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58 6d to 5s 8d per 81bs, indeed 5s 10;1 per Blbs was realised in some cases; and the value of all other breeds bad an upward tendency. From the north, we received about 1,600 short horns ; from the eastern, Western, and midland counties, 1,800 ; Hero Fords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 of vari ous breeds ; and , from Scotland, 250 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep, we were scantily supplied for the time of year, owing to which the Mutton trade was firtr, at an improvement in currencies obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d per Bbs ; the primest old Downs selling readily at 5s 4d per Blbs. The supply of Calves was tolerably extensive, yet the Veal trade was steady at last week's prices. In Pigs comparatively little business, but late rates were well supported. IMPORTS of FOREIGN STOCK.—During the past week the following imports of live stock from abroad have taken place into London:— . From whence. Beasts. ,heer Cal Harnburgh Harlingen Rotterdam Sheep. Calves Total The supply on sale, to day, from abroad was small, and et 'very inferior quality ; while the arrivals at the out- Ports hare been trifling. At the close of buiin(ss, nearly, or quite,7the whole of the stock—both English and foreign—had found buyers. For 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to 9. d. s. d- to s. d Interior Beasts..... 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Second quality •.. 4 6 410 Coarse-troolled ditto 4 8 5 0 Prime large Oxen.. 5 0 5 4 Soutlidown Nether b 2 5 4 Prime Scots • 5 6 5 8 Ditto out orthe wool Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6 Large Hoge Prime small-ditto .. 4 8 410 Small Porkers •• - • 4 8 5 2 Budding Calves ..20 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 18 0 25 0 liferlor Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 Lama SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. sh.e.D. Calves. 4,282 I 18,170 f 109 NZVVITGATE AND MEADENHA34I.. Since Monday last these markets have been mode rately supplied with meat slaughtered in the country, but the supply on offer killed in the metropolis has been somewhat extensive, and of very middling quality. Prime Beef has commanded a ready sale, at an advance ill the quotations of 2d per 81bs. In all other kinds of Meat only a moderate business has been doing, at barely Stationary prices. About 400 carcases of foreign Meat, killed in London, have been on sale, and about 20 Packages of Beef from Hamburgh. I Pigs. 320 At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I a. d. to s. d. n eef,interior.. 2 S 210 I Mutton, inferior •• 3 2 3 4 "--- middling .... .3 0 3 4 middling.. 3 6 3 8 primeiarge .. 3 6 3 8 prime •••• 310 4 6 prime small .. 310 4 0 Pork,large•• •••• • • 3 8 4 6 v s al•-• ••••••• •• •• 3 8 4 8 - small ••••• • • • 4 8 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH AND SPXTALFIELDS. On the whole, a fair average quantity of potatoes has arrived at the waterside coastwise ; and the supplies by railway have been somewhat on the increase. Prime qualities have sold somewhat freely, at a further advance 1 11 the quotations of from 5s to 103 per ton, while the value of other kinds is well supported. The following are the present rates:— York Regent's, 120 s to 140 s; ditto, Shaw's, 110 s to 120 s; Scotch Reds, 1103 to 120 s; ditto, Pi r hites, 90s to 110 s ; Kent and Essex Regents, 120 s to 1308 ; ditto, Shaw's, 90s to 120 s; ditto, Blues, 110 s to 120 s; ditto Kidneys, 100 s to 130 s; Wisbeach Regent's, 100 s to 110 s; Dutch, sos to 90s. BOROUGH HOP MAR HET. - We have still to notice a fair demand for the best new "'Nu, at full rates of currency. In all other kinds next to nothing is doing, and, to effect large sales, lower motes must be submitted to. On speculation scarcely a transaction has taken place. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 21 143 to 3135; Weald of Kent ditto, 21. 16s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 to 5/ 5s per cwt. WOOL. Scarcely any imports of Wool have taken place into .40nclon during the past week. For all kinds of Wool, In the private contract market, the demand is in a very 411 state; yet, as a better demand is shortly expected, the holders are firm, and will not submit to any reduc tion in value. twin TALLOW. g to the small arrivals this market is very firm, 414 prices have advanced is per cwt. This improve inerit, however, is not expected to be suppurted, as a l arger quantity of Tallow is between here and St. Pe tersburgh. P. Y. C, on the spot, is 46s 3d to 46s 6d, Id for d e li ver y i n th e s p r i ng , 45s p er cw t. T ow n Tal :w steady, at from 47s 3d to 48s net cash. Rough Fat, B id per Blbs. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE MEYER AND BROWNSMITH. I nge ba n k ru pt s h a d carr i e d on b us i ness es l ace and merchants, in Bedford. street, Covent-garden, and dividend meeting was held a few days since, when a Pe e arose as to th o r i g ht o f p ersons h o ldi ng g oods of a ba nkrupt as a security to sell them, and pursue for the mgierence. Mr. R EED , so li c i tor, o f F r id ay - street, now a pp ea red t i t i l behalf of the assignees for his Honour's judgment on tPeint, and submitted that should his Honour be of hun that goods pawned or held as security 0) , t be sold without allowing the pawner his representatives to redeem thorn, then by for ° 1 08th sec. 6 Geo. IV., no proof should be admitted any balance; for, by that section, persons holding a s e cunities, must, before they could prove, give up those k eellr ities. He, however, contended there was no mort "ag,e, but a mere pl e d ge or deposit of goods. Ills HONOUR expressed his opinion that the parties 4 :: a right to dispose of the property held by them as furturitY. That was his present opinion, but he would her cons id er the point as i t was affected by the 6th wee. /v. t REED said the point was one of very great im portance, for if hi s H onour s h ou ld d ec id e t h at the proof "mild be admitted, no security would ever be given up. The declaration and payment of dividend was then adjourned. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The December session was opened this morning, at the 118119 .1 hour, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Wilson and Farncombe, and the Sheriffs. The grand jury-having been sworn, and elected their fo reman, The R ECORDER procee d e d t o d e li ver hi s c h a rg e . He Itor 'tid the num b er o f pr i soners se t d own i n th e ca l en d a r trial was 144, 98 of whom had been committed from Ziddlesex, 23 from Surrey, and 5 from Kent. Neither Pers ons Admiralty nor the county of Essex bad sent any F2 9 ons for trial during the present session. The short 11 ;7! which had elapsed since the termination of the last bf, l , l '9 ll —not more than 11 days—accounted for the i i - ' l c l V of numbers to which he had referred. The 4 1 % ber, however, was about the usual average Pri, Boners waiting for trial during those sessions whi c h c t i t l , ll cCY follo we d u p on eac h o th er i n thi s court; b ut b e f ore ° t ermination of their labours the numb e r wo u ld, no 4 u bt, be considerably augmented by the committal of 1 8 ° 1 as now undergoing investigation at the various ofLee•courts. The number, however, comprised some c harg ed raost serious offences. A youth, aged fifteen, was aL t Yged with the commission of a criminal offence upon rt under ten years of age; it would be for them to tl e , -si der whether or not the offence was committed with the consent of the child, but it was his duty to tell them p h ._. B t the offence was equally criminal and equally s t 7 B hable, if th e c hild h a d given her consent, as it z u 'uld be if s h e h a d res i ste d the perpetration of the out e' There were a vast number of charges of robbery, of l,;,: t ng and wounding with the intention of doing the fib re 11 not3l attackof a e nature to e evous require bodilany specific h pe arm ti , c but allusion they cases oußlit him ! It was for them to consider those ci and which ought not to be sent for further inves- Zoo before the Court. One person was charged with teii:eiatering poison to another. It appeared he had w a n Poison himself with a view to destroy life, which ea ail offence for which he might be tried. Unhappily art i ndividuals were charged with the high crime of tollttler and r o bb er y. N o l ess th a n five per s ons b a d b e e n Initted on one charge, namely, the murder and rob -1114,„," person, the instrument by which the Grime of si t h;"r was infli c t e d b e i ng a l arge i ron b o lt. Th e d e p o - U 4419 so set forth, but it was in the testimony of one of o, 3 ..Parties i m pli cate d t h at t h e d ea d ly bl ow was struck b y I , o ' of th e fi ve; i t would, therefore, be for them to consider 147. ether they could place credence in the statement; and t he her, Supposing they believed the statement, whether Th others were accessories befor e or a f ter t h e f act . Qu er ° Was a charge of child murder, an d i n t h a t case t o " ,): would have to consider whether the evidence led he conclusion that death resulted from violence, or One l e U ro le an attempt to conceal the birth of the child. public ",acl caused the most painful interest in the "ria—namely, a charge of murder committed by .38 hisadovvnininistered by the accused to the deceased, who mother. The medical testimony would prove, a 0 doubt, the presence of arsenic in the body of the de- It appeared from the depositions that the de titi7eci had a violent attack of illness, and had of en brand in consequence a considerable quantity y. It was right that he should C‘e that the evidence which would be adduced would per i neipally that of relatives, between whom and the ti re: lic r it appeared great rancour had existed for some fe e ', 41 1c1 consequently it would be for th e m to say how ski37,LeY could re ly upon suc h test i mony . If t h ey were te tu 'led that th e d ecease d did not di e f rom na t ura l u pon ee, and they had sufficient evidence to cast suspicion can ; the prisoner, it wou ld b e th e i r d u ty to put the tilttztafurther train of inquiry; in fact, the prisoner irrespective of their decision, be put upon his 110 4 : 11 tbe finding of the coroner's jury. It was a y p o ° f deep regret that so many cases of murder l'eriaon had recently taken place. After some further t o C ap ', B e xplanatory of the duties which they would have theirto a -- " a rge, the Learned Gentleman remitted the jury duties. IV() n ). -- "SHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) ,el5/I 1 requests us to acknowledge the receipt sent to him by a humane individual, with the tionef"' D. W.," for the poor-box; as also a similar -° ,, 11 of 5/. fro m .‘ H. V." IV () ; I nspector Gravestock, of the G division, brought char Mr. Ilaramill a female named Jane Gough, Thad Under th e f o ll ow i ng b ort if y i eg c i rcums t ances : 1 4 43 l'ospector s t ate d t h at t h e pr i soner was b roug ht ti Ettu b a ue station-house, at about half past twelve on ihe Etu r : lB Y eight, in a state of inebriety. She bad an th ol ' at her b reast a b out four weeks old. Witness sent tll4llltter to the wor kh ouse , b ut h a d i t b roug h t b ac k to hixdrther at ten o'clock in the morning, when, as she (1%4 a great measure recovered, he permitted her to s he ' 5ll her own bail. At two o'clock this morning ,t_ l B rolling about Golden-lane in a state of intoxica konrt subs., quently went to her lodgings at No. 17, .athat the , Wo loan. on her awakening at about six o'clock deed ark - ri.nlant milk, she di s covered that the child was Tles of old. endant said that she had three children by a gentleman, and that in consequence of her having been so repeatedly locked up hcr money had been stopped, and it had very much discomposed her mind. She was very sorry that so lamentable an occurrence as the one she was brought there for had taken place. Mr. IlAmium, directed the defendant to he taken care of until the inquest should be holden upon the body of her infant. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) r Mr. Robert Wilson, a gentle man of independent pro ' perty, residing at the Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, was bronght before Mr. Bingham, charged on suspicion of attempting to commit suicide, by having two loaded pistols in his possession. William Webb, waiter at the Colonnade Hotel, said the defendant had been staying at the hotel for about a week. On Saturday night the , defendant who was very much excited, came to him :Lrd said, " Waiter, lam going out, and you will never s se me again." He noticed at the time that the defendaia, had a. pair of pistols in his hand, and thought that he premeditated suicide. He therefore followed him, and gave him in charge, lbr his (defendant's) own safety. Mr. BINGHAM said he could not defendant go without he provided bail for his future behaviour. He sikuld therefore order him to find two respectable house keepers to be sureties for his keeping the peace. Bail was subsequently offered and accepted, and de fendant left the office with his friends. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The following report of Mr. Barry, the architect, o❑ the New Houses of Parliament at Christmas last, ap pears in the report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, printed on Saturday :—" The whole of the car case works of the north, the east, and the south fronts of the buildings are completed. A suite of nineteen rooms on the second floor of tale River front has been tempo rarily, and in part perms.ncntly fitted up for use as com mittee-rooms. The Victoria Tower is above 80 feet in height, and the ground floor over the state entrance within it is completed. with the exception of the carvings. The Clock Tower is 84 feet in height. The central hall, together with the whole of the buildings adjacent to it, are carried up to their full height. The groining of the ground hall, of the central ball, and adjoining cor ridors, is in a forward state of preparation. The walls of St. Stephen's porch, with the adjoining entrances from Westminster-hall and St. Margaret's-street, are 20 feet above the ground. St. Stephens'-hall is upon an average two-thirds of its full height. The internal fronts of all the inner courts of the building, as far as it is now in hand, and the whole of the carcase works of the new buildings around them, are completed. The front towards Now Palace-yard is completed, with the excep tion of a few of the stone pinnacles and the terminals on the parapet, and the iron roof above it over the Common,' residences is fixed. The second floor of this portion of building has been temporarily fitted up as offices for the use of the House of Commons. The iron roofing of the House of Commons is completed, and the public library adjoining is ready to receive its ceiling beams. The works of this portion of the building are at present suspended, and will so remain until the warm ing and ventilating arrangements to be applided to it are finally decided upon. The House of Lords, together with the Victoria Hall and public lobby, are nearly completed in all their details, and will be ready for oc cupation during the ensuing (the present) session. The ventilating and warming arrangements for this portio n of the buildi ng are nearly' completed. Separate tempo. rary approaches to the new House of Lords have been provided both for the use of Peers and of the public. 'Temporary communications have also been formed from the Victoria Hall to the Peers' temporary committee rooms in the river front. The joiners' works and the finishings for the completion of the committee-rooms, libraries, and refreshment-rooms belonging to each of the Houses are in a state of great forwardness • a con siderable portion of them are already fixed, and the fit ting of the remainder is in hand. There are at present 1,470 men employed upon the works of the new Palace, of which number 859 men are employed at the building, 100 at the quarries, 260 at the Government workshops at Thames-bank, upon the joiners' finishings and wood carvings, and 251 upon miscellaneous work both at the building and elsewhere." THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND The half-yearly general meeting of this society was held on Saturday, at the society's house, Hanover square. The Earl of Yarborough, president, in the chair. Mr. J. Hudson, secretary, read the report of the council. The Rev. J. LINTON, in moving that the report be received and adopted, took occasion to congratulate the members on the flourishing condition of the society. He could not deny himself th e gra tifi cat i on of ex pressing an opinion in which he was sure all present would concur—namely, that the members of the council had entitled themselves in an eminent degree to the thanks of the society.—(Cheers.) Mr. ASTBURY seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. R. BARKER submitted a statement of accounts drawn up by the finance committee, and certified as correct by the auditors, from which it appeared that the gross income up to June 30 was 7,4371. ss. Bd., of which sum there had been expended 5,5321.55. Sd., leaving a balance in hand at that date of 1,905/. Mr. EMERY moved that the thanks of the society be presented to the members of the finance committee, and the auditors, and in so doing took occasion to ex press the satisfaction with which he observed the rapid progress not only of that society, but another similar in its object—the Farmers' Club. That club had been instituted a few years since ; but recent though its origin was, it had already conferred very great benefit on the agricultural interests of the country. It only needed to be more generally known to have its claims on the support and sympathy of all who had those interests at heart universally appreciated and acknowledged. No less than 100 new members had been admitted during the past year, and amongst them he was happy to say, there were to be found not only tenant-f inners, but some of the best landlords in England and Scotland. It was to be hoped that ere long the club would also number amongst its mem bers some of the Irish landlords, for though hard things had been said of them, he was convinced there were many excellent men amongst them. Mr. R. W. BAKER seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Colonel CHALLONER bore testimony to the zeal and intelligence of the present auditors, and proposed their re-appointment. Mr. KINDER seconded the motion.—Carried. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that the thanks of the society be presented to the two Learned Gentle men who lectured before the members on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The members, as practical farmers, could not but feel obliged to such scientific gentlemen as came forward to inform them of the result of their experiences. A more interesting lecture he had never attended than that which was delivered a few days since by Professor Simmons, on the diseases of cattle. No more instructive discourse had been delivered since the institution of the society. One of the primary objects of that asso ciation should be to elevate the position of the veterinary surgeons throughout the country. There were, no doubt, many gen tl emen o f a bili ty and education exercising that profession in various parts of the country ; but the members must also be aware that many of their most valuable cattle and sheep were not unfrequently committed to the care of men who had had no professional educa tion whatever, or whose education had not been such As to qualify them to associate with the respectable tenantry of the country.—(Hear, hear.) If men of education and talent were more frequently to establish themselves as professors of the veterinary art through out the provincial districts of England, they would associate with the owners of the land as well as with the occupiers, their profession would be made more remunerative, and many of the diseases which now carried off so much of the farmer's stock would be treatei with a degree of skill which would prevent their terminating fatally.—(Hear, hear.) He was decidedly of opinion that the society should devote their best attention to the object of elevating the state and position of the professors of the veterinary art throughout the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. C. lIILLYARD seconded the motion, which wa.s carried unanimously. Professor SEWELL, on the part of the governors of the Veterinary College, acknowledged the compli ment, and expressed his concurrence in the observa tions of the Noble Duke. Those observations were applicable to England, but they were still more so to Ireland. The members of the veterinary profes sion in that country settled usually in towns where there were horses to practise on, but there were not more than half-a-dozen veterinary surgeons scattered throughout the country parts. Mr. SHAW, lest it should be supposed that the society was indifferent on a matter of such impor tance, wished that it should be generally known that during the last six or seven years they had contri buted no less a sum than 2001. a year to a veterinary college for promoting the veterinary art, as applied to cattle, sheep, and pigs, as contradistinguished from horses.—(Hear.) After some routine businese the proceedings ter minated. Mr. Edward Page is appointed Assistant-Surveyor in the colony of Sierra Leone. Mr. Robert Armstrong is to be police magistrate in the same place. Mr. IV. M`Cartney is to be chief superintend( nt of police at Co lombo, in the island of Ceylon. I\lr. henry Crewe is to be a stipendiary magistrate in Jamaica.—Observer. A Cabinet Council was held at the Hotel des Affaires Etrnngeres at Paris, on Friday, where, in addition to the discussion of the affairs of Switzerland, the question of the royal speech was brought forward. The Minister of Finance is said to have declared on this occasion that the budget was quite ready, and rendered a satisfactory account of the state of the finances, which will permit him to satisfy the wishes of the Chamber on the trio questions of postal reform and a diminution of the salt duties. M. Demon is reported to have assured the Council that, far from having experienced a de crease, as had been hinted at by the ex-Minister of Finance, M. Lacave Laplagne, on the contrary, the receipts bad been constantly on the increase.—Chronicle. Mr. Fearon is to be the new solicitor to the charity commission. N, IVIONDAY E VENING, DECEMUER 18, 1847. FL...EVADERS MAIL. BRUSSELS.—COD iMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.---From the Ist to the 51. h December three vessels, laden wholly or in part with corn, entered the port of An werp. The importations were— Wheat Rye Rice NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Fairy royal yacht em barked the D uc h ess o f Kent yesterday at Trinity Wharf, on her Royal Highness's return to town. The 1 - a ry entered this harbour, under the usual ceremonies, at live minutes past twelve, and her Royal Highness disem barked, together with the royal suite, comprising Lady Fanny Howard, Colonel Grey, and Sir G. Couper, at ten minutes past twelve. Sir Charles Ogle, Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, Captain Sir Edward Parry, and the usual stuff and guard of honour, were present to receive the Royal Duchess, who left by express train, under the superin tendence of Mr. R. W. Stevens, of the South-Western Railway, at half past twelve, from the Clarence-yard. The Blenheim steam guard-ship, Captain Yates, was docked yesterday after a great deal of labour, a leak having been discovered in her bread-room, occasioned, it is supposed, by the working of thescrew propeller. From her great draught of water, owing to all her heavy weights being on board, it was upwards of three hours after the basin was closed before she could be got into the dock, during which time the steam-engine was kept incessantly pumping. The Cockatrice, tender to the Asia, 84, in distress at Plymouth, is ordered away to join the latter at Ply mouth without delay ; so urgent is the order for her to "move on," that she is not to be allowed the customary embellishment of painting at this port. The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Seymour, is totally dismantled, and will be paid off to-morrow. One of her midshipmen (Mr. Farringdon) was peremptorily dismissed her Majesty's service by order of the Lords of the Admiralty on Thursday last. Wind south, fresh breezes, and fine weather-5 P.M., Sunday. ENGINEERS' PAY. —The King of Naples has given orders to increase the pay of all the engineers in his steam fleet. His Majesty has also ordered the engineers (who are Englishmen) to wear the cocked hats and swords. —Nautical Standard. Extract of a letter from the Electra, 14, Commander F. IV. P. Bouverie, dated Gaspi, at the entrance of the river St. Lawrence, Oct 30:—" All well. The potato crop here is a total failure, but flour and other provisions are abundant and cheap; flour, 325. per barrel currency. An immense number of emigrants have arrived during the summer, but sickness has prevailed to such an alarming extent that Government has been compelled to erect several h o s pitals."—Nautical Standard. PROMOTIONS. Commander—Charles Conrad Grey (1142), of the Columbine, to the rank of Captain. Mates—J. J. Barnard, W. David Lock, and George Don Murray, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral—Henry Prescott, C. 8., to be Superin tendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, vice Shirreff, deceased. Captains—J. Shepherd, to the Inconstant, vice Bruns wick Popham, whose appointment is cancelled ; William Fanshawe Martin, to the Prince Regent ; Bartholomew J. Sulivan, additional, to the Victory, for special service; Charles Eden, to be Flag-Captain to Admiral Sir C. Ogle, vice Milne (in the event of the latter officer accept. ing the offered seat at the Admiralty Board, in the room of Rear-Admiral Prescott). Commander—John Charles Dalrymple Hay, to the Columbine, vice Grey, promoted ; W. F. Fead, to the Prince Regent. Lieutenants—H. F. M‘Kellop, to the Hydra ;J. P. Branch to the Inconstant ; R. J. J. G. Macdonald, Flag- Lieutenant to Sir G. Seymour, to the acting command of the Modeste ; E. E. Morgan, to the Cygnet ; J. C. Bailey, to study at the Steam Factory ; H. Caldwell, Frederick A. Egerton, Francis B. Porteous, Alexander C. Gordon, and George Murray, to the Prince Regent. Masters—T. Bowen, to the Hydra ;R. Read, addi tional, to the Blenheim ; Robert Fulton, to command the Hercules, 72, on a voyage to Bombay with troops and stores, and to bring home a cargo of teak from Moulmein. Chaplains—R. Thompson, to the Victory ;W. M. Dyne, to the Inconstant. Naval Instructors—R. M. Inskip, to the Victory ;A. Turmine, to the Inconstant. Paymasters and Pursers—T. S. Heywood, to the Hydra ; J. Goldsmith and J. Williamson have been placed on the retired list ; Charles E. Cottrell, to the Prince Regent. Surgeons—Thomas H. Keown, to be superintendent of the Mountstewart Elphinstone convict ship; D. G. Miller, to the Blenheim; T. M. Jewell, to the Victory; J. W. Bowler, superintendent to the John Calvin con vict ship; H. Morris, superintendent to the Bangalore convict ship; W. F. Carter, to the Inconstant; W. H. Brent, to the Pantaloon, vice Dr. Graham, deceased.' Acting Masters—G. Allen and J. Scarlett to the Victory; Erancis Lee, to the Plover. , Clerks—E. J. Forster, in charge, to the Firefly ; Arthur A. Davis, to the Prince Regent; J. E. Stiles, to the Acheron. Second Master—H. B. Akaster, to the Inconstant. A A s c s t i i s n t g a o S t e . Second-Master—J. Assistant-Surgeons—J. e J. r— J Simpson (b), to the Plover; oth V e ic to ry. W. Smith, M.D., to the Meander; H. W. Horsell, to the Bonetta; W. M. Ogilvie, to the Inconstant. Midshipmen—T. J. Young, to the Stromboli; R. H. Burton, to the Excellent; S. W. H. Thompson, to the Cygnet. ... 224,0001 k ... 186,000 ... 348,62,5 758,625 BRUSSELS, DEC. 9.—ln the sitting of yesterday the Chamber heard the reports of the petitions of MM. de Denterghein and Simons, and other matters of private interest, and gave an order for twenty-five de mands for ordinary naturalization. M. Goblet made a report on the demand for a sup plementary credit for the War Department, which is to be discussed to-morrow. BERLIN, DEC. B.—The Committee of the Diet is convoked at Berlin for the 17th of January. M. l3cckerath, of Crefeld, one of the most distinguished representatives of Westphalia, has tendered his resig nation as member of the colntnittee. M. Muller, who was nominated in his :stead, has likewise sent in his resignation. The Prussian Government strenuously continues its efforts to centralise and, settle the affairs of the Pro t7stant Church, and so give it uniformity and unity. A supreme consistory is to take place at Berlin, com posed of all the provincial consistories. M. De Goetze, who is well known by his strict religious orthodoxy, has been nominated president of this supremo authority of the Ecclesiastics.: Administration of Prussia. The Gazette de Cologne states that the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Berlin received a dispatch from Warsaw on the 4th annivesary, that by special order of the Emperor, addressed to the Prince of Warsaw, the measures already taken to abolish the line of Customs between Poland and Russia and which had been officially announced to the Prussian Go vernment some time si - ace, had been abandoned, and that consequently the Reunion Douaniare of Poland with Russia will not take place at the new year, as it had been at first intended. RUSSIA AND POLAND —Letters from Presburg say the news from Cr:Alicia is terrific. Famine and disease are committing such awful ravages among the pea santry, that in almost every village a third part, and even the half of the population, is dead. All the misery of Ireland is king reacted in this wretched country, and, at thti same time, we want especially a second Engle.nd, rich, powerful, and benevolent, to come to lta aid, for all that is done by the Austrian Govern - Anent its utterly insufficient. ST. PETEusuußun, Nov. 26.—0 n the 20th of this ' month a large number of vessels, which had been kept in port a long time, left the road of Cronstadt with a favourable wind, and the thermometer at 8 deg. Reaumer. On the 22d a storm arose, which made us very apprehensive for the fleet. At Newsky the rain was frozen even, when an impetuous wind and a mild temperature broke the ice, and submerged a large number of barges and small craft, which were laden \%ith a cargo of 85,000 to 90,000 chetworts of grain, flour, and linseed. The loss is very great. MUNICH, DEC. 4.--The report which was circulated that a loan had been concluded with the house of Rothschild, is quite groundless. Baron Rothschild has again left Munich. STUI'TGARD, DEC. 3.—The Swabian Mercury of to-day contains an ordinance of the Minister of the Interior respecting the insurance of the effects of eml.grants, through the medium of persons duly au thorised to effect the transport. The effects may also be insured against damages by sea.—Flanders Mail, Dec. 10. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, DEC. 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .......... . Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • t ... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .• Ditto Threeper Cent .... .......... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • Ditto, ditt0,1840...... Ditto, d1tt0,1842 Ditto, 1844... Ditto, 1836. • Ditto, 1838 -- Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 .. •• • • • • • Bank of 8e1gium...... Brussels Papers. Dec. 9. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEELIN, 'W. 7. ls. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• •••••• • • • • 92 Money. Bil Pruss. English Bonds, 1839, 4 per Cent •• •. • • Foreign Exchanges.. •• • • ..... ••••• • • • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 274 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 2. 5 per Cent. Metalliques •• • • ••.• • • • . 105% 4 per Cent. ditto. .• • • • •••••• • • • • 93 3 per Cent.ditto• ••• •• ••••••• • • • • • • • 65 Loan, 1834 • • •• • • •• • • ••• • • • 156% Ditto, 1839 • • • • 116 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • 1624 Esterhazv's Loan . • 62 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .... ••• • .. . 158 Gloggnitx .. • • •• •• ••••.•••• • • • • • • .. 1103( Vienna—Milan • •••••• • • • • • • 9736 Leghorn • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • Pesth .................. Sienna Grosetto ............... Oldenburg .............. Pcstoja •• 98% 93' •-• 6 27 Naval Cadets—A. Wigney, R. C. Mayne, and H. Parke, to the Inconstant; J. Page and William R. Shine, to the Hydra; Philip Brock, to the Mutine; G. D. Panter, to tho Acorn; Thomas B. Pratt, to the St. Vincent. • • 93 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. _ •• 94% Masters' Assistants—J. H. Harvey, to the Cockatrice; E. Spry, S. Libby, and P. C. Moss, to the San Josef ; D. Spear, to the Seagull. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—In addition to the damage received in the late gale, her Majesty's ship Asia, 84, sprung her mainmast, and will be some time detained hero under repairs. Admiral Phipps Hornby and family have landed from her. ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—SPETCHLEY, FRIDAY.—An accident hap pened on this line last night which occasioned at the time the greatest alarm amongst the passengers of the train to which it occurred. The particulars are briefly as follow : —The third class down Parliamentary even ing train left Birmingham at half-past six o'clock, heavily laden, and nothing occurred until about half past seven o'clock. The train had left Dunhampstead, and was proceeding towards the Spetchley and Wor cester station, when suddenly a severe concussion was felt throughout the train, and the first impression amongst the passengers, who were much shaken, wa s that the carriage s h a d got o ff the line. The engine driver, perceiving th a t somet hi ng had gone wr u ng, turned off the steam, and appli e d t h e b reak, but the tranin, had proceeded fully half a mile before it was stopped. A guard then proceeded back to the spot where the con cussion was first felt, and found upon the - rails a piece of thick chain, over which the engine and train had passed, happily without being thrown off the rails. The engine-tender was at the first shock thrown off, but sub sequently, before the train was stopped, got on the rails again. The ballast was torn up for a considerable dis tance by the tender before it got upon the rails again. Had the passenger carriages or engine been thrown off the line, the consequences might have been most disas trous. The train was a long and heavy one, and it need scarcely be added that the greatest consternation was excited amongst the passengers until the engine -driver had stopped the train. The result has happily not been attended with any serious consequences, but the night being exceedingly dark added greatly to the terrors of those whose lot was cast in the unlucky train. It is sup. posed that the chain which caused the mischief had been dropped by some previous train passing along the line. The last passenger down-train before the Parliamentary passed the spot at about five o'clock, leaving abundance of time for an examination of the rails by the policeman on duty. Had the train been a light one, it is feared the whole of the carriages would have been thrown off the rails, in which case the consequences must have been frightful. THE EDINBURGH ELECTION. —The Caledonian Mercury says—" The re-election of Mr. Charles Cowan will shortly take place. We hope it will be unopposed and uncomplained of. We openly and heartily sup ported Mr. Macaulay so long as he was in the field ; but he is so, we understand, no longer ; and Mr. Cowan possesses such qualifications in point of character, busi ness habits, amiable dispositions, and sound Liberal Opinions, that we shall rejoice in his unopposed return. We aro not aware that opposition from any quarter is to be expected—certainly not from Mr. Macaulay or his fi iends, and we are decidedly of opinion, that any oppo sition would be vain and injurious. As we can no longer have what we consider the distinguished honour of being represented by Mr. Macaulay, we cannot elect in his place a more worthy citizen and more estimable man than Mr. Charles Cowan. His unanimous re-election will tend, we hope, to obliterate all irritating recollec tions, and to restore and cement the union of all classes of constitutional reformers. The merchant ship Chapman, Captain Brooks, be longing to Messrs. James King and Co., arrived here yesterday, with timber, from Q ue b ec, f or her Majesty's dockyard. On the 6th inst. she encountered a heavy gale from W.N.W., which drove her towards the coast of France, when a sea struck her, broke her bulwarks, swept her decks, and bruised her cook, John Williams, of Devonport, who died from his injuries the same evening. This morning came in the American ship Lady Eli sabeth, Captain Hasty, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia, out sixteen days, bore up from long. 12 W., with loss of boats, round-house, &c., and the chief officer's leg broken. Also the Danish schooner Maria, of Apen nade, Captain Ipland, from Rio Janeiro, for Christi ania, in Norway, leaky, with loss of bulwarks, rails, stanchions, &c., and will have to discharge her cargo of hides and coffee. THE SUBMERGED PROPELLERS. On Saturday last, an additional series of experiments were made on board the Albi on steamer, in the presence of Captain Smith, R.N., commander of her Majesty's ship the Rattler steam-frigate; Captain Chappel, R.N., of the West India Mail Packet Company; Professor Rowcroft, of the London University, and several other scientific gentlemen, in order more fully to test the powers of the submerged propellers with which the vessel is furnished, and to hear the explanations of his inventions and patents given by Mr. Simpson, the patentee. The propellers, as it has been befere stated, consist of wheels acting horizontally or vertically in closed in cases affixed to the sides of the vessel, and placed beneath the water, so as to be inv i si b le. A column of water is eject e d i n a line parallel with the vessel's motion, which column acts against the water outside the vessel. There is no swell occasioned by the operation of these propellers, and there is none of that vibration by which the scr ew propeller is acco mpanied, which must occasion very great wear and tear. The diameter of the submerged propeller wheels, fitted to the Albion, are only two feet, indeed the whole apparatus is so small in comparison with the cumbrous machinery of common paddle wheels and propellers hitherto used, that the speed and aptitude of the Albion appears almost a miracle. The ;party on board the Albion left Blackwell about twelve o'clock, and steamed down the river several miles against a strong tide and a contrary w i n d. She however made way at a great speed, and satisfied those on board of her capabilities. Mr. Simp son explained,. by the aid of models and diagrams, the principle of his invention. The vessel, after her per formances, returned to Greenwich, where the gentlemen on board left her at her moorings. DE ATLI Or THE VISCOUNTESS HOOD. This lady Y Court, Warwick, aged t w en a t t s h i oe3.n guard w e a d s i a or died on the sth inst., at Whitle y daughtertl and heiress 93. Her Ladyship was the o w nly hi Viscount Court, and was mother Hood, who of the late Lord of Francis Wheeler, Esq , o f married, in 1777, to the second To THE COUN TESS died in 1836. Her ladyship was Countess of I ll t a - Bridport. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT door of his carriage, lan i OF n t h Z e E s T a L m A e N D . train, A statesgentleman that h :I,shaot carriage at a short distance from th e at tracted by the screams of the Countess and her atten dant, and by the smell of something h urnin _ He en deavoured in vain to convey an alarm t o 6 and succeeded in reaching the tr uck __ on vvhich her Lady ship's carriage was placed, an d found engine driver. He then opened the her clinging to the wheel in a terrible state of alarm. The lady's maid had fallen off. On the train a rrivin g at Rug an en- gine was sent along the line to lo ok for her b y she had fallen in a state of insensibility, with her hands across the rails, and before the eng ine-d river disco vere d h er, the wheels of the engine cut off her hands. She has been conveyed to the Leicester Infirmary, but fears of lockjaw are entertained. DEATH- OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CARNCROSS. It is our painful duty to announce the death of Lieute nant-General Sir Joseph Hugh Carncross, R.C.B , of the Royal Artillery, which sad event occurred at . hie seat, Roselawn, Celbridge, at five o'clock A.-at. on Tues day last. The Gallant General was in the 78th year of his age, the 55th year of his service, and was the oldest Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Artillery but one. lie served in the West Indies from 1797 to 1801, at Walcheren in 1809, and in the Peninsula and France from 1811 to 1814, during which time he was engaged in the battles of Salamanca, Siege of Burgos, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Ni ve , Orthes, and Toulouse. F or the last- named victory he rece ived a pen s ion of 200/. a year " for good services, • " for Salamanca medal andcross, and for other actions two clasps. By his death Colonel F. Campbell succeeds to the vacant Bth battalion of Artillery. MADLLE. DELuzy.---Wre read in the D ro it .._ " Madlle. Deluzy-Desportes has just presented a demand agams • t Marshal Sebastiani for the delivery of the legacy of 3,000 f. in Rentes which the Duke de Praslin made her, as governess of his daughters, by hi s will of 1843. Madlle. Deluzy further demands that different objects which were given to her by her pupils, and which are at present under seal, shall be restored to her ; and finally, she demands the restitution of a sum of money which, s he says' she confided to M. de Praslin to invest." ALARMING FlRE.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out upon the pre mises of Mr. Stebbings, linendraper, No. 3, Capel-street, St. George's-in-the-East, which was attended with the destruction of considerable property, and nearly accom panied by loss of life. It appears that as a police con stable of the 11. division was going his rounds, he had his attention drawn to some smoke issuing from the fanlight over the door. He at once endeavoured to arouse the inmates, but before they could be awakened the flames forced their way through the upper part of the shutters. Two powerful engines were speedily brought to the spot, and the firemen having an abundant supply of water succeeded in confining the flames to the premises of Mr. Stebbings. EXTRICATION OF FOUR BODIES FROM AN IRON STONE PlT.—The four persons confined in the iron-stone pit, near Dysart, were got out on the morning of the 7th of December, all dead, and fearfully crushed. We un derstand three of them have left wives and children. Mr. Watt, of Dysart Colliery, sent all his men to assist as soon as heard of the accident, and it should be no ticed, to their credit, that they exerted themselves to the utmost, and without intermission, till they ascertained the melancholy result. The iron-stone is worked by the Carron Company, and several other persons made a nar row escape when the fall took place. One was close be side Mackenzie, whose expiring groan he distinctly heard.—Scotch Paper. • ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—We learn from the best authority that Mr. Beale, in consequence of a deli cate state of health, which disinclines him from very arduous duties, joined to his numerous avocations con nected with the great establishment in Regent•street, has withdrawn from the management of this theatre. Mr. Beale's loss, as a manager, will be universally re gretted, but his influence and interest will continue to be exerted in behalf of the new Italian Opera.—Music a l World. MORTALITY IN PERTIL—There were 40 funerals last week and 39 the week before, an amount of mor. tality far exceeding that of any previous two weeks in the records of the city. We may state, however, that the town is assuming a much more healthy tone of late. —Perthshire Courier. COAST GUARD.—Acts of piracy have become so frequent on the western coast of Ireland, that Govern ment have determined to strengthen the Coast Guard force in that quarter, which has been reinforced already by three revenue cruizers, placed under the orders of Lieutenant Broad, commanding the Dolphin.—Dublin Paper. FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Le Chef d'CEucre Inconnu is the title of an inte resting drama of art which was produced here on Friday last, and which afforded M. Fechter an op portunity of completely establishing himself in the favour of the audience of the St. James's. Rolla, the hero of the piece (M. Fechter) is a young Genoese sculptor, who is deeply enamoured of the daughter of a senator. A reward is offered by the Grand Duke of Florence for the best statue of St. Cecilia ; and the young sculptor, taking his lady love as the ideal of beauty, produces a statue which, in the opinion of Michael Angelo, far surpasses any of the works offered for competition. The hand of his lady love has, however, been promised by her father to a a Florentine noble as the price of his pardon, and the father, in an agony, beseeches Rolla to hide the statue. The likeness is unmistakeable, and the ho nour of the lady would be compromised by its dis covery. The nobleman to whom his mistress has been promised comes to Rolla to award to him the prize, and to demand the statue in the name of the Duke. The young artist seizes his mallet and de stroys the statue, and then, overcome by his feelings, falls dead, and a lifeless corpse is all that is left to be adorned by the golden laurel. The acting of M. Fechter was most pathetic. He was a true child of the " sunny south " in his enthusiasm for art and in his intensely impassioned emotions. His Rolla is indeed a chef d'ceuvre, but which will not be long in connu. The new vaudeville Le Reviel du Lion, which is well known to the English public from th e trans lation of it (Th e Roused Lion), now performing at the Haymarket, was likewise produced here on Friday, Castigny austainink the part sustained by Webster, and Madame Valmy that sustained by Mrs. Keeley. They were both admirable, as was also M. Montaland, who made a most amusing character of the fop. THEATRE-ROYAL, DUBLIN. That most beautiful of the plays of our gifted countryman, Knowles, The Hunchback, was per formed on Saturday evening, and never was the vola tile and wayward, but true-hearted Julia, represented with more consummate , grace or more exquisite feel ing. It is a character in which all Mrs. Kean's best powers can be most effectively displayed, and as a perfect piece of acting it cannot be surpassed. In the earlier scenes, when the petted and wilful country girl is transformed into the dashing and sprightly city belle, her voice, her air, her carriage, her every gesture, told of the proud and triumphant beauty enjoying to their utmost those scenes so full to her of novel excitement and varied attraction. And then when, even in the midst of her anticipations of new conquests in the race of fashion, the truths intended to chasten and correct are poured into her unwilling ear by her betrothed, her sudden anger and impe tuous pride spurning at all restraint—scornfully rejecting the smallest curb, were admirably deli neated. Her acceptance of the Earl of Rochdale, while this passion, overwhelming all reflection, yet had sway, and then her after-remorse and agony, awakened by the sight of Clifford, stripped of his lands and title, the poor secretary of the Noble Earl she was about to wed, were true to life—her ex pression of the latter feeling being indeed painfully real. In the interview with her lover, reduced from a lofty to a lowly state, the struggles between pride and passion were finely rendered. It is evident that a lofty feeling of duty and a fine sense of honour joined to haughtiness not yet subdued, impel her to observe the contract into which she has entered. But the love, the first awakened love of a young, warm heart, irresistible in its impulses, pleads for the poor and humbled Clifford ; and her half-frantic exclama tion of Clifford, " Why don't you speak to me ?" and the thrilling tones of blended hope and joy in which she asks if " these hated nuptials" can be shunned " with honour ?" were rife with the most impas sioned tenderness. In this scene, too, the acting of Mr. Kean was wor th y o f a ll praise. V'e are aware that he undertook the comparatively insignificant part of Sir Thomas Clifford, as Charles Kemble did when his daughter first appeared, in order to give the public an opportunity of beholding the character of Julia developed in all its beauty; as other actors, in theirendeavour to dra w down applause for themselves, mar the completeness of her representation. He, there fore, while he threw enough of feeling and earnest.. ness into the part to render it sufficiently effective, never attempted to divide the attention of the audience, or to turn their view for a single instant from the vivid picture presented to them by Mrs. Kean. During the entire of this trying scene, there fore, the int e r es t was centered in Julia ; and thus one of the finest portions of the finest of Knowles's dramas was given as it rarely is, but ever should be. In the after-interview with Master Walter, when love has trampled pride beneath her feet, Mrs. Kean's acting was superb; and the following grand passage, so trying to the powers of the actress, was delivered with a passionate emphasis, positively sublime : " Beware how you abandon me To myself I'm young, rash, inexperienced, tempted By most insufferable misery ! Bold, desperate, and reckless ! Thou hast age, Experience, wisdom, and collectedness ; Power, freedom, everything that I have not, Yet want, as none e'er wanted ! Thou canst save me. Thou oughtst !—thou must I I tell thee at his feet I'll fall a corse, e'er mount his bridal bed So, choose betwixt my rescue and my grave— Azad quickly, too ! The hour of sacrifice Is near! Anon the immolating priest Will summon me ! Devise some speedy means To cheat the altar of its victim. Do it, Nor leave the task to me'!" Mr. Kean's Sir Thomas Clifford, subdued as it was, was a perfectly gentlemanly and most correct portraiture ; and though one of our morning contem poraries has stated that he appeared to him "to be too self-collected—too much a master of his own feelings," we are of opini on th a t if h e were not self possessed, he would not have truly interpreted the meaning of his author. Why, in the scene where he appears as secretary, the bitterest reproach of Julia's yet unconquered pride is, that he is " all himself," while she cannot but betray the deepest emotion. In conjunction with Master Walter, he, in fact, throughout all the latter scenes is but acting a part, to the perfect performance of which, a com plete control over his own feelings is necessary. Our critical contemporary further observes—" To judge from the cheers of the house, his interpretation would seem to have been regarded as the truest to the text of his author." And in the judgment so pronounced we altogether agree. The Master Walter of Mr. Calcraft was marked by his usual ability. Mrs. Ternan was a pleasing and animated Helen, and was very deservedly ap plauded in the wooing scene with Modus, well sus tained by Mr. King. The other parts were effectively cast, and on the falling of the curtain Mr. and Mrs. Kean were enthusiastieally called for. The entertainments concluded with a new farce, called the Follies of a Night, in the annexed notice of which, from the Saunders of yesterday, we entirely concur : " The afterpiece of Follies of a Night proved quite a gem in miniature. The Duke de Chartres of Mr. Kean was a gay, easy, and most successful perform ance; and the Duchess found in Mrs. Kean a truly charming representative. This vaudeville is one which never grows dull for an instant; it has been adapted to the stage in a kindred spirit, and bears a person back to the days of a brilliant period, when the most serious part of life was a comedy, and the business of existence to learn to be amused. The mistakes at the masquerade--the innocent accident by which the Duchess finds herself in the sixth pair back room of the rustic Pierre Palliot—the entry of the Duke, who makes love to his own wife, unconscious of who the lady in the pink domino is—the difficulties of Pierre—all these are very happily treated, and the afterpiece passed off admirably. Mr. Smythson did justice to his part, and was humorous without appa rent effort. There was some excellent dancing during the evening, and the performances were such as to eminently merit what they received, the plaudits of a crowded and fashionable house."—Dublin Evening Packet, Dec. 7. ABOLITION OF CHRISTMAS GRATUITIES.—OH Satur day afternoon, a meeting of several tradesmen was held at Mr. Nevill's, baker, Sidmouth-street, Gray's-inn road, for the purpose of promoting the movement for the abolition of Christmas-boxes. The chair was taken by the proprietor of the establishment, and several resolu tions were unanimously passed, urging upon the body of tradesmen the necessity of meeting at once for the pur pose of doing away with the system. Preliminary arrangements were entered into for the purpose of form ing district committees throughout the north and north west parts of the metropolis in aid of the object, after which the meeting separated. On Friday afternoon proceedings to the above effect took place in the Sub scription-room, Mark-lane, amongst several of the large factors and mealmen. A subscription in aid of the steps now being taken for the abolition of the Christmas boxing impost was entered into, and arrangements were made for a future meeting on a larger scale for the same purpose. The proposition was very cordially received by all present. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE S HOW.—This exhibition closed on Saturday evening. No less than 60,000 persons, including some of the noblest in the land, visited it (luring the four days it was open. Tho sales of the cattle and other stock exhibited at the show have exceeded in number those of any preceding year since the establishment of the club, and the animals have generally obtained unusually good prices. Another unfortunate fracas has recently taken place at the Royal Military College, Woolwich. The Master-General of the Ordnance, the moment the intel ligence reached him, proceeded to . Woolwich, and insti tuted an investigation into the affair, which has termi nated in the dismissal of one of the students and the suspension of three others. The offence of the young men was their extreme ill-usage of another of their body. —United Service Gazette. Of the 170,000 weavers in Lancashire, there are only 48,000 employed. HEALTH of TOWNS ASSOCIATION to Id. for every thousand gallons.—(Hear.) HMt es. , all the difficulty that at present existed in dealing. A public meeting of the Health of Towns Associa- , with any question in the least connected with the Lion was held on Saturday, in the Hanover-square ' public revenue or taxation; but he must express the Rooms. There was a numerous attendance. The ' hope that some arrangement might be made with Marquis of Normanby, Pre s ide n t o f th e A ssoc i a ti on , I reference to the window-tax—(Loud cheers)—so that was in the chair, supported by Lord Ashley, m . p . . I with re gar d t o th e l owest class at least, .they might Lord Ingestre, M.P. ; E ar l F or t escue ; th e E ar l o i not be dep r i ve d o f th e so l ace, am i d their 89t. hours, Mackin- of a glim mer i ng o f li g h t.—(Cheers.) Any 01.1 C who Mulgrave ; Lord Ebrington, M.P. ; Mr. W. non, M.P. ; Mr. E war t, M.P. ; M r . R. Ad a i r , M.P. ; had paid att ent i on to t hi s subject could mark the sdif- Mr. E. Elli ce , M.P. ; M r . C ar d we ll M.P.; Mr. R. ference between th e coun t enances of those who weeee A. Slaney, M.P. ; M r. H . T u f ne ll, , M.P.; General habitually huddled t oge th er i n t h e i r d ark dens, bees Turner; Mr. J. Heyw oo d, M.P ; Mr. W. S. Craig, yond the r eac h of day, and of those who, even in comparatively d ar k courts, still expanded beneath the M.P. ; Mr. %V. Bain es , M.P.; Mr. C. Fortescue, influence of th e sun.--(Ceers.) He trust e d th a t the MP. ; Mr. H. Suffield ; the Hon. F. P. Bouverie, Featly increased p u bli c interest in this whole ques- M.P. ; Mr. R. P a l mer, M P . ; D r. B ear i ng , M . P . ; tion would be furth er proved by the repetition, if Mr. Parker, M.P.; Mr. C. P. Grenfell, M.P.; Sir J. Birch, M.P. ; th e H on . F. B yng; M r. R. D. necessary, of meetin gs lik e the present in different arts of the country, a n d th at they would be able to Granger, F.R.S. ; M r . C. W. G ren f e ll ; Si r I . L . P Goldsmid, B ar t. ; D r . S out h woo d S m i t h , D r. G uy, give that effective support t o a w il ling Government—, Dr. Aldis, D r . H a ll, D r. M ose ! ev, R ev. Dr. Warren, (Loud cheering)—in passing a comprehensive legis- Rev. Mr. Lu s i gnan , M r. T ott i e, M r. F . L . G o ld sm id , lative measure, which might at l engt h overbear all &c. Depute- Mr. C. C oc h rane , M r. D . Sal smo n s that opposition which really, in its na t ure and amount, tions atte i d e d f rom Bradford, Derby, Notting- , was utterly contemptible.—(Cheers.) Ifth ey were suc ham, Sheffield, Halifax, Wolverhampton, Stafford, cessful in their efforts, then they would have the great East Retford, Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and satisfaction of looking back to an improved state of t other plac es . A po l og i es for non-attendance were things throughout the country; and, viewing th e received from Lord J. Russell, M.P. ; t h e D u k e o f question practically and comprehensively, they would liuccleuch, the Earl of Shelburne, the Bishop of increase that which was the best foundation of a Norwich Lord Morpeth, M.P. ; Sir B. Hall, M.P. ; nation's strength—the vigour of a thriving popula- Sir W. bay, M.P. ; Mr. H. G. Ward, M.P. ; Mr. Jehn Walter, M.P. ; Mr. C. Lushington, MP. ; tion.—(Cheers.) They would be able to hold out to Mr. John Bright, M.P ; Mr. J. L. Bramstone, the working classes some prospect of that which used to be the boast of this country—the modest comforts M.P. ; Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P. ; Mr. J. Greene, of an English home.—(Great cheering.) They would M.P.; Mr. G. Thompson, M.P ; Hon. W. F. also, as far as depended on the removal or counter- Cowper, M.P. ; M r. H. Currie, • 111. P. ; Mr. W. action of all those noxious influences that now existed, Brown, M.P.; Mr. W. Marshall, M.P. ; Mr. H. Broadley, M.P., &c. - secure to the rich and extend to the poor that first of worldly blessings—a sound condition of body and The Marquis of NORMANBT, on taking the chair, mind, the mens sana in corpora nano, without was received with great cheering. H e had been which no luxury could be enjoyed, and with summoned to this country at the commencement of a which there was hardly any privation that might not new Parliament, and it gave him great pleasure to be endured,--(Cheers.) Apologizing to the meeting have an opportunity, before he returned to his usual for having been ,*awn further into the subject by a duties, of attending a meeting of the association over sense of its overpovre4.7s importance than he had whom he had the honour to preside, acting in con- intended, the Noble Margate', amid loud cheering, cert with other advocates of sanitary reform. He resumed his seat. had therefore readily agreed to take the chair on the Lord ASHLEY (who, on rising, was loudly cheered) present occa s io n .—(Ch eers. ) I t h ad so often been said, it was very gratifying to him, as it must th. . his lot to address detailed statements showing the the Noble Lord in the chair, and to all present, tO paramount importance of the subject which had see the numbers and respectability of those who brought the meeting together to public assemblages, as thronged the room and the platform on that occasion, well as to that branch of the Legislature of which he because it showed the great and increasing interest was a member, that he might well forbear from entering felt in this mighty question, while it held out a well upon it, and leave it to its own merits. But at this grounded hope of effective support being given to her moment there were certainly some peculiar circum- Majesty's Government in the excellent course they stances. A not unnatural alarm for the future which hed determined to pursue.—(Cheers.) His gratitude certain indications connected with public health had to them in this matter would be shown by his making presented could not, he was afraid, be entirely un- the shortest possible speech, so as not to detain them mingled with some feeling of self•reproach for past more than one minute; mud for this reason—because neglect.---(Cheers.) But, at the same time, the pre- there were many present who ought to be heard on sent afforded hop es o f a more su b stantial character this question —many new labourers in the vineyard, than the past. Within the last few days a report had men of " mark and substance," w - .!iose sentiments were been presented of a Commission appointed since he worth hearing, and who, if they delivered not their had last had th e h onour o f addressing the Health of sentiments, would at least benefit the cau se by .re- Towns Associ a ti on . Th at report embodied a precise cording their names in favour of the gh 2at and im and definite recommendation, to which the Executive portant movement in which they were embre. e • nnt had promptly a n d v i gorous l y responded ; and, in re- The resolution he had to propose would, wits.' - ference to the sewerage of the metropolis, it contained any explanation of his, tell its own story. It wase— information of a scientific and practical character " That the vast amount of disease always prevailing, which could not fail to be of the greatest advantage. —greatly augmented during the past and present Connected with this subject there was another of very years, and likely to be still further increased by the painful interest. At this moment, when they were visitation of the cholera—and proved by successive threatened with a more than possible visitation of the Government commissions, as well as by recant local great pestilential scourge of the age, it came upon investigations, to exist in every p ar t o f t h e emp i re , i n them as utterly u n p repare d as when fifteen years connexion with causes admitting of removal—renders ago it burst upon Europe with all its unknown it imperative that sanitary legislation should be imnee terrors.—(Loud cheers.) Information had been col- diate and as universal as the evil it seeks to remed3ri." lected only to be thrown aside. The most obvious Now, they would observe that their attention was precautions had been entirely neglected. Wherever particularly directed to the apprehended visitation of endemic disease was found prevalent the recur- cholera. The resolution went on to say, that disease rence of cases was most to be dreaded. Filling a at all times existed in all parts of the country; but it public situation at the time, he had felt that no time added this, and it was to this point he wished to direct should be lost in directing the attention of the Go- their most anxious attention—that the evils which ex= vernment and the Legislature to the subject. Though isted were "in connexion with causes admitting of ro be had to address a Parliament which was not friendly, moval."—(Hear, hear.) They might depend upon in a political sense, he was able in the last days of it that not one single truth had been more firmly Lord Melbourne's Administration to pass a measure established of late years in this country than that the which obtained support on all sides, including that condition of our great towns and of the people in of the Duke of Wellington, who then com man d e d th e h a biti ng th ose towns was not a natural, necessary, suffrages of a large a n d influential party. In dealing and inevitable evil.—(Cheers.) It was not in the with this question different persons had pronounced order of a merciful Providence that millions on mil different modes by which they hoped to arrive at a lions should be left in that dreadful and neglected satisfactory conclusion. He had objected at the time condition.— (Cheers.) It was the consequence of our to the appointment of a commission, which delayed any own neglect, of our own wicked and sinful neglect; practical measure ; but it was impossible to overstate and, from the bottom of his heart, he thanked God the amount and value of the information collected. that He had brought this country to a better sense of But how came it that, on a question that appealed to its duty ; and he prayed and believed that He would every man's home and family, there had been no po- bless all the efforts now directed to the tem. pular agitation ? Agitation had gone on for years, poral, aye, and to the spiritual benefit of so many shocking many prejudices, and advancing many in- millions of His created and responsible beings.—. terests which conflicted with those prejudices. But (Cheers.) Now, let the meeting b this in never during all th a t ti me h a d popular agitation mind, that the evils complained of were ear capable of mingled its cries with the feeble moans that issued removal ; and, if capable of removal, it was clearly from the fever wards of the crowded hospitals.— not only our interest, but it was manifestly our duty (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Health of Towns Asso- to bestir ourselves for the ado •of adoption those measure* ciation had pursued its own career, independent of po- that were necessary for their removal.—(Hear, hear.) litical parties, during the past, as he trusted it would Perhaps they would permit him very shortly to point be for the future. But he recollected that when the out other benefits that would follow in the train of association was established they were told that the those great physical improvements which they hoped. public asked for bread, and they offered them a stone. to accomplish. He would read a letter which had The taunt was not very just, as the figure of speech been sent to the association by the Rev. Charles was not very correct. What they did desire was to Girdlestone, a man whose opinions on such a subject save a struggling population from being entirely could not fail to have the greatest weight with all crushed under a shapeless aggregation of atone and present. The Noble Lord here read the letter, which brick, which had grown up over the length and was to the effect that the writer, "in visiting the breadth of the land.—(Cheer s .) Th e y w i s h e d t h e peop l e o f hi s popu l ous parish (Dudley), saw daily population not to suffer an entire deprivation of ac- illustration of the truth and importance of those prin cess to that first universal gift of a bounteous Provi- ciples which the meeting was summoned to uphold dente—the pure air of heaven. When masses of men —that the clergy ought to be the first to come foe were congregated together for the purposes of labour ward in this great cause.—(Cheers.) None knew so some sacrifice must be made ; all they asked was that well as they that the state of the dwellings of the the same care should be taken in preserving the living labouring classes—to a greet extent beyond their machinery as was taken in upholding the inanimate own control—was not only incompatible with sound machinery.—(Cheers.) The question had made great health of body, but also such as to render all but ab progress. Within the last few days, since it had been solutely impracticable some of the most essential announced that he would be able to take the chair, graces of the Christian character."—(Hear, hear.) he had received letters, not only from individuals, If he might be allowed to add his feeble experience but from local bodies, in reference to inquiries to that of this eminent clergyman, he did not hesitate which they had instituted. From the mass of to say that their pulpits and their school-rooms, their information before him he wished to draw forth daily and their nightly visitations, their exhortations one or two particulars which seemed to merit consi- and their example, were pretty nearly fruitless so long deration. A few days ago he had received a report as they left the great mass of the people filthy, and published under the authority of the town of Sheffield. schooled under all those noxious influences which led It was, in many respects, a very valuable report. to indulgence in those very vices which they were Putting sentiment and sympathy aside for the mo- labouring to uproot.--(Cheers.) Now, let them set ment, it was interesting to see how men of business, themselves to remove those noxious influences, which, such as had drawn up that report, looked at the sub- if there were time, he could prove were the cause of ject in a pecuniary point of view. The annual loss much of the frightful intoxication that was the be by preventible disease in the West Riding of York- setting evil of the working people, and a more fruit shire, from death, sickness, and loss of productive ful cause of poverty, degradation, and the workhouse labour, skilled and unskilled, was estimated in round than any others that he was aware of in the whole numbers at 1,500,0001. sterling, in a population of catalogue of those sins and mischiefs that charac less than 1,000,000, being at the rate of from 275. to terised the working population of this realm.- 28s. per head yearly. This was the report of men (Cheers.) Let them set themselves to place the of business.—(Cheers.) It was published under the people in such a condition as decency required—to authority of the Health Committee of the Town- place them, ho would not say in circumstances pecu council of the borough of Sheffield. One word on liarly favourable, but in such a condition that it burial clubs. He had received a letter on the subject would be possible for them, which it was not now, to from Mr. Clay, of Preston, in which that gentleman, practice the lessons of virtue which the teachers of well known to the advocates of sanitary reform, ex- religion inculcated.—(Cheers.) If they went for pressed his regret at not being able to attend that ward and did that, then the ministers of religion, of meeting, and stated some interesting facts which all denominations; then the scripture readers, and he (the Marquis of Normanby) wished to coin- that admirable man, the city missionary, might go municate to the meeting. A Bill had been passed forth to their work with fruit and acceptance ; and let during his absence from the country which was them doubt not that in a short space of time, by the intended to diminish the great evils arising from the blessing of God on their endeavours, they would see insurance of infantile life. It provided that in- a prosperous population gathering around them, and surance should not be legally effected on the lives of then would they bless God for the :enjoyments they children under six years of age. Mr. Clay stated themselves possessed, and for the good things which that in the quarter with which he was connected the Ile had put into their hearts to perform for others. Act was entirely inoperative. Frightful examples Dr. GUY, in seconding the resolution, would ley were well known to have occurred of the evils to before the meeting a very few facts to show that which the custom had given rise. —(Hear, hear.) At disease, which was always prevalent, had been increase the last assizes at York a father was tried for the ing among us of late years. Without entering into murder of his child, on whose death the father ex- minute details, he trusted he would be able to prove petted to receive 50s. from a burial club. It was the p, would take the most "moderate standard as the ositions laid down in the resolution, and, in so proved that the father had said h e h a d another child doing who would bring him 505., and t wo ot h ers who would amount of mortality, namely, 2 per cent., one very bring him Si. a piece. At Lincoln a woman had been much below that employed by the Registrar-General tried for the murder of three of her children ; and it in his reports from week to week. The system of a was impossible to assign any o th er mot i ve for the registration of deaths, Scr e ' had been in force for nine crime than the desire to appr o p r i ate the money for years, and he would take, in his calculations, the burial. At Warrington a coro ner ' s j ury brought in healthiest of those years. The total number of deaths a verdict of " wilful murder" against a woman whose in England and Wales in the healthiest of those husband was the victim, and for whose burial she re- years, above the moderate standard he had taken, was ceived 20/. from the burial societies. In Preston, 25,000; in the whole . United Kingdom, s u pp os i ng with a population of 60,000, th ere were no fewer than the morta li ty t o b e th e same, the deaths were 43,000. 49,000 insurances effected in such clubs. Mr. Clay Take the average of seven years, of which 1841, the also stated that while the deaths under five years of year of the census, was the middle year, and they age in Preston were 59 per cent ' , the medical at- found the total deaths over and above the reason-, tendance on child ren under tha t age was only able standard he had taken to be 30,00 0 i n Eng -13 per cent. So long had the subject of sanitary im- land and Wales, and in the United Kingdom provement been discussed, that certain truisms were 51,009.—(Hear, hear.) It had been estimated that established, one of which was that a town population as for every necessary death there were twenty-eight compared with a country population was unfavour- cas es of unneces sar y s i c k ness ; that mightbe too ably situated, the average deat ain the country being high an estimate, and he would take it at twenty. The There were, in England and Wales, daring lin 25, while those in towns were 1 i 38 In R . tland-- , therefore, 500,000 cases of unnecessary average for all England was 1 in 46 : u the healthiest year, Manchester. shire life was twice the value of life in sickness; and, taking the average of seven years, the United Kingdom exceeded 1,000,000. Regiments raised in agricultural districts l o as t ted twice numbers in the recruits (Hear, hear.) In as long as those raised in large towns. annual waste of life was in the healthiest year 8,000, the case of the metropolis the many coming from manufacturing districts . twice . as were rejected as of those coming from agricultural and 160,000 cases of unnecessar sickness •• taking the districts. These facts had been long impressed on his average of seven years the y deaths were 11,000, and memory :but others had recently come to his know- the cases of 250,000.—(H e ar. ) unnecessary sickness ledge which further illustrated the subject. In St. These facts fully • • justified the first clause of the reso- Saviour's Southwark (the most unhealthy of all i • ution —Meer, hear). The next clause of the resole among of the metropolis), the average duration of life ' tion was to the effect that this disease had been among the gentry was 47, tradesmen 25, artizans 2 2, greatly augmented during past years, and on this whilst amongst the lowest class it did not exceed 15 point he would give the figures of the Registrar-Ge- He would not, however, enlarge. He could, for E ngland and perish Taking the 117 districts of f example, have said much upon the water monopolies nd that in the Wales included in his reports, they th o e u _(Greatcheering)—upon the necessity of . considering year ending September, 1843, deaths were water at least as great a necessary of life as bread or 161,000 ; 1844, 167,000; 1845, 171,00 ,0 • 1846, any other article of food.—Cheers. R f e erring again 178,000; 1847, 210,000; being a difference between to the report from She ffi eld t o , 1843, and September, 1847, of 50,000 which he had alluded, September, he found it stated that great as was the improvement deaths.—(Hear, hear.) They were beginning to con in that town, compared with • the time when people had gratulate themselves that this amount of sickness and to carry wate r i n t o their houses with the hand, yet even mortality was on the decrease; but three weeks ago, now the differenc e between the price of water as fur- in consequence of the prevailing epidemic, there nished by the company and what it might be, wasas 6d. were seven hundred deaths above the average ' )