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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
have to request your aid in giving this ex-
planation in correction of an extraordinary error in the
Gazette of yesterday, in the advertisement of the Bank-
ruptcy of Humphrey Charles Baline, of Poole, grocer.
In conjunction with our friends, Messrs. Partin and Tur-
ner, we sued out a fiat, our respective debts not being of
sufficient amount to enable us to do so solely ; but owing
to some very culpable negligence in the office of the Mes-
senger under the fiat, where the usual advertisements for
the Gazette is prepared, our names were most unneces-
sarily introduced in the advertisement, with the slight
distinction of P.C., introduced to denote " Petitioning
Creditors," but in a manner calculated to lead the public
to suppose that the fiat was against us also; and the usual
abstract of the advertisement in some of the Morning
Papers was calculated to create the same impression.
An application was made this morning to Mr. Com-
missioner Goulburn, who most courteously expressed his
regret at the error, and, by his public notice of the matter
in court, did all in his power to correct it.—We are, Sir,
your most obedient servants,
HENRY MAYOR and CO.
Anchor Wharf, Dec. 18, 1844.

GAME-LAWS, AND THEIR ADMI-
NISTRATION IN SUSSEX.
UCKFIELD BENCH OF MAGISTRATES.
R. S. STREATFIELD, Esq., Chairman.
A little farmer, named Cornwell, occupying about
forty acres of land at Black Boys, was charged with
snaring a hare, by a gentleman named Hughes, whose
land adjoins Cornwell's.
The fact of the hare being caught in a hare-snare
being proved,

Cornwell, in his defence, said that the produce of
his land being greatly damaged by rabbits and hares,
he admitted that he had set snares, as he believed he
had a right to do on his own land, for rabbits ; and if
the snare was a hare-snare, it was more than he knew,
for he neither was nor wished to be a poacher, and
certainly had no intention to use a hare-snare. When
he went in the morning to look at what he thought
his rabbit-snare, he was astonished to find a hare in it,
and threw it down. Mr. Hughes and his game-
keeper were, however, on the other side of the hedge,
on Mr. Hughes's land, watching him, and the moment
he threw the hare down they came over upon his
(Cornwell's) land and took the hare away ; and he
(Cornwell) now asked the Bench whether Mr.
Hughes had any right to come on his land and take
the hare away ?
Mr. STREATYIELD—We don't sit here to give legal
rdvice ? You had better ask Mr. Gell (the clerk) ; he
Will only charge you Gs. Bd., or if in writing, only 21s.
Mr. DONOVAN, jun., another magistrate, said he
thought that Mr. Hughes had no more right to go on
defendant's land than upon his (Mr. Donovan's.)
Mr. STREATFIELD then told the defendant that, as
the hare was on his own land, he was fined only 405.,
and costs 155., and that he must either pay the fine or
go to gaol for two months.
The defendant still delayed paying the fine, and
expressed a desire to know if another person could
legally seize a hare on his land; but Mr. Streatfield
directed a policeman to remove him, upon which the
defendant paid the fine.
The circumstance has excited strong feelings in the
neighbourhood, and the conduct and tone of the
Chairman of the Uckfield Bench are freely commented
upon.—Brighton Herald.

HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS. .'We are requested
to state that her Majesty's buckhounds will meet on Fri-
day next, at Salt-hill, at eleven o'clock.

-After the usual loyal toasts,
The MAYOR proposed " The Army and Navy." He
spoke of the eminent services which had been ren-
dered in China by both branches of the service, and
concluded by saying that they had done all that could
have been hoped for from British soldiers and seamen,
and that more could not have been expected.
Colonel FALCONER briefly returned thanks on the
part of the army, and observed that the approbation of
their countrymen was the great stimulus and reward
of military men.—(Cheers.) He bore testimony, on
behalf of the army, to the great services rendered to
this country by their distinguished guest, and spoke
NN t h approval of the conduct of the British forces in
China.

Captain CRAIGIE, R.N., responded, on the part of
the naval force. He also alluded to the eminent ser-
vices of Sir H. Pottinger, and said that British
seamen ever looked forward to the approbation of
their country, and particularly of the mercantile
classes, who were the sheet anchor of the community,
as the great reward for all their toils.—(Cheers.)
The MAYOR then rose to propose the principal
toast of the evening. After the cheering had sub-
sided, his Worship said—My Lords and Gentlemen,
the toast which I am about to propose is one which,
I am quite sure, will meet with the most cordial re-
ception.— (Cheers.) I should have been glad if the
honour had fallen upon one more capable of doing
justice to its merits. —(No, no.) Fortunately, how-
ever, in a company such as that by which I am sur-
rounded it requires no advocacy, it appeals at once to
the affections and the gratitude of each individual
for valuable public services.—(Renewed cheers.)
Whether we contemplate the prejudices which had to
be overcome, the difficulties to be encountered, or the
great importance of the object to be achieved, we are
alike indebted to the ability, zeal, and indefatigability
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which they were overcome.—(Loud applause.)
There are few here, I am sure, who are not feelingly
alive to the great importance of the trade with
China.—(Loud cheers.) Many, to their cost, here,
have felt the difficulties and prejudices with which
that trade was for a long series of years surrounded,
and all will hail with gratitude the man who has so
greatly contributed to place it upon a firm and per-
manent basis.—(lmmense applause.) My Lords and
Gentlemen, none will receive greater benefits from it
than the British merchant. Our manufacturers will
feel its powerful stimulus. The artisan will derive
run snare in it, covantag,es.—f:TTar, hear.) Its
effects will be felt through every portion of the em-
pire.—(Cheers.) And I trust that even the great
and moral people, who have been hitherto so adverse
to intercourse with strangers, will obtain their full
share in the benefits and blessings which are
likely to follow from the labours of our distinguished
guest.—(Tremendous cheers.) I therefore beg to
propose " The health of the Right Hon. Sir Henry
Pottinger"— (Cheers)—whose sagacious, enlightened,
and successful policy, has opened a new world to
British enterprise and capital.—(Cheers.)
Sir H. POTTINGER, in rising to acknowledge the
compliment, was greeted with renewed applause.
When silence had been obtained, he said—Mr. Mayor,
my Lords, and Gentlemen, in rising to offer my most
sincere thanks for the manner in which you have
been pleased to drink my health, it is with no affected
diffidence that I tell you that I am incapable of ex-
plaining how truly I appreciate your kindness. It is,
as his worship, the Mayor, has said, not kindness, but
affection towards me. The manner in which I have
been received in this great town to-day, and the
tokens of regard and approbation I have received, are
beyond all expression. There are some situations of
extreme pleasure, which, at the same time, have
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which I stand among my countrymen throughout
England. I have been absent almost my whole life,
and now I am come back to be received with honour,
approbation, and applause. It is delightful to
me in one sense, and yet painful in another; delight-
ful, because what is more precious or dear to any
man's heart than the approbation of his fellow-coun-
trymen ?—(Hear.) Painful, I repeat, because I can-
not tell you how truly and how highly I appreciate
their kindness and approbation. With respect to my
measures in China, I have already had such oppor-
tunities of speaking in public, that I think I need
hardly trouble you regarding them.—(Yes, yes ; go
on.)—l will, however, say, that when I was graciously
selected by her Majesty to fulfil the duties of envoy
to China, I went out with the firm determination, not
of forcing any unpleasant treaty on the Chinese after
the great objects of the war were accomplished by
the force of her Majesty's arms, but rather to act as
an umpire between the two nations.—(Hear, and
cheers.) I had found those attached to the mission
who cordially entered into my views, and I had the
great happiness to meet with a corresponding feeling
in the High Commissioner Ke-ying, than whom a more
enlightened statesman I do not believe there is in any
country in the world. A man feelingly alive to all the
amenities of life, and more particularly so to that
high feeling which dictated his conduct throughout
this negotiation. I could, were it admissible in such
a society, tell you of such instances of Ke-ying's
high feeling and noble conduct as would, I dare say,
astonish you. I trust, at some future period, it will
please her Majesty's Government to do him and the
Chinese character generally justice, by making his
dispatches and letters public. It would not astonish
you only, but all the world, to find such sentiments
existing in what we have been in the habit of think-
ing a self-secluded Chinese mandarin. One great
point in the treaty I had the honour of concluding
was, that the trade with China should be thrown open
to all other nations. This, you must be aware, I
could not have succeeded in bringing about without
the cordial sanction and co-operation of the Chinese
authorities. But the moment I explained to the High
Commissioner the object I had in view, and pointed
out the advantages it offered, not only to China but to
all other nations, he most cordially acceded to it ; and
before I left he entreated me, as the representative of
England, in case of any unforeseen difficulty arising,
to act as a mediator between China and any other
European nation.—(Hear, hear.) This is a strong
proof of the confidence I have won, and I trust I have
won it not by succumbing in any way to any unjust
demands (if such were made) of the Chinese, but by
letting the Chinese see that there was only one rule
for my conduct as an Englishman—true faith and
good honour.—(Loud applause.) I believe the treaty
so concluded to answer, as I had the pleasure of
stating to-day at the meeting in the Town-hall, all the
advantages that a treaty can possibly combine.—
(Hear.) It has this peculiarity, that anything that
benefits one nation with regard to it, must benefit the
other. Such is my interpretation of the Chinese
treaty. There are some trifling points, such, for in-
stance, as what I believe is called, in mercantile
phraseology, the bonding system, for which,
I. confess, I was afraid to stipulate, be-
cause I did not like to propose anything
the Chinese would object to. I am happy to say,
however, that after I left they not only cordially ac-
ceded to, but proposed it—(Hear)—and I have since
learned that it is included in an article inserted in
the treaty which I am also delighted to mention has

been concluded between the United States and China.
Our treaty provides for every advantage that may be
given to any other nation being enjoyed by England.
At the same time the Chinese made no objection to
the proposal, and were quite ready to allow it tacity
to be in full force. There is one other point to which
I may be permitted to allude before sitting down. It
it the treatment we are to show towards the Chinese.
We must remember that they have been three or four
thousand years, as we are led to understand, totally
secluded within themselves ; that they do not under-
stand us ; that a mere treaty is not a sufficient ground
for their at once changing their usages. But I am
quite satisfied, from what I saw during my residence
among them, that, if treated kindly by England and
all other nations that may resort there, in due time,
with God's blessing, they will enter as widely as any
other nation into all our social feelings, and into that
intercourse which is so desirable between man and
man.—(Applause.) When I come to address this
large body of merchants, in one of the greatest ports
of the world—for such is Liverpool—l need not ask
you to impress on those who repair to that distant
land in charge of your ships and merchandise, to
study kindness and forbearance towards the people.—
(Hear.) It is the great, the first object we ought to
have in view, that of conciliating the lower classes of
the Chinese. To revert once more to my friend,
Ke-ying. In one _s)f his beautiful letters, he says,
" Our people aretitone to ill-treat those who are dis-
solute and inclined to excess. Your sailors, and par-
ticularly the black sailors (alluding to our Indian
vessels), are apt to get drunk. Pray have this put a
stop to, lest they go ashore and be ill-treated, and we
thereby acquire a bad name."—(Applause.) When
I tell you such is the feeling of one of the highest
men in the empire—a blood relation to the Em-
peror and a first-class mandarin—you will not think
I am travelling out of my way to beg that, when
your ships leave the shores of England, you will
impress on those on board how necessary it
is to be kind and conciliatory to those whom
we want, by degrees, to introduce into our
social system.—(Hear, hear.) I believe that the
prejudice which the Chinese entertain towards our
intercourse, such as we look to between ourselves, and
all other nations, proceeds not from any religious
feeling. On the contrary, it proceeds from an appre-
hension that we will use that intercourse for political
purposes. When that feeling is once got over, which
will be in a few years, I trust, I have no doubt China
will come forward, as she ought, as one of the first
nations of the earth. The extent of trade in China is
something that most persons, if it was stated to them,
would deem incredible.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Especially in cotton and the manufactures of cotton,
the demand will be unlimited. The only question is
how China is to pay ? This is a matter which, in so
large an empire, must rest on time. But, in the mean-
while, new resources will spring up, and the people
will learn from our kind treatment and intercourse to
have new demands. That such will be the result of
our treaty I have not the least doubt.—(Cheers.)
My Lords and Gentlemen, I fear I have detained you
too long.—(No, no.) I entreat you, individually and
collectively, to accept my warm, my grateful, my
heartfelt thanks, for the manner in which you have
received me in this great town, and for the honour
you have done me in drinking my health.—(The Right
Hon. Baronet sat - down amidst loud and prolonged
applause.)
Sir HENRY again rose and said—My Lords and.
Gentlemen, with the permission of the worshipful the
Chairman, I take the liberty to deviate in some small
degree from the routine of the evening to propose a
toast which I am sure you will all have great pleasure
in drinking. It needs no remark on my part to re-
commend it. I feel it to be called for from me, be-
cause I have received in this town such tokens of re-
gard, affection, and respect, which it is impossible I
can by any words convey my full sense to your
minds. Without further preface I beg to propose " The
health of the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool."
The CHAIRMAN thanked them for the compliment
they had been pleased to pay him. The reception
they had given to the toast was most gratifying, sad_
its value was greatly enhanced by the fact of its being
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He should feel himself exceedingly happy if he had
been the means of adding, in the slightest degree, to
that tribute of respect and esteem which was so justly
due to that talanted individual, to be rejoiced in com-
mon with his fellow-townsmen in the opportunity of
gratefully thanking him for his valuable services.
The Mroa then proposed, in highly compli-
mentary terms, " Sir Hugh Gough, and the army
connected with the Chinese expedition."
Colonel MALCOLM, as the senior officer of the
Chinese expedition, briefly returned thanks.
In proposing the next toast, " Sir William Parker
and the Navy connected with the Chinese expedition,"
his Worship said, if anything could add to the renown
of the British navy, it would be the noble daring, the
skill and seamanship displayed by those brave tars ill
that expedition.—(Cheers.) They had never looked
for less—they could not hope for more.—(Applause.)
The MAYOR then gave " Her Majesty's Ministers,"
which was received with enthusiastic and protracted
cheering.
Lord STANLEY rose to reply. The Noble Lord
was received with nine cheers, the whole company
standing. His Lordship said—Mr. Mayor and
Gentlemen, I need hardly say, after the unde-
servedly flattering reception with which you have
met the proposal of this toast, and upon my own
part, but more especially upon that of my colleagues,
I thank you, gratefully and cordially, for the tribute
of your esteem and approbation which you have
given to those who are labouring at the head of her
Majesty's Government in this country.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, it would be absurd to suppose that in a
mixed assembly of this description, even if I had not
very near an ocular proof to the contrary, that every
individual present approved of every act of an Ad-
ministration, or even that there were not many who
believed, that in many of their acts, this, as any
other Administrations, had been misled. But I am
sure of this, that in no society of Englishmen, whe-
ther friends or opponents, would such a reception
have been given to the toast of her Majesty's Minis-
ters, unless, whatever your political opinions might
be, you had entertained a conviction that the men
who were so honourably placed, were men of inte-
grity and of honour—(Loud cheers)—labouring con—
scientiously, earnestly, and diligently, towards the
accomplishment of the great object of which all Mi-
nistries are constituted for the furtherance of the
public weal, according to their understanding of that
weal, be that understanding what it may—(Hear,
hear)—and determined, in that object, in the pur-
suit of that great end, to spare neither private com-
fort, health, time, or any other consideration,
in consideration with that which is their para-
mount, their public duty. (Great cheering.)
Gentlemen, it affords me peculiar satisfaction upon
this occasion to be the organ of returning the thanks
of my colleagues, both because upon a former occa-
sion in the metropolis I was prevented from having
the opportunity of joining in that tribute of praise
which is so largely and so justly bestowed upon your
distinguished guest of this evening, and prevented
from beholding that which, to my eyes, is the most
gratifying spectacle that can be beheld—men of all
parties and of all persuasions joining in a just appre-
ciation of distinguished living merit— (Applause)—
but because, in my official capacity, it fell to my lot
doubly to have an opportunity of bearing witness to
the distinguished services of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man whom you are met this day to honour.—
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in my capacity as the
War Minister of this country, it was my duty to
superintend as well as to preside over the preparations
of those great military and naval reinforcements, and of
those munitions of war which, largely sent at the
close of the year 1841, contributed some rather cogent
and rather pointed arguments in support of the nego-
tiations of our friend.—(Hear, and applause.) It
was consequently my lot to watch with deep interest,
unchecked, however, by a single disappointment or a
single failure, the progress of that expedition in which
British and Indian troops, naval and military, vied
with each other in a rivalry honourable alike to both
—(Hear, hear)—surmounting obstacles which re-
quired not military skill, nor valour, nor science
alone, but determination and perseverance to en-
counter ; and it was my lot also to know, and to
watch the discretion with which the Right Hon.
Gentleman near me exercised the high functions with
which, even at that period, he was entrusted.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) I know not, Gentlemen, how far
it is generally known that, though undoubtedly at that
time to the Right Honourable Gentleman was not
entrusted the superintendence of any military and
naval movements, yet to him a large discretion was
given by the Government, which fully confided in his
talent and ability, of saying at what periods those
naval and military arguments had attained to such
a height as to lead to the introduction of more
polished diplomatic intercourse, to say at what
time the arms of Great Britain should be stayed,
and how soon the process of negotiation might corn-
mence.—(Hear, hear.) And when that period ar-
rived, honourable alike to the arms of Britain and to
the humanity and forbearance with which they were

wielded, her Majesty's Government had but the gra-
tifying task, step by step, of applauding and approving
the discretion, the temper, the judgment, and the for-
bearance, with which those delicate negotiations were
subsequently conducted by the Right Hon. Gentle-
man.—(Loud cheers.) In that department the Right
lion Gentleman was more particularly responsible to
another member of her Majesty's Government; but I
had the satisfaction, in another point of view. of being
brought universally into connexion with the Right
Hon. Gentleman. I saw his untiring labours, and
his zealous assiduity in forming or finding a new
colonial society—(Cheers)—in supervising the foun-
dation of a colony where all was new and strange—
where obstacles were to be encountered from mutual
prejudices, from ignorance of each other's habits, from
omissions upon the one side and upon the other; from
unreasonable demands and exorbitant expectations ; and
I saw the Right lion. Gentleman with satisfaction, in
his civil, as well as his diplomatic, correspondence,
carry on " the even tenor of his way " with one fixed
intention, and that boldly conceived and boldly exe-
cuted, of obtaining the greatest advantages consist-
ently with the honour and good faith of this country.
—(Loud and general cheering.) Gentlemen, there
is one point to which the Right Hon. Gentleman, in
his address to you to-night, has peculiarly adverted,
although he has modestly abstained from stating the
full share which he had in it. I allude to that decision
to which he came—and it is due to him I should say
he came to it and acted upon it upon his own respon-
sibility, and without restriction—(Cheers)—not only
to demand exclusive privileges (for that he was pro-
hibited from doing), but for inserting as a stipulation
in the treaty that all other nations should alike par-
take of the commercial advantages which had been
gained by this country by the power of the British
arms, and by the prudence of British negotiation.
—(lmmense approbation.) Gentlemen, it was not
the good fortune of her Majesty's present Govern-
ment to select for this high office the distin-
guished gentleman who sits near me. That credit is
justly due, and I concede it with all praise, to the Ad-
ministration which preceded us—(Cheers)—but I
should be sorry to see the Administration in which
public servants, engaged in distant hemispheres, and
engaged together in the common service of their
country, acted with less cordiality or co-operated less
warmly either upon one side or the other for their
common object, because they happen to be connected
with, or appointed by, persons of different political
persuasions.—(Hear, and much applause.) And,
Gentlemen, I say it for myself, and I know I may say
it also—for I have heard the sentiment repeated over
and over again—for my Right Hon. Friend the Earl of
Aberdeen, that it was to him and to me in our several
departments, a subject of the deepest regret when Sir
Henry Pottinger's earnest entreaties induced us—or
rather, I should say, compelled us—to accede to a
very strongly expressed desire of his, after so many
years service in distant countries, to return to his na-
tive land, there to enjoy, in the midst of his country-
men, the well-earned honours which, I am proud to
see, have been bestowed upon him; and I can use no
more emphatic language—
" To read his history in a nation's eyes."
—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I might be forgiven for
trespassing upon you for one moment longer, it would
be to express my great satisfaction at the allusion
which has been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman
to-night, however little it may be needed in a society
like that which I have the honour of addressing—the
necessity of great caution and great prudence in
our dealings with our new allies, those who are
lately brought within the pale of civilisation in the
vast Chinese empire.—(Hear.) When I speak of the
pale of civilisation, I should rather say in the pale of
European commerce and intercourse—(Hear, hear)
—because I believe there is no nation in the world to
which, as far as civilisation goes, greater injustice has
been done in the public estimation than the great em-
pire of China.—(Hear, hear, and much applause.)
But, Gentlemen, among those subjects which par-
ticularly struck the Chinese during the course of our
warlike operations against them, and since, in our diplo-
matic intercourse with them, has been the strict,
accurate, literal fulfilment, in the spirit as well as the
Las— t.,-t-. we entered into
with them.—(Cheers,) We have heard the :Ailnes.
spoken of as a tricky, over-reaching people. That
there are such among them—among the inferior
dealers—l do not for a moment doubt; but I do dis-
believe that that is the general character of the nation.
—(Hear and applause.) I believe, so far as our later
experience has gone, that there is no nation which
more highly values public faith in others ; and up to
the present moment, I am bound to say that there
never was a Government or a nation which more
strictly and conscientiously adhered to the literal
fulfilment of the engagements with which it has entered.
—(Long and loud cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, it is
not for the Government, it is for you—it is for the
merchants of England—it is fur the great commercial
body whose principal seat is in this town—to confirm,
to maintain, and to strengthen their feelings of re-
spect for British faith.—(Loud and long-continued
cheering.) The Government have done their part.
The ports of China are open to you to an extent
passing the most sanguine calculations; but, there
are still, national prejudices ; there are still, national
jealousies to be overcome; and it behoves those who
are more immediately concerned in dealing with that
great empire, not only in their dealings (for that I
doubt not) to maintain their character for scrupulous
honour and integrity which has ever been the dis-
tinguishing mark of the British merchant, but not,
in the eagerness for the profit of those commercial
advantages which are offered, to push beyond the
limits which Chinese prejudice—if you say it is so—
will yet permit those advantages which are now open
to our commerce. The door is thrown open to you;
rely upon it, it will be opened wider still ; but it
must be opened by voluntary concessions from within,
and not by what will be felt to be compulsory en-
croachments from without.—(Much cheering.) I
venture, Gentleman, thus to follow up a hint which
has been thrown out by the Right Hon. Gentleman
this evening, because I feel that upon it much depends,
and because many of those whom I am now address-
ing have in their power the means of doing much to-
wards accomplishing and towards increasing the great
advantages which have already been gained for this
country, and for which you have signified your loud
approbation. I say, upon you, upon your influence,
upon your efforts, upon your advice, upon your ex-
ample, it depends whether those advantages which
have been opened shall be realised to their full ; and
if to their full, I would say to an incalculable extent.
I believe it is easy, on the present state of public feel-
ing, to raise jealousies, and to foster anew animosities
which are beginning to subside—that an over anxious-
ness for success, and an improvident pressing for ad-
vantages, may lead to such a conclusion ; but I be-
lieve, also, Gentlemen, and I entertain a confident
expectation of it, and I pray that such may be the
result, whether under this or succeeding Administrap
tions, for many a long year, that the trade with China
which is now commencing, and in its vigorous infancy,
may, if prudently conducted, be made the foundation,
not of inordinate speculation and immense gains, fol-
lowed by corresponding and ruinous losses—but
be made the means of extending the blessings of civi-
lisation, of science, of knowledge, of religion—(Hear,
hear)—and along with them all, but only by a pru-
dent course of not shocking the prejudices of those
with whom we are brought into contact—it may lay
the foundations of a great, a permanent, and a rapid
augmentation of British commerce.—(Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, in the name of the Government, I thank you
for the honour you have done us in drinking our
healths, and in my own name, as well as in that of my
colleagues, I can assure you that the approbation of
our countrymen is the best reward for any sacrifice of
personal comfort which we may be called upon to
make in the service of our country. (The Noble Lord
then resumed his seat amidst loud and long-continued
cheering.)
Other toasts followed, but these were the toasts and
speeches of the evening, and about twelve the com-
pany broke up.

The Marquis of Lansdowne has sustained some in-
jury in his foot, which is so severe as to prevent the
Noble Marquis from quitting Bowood for the present.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THREADNEEDLE-STREET.—
Tuesday evening, about half-past five o'clock, a van belong-
ing to a Mr. Maynard, carrier, of Barking, was proceed-
ng up Threadneedle-street, towards Bishopsgate-street,
when the right hand wheel came in contact with a quan-
tity of paving stones. At the same moment a truck,
drawn by a poor man, in the employ of Mr. Stevens, of
finerva-street, Hackney-road, was passing the vehicle
Mn the other side, and, in consequence of the wheel
?assing over the stones, the van was completely canted
ever on to the unfortunate man, throwing out at the
same time a lad, named Chalk, with much violence into
the road, who was seated with the driver. On the cart
Doing lifted up, the ill-fated man was found dreadfully
nutilated about the head. Re was promptly removed
In a stretcher, as also the lad, to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, but on arriving there he was found to have
breathed his last. As regards the boy, it is sadly feared
that he has sustained some serious internal hurt. The
iriver of the van was immediately taken into custody by
:he polioe, and will be examined this day before the Lord
Sfsyor.

The SECRETARY read a communication from Mr.
Steele, the head pacificator, who had gene to Leitrim
and Cavan for the purpose of putting down the system
of Ribbonism, lately established in those counties :ender
the name " Molly I%faguires." It was accompanied by
an address from Mr. Steele which he had promulgated
among the inhabitants of the disaffected districts.
Mr. O'CoNNELL moved the most marked thanks of the-
association to his esteemed friend and companion in
every struggle for the liberties of Ireland, Tom Steele,
and also the insertion of his letter on the minutes. There
was nothing more injurious to the best interests of Ire-
land, nothing more criminal, nothing more dangerous t'e
those engaged in them, and nothing more useless than
those secret societies. After some further remarks on
the criminal and ruinous nature of these societies, Mr.
O'Connell read an address, drawn up by Mr. Smith
O'Brien, to the inhabitants of Leitrim and Cavan, calliese.
upon them to withdraw from all ribbon societies, andi
pointing out to them the dangerous and foolish nature of
them. He (Mr. O'Connell) had no hesitation in saying
that that was the very best written document he had ever
perused, and it would have additional weight as not
coming alone from the able and patriotic writer, but from
that association. He begged to move the adoption of the
address by the association, And that measures be imme-
diately taken for its extensive circulation through the
disturbed districts.—Resolution eerried unanimously.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he wished to offer a few observa-
tions on a subject rather personal to himself. On some
late occasions he had felt obliged to notice attacks made
upon hint by the Examiner newspaper. The number of
the E.raminer which he had received that day repeated
those attacks, and gave the terms in which he had se-
pudiated them ; but it did not put in his reservation.,
that he would not have used those terms if the English
language afforded him any more abusive epithets to
make use of. What he had to complain of most, in the
last number of the Examiner, was, an anonymous atteek
upon hire, which, front the circumstance of its being enc.-
nymous, should he considered as having been adopted
by the editor. It commenced in terms that certainly did/
not appear to have been borrowed from the Court Guide
—(Laughter)----and proceeded as follows :—" Perhaps
Mr. O'Connell is entitled to some indulgence, inasmuch
as dribbling is more innocent than mendacity, and a man
can hardly be said to violate truth by whom the mean-
ing of the word is mistaken." It then proceeded
to
quote some sentences from a speech of his delivored on a
recent occasion in St. Miehan's parish against the Cha-
ritable Bequests Act, in which the writer misinterpreted
his observations, and accused him of giving implicit obe-
dience to any decision that the Bishops of his Church
might come to. He distinctly stated at the time that
his obedience to the decision of the Catholic Bishops in
council assembled applied only to spiritual matters. He
submitted to the Bishops in religious matters, but never
in temporal concerns, and so he distinctly stet& in the
speech alluded to.
Some contributions having been handed in,
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said he had to apolo-
gise for not being prepared with the report from the
Committee on the ten propositions that he had referred
to on the last day of meeting. He would, on the present
occasion refer to but one of those propositions. The
Honourable and Learned Gentleman then repeated the
statement he had frequently made concerning the injus-
tice done to Ireland in respect to the National Debt.
These fsets, he contended, had sunk deep in the Irish
mind, though they were totally unattended to in Eng-
land. They had produced the monster meetings in 1843,
the perseverance of 1844, and they would have their effect
on the next great repeal year of 1845. The approaching:
year ought to be one of high advantage to Ireland. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman then referred to the pro-
gress repeal had made in the course of the past year.
Ireland, he said, was the country in the world where
hundreds of thousands—aye, where millions of people
could assemble without even an accident taking place
among them. There could not be a better proof of the
superiority of Irishmen. Professor Forbes, the Scotch
philosopher, and Professor Quintelet, in Belgium, had,
by a series of experiments conducted for twelve years,.
proved that the Irishman was the first among the
nations of Europe for every physical capacity. Professor
Kane, an Irishman, made ,similar experiments in London,
and he proved that when the power of raising bur-
dens in an Irishman was 27, the highest number among
any other people was but 25.—(Cheers.) He knew that
the forthcoming report of the Landlord and Tenant Com-
mission would refer to the greater leniency of the land-
lords in the north of Ireland to their tenants. At the
expiration of a lease in Ulster, the landlord came to an
amicable arrangement with the existing tenant, instead
of, as in other parts of the country, going about to try if
they could get any other person to offer them more rent.
That was the reason that no agragrian crimes were heard'
of in the north, and he would remind those who attri-
buted the tranquillity there to the prevalence of the Pro-
testant persuasion, that there was a majority of 500,000
Catholics in Ulster over the other sects, and that they, ete
well as the Protestants and Presbyterians, remained free
from those crimes.—(llear, hear.) The Hon. and
Learned Gentleman pr,ceeded to say that they would
hold but ta o meetings more of the Association in that
year, but they should out) Mellee:lB4s as if they were then
ohnaldr
hitherrsill s-tlossiliz;,tir ticalfiumv.epeal, and as if all they
18451.yyas the !Tea!
e
1, year for mnst, r met tiegs, e.vi for 1,.
legal triumph, but 1845 should be marked by the weekly
collection of the repeal rent. If it were to be but Is. or
ld. in any locality, still it should be collected weekly.
They solicited from no man more than ls. a year, or one
farthing a week, vkith four weeks for nothing ; but if
every man subscribed that sum they would hare 50,0001.,.
and he would expect even 100,0001. at the end of the
year. Mr. OVolinell concluded by moving that the
repealers throughout Ireland be called upon to demon-
strate their perseverance in the repeal cause by sending
in weekly contributions on and after the Ist of January,
1845. The motion was carried unanimously.
After the disposal of some routine business, Mr.
O'Connell announced the rent for the week to be
179/. 12s. 2d.

THE LATE DREADFUL OCCUR-
RENCE AT CHATHAM.
INQUEST ON THE BODIES.
CHATHAM, MONDAY NIGHT.—On Monday an inquest
was held before Mr. J. llinde, coroner, at the Waggon
public-house, a short distance from the scene of the
melancholy event (the particulars of which appeared in
The Sun of yesterday), when the following evidence was
adduced :
John Chaplyn, bailiff to Mr. J. Oakley, of Darland,
stated that the deceased Thomas Webb, was in the em-
ploy of Mr. Oakley, acting as.waggoner's third boy. John
Stedman was else in Mr. Oakley's employ, and there was
also another man who usually slept there, but was not
there that night. The men had spoken several times to
witness about the room being damp. On Saturday night
Stedman left the house about eight o'clock, and the
other two at nine, to go to bed. On the following morn-
ing, about seven o'clock, being told that they had not
come into the yard, he went to the bedroom-door and
lifted up the latch and called " George" several times.
Not receiving any answer, he opened the door, and
putting his hand behind it felt one of them lying there.
He called again and shook him, and then procured a light
and got a waggoner to go into the room with him, where
he found them all three dead. He did not observe any
particular smell in the room. He had been in Mr. Oak-
ley's employ 15 years. When the fire was lit in the room
he stood ever it for some minutes. He did not think
there was any danger in using the charcoal. Did not
feel any inconvenience in breathing whilst standing
over it.
Amelia Chaplyn, wife of the last witness, corroborated
her husband's evidence, and said she went into the room
about half an hour after she had lit the fire, which was
composed of wood, ashes, and charcoal, and it was burn-
ing up brightly. She remained in the room a short time,
and did not shut the door. She had never heard before
that charcoal would have any bad effects—had never seen
any used before.
The CORONER expressed a hope that it would be a
lesson to her not to use charcoal again, and observed that
it was her duty to have mentioned it to Mr. Oakley
before she lit the fire, as the unfortunate circumstance
would not then have happened.
Thomas Bosely said that he and the three deceased had
often asked the bailiff and his wife to light a fire in the
ream.

Mr. Benjamin Tribe, surgeon, of Chatham, stated that
he was called up between seven and eight o'clock on
Sunday morning to attend at Mr. Oakley's. On arriving
there he was shown into the bedroom, where he found
the bodies of the three men ; they were quite dead and
their limbs stiff. He examined the bodies; there were no
marks of violence on them. He inquired, and found char-
coal had 13, en burnt previous to theirlgoing to bed ; their
deaths were caused by inhaling carbonic acid gas, arising
from the burning of charcoal and causing suffocation.
The ju., having heard the whole of the evidence, and
the opinion of the Coroner that Chaplyn and his wife
were entirely ignorant of the deleterious effects of char-
coal, returned a verdict of " Accidentally suffocated by
charcoal being burnt in their bedroom.

THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT IT DRURY..LANIS
THEATRE.—The assistant scene shifter, M'Carthy, who
endeavoured to extinguish the flames of the dress of the
late Miss Webster on Saturday night, is proceeding very
rapidly towards recovery, although suffering greatly
from his injuries. It has been stated that he was able to
follow his employment, but such is not the case ; he to
obliged to be dressed and undressed by his wife.
THE LATE ACCIDENT IN ALDGATE.—Upon inquiry
at the London Hospital on Tuesday afternoon! it was
stated that the poor fellow Goodman, the police-con-
stable, who was, in common with seven or eight other
persons, knocked down at the corner of the Minories,
opposite Aldgate Church, by a horse which ran away
with a gig, recovered his senses in
the early part of the
night; and, although seriously injured, he is now in •
fair way of recovery. Mr. Winckworth,
.
who was taken
to the hospital at the same time,. still lies in a deplorable
state, his left eye being nearly out out, and the whole of
his system being much shattered by the violence of the
shock. There were altogether eight persons more or lose
injured; six were taken to the hospital, and two to the
surgeries of gentlemen in the neighbourhood.
Co
o lunacyt ioissNo
wasr
opened
dcart .t—he On
Swan
nTeasydeary a commis-
sion
n,Battemes
before Mr. Winslow. The subject of the inquiry was
Mr. John Smith, aged 68, a licensed victualler, for many
years the proprietor of the Grapes Tavern, King-street
Golden-square, but now residing in Calverstoke-plime
Battersea. Evidence having been heard, the jury found
that Mr. John Smith was of unsound mind, and had been •
so since January, 1840.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19,
Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER
OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr.
rrn/ Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W.
.nartssost ; Catarina Colman), Miss Rainforth
tla conclude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet,
Des Places; The Pefi, Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdlle.
,O Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne.
The Box.ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
aid Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19,
Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. Strictsland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe•• s • Tom Coke
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Barren;
The Countess of k 4nipion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia iennett.
After which. will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled
NOMEPODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M . Charles Mathews; Minnie,
Madame Vestris.

To he followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG
-ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James
Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. P,olev, Mrs. Hamby.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box-otlice,
from Ten till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19.
Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.)
a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkie.
eon Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mr.
Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Vcck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs.
Chickenstalkcr, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER. CouLt Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count
glassine, Mr Selby ; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ;
Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith.
To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEM kN, In
which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform.
Prompter, Mr. Gallo(; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt ; Leader of the
sand, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Meteoric Succe,s7Enlightening and Deligting-:!econd Night of

" The Chimes.- A Goblin ..:tni-y."
THIS EVENIN ,4 will be repeated, by the especial permission of
Charles Dickens, Esq.
THE' CHIMES;
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New

Year In.

The Scenery from the Ori final Sketches of Daniel Maclise, R.A
Clarkson Stanfield, ILA., John Leech, and R. Doyle.
The Story Dramatised by Mark Lemon and Gilbert A'Beckett.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.

THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19,
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE
OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir,
Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ;
Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. Matiacks; Ivo., Mr. Loftier;
Hermine, Mdlle, Helen Connell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke.
To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling
To conclude with a New Grand Orientll Ballet, called THE
ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hinder; Peasant), Al. Roussett ;
Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), MJlle. Caroline Boussett; Naire
(her Friend), Mdlia. Teresina; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell),
Miss Marshall.

Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallo Is. Halt. price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. tkl. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a_Half ; Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two Oulneas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half.
oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box..otfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.

HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA_
HOUSE
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
The Re-engagement of Signor Camille Sivori for Three Nights
more—To-night, To-morrow, and Saturday.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19,
Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN.
Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold,
Turner, Stoker, and Kelley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley.
To be succeeded by Paganini's Adajto and Rondo, La Clochette,
by Signor Camillo Sivori.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO
]MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Mathews, Meadows ,and Stoker,
Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollielge.
To which will be added Paganini's Theme Burlesque and Carnaval
tie Venice, by Signor Camillo Sivori.
In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which
Jullien's Mazurka and Cellarms Valse will be danced by Mdlles.
Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Mi. s Fairbrother.
To be followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by
Messrs. Wigan, Yarnold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND
WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlecla, and A.
Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4 Upper
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the It'llcony Tier
(holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private
Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guiren.
The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three-
den of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This
Evening, at
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19,
Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed ;
introducing unequalled National Fetes Real Fox-chase on the Stage
sod In the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
r!1 Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
om Races and other Sporting Features.
ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse-
svansh ip.
The First Week of the extraordinary British Vaulter and
Somersault Thrower, Mr. Price, and Mater Charles Price, the Little
Equestrian Wonder, and other Novelties.

Acting and stage-msnager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot,
BOX-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding
by Mr. R. Smith daily.
Mr. BATTY bogs to asquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his
Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the
country, and by special desire, he has formed ar-ansements to pre.
sent, during the Christmas Holidays, a S rice of EQUESTRIAN
MORNING FECES and FASHIONABLE, DAY PERFORM.
ANCE, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past
Three; consisting of Batty% Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle. The first Three Morning Performances wilt take place on
Monday, Des. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2,and Fr,cley, Jan. 4.

THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, DEC. 18.
THERDIONETER, Lowest. 36 ; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 42,

BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND,
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-.Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of tha
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
Rain" at 29; but there is no certainty of dry weatior
Nrhen the mercury falls below 30.

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