all descriptions of Foreign for home consumption this week. Importers have less confidence, in consequence of the probability of the importation of all kinds far exceeding that of the previous season. TEA'.—lmporters have displayed firmness this week, and refrained from offering any at public sale. This, in some measure, is to be attributed to the advices from China stating that the shipments had fallen off to the extent of 7,000,000 lbs. as compared with the former season. The lower qualities of Congou are held for the former value, business has been done at 9d to 10d for ord to good ord. In good and fine large sales have been made at is 6d to 2. For the inferior sorts of Green the market has a dull appearance. Common Hyson can be obtained at is 6d to Is 10d, and Twankay, 9d to 9 1 X,d ; but for the better sorts a good demand exists at full - rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with much attention; and 600 bags at auction were all sold at a further advance in prices of 2s per cwt. Native was in good request privately, and fetched 42s to 42s 6d for good ord. SPI MTS.—There has been much inquiry after Jamaica Rum, notwithstanding a rise on previous rates of 6d to 8d per gallon. Demerara has met with ready buyers, and 100 puns have been sold at hi g h ra t es . Of Leeward Island there is little in.the market, and it commands an advance on former rates of 6d. East India has risen to the same extent. For Brandy the market is firm, and the home demand good for all sorts. Geneva met with a much better demand, and prices advanced to 2s id to 2s 9d for common shipping sorts, and 3s 3d to 3s 6d for fine'for home consumption. For British Corn Spirits the demand is active, and the high rates of grain caused the distillers to be very firm. SPICES.—AII descriptions of Black Pepper have been in excellent request by private contract, and the rates paid are fully equal to those that previously existed. White is held with firmness, and is wanted. There are ready buyers of Pimento, and stiffer rates are offered. In Cloves only a limited business has been transacted. Mace is not much in request, but prices remain much the same. For Nutmegs there are few buyers, and prices tend down wards. Holders of Ginger have confidence, and supply the market sparingly with all descriptions. In Cassia Lignea there has been little passing, and prices are on the decline. Cassia Buds, however, are wanted, and quotations rule firm. The best qualities of Cinnamon are wanted, and command satisfactory prices. Cm - sumo:sr.—The quarterly sales have gene off with almost unprecedented dulness, only a very sm a ll p or ti on finding buyers at a gene ra l decline of 2d. to 3d. per lb., with the exception of a few lots of good and fine first sort, which realized last sales prices. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH and Mr. Assistant- Examiner FREI:E.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Amendment and Branches. Darwen Waterworks Reservoirs. • OPPOSED LET. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branches at the Port of Glasgow, and to the Caledonian line, with deviations of Canal.) The whole of the allegations in this opposed case were gone through ; but the Examiner reserved his decisions upon them. South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Pur chase of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway). This case was next gone into. It occupied the rest of the day, and had not closed when the Examiner rose. (Room 23, before Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant- Examiner GUNSELL.) In the following unopposed cases the proofs were com pleted : Manchester and Leeds Railway (branches, extensions, de viations, alterations of levels, and other works). Manchester and Leeds Railway (branch from the Hu& dersfield and Sheffield Junction to Barnsley, and extension of Holinforth Branch). Goucester and Dean Forest Railway (construction of docks for enabling the company to form Docks at Glou • tester). • OPPOSED BILLS. Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Lines, from the London and South-Western Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, with branches to Shaftesbury and Wincanton, and to join •the Wilts, Somer set, and Weymouth Railway at Yeovil, and the proposed Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway, at Berwick, in the county of Somerset. The petition was opposed by 21 memorialists, but the alle gations sustained to-day were of no immediate importance. The case was adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Committee on Standing Orders met yesterday at 12 o'clock. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE, AND GLAS GOW, PAISLEY, AND KILMARNOCK RAILWAY (No. 3). GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAIL WAY (No. 1). In each of these cases the Committee decided that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND KILMARNOCK RAILWAY (No. 5). WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH (No. 2). REGENT'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. LEEDS AND DEWSBURY RAILWAY. The Committee decided in these cases that the standing orders ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed. The Committee then adjourned. BANK OF (From last nig rtn Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday, ENGLAND. ;ht's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria., cap. 32, for the 23d day of January, 1847. 'ARTMENT. ISSUE VII>. X. 'gotes issued— •• • 2 6,766,260 I £26,766,260 Dated the 28th day of January, BANKING D X. • Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest ••••••• • • • • • • • 3,560,665 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners • of National Debt, Say ings-banks; and Di- Government debt . • 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 11,091,751 Silver bullion .. • • 1.674,509 26,70, M. MARSHAL L, Chief Cashier. 260 1847. EPAIITMENT. viaend accounts) 4,668,489 Other deposits Seven day and other bills ••• • • 4t1,0,90,773 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,757,326 Other securities .. • • 14,489,657 Notes .. .. • . ..... 6,167,170 Gold and silver coin.. 676,620 Dated the 28th day of January, 434,040,773 M. 11 ARSFIALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. DARING ATTEMPT AT MOUSE ROBBERY IN TUE COUNTY OF DUBLIN. HEROIC RESISTANCE. On Sunday night, or rather b etween t h e h ours of one and two o'clock' on Monday morning, a most 'daring attempt was made by a gang of desperadoes (eight or ten in number), to rob the house of Mr. Thomas Arch bold, of Greeuogue, which is distant 'about half a mile from the Rathcoole police. station. The inmatk-s of the house at the time of the attack were Mr. Archbold, who. is in delicate health from a recent severe acci dent---his housekeeper, a woman advanced in years, and art intrepid heroine—a female servant. The robbers were first heard, whilst endeavouring to force the kitchen window, by the latter. She instantly alarmed her master, and urged . him to resistance. Seizing his gun, which happened to be loaded, he fired upon his assailants. This caused them to reel, but not retreat, for they returned the fire with a volley of slugs, from which the inmates escaped as by a miracle. A second attempt was immediately made on the kitchen window, and nothing prevented its success but the dauntless bravery of the female servant, who, in order to give herself light, flung some straw that happened to be at hand on the raked hearth, where it ignited; then, arming herself with an old '9B pike, which Mr. Arch. bold keeps as a relic, she placed het self in a position out of the range of fire, beside the window, and declared that she would bury 'the weapon in the bowels of the first man that would dare to enter! Confounded by her cool firmness, the robbers stood at bay until Mr. Arch bold, whose movements they could observe, had reloaded his gun, when they deemed it prudent to fly, their courage being somewhat cooled by the warmt h of their reception. the " Tthheemfiedeleiftyparanidsebriaevetrhyeofnethigishbmaodrheed rnea,meazeodn are d g e e e e m ee ed e a f s trertpheyliee— of G aovh e e r , nm ne e t n w t i r th ew e o t a a r e d d — in a g s t t h h e e ir ne e. g e l e i : con tiguity, hear endenostheirne.„_.Du g ofthe h o li u n tr p s i g le e t till next day—is of Government SOUND POTATOES I—A correspondent informs us (Londonderry Standard) that, in the parish of Lower Bodo ney, a great number of the farmers, whose names he men tions, have large pits of potatoes, the quality of which is, in every respect, equal to that of former years. We have seen (says the Le:rater Express) a sample of potatoes be longing to a gentleman not twenty miles from Newbridge ; they were inEthe highest state of preservation. We have been informed that this is the case with many a gentleman and' farmer in the county of Kildare, and that strong hopes may be entertained that we have not seen the " last of the potatoes." • • - FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—The Dutch brig Cuba has arrived here to-day from Monte Video, having left that port on the 18th November, when affairs were in state quo, except that the report was confirmed that Urquiza, commanding in Entre Rios, had refused to join Rosas. Reveira was at Las Vacas, and Oribe was still before Dlonte Video, SONG FOR PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES. (From Punch.) IT WON'T DO, JUST NOW, TO BE rAcTrous. Come, let us all unite, in the present awkward Dliff.fit, And mnst - critical position of the nation, And seriously strive proper measures to contd . -re, - With a view towards its prompt amelioration. ' Small differences we'll blink, animosities we'll sink, And we'll none of us be crotchety' or fractious; For once, at least,.most we, somehow manage to. agree, For-it won't do, just DOW, ,to be, factions. No, really, we must not be factious, 'Twould• be rather too bad to be factiou s ,., 'Twould be wrong,, in ti mes like these, 'twc;uld,•indeed, be ' not the cheese ; It won't do, just now, to be factious. Chorus. For it won't rld, just now, to be factious, &c. Though ne'er so much inclined one may be to speak one's 'mind, To an enemy's.annoyance and vexation, To waste his country's time recollecting 'tis a crime, Let him carefully suppress the observation. Sure Disraeli will feel 'twill be wrong to badger Peel, So will Roebuck to vituperate his betters; And Duncombe.will refrain, very likely, to complain, Though again they phall have opened all his letters. • • • Chorus. .For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c. Plumptre and Spooner, too, will perceive it will not do To be canting upon Sunday legislation ; And Inglis, like a goose, to vent itnPotetit abuse. On Maynooth - and comprehensiye educatien ; And, for Old Ireland's weal will O'Connell drop Repeal, Whilst her real want so rehernentltpresges, And labour, like a man, to do eve r yth ing he'can To alleviate her positive distresses. 'Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c. • • We're now in. • a condition that requires no Opposition; It is necessary we should be united, Forgetting party broils, and combined in common Till, at any - rate, affairs are somewhat "righted. We, are in such a hobble that we can't afford 'to squabble, Let us quarrel in more favourable weather; Butovhilst the storm shall last, and: until the danger's past,' We.must all of us resolve to pull together. Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factions, &c. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : 1. That in the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (N 0.3) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 2. That in the ease of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railwa , y, and Glasgow Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rail way (No. 1) petition, the standing orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with heir Bill. 3. That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 5) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed w.th :—That the parties be permitted to pro ceed with their Bill, on amending the sections deposited in the Private Bill-office, and with the sheriff clerks of the counties of Lanark and Renfrew, at Glasgow, Hamilton, Lanark, Airdrie, Paisley, and Greenock, by the insertion of figures, showing the height of the arch of the bridge over the public carriage road called Great Clyde-street, in the parish of Glasgow. That the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been complied with ; and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 4. That in the case of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway Act Amendment (No. 2) petition, the stand ing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 5. That in the case of the Regent's Canal Company (Pad dington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 6. That in the case of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man chester Railway (Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at Methley with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the York and North Midland Railways) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per mitted to proceed with their Bill. _ Second, - third, fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions agreed to.—Report to 1' on the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time on Tuesday, Feb. 2 : General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway (Connect ing Branches). Lynn and E!y, Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dereham Amalgamation. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London and North-Western Railway Company). Liskeard and Caradon Act Amendment. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1— Smethwick Deviation). Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension). HOURS OF LABOUR. A BILL TO :LIMIT THE HOURS OF LABOUR. OF YOUNG PERSONS AND FEMALES IN FACTORIES. Whereas an Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of tlie United Kingdom ;" and another Act was passed in the session of Parliament held in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Fac tories ;" and by the said first-mentioned Act it was pro vided that no person under the age of eighteen years should be employed in any such mill or factory as in the said Act is metioned, in any description of work as thereinbefore specified, more than twelve hours in any one day, nor more than sixty-nine hours in any one week, except as there inafter is provided; and by the said last-mentioned Act it was provided, that no female above the age of eighteen years should be employed in any factory as defined by the said Act, save for the same time and in the same manner as young persons: (by the said Act defined to be persons of the age of thirteen years, and under the age of eighteen years) might be employed in factories: And whereas it is expedient to alter the said Acts for the purpose of further restricting the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories: Be it enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as sembled, and by the authority of the same, That, notwith standing anything in the said Acts contained, from the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, no person unuer the age of eighteen 'years shall be employed in any such mill or factory in such description of work as in the said first-mentioned Act is specified, for more than ' eleven hours in any one day, nor for more than sixty-three hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is pro vided; and that, from the said first day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, the said two Acts before mentioned shall in all respects be construed as if the provi sion in the said first-mentioned Act contained, as to persons under the age of eighteen years working in mills and factories, had been confined to eleven hours instead of twelve hours in any one day, and to sixty-three hours in any one week, instead of sixty-nine hours. And be it enacted, That from the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, no person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed in any such mill or factory, in such description of work as in the said first. mentioned Act is specified, for more than ten hours in any one day t nor more than fifty •eight hours in any one week, except ; as in the said Act is provided ; and that from the first day 'of May one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, th e sa id two Acts shall, in all respects, be construed a s the th e said age ef eighteen first -mentioned years aAr Actworking contained, in i mills and factories, bad been confined to ten hours instead of twelve hours' in any one day, and fifty-ei ht hours in any ours one week inst ea d o f s i xty-nine h g And be it en ac t e d, T hat the restrictions e restrictions respe c ti v ely by this Act imposed, as regards the working of persons under the age of eighteen years, shall extend to females above the age of eighteen years. And be it enacted, That the said two hereinbefore-rnen tioned Acts, as amended by this Act, and this Act, shall be construed together as one Act. And be it enacted, That this Act re pealed by an in t y Act to be :passed may i be amended or s prese n t sess i on o f Parliament. THE DUKE OF SOTOMATOR AIIiREE•TRADER It is said that the D u k e o f S otomavor is a staunch advocate ' of free-trade principles. D ur i ng the late discussions onthe sugar duties, the Duke laboured hard, for the cause in Spain, in memorialising for the right of admission of Cuba and Porto Rico sugar on the same terms as that of other countries, in which his views were strongly supported by Lord Palmer ston. On the late occasion of the Cobden festival in Spain, he also explained himself adverse to restrictions in commerce. Under these circumstances there is more hope of a favourable treaty of commerce between this country and Spain than at any other period, if the Duke of Sotomayor can only main tain his position long enough to inoculate the Cortes with the same spirit of liberalism towards Great Britain. Ro.mn.—A meeting composed of English and Irish was held on the 13th at Rome, for forming a committee for the relief of Ireland. Subscriptions are received by Mr. Pakenham, and all the other English bankers. The Pope has sent t 9 the committee 1,000 Roman crowns from his privy purse. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week ending Last Week. 1 , , 0.. 44 • ~. 'l7.€ dg THE. BRAZILS. .FALMOUTH, JAN. 28, HALF - PAST 7, P.M.—We have barely time to announce the arrival this moment of the Express packet, Lieutenant James, Commander, with mails from Rio Janeiro direct, having sailed the 16th ult., bringing five passengers, viz., Messrs. Proudfoot, Buchrold, Pollard, Tonnelier, and Captain Cowl, late master of the brig Arc thusa, lost at Sant4 Cruz (Patagonia) September 18, crew saved. The Express ha - a - also on freight 20,0001. in gold. Exchange :on London, 28d. premium; Paris 336 to 338; Hamburgb, 620. Stock steady at 86 to 83% per cent: The Express left at Rio her Majesty's ships Curacoa, Crescent: and Griffin, the latter having arrived Dec. 12 from . - • Monte Video ill• 14 days. The only intelligence we can glean from that quarter is,' that affairs would remain in stutu quo until further advices were received from England. In respect ,of .the misunder standing with the American officers ; and the Brazilian Government nothing had been settled.. On the Emperor's birth-day, the United States frigate Columbia, with the broad pendant of Commodore Rousseau, neither saluted nor ma.tle any other demonstration of participation in the public re joicings, and it was fully understood that no further official transactions` would be held with the American Minister until advices were received from the Washington Cabinet. The Columbia sailed on the 3d for the River Plate. Three trans ports, with about 800 troops, under convoy of the United States' ship Preble, sailed on the 30th November from Rio for San Francisco (California). They are described as a very motley group, consisting of outcasts of all nations. Several deserted whilst at Rio. The coffee market at Rio is quoted —super $2 800 to $3; good Ist, $2 650 to $2 750. Sales this month (December), 70,000 bags. Shipments from the Ist of January to the 15th of Decem ber, 1846, inclusive, amounted to 2,297,028 bags of 1601 b. Stock on hand Dec. 16, 90,000 bags. BOXING IN THE ENGLISH AND THE FRENCH STYLES. A novel and interesting rehearsal of an intended exhi bition of the art offensive and defensive took place on Thurs day evening, at Temperance's, in Long-acre, under the management of Alec Reid, it.tendei as an exemplification of the different styles of self-`defence and personal encounter on this and the other side'of La Manche. They were illustrated by professors of both nat ions, and gave a lively representa tion of the modes of combat prevailing in each country. The opening display between Alec Reid and Rowe (the con queror of Cullen, and twice the antagonist of. Harry Broome) was a clever exposition of English sparring. This was fol lowed by . the appearance of Mons. J. P. Lamy (surnamed L'Anguille, or " The Eel"), for seven years the acknowledged champion of Paris in the satiate, or foot and hand play, pecu liar to nenchmen ; his opponent, Mons. Josef, though much inferior in stature, contended manfully. To describe'the pe• cnliar activity and singular adroitness of hand and foot in this peculiarly national and regulated contest, would require much space. The combatants approach each other with arms ex tended and open, each striving to strike the other outwards by an inward blow of the foot, which is either parried by the leg, or caught in the hand, as may seem best adapted to foil the intent of the aggressor.. Lamy several times passed his foot clear over the head of his antagonist which in light play (resembling air glove-fighting) is supposed to be "a hit," inasmuch as the party so served might have been " struck," or rather kicked, had his adversary so pleased. The activity and quickness of Lamy were much applauded. Young Keene and Scott then exhibited sparring a rAn g laise. The exercise of the foil was then exhibited by Mons. Leon Gillemand, one of the first fencers in the country, and Al. Woollf; this was an interesting assaut, and elicited plaudits from the admirers of the science of the small sword. After a few intervening bouts of sovate and glove, the evening closed with an exciting trial of the English mode versus the French, between Rowe, armed with mufflers, and M. Lamy with a light pair of slippers. The active Frenchman, though much the taller man, had. but little the best of the bout, for Rowe, after some little awkwardness at commencing, became ' more au fait to the Gaul's manoeuvre, and twice succeeded in counteririg his left foot kick with a right-hander on the head. This the Frenchman, who is evidently a fine-tem pered as well as a muscular fellow, took in good part. In the last bout Rowe succeeded in detaining for a few seconds Lamy's right foot in his left hand, and hitting out with the right,Aill the round terminated, amid much laughter and applause. On Friday last a duel with pistols was fought in the valley of Grenet, near Endoume (Bouche-du-Rhone), between the Count de Schlippenbach, Chamberlain to the 'King of Prussia, and Count S. Theotoky, one of the house hold of the King of Greece. A brace of pistols having been fired by each party without effect, the seconds interposed and brought about a reconciliation. The dispute arose in Italy, but the strict laws against duelling in that country prevented the meeting there. The police of Marseilles had gained in formation of what was about to take place, and tried to pre vent it ; but its vigilance 'was evaded.—Paris paper. MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.—At the second adjourned inquest on the body of Mr. Thomas Riley, held on Thursday afternoon last, at the Town-ball, Sheffield, no further evidence was adduced, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur der against some person or persons unknown." EXTRAORDINARY VAR I ATION OF TEMPERATURE.— The weather in the metropolis, during the last two weeks, has exhibited some extraordinary characteristics, and so great has been the variation of temperature that the climate has been suddenly changed from that of Siberia to that of Mar seilles, as evinced by the comparison between Wednesday, the 20th instant, when the thermometer at the Royal Hu mane Society's receiving-house in Hyde Park, stood as low as 26 degrees, and last Wednesday,. the 27th instant, when the mercury had attained an elevation of 48 degrees, or a varia tion of no less'than 22 degrees. The barometer yesterday, notwithstanding the atmosphere was comparatively clear, was as low as 29.25, while on Monday, the 18th instant, it was up to 30.31. ECONOMY IN FOOD.—A. clergyman in Ireland has sent us the following :—" One pound of whole rice, boiled with five quarts of water. thickened with one pound of oat meal, will make eight pounds and a half of good food. Fut the rice down first - with one quart of cold water, and add the remaining four quarts of water as the rice swells ; then put in the pound of oatmeal, stirring all—cost 6d. At , d salt or sugar to suit the taste (if the rice was steeped for five or six hours, it were better); rice 3d., oatmeal 3d. per lb. I tried 2lbs. of rice and 21bs. of oatmeal, and the result was 221bs. of substantial food." REPRESENTATION OF CANTERBURY.—There are rumours of an election speedily taking place in this city. In such an eveut we believe we may state that T. T. Hodes: will offer himself as a candidate. Mr. Hodges' claims on the Liberal constituency of Canterbury are well known and undisputable, and he will unite in his favour the suf. frages of all classes Of Reformers.—Kcnt Herald. Miall, who contested Southwark unsuccess fully, is to be a cantiidate at'the general election for. Edin burgh, supported by the Anti-State Church and Complete Suffrage party. • - JAMES BRADSHAW ' ESQESQ., understandd that this gentlem an has for some time past been in a state of health which gives considerable alarm to his - friends. It is doubtful whether he will be enabled to take hi s seat i n Par liament this session.—K en t Herald. We are authorised to state that the paragrapl, which.lias been going the rounds of the papers, stating that John Gully, Esq., of Ackworth Park, intends offering him self for the borough of Andover, at the :next general elec tion, is without foundation. We are given to understand that had Mr. Gully any intention of going into Parliament, he would have solicited his oIA friends at Pontefract, who, we feel assured, would be glad to have the honour of sending to the House of Commons a gentleman so universally re. spected.—Doncaster Gazette. • - FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. — We learn through the medium of a private letter from Berlin, that his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar, of Prussia, will visit this country in the course of the approaching summer. • PRICE OF BEER.—We under Stand that the brewers of this city (Canterbury) intend immediately to lower the price of beer , to 4d. per quart, the . former price. The con sumption is said to have fallen off considerably since the rise. Kent Herald , ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAIL.. WAY.—On Friday an accident occurred on this line which might have been attended with serious consequences. It appeared that about eight o'clock a luggage-train was on its way from Oldham to Manchester, and on nearing the junc tion at the Middleton station another luggage-train was seen by the engineer coming . up from Leeds. The signals were put out, and the engineer on the engine from Oldham, shut off his steam, and blew the whistle. The guard put on the break, but almost immediately the engineer threw on the steam again, which caused the guard to be thrown from his seat. He was much bruised, but no limbs broken. By thiS time the train from Yorkshire had neared the junction, arid just as the Oldham train had got on the' main line it was run into by the other engine. Four of the last carriages were broken to pieces, as was also the engine, an d the tenders was much damaged. The stoker jumped off, but the engi neer maintained his position and escaped unhurt. THE NEW BUILDING ACT.—On Thursday v a public meeting of the inhabitant s o f Deptford and G eil re' enng wich was convened at the SWan Inn , High-street, Deptford, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to repeal the Me tropolitan Building Act, or the_ oppressive clauses contained NV. J. Evelyn, Esq., in it. The chair was taken by immense quantity of . - . man owning an a gentle house property in the neighbourhood, and a memorial Woods and Forests, and a to the C omm i ss i oners o f petition to the House of Commons, were unanimously adopted. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY AT B * tion was last night received at all the metropolitan police stations, that on the night of the 27th inst., Rose-hill Villa, Brightoia, the residence of Alexander M'Kenzie, Esq., was burglariously entered, and therefrom: 12 silver table ladle, 18 dessert f or k s, 18 di-tstpoons, 2 gravy spoons, a soup teapot, a milk p o t, a butter basin, spoons, 12 large forks, a silver the following property stolen r with stand and cover, and other articles of plate. NAME OF RAILWAY. Jan. 23 22 21 26 24 Arbroath and Forfar • .. • • ..... • •• Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • •• • • •• Dublin and Drogheda• • •• • • ••••• • ' •• Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • •• •• • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • •• " Durham and Sunderland ..... ••,• ..... 'Edinburgh and Glasgow ..• • •• •• • • •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.• East Laneasihre . •••••• •• • • • • Eastern Uni0n.................. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • • • •• • • • • Gravesend and Rochester.. • • • • • • • • • ' Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, &c • • • • • • Ipswich and Bury ..... . • • • • • • London and North Western, 8:n•••• London and Blackwall ....... . London and Brighton ... London and Croydon ..... • • • ....... London and South Western. •••••• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ... • .. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle .. • • •• •• • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham— Newcastle and Carlisle ...• • • ........ Newcastle and North Shields. • • • • • •• Newcastle and Berwick .. • • .• ...... North British .. • .. ...... • • • • • Paris and Rouen •• •• • • "• Preston and Wyr e ...... • • • • .• • ..... Shrewsbury and Cheater •••••• • • • • ' • South Eastern and Branches • •••• • • • • South Dev0n...:.... • • •• • 233 413 693 533 287 3,216 9,037 624 454 2,005 915 1,027 16,295 434 34,101 661 5,366 5,433 7,099 1,611 419 16,149 2,015 475 1,262 1,367 5,002 2,957 6,330 1,871 720 16,021 32,897 627 4,043 5,071 540 251 5,710 6,G35 1,536 X 827 1,230 367 13,762 1,641 Miter • •••• • • • • ...... York and Newcastle ........ .• •• •• York and North Midland. •• ••"•• 675 7,575 4,838 395 1,189 4,597 416 4,625 866 593 6,037 4,177 PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES. The Patrick Henry, Malabar, and. Mars, from New York; Ara bella, from Philadelphia ; Leland, from Charleston ; and Franklin and Swatara, from New Orleans, which were re ported at Liverpool on the, 28th inst., bring 19,780 barrels flour, 6,276 sacks, 1,585 quarters, and 10,000 bushels Indian cern, 3,840 barrels Indian corn meal, 340 packages of bis cuit, and 16,160 bushels paddy. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We have been favoured (says the Dundee Advatiser) with the following excerpt of a letter from Mr. James Bremner, c i v il e ngineer, Wick , to a gentleman in this quarter :—" I left the Great Britain in charge of Captain Claxton, the managing director, who is stuffing her larboard quarter with fagots, brushwood, sand bags, and chains and bolts, &c. It 111 r. Brunel's plan, and I am not sure of its effects; but I hope there will be no dan ger of her until April, when I expect to commence operations to raise her. She has quarried down six feet of the solid rock, and turned up like a plough forward. There are tour feet of sand above the rock—in all, ten to ten and a half feet. She must be raised thirteen feet perpendicular height, and then her bottom patched, launched, and taken probably to Liverpool; but, if possible , to Br istol, by two steamers. The sand now in her; w hich the water is over, will make her fully 300 tons weight, so that you see the lift will be no joke." Sir George Hamilton Seymour, the newly.ap. pointed Minister from the British .to the Portuguese Court, will proceed with his family and suite to Lisbon in her Majesty'. steal:i-sloopo„M o edei. The vessel is ordred to be pt if his txce.llencY, on her return to fitted for the rece Woolwich, from Freshwater, hie of Wight, to which: place she proceeded on,Thursday with the body of her late com mander, Graham Eden d. Hamond, for interment in the family mausoleum. CONVICT ESTABLISHMENTS AT WOOLWICH.—It is intended to appoint an additional chaplain s a schoolmaster' o and schoolmaster's assi stant, in connexion with the hulk s at Woolwich, for the reception.of this unfortun a t e class, 200 f I whom were received th is week On board th e Warrior ship, t making the total numbe r now on board 484. relate fire by Several of the convicts, who assisted in extinguishing the spon t aneou s combustion of c oals in the Woolwich Dockya r d, have been pardoned, and twelve more are underconsidera tion, having been recom mended to be pardoned for their e h n intro exertions on that occasion, and for their general good con duct. A very excellent regulation has recentwlyho a manner to deserve recommendation, duced, previous to the pardoning of convicts endation, ducted themselves in which prevents their being returned to their as outcasts, or thrown upon the world without m native places ployment. A printed form is sent to the family means of em the convict, to be filled up by them, to ascertain or friends of prospects if liberated, and the following queries what are his filled up by them ;—Will any person emplo are put to be state the name and address. Has any applicayohim ? If so, to such person, and by whom ? Has any, and what been made been received? If the reply be satisfactory, what reply made to the minister of the parish or district tn reference be same? Altogether the arrangements for the to verify the this unfortunate class, and the attention paid to of gious and moral instruction, will do much t to their reli their restoration to liberty, to become a o fit them, on members of society. gain respectable ROBBERY IN THE CATHOLIC CRAp INN - FIELDS.—Shortly after Divine servic Rl , ' LINCOLN'S some expert thief made his way to the .e on Wednesday, chapel, and stole a valuable gold chron ch iin and seals attached, belon O'Connor. One of the seals bears a crest the with the words a Dread God." The graved with the latter oth er w words. The. bb have been effected by a man h • Italian, who was observed lurking congregation had left. having theestrY of the above gin onaeter watch, with about theßev. J. W. of a spreadeagle, ro ery i _ as merely en -3 supposed to aearance of an chapel after the 001ZONER'S INQUEST.-FATAL 'WAGGON ACCIDENT. —Thursday Mr. Baker held an inquest at St. George's Hos pital, on ural labourerthe bod of Samuel Todd , aged 58. Deceased, an agricult, was ?minginto town per waggon on Christmas eve, to spend his Christmas, when at Colnbrook, in trying to jump down, keel under the fore off-wheel. He was brought to the hospital, where he was found to have sustained a comminnted fracture of the left leg, under which he sunk, and died on Wednesday. Verdict ' 1 Accidental death." FLANDERS MAIL. •BRUSSELS, JAN. 26.—The average-price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, Jah. 22, was 28f. 30t., 'and that of rye,. 22f. 35c. jier hectolitre. :These prices show an in crease cf6s eentirres on wheat, and of ( - )3 ceritimps on rye, peeheetolitre. Ye4Crday theCliamber of Commerce : opeaed,.apd closed the geneial debate On the project 'of, law relatiVe to i the rank and mode Of diginission and promotion of armylt adopted the articles Land IL 'of the project of law. •• The Conbtess de Thiennes has placed at the disposal of the magistrates of the Commune of Brugelettet the sum of 000 francs, by means of I. l bich a distribution of bread bas been made to the poor. A list of subnriptioni in-favour• of the poor of East and West Flanders is in circulation atAntwerp. It contains'numerouksignatureaforpretty, considerable sums. We observe sums bf 1,000. 500,' and M francs. The editor of the Brussels and 'English Journal, published at Brussels, has just opened a subscription for the poor- Irish among the English who reside in Belgium; • • . ANTwErtr,•JA:st. 25.-- 4 --The thaw, which set in on Saturday evening, has - been accelerated by an abundant rain, which set in yesterday evening, and by 'a pretty high wirid. The floating ice on the-Scheldt is greatly diminished; and if the present temperature continues the naVigation will be open in a few days. The - Belgian .steamboat, the 'Princess Victoria, will probably depart for London on Wednesday. • BRUSSELS, JAN. 26.—The- Chamber of 'Representatives commenced to-day the discussion and the vote of the project of law relative to army physicians. Accoraing to the tables annexed to the project of law, relative to the augmentation of the number of representatives and of senators, the total population of Belgium in its actual limits, was on the 31st of December, 1f330 3,760, 000 • It is how 4,335,319 Being an increase since fan: 1831 ... 575,319 On the occasion of the death of his Serene Highness the Landgrave and Sovereign Prince of Hesse Homburg, the King has put on mourning for seven days, beginning on the 24th of January. The Franckfort Journal confirms the news of the conclu sion of a treaty for the contraction of a railway between Trieste and Bavaria. . The Bavarian Govern Mont will commence in the spring the line which is to unite Salzburg to Munich. This line will open a communication between Bavaria on the one side with the sea, and on the other with the A letter from Berlin, of the 21st .January, says, "It is on the 24th, the anniversary of the coronation and of the fetes of the orders of knighthood, that we expect the act convoking the Provisional Estates as States General. This assembly, it is said,• will sit with closed doors; • the Government will treat it not directly, but through Commissioners, and with out-the presant intervention of the Ministeri." BERLIN, JAN. 24.—This day the celebration of the an niversary of the coronation and of the fetes of the orders • took place by command of his Majesty the King At noon the knights installed since the 18th January last year, and the holders of honorary insignia, as well as those who were to receive these distinctions, assembled at the royal palace. After the ceremony their Majesties, the royal family, and the most distinguished personages, repaired to the Palace Chapel, where the service for the anniversary was celebrated, and thesermon preached, by the Rev. Dr. Strausz. After dinner service the royal family repaired to the Knights' Hall, where many had the honour of being intro duced to their Majesties. Nearly, 800 distinguished guests sat down to table in the royal palace. We understand that Lord Torrington has been ap pointed Governor of Ceylon. CANADIAN POST - OFFlCE.—Amongst the Parliamen tary documents yesterday issued was a copy of the report of the commission appointed by the Governor-General of Ca nada, since the union of the two provinces, to inquire into the state of the Canadian Post-office, and Mr. Stayner's statement relative thereto. This return was moved for by Mr. Warburton, and ordered to be printed on the 28th of August. The coloured citizens of Cincinnati, when they re ceived the intelligence of Clarksen's death, resolved to wear mourning for thirty days. General Espartero and the Duchess of Victory have both been suffering from indisposition, arising from the recent inclemency of the weather. The Gallant General continues at. Abbey Lodge, Regent's Park, and, we learn, is now re covering, AN EPICURE.- - --On Saturday week, a young pig walked into a confectioner'S shop at Preston, and in a few moments helped himself to some twenty shillings' worth of Chorley cakes, mince pies, Queen's cakes, and other deli cacies—twice as much,-in fact, as he himself was worth when he had finished. - TIIE C2ESARIAN OPERA TION.—The subject of this case, a dress-maker, aged _7, of a mild disposition, is only four feet one inch in height on account of great distortion of the pelvis and lower limbs from rickets during childhood. Her general heakh is good. Oa the evening of the.7th of 184 G, while under temporary excitement, she had con nexion once with a young man lodging in the same house. She was not aware of being pregnant until the. seventh month, when she consulted a surgeon, who, conscious of her dangerous position, sent her to Mr. Skey, under whose care she was admitted i n t o S t. Bartholomew's ' Hospital. An ac curate examination was then made by several distinguished accoucheurs, who were unanimous in their. opinion that ens bryotouly would be impracticable on account of the extreme narrowness of the antero-posterior diameter of the pelvis. It was, therefore, recommended no operative proceeding should be adopted until the full period of utero-gestation ; and that the Cassarian section would then be the most proper 'measure. The nature of the case being fairly and fully explained to the patient, she readily consented to undergo any operation which offered the best chance of relief. At two o'clock in the morning of the 25th Of January she was awakened from sleep by the commencement of labour. The membranes gave way soon afterwards, and the pains increased. Skey, with several accoucheurs, made an examina tion per vaginain at halt-past four A.M. The os uteri was at that time very little dilated. A second examination was made at half-past seven o'clock. The os uteri was still in the same condition, but the labour pains were rapidly in creasing. The operation was therefore no longer delayed. The vapour of ether was inhaled by the patient -for six minutes before its effects were manifest, an incision eight inches in length was made down to the linea alba, commenc ing two inches above the umbilicus, and terminating two inches and a half above the pubes. The linea alba was then divided to the same extent on a broad director. The uterus was fairly exposed, inclining to the left. Adequate pressure over the front and sides of the abdomen was neces sary to prevent protrusion of the intestines. An incision from five to six inches in length was then made into the long axis of the uterus, from which a well-formed, healthy-looking female child was easily removed. The placenta was extracted shortly afterwards. Thus - far the operation occupied six minutes. Immediate contraction of the uterus to - one-half its previous size followed the removal of the child.. The free veneous hemorrhage which took place from its cut surface was arrested by cold water and pressure between the hands. In half an hour the uterus had contracted to such a size as to render its replacement within the abdomen safe. Accord ingly, with the sanction of Drs. Rigby, Fergusson, Moore, P. Smith, and others, the incision in the abdomen was brought together by eleven sutures. Broad strips of plaster were applied to support the muscles, and cotton-wool placed on the abdomen with a flannel roller over. the whole. It may be as well to observe that the inhalation of the ether pro duced insensibility, to the pain of the first incision. Its prolonged exhibition was not allowed, lest it might possibly interfere with the contraction of the uterus.—Medical Gazette. MIDDLESEX HosPirAr..—On Monday last, at the Middlesex Hospital, the efficacy of the ether was put to as severe a test as it has yet been subjected to. A man of 68 had been admitted with symptoms of stone and. diseased bladder; so much pain, straining, and struggling attended the attempts at sounding, that it was with difficulty satis factorily accomplished. The vesical tenesmus was incessant, amounting to total incontinence of urine. Endeavours were made for several weeks to allay this extreme irritability; so that some urine might be retained or some water received as au injection, but in vain, neither could be endured, lithotrity was consequently out of the question ; and Mr. Arnott de termined to perform tha operation of lithotomy, unpromising as the case was, but, if possible, whilst the patient was under the influence of the ether. ' seven minutes from the com mencement, but in reality only two from the, effectual in halation, its influence was obtained. The catheter was then introduced, and some water attempted - to be injeCted, but not above' two or three ounces could be boine, and' this, re tained by pressure, was ejectedimmediately on the introduc tion of the staff, which, owingto the state of parts was ef fected with some difficulty and consequent delay the bladder was cut into; the stone was grasped at once, but - crumbled under the forCeps, requiring their re-introduction several times; the scoop was employed to remove calculous matter like mortar; and, lastly, the bladder was injected four or five times, so as to wash it out. During the whole time, from first to last, the patient gave not the slightest indication of suf fering ; indeed, it was not until lie was removed to bed and had been some time in it, and taken some brandy and am monia, ttlat •he did Co, and then of soreness merely. Nor was the influence of the ether limited to this, its anodyne effect was maintained during the evening, the mail remaining in a dreamy and "'very comfortable state," as he termed it.' He declares he suffered no pain.; he knew that something was being done, but he recollects nothing distinctly " after ' blowing the horn:" Up to this time, Wednesday evening, he is going on very favourably. Without ether the pain in this case must have been most severe, and, from the cir cumstances mentioned of more than ordinary duration, but happily the patient wlzs spar, d a..paratus em ployed was tine invented by Mr. chemist, of O.N.ford street, wl,to was present, andas.sist:A Mr. Tomes in its appli . cation.—ffedical Gazette. DESTITUTION IN ,ST. LITRE'S, enEl.'s EA.—This pariah contains above 45,000 inhabitants, of whom one in every fourteen is now actually receiving parochial relief. The returns for the past week are as follow :—lnMates of the workhouse, 397; children at the establishment at Toot ing, 126; recipients of out-door relief, 2,694 (being en in crease in this class since last week of 568) the total amount to 3,217, of whom, one-third ate Irish. There have been from 150 to 220 new applications daily, and they seem likely. to be still more numerous. The number of paupers at the corresponding period laSt year was but ],834, showing the enormous increase of 1,383. w w api t h seh o . ,f T ?or w oti e a ni a leert i h r tried at t o a g t the eth e r . las tlt ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM SPRINGFIELD GAOL. this; Cle ll c s Oun t V , and convicted of pig aboveioner prisoners prison. quarter l ast sessionsl len r? e , g — en O e n ra 1 S un He had been sentenced to seven-Years! transportation,. and stealing; contrived to make his caC l a v was accordingly placed in a yard c l ass . 'As we are infortned, upon the mastering of the sopera to attend the chapel in the:afternoon-of the g above pri less than half • an hour after he' Wells, upon some pretence, lingered behind the day, rest, and in is supposed. that having scaled a - h igh-boarded partition dividing the portion of ' the prison in use from that part where the new buildi ngs are ' going on, he got clear off by means of some -of the m• t ' the discovery • ' a erials employed on the works. Upon being made the intelligence e was immediately transmitted by the telegraph to London and Colchester, and numerous police-constables and other officers were dispatched in pUrsuit in every quarter of the neighbourhood. - This'first intelligence of the locality of the fugitive was gained on Monday morning, when the officer sent to East Hanningfield, where his friends resided, and was informed that he had been in the neighbourhood-the night before, and had exchanged his clothes, which, were subsequently found tied up as a parcel, anddirected to one of the wardens of the prison, in the possession of Thomas Bacon, who had been requested to deliver, it to the carrier, but Bacon asserts he did not know the party by whom they were delivered. Since that time no tidings have been heard of him, although the most active exertions have been made, officers having been sent as far as Kent, in the expectation that the fugitive had taken shelter at a relations in that county.—Essex Standard. _ A . hoilible ,suicide took plade last week at Du• nitres, in the Haute-Loire. A workman at a saw-mill, in a temporary fit of insanity, placed his arm under one of the saws, by which it was separated, and then put his head to the instrument. He. was just expiring when he was discovered. BENINGTON.—On Thursday evening the 21st inst. (about four o'clock), a wheat stack on the farm of Mr. Hol land, containing about 20 quarters, was fired, and almost the whole burnt; plenty of assistance was at hand, and no other damage was done. It is believed to have been caused by an incendiary,--Stainforci Mercury. , -' r `-~ 204 10f , f44)4 % , NA3g d. r