The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

The Alderman's hand here (Alderman Gibbs was seat,
next to the Common Sergeant) i seen in my fob, are
two minutes afterwards the watch is gone. sow, thou iv
.the watch can't be found upon the Alderman, it is by TIC,
means an unjust inference that he stole it. Well, thilt's
just the case for you to consider now.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.
e,
j The v,011131014 SERGEANT —BCC,IIUS;) you don't know
what he had in his pocket.
The Foreman replied in the affirmative.

rail, that London market is to maintain leer former
isuperiority over all other markets for fish.
The remedy I suggested to keep up the good elr!
healthy system was to form a joint-stock company,
and purchase all the smaek property from the privete THE
?owners, at a fair valuation: The editor of Belts Lif. `) ~
`reviewing my letter, saj.li----‘ And, adding to these,
lothers built under their own directian, create a'
national source, calculated to encourage the traininel
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of competent seamen, and-at the same time securingl
to the consumer a supply of fish of the very best!
description at a moderate price, and without thceei
fluctuations in quality and supply now so much
deplored." There is so much truth and force con -
tained in that paragraph that I do not see any use in
!saying much more about it,, but at once try and get up
a company. With a capital of about 400,0001. the
whole of the decked-welled smack property now
!afloat could be purchased, and others added to their
!numbers. The cost of a welled smack, 55 tons'
.!burden, new measurement, (which is about 65 tons!
old 'measurement), is somewhere nearly 1,400/., when
!fairly equipped for sea. The number of welled
smacks belonging to England is from 250 to 300. I
[cannot readily ascertain the exact quantity, as the)
Tare not registered as welled smacks, but I believe the!
is somewhere near about it. Had an able company
the whole of those smacks, and perhaps a number
yiriore, under their command, with icehouses erected
at Berwick upoe-Tweed, a station most contiguous to
!the best fishing grounds, they would be able not only
,to supply the English markets with the best descrip-
tion of deep-sea living fish, but the markets in
,Scotland
could from that port be supplied also.
'THE ROCHDALE SAVINGS-BA NK.
When I commenced this letter I intended to have
We published on Saturday an account of the de-
given the history of Billingsgate fish market; th
falcations which had been discovered in the accountse
4
4.great increase of trade that has grown there of late;
f the late manager, Mr. Haworth. We now stibjoim '
the confused scene there every morning (Sundays
,Dine additional particulars from the Manchester
excepted); the complete' block up of Lower Thames-
',
Courier of that day :
street, from London-bridge to Tower-hill, with fish-
" We are informed, upon excellent authority,
that,„,„t mongers' carte, waggons, and vans, that bring
fish from the railways, &c. I also intended
let a meeting of the trustees and managers of the bank,;'l
'held on Thursday evening, a communication fro,, to suggest (with explanation) the propriety of
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the proper authorities of the Government was laid having other wholesale fish-markets near the rail
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stations, and leave Billingsgate for such fish that
before them, intimating that they—the trustees andee.waY
were brought up the river in vessels (such as shell!
managers —would be held responsible for the full
amount of the defalcations, and that the depositor6fi6h, eels, dryed fish, and sprats, &c.), but as than
would he intruding too much upon your space, in thel
must be held harmless. Should this turn out to be',l
correct, it will have a great effect in restoring
confi_,F4nneantime, I will defer that subject. Trusting, how-1
Slence amongst the depositors in this particular bank,'eever, that sufficient has been said to draw attentions
of those interested.—l am, Sir, &c. and also increasing the confidence of the industrious '
classes in savings-banks generally—an object worthy:'
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H. 'DEMPSTER.
of great efforts to attain, as these institutions have se
great a tendency to improve the character and elevate
ithe morals of the working classes. A suggestion
'has been thrown out in Rochdale iu favour of raising
,a public subscription to make up the late actuary's;
dt-ficiency, and a spirited gentleman of that town has;
,ffered to head such a subscription with a donationi
)f 1,500/.
"It is said that the system of defalcation by Mr.
Haworth has been going on for ten years. He
'became a cotton spinner subsequently to his appoint-
ment as his father's successor at the bank. He was
iat the time of his death about forty- three years of
iage, and held a great many stewardships and egeucies.
Amongst others he was steward to Colonel Bailie, re
relation of the present high sheriff of the county ;
agent for the Sun Fire and Life Insurance-office;
'gent for Mr. Turner, of Haslingdon ; agent to Lad)
Burdett, aunt of Mr. Entvvisle, and a relation of Col.
Bailie ; besides which he held a great many other
%gencies of a lucrative character ; and such was the
!confidence reposed in him that he was arbitrator
lfor the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Corn-
!
iiany along the entire length of their lines. He'
was, in fact, a general agent, and considered to be ej
man of such probity as to occasion frequent reference!
to him as an arbi'rator-
"Various rumours as to the mode in whkh money
'has been dispersed have reached us, amongst others
that at one time Mr. Haworth lost largely from
speculations in railway shares ; that he bought two,
estates in Lincolnshire a short time ago, and after.'
wards disposed of them ; and that at the time of his
death he was in possession of a small estate ini
Cheshire.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
These sessions commenced thiS morning at the Court
Ti'lleuse, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Puelle,
Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar.,
.contained the names of sixty-two prisoners. The grand
-.,jury having been sworn, they were dismissed to their
..'° duties with the usual remarks from the chairman.
:., Entrpa Wilson, 25, was indicted for stealing a silver
watch hum Edmund. German.
Prosecutor stated that on the 11th of August, in th(
• evening, he was walking along the Borough, rather the,
worse for liquor, when two females accosted him and
palled him up Chapel-place, Suffolk-street, and dragged;
him into a house of ill-fame. Sou.e drink was then sent
:for, which was consumed between them. His watch waF. ,
safe in his pocket when he entered the house, and the
prisoners suddenly left him. He then suspected that he
qad been robbed, which induced him to look for his
4.atcb, when he missed it. He told the landlady of the 4
oircumstance, and afterwards informed the police, giving M,
a description of the watch.
The prosecutor's evidence was corroborated.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
The Court sentenced her to three months' hard lairtur
.13 .13rixton. ,--

BANK OF FRAN CE.
The folk:ming is a return of the situation of the Bank
Id France on Nov. 29:

ASSETS.

rjash and ingots
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ••• ••• •••
,§ Lillis falling due in Paris, of which
~. 17,701,032 f. Oc. arc from the branch
banks ...
..
„. ... 45,359,754 94
3ills in the branch banks ~. ... 77,447,373 ();
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 4,950,600 0
Ditto by the branch bunks ... ... 282,070 6
Ditto on French public securities ... 21,366,931
Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,953,781 (
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 t
1.- Ditto on the loan of 150 millions
... 50,000,000 0
oari of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles
.Advance to the department of the
&Me
••• .•• ••. ••• 3,000,000 0
lientes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 t
I,eates, disposable funds
... ... 42,529,988 l
' ~nvestments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... ... ...
ilotel and furniture of the Bank
...
ideal property of the branch banks ...
'nterest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks ... ... ...
;Sills protested at Paris
Ditto at the branches ... ... ...
".expenses of adnainis.tration,of the Bank
IDitto of the branches
Viseellaneous

£287,921,471 77
. . 125,917,097 0
106,649 16

1,075,000

12,826,541 39
4,000,000 0
3,034,015 0
200,000 0

230,000 0
2,745,279 61
1,924,217 6
478,148 421
434,897 j
899,079

f. 748,682,593 43

" As many as 16,000 depositors are affected directly
!or indirectly. The tnaingers and trustees meet every
1(lay for the purpose of going through the books of the
!depositors, and thus ascertaining the actual deficiency,
which at present amounts to about 35,000/. As we
understand that all the books have not yet been ex-
amined, the deficiency may amount to a still greater
'sum. Amongst the sums deposited are the following
connected with the churches in Rochdale : The
sick funds of St. James's, amounting to 1801.; of Sr
Clement'a, amounting to 200/.; of St. Stephen's,
amounting to 1401.; and of the parish church.
amounting to 1451. The Hen and Chickens sick club,
an institution chiefly for the benefit of children,
withdrew from the hank at the beginning of this
year their account, which then amounted to about
1,0001. Many of the Free Gardeners, Odd Fellows,
Foresters, and other benefit societies, had their funds
invested in the bank. We are informed that a large
!portion of the sums above 601. were entered by Mr.
!Haworth as having been withdrawn.
" The will of the deceased was made during his
;recent illness, and it is said to hare involved the dis
posal of 40,0001. or 50,0001. He is said to have left
(but we know not with how much truth) 1001. a year
to each of his managers in the mill ; and it is also
,aid that in respect of the mill he executed a deed of
gift in favour of a gentleman of Manchester.
"In addition to Sir James Clark, and another
eminent physician from London, Mr. Ha worth was
attended by Mr. Turner, of Manchester, and Mr.
Bowers, of Rochdale. The heart, on a post mortent
texamination, was found to be greatly enlarged.
" The household of the deceased consisted of three
maid-servants, two gardeners, a lodge-keeper, and e
coachman. Two or three years ago, when there was
great depression in the manufacturing districts, and his
mill hands were only employed two days a week,
he advanced them about two days' wages, to be re-
funded when trade revived. He named as his
«xecutors Mr. John Ho!gate and Mr. James'
Ecroyd, but they have refused to act under the;
will. Mr. Ecroyd is, we believe, related to Mr.
'Haworth by marriage. Shortly before his death Mr.
;Haworth deposited 3,0001. worth of cotton, which it
is supposed he did to meet the interest about to be-
come due upon the money abstracted from the bank.
The owners of interest upon money so abstracted
,eemed to have pressed heavily upon him, and had he
lived would probably, in a very short time, have led
to a discovery of the defalcations. There is one cir-
cumstance, perhaps, which ought here to be noticed--
When any depositor said to him, 'ls your bank a safe
one ?' he replied by pointing to the list of trustees and
fnanbgers, and stating that they were responsible, and
the high respectability of those gentlemen satisfied'
the interrogator.
"Some idea of the estimation in which Mr.,
Haworth was held by his fellow-townsmen may be
formed from the fact that a general desire was enter-
tained that his remains should be honoured with a
public funeral; but the idea, happily as it turns out,
was from some cause or other abandoned.
"The business of the bank was conducted by Mr.
!Haworth, the managing clerk, Mr. James Ecroyd,
and a young man who has lately been appointed to a
'situation in the establishment. Mr. Ecroyd was en-
gaged all the week at the bank, as clerk to Mr.
Haworth, in his various agencies ; bank business
hours being only from 3 to 7 o'clock on Mondays'
and from 3 to 7 on Saturdays."

THE DECKED-WELLED SMACKS,
SMACK OWNERS, BILLINGSGATE FISH!
MARKET, AND RAILWAYS AGAIN.

• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The questions on deep-sea fisheries, welled-
smacks, smack owners, Billingsgate fish market, and,
railway communication in fish, are questions of, per.'
• baps, much greater importance than as yet many per-
sons will be prepared to admit.
How is it that London, although many miles frorn
sea, has always been able to boast of her fish markets
being superior to any other, even to fishing villages
bordering on the ocean ? Why, just because the fish'
were brought from the deep seas alive in the decked-
, welled smacks. All naturalists allow that fish,
when in their strongest and healthiest con-
dition, always keep out in deep water. It is
only during their spawning seasons and weakly
state that fish seek the banks inshore. In my
last letter I pointed out the injury being inflicted on
smack owners from the great competition offered to
them by the open-boat along-shore fishers, who now
-end their fish in such large quantities to London
market by railway. I also suggested that unless
some speedy measures were adopted to relieve the
smack owners from their present difficulties, they
would ultimately be compelled to abandon the smack
'rade altogether, and thereby the inhabitants of Lon-
don would be deprived of the best quality of fish
~hick they have for above a century been accustomed
Ito be supplied with.

i •,:
Whilst arguing th deep-sea fishery question n
Scotland, urging on the inhabitants there to the pro-'s
i priety of having decked-welled macks for supplying;-.
their markets with real deep-sea cod alive, one of my'`,:_
most advantageous points in argument was—" Sup-. 0.
_pose that any party in Scotland or Ireland wanted a :;,
real deep-sea cod (from the Dogger Bli.k, the Well
Bank, or, in fact, any other bank in the North Sea)
`brought into their house alive, they could not obtain it
for love or money; just because the fishermen in
i,either of those countries did not employ smacks that
ohave wells," Now, if the English welled-smacks are,,
to be cast as He in co n& 9 :l;lice of the over encourage.
tient given to the open-boat fishery, London will then
be worse situated fur fish than any other city either in
Scotland or Ireland, the metropolis being so distant
from all good fisl,ing ground. It is only by continu-
ing the welled smacks, in their present perfect state,
100 go to the deep seas, where the best fish are to be.
Inad, erecting icehotnes at different stations along the
t.xist, so that the fish may be sent to market in ice byl

DEATH

OF

MONDAY EVENING DECFIVIBPIt 3
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QUEEN DOWAG

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1 (From the London Gazette Extraordinary)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2.
WHITEHALL, DECEMBER 2.
This morning, at seven minutes before 2 o'clock, her
Majesty the Queen Dowager departed this life, iiti
Stanmore Priory, to the great grief of her Majestyl
and of all the Royal Family, after a painful and
protracted illness, which she bore with exemplary
;patience.
The loss of this most excellent Princess will be:
deeply mourned by all classes of her Majesty's sub
sects, to whom her many eminent virtues rendered her
the object of universal esteem aed affection. ,e
1 (From the Court Circular.) 1
On Saturday the following bulletin of her Majesty's
health was issued :

" The Priory, Dec. 1.
"The Queen Dowager has not passed a good night,
!though less restless than the previous one.
" Her Majesty continues in a weak state.
"DAVID DAVIIB, M.D."
Dr. Bright arrived at the Priory on Saturday
night, and remained in attendance until her Mfijes
ty s decease, at seven minutes before two o'clock yes-
, terday morning.
There were resident in the Priory at the time of
her Majesty's death their S?rene Highnesses thej
Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward and.'
Prince Gustave of Saxe-Weimar, and the two Prin-
cesses of Saxe•Weimar; the Earl Howe (Lord Chain.
berlain) and the Countess Howe, the Hon. Charlotte
Hudson (Maid of Honour in Waiting), Mrs. Corn
wall (Bedchamber Woman in Waiting), and Colonel"
Cornwall, Rev. John Ryle Wood, and the Rev. Geo ,
'Hudson (Chaplains to her Majesty), and Captains
Bedford (Resident Gentleman Usher). of 9
Her Majesty's physicians issued the following bull]
lean :--

1
In the biographical notices which usually appear
immediately after the demise of those who have been
Ininent or remarkable, more attention is frequently
,gi% en to the public career of the deceased than to his
personal history. But a Queen can scarcely be said
it° enjoy any privacy whatever, and a Queen Consort'
tor Dowager has almost no political part to perform,
160 that the current of her existence does not seem tel
leparate itself into two portions like that of a greati
man—one open and patent to all the world, the other
fenced and shaded within the precincts of his own
home; therefore, in recounting the events of Queen
Adelaide's life, and paying a tribute of respect to her
memory, it will not be necessary to distinguish her
M ijesty's public from her private character, or to us(

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personal detai
any special' reserve when touching on

fora course of existence so blameless presents notbin,
to be concealed, or softened, or excuted; the incidenl

of her life may now, therefore, be set forth
all simplicity and plainness. She was the daughte
of one of the petty Princes of Germany. Saxe,
IMeiningen is very 'nearly the smallest state in
'Europe, not half the size of an English county, with
a metropolis consisting of five or six hundred
houses. George, the late reigning Duke of that
miniature sovereignty, espoused the daughter of
the House of Hohenlohe Langenburgh ; their eldest
daughter was the Princess who has resided
amongst us more than thirty years, and the news
of whose death will now be received with feel-
ings of more than ordinary regret. The late
Queen Dowager Amelia Adelaide Louisa Theresa
Carolina was born on the 13th of August, 1792,
period of much anxiety to all Sovereign Princes
and their families, but fortunately for her the
tranquillity of Europe had been re-established before
she reached an age to take an interest in its
revolutions, or to understand the dangers by
which, in those unsettled times, every species of
iominion was menaced. In the year 1803 her father
lied, the Princess Adelaide being then only eleven
years of age, while her brother and sister were both
younger still. To the guardianship of their mother,
the dowager Duchess, these youthful descendants of
the house of Saxe-Meiningen were of course confided
t'hey received their education in comparative retire.
inept, especially the two Princesses ; and if amidst
.he dull routine and limited society of a petty Ger—
man Court they may have contracted some narrow
prejudices, there can be little doubt that in the
nstructions of the consort of William IV. few
accomplishments that befitted the highest rank were
leglected, nor any sound principle of morals or •
religion carelessly inculcated. The early years of
-he Princess Ad.laide were passed alternately at the
lucal palace in the capital city of Meiningen, and •
it the castle of Altenstein, a country residence,.
where the reigning family were accustomed
-0 spend the summer months. Her late Majesty
Queen Charlotte—the mother of King William IV.
—being herself the daughter of one who ruled a little
German state, took a natural interest in all who
)elonged to her own order. Now, though scandal'
(ravels fast, favourable reports cannot altogether be
•epressed, and it so happened that while the Princess
Adelaide was yet in early youth the fame of her,
liscretion and her virtues reached the English Court.
Po the great grief of this nation the Princess Char-
tette of Wales and her infant child were, in the month ,
)f November, 1817, consigned to the tomb ; the Regent ti
was childless; and four of the Royal Dukes, Clarence,'.
Kent, Cambridge, and Gloucester—though all advanced
In life—resolved forthwith to contract matrimonial
'lliances. The late Duke of York being inarriedi
till without issue, it was naturally consideredo
Chat the descendants of the Duke of Clarence,4
if he should marry, would stand next in succession
'to the throne. His Royal Highness had for some
Lime been separated from Mrs. Jordan. At the
!-special instance of Queen Charlotte he solicited the
!tend of the Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen,
'and his suit was successful, "for seldom Princes sue
in rain." As a necessary preliminary to the marriage,
t royal message was sent down to the House of
Commons early in the ensuing session of Parliament,
innouncing the intended marriage, together with those
)f two others of the royal brothers—the Dukes of.
Kent and Cambridge—and asking for the usual vote,
by way of outfit and dotation. Considerable discus •
sion ensued upon this question, the advocates of,
:.conomy mustering strong in the House. Lord
Castlereagh moved that 10,0001. should be added to
the former grants of 15,0001., as an income for the
Duke of Clarence, 4,0001. of which should be con- -
sidered "pin-money" of the new Duchess. A large
advance was also asked as an outfit, and the whole
amount required for the establishments of the three
irinces was 105,5001. at once, and 55,0001. annually":
Aeraafter. The proposition of the Government was
met by a motion of Mr. Methuen, to which the
douse agreed, for a return of all the incomes derived
by theirßoyal Highnesses on account of the military,
eiaval, or civil appointments they held, together with ,
their receipts from dreits of the Admiralty, commands
en Hanover, &c. When the House came to the vote,
''4r. Holme Sumner moved that the grant for the
Duke of Clarence should be limited to 6,0001. per
annum, which was carried, on a division, against the
Ministry, by a majority of nine votes. The only
eroeision for his intended wife was the con-
inuance lof the same annual sum in case of
survivorship. Similar votes were gassed for the
Dukes of Kent and Cambridge, but within a day,
'r two of the resolution passing, Lord
Castlereagh informed the House that the Duke of
Clarence declined to receive the additional income,
just voted to his use—a resolution, however, in which!
tis Royal Highness did not, on reflection, persist..
Unlike his royal brothers, the Duke at that timei
possessed no sources of revenue from pensions or state
appointments. His admiral's pay, of about 1,100/.
year,
constituted the sole addition to the allowance'
From Parliament.

The preliminaries of their union having been
iettled in London, and at Meiningen by plenipoten-1
iaries on both sides, and the Regent in Council;
-'paving signified his assent, the young German
Princess, in the 26th year of her age, quitted her
!Ittherland to espouse an elderly gentleman of 53. Her;
Serene Highness, accompanied by
;her mother, and;
tttended by a numerous suite, arrived in London on!
;he 4th of July, 1818, and took up her temporary]
bode at Grillon's Hotel, whither the Regent and the,
nuke of Clarence immediately went to greet her
rriyal, though the hour was as late as 10 o'clock at
:light. On the 9th of the same month the Princess]
Lvas presented to Queen Charlotte, and on the 18th
marrbige took place. The ke and Duchess]
)f Kent had previously been married at Leiningen
'nut as it was deemed expedient that they should he
married in England, their Royal Highnesses paidl
t short visit to this country for that purpose, and
their second nuptials took place at Kew upon the
(lay that the Duke and Duchess of Clarence were
!married ; the same circumstance serving to unite both,
brothers to their respective consorts. At these royal]

weddings their Nies nothing of the state or splendour,
which has marked similar events in more receet's
times, the only persons present being the members or,,i.
,the Royal Family, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl otv
fLiverpool, Lord Sidmouth, and the necessary regis, t•
Ztrars. The double marriage was solemnised by the;
'Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop 0*
[London; the ceremony took place at three o'clock in'"
!the afternoon ; the moment it was over the two
Prelates and the three Ministers of State took their
'departure; in the evening the Duke and Duchess
of Clarence drove up to St. James's Palace, 'h li crc
f they remained only a few days, and then proceeded
I
for a short time to the Duke's residence at Bush, -
1 'park. His Royal Highness soon came to the re
'solution of spending some time on the continent,
and, accompanied by the Duchess, he embarked at
Dover in less than three weeks after his marriage,
and proceeding by way of Calais travelled onwards to,
Hanover. After the lapse of a year the Duke arel
Duchess returned to England, from that time forward'
residing chiefly at Busby-park. Considering the'
!'large family for whom provision was to be made byl
the Duke of Clarence—considering also his eminent,
position, and the establishment which his rank tnight
'seem to require—it can scarcely be said that his
income, between the period of his marriage and the!
!death of the Duke of York, was equal to the neces
I sities of his station. By the advice, however, and
under the management of his excellent consort, there
.were few financial difficulties in the household of the
Duke. A good establishment was maintained,
snot certainly in "right royal fashion," but
Lone which might well became a nobleman of high
rank, and still there was some small surplus'
provided for deeds of charity. It was not '
alone when opulent, as she has been ever
rsince the accession of Queen Victoria, nor when in
!the decline of life, and like one under sentence of
death, as she has been for many years past, that the
Queen Dowager remembered the claims of the poor;,
;but in the days of her youth, and in cireumstanee'l
of such moderate competence as rendered her bene-i
ficence doubly meritorious. The Duchess of Clarence
had this further difficulty to contend against—that
the Duke was as lavish as any other sailor, and as
s:wohxeunritohues asd
oofthherisPrince ; but in the year 1827,
" The Priory, Dec. 2, 1849.
brother, the Duke of York,
" Her Majesty the Queen Dowager expired at sever, eaa death of
brought him one step nearer to the throne, his income
minutes before two o'clock on Sunday morning, the 2,1 was placed upon a.footi.ng of greater ease and dignity.
of December, without any apparent suffering, and re- However happy his union with the Princess Adelaidei
taming her composure of mind to the last.
"DAVID I)AvrEs, M.D. , may have been, the hopes with which it was formed
"RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D." r*were in one respect disappointed: he had no heir,
Captain Bedford left the Priory at an early hourone child only, the Princess Elizabeth, having
yesterday morning for town. reels born alive, and she was committed to the
oExpresses were forwarded to her Majesty tLe grave in a very few months after her birth.
oThis loss is understood to have been keenly felt by
'Queen end his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to her
loyal Highness the Duchess of Kent at FrogrnoreP the royal parents, and the sculptor Chantrey was;
[louse, and to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and4honoured by a commission to execute one of his;
Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. tbeautiful but melancholy memorials, resulting in the'
Intelligence of the mournful event was also corn- r''e.t production of an exquisite figure, in marble, of thrl
inunicated yesterday forenoon to the Right lion. Sir' child reclining on a couch.
George Gray, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of With the exception of two visits to Germany, one''
State for the Home Department, and to the Lord in the year 1822, and the other in 1825, it cannot bel
Mayor. e said that the life of the Duchess of Clarence wash
ernuch varied ; but this apparent absence of exciting,
',pursuits resulted not from incapacity of enjoyment,
+ but partly from ill-health, and somewhat, also, from
.prudential considerations, for she loved hospitality,
engeged with ardour in many feminine employments,
eiof which ornamental needle work was one—in the
'leiddle ages her patronage of tapestry would have
rivalled Queen Maud's—her reading, if riot profound,'
was at all events extensive, while her judgment ie
music, and even in pictures, was held in high esteem
but beyond and above these mental qualties shore
forth that genuine practical benevolence which im-
pelled her to delight in. training the young and
comforting the aged. In the comparative privacy of
Bushy park, therefore, she would have been
abun-
T.' dantly happy but for the feeble state of her constitu-
tion, which even then gave warning of the premature
old age that has prevented her reaching the ordinary
`limit of human existence. Since her marriage 12
years had elapsed and her Royal Highness was still
Duchess of Clarence.
On the 26th of June, 1830, by the death of
=' George IV., the Duchess of Clarence passed from the
••:retirement of Bushy-park, and from the constrained
..circumstances arising from a comparatively narrow,
• income, to all the publicity and splendour of a throne.;
;It is related of her late Majesty, that upon receiving)
'intelligence of the accession of the Duke of Clarencej
to the throne, her Royal Highniss burst into tears ;;
but that, recovering her presence of mind, she im-
imediately requested that the gentleman who had
'brought the tidings would accept a prayer-book
which lay upon the table, with her name written
therein, as the first gift of the Queen of England.
An onerous and difficult duty devolved upon her'
late Majesty on her accession. Twelve years
bad passed since there had been a Queen Consort
to preside over the hospitalities and ceremonials
of the Court, and during that interval the
etiquette of presentations and the lists of the presented
co the Royal presence had become relaxed to a degree
which was no longer permissible. In reforming the
personnel as well as the morale of the Court circles,
Queen Adelaide undertook a duty which was in many
instances as painful and invidious as it was necessary,
and which was accomplished with all gentleness and
!firmness. The Court of England became thenceforth
what it has ever since remained—a sanctuary where
virtue and piety received their due homage, and where'
,aught that was questionable in in ntion or tainted
!in character dared not enter, except in disguise.
flier position was changed, but the rectitude and gentle-
ness of her character underwent no alteration, The
'amount of her duties and the sphere of her influence were
I vastly enlarged; a great income was placed at her dispo
!sal; as regarded the management of her property, the
law gave to her, as to every Queen Consort, the right
and freedom of a single woman, with the services of an
Attorney and Solicitor-General; the first of these offices
,he conferred successively on Messrs. Horne, Teddy, and
Uerewether, the latter on Messrs. Williams, Merewether.
hand Stuart Wortley. Her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain
I was Earl Howe, her Mistress of the Robes the Duche,s
Hof Leeds, her Master of the Horse the late Earl of
Erroll, with the usual crowded retinue of gentlemen)
ushers, ladies of the bedchamber, pages, treasurers,)
physicians, and chaplains. From this period may be
dated the commencement of the toil, the care, and the
disappointments from which royalty never wholly
escapes. She, like her predecessors, soon practically
understood hew "uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown ;" but her Majesty and King William were
!not formally crowned for more than a year after
their accession. That ceremony took place on the
Bth September, 1831 ; it was, however, much shorn
'ot its ancient splendour ; for there was no banquet in
`Westminster-hell, nor any procession from the Hall to
: Westminster-abbey ; but a lengthened cavalcade was
'formed through the streets, the King and Queen pro-
;;Teding in full state from St. James's Palace to the
Abbey. It r. as observed that her Majesty never ap- •
peered to greater advantage than at that memorable •
'ceremony—never displayed more of the grace and dig-
nit), which usually marked her deportment than if.,
'that venerable cathedral where the potoatatos of Eng- I
land and their consorts have been invested with the out-
ward and visible signs of regal power at the commence- z,
talent of almost every reign since the foundation of the
(monarchy. It was some time before this great national''
[ceremony, and with scarcely any interval after the
'Queen had practically submitted to the " golden
!yoke of sovereignty," that her Majesty proceeded to
form her household. Upon her accession she found the
;Tories in power; and, apart from any political predilec- '
;lions which might have influenced her dispensation of
ipatronage, she could scarcely begin by taking a course
so hostile to the existing advisers of the Crown as not to
have listened favourably to their approval, if not their
direct recommendation, of such noblemen as the Earl
Howe and the late Earl of Erroll to the offices of Lord '.
Chamberlain and Master of the Horse, the latter peer'.
being married to the King's daughter, and being by no e
,means a member of the Tory party. In five months,
,however, after these appointments, the Duke of Welling..•
lton ceased to be First Minister, and the W big party took ''.,
'possession of the Cabinet. The King when Duke of Oa- •
Irence frequently supported them; they had therefore no''
'doubt of his disposition to confide the affairs of the cowl- ;
try unhesitatingly to their hands, and so far as re-
,garded mere Court influence, matters seemed to proceed
pretty smoothly for about two years; but en the 14th ,7
of January, 1833, Lord Howe ceased to be her Majes-
ty's Chamberlain, Lord Denbigh was advanced to that .',
;high office, and the Earl of Erroll continued to be Mas-:c
;ter of the Horse to the Queen. It was stated at the time ,
'that Lord Howe was a more uncompromising opponent::.
of the Whig Minister than Lord Denbigh; that his
holding an office so dignified as that of Lord Chamber-`:
lain to her Majesty seemed at least to imply a doubt
that the King's Government possessed the King's confi-
deuce; and even assuming that the Queen never per-
mitted Lord Howe to mention political subjects in her .:
ipresence, which is the usual practice of the Court, yet, °e-
ofcourse, the quidnuncs of the age would still discover;
that the Lord Chamberlain influenced the Queen, that''
her Majesty's opinions might bias those of the King, !.
that Ministers were therefore not safe from back-stairs.
;intrigue, that Howe must therefore resign; and resign .
the did, remaining unconnected with the Court till Sir.'
Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne yesterday
'Robert Peel came into power, when, on the 16th of De , afternoon and returned to London this day.
cember, 1834, Lord Erroll withdrew from her Majesty's'', 1
service, while the Earl Howe and the Earl of Denbigh - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
became respectively Lord Chamberlain and Master of attended at the British. Museum on Saturday.
the Horse, which offices they continued to hold till the A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
hand of death brought their tenure to a close. 'at the Foreign. office. The Ministers present were--
In the excitement of the agitation for Parliamentary
,Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar
Reform, a popular misapprehension arose, that the delayt quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey,
lin securing that long desired measure was to be attne Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhou.se, Lord Camp-
[hilted, in some degree, to the influence of her Majesty ;r-
-war— bell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H.
I
land the name of the Consort of the "Sailor King"
*Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the
C=amp-
wade the subject of frequent c-mments by the jourral
lists of the day. On the occasion of the custom' ' 1
laddress of the Bishops on his Majesty's birthday, in
The Council sat two hours and a half.
11832, after the King had returned his reply, his Royal
Right Hon. Fox Mauls.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.— -
Consort, in performing her part in the ceremonial,
rcon-,js
.
- sympathy ard r tf IA
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chided her reply with this very touching sentence—°' pressions of
Lords, lam particularly obliged to you for this decks-, , egre or t e loss o ,is most gxcellent
'ration of attachment, at a period when I am eye qe,Priuccss are universal, and her departure will to deeply
cruelly and undeservedly insulted and calumniated on-mourned by all clascea to whom her many virtues ran-
P
imany occasions. dered her the object of esteem and affection. Perhaps
"
I In the year 1831, Lord Althorp, then Chancel- the very best criterion of such an all-absorbing feeling of
['or of the Exchequer, in meeieg the considera-:‘'ggrief may be gleaned from the fact that the orders which
Ilion of the royal message recommending that measuree.thave already poured in to the Messrs. Jay, the mourning
rn sliould be taken for akiug such provision for her Malwareheuseinen to her lamented Majesty, in Regent]
jesty as might be adequate for the maintenance of tstreet, are, as we learn, fully equal, if not beyond thus('
Iroyal dignity, in the case of her surviving the King-which were received during. a like period at the decease of
spoke in these terms of Queen Adelaide ;—" Lie did
.not the Princess Charlotte.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, SATURDAY.
The Queen and Prince walked, early this morning,
in Osborne Park and grounds.

The younger branches of the Royal Family walked'
and rode as usual.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party!
yesterday.
Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon left Osborne this
morning for London.

SUNDAY.
The inclemency of the weather prevented her Ma-
l'esty and his Royal Highness 'and the younger
branches of the Royal Family from taking their usual,
,morning walks.

The Queen and Prince, and ladies and gentlemen
!of the royal household, attended Divine service at
IWhippingliam Church.

~
rthink there would be eny difference of opinion upon the_F MURDER NEAR nosisma IZKE T.
,propcsition which he should submit to the house (t;i:,l3 On Thurfdsy last Rosemarket, in this county, vves
,settlement of 100,0001 a year upon the Queen, in ease cfn.th, f a most ewful murder, a crime hap-
!her surviving the King. with Marlborough House iled*fs"`"' scene— o '
of rare occurrence in Wales. The perpetrator
if3ushyspark.)" " During the time," the speaker eon. pity
itinued, " that her 1113jtsty had honoured thig country by is a small farmer, residing at Westfields, of the name
:residing in if, her conduct Lad been a bright example of of William Morgans, (commonly known as Doctor
excellence, and had been calculated to enut;er her to t:Rc; •Morgan) and the victim a female domestic in his
people of England." It is unnecessary to add, that tee employ. The coroner's iequest has not yet been
!grant was voted unanimously. held, but the following, received from creditable au-
The reports of the political influence alleged to hew thority, may be relied on :—A lad in the Employ of
!organs was engaged in removing ashes from beneath
Inept' exercised by Queen Adelenle during the discussiiibt
ion the Reform Bill, are fast fading into a mere ehadowe wire, grate, which not being done to please him (MIT--
he et...zed the shovel to strike the bo
'tradition; so llewise is the share which the Queen olkgans),
rgirl, however, interfered, and he made hise
i William IV. was considered to have taken in that abrupt
:=escape. He then sworei he would kill the
!dismissal of Ministers which occurred on the death ot
' the second Earl Spencer. The discussion of such sub •ss
girl. She i
.jects now would throw very little light upon the personal -
ie;
character of that Princess whose benign presence and ,;1-
gentle sympathy will never again--as was their wont— escapestr cboynsequent y endeavoured to make
running, but in ascending a
:, hedge he struck her from behind with the sharp end
!On,?alleviate the sufferings of abject poverty or strug• ).'.; of the shovel, which split her head open. The shovel
es. merit. Still it was not alone as a ~ Lady - broke by the blow, but seizing the remaining part he
lißoutititul" that the Queen Dowager's character ;# beat her head to pieces with it. He then attempted
was favourably developed; she was a kind parent, or'.', to leave, but the screeches of the girl having brought f patroness, if it should be so expressed, to her husband':- persons to the spot, he was secured hands and feet,
1h• ,
le Adrift; and though the Princess Victoria—now Queer re a- nd conveyed to this town in a cart, when he was
1-tegnant—was not a frequent guest in the palaces of
the late King, yet it has never been doubted that the
illustrious personage who now descends into the
tomb inspired her present Majesty, and every mom- e
her of the royal family,
highest esteem and affection. Further, it may b© said, '',-;‘, brought before John Lloyd Morgan, Esq., and re-
,z. tnanded to Saturday, to wait the result of the inquest.
Morgans was considered a person of weak intellect,
with sentiments of the
~ and had some years ago been confined in a lunatic
:-asylum ; but from the period of his release he has
that though in ordinary cases it would be a violation of ; conducted the affairs of his farm, and attended the
that sanctity which protects domestic seclusion if one markets to dispose of its produce. The deceased had
were to deliver even encomiums upon the conjugal resided with the prisoner for a great number of years.
affection manifested by almost any person in every dae —Pembrokeshire Herald.
life, yet as the reputation of a King's consort is a matter
of history and a portion of the public property, it weak;
be unjust to neglect any fair opportunity of recording!
the tact that in this respect the whole course of the
i
Queen Dowager's married life, which lastednine teen years,
was not only above reproach, but almost beyond pane i
gyric. Of this the best possible proofs are to be found
lin a small volume printed for private circulation, being an
laccount of the latter days of King William IV.
During the later years of her Consort's reign, the
name of Queen Adelaide was seldom mentioned in con•
nexion with politics. Her Majesty continued in the dig-
nified but unobtrusive performance of the duties of her
station ; contributing, by the force of her own exalted
;example, to infuse a better tone into the highest, and
;thence into all the other circles of society, and in some
measure superseding the frivolity and idleness which
had so long been preval‘nt in the domain of female
fashion, by giving vogue to adcomplishments and
emi
ployments that fostered taste, and bore some appear-
-1
ance of utility. If in our days the education of the
female members of society results in a greater degree of
;refinement and practical talent than formerly, no small
Ishare in that improvement must be assigned to the pre
septa end the example of the Queen Dowager.
After a reign of seven years, Queen Adelaide passed
once again into retirement, on the death of his Ist(
!Majesty. During the tedious illness which closed the;
kite of her husband, the Queen Consort was unremitting
lin her attentions, and remained in almost constant at
Itendance in his chamber until ho expired, conducting
!herself becamethroughout with the resignation which became
'her, and which was consonant with the tenor of her)
whole life. For one instant only did her constancy give i
way, when, on the day before the final termination of
the mortal struggle, the Archbishop of Canterbury con I
eluded the service for the sick by pronouncing the solemn)
words of the benediction as contained in the Liturgy of 1
the Church. Overpowered by her emotions, the Quect,!
was cheered by the voice of her dying Consort, velici
bade her "bear up, hear lip," under the stroke of
affliction.
Just testimony was borne to the virtues of the be
reeved Queen in the subsequent proceedings in bete
I Houses of Parliament. In moving the message of con.
lolence to the Queen Dowager, on the death of the King.,
Lord Melbourne observed that he would not dwell on
the esteem which her Majesty had won from all classes'
ei the country by her amiable conduct, and by the exem.
diary manner in which she had discharged the duties of .
her high station. These were well known to their Lord
ships and to the country; but let him add, that her
Majesty's conduct was still more distinguished, if pos- '
rible, by the manner in which she had dLeharged het
duties to his Majesty in his illness, and by the ex—
emplary assiduity and patience with which she hat,
borne the fatigues which her unremitting atten •
lion to his Majesty had imposed on her. Lard':
John Russell, in moving the vote of condolence in
the House of Commons, observed that her lltlaj.lpty the
!Queen Dowager had had the melancholy satistaetion of
'doing everything that it was possible, even for a person
in humble life to do, to assuage the pain under which
his late Majesty suffered during the last days of his
existence. He believed that there was no one who was .
not aware that the Queen Dowager had actually, to a
great extent, risked her own health by her constant,'
unremitting, and sleepless attendance on his late
!Majesty. He felt it right to observe, also, that her,
conduct on that trying occasion had only been such a: :.
his Majesty and the country might have expected from -,.'
the constant care and faithful affection with which she
had ever attended to the wishes and desires of her royal
husband, He thought he need say no more to induce
the House to join in a message to her Majesty the',,
1
Queen Dowager, assuring her of the deep and unabated '
respect with which they regarded her.
On the 20th of June, 1837, Queen Adelaide became a
widow. During the last seven or eight years her health
—never good—has been rapidly declining; and oven be-
fore the death of the King she found frequent change of
residence necessary to the preservation of lire. Soon;
after her accession to the throne she visited her relatives
'in Germany, on that occasion travelling incognita made]
the title of Duchess of Lancaster; and, as well before as ..,
during her widowhood, she has been more accustomed '1
to migration than even the most restless members of the '-
higher and wealthier classes in this country, for to her
repeated variation of abode had long been a matter more
'of necessity than of choice. Her Majesty has visited
'not only many parts of England and the continent,
ilbut also the islands of Madeira and Malta; at the latter.
place the Church of Valetta was founded and cudowed
by her pious munificence. She likewise contri-
tbuted
to almost every public charity, and to the F
funds of nearly all the societies engaged in the ad- ',
vancement of religion, amongst which are the Society
~
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the
;Colonial Bishopric Fund, the Sons of the Clergy, the
churches in Nora Scotia and Newfoundland, thesEmi-
• grants' Episcopal Fund, the churches in Australia and
Capetown; the cathedral at Adelaide, and also that at
Newfoundland; the London Diocesan Board of Educe-
Lion, the Ragged Schools Fund, the National Society,
the Christian Knowledge Society, the Church Building
Society, the Church Missionary Society, the Metropo-
lis Churches Fund—but the enumeration would be
1 endless; and it would prove no easy task to discover
any useful institution which had nut the benefit of her
liberal aid. It was the practice also of her Majesty to
subscribe largely to all the charities in every place where
she happened even for a time to reside, cspacially
to those of the parish of St. Martin, in which her
town mansion stands—a dwelling the portals of which'
opened once in every London season to receive, but not
long to retain, their royal owner, for the state of her
health forbade her spending much time in London. The
ifatter pert of her life was ono long disease; and it is no
:idle repetition of a threadbare formulary to any that she
bore bar painful maladies " with Christian fortitude."
('Few had more need of that virtue, for few have been so
severely tried. If the sympathy and good wishes of
this nation could have abridged her sufferings and
extended her life, the Queen Dowager, undisturbed
by care or pain, would have reached the utmost limit
of human existence ; but now, at the age of fifty-
seven, she has quitted this world, her death occasion.
ing universal regret. During the last two or three
months her Majesty was so grievously indisposed as
hardly ever to have quitted her private apartments.
Shortly before she expired all suffering seemed to cease,
and her Majesty retained to the last perfect composure
of mind. The mournful event, as already stated, took
place yesterday morning, at two o'clock. Sir David
Davies, M.D., and Dr. Bright, remained in attendance
till her Majesty's decease, and there were at the time
resident in tte Priory the Duchess Icl4 of Saxe-Wei-
mar, Prince Edward and Prince Gustave of Saxe- ,
i
Weimar, and the two Princesses, besides the Earl and
Countess Howe, the Maid of Honour in Waiting, two!
,chaplains, and other members of her Majesty's house.
bold. Expresses were immediately forwarded to Os.
borne to the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of
Kent, to the Duke of Cambridge, to the Home Depart
went, and to the Lord Mayor of London.

PIIR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.
(From the Dublin Weekly Register of Dee. 1.)
The engagement of these distinguished artists con•
`eludes this evening with the benefit of Mr. Kean,
when, as a matter of course, our citizens will pay that
Itribute to their public and social position, so emi-
nently due to this gifted pair. The supremacy of
!Mrs. Kean, as the first actress of the day, is, we be.
,liere, undisputed. Her fame will live with Siddons
!and O'Neill, while the union of genius, as well as of
name, which she enjoys with her husband, will be
thereafter remembered among the rare attractions that
have adorned the British stage. A representation
combining so much talent in the two leading charac-
ters, has been unknown since the golden age of John
Kemble and his sister. This fact, although evidently
appreciated by the majority of our audiences, and
doubtless the cause that renders their visits here
more lucrative and exciting than those of their oom-
peers, has, strange to say, scarcely been alluded to by
the press.
g With respect to Mr. Kean, it must be a source of
interest to every observer of the progress of talent, to
itrace the gradual success with which, by the force of
mind, he has broken down the barriers of captious
criticism, and burst through the cavilling opposition
of a powerful and determined clique.
With one exception, Mr. Kean now stands alone in
I
public estimation, and that exception, it is manifest to
!every unprejudiced critic, cannot bear comparison
!with him in the higher range of the Shaksperian
idraina. By the most exalted test only can genius be
!judged, and the result must place Mr. Kean in the
position of unapproachable excellence.
While contrasting the merits of the two most
ieminent actors, what true critic would venture to
place Mr. Macready in the same scale with Mr. C.
Kean in the subtlety and passion of Shslock, the
tenderness and distraction of Othello; and, above all,
in his graceful and refined portraiture of llamlet.
The attempt, therefore, to pronounce Mr. Macready
Is the first living tragedian is es idle as it is unjust.
Jr. Kean's triumphs in these characters have been
.ong acknowledged by the most polished circles in
society, and have received the stamp even of royal
approbation. It is to be regretted that Mr. Macready
i,. about to quit the stage. In the course of events, it
is probable that Mr. Kean may also, in a few yesrs,
seek repose from professional life. The curtain will
then, we fear, fall upon the highest class of the drams,
for we look around in vain for such talent as would
supply the loss of these two great actors. .

MR. MACRE ADY'S FINAL APPEARANCE AT
THE THEATRE ROYAL AND ELLISTON
ROOMS, LEAMINGTON.
LEAMINGTON, DEC. I.—The announcement of Mr.
Macready's last appearance at this theatre in Hamlet
has for some time past created an unusual sensation
among the pleasure-seekers of the Royal Spa and the lovers
of the Shaksperiau drama in the surrouding (liter icta.
And although some days previous to the performance
every available seat in the house had been taken, the de-
mand for tickets of admission continued unabated until
the evening of the performance. For some hours before
the opening of the doors a large crowd had collected in
the vicinity of the theatre, waiting patiently, spite of the
inclemency of the weather, for the chance, on the open-
ing of the doors, of obtaining a seat in some of the Imre-
served portions of the house. Owing to the interruption
of the public thorougfare, it was deemed advisable to
1
open the gallery doors previous to the time announced;
which portion of the house in a few moments became
densely crowded. Theother parts of the house were opened
at the usual time, and the line of carriages and vehicles,
which extended to a considerable length through the
streets in the vicinity of the theatre, commenced
" setting down " the nobility and fashionable&
a one continuous stream for some time. On
the ris:ng of the curtain the interior of the house,
crowded in every part from whence a view of the stage
could be obtained, presented a coup d'ccil the most per-
fect and beautiful. The appearance of Mr. Macready
was greeted with vehement and coatiuued cheering; but
shortly after the commotion, the uproar arising from
the over-crowded state of the house, became so groat
'that scarcely a word of the performance was audible
to even that part of the audience immediately near
the stage. This disturbance continued with unabated
violence through the first act, which, in reality, was but
dumb show to the immense audience collected in the
theatre. At the termination of the act, Mr. Simpson,
the lessee of the establishment, appeared before the cur-
/tain, and stated, that if any were inconvenienced by the
!overcrowded state of the house they were at liberty to
iwithdraw, and that the money would be returned at the
I(doors. This announcement was received with much sa-
tisfuction by the audience, many of whom had come
considerable distances from the surrounding districts--
Warwick, Birmingham, Stratford, &c. Shortly after
this the commotion ceased, and good order was main-
tained throughout the everting by the evidently enthu-
siastic and attentive audience. It were superfluous here
to speak of the Hamlet of Mr. Macready. The talented
aragedian's impersonation of the Prince of Denmark was
listened to with "'rapt attention " by this truly
Shaksperian audience, under
" That spell o'er hearts,
Which only acting lends."
gTheir enthusiasm could scarcely retain itself during the
Oelivery of the famed passages of this most glorious
fdrama of " the myriad-minded man of Avon." The play
iwas well supported by the local company. As
[worthy of especial observation, we may mention the
I'olonius of Mr. Simpson, the lessee, the Laortos of Mr.
Conway, end the. Ophelia, which was very carefully and
cleverly sustained by Miss Covenry, who gave the occa-
sional snatches of ballad verse incidental to the cha-
racter with considerable pathos and rffect. At the con-
clusion of the play, in compliance with the most voci-
ferous calls, Mr. Macready appeared before the curtain.
His entrance was greeted by an overwhelming burst of
applause, the audience rising en 'name, and continuing
to cheer, with hats and handkerchiefs waving. This en•
,;thusiastic and gratifying demonstration continued while
Mr. Macready, with repeated acknowledgments, passed,
for the last time, from the boards of the Leamington
Theatre. A great number, some of whom had come
from considerable distances, were disappointed in ob-
taining admission on this interesting occasion, and many
,were compelled, from the dense crowding, to withdraw
in the early part of the evening. This elegant little
theatre, at the termination of the play, presented a tout
ensemble most gorgeous and exciting. The evening's
iPeetertainment concluded with a light sketch, entitled
hrsonation, supported by Mr. Conway and Mrs. F. J.
1 Saville, who was the Gertrude in Hamlet.
L

JEAMINGTON SPA, DEC. 3.—Mr. Macready's
farewell appearance at our theatre on Saturday night
lwas brilliantly attended. The Grand National Archery
is fixed to tak place at Leamington in 1851, the
great '° Year of Expositions." The latest arrivals in-
'elude the names of the Earl of Howth, Baron and
Baroness Steinberg, Viscount St. Lawrence, Count
;Dembinski, the Earl of Strathmore, Lord Lurgan, Earl
of Buchan, Lord Melville, Baron de Lyons, Lady Pot-
;linger, Hon. R. Foley, Hon. E. S. Russell, Viscount
JMaynell, lion. Major Needham, Hon. Hugh Vivian,
ISir C. Bvng, Bart., Sir George Bishop, Bart., Sir
Herbert Maddocks, Lady and Miss Maxwell, Sir
Charles Rushout, Lady Montgomerie, Hon. Mrs. Mae.
,donald, &c.

1
TR.EAVRY ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—M. JULLIEN'S
CONCERTS.—Among the visitors who honoured M. Jul-
lien's concerts with their presence during the past week
were—The Earl of Belfast, the Countess Dowager of
. Essex and Miss Johnstone, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere,
tho Misses Hope Vero, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady
Caroline Sandford, Viscount and Viscountess Camden,
iViscount Dupplin, Viscount Clifden, Lord Ernest
!Bruce, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence,
Lady Psulet, Lord Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne, Lord
Mount-Edgecumbe' Lady Ferguson Davie, the Misses
Ferguson Davie, Miss Burdett Coutts and party,
Couut l)'Alton, Sir Willoughby Jones, Sir William de
'Bathe, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Arco-
!deckne, &c.

COLLISION ON THE EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.
—On Friday night a very serious accident occurred at
;Claythorpe Station, on the East Lincolnshire Railway,
Ito the mail train_leaving Hull at 7.13. A luggage train
;had thrown a waggon of the line, which was run into
lby the mail train, it being very foggy at the time. The
iengine.driver of the mail says he saw no signal, and
had only just time to turn off the steam betoto the con-
cussion took place. The driver of the luggage train
states that the light of the red lamp went out, but there
was no fog signal used. The engine tender and luggage
Ivan of the Trinil were broken to pieces, and several of
the trucks of the lugga;;e train completely smashed and
'lifted one upon the ether. The station master at the
141uthorpe Station, a mile distance, heard the concussion,
land came to their assistance. Fortunately none of the
passengers were much hurt, as they were all able to
[come on by the train.
THE ARmr.—Major General Prince George of
Cambridge has assumed the command of the troops in
Ireland during the Inontlfa 131 ye of Sir Edward Blake•
!ley in England.

FRANCE.
The Droit states that the oath required to be
taken by the members of the Legitimatist Associa-
tion of St. Hubert was this :
" Wo swear before God to place our lives at the dis-
posal of Henri de Bourbon, our legitimate King, and to
sacrifice them sooner than betray our oath."
The clergyman arrested is the Abbe Matalone. of
St. Sererin, and the beadle of the same parish is
also in custody. As already stated, the association
was organized on a military basis, and it appear
that officers of all kinds—corporals, sergeants, subs
lieutenants, captains, chefs-de-bataillon, sergeant-
majors, adjutant-majors, and even drummers—were
duly appointed.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
STAFF OF THE ARMY.

The appointment of deputy assistant-adjutant-
general, vacant by the death of Major Meade, has
been conferred upon Captain Pack, of the 7th Fusi-
leers. Captain Pack's services extend over a period
only of about 16 years, but, we understand, he has
received, whilst in the discharge of his duty, a
severe injury, which in a great measure incapaci-
tates him for the duties of an officer of au Infantry
Regiment ; and, in addition to this, he is justly con-
sidered to have strong claims on the score of the bril-
liant and distinguished services of his late father,
Lieutenant-General Sir Denis Pack.
Lieutenant Bell, of the 7th Foot, has been appointed
Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir John Har-
vey, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
Lieutenant Moore, of the 19th Foot, is Acting
Paymaster of the Depot of the Regiment. The
Acting Adjutancies of the Depot and that of the 16th
FJot are vacant.

Stati•Surgeon:Peter Robtrtson has succeeded Staff
Surgeon John Millar in the Coventry Recruiting
District.

Lieutenant Cowper, 86th Foot, has been appointed
a Superintending Officer of the 21 London Infantry
Recruiting Sub-division.
Stet-Surgeon R. H. A. Hunter has succeeded
Staff Surgeon A. Cumming in the Bristol Recruit-
ing Diatmt, and Lieutenant Evans, of the 69th, has
been appointed Superintending Officer at Gloucester
in the same district.
Staff-Surgeon G. K. Pitcairn has been nominated
to the Glasgow Recruiting District, vice Dempster.
Major Thomson, East India Company's Service, is
one of the Staff Oaicers of Pensioners at Cork.

Captain F. B. Russell, halt pay,: has
_been appointed
Staff Officer of Pensioners at Van Diemen's. Land.

Staff Assistant-Surgeon Poulton embarked on the
28th November, in medied charge of the detachments
in the ship Essex, for Gibraltar.
CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCEIER. —lt is reported
that this most amiable, gallant, distinguished, and.
talented officer has offered his services to the Admi-
ralty in commanding an expedition to proceed in
search of Sir J. Franklin in any direction. Sir
Edward's great and well known popularity with
officers as well as men in the Royal Navy would,
doubtless, place him at the head of an able, deter-
mined, and fearless ship's company.
Tue PEN GE ASYLUM.—There is at present a va-
cancy in the Penge Asylum, founded by the 'Queen
Dowager fur the widows of naval officers, caused by
the death of Mrs. Fi7her, the widw of a paymaster
and purser. We believe applications for vacancies
are made through Captain Bedford, RN., Gentleman
Usher to the good Queen Adelaide.
DRSERTION TO CALIFORNIA.—Ten men belonging
to the head quarter division of the 59th Foot deserted
at Rio, being persuaded thereto by the glowing tales
of California, narrated by the American adventurers
who at present infest the " Paradise of the Pacific,"
ranch to the alarm and disgust of the Brazilians. It
is said that every kindness and attention have been
shown by the Brazilian authorities to the officers and
soldiers, and that several magnificent entertainments
have done honour to the presence of a British
regiment.
COMMANDER'S OUT-PENSION OF GREENWICII HOS-
NTAL.—The Admiralty have conferred the vacant
commander's out-pension of Greenwich Hospital on
Commander Jchn Geary (1831). Ile was a Lieu-
tenant of 1807, and is an officer of most distinguished
service. He entered the navy 1797, and during his
alant career of eighteen years afloat was twice
wounded,----first, as master's mate of the Monarch,
74, at Trafalgar, and secondly, when serving with a
detachment of boats at the capture, July 15, 1806, in
face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance at
the entrance of the river Gironde, of the French cor-
vette, Le Caesar, 16.
TUE BRITISII FLEET IN TURKISH WATERS.—The
French press seems extremely enraged at the actual
presence of Sir W. Parker at the Dardanelles, and
vents its spleen in all sorts of inuendoes as to the in-
tentions of Great Britain. It has been asserted,
however, upon semi-official authority, that orders
have been sent to Sir W. Parket to return with his
fleet to Malta ; but we have good authority for be-
lieving that the fleet will not budge, unless at the
request of the British Ambassador at Constantinople.
The fleet is placed at his disposal.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, com-
manding the troops in Ireland, has been summoned
to the Council of the Commander. in-Chief upon an
important military quection which was yesterday
discussed at the Horse Guards. The matter is said
to have reference to the command of one of the regi-
meats in Ireland.

Captain Leicester Viney Smith having resigned the
office of Assistant-Deputy-Quartermaster-General
in Ireland, the appointment has been given to Captain
Seton, of the 74th Foot. Captain Seton is an officer
of but seventeen years' Garrison service, parts of
which have been passed in India and Australia. But
he is a man of large professional acquirements of the
character indispensable in the department to which
be has been appointed.
Colonel Forbes, late of the 92d Regiment, is, we
hear, appointed to the Glasgow recruiting district.
The appointment was offered to Colonel Sir James
Dennis, of the 3d Buffs; but the gallant veteran is
understood to have declined it, preferring to remain
at the head of the regiment in which he is so much
esteemed, and of which he has held the command for
18 years.
The Colonelcy of the 4th Dragoon Guards has been
conferred upon Lieutenant-General Richard Pigot,
formerly of the 21st Dragoons. The Lieutenant-
General has not the ordinary recommendation of
being an old Peninsular officer, but the Duke of
Wellington is not unmindful of services ren-
dered elsewhere. There was work to do in the
West Indies in 1794, in the Mediterranean in 1798,
and the capture of the Cape of Good Hope was
not effected without a struggle in 1806. But it was
during the Mahratta War in 1817 and 1818 that the
services of the 21st Dragoons were chiefly called into
action. There are many records of their gallantry
in the history of the great Deccan campaign, and no
one knows better than the Commander•in-Chief that
the Mahratta was a formidable subreur, and gave to
those who discomfited him a clear claim to be re-
membered in the distribution of rewards.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal)
The share market continues in a very gratifying po-
sition, inasmuch that the demands for shares generally
are not responded to, but at advanced prices. We learn,
not only from our local correspondents, but from several
parties who have visited the mining districts in the west,
that the mines generally assume a very encouraging
aspect, and that a considerable degree of activity prevails
throughout. The apparent firmnesss of the metal
market, and the many important improvements which
have taken place, have given a manifest impetus to this
valuable adjunct to our great commercial and national
interest.
Devon Great Consols hare been done at an advance
on last sales.
Since the East and South Tamar Mines meetings,
held on the 24th November, a large number of shares
have changed hands at an advance, and inquiries for
these shares are still maintained. Our last quotations
appear to have been rather under the average market
prices.
South Basset, Trelawny, Mary Ann, South Frances,
Trethellan, Great Consols, and Condurrow, are among
the shares now in request.
Alfred Consols and Wheal Tremayne are stated to be
in a very gratifying position, and the discoveries in the
former are highly important.
Tincroft shares have been dealt largely in, and yes-
terday advices were received of an improvement in the
90 on Chappel's lode, where it is worth 401. per fn.
Tamar Consols have also been in request—the present
profitable position of each mine affording every encou-
ragement to purchasers.
Bedford United assets were stated, in our last week's
journal, at 4,978/. lls. 81; it should have been 5,2061.
03. 4d. The sum of 227/. Bs. Bd. was omitted, being an
amount due, for which a steam-engine is held as security.
Another dividend of ss. per share may be anticipated at
the next hi-monthly meeting in January.
An improvement is reported in Tregorden, and shares
have bean inquired for. West Wheal Jewel, Kirkcud-
bright, Mary Ann, tied Condurrow have also been in
recriest, from the improvements which hare recently
taken place.
We learn that the list of shareliolders in the Trethevy
Mine (late Caradon Copper) is rapidly progressing
towards completion, and that a large proportion of the
former holders have signified their desire to continue
their interest, with an increased number.
Shares in the following mines have changed hands
during the week :—Devon Great Consols, South Basset,
West Wheal Jewel, Trebane, Bedford United, East
and South Tamar, West Caradon, Condurrow, Stray
Park, Tremayne, South Frances, Mendip Hills, Tre-
allidiY>trlaleieliaijrkendbright, Alfred Consols, Mary
, Anne--Tamar- Consols, Daren, Tincroft, Tregorden,
Callingwn, West Pvidence, &c.
ee In &newel' ' sets i . d that North Pool, Stray Park,
Wheal Seton,; C,' ' .01. Comfort, West Seton, East
f-- la.; Gratitabb-te West Buller, and other leading
(
0 hares,. lairs . 'ands.
, At the, Goa. ;". olidated Mines bi monthly account
\--a clivlllered-C€ '1 _ .er share was declared. The profit
eittbe to. moss of September and October amounted
to 1,7586 13a, 10d.; and the Woo ki hand, after pay-

meat of dividend, is 1,4581. 14s. Id. The mines are re-
presented to be looking very well.
At the Providence Mines meeting a dividend of 1,120/.
was made, being 10/. per share; the profit realised dur-
ing the three months amounted 1,4321. 15s. sd. After
paying the balace of 2161. 10s. Id. against the company
at last account, there remains to credit 96/. ss. 4d.
At the Wheal Margaret meeting, for the quarter end-
ing September, a profit of 2,029/. 13s. Bd, was shown
from the sale of about 117 tons of tie. A portion of
about 50 tons had been roserved during the previous
quarter, in consequence of the depressed price of the
metal. A dividend of 12/. per share, amounting to
1,3441. was declared, and a balance of 1941. 9s. 2d. car-
ried to credit of next account, after discharging the
debit of 4911.45. 6d. found against the mine at the last
account.
Esgair Llee (South Wales) Mining Company and
Cwm Erfin meetings were held on Monday and Tuesday
last, when some more efficient arrangements were en-
tered into, and committees of management formed for
each mine. The prospects were represented to be very
encouraging ; and when the newly adopted measures
come fairly into operation, the results will, doubtless,
prove beneficial.
At Wheal Anderton meeting the accounts showed—
Ores sold 4191. 3s. I Id., with a balance against mine,
53/. ss. 41., and calls to receive, 2811. 2s. BJ.
At West Downs meeting the accounts showed balance
in favour, 57/. Ms. 4d.
At the East Buller meeting a call of 10s. per share
was made.

At the Wheal Reeth meeting, the accounts showed—
Costs and merchants' bills, G,7331.—8y tin sold, 5,9881.
7s. 7d.; calls, 2031. 103.—leaving a balance against ad-
venturers, of 5404 35. 2(1.
At the West Whoal Solon meeting, held on 27th Nov.,
the accounts showed—Copper ores sold, 7201. 13s. 9d.—
Labour cost, merchants' bills, and materials, 720/. 4s. Id.
—leaving balance, 9s. Bd.; to which add balance last
account, loaves in band, WV. 18s. 61
At the Caradon Wheal Hooper meeting, the resigna-
tion of 49 shares from different parties was accepted, and
six forfeited; Mr. Joseph Otton was appointed purser.
A call of 2/. per share was made, payable in 14 days.
Tho accounts showed a balance against the mine of
5051. 9s. lei.
At the Ilunnaford Coombe meeting, the accounts
showed cost for September and October, 2711. Bs. 6d.,
and a balance in favour of adventurers, 2231. 19s. Id.
At the Wheal Honnock meeting, a report from Cap.
tain James was read, in which he informed the shore-
holders of some extraordinary discoveries of lodes, made
up of rich gossan, containing silver, copper, and carbo-
, mite of lead; and states that there are thousands of
fathoms of ground from which those minerals may be
raised at great profit, and for which a good market has
been discovered. A call of ss. per share was made.
In foreign mines there has been some considerable
business done in Mexicans, arising from the important
advices received by the Mexican mail. St. John del
Rey, Copiapo, Imperial Brazilian, Cobre Copper, Alten,
and National Brazilian, have also been dune. The
Bolanos report to the 4th October contains nothing very
encouraging.