The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-12 00:00:00

EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1848:

LUCILE AT MIDNIGHT.
" On a landing place of the stairs of the great tower,
there hung a clock, which beat time to silence. In her
visionary moods, Lucile was accustomed to sit down on
a step opposite to this clock; she looked at the dial by
the light of her lamp placed on the ground. When the
two hands came together at midnight, and by their for-
midable conjunction gave birth to the hour of disorder
and crime, Lucile heard noises which revealed to her
distant enormities."

THE BROTHER AND SISTER.
" Our principal recreation consisted in walking, side
by side, on the great Mall, in spring on a carpet of prim-
roses; in autumn on beds of withered foliage; and in
winter on a covering of snow, ornamented by the tracks
of birds, squirrels, and ermines. Young like the prim-
roses, sad like the dry leaves, and pure as the new-fallen
snow, there was a harmony between our recreations and
ourselves."

Several of his sentences utter beautiful truths in
words exquisitely epigrammatic ; as thus—" Hours
are to men the seeds of eternity," (p. 185.) "In life
there are only two true thing,s---: eli gion with -under -
standing, and love with youth!" (p. 162.) " Events efface
events; inscriptions graven over other inscriptions form
the pages ofthellistory of Palempsests,"(p. 65.) At other
moments the sombre and contemplative mind of the
author of " Atala" and " Les Martyrs" yields itself
up to the most hilarious gaiety of manner, verifying
that felicitous remark of the French editor, that " on
the brink of the grave this austere thinker, who, to a
certainty, has never smiled, is suddenly seized with
laughter, the loud laughter of Callot, Montaigne, Le
Sage, and sometimes also of Voltaire." Witness this,
his humorous descriptions of Delisle de Sales, and
of his cousin Moreau. In the same strain he
writes of the palaces of Frederick the Great,—" These
places serve at once to immortalize the dirtiness of
the cynic, the impudence of the atheist, the tyranny
of the despot, and the glory of the soldier "—or,
speaking of the dogs of St. Malo, he says so naively,
" They were at last condemned to capital punish-
ment for having had the misfortune of inconside-
rately eating the legs of a gentleman." The intro-
ductory chapters of the autobiography, however,
possess higher merits than these comical tricks of
language. The portraits of his family, of Lucile, of
Julia, of Gesril, of the Abbe Carron, of the Abbe de
Chateaubriand, of his grandmother, of his parents, of
his instructors, are all life-like and admirable. Ad-
mirable, too, and exquisitely beautiful, is his account
of the Ideal he loved and worshipped, the Phrynia of
his day-dreams, the weird, divine, goddess-like Ap-
parition !

THE MAN MADE OF MONEY. Part 111.
By Douglas Jerrold.

We shall be curious to follow up the adventures of
" The Man made of Money" in Part IV., for, at the
conclusion of this part, the author has left Jericho,
the man made of money, in a " fix," his secret is dis-
covered, and discovered in the most extraordinary
manner imaginable. He has been to complete the
purchase of Jogtrot Hall, for the assignees of poor
old ruined Gilbert Carraways, and,in the course of his
journey home Jericho meets Colonel Bones, and in-
sults him. A challenge ensues, and Bones, attended
by Thrush, meets Jericho, who is attended by Candi-
tuft and Dr. Dodo, and who comes to the ground in
Battersea-fields in the doctor's carriage.
" All ready. Colonel Bones, with a grunt and a
grin, fires at the signal. His ball goes clear through
Jericho's bosom, knocking off a button in its passage,
and striking itself flat against a pile of bricks.
" A dead man!' cried the doctor, running to Jericho.
"' My friend!' exclaimed Candituft. Have you made
your will?'
" Eh! What's the matter?' said Jericho.

" Matter!' exclaimed Doctor Dodo, and he pointed
his cane to the bole in the front of Jericho's coat, im-
mediately over the region of his heart; and then, walk-
ing round him, stared at the hole between the fourth and
filth rib. Matter! It's the first time I ever heard a
man with a bullet clean through his heart, ask—what's
the matter ?'

" I'm bles3ed if here ain't the ball, as flat as a penny,
with the waddin about it,' cried Bob Topps, picking up
the lead.

" What ! Eh? Why, gentlemen, said the Doctor,
taking the ball, and peeling from it the fragments of
paper—' are you so rich that you wad with bank-notes?'
" The Colonel's ball had passed through Jericho's
bank-note-paper heart ; and Jericho lived and moved,
and was none the worse for it. Jericho fired in the air;
whereupon the Colonel and Thrush, with a strange leer
at him avowed themselves more than satisfied. Jericho
declared the whole matter to be a good joke, and was
about to enter the Doctor's carriage. ' I beg your
pardon, sir,' said the Doctor, but no man, or devil, or
whatever he may be, rides in my carriage, who can live
with a hole through his heart.' And the Doctor jumped
inside, shouted home,' and was whirled from the ground.
" Neither Thrush nor Bones cared to ride back ;
indeed, they proposed to walk. Whereupon, Jericho
beckoned to Topps—' Not if you'd turn these fields into
gold and give 'em me,' cried Bob; and he jumped on his
box, and drove away.
" ' Dev'lish impudent fellow,' said Jericho to Can-
dituft: but Candituft made no answer. He cared not
to talk even to the Man of Money, the money having a
hole in its heart."

Thus ends Part 111. ; and certainly the author could
not have ended Part 111. in a manner better calculated
to excite an intense anxiety to see Part IV.

EPI.9ODES OF INSECT LIFE.
This very elegantly bound and very daintily illus-
trated little volume has been written with the
laudable purpose of introducing the study of ento-
mology to the favour of the general reader. The
author of this work believing, and with considerable
reason, that insects and entomology are objects of
utter indifference, if not of positive dislike, to the
multitude, has endeavoured in this volume not
so much to explain the mysteries of his favourite
science, as to render that science an attractive study.
To do this he has had recourse to the old artifice. He
has arrayed TRUTH in the garb of fable, in order to
disarm prejudice and secure attention. "To make
insects objects of liking," he says, " would seem the
best preparatory step towards making them subjects
of learning; and to accomplish this I have endea-
voured to associate them as much as possible with our
domestic habits." The first dozen or twenty pages
are somewhat rambling and roundabout. The author
hardly seems to know how to enter upon his subject,
and begins with a great deal of unnecessary circum-
locution ; afterwards, however, his style becomes easy
and eloquent, and he treats of his favourite subject in
a very agreeable and interesting manner. He is
evidently an entomological enthusiast, which circum-
stance naturally imparts an earnestness to his style,
and a considerable attraction to his revelations. Even
in the rambling introduction we find the following
beautiful and heartfelt panegyric upon entomology :
" For us nature has no desert place; touched by thy
magic wand, every tree has become a peopled city,
teaming with busy multitudes ; every flower a pavi-
lion hung with gorgeous tapestry, for the summer oc-
cupation of insect nobles, clad in velvet, gauge, :or
coats of mail ; nay, the very moss that grows upon
the tree, or clothes the stone, has become to us a
forest, where, as in forests of larger growth,
roam the fierce and the gentle, preying or
preyed on by each other. The arid heath, the
decaying tree, the mouldering wall are converted at
once into fertile fields of interest and inquiry, while
the summer skies and glittering waters grow brighter
yet with glancing Wings and oar-like feet ; and with
the knowledge that both are plied by a multitude of
happy creatures." In order perhaps to keep his own
enthusiasm in countenance, the author tells us that the
study of entomology has, been found capable of ex-
citing enthusiastic energy, incomparable patience,
and fervent piety. " Oh," exclaimed the Dutch
entomologist, Swammerdan, while studying for his
work on the habits and structure of bees, "Oh, for
one year of continued light and heat, that I might
work without interruption !" It is not probable that
this volume, attractive though it be, will awaken a
similar ardour in the breasts of its readers, neverthe-
less it is well calculated to inspire them with a livelier
interestiin a very interesting study, and in conse-
quence it will be peculiarly valuable to the young.
its appearance is most prepossessing. Its cover
is verdant as the meadows of spring, and as gor-
geously adorned with golden bees, and butterflies, and
grasshoppers, and crickets, and, above all, with a
magnificent spider's web, the golden shreds of which
appear to full advantage on the pale-coloured green.
The pictorial embellishments are of a very superior
kind; the butterflies and other insects are tinted with
colours almost as bright as those with which nature
has arrayed them. Many of the pictures, like the
" Episodes" they illustrate, are allegorical. The vig-
nette, for example—" So issue forth the Seasons"—
exhibits a cricket, a brimstone-butterfly, a grass-
hopper, and a peacock-butterfly, representing the
seasons of the year. The cricket is bedecked with
the Christmas holly, and never were four more gro-
tesque maskers conceived.

BOHN'S STANDARD LlBRARY—Menzd's s-
Histcry of Germany. Vol 11. Miller's Philosophy of
history. Vol I.

We have so frequently commented upon the excel-
lent"
qualities of Mr. Bohn's Standard Library,"
that it is hardly necessary for us to do more than an-
nounce the appearance of these volumes, which are
worthy to take their place beside their predecessors.
The " History of Germany" contains an engraving of
Ilolbein's portrait of Charles V., and the "Philosophy
of History " is embellished with a likeness of its
author.

THE RUMOURED EXPEDITION TO 'MOROCCO.—We
are assured, upon what we believe to be the best autho-
rity, that there is no foundation for the report that has
been circulated through the newspapers, of an in-
tended expedition under Sir Charles Napier against
Tangiers.—Post.
WRECK OF A FRENCH BRIG-OF-WAR.-Bp the
French vessel Jose, arrived at Havre from Monte Video,
which she left on the 2d of October, we learn that the
French brig-of-war Paudour had been lost with almost
all hands on board. A few of the crew succeeded in
saving themselves.

SACRED MUSIC.
THE BIBLE PSALMS, set forth to appropriate
Tunes or Chants, Ancient and Mo;icin, and Divided and
Arranged after a plain and easy nathodfor General Use
in Public and Private Worship. By H. J. Gauntlett,
Mus. Doc.

The object of this work will be best described in
the words of its preface. " This volume contains the
entire Book of Psalms, reprinted from the authorised
version of the Holy Scripture. Each psalm is set
to one or more appropriate tunes, and arranged for
general recitation, after the scriptural and primitive
manner of singing. The work is published with the
hope of satisfying the wishes of those who desire to
see the pure word of God set to plain,
serious, and solemn music, taking its just
position in the praises and thanksgivings
of public and private worship. The editor has de-
sired to render this musical psalter a congregational
one as well as a useful singing-book for the family
circle. Each psalm has been set to an appropriate
chant, and the time in which it is to be sung care-
fully marked. Whilst many of the chants are ex-
ceedingly simple, there are others of a complex
character, but their peculiarities are fully developed
in the Explanation of the Chant and in the Direc-
tions for the use of this Book. The easiest and the
best calculated to commence with are pointed out.
Where there are organs, and where it may be thought
desirable to chant the psalms in parts, a little book
of a uniform size with this volume is published, which
contains all the chants set in four parts
and arranged for the use of the organist."
This extract from the preface will give an idea of the
character of Dr. Gauntiett's very valuable work.
We have before us five small volumes—one contains
the chants arranged for the organ, and each of the
other four contains the Psalms, with appropriate
chants. Each volume is a complete work in itself,
and contains the whole of the psalms ; their only
difference being that one volume is adapted for a
" bass" voice, another for a " tenor," and so on.
Some very truthful remarks, eulogising the Psalms
of David, and recommending them as the most
beautiful and most appropriate subjects for sa-
cred music, form a fitting introduction to these
volumes. The eulogy and the recommendation are,
however, scarcely needed. Perhaps no book in the
whole Bible, and most certainly no profane work,
gives such natural and such eloquent expression to
the feelings of humanity, whether of joy, of sorrow,
of supplication, or of thanksgiving, as do the inspired
songs of the Shepherd King. No matter what our
frame of mind may be, it is impossible to turn over
the Psalms without finding our emotions there
pourtrayed, our troubles consoled, and our hopes en-
couraged. Dr. Gauntlett has performed a great
public service in thus facilitating the chanting of
these sublime poems.

NEW MUSIC.

SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.-A FRIEND IN

NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.
Lewis ant Johnson, Cheapside.
This song, which has been sung on several occa-
sions by Mr. H. Phillips, is composed by Mr. G. 0.
Allamann. It is a good melody, well harmonised, the
poetry by J. Oliver, Esq., and is sure to be popular
with the million.

THE FORSAKEN MOTHER. Ballad. Addison

and Co., Regent-street.
This charming ballad, written and composed by
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. St. Leger, is decidedly the best
we have seen by these distinguished amateurs. It
has been sung with great success by Miss Bassano,
Miss Wallace, Mrs. Weiss, Mrs. Alexander Newton,
and Mademoiselle Nissen.

FINE. ARTS.
PORTRAIT of SAMUEL MAUNDER. Painted
by J. Waugh and Engraved by E. Finden.
The name of Mr. Maunder is as identified with
knowledge as that of the Dictionaire Philosophique
or the Encyclopedia Britannica. His " Treasuries"
are familiar to the mast, and prized by the mass
beyond even the elementary works of Wanostrocht or
the catechetical productions of Pinnock. It will,
therefore, be with pleasure that the people will re-
ceive this excellent representation of the author of
so many inimitable:compilations. This engraving is
worthy of E. Finden, of J. Waugh, and of Samuel
Maunder.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, MONDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
walk this morning.
The younger branches of the Royal Family took
their accustomed exercise.
Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting to her
Majesty, is expected at Osborne to-day.

Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt, had also an interview yesterday with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
Sir Frederick Smith (Royal Engineers) had an in-
terview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.

The Earl of Arundel and Surrey had an interview
with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords pre-
sent were the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. Baron Parke, and the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. An appeal
was heard from the Arches Court, "Fennel v. Bate."
Dr. Addams and the Queen's Advocate appeared for
the respective parties. An appeal from the Court of
Appeals of the Province of Canada, " Thos. M'Kay
v. Peter Rutherford," was opened by Mr. Horace
Twiss (Queen's Counsel). The case was adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDA.Y.
WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Eskrett na Prince George—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Storey's Victim—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Moseley's Richard the First
10 to 1 agst Mr. Wallace na Equinox—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Buchanan's Alfred
12 to 1 agst Captain Maddock's Proceed—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Hoof na Profligate
Jerry, who was in great force up to the close of the
week at 7 to 2, was altogether friendless; almost any
odds would have been laid. The British Yeoman was de-
clared not to start.
WOLVERHAMPTON HURDLE RACE.
Offers to back Teresa agst any thing.
CHESTER CUP.
2,000 to 40 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar—taken
50 to 1 agA Mr. Eddison's Hetman Platoff colt
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou
4,000 to 40 agst Mr. J. Peck's Melody—taken
DERBY.
9 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman—
take 5 to 1
12 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb--taken and
afterwards offered
1,000 to 40 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel—taken
1,000 to 25 agst Lord Stanley's Strongbow
45 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—t to 251.
Tho room was thinly attended, and betting flat.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOOD W 00D, 1849.— TUESDAY.
Mr. Gordon's Little Jack by Slane, out of Coral, Bst
71b, agst Mr. Dorrien's Chariclea by Slane, Bst 31b. La-
vant Stakes Course. 50, h ft.
(No day mentioned.)—Mr. Dorrien's The Verderer,
71b, agst Mr. Gordon's The Wren, Bst 31b. T.Y.C.
100. h ft.

A FEW GOLDEN RULES FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF
ALL THOSE IN POSSESSION OF A WATCH.--First—
Wind your watch as nearly as possible at the same time
every day. Secondly—Be careful that your key is in
good condition, as there is much danger of injuring the
machine when the key is worn or cracked;
there are more main-springs and chains broken
through a jerk in winding than from any other cause,
which injury will, sooner or later, be the result if the key
is in bad order. Thirdly—As all metals contract by
cold and expand by heat, it must be manifest that
to keep the watch as nearly as possible at one tempera-
ture is a necessary piece of attention. Fourthly—Keep
the watch as constantly as possible in one position,
that is, if it hangs by day, let it hang by night against
something that is soft. Fifthly—The hands of a pocket
chronometer or duplex watch should never be set back-
wards; in other watches this is a matter of no conse-
quence. Sixthly—The glass should never be opened in
watches that set and regulate at the back. One or two di-
rections more it is of vital importance that you bear
in mind. On regulating a watch, should it be going
fast, move the regulator a trifle towards the slow, and
if going slow do the reverse ; you cannot move the
regulator too slightly or gently at a time, and the only
inconvenience that can arise is that you may have to
perform the duty more than once. On the con-
trary, if you move the regulator too much at a
time, you will be as far, if not farther than
ever from attaining your object; so that you may re-
peat the movement until quite tired and deeply disap-
pointed—stoutly blaming both watch and watch-
maker, while the fault is entirely your own. Again,
you cannot be too careful in respect of the
nature and condition of your watch-pocket ; see
that it be made of some material that is soft
and pliant, such as wash-leather, which is the best, and
also that there be no flue or nap, that may be torn off
when taking the watch out of the pocket. Cleanliness
too, is as needful here as in the case of the key before
winding ; for if there be dust or dirt in either instance,
it will, you may rely upon it, work its way into the
watch, as well as wear away the engine-turning of the
case.—Edward Grafton on Horology.
TRADE OF PAISLEY.—The trade of Paisley is at
this moment much better than it has been for several
years at the same season. A large quantity of tartans
have been made, and for these a ready market has been
obtained at very encouraging prices. Of harness goods
the quantity made has been somewhat limited, but
several houses are also doing a good trade in that depart-
ment.
.Altogether, we may hope to get over the present
winter with less destitution and misery than we have
hitherto experienced.—Renfrewshire Advertiser.

IRELAND.
TRIAL OF MR. DUFFY.

DUBLIN, MONDAY.—The commission opens on Tues-
day (to-morrow). It is probable that the trial of Mr.
Duffy will continence on Thursday- next.
The Freeman's Journal has another list of signatures
to the memorial against theexclusion of Roman Catholics
from jurics for the trial of political charges, and also the
following letter from Lord Ff reach:—
" Castle Ffrench, December 5, 1848.
" Gentlemen,—ln acknowledging the receipt of your
esteemed circular, I beg leave to assure you that the
grave subject to which the memorial accompanying it
refers had previously engaged my earnest and anxious
attention, as involving an indecent violation of one of the
most valuable principles of our constitution, and, at the
same time, imposing an insufferable stigma upon the an-
cient religion of this country.
" How indignant must have been the feelings of the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, when, during the late state
trials, they saw every person of that persuasion excluded
from the jury panel, and ordered by the law officers of
the Crown to stand by, as if rendered by their religion
unworthy of belief on oath, and disqualified to discharge
the solemn duties of an honest mid independent juror.
" We shall offer no insult to the religion of others,
and why, then, should we suffer an insult to be offered
to our own? We do not advocate, but abhor, the prin-
ciples of sectarianism. All we require is fair play. On
that we will insist, and vindicate our religion from in-
famy and insult.

Trial by jury, or the country,' says Judge Black-
stene, ' is the trial by his peers of every Englishman,
which, arthe grand bulwark of his liberties, is secured to
him by the Great Charter;' and the founders of the
English law', continues the:same Learned Judge,' have,
with excellent forecast, contrived that the truth of every
accusation, whether preferred in the shape of indictment,
information, or appeal, should be confirmed by the una-
nimous suffrage of twele of his equals and neighbours,
indifferently chosen, and superior to all suspicion; so
that the liberties of England cannot but subsist so long
as this palladium remains sacred and inviolate--not only
from all open attacks (which none will be so hardy as to
make) but also from all secret machinations which may
sap and undermine it; and that these inroads upon this
sacred bulwark of the nation are fundamentally opposite
to the spirit of our constitution, and that, though they
began in trifles, the precedent may gradualiy increase
and spread, to the utter disuse of juries, in questions of
the most momentous concern.' And are we to look on
with folded arms, and see this glorious principle of our
constitution, which is the only protection of our proper-
ties, of our liberties, and of our lives—thus flagrantly
violated without an effort for its vindication. This is
the worst of all despotisms—the infringement of law
under the guise and semblance of law.

" Most Willingly do I affix my signature to your me-
morial, and I shall feel happy to afford, in the promotion
of your views, every co-operation in my power. "
The memorial bears on its face the amplest evidence
of its truth and justice, and must be successful. For I
cannot persuade myself, but that Lord Clarendon will,
at once, take steps to have such abuses remedied.
" I have honour to te, Gentlemen,
" Yours faithfully,
FYRENCH.
" To Very Rev. John Spratt, D.D., and
N. H. Delamarre, Esq., Hon. Secs."
The Warder has the following paragraph:—
" SIGNIFICANT HINT.—We have been informed, on
good authority, that a human skull was deposited at the
hall-door of Mr. Kemmis, the Crown solicitor, in Kil-
dare-street, as a premonitory caution against jury
packing. .

STATE OF TRADE IN 'DUBLIN.
The Freeman's Journal contains the following:—
" In reference to our markets last week, we can only
re-echo our observations of several past weeks. There
is a good, if not a large, consumption of produce going
on, but not the smallest alteration for the better in prices;
so far from it, that the leading articles are all a shade
lower than last week. While this continues week after
week, it is hopeless to look for any animation or dispo-
sition to speculate. All classes of dealers find it their
interest to hold the smallest possible stock in constantly
receding markets. We greatly fear that, as the addi-
tional demand, usual at this period of the year, has failed
to give a stimulus to trade, that we have to encounter
for the next month or two a lower stage of depression
than we have even yet reached.
"The following statement shows the consumption of
tea in Ireland up to November, taken from the officio,'
reports :

Dublin .

Belfast .

1848. 1847.
lbs. lbs.
2,901,735 2,856,110

893,649

Cork

736,051

527,170

510,110

Other ports 1,067,595 1,114,687

5,390,149 5,216,258
5,216,958

Increase in 1848... 173,191
" There is a falling off of 14,000 lbs. on the month's
consumption, distributed as fellows:—Dublin, 9,000;
other ports, 113,000, both less; Belfast, 28,000; Cork,
11,000, more."
THE WINTER EMIGRATION.

The Limerick Examiner of Saturday says—
" While our quays are thronged with shipping, bear-
ing away our food and our people, the evicted tenants or
voluntary emigrating farmers continue to flock into this
city, on their way to America. The cars, caravans,
coaches. and jingles from the country towns are full of
them. The steamer Erin-go-Bragh, which arrived yes-
terday, contained hardly any person but passengers
' outward bound.' Owing to this trade, the number of
ship-brokers is treble what it was before."

Tam ARMY IN IRELAND.—The following is an
official return of the troops in Ireland for the month of
Deeember:—lst Dragoon Guards, Cahir; Gth ditto,
Dublin; 3d Dragoons, Longford; 4th Light Dragoons,
Athlone; 6th Dragoons, Dublin; 7th Hussars, New-
bridge; Bth Hussars, Newbridge; 12th Lancers, Cork;
13th Light Dragoons, Dundalk; 17th Lancers, Dublin;
Ist Foot, second battalion, Dublin; 2d Foot, Dublin; 3d
Buffs, Limerick; 9th, Newry; 13th, Belfast; 26th, Cork;
31st, Athlone; 35th, Mullingar ; 40th, Dublin; 41st, But-
tevant ; 43d, Templemore ; 47th, Limerick ; 48th,
Dublin; 49th, Templemore; 55th, Dublin; 57th, Ennis-
killen; 59th, Dublin; 64th, Clonmel; 68th, Galway;
70th, Cork; 74th, Dublin; 75th, Kilkenny; 83d, Fer-
moy; 85th, Waterford; 89th, Paraonstown; 92d, Lime-
rick. In addition, there are the depot companies of the
following regiments, whose head-quarters are on Indian
and colonial service :-7th Foot, Youghall ; 19th, Mul-

linger ; 34th, Boyle ; 38th, Castlebar ; 66th, Tralee ;
73d, Fermoy ; 79th, Nenagh ; 88th, Kinsale ; 95th,
Londonderry. There are also strong detachments of
Artillery, Marines, Royal Engineers, Out Pensioners,
and armed Policemen, making in all an armed force of
close upon 50,000 men. It is understood that the Coast
Guard of Ireland, a body who can be also made available
as fighting men when trequired, will shortly be placed
under a variety of new regulations. All the highly
paid and useless offices will be abolished as they become
vacant, while the situations of the working officers and
men will be rendered more permanent and advantageous.

WOMAN BURNED.—On Saturday evening a young
woman named Isabella Willies, residing in Carnegie-
street, was severely and dangerously burned. It is
supposed that, being intoxicated, she had been smoking
in bed, and that an ember from her pipe had fallen on
the bed-clothes, which, as well as the bedstead, were
partially consumed. The fire was extinguished soon
after it was discovered, and the unfortunate woman con-
veyed to the Royal Infirmary, where she lay on Sunday
evening in a dangerous state, and unable to give any
account of the manner in which the accident occurred.—
Caledonian Mercury. _ _

DISPATCH OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.—In conse-
quence of the day for the usual dispatch of the overland
mail to India falling on a Sunday (the 24th instant),
and the day following being Christmas Day, some anx-
iety has been felt on the subject by merchants and others
lest the mail should be delayed till the 26th, an ar-
rangement which would materially interfere with the
regular return of the Indian correspondence. The fol-
lowing letter, in reference to the date of the dispatch, has
just been issued by the Post-master General:—" Gene-
ral Post-office, Dec. 11, 1848. Sir,—ln answer to your
letter of the 9th instant, I am directed by the Post-
master-General to inform you that, as far as this de-
partment is aware, the next mail for India, via Mar-
seilles, will be dispatched on the 25th insthnt, the
fined clay, the 24th, falling on a Sunday. I am, Sir,
ydr obedient servant, John Tilley, Assistant Secre-
ta*."
REPRESENTATION OF TRURO.—We regret to an-
nounce that a vacancy has occurred in the representation
of this borough, owing to the sudden death of Mr.
Turner, M.P.
A CHARTIST AND EIS BAlL.—Thomas Webb, of
Stockport, who was held to bail, himself in 1001., and two
sureties in 50/. each, to appear at the ensuing Liverpool
Assizes for trial, under the monster indictment for cer-
tain Chartist offences, at Manchester, has suddenly ab-
sconded with his family to America, leaving his bail in a
serious difficulty.

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REMOVAL OF THE TAX ON THE JEWS IN AUSTRIA.
—Among the many important changes which have
recently taken place on the Continent, we ought not to
leave unnoticed the vote come to by the Diet at Vienna,
on the sth of October. They decided, by a majority of
243 against 20, in favour of the abolition of the tax
hitherto imposed on the Jews in the Austrian do-
minions, called the "Judensteuer," as well as of the
other taxes levied for permitting the temporary resi-
dence of Jews in Vienna, or by passport and police
regulations. The minority is said to have consisted of
German members, while the Bohemian and Galician re-
presentatives, without an exception, voted in the majority.
As a tax imposed on the Jews merely as Jews, and not
on account of any other circumstances, could not but
operate mos; unfavourably on the feelings of the nation
at large, we may well hope that whatever may be the
final arrangements for the government of Austria, they
will not be again subjected to that oppressive distinc-
tion.—Jewish Chronicle.

AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY

A meeting of the shareholders of the Australian
Mining Company was held 37.,terday. The report was
of a favourable character, alatie prospects of the com-
pany are ccusidered to he much improved. Freight had
been engaged for Bracktimicor for 137 tons of copper
ore, which is reported to be of a very high per tentage,
and which may be expected to arrive here very shortly.
The following are extracts from Captain Phillips's re-
torts:—

" Tungkillo, June , 1848.
" Goad's Winze is 6 fathoms below the 30,30 the lode is
5 feet wide, and will in nortb end of it turn out 6 tons of
copper ore per fathom, worth 1201. Stephen's Winze is
now 4 fathoms below the 30, and will produce 1 ton
per fathom at 201. The lode in 40 north of Rabbin's
Winze is promising, but not yet productive. The lode
in 40 south is also unproductive. We are pushing for-
ward these ends with all dispatch, so as to communicate
with the adit from foot of the hill, and to lay open the
fine course of ore seen in Goad's and Stephens's Winze.
I have been through the mine three times this week, and
never seen it looking so well as at present.
" THE 40 SOUTH ON BAKER'S LORE.—In this end
the lode is three feet wide, and contains some stones of
blue and green carbonate.
" THE 40 NORTH ON BAKER'S LODE.—The lode in
this end is not productive, but as it gets nearer the
course of ore below the 30, the alteration in its dip,
and other indications, induce us to expect we shall soon
have the pleasure of seeing this a rich level.
" GOAD'S WINZE UNDER 30.—The lode in this wince
is five feet wide in its north end; it will produce 1201.
worth of ore to the fathom. This winze is within four
fathoms of the back of the 40."
Two to three thousand tons of rich ore were expected
to be raised by January next, and the company's land
was becoming of more value by the accession of emi-
grants. The whole of the shares allotted for the colo-
nists had been taken up. It was intimated that a call of
ten shillings per share would be made, but that there
was little probability of any further demand being made
on the shareholders.