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Marylebone to be the first parish to move in the
formation of a parochial branch association. If the
vestry adopted his proposal, in which he was proud
to say he had the concurrence of their reverend
chairman, he (Mr. Wilson) had no doubt that other
parishes would follow their example.—(Hear, hear )
He concluded by moving —" That the use of the
board room be allowed to the undersigned parishioners
for the purpose of enabling them to form a paroehi it
I association in aid of the cointni,tee rec,ntly appoiute
to carry out an effective system of ferrule ern igrat m."
Sir JAMES HAMILTON, Eart , said, he hid great
_ pleasure in seconding the motion. It %%:s one strictly
7 in accordance with his own feelings, and he was sure
4 that of all the proceedings which hid ever come un ler
23
1121 the notice of that vestry since he had the honour of
being a member of it, this was the most important
4 (Hear, hear) It was- a question which, instead of
11 being of a political character, or at all tainted by
7dB
party, was one of perfect philanthropy and humanity.
/1 ---(Hear.) IS was for the amelioration of the condi
7 8
tion of one of the most wretched, ill• paid, and deserv-
-415 ing classes of the community • and when he looked
122 at the list of names which 14c1 been published, they
829 were a guarantee that there was no party or political
51 6 object in view.—(Hear, hear.) They were the names
213 of distinguished men of every class and denomina-
e2o tion, and he trusted that the motion of Mr. Wilson
5127 would be received with that unanimity of feeling to
which it was so eminently entitled.—(Hear.)
10
3 Mr. Menu had no wish to oppose the motion, but
17 he could not forbear saying that needlewomen were
324 hardly the sort of persons to be sent out to
) 1 our colonies. The colonies wanted women of
.1
8 a different description, women fit to be the wives
15
of agricultural labourers. If they sent out one-half
9 2 of the unemployed needlewomen in the metropolis,
who was to employ them upon their arrival ? He rather
i ',-thoughttiveCAQlat thecolonies waited WAS good ser-
vants—persons calculated to undertake the charge of
farms, and those trained to domestic service.
Mr. JOSEPH did not very clearly understand the
objection, unless it meant that needlewomen were not
fit persons for the wives of agriculturists. But that
was a very narrow minded view. It was not to be
supposed that because there were so many thousands
of needlewomen in the metropolis, that they were all
brought up to be needlewomen from their infancy.
, They had adopted it as a flarnier resort, not being
able to procure employment as domestic servants, or
in any other way.—(Hear, hear.) It was high time
that some steps should be taken with the surplus
population of this country, which increased in the
ratio of one thousand per day ; whilst it was equally
certain that the broad acres did not increase in the
slightest degree to support them. It is not so mach,
therefore, the great discrepancy between the numbers
of the female sex as compared with the male, that had
forced this subject upon the attention of the country,
as it was from the urgency of the case arising from
the circumstances he had just referred to. It was the
way in which the labour market of this country was
overstocked which rendered some step of the kind
necessary ; and whilst that was the case here,
let them look to New Zealand, were there were
thousands upon thousands of acres of land without
cultivation, of the very finest description, for want
of the hands to sow and the hands to reap.—((sear,
hear.) He eared not whether this scheme had
emanated, or was said to emanate, from Mr. Sidney
Herbert, or any one else, it was a good one, and
ought to be universally supported.—(Hear. hear.)
His (Mr. Joseph's) opinion, however, was that if
credit was due to one more than another, it was
especially due to the proprietors of the Morning
Chronicle, whose columns for the last three months
had called attention to the misery and distress of the
needlewomen in a series of articles of great ability,
wherein the facts having been industriously collected,
were plainly laid before the world.—(Hear, hear.)
To those gentlemen, therefore, was mainly due the
distinguished honour of having first originated the
movement to which Mr. Sidney Herbert had given
the sanction of his name. He would only add that he was
much gratified to find that Marylebone was the first
parish to "love in aid of the object, and he hoped that
every other parish in London would also form asso-
ciations to give aid to the Great Central Association.
The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the question whether
needlewomen would be au acceptable class of persons
to send out as emigrants, begged to remark that he
had recently had a conversation ,on the subject with
a gentleman from Sydney, who stated that they were
a class of persons which were wanted very much, and
that if they were virtuous, morally inclined, and
industrious, they would be a most acceptable class of
persons.—(Hear, hear.) How the poor, creatures
could live upon what they were paid for their needle.
work here was won lerful. He was shown a shirt the
other day which a friend of his told him he had paid
but 3i. Cl. for, and it was more beautifully worked
than any shirt he believed, which he (the Rev. Rector)
had ever worn in his life.—([-tear, hear.) How these
poor creatures could live was astonishing.—(Hear,
hear.) It was, therefore, a great act of humanity to
induce these poor women to emigrate.—(Hear.)
Mr. SYAINE stated that he had seen letters from
Australia which stated that two respectable young
women who went out from Islington were engaged
immediately upon their arrival. One was now in a
situation at 301. a year, and the other in another at
201. No one, he was sure, could venture to state
that such a change in life would not be most beneficial
for the poor women who, to the number of about
20,000 in this metropolis, were obliged to live upon
making shirts at the rate of lid. a piece.
Mr. SODEN observed that the question of female
emigration had long been a favourite question with
the guardians of the poor of that parish, and it was
with no small degree of delight that they had witnessed
a cargo shipped off from the workhouse, with the
knowledge that they were going to a place where they
would be well fed, clad, and provided for. It was
true, however, they were not of the very first class of
persons. This movement, however, appeared chiefly
for the needlewomen, but, if they meant to do any
goo 3, it was a farce to talk of making selections and
distinctions, and because a poor woman might have
committed herself once to set her down as a character
unworthy of the boon of emigration. It was his
belief that in most cases these poor women had been
creatures of circumstance, and that they would, if
they had the opportunity afforded them, become again
virtuous and useful members of society.—(Hear,
hear.) He thought that much of the expense attend-
ing emigration might be saved if her Majesty's Go-
vernment would employ some of the vessels of war in
the service.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HALES supported the motion, but his observa-
tions were inaudible.
Mr. J. BELL observed that workhouse emigration
had not been so successful as might have been wished,
because the females were generally corrupted by the
influences of the workhouse before they were sent,
whereas the present plan was to send out females
before they were so degraded. He thought those
who had the management of the affair should be ex-
ceedingly careful as to the character of the ships in
which the emigrants were sent out, for they had too
many instances on record where the captain and crew
were guilty of gross immorality. He (Mr. Bell)
thought, therefore, that exceeding care should be
taken, not only with regard to the vessels, but with
regard to those selected to have the command of them.
Mr. GLASIER, in supporting the motion, thought
the vestry was about to take one of the most impor-
tant measures they had ever yet been engaged in. He
wished the movement every success.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion was then put from the chair. and una-
nimously carried.
On the motion of Mr. GARNETT, seconded by Sir
JAMES HAMILTON, it was unanimously resolved that
the Reverend the Rector of Marylebone be requested
to act as chairman of the Parochial Association.
The Rev. Dr. SPRY, amidst much applause, inti-
mated that he should have much pleasure in accepting
the office.

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FEMALE EMIGRATIO
PAROCHIAL MOVEMENTS' ,IN AID OF MR.
SIDNEY HERBERT'S PLAN.
At the meeting of the vestry of the parish of St.
Marylebone, on Saturday, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the
rector, in the chair, the initiative steps were taken for
forming a parochial association in aid of the committee
recently established for enabling distressed needle-
women to emigrate. The importance of the subject
attracted a very numerous attendance of vestrymen.
Mr. HENRY CHARLES Thson introduced the
subject in moving a resolution (founded upon a re-
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the use of the board room be granted for the pur-
pose of forming a parochial association. He had no
doubt that every member of the vestry had heard, or
read, of the scheme recently propounded by Mr.
Sidney Herbert, for carrying out an extensive system
of female emigration, more especially among the class
denominated needlewomen. It was impossible fur a
more important question to engage the attention of
that or any other board. Mr. Herbert's plan had been
forced upon the attention of the public by the condi-
tion of the poor ; and from the subscriptions which
had already been announced in the public press,
it appeared that there was every disposition on the
part of the public to aid this great and most desirable
object. Having been no idle observer of past events,
he (Mr. IVilson) had no hesitation in saying that he
believed this movement on behalf of female emigra-
tion would be productive, not only of the most bene-
ficial consequences to the emigrants themselves, but
to the country at large, and to the parishes of the
metropolis in particular. Hitherto, it appeared that
the subscriptions in aid of this great project had been
confined to the upper classes of society, and the
object which he, and those who had entrusted him
with the resolution he was about to propose had in
view, was to take measures by which, the middle
classes might be enabled to put their shoulders to the
wheel in aid of this movement, and that by meeting in
their parishes, and establishing branch, or parochial
associations, they might render a vast amount of
assistcnce to this truly national object.--(Hear, hear.)
There were several parties deeply interested in this
question. First, there was the large body of virtuous
and well-intentioned young women with which this
country abounded, but who, unfortunately, wanted
employment, or who were employed at such rate of
wages as to be plunged into the lowest depths of
misery—a clans whose sufferings the energetic aid of
the press, the imagination of the poet, the ingenuity of
the novelist, and the wit of the satirist, had recently
exposed to the. world, in all their naked deformity
and horrible r sality. Their sufferings had created
a deep imprpaqi ppon the imhliiz mind : and there
was no class of s omety which was not interested in
the important queeetion of how to afford adequate re-
lief. The vestry were well aware of the disparity
which existed betwesen the sexes in this country; and
he would ask how t, 'sere could be other than such dis-
tress as had recentl'y been published, when it was
known that there were from five hundred thousand to
ane million in excess of females over males here. It
was utterly impossible that such an excess could be
employed profitably, whlst those who were employed
were paid such an amoant of wages for their labour
that it did not deserve the appellation of remuneration.
this class, then, in the first place, would be not only
interested, but benefitted, by this plan of emigration.
It stood to reason if there were twenty thousand in
employment and insufficiently paid, that if you re-
moved four thousand or six thousand out of that
number, it would afford the most effectual means of
giving greater employment and 'of bettering the con-
dition of those who remair.ed..(Hear, hear.) If they
turned to the colonies, there they found that there
was a diminution of the -female sex in a greater de-
gree than there was. an excess here.—(Hear.) He
alluded to the Australian colonies in particular. There
it was a well-known fact that the greatest of the social
evils which existed was the vast discrepancy be-
tween the number of males and females. Thus,
secondly, there could be no doubt but the colonies
themselves were deeply interested in this matter, and
that by the emigration a;.‘ a large number of virtuous
and well-disposed femal:ee from the mother country,
they would be going a gs•eat way to advance their best
interests, both in a social and moral point of view, as
well as the interests of this country.—(Hear, hear.)
He believed there was :no movement which had ever
come before the public under more favourable
auspices, for, if they looked at the subscriptions, they
found at the head of that list the name of her Most
Gracious Majesty and that of her Royal Consort. They
also found in that list the name of the present head of
her Majesty's Government, Lord John Russell, and
that of Mr. Hume—nanu 3s which were guarantees that
the object was a good one, for such men would be the
last to lend themselves to any object which was not
calculated to be useful to society at large.—(Hear,
hear.) It was true that emigration with regard to
females had been carrie d on for some considerable
length of time, but then it had been carried out in
such a way that the principle was in a great measure
calculated to defeat its. own object. In this move-
ment he (Mr. Wilson) apprehended that a different
course would be adopted, and that before females were
sent out a rigid inquiry would be instituted into the
character and qualifications of persons desirous
of being assisted.—(Hear, bean)" He apprehended
also, as the name of the Premier of this
country was appended conspicuously to the list of
subscribers, that in tbi movement they might count
upon the aid and countenance of the Government of
this country,: and of the colonial Governments, and
that they would adopt such measures, not only here
but in the colonies, as would be useful and beneficial
to the emigrants on-their arrival at their destinations.
It was an important question, affecting them all, and
he hoped that the middle and even- the working
classes would not be behind those who could afford
their one hundred pounds in their endeavours to aid
this great movemen t.—(Hear, hear.) One of the
important objects to be achieved by this committee,
which had been f aunded under the presidency of Mr.
Sidney Herbert, was female emigration on an exten-
sive scale to the Australian colonies, where, by care
and discrimination, the seed might be sown for a
great, healthy, moral, and religious community.—
(Hear, hear.) When he (Mr. Wilson) traced back
the prosperity of the United States of America, he
could o oly attribute it to the great moral and re-
ligious doctrines carried there from this country in
the times of our James and our Charles, and which
subsequently produced men of such high moral cha-
racter and position as Washington. If they were to
have religion, morality, and industry in Australia
hereafter, the same principle must be applied there
as was applied by our forefathers with respect to
America. H e (Mr. Wilson) looked upon the
Australian colonies in relation to this country as
the safety valve might be looked upon in regard to
the steam -eng irs 3.—(Hear, hear.) The Australian
colonies would prove, he firmly believed, the safety
valve of this c, )untry if the principle of emigration
was properly tarried out. They must have better
women sent to those colonies than the sweepings of
our convict-ship s, or the offshoots of our workhouses.
—(Heat., hear.) They must be the honest, indus-
trious, and virtr, ous women, who he was sorry to say
obtained so sc ant!, and miserable a living in their
mother country, The object therefore of himself and
his co-requisi lionista was to aid this design by a
parochial mo cement, and he was about to ask the use
of that room, far the purposes of a meeting to form
an associat.Lon to aid the central committee formed
for carrying -out Mr. Sidney Herbert's object—
(Hear, bean) He believed the city of London were
about tn. move: 4n the matter, but it bad devolved on

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It was next resolved on the motion of Mr. BRIDG-
MAN, seconded by Mr. EDWARDS, that Mr. Henry
Charles Wilson be requested to act as honorary
secretary to the "Marylebone Parochial Association
for Promoting Female Emigration."
Mr. Wlmom said he should be happy to aid the
movement by all the means in his power, and that
his services in relation to it were entirely at the dis•
posal of his fellow-parishioners.—(Hear, bear.)
The remaining business was then disposed of, and
the vestry adjourned.
A public meeting in'aid of the Parochial Associa-
tion is contemplated.

FATAT, ACCIDENT IN RICaMoND•PARK.—On
Saturday a fatal accident occurred at Penn's Ponds, two
large and deep pieces of water situated half-way oa the
road leadieg from Richmond to Ham. It appears that
the two ponds, the larger of which is about half as
broad as the Serpentine, and nearly a quarter of a
male long, were thickly coated with ice. About eleven
o'clock some ten or twelve men were employed by Mr.
J. Ellis, of the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, t)
obtain him a supply for his ioe cellar; and three men,
named William Powell, James Powell (brothers), and
Thomas Godden, who were on the pond, some yards
from the side, were in the act of pushing a large piece
of ice towards the breach, when the ice on which they
stood broke with a loud crash, and they were all in-
stantly immersed in deep water. James Powell and
Thomas Godden were rescued in a half-drowned state,
but William Powell disappeared under the ice, and his
body was not recovered until an hour and a half alter.
wards.

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IRELAND.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 29.—The
letter of Sir Robert Peel to "his farmers," has fallen
amongst the Protectionists here like a thunderbolt.
The weekly papers here all published it in second
editions; the London papers of yesterday morning
not having arrived, owing to contrary Viinds, and thus
depriving the two morning papers here of an opportunity
of publishing that simple but imprtant document.
The fiercest Protectionists now give up the ghost of
a hope that they will succeed ; for the tables have
been completely turned upon them in their own
domestic circle, and Sir Robert's manifesto has cut
them off from all out-of-doer aid. Another signifi-
cant disappointment has occurred to the landlord
clique from the reception their circular has met with
from Richard Maxwell Fox, Member for Longford—
an exclusively agricultural county —and nephew of
Lord Farnham, of Exeter Hall and old Tory fame.
Invited to attend a meeting on the sth of January
next, to form a Protection society, the Honourable
Member published a long and. able reply in the Long-
ford Journal of this morning, in which, after declaring
his determination not to attend, he says—
" This call for protection is in my mind a gross delu-
sion upon the unwary tenantry of Ireland. The re-
imposition of a tax upon the food of the great bulk of
the people will not be tolerated for a moment by the
powerful manufacturing interest of the United Kingdom;
and the idea of any benefit to be derited from it by the
farmers and labourers is also rejected by great numbers
of the agricultural body in England and Ireland, and
• especially in Scotland."
In other portions of his letter Mr. Fox writes very
unlike an Irish landlord. He recommends security
of tenure, reduction of rents, reduction in the area
and other alterations ofpoor-law unions and electoral
divisions; and, lastly, a recognition by law of the
' tenant's right to sell hie interest -(providing that the
rent should be paid, and sub-division of the farm
avoided). The value of Mr. Fox's opinion is enhanced
by the fact that all his own interests are involved in
the land, everything he possesses in the county being
fee simple landed property. He concludes by
saying e--
" I cannot hesitate, in conclusion, to record my decided
conviction that in the even prices which must arise from
free trade, the profits of your industry will be far more
continuous, and your calculations more certain, and
consequently your steadiness of purpose and ease of
mind tar greater than if you were again subjected to the
influence of a gambling spirit, caused by a fluctuating
trade, and a ruinous competition for lend, under the old
protective system."
The Nation today has an obituary of Mr. 'Times
Fenton Lalor, a well-known writer in the United
Irishman and Felon newspapers. Mr. Lalor was the
son of Patrick Lalor, Esq., of Tinnakill, formerly
Member of Parliament for the Queen's County, and
was remarkable both in his personal appearance and
for the vigour of his mental acquirements. He was
of a very delicate frame, was hunchbacked owing
to a hurt when young, and had a peculiar cast of
countenance, indicative of habitual suffering. He
was decidedly the most profound and original thinker
of the entire Young Ireland school; and his letters
on the land question—although levelling in the
extreme—were fraught with natural eloquence and
that homely intelligible vigour so potent with the
masses. Mr. Lalor, whose health has been delicate
since his imprisonment in 1848, expired on Thursday,
at his lodgings in Great Britain-street, in his twenty-
eighth year.
The country papers to-day contain the obituary of
another man, remarkable in a different sphere. It is
the death of the Very Rev. Farrell Sheridan, P.P. of
Granard, Longford, one of the best Irishmen at.d
priests that have for many years adorned the Roman
Catholic Church. I knew the reverend gentleman
well; and he was as free from all bigotry and preju-
dice towards those who differed from him in religion
as he was bound up by every tie of Christian charity
to the flock who loved him. He died of typhus fever,
caught in the discharge of his sacred duties to the
most bereaved portion of his flock. The Anglo- Celt, a
Cavan paper of this morning's date, publishes an
interesting sketch of the deceased and his family, from
which I extract the following:—
"The Rev. Farrell Sheridan was of the ancient family
of that name in the county of Cavan—one of wh m was
the tutor, and afterwards the companion of the un
fortunate Charles Edsard, in his descent upon
Scotland, in 1745; after the defeat of the latter at Cul-
-1 )den, and his sub.cquent romantic adventures in the
fliglands, all the energies of Great Britain were
.x.rt.d to have him taken, dead or alive; 10 0001.
reward was put upon his bead; bis intentton war
supposed CO be to endeavour to escape to France;
and he was for several weeks iniesing, but it was
known to be impossible for him to have made his way
through the British cruisers, on the look out fur him
along the entire coast. It is a tradition amongst the
Jacobite families of this country, that the Prince, ac
cowpanied by Sheridan, landed on the north- western
coast of Ireland, whence in the disguise of a pedlar, he
made his way to the neighbourhood of Kilnaleck in this
c )unty, where he was concealed until the first heat of
pursuit abated. Upon one occasion he was n. arly taken;
information was given at Cavan, that a person answering
his description lurked in the neighbourhood; he was
made aware of this in sufficient time to make his escape,
and was eventually conducted back into France. Ap•
proaching nearer to our own time, Doctor Edward She-
ridan, a member of the same family, and an eminent
M.D., in Dublin, was amongst the moat active in his ex-
ertions to remove the civil disabilities of his countrymen.
During the Duke of Richmond's administration, he was
indicted by Mr. Ssurin, ex-officio, and found guilty of
te violation of the Convention Act, in taking the chair
at a meeting of the Catholic Board."
The Kilkenny Moderator of this morning states
that a petition tbr protection is in course of signature
throughout
.that county, under the auspices of the
Earl of Desert, High Sheriff, and a " considerable
number of the magistrates, clergy, and landed gentry."
Too late, gentlemen !
I am glad to perceive by the Wexford and Donegal
papers that vast shoals of fish have visited their re-
spective coasts. Fish, also, is exceedingly plentiful
here. A gentleman told me to day he purchased two
splendid plaice here yesterday for the sum of live-
pence The Ballyshannon Herald of this morning
has the following paragraph
IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITION OF TEE PEOPLE.
—lt affords us great pleasure to state that, during the
entire season there has been a moat abundant supply of
fish along the coast of Donegal, so much so, that it ex-
ceeds anything heard of for the last ten years. We
have lately been informed that the potato disease has
scarcely affected a tuber in many parts of the country,
and that owing to these circumstances a great change for
the better is taking place in the social condition of the
people."
THR WEA.TUER.—The weather still continues ex-
tremely severe, with hard frost and a strong north-
western breeze. The " high tide," which was expected
this morning, has not yet " come off;" and although
they now say it is to take place to-morrow morning,
or next, I am inclined to think the appearance of the
threatened diluvies is indefinitely postponed. The
wind is now blowing off shore, and the weather
frosty ; so that high tide or low, there is no immediate
danger of submersion.

Great discontent is felt here at the monopoly of
the bakers and butchers. According to the market
rates, these gentry must be pocketing profits to the
tune of seventy to eighty per cent. on their outlay.
The butchers of Dublin were always noted for their
combination to keep up prices • and since the retire-
ment of the great firm of Nlanders, the bakers have
reverted to the old system, and emulate the butchers
in their peculations on an impoverished community.
THE MURDER or MR. PLIELAN.—It will be recol-
lected that it was stated in this paper that five men,
charged with the murder of Mr. John Phelan, at
Carrickbeg, in October last, had been committed for
trial on the information of James Cleary, a crown
witness. It has created some surprise that on Christ-
mas eve the parties were removed from this to Carrick-

on-Suir, and bailed on that night before J. B. Graves,
Esq., in the small sum of 201. each, and two sureties
in the sum of 101. to appear at next assizes.— Water-
ford Mail.

DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—SaIes yester•
day at the Commercial Exchange:—Three per Cent.
Consols, 96k; ditto, for opening, 96i i; Three• and-a-
Quarter per Cent. Stock, 96k, 97; Hibernian Bank, 25k;
l'atriotic Insurance, 7; Mining Company of Ireland,
4i; Wicklow Copper Mines, 10, f —Railway: Mid-
land Great Western and Royal Canal Company, 241.
Royal Exchange: Dublin Consumers' Gas Company, fif

IMPORTATION OF SPONGE.—An importation having
taken place of a quantity of sponge by a vessel from
Rotterdam, and entt red as being free of duty, the
officers of the revenue considering that it was the pro-
duce of Turkey and having been imported from Europe
was inadmissible to entry, detained the sponge as having
been imported contrary to law. On consideration of
the matter it appeared that there was not sufficient
proof that the sponge was inadmissible to entry for
home use, and that according to the best authority,
sponges occur attached to stones at the bottom of the
sea, and abound particularly upon the shores of the
islands in the Grecian Archipelago. It the sponge were
the produce of Asiatic Turkey it would be inadmis-
sible, but it appearing to have been ruled on a former
occasion that the laws of navigation were applicable
solely to the produce of the land, and that therefore
this article was not affected by those ls,s, permission
was granted for the delivery of t'he sponge and free of
duty for home use.

HULL PENNY BANK.—Collected in pence from
4,364 depositors between August 1, 1849, and Dec. 27,
757/. 6s. 11-134 days.—Hull Packet.

DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL
IRVINE, C.B, CHIEF DIRECTOR OF AD-
,' MIRALTY WORKS.
, It is with much regret that we record the death
of Lieutenant• Colonel Archibald Irvine, C. 13., Direc-
' for of Engineering and Architectural Woiks of the
Admiralty, which event took place at half-past twelve
o'clock on Saturday night, at his residence, Highgate.
Up to within the laQt three years Colonel Irvine's life
WAS spent in the service of the Honourable Fast
India Company's Engineers, in which his career
was an arduous, gallant, and most distinguished one.
He served in many sieges and storms, in which he
was severely wounded, and, we believe, personally led
n or two fedora hopes. As a military et g'neer his
talents were highly prized in India. He filled there
many very important and responsible situations, and
fiealy wound up his service i❑ that part of her
Majesty's dominions by distinguishing himself as an
engineer officer at the great battles under Lord
Ilareinge.
In India his engineering skill and ability intro-
duced him to the late Lord Auckland, w hen
Governor-General, who, on Colonel Irvine's return
to England, now about three years since, appointed
him successor to the Lee Colonel* Brandreth,
as chief of the Admiralty engineering and architec-
tural department at Somerset House. We fear,
however, that this has proved a rather unuitnble
office for him, and that the excessive cares and im-
mense anxieties attendant upon it have contributed
in no small degree to break down a constitution
which, after so many years' toil in India, required
repose and retirement. The gallant deceased, we
believe, has left a large young family, the provision
for which has been much circumscribed by the
bankruptcies in India, and the depreciation of certain
interests in which he had made large investments.
Mr. Scamp, chief assistant to the late Colonel
Irvine, will carry on the duties of the department until
the vacancy is filled up.
The selection of a successor will be a most difficult
task, and will require the utmost care and considera-
tion in making it, if the economy and efficiency of
the vast public works now being carrried on by the
Admiralty be regarded.

ATTEMPTED MURDER —DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—
Yesterday evening Sarah Evans, who stands charged
with attempting to murder two oeher'children by cutting
their throats, underwent a final examination before the
magistrates at this place. The particulars published
previously in some of the papers are incorrect. The
evidence of Sarah Evans, one of the prisoner's
daughters, a girt of thirteen, who was examined yester-
day, went to prove that, hearing her younger sister.
Rosannah, crying, she went up stairs to her, and found
her lying on a bed with her mother standing by
the bedside. Rosannah's throat was cut and bleed-
ing fast, and a bloody knife was lying by her.
Iler mother's right hand also was bloody. When her
mother saw her (witness), she said, " Sarah, it is your
turn next," and approached her; en which she ran
down stairs, followed part of the way by her mother.
However, she escaped from her, and tan to her father,
who was at work near, and told him what she had seen,
on which he rushed into the bowie and wrested the knife
(which she had taken up again) from her. When the
prisoner was taken into custody by constable Shore, she,
on being told the charge against her, said, " I am sorry
I did not du for 'ern al', and myself tee." On the hus-
band handing the knife to the constable he pointid cut
that it had been sharpened; on which the prisoner ex-
claimed, " I did keen it. The devil told me to cut the
child's throat;" and, turning to her husband, she added,
"It 'll be your turn next." Two surgeons deposed as to
the nature of the wound, which was an inch thep and
three inches long. At first it was feared it would ho
fstal, but the child is now progressing favourably. At
the close of the inquiry the prisoner was fully commiCe
for trial at the assizes. She is said to be of a disturbed
state of mind.

MOORS, THE POET.—We have great pleasure in
quoting the following paragraph (from the At t Journal),
as a rumour had got into circulation that Mr. Moore
was seriously indisposed:—" THOMAS MoonE.—TLe
poet is in the enjoyment of good health, physical and
in'ellectual, at his cottage at Slopert,n, takes his daily
walks along the terrace which borders his pretty garden,
and drives as uityll each clay in a small pony carriage.
lie is not living in more than the ordinary retirement in
which he has passed the last seven or eight years of
his life."