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16 355 LONDOM TH t; RS DA Y j VENING SUN, JANUARY 16, 1845.. PRIOR sd.

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THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT
A. ORPHANS (on Liberal and Not Exclusive Principles),
f,,r ORPHANS under EIGHT YEARS of AGE, without dis-
tinction of Sex, Plue, or Religious Connexion.
The GENERAL MEETING and SECOND ELECTION of
this CHARITY will be held on MONDAY, January 20th, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadtieedle-street, for the purpose of elect
ins TEN Children. The chair will be taken at Eleven o'clock, by
The Right Hon. LORD DUDLEY STUART,
when business will be transacted and tl.e Poll commence. To close
at Two precisely. Suitable accommodation will be provided for
Ladies.

BATT LE OF WATERLOO.
New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid
Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca-
valry under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry
under Sir Thomas Picton.
EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evening, brilliantly
illuminated, from Seven till Ten.
Admission, One Shilling.
" One may read bulletins, and dispatches, and histories for a
month without obtaining the clear idea of these movements which
a glance at the Model will convey."—Bell's Weekly Messenger.

QTAINES AND RICHMOND JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—The Committee of the Staines and Ridimond
Junction Railway having now obtained the sanction of the Board of
Trade to their undertaking, announced in the Gazette of the 14th
instant, beg to inform their Shareholders and the Public, that the
whole of the required Capital is Subscribed, and that they tre now
in a situation to make application to Parliament in the ensuing ses-
sion. By order of the Committee,
J. 32, Moorgate-strect, January 16, 1845. C. GOVETT, Secretary.

• the undisguised and avowed object of destroying the liberties
of our Church, 3 our Grace for many years stood the first in
the foremost rank of danger in the defence of those liberties;
and now, while we are being trampled down by another des-
potism, which threatens to annihilate all freedom of opinion
and action—and while we are doomed to feel that, if we dare to
utter our conscientious opinions, we must expect to be over-
whelmed with a torrent of slander and clamour—and while we
hear the right which the Holy Ghost has conferred upon your
Grace of teaching your own flock denied publicly, and in the
most insulting manner, by some of that flock, and your people
iaduced to despise you Grace's teaching, and to receive the
teaching of men, some of whom are not Catholics—when we
see the people publicly, and, as we know, still more privately,
taught to distrust the 'integrity of the Holy See, and to im-
bibe doctrines regard;ng the authority of the Pope, which are
plainly at variance with Catholic faith ;—when we see all
this, and behold your Grace exhibiting the same apostolic
courage in opposition to the tyranny which-enslaves us now,
which you exhibited against the tyranny that threatened to
enslave us in former times, we return our fervent thanks to
the Giver of all good things, who has preserved your Grace
to these days for the defence of the Church's true freedom.
" We, therefore, my Lord, receive your pastoral instruc-
tions, not only with unfeigned submission, but with joy ; and
we rejoice more than we can-express, that an opportunity is
thus presented to us of offering to your Grace the consolation,
such as it is, of this testimony of our filial love for your Grace
personally, of our undiminished reverence and obedience to
your Grace's authority, and of our increased confidence in
your Grace's wisdom and zeal.
" As the disciple whoni Jesus lobed used in his old days to
address his flock in the language of charity—' My little
children, love one another —so has your Grace, now so
venerable from your years and your merits, bequeathed to
us the same divine lesson of fraternal love. It shall be
our constant study to adopt this heavenly maxim in our own
conduct, and to communicate the influence thereof, as well
by example as by words, to those to whom we minister.
We do not hope to see the spirit of discord which now pre-
vails speedily and completely laid ; for we know that the
Devil, the world, and the flesh, shall continue to exercise
their influence more or less. But we are happy to be able
to inform , your Grace that your words have already pro.
duced much good fruit, and, notwithstanding the strong
efforts of deceitful and evil-minded men, are still producing
good fruit.
" For the rest, my Lord, you do not require our encourage-
ment or approval. Your strength is from on high, whence
your authority is derived. Ecclesiastical history abounds
in examples of holy bishops who had to encounter, in de-
fence of the liberty of the Church, far more grievous per-
secution than your Grace has been yet subjected to. God
alone knows what sufferings are yet in store for you ; but
sure we are, that as, like St. Paul, you ' know not the things
which shall befal you,' so you can manfully declare with the
same Apostle—' I fear none of these things, neither do I
count my life more precious than myself, so that I may con-
summate my course and the ministry of the word, which I
received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
grace of God.'—Acts xx. 22-24.
" Alas ! how• daring is the spirit of disobedience. It is no
longer content with assailing the venerable successor of St.
Lawrence • it is no longer satisfied with appealing to the
passions of most ignorant and excitable portion of the
people to overawe the canonical authority of the bishop in his
own diocese, but it is now openly endeavouring to engen-
der a feeling of disaffection even towards the common
father of the faithful, Gregory XVI., and to diminish the
love end reverence of the Irish Catholics for the Apostolic
See—the centre of Catholic unity, to which they have
clung with desperate fidelity for 1,400 years. It is in this
way the crafty spirit of impiety always commences its attack
on religion. It first alienates their affections from the clergy,
and then robs them of their faith. The assault upon the
successor of St. Peter, and visible head of the Church, is
commenced in the same manner, and conveyed through the
same channels as that which has been directed against your
Grace. But whether or not the councils of the wicked shall
continue to prevail, and the shafts of slander continue to be
directed against you, we at least shall cling closely to you,
and through you, as •the connecting link, to the centre of
Catholic unity. You are our bishop—we are your clergy.
,
You will cling to the " Successor of Peter and Damascus ;'
and we will cling to you. You are our pastor; your voice
we shall always lovingly hear. You are our good father,
from whom we have never experienced a harsh word, or
harsh exercise of authority. We are your children, and
shall not leave your grey hairs, and your aged and anointed
head, to be buffetted and spit upon. In the day of your
suffering we shall suffer with you ; and, as the blessed Law-
rence desired to follow his venerable Bishop, Xystus, to mar-
tyrdom, so, if even that trial should come upon you, we
desire to share it with you.
" Burke, C., Church of the Conception
Black, P., C.C., Ballymore-Eustace
Burne, D., C.C., Booterstown
Cassidy, Thomas, 0.5. F.,, Harold's-cross
Dwyer, T., C.C., Bray
Donohoe, T., C.C., Blackditches
Duffy, P., C.C., Blessington
Delany, J., C.C., ditto
Ennis, J., D.D., P.P., Booterstown •
Finn, C.J., P.P., Irishtown
Farrelly, P., Loretto House, Rathfardum
Farrell, A., St. Nicholas Without
Farrington, M., ditto
Fagan, A.J., Cabinteely
Germaine, A., P.P., Blackditches
Hyland, J., P.P., Dunlavin
Hamilton, James, Booterstowu
Hamilton, J., Archdeacon, Marlborea.:sl-street
Kirwan, T., C.C., Swords
Kelly, A., C.C., St. Nicholas Without
Kearney, P., Newbridge
Lonergan, 8., C.C., Bray
Lynch, G., C.C., St. Andrew's
Meyler, W., Dean, V.G., St. Andrew's
M'Kenna, J., P.P., Rathdrum
M'Carthy, J., Rush
Meehan, C. P., SS., Michael and John
M-Soarly, W. George's-hill
Montague, P., P.P., Naul
Mulhall, E., C.C., Irishtown
Murphy, J., C.C., Narraghmore
Mullally, —, St. Andrew's
Mulloy, J., P.P., Garristown
Mulloney, —, Rathdrum
O'Carroll, T., D.D., St. Andrew's
O'Carroll, F., C.C., Balbriggan
O'Connell, C., C.C., St. Michan's
O'Connell, E., C.C., ditto
O'Farrell, N., St. Nicholas Without
O'Grady, W. V., D.D., St. Andrew's
O'Rielly, J., C.C., Dunlavin O'Donohoe, —, Donnybrook -
O'Dwyer, T., C.C., Cuttlestown
Quin, A., D.D., St. Andrew's
Ryan, P., P.P., Donabete
Roach, L., P.P., Rathfarnham
Rickard, J., St. Nicholas Without
Smith, J., P.P., Balbriggan
Smith, P., C.C., St. Nicholas Without
Smith, P., C.C., Irishtown
Smith, P., C.C., Baliymore-Eustace
Stafford, W., P.P., Rathmines
Toole, M., P.P.,V.F., Narraghmore
Tyrrell, J., C.C.. Kilcullen.'
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.
The following resolutions have been adopted by fifty-
eight of the Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese of
Cork. The Cork Examiner says that this comprises all
the rural clergy of the diocese, with two exceptions, and
that separate resolutions are to be adopted by the clergy
of that city :
" That we deplore the interference, in any manner, of
the Legislature or Government in the concerns or discip-
line of the Roman Catholic religion in this country.
" That in an especial manner we protest against the
Charitable Bequests' Bill, as containing clauses irrecon-
cilable with the usages and discipline of the Catholic
Church, highly offensive to the Catholic clergy of Ire-
land in general, and particularly injurious to those of
the religious orders, as also unwisely and unnecessarily
tending to frustrate the benevolent intentions of the faith-
ful, and to deprive them of that right in the disposal of
property, to which they are justly and constitutionally
entitled.'
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE PHCENIX ,PARK.
Mr. Davis, one of the county coroners, has received
the following letter, in reply to a communication trans-
mitted by that gentleman to the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, together with the finding of the
Coroner's inquest in the case of the children who were
drowned at Knockinaroon-hill on Saturday se'nnight :
" Office of Woods, &c., Jan. 11, 1845.
" Sir,—l have, on behalf of the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Woods, &c., to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 7th inst., transmitting a copy of the
finding of the jury at the inquisition held on the bodies
of the four children recently drowned at Chapelizod,
consequent on the giving way of an embankment in the
Phoenix Park, and also an inventory of the damage done
to the houses and property of several poor families who
have been sufferers on this occasion ; and I have to ex-
press to you the extreme concern felt by the Commis-
sioners at a calamity which has been productive of so
distressing a loss of life and destruction of property.
" The Commissioners have directed an investigation
of the most rigid kind to be forthwith instituted into the
causes which have led to this accident, and in the mean
time have issued directions for such assistance as may be
immediately necessary for the relief of the unfortunate
sufferers on this occasion being rendered. —I am, Sir,
your most obedient servant,
"CHARLES GORE,
" Henry Davis, Esq., 71, Dame-street, Dublin."
THE PAPER TRADE.—The paper-makers of Ireland,
several of whom are now in town, held a meeting yester-
day at Messrs. C. M'Donnell and Son's, when it was
praying unaninaously agreed to forward a petition to Paperlira,meanntd
for a total repeal of the duty on paper,
three of the gentlemen present were appointed to prepare
the same, which will be ready for signature early in
February, of which due notice shall be given.
The Earl of Kingston is at present entertaining a dis-
tinguished party at his hospitable mansion Kingston
Castle. Amongst the visitors are— Lord Lismore, Sir
W. W. Beecher and lady, Lieutenant-General Lord
d
Downe
Mrs. s and Miss Downes, Hon. Francis Prittie, Mr.
an Prittie, Colonel Chatterton and lady, John
Hyde, Esq., Castle Hyde, Captain Warner (4th Dra-
goons), Cap4in Price, &e
rHE REGISTRIES.
LIBTOWEL, SATURDAY.—CORieriIitiVeN brought up
and registered, I ; Liberals, brought up, 16; admitted, 8;
including six re-registered.,-- Treks Chrenick
oscommox.—There have not been fifty new registries
e fed in this county within the last twelve months.
14
True it is, that nearly 300 voters have been re,registered,
big these are principally the freeholders on Lord De
Frpyne's property, and many of whom were not three
years registered previously. Them are scarcely 600 1
go6d voters of every class in this county, one-half of

which have been similarly honoured by her Majesty, in
exhibiting all possible external marks of welcome and
respect. A procession of the authorities and people of
the town was formed for the purpose of receiving her
Majesty and the Prince, and accompanying them through
the town. The procession formed at the Town-hall at
one o'clock. It consisted of a detachment of yeomanry,
commanded by Colonel Barnard, followed by a number
of the borough police. and a band playing the national
anthem. Immediately after came a body of the gentry
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Mayor, Mr. Henry Smith, advanced to the carriage in
which her Majesty and the Prince were, and tendered
to the Queen the mace on a cushion.
The Mayor said—" May it please your Majesty to ac-
cept this mace, which I, as Mayor of this ancient and
loyal borough, humbly present in dutiful submission to
your Majesty's royal prerogative and authority."
To this the Queen replied, returning the mace, " Mr.
Mayor, I beg you will 'keep it. I am much gratified
with my reception in this borough."
The cheers of the people, who filled the Market-place
in masses, were deafening.
The entrance-gate of the avenue leading to Stowe
called the Long-drive, which is more than a mile and a
half in length, was passed through by the royal party
immediately after leaving the last arch erected by the
people of Buckingham. Here the Members (including
Sir Thomas Fremantle), the clergy, and other authori-
ties, were drawn up on either side. There were also
parties of the yeomanry and a band. At a short dis-
tance further, where there is a rise in the ground, yougain
from an eminence the first view of the magnificent man-
sion now honoured by her Majesty's presence.
In a few [minutes the royal cortege entered the avenue
which leads to the north front of the house, between two
pavilions of great size ornamented with sculpture. At
this point a new feature presented itself. A vast body
of horsemen, tenants of the Duke, were ranged on each
side of the way, their bats ornamented with green bands,
on which were inscribed the words " God save the
Queen." These horsemen closed in after the proces-
sion, and followed in a thick column up to the house.
This junction of the tenantry had a very imposing sight.
At the north, or chief entrance to the mansion, the
Duke of Buckingham was waiting to receive her Ma-
jesty, which Le did by advancing to the carriage door
when her Majesty drove up. The Duchess was on the
steps, where a temporary canopy had been projected
from the portico, to protect her Majesty as she alighted.
The semi-circular court-yard, which is before the north
front of the mansion, was one vast mass of persons,
chiefly horsemen. Extending from the one side to tha
other of the semicircle was a line of labourers in white
smockfrocks. There were also some of the yeomanry,
and a band playing the national anthem. The cheers
of the people, as her Majesty alighted, were deafening.
Her Majesty and the Prince, after having been re-
ceived by their noble host and hostess, were conducted
through the hall, which is of noble proportions, and filled
with valuable pictures, bronzes, altorelievos, and marbles
into the saloon, from which they passed to the left wing of
the mansion, in which are situated the rooms appropriated
to the private use of the royal visitors. These apart-
ments are fitted up in a style of lavish magnificence.
Most of those who have visited Stowe will remember the
"Rembrandt" room, the walls of which are covered with
some of the finest works of that painter. This is her
Majesty's bed-room. The ' drawing-rooms and other
apartments appropriated to the use of the royal visitors,
as distinguished from the state-rooms, are furnished in
the most rich and exquisite style.
It is understood that her Majesty's - visit will be com-
paratively private. The number of guests in the house,
exclusive of the family of the noble host, will not exceed
twenty-four or twenty-five.
The dinner party this evening consists, besides her
Majesty and the Prince, of the Duchess of 'Buckiugham,
the Duke of Buckingham, Lord and Lady Delaware,
Lord arid Lady Jersey, the Marchioness of Douro, Lord
Nugent, Lord and Lady Orkney, Lady Peel, Sir R.
Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Miss Kerr, Lady Mary West,
Lady Clementina Villiers, Lady Anna Grenville, the
Marquis of Chandos, the Marquis of Breadalbanc,
General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, Sir James Graham,
Dr. Buckland, Captain Carrington, the Rev. Mr. An-
drews, Mr. Smith, the Duke's librarian ; Lord and Lady
Southampton, Sir Thomas Aubrey, and Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts.
On Thursday the High Sheriff of the county (Mr.
Barnes), the Mayor of Buckingham (Mr. Smith), Sir
Thomas and Lady Fremantle, Sir Harry and Lady
Verney, and Sir John Chetwode, M.P., will join the
dinner party. In addition to the band of the Life
Guards, Jullien's band will be at Stowe on Thursday,
and the Distan family on Friday. .
The good people of Buckingham seem determined to
secure their share of the general enjoyment. There will
be a general illumination of the town in the evening,
and on Thursday a grand display of fireworks.

A GENCIES.—COUNTRY SHOPKEEPERS,
la. and others are informed that the LONDON GENUINE TEA
COMPANY are now filling up their Lists of AGENCIES for the
Present Tear, and persons seeking for a respectable addition to their
business, by which many have derived, daring the last 2T years, con-
siderable incomes, may apply to the Company, at their Warahouses,
2, LAURENCE POUNTNEY-lIILL, LONDON.

Subscriptions thankfully received. Attendance at the of
daily from Ten till Four.

J. TRITTON, Treasurer.
A. REED, Sub-Treasurer.
J. SHERMAN, Secretary.
Office, 22, Poultry.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is
CHILD'S CHROMATROPE, New Subjects in Nature and Art for
the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE Tile first Exhibition
of a series of beautifid DISSOLVING VIEWS. Dr. RYAN'S and
Professor BACHHOFFNEWS varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN
also Lectures en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday. and Friday.
The whole of the Lectures abound in interesting Experiments.
SUBMARINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL
and DIVER. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE.

COURT CIRCULAR
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert, and the royal suite, consisting of the Mar.
chioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Earl of
Jersey, Mr. George Edward Anson, Major-General
IVernyss, and Colonel Bouverie left the Casio at a
quarter before eleven o'clock this morning, in three
carriages and four, for the Slough station of the Great
Western Railway, and took their departure by a
special train for town.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Lady Fanny Howard, left herd residence,
Frogmore House, at half-past ten o'clock AKs morn-
ing, in a carriage and four, for town. 'E'er Royal
Highness returned to Frogmore House to dinner.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite,
arrived at the Paddington terminus of the Great
Western Railway at half-past eleven o'clock yester-
day morning. The Queen and Prince Albert left
the station for Cambridge House. Major. General
Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie, in a chariot and four,
and the Marchioness of Douro, Honourable Miss
Kerr, the Earl of Jersey and Mr. Anson, in a carriage
and our' proceeded to the Euston-square terminus
of the London and Birmingham Railway. Her Ma-
jesty and P. ince Albert, on leaving Cambridge House,
went to the Euston-square terminus, and left town
for Stowe.

SALES BY AUCTION

In BELGR kVE-SQUARE, the VICINITY of her MAJESTY'S
PALACE, a SPLENDID ABODE for a FAMILY of DIS-
TINCTION, with commensurate accommodation throughout,
Stabling for Seven Horses, Standing for Three Carriages, a large
Garden, and every comfort that ingenuity can desire.
iiEURGE ROBISS h:‘ riiiive'l instritC-
-- Lions from the Executors to SELL by PUBLIC COVE-
TITION, on the Premises, on THURSDAY NEXT, January 2S, at
Twelve o'Clock, (and to the highest bidder), a
SINGULARLY ELEGANT AND UNUSUALLY CONVE.
NIEN I MANSION, OF FIRST-RATE IMPORTANCE,
No. 28, IN BELGRAVE.SQUARE,
on the south side, and for several years the favoured abode of
WM. KNIGHT DEHANY, ESQ., DECEASED.
This delightful town residence was fitted up by the late re-
spected pos:essor, regardless of expense, with a fixed determination
to secure every comfort a family of distinction can desire. That
lie succeed, d " a merveille" will be perceptible at the first glance,
since ingenuity would be puzzled to find a real want neglected. Of
the situ .tion, it may be desirable to observe that it is
IN THE VERY CENTRE OF FASHION AND GAIETY,
AND ON TUE VERGE OF ROYALTY,
and the tenure secures the possession, subject to the original
ground-rent only, for a period.
" STILL EXISTING OF EIGHTY YEARS."
The outward form displays so much of architectural taste that it
has long been the subject o. unvarying praise, and within, will be
seen (from a condensed statement about to follow) is without a
single aloy. Mete are three upper chambers, for seven beds ;on
the third story, three best bedchambers, and a commodite; the
second floor, three delightfully airy bedchambers, a dressing room,
and commodite. The principal suite are of noble proportions, and
the decorations quite In the present taste. The salon de compagnie
is in communication with the stone colonnade and balcony,
TWO NOBLE STONE STAIRCASES,
and the paved hall, to which may be appended
THE LUXURY OF HOT AND COLD BATHS,
admirably placed, with a shower-bath in connexion with it. The
grand entree is of superior character and design, with a noble stone
staircase to the principal suite, a lofty salle a manger, 30ft. by 1 Bft ,
a library about t?Oft. by 19ft., a gentleman's morning room, and
commodite well placed.
THE BASEMENT IS QUITE PERFECT,
everything conducive to comfort, in its extended meaning, is pro-
minent throughout
THE STABLE DEPARTMENT IS FAULTLESS.
There are
SEVEN CAPITAL STALLS, STANDING FOR
THREE CARRIAGES,
harness-room, with servant's sleeping-rooms over; and a depository
fur hay and straw; a garden alone separates them from the man-
sion. There is water laid on throughout the abode and offices,
indeed, the whole appears allied to comfort, although it is not in-
tended to disguise the fact that a lady outrageously straight-laced
may, by dint of ingenuity, find the opportunity to display her tact
in renova,ing some of the decorations. The purchaser will have
the opportunity to take, at a fair valuation,
THE ELEGANT FURNITURE AND APPENDAGES
of every kind, and in the best taste, observing that Dowbiggin was
the artiste in furniture.
It can only be seen by tickets; to be had of Messrs. Parke and
Freeth, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields; and at Mr. George Robins's
offices, Covent.garden

Ad.isslori, Is.; Schools, Halt-prict.
A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Tl.ree Hundred
additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just pablished.
price Is.

IJIIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
' °Von, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
•f the sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Itishopsgate-stret.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ouncelto a
,sound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only lls. per
annum, and many during the last nineteec years have realised con-
siderable Incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

THE GRAND DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURGH
STRELITZ.
The following account of the health of her Roy al
Highness was issued yesterday :
" Cambridge House, January 15, 1845.
" Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz is going on most
favourably.
(Signed) " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D."
The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Cambridge
House at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, to in-
quire after the health of her Royal Highness. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz received their illustrious visitors. The
Queen visited the Hereditary Grand Duchess.
At ten minutes past twelve o'clock her Majesty and
Prince Albert left Cambridge House for the terminus
of the Birmingham Railway, in Euston-square.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
sent in the forenoon to learn the state of her royal
niece.
In the afternoon her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent paid a visit at Cambridge House, after her
arrival from Frogmore Lodge, to inquire after the
health of the Hereditary Grand Duchess.
Inquiry was also made on the part of her Majesty
the Queen Dowager.
Among the nobility and gentry who called
yesterday and left their names at Cambridge
House, were Lord Ellenborough, the Bishop of
London and Mrs. Bloomfield, Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, the French Ambassador and the Countess
St. Aulaire, the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Dietrichstein, M. Dedel, the Prussian
Minister, and Madame Bunsen, the American Mini-
ster and Mrs. and Miss Everett, the Bavarian
Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Russian
Minister and Baroness Brunnow, the Danish
Minister and Countess Reventlow, the Saxon
Alinister and Baroness de Gersdorff, the New
Granada Charge de Affaires and Madame Mos-
quera, Baron Koller, Count A. Esterhazy, Prince
Castelcicala, Count and Countess de Jarnac, Baron
Brenner, Baron de Thile, Duke of Sutherland, Major-
General Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, Lord and
Lady Bloomfield, Lieut.- General Sir J. and Lady
Macdonald, Rev. Dr. Kuper, Lord and Lady Mahon,
Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Earl of Cariigan,
Lord Wharncliffe, Sir Robert Chester, Viscount
Sydney, Lord and Lady Sidmouth, Marquis and
Marchioness of Douglas, the Accountant-General and
Mrs. Russell, Lady Arthur Lennox, Viscount and
Viscountess Gage, the Misses Gage, Earl and
Countess of Bective, Lord and Lady Col-
ville, Sir George and Lady Clerk, Sir
William and Lady Herries, Hon. Captain and Mrs.
Campbell, Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Earl and Countess
of Antrim, Mr. and Mrs. 11. St. John Mildmay, Mr.
and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Miss Lascelles, Viscount
Strangford, Sir Charles and Lady Cecilia Des Voeux,
Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall, Lady Elizabeth Smyth,
Misses Smyth, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Lord
Shelburne, Lady Suffield, Sir George, Lady, and
Miss Cockburn, Lady Denman, Sir William Newton,
Rev. Dr. Jelf and Mrs. R. Jelf, the Duke and Duchess
of Hamilton, Dowager Countess of Charleville, Lady
Reynett, Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Mun-
ster, and many others of the nobility and gentry.
The Hereditary Grand Duchess was going on
favourably yesterday evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester
House, and partook of a dejeune with her Royal
Highness. In the afternoon the Duchess of Kent,
attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left Gloucester
House in a carriage and tbur, on her return to Frog-
more House.

Mr. Griffith and Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., had inter.
views with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial•
office.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel left town yesterday for
Stowe, to have the honour of meeting her Majesty.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with
Sir R. Peel on Tuesday.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT to STOWE.
STOWE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.--This morning
her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by their suite,
which comprised Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the,
Marchioness of Douro, General Wemyss, Colonel Bou-
verie, and Mr. Anson, left Windsor Castle for the pur-
pose of visiting Stowe, the seat of his Grace the Duke of
Buckingham. The Royal party came by special train
from Slough to Paddington, whence, after visiting the
Duckess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, they proceeded to the
terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, at
Euston-square, where a special train was in waiting to
convey them to Wolverton, distant from Stowe about
fifteen miles.
It is almost unnecessary to say that her Majesty and
her illustrious consort were received all along the line
of railway between London and Wolverton with those
demonstrations of enthusiasm which have accompanied
their progress on former occasions by the same route.
At the Wolverton station some preparation had been
made for the reception of her Majesty and the Prince.
The platform of the station was covered with crim-
son cloth, and on the opposite side (that is to
say on the " down" line) there was accommodation
for the public, who were admitted by tickets. The
special train arrived at Wolverton at ten minutes to two
o'clock. As it slowly moved up to the station her
Majesty was received with loud cheers by the spectators.
A company of the Buckinghamshire militia were drawn
up on the platform on one side of the entrance to her
Majesty's apartment, and on the other side two squadrons
of the Bucks Yeomanry, dismounted, were posted. Her
Majesty, the Prince, and their suite having alighted,
proceeded, attended by the Marquis of Chandos, and
some of the officers of the railway, to the apartments
prepared for their use. The rooms provided for her
Majesty and the Prince were on the first-floor, those for
the suite were on the ground-floor. In each refresh-
ments were provided. After the lapse of about twenty
minutes it was intimated that the royal travellers were
ready to proceed, and almost immediately after they
entered the carriages, which had been drawn up at the
back of the station. Here a body of the Bucks Yeomanry
Cavalry, commanded by Major Lucas, was drawn up,
being the first of the troops appointed to escort her
Majesty to Stowe.
The distance from Wolverton to Stony Stratford is
about three miles. At almost every. point on the way
people were collected, some on toot, and many in
vt hicles of different kinds, who loudly cheered as the
carriages passed. There were two triumphal arches be-
tween Wolverton and Stratford. There were in the town
of Stony Stratford altogether five triumphal arches,
some larger and handsomer than the others, but all
proving the loyalty and liberality of those who had
gone to the trouble and expense of erecting them. As
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of Buckingham the horses were changed, and at this
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pretty and almost picturesque. ODn the present occasion
it presented a scene of great animation and gaiety. A
little further on, the first arch of the town of Bucking-
ham was seen. The royal party here proceeded at a slow
pace, and were greeted with deafening cheers. The
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arch bore the inscription, " flail beloved Queen!" Her
Majesty passed under this arch at a quarter to three.
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whom dare not, if inclined, vote for a repek.l candidate
—Roscommon Journal.
WEXFORD.—The registry for the county and borough
terminated on Wednesday, 15 Liberals and 9 Conserva-
tives having obtained the franchiie out of a list of notices
amounting to 145. Two Liberal votes were added to the
independent constituency of Ross, and twenty-seven to
Wexford, thus fortifying the previously impregnable
positions of those constitutional fortresses.— Wexford
Independent.
THE ARMY.—There are at present four recruiting
parties from different regiments-quartered in Clonmel.—
Tipperary Constitution.
The Hon. White Hedges, of Macroom Castle, is about
to lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished sister of
Henry Arthur Herbert, Esq., of Muckross. Prepara-
tions were lately being made at the new and princely
residence of the latter gent! man for the joyous occasion,
and the tenantry on his numerous estates were about to
be bidden to the festivities, when, I regret to say, the
severe illness of Mr. Balfour, the father-in-law of Mr.
Herbert, put a stop to the intended union. The
nuptials wid rpm takt•placP in Lond‘m.— Tralee Chronicle.
OUTRAGES IN 110:5CONDION.-011 Thursday night,
about eight o'elok.k, Your ruffians, one armed with a gun,
another a sword, and the others with pistols, entered the
house of Mr. John Brennan, of Ardkeel, within half a
rude of this town, and nut three hundred yards from,the
military barracks, who, after threatening to shoot the
persons inside, searched irvery i-t::ri .f the dwelling for
Mr. Brennan's gun, which was to: tunately in town at the
time fur the purpose of having it branded. A'few nights
previous, we are informed, several hundred men as-
sembled on.the lands of Bushtield, and a farm near it,
and turned up several acres of hind in order to compel
the occupants to set it as conscre, and for which the
price must be fixed by " Captain Smart.". We under-
stand that Lord Crofton, as Vice-Lieutenant of this
county, has written to the neighbouring- 'magistrates,
and that a meeting will be held in the town in a few
days. It is said that another sub-inspector and fifty ad-
ditional police will be sent to the parish of Kilbride,
the expense of which will be exclusively levied off that
district.—Raticonimon Journal.

AT'fEMPTED MURDER OF A
WIFE BY HER HUSBAND, AND HIS SUI-
CIDE.
Yesterday, John Clements, a wool-stapler, of Little
George-street, adjacent to the Grange Toad, Bermondsey,
attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat, and
afterwards destroyed himself. It appears that Clements was
in the employ of Mr. Elkerton, wool-stapler, in the Grange-
walk, Bermondsey, since June last, and that he occupied,
with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, a
ready-furnished first-floor, at No. 24, Little George-street.
For some time past he had exhibited depression of .spirite.
He complained of being unwell yesterday morning before he
went to work, and returned before his usual time, between
ten and eleven, and requested his wife to make him some
tea. At this period their eldest son, about thirteen years of
age, was in the room and he was sent to the public-house
for a pint of porter. In about a minute after the lad quitted
the house the landlady, a Mrs. Pndner, was alarmed by
hearing a loud scream, followed by the noise of some person
falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room
in which she was sitting. There was a knock at the
street-door at this moment, and a young man named
Bond was let in ; as he entered, Mrs. Clements came
running down • stairs with her throat cut, and the blood
gushing from the wound. When she got into the pas-
sage, she fell from exhaustion into the arms of Bond,
ejaculating, " For God's sake, call a doctor !" Bond then
carried her into the back parlour, and hurried away to the
police-station. Two policemen were immediately sent to the
house, but, upon their entering the room, Clements was dis-
oovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat, cut nearly from ear to ear, and a razor, with which he per-
petrated the deed, lay at his side. A medical man speedily
arrived, but the unfortunate man was quite dead. Mrs. Cle-
ments was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and will probably
recover. Her account of the occurrence, as well as she could
recollect from the haste in which it was carried into effect,
was, that her husband had been complaining for some days
of his head, and being in arrear of rent to his landlord, it
seemed to weigh on his mind, and on the preceding night he
awoke out of his sleep in a fright, and said to his wife that
the officers were going to apprehend him. When he subse-
quently returned from his employer's premises, and while she
was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire, he sud-
denly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat.
She felt the blood trickling down her neck, and with an eilbrt
she rushed out of the room, before he had time to repeat the
act. The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself
immediately afterwards. It appears that the deceased came
up from the country about seven months ago with his family,
and that he was a sober and industrious man. He had no
previous quarrel with his wife.

FIRE and LOSS of LIFE at BATH.
In the course of yesterday forenoon, accounts were received
at the several fire-insurance offices in the City from the
agents at Bath, respecting a very destructive fire, unhappily
attended with fatal consequences, which took place In that
city on the morning of Monday last. It appears that the at-
tention of the police was drawn to a quantity of smoke ism-
ino• from the crevices of the parlour-shutters of the Horse
and Jockey public-house, in the occupation of Mr. Ellison,
situate in Barton-street, Queen-square. The inmates were
promptly apprised of the danger they were in, and on the
landlord coining down stairs and opening the parlour-door,
he discovered that the whole of the interior of that apartment
was on fire. Owing to the sudden draft of air, the flames
quickly spread through the premises, and after it was thought
that the residents had alt made their escape, it was ascer-
tained that a Mrs. Ann Cross, a bedridden old lady, 78 years
of age. was lying in a helpless state in bed in a front room
on the first floor. On of the servants made two attempts to
save the unfortunate creature, which proving unsuccessful,,a
workman, by means of a ladder, entered the room by the
window. Ile succeeded, after much difficulty, in getting the
afflicted woman out of the bed, but owing to her great cur-
potency he was unable to lilt her from the ground, and find-
ing.tput_the floor was giving way underneath him, he was
t,'etved#9,, leave her and make a hasty retreat by the window,
Iti'a-few :minutes afterwards the lire gained the room, when
116 r crleS'Were distinctly heard—" Oh save me, oh save me,"
which created the deepest sensation. The flames continued
to rage with unabated fury,, and in less than an hour the
whole building was consumed. In the course of the day the
burnt remains of the poor sufferer were collected. An in-
quest was held, and a verdict of " Accidental death" has bein
returned. The premises were insured in the Sun Fire office
for 1,000/.

1, THE ROYAL NAVY.
1 ARRIVAL OF MORE CHINESE MONEY.
The Pelican sloop, 16, Commander Philip Justice, has ar-
il ived at Portsmouth, from China, with another instalment of
he Chinese indemnity.
She caused some consternation at Portsmouth on Monday
vening about eight o'clock. On coming into Spithead she
ounded on the Kicker Point, off Fort Monckton, when she
red a number of guns and threw up several rockets. The
gnal was soon answered by the Victory in the harbour, and
he Comet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Prettyman, and
r
number of boats, went out to her assistance, and as it was
ow water when she took the ground, she was got off about
idnight, without damage.
The master was sick, and a pilot had been taken in at
Veymouth to carry the vessel into Port.
Captain Rowley, of the St. Vincent, 120, flag ship, went
n board the Pelican yesterday morning, and mustered her
rew, and at noon she was towed into harbour by the Comet,
here she remains.
The Pelican left Hong-Kong on the 3d of August, with a
eight of 1,000,000 dollars. She beat down against the
south-west monsoon, and anchored in Angier Roads on 19th
Of September. She had been in company with the Harlequin,
16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, and, finding the
Pelican to be in a leaky state, half her money was trans-
ferred to the Harlequin, and, while the latter sloop pro-
Oeded on her voyage to England, the Pelican went to Bta,
tavia to repair damages. Having arrived at the island of
Onrust, she was immediately taken into the dockyard at Ba-
tavia, where the ship was careened, and fifty feet of plank
perfectly rotten and worm-eaten, just below the light-load
water line on the larboard side, was replaced by sound wood,
and in ten days she was ready for sea. The Dutch Admiral,
the commandant, and other authorities at Batavia, behaved
in the most handsome manner towards the officers of the Pe-
lican, facilitating the repairs of the sloop, and showing every
courtesy and attention to their wants. The Pelican departed
from Onrust, her ship's company much gratified with their
reception, on the sth of October, watered at Angier, and
finally left Java Head on the 9th of that month, and an-
chored at the Cape of Good Hope on the 15th of November.
A transport has just anchored in Table Bay, with the 57th
regiment on board, bound to India. She bad been eleven
weeks on her voyage from England. The George the Fourth,
tea ship, was about to leave the Cape for England the day
after the Pelican left.

A vessel called the Pagoda was fitting out at the Cape for
an experimental cruise to the 65th degree of south latitude,
by the Winchester's officers and men.
The Pelican lett the Cape on the 27th of November, and
anchored at St. Helena on the Bth of December, where she
found the French brig of war Messager, and twenty sail of
merchantmen, homeward bound. Thera was also at the
island a slave prize, belonging to the Albatross, 16, Coss-
' Mender Reginald Yorke, in charge of Lieutenant Elliot.
The Pelican left St. Helena on the 9th, spoke the Ann in
lat 4 27 N., and lon. 19 52 W., on the 18th of December. She
Made St. Agnes' light, Scilly, on the 12th inst., and anchored
at Spithead on the 13th, having made her passage from St.
Helena in five weeks. She has brought home some invalid
seamen and marines from the squadron in China; she lett
several at the Cape of Good Hope Hospital.
The Pelican was commissioned in October, 1840, by Com-
mander C. G. E. Napier, and her present commander was
appointed to her in NON ember, 1841. She has been actively
employed since that period, and at Chinamostly in the north.
She has lost only two men during her service at China. Lieut.
Whyte (first), the only principal officer who has been in her
umorthis,
board
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The Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. H tings, • al side the dockyard at• Portsmouth, landing
herd 115
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she is hauled off the Pelican will be unladenQ ara.
When

THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN
WATER COMPANY.
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'A meeting of the inhabitants of Mitcham and other places
titil:menfoarcerthothpoeelis,paubrpooci Choelompany
fdlast
e from
con-
sidering the proposed scheme. Last year a similar company
was formed, but, owing to the opposition of the mill-on ners
upon the stream and the inhabitants, the scheme was aban-
doned. The present Company have somewhat modified their -
original plan, and they propose, instead of taking the water
from the course of the stream, so as to affect the operation of
the mills, they will take it at Wandsworth, at its junction
with the river Thames, the water being filtered and purified
during its course. Mr. D. C. Porter took the chair. Mews.
Bridger, Finden, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting,
and complained of the conduct of the Company in having
departed from their original plan of building a sewer to carry
offthe impurities of the river, and proposing instead to have
" Catch ponds," or cesspools, at different places near the
river,
some of them being nearly an acre in extent. The
speakers objected very much to these cesspools, which they
said there could be no doubt would be highly injurious to the
health of those who lived in the neighbourhood. Mr. Thomp-
sort, the surveyor, and Mr. Galsworthy, the solicitor to the
Company, on being called upon for an explanation, admitted
that there had been a deviation from the original plan by
substituting the cesspools, or catch ponds, for the sewer; bat
they said that the reason for this was, that the mill owners
were opposed to the erection
of the sewer because they
feared that the water would be occasionally taken from the
river to cleanse the sewer, and that they should thus lose
their mill power. After several gentlemen had addressed too
meeting, resolutions condemnatory of the present schgr
ule
were passed unanimously by the meeting.

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