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Crown, " Q,'S 60" the words "Duke of York's own," COURT CIRCULAR. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB
and also the words " Celer et audi."
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen held a Privy CATTLE-SHOW.
The inquest on the body of Mr. Bolestridge, at Not- Council at a quarter before three o'clock this after- Yesterday, among the distinguished visitors who ar-
t hlbam, terminated at eleven o'clock kon Thursday
noon, at the Castle. It wa. attended by his Royal rived were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
night, when the jury retuned a verdict of " Manslaughter
Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Buccleucht'l accompanied by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh
against Robert Lightfoot and Jonathan Raven." The
Coroner immediately issued a warrant for the apprehen- I Lord Privy Seal ; the Duke of Wellington, Corn- Strelitz and Baron Knesebeck, the Earl of Hardwicke,
li°4 of Raven, who was then at Leicester. The jury mender-in-Chief ; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Lord Errol, the Earl of Orford, the Earl of Yarborough,
wee more than five hours in consultation. The trial of Treasury ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State Earl Spencer, his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the
kr. Lightfoot has been removed by a writ of habeas for the Home Department ; the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Essex, Sir George Hatter, Sir Henry and Lady
" 'Pus into the county, and it is now believed it will Bruce, Sir J. Clifton, of Clifton Hall, Notts; Sir Thomas
commence Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Right Harrison, of the Colonial-office,&c. The adjourned meet-
commence on Monday. should the grand jury return a Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; ing of the Smithfield Club took place at one o'clock, with
true bill. We lAieve the judge will arrive at Notting- Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the admiralty ; Earl Spencer, the President, in the chair. The business,
ham at an early hour on Saturday morning. . the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; and the Earl generally, consisted of matter of detail. Lord Hardwicke
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CAMBRIDGE UNIV ERSIT Y.
Ditc. 13, 1844.—At a congregation just held, the fol-
lowing degrees were conferred :
M.B.—Christopher Thomas Richardson, Emmanuel
College ; Allen Williams, Trinity College.
LL.B.—John Doe Denman, St. John's College.
51. A.—Charles.—Charles William Blunt, Trinity College ;
Thomas Henry Noel Hill, St. John's College ; William
Laing', St. John's College ; John Colpits Dean, Christ's
College.
P.A.—Charles Philip Wilbraham, St. Peter's College ;
William Henry Wright, Jesus College.
At the eongregation on Saturday, the 14th instant
(this day), the following grace will be offered to the
senate :—To appoint Professor Corrie and Mr. Keeling,
0f St. John's College, examiners for the Maitland prize.
DIVINITT.—The Norrisian Professor has given notice
that his lectures for the next term will commence on
Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The following have been elected afternoon preachers
at Great St. Mary's :-1845—January, the Rev. Dr.
Robinson Trinity College ; February, the Rev. Dr.
Trinity College ; March, the Rev. T. Worsley,
Master of Downing; April, the Hulsean Lecturer; May, •
the Rev. C. S. Bird, Trinity College.

13W STREETS.—The Commissioners of the Woods
Porests have already christened some of the new
streets at the west end of the town, where the
improvements are being carried out. That which
wi as formerly Plumtree-street, leading from Charlotte-
I
treet to Broad-street, is now called Bloomsbury-street ;
tea the street leading from Great St. Andrew-street has
ores named Broad-street, this forming an angle with the
vri
gine' Broad-street. Several large houses have been
'reeled, which are already occupied.
1, SUICIDE AT CLArtum.—Yesterday morning Anne
,entijeard, the wife of a carrier, residing in the Arch-
ClaPham•common, was found hanging from a rafter
the warehouse of her residence. She was discovered
17.„ner husband, and cut down by police-sergeant 13unce,
b" v, who was passing at the time. The body was warm,
ut lir. Parrott, who was in almost immediate attend-
;trice
b. Was unable to restore animation. The deceased.
1.4 u a daughter committed to Brixton a few days since,
i°r,Btealing scrapers from the doors of gentlemen's houses
trio Clapham, and to this circumstance, which was known
lb Prey upon deceased's mind very much, is attributed
e act of self-destruction.

of Jersey, Master of the Horse.
A report was made on a petition from the States of
Guernsey, praying the Queen's confirmation of a pro-
, ject of reform in the Constitution of the said States.
I Sir James Graham officiated for the Lord Presi-
dent of the Council.
Mr. C. Greville was Clerk of the Council in Waiting.
The Court was attended by the Marchioness •f
Douro, Lady in Waiting ; the Earl of Hardwicke,
Lord in Waiting; Colonel Berkeley Drummond,
Groom in Waiting;" Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk
Marshal) Equerry in Waiting; and Major-General
Sir E. Bowater, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert.
After the Council, the Duke of Wellington, the
Duke of Buccleuch, Sir James Graham, Mr. Goul-
burn, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Jersey,
and Mr. C. Greville, took their departure from the
Castle.
This morning Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha and Wurtemberg, accompanied by
the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, the
Earl of Hardwicke, and the Right Hon. Sir Robert
Peel, and attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr.
G. E. Anson, Sir Edward Bowater, and Baron de
Alvensleben, left the Castle before ten o'clock, to shoot
in the royal preserves at Bagshot. The illustrious
party returned to the Castle early, on account of the
Privy Council.
Baron de Brunnow, Russian Minister, and the
Earl of Aberdeen, arrived at the Castle to-day, on a
visit to the Queen.
In the afternoon, after the Council, the Queen,
Prince Albert, the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, walked
to Frogmore.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended
during dinner at the Castle to-day, and performed
the following pieces :
Lord Ellenborough's March—Guness.
Overture, " Les Diamans de la Couronne"—Auber.
Geistes-Schwingen, Waltzer—Lanner.
Selection, " Don Carlos"—M. Costa.
Polka, Favourite—Tolbecque.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended,
and performed the remainder of the evening.

was unanimously elected Vice-President of the Club, in
the room of Lord Western, deceased. The great point
of interest, however, in connexion with the proceed.
ings of the meeting, was that it was unanimously re-
solved by the Club, in future, to offer for competition
two gold medals instead of one ; the first for the best
oxen and steers, and" the other for the best cow and
heifer produced. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
arrived at the Bazaar shortly before one o'clock, and
were conducted round the yard and implement depart-
ment by Mr. Shelly, a member of the Committee,
and a well-known agriculturist in Sussex. On arriving
at that part where the prize pigs of his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert were located, an occurrence of a very
amusing character took place. It appeared that the white
pigs bred by the Prince and their black competitors of
the same class in the adjoining pen had been for some
time not on the most friendly terms. The moment of
the arrival of the Duke was seized upon by one of the
black porkers to make a formidable attack upon his
enemy, and, notwithstanding his extreme fatness, the
former made a sudden leap into the royal pen, and seiz•
ing one of the Prince's animals by the ear made him
squeek most lustily. The cries of their companions
aroused the slumbering energies of the " unclean" royal
family, and a. desperate attack was made upon the black
intruder. Tedman, the inspector of police, accompanied
by one or two other persons, found their authority wholly
insufficient to quell the riot. His Royal Highness
laughed heartily at the incident, and remarked jocosely
to his royal' son-in-law, " that he never saw such a dis-
loyal pig as the black one." His Royal Highness ex-
pressed to Mr. Shelly his great approbation at the im-
provement in the exhibition. Amongst a number of
very fine cattle not included in the regular classes, and
which in any other place would have been considered
models of perfection, a remarkably fine' Hereford ox,
bred by Mr. Richard Smith, of Sussex, attracted consi-
derable attention. It was purchased by Mr. Budge, of
Lambeth-walk. From 14,000 to 15,000 persons visited
the exhibition during the day.
THE DINNER.
Last evening the 46th anniversary festival of the
Smithfield Club took place in the Freemasons' Hall,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and about 200
gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner.
The Right Hon. Earl Spencer, President of the Club,
presided ; and among the gentlemen present were the
Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord South-
ampton, the Earl of Essex, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Sir Harry
Verney, M.P., the Hon. Captain Spencer,;the Hon. M.
W. B. Nugent, Mr. Law Hodges, late M.P. for West
Kent, Mr. J. V. Shelly, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. H. Gibbs,
Mr. B. Gibbs, &c.
The Noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of her
Majesty, observed, that the Smithfield Club was no
longer wanting of patronage when he announced the fact
that, in addition to the honour of a visit to their show
from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, he had received
the commands of her Majesty herself to be in attendance
to receive her at the Bazaar in King-street, Portman-
square, at 10 o'clock to-morrow (this) morning.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) He therefore considered they ought
to drink the health of her Majesty, if possible, with
more than ordinary loyalty.
The toast having been responded to, as were also that
the healths of the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the
Royal Family,
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the toast of the even-
ing, " The Smithfield Club." He proceeded to congra-
tulate the assembly on the general excellence of the
show of cattle for the present year, and said, although
they had had better, they had had many worse. At the
meeting of the Club that day an alteration had taken
place in its regulations, which would prove, no doubt, a
great benefit. Hitherto no animal could be admitted
for competition which had been fed upon artificial food
from the Ist of August prior to the show. It had been
deemed that this gave an advantage to farmers who had
good grazing laud for their cattle over those who had
not. It was, therefore, determined in future that the Ist
of May should be the limit, instead of the tat of August.
Tho object of the Smithfield Club, as established by
Francis, Duke of Bedford, had been to procure for the
public meat of the very best quality at the cheapest rate
possible, and in that particular he (Earl Spencer) be-
lieved they had been eminently successful. The im-
provement bad been great in the extreme, and although
in many minds the breed of stock had arrived at the
highest state of perfection possible, still he (Earl
Spencer) thought there was great room for improve-
ment—(Hear, hear)—and that the Smithfield Cattle
Club had proved of the greatest advantage to the
country, both as regarded the breeding of stock, and
the advancement of agriculture generally.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with great applause, and
Earl SPENCER next gave, " The Vice-Presidents of
the Club," regretting the loss they had sustained by the
demise of Lord Western. He, however, congratulated
the members that the place of that Noble Lord had been
filled by the Earl of Hardwicke.
The Duke of RICHMOND returned thanks. He said
he felt extremely gratified in meeting the agriculturists
of England on any occasion ; and whatever people might
say of him, they could not say that he had not done all
he could for the benefit of the agriculturists of the coun-
try generally. To his Noble Friend in the chair was
mainly attributable the success which had attended the
Smithfield Club, and he was not sorry to find that this
year the tenantry, who were the practical farmers of the
country, and not the landowners, had gained the prin-
cipal prizes.—(Hear, hear.) This showed that the prin-
ciple upon which the Club was founded was a just one,
and that it was not true, as was generally supposed, that
the landed proprietor must necessarily carry off all the
prizes.—(Hear.) The Noble Duke concluded, amidst
loud cheering., by proposing " The health of Earl Spen-
cer, the President of the Club."—(Cheers.)
Earl SPENCER, in returning thanks, observed, Chet he
had already stated his belief that the Smithfield Club
had greatly benefited the agriculture of the country.
The funds of the Club were now in a most flourishing
condition, and instead of their being, as formerly,
without funds for paying the prizes awarded by the
Club, they had not only sufficient in hand for the prizes
of next year, but they had also money which they were
about to fund.—(Cheers.) He had ever been desirous to
promote the agriculture of the country, and he believed
he could not do so in a better way than in giving his
earnest support to such an institution as the Smithfield
Cattle Club.—(Cheers.)
The Various prizes awarded by the judges were here
distributed, and the healths of the successful competi-
tors proposed and responded to.
The CHAIRMAN said, although the Smithfield Club
awarded prizes only for live stock, still the exhibition
included implements ; and although no prizes were
awarded by the Club with respect to those implements,
ho believed they were of the greatest importance to the
advancement of agriculture, and he therefore gave them
" The Exhibition of Implements at the Smithfield Cattle
Show."—(Cheers.)
The toast having been responded to,
Earl SPENCER said, although not exactly connected
with the object of the present meeting, he believed that
as they were all much interested in agriculture, the
subject of tile-draining was of the greatest importance
to them, and he begged to call upon his friend Mr. Law
Hodges, who would explain to them a discovery he had
recently made with respect to that important matter.
Mr. HODGES then proceeded to explain the efficacy of
tile-draining in insuring large crops, and proved by prac-
tical experience how tiles could be manufactured at a
rate not exceeding 4s. 6d. per thousand.
The CHAIRMAN next proosed " The Royal Agricul-
tural Society of England," which was received with
tremendous cheering.
The Duke of RICHMOND said, as President of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England, he believed that
vast benefits had been conferred thereby on the agricul-
tural community. Their public exhibition had induced
a spirit of competition which had caused the production
of the most beautiful specimens not only of animal but of
agricultural produce.—(Hear.) He (the Noble Duke)
believed from what had recently transpired, that agri-
culture would soon become fashionable, and that from
the Sovereign to the peasant all would be interested in
its success.--(Cheers.)
" The Highland Society of Scotland," " The Royal
Agricultural Society of Ireland," the " Healths of Mr.
B. T. B. Gibbs, the Secretary, and that of his father,
' the Father' of the Club," as well as the toast of " The
Stewards" having been proposed and responded to, the
remainder of the evening was spent in great hilarity, and
the meeting separated at a late hour.
T- M

Iit.PREPARATIONS FOR SLEDGE-DRIVING DURING THE
INTER BY THE COURT.—WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—III the
event of a fall of snow, which is hourly expected to take
tirinnec, it is the intention of her Majesty and his Royal
nes.s Prince Albert to enjoy the recreation of sledge-
in the Home and Great Parks. Two beautifully-
Constructed sledges are now at the royal mews for the
exclusive use of her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
the infant Royal Family. A magnificent setof sledge
harness for a pair ofgrey ponies, which have been broken
ee
with great care, is being manufactured ; it chiefly
„?nsists of red morocco leather, with silver-gilt orna-
"'ehts, to which are appended upwards of two hundred
4°1411 bells. The whole of this trappings, which are ex-
ceedingly costly, have a most magnificent effect.
d TRURO FORTNIGHT'S FAIR.—At this fair, on MOR-
N, last, there was an abundant supply of fat bullocks,
etur.,letlY in the hands of jobbers, which sold readily at from
f.'s. to 58s. per cwt. Good working oxen sold well at
Ittnra 32a. to 365. per cwt., and store cows at 28s. to 345.
ones f4t sheep sold readily at 5-0. per
fromn inferior
es at a trifle less. Store ewes fetched 2os. to 28s.
"Iteht---- West Briton.
PIDL.
AT SCRAFTOFT.—Yesterday morning (Fri-
CY) a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Wharton
fire'4 Scraptoft. It appears that the chimney first took
' .„...
Bine
rid afterwards the thatch of the building. Two en-
terW a number of firemen, were sent from Leices-
jo *bout one o'clock, and had not returned when we went
Pernsst—Leicestershire Mereu, y.
toetiaoPtain Taylor has commenced laying down the
Au'
es of his floating breakwater to the west of Brigh-_
th °ft' Aldrington. with a view to test the strength of
itiethn?oorings employed. Three sections have been placed
viai 13 Way, each being about twenty yards long. The
t 4) 40 breakwater is to consist of sixty of these, and is
of th Placed immediately in face of the town, to the west'
to eper• A Government steamer has been sent down
trierld.t every assistance to Captain Taylor.—Brighton
b p
Crll4l"Tiori or THE LONDON MAlL.—Yesterday
two, r:1,,,Y) the London mail, due at ten minutes before
kcluenec.,7,',' did not reach Truro till after six, in consee-
'artlet IT,' the state of the roads. From Exeter to Ok •
theroads the snow was two feet deep, and afterwards
Were, covered with ice, so that the horses could
Jke slaw progress.— West Briton.
old tfine fat ox, of the short-horn breed, three years
• "cl by the Earl of Zetland, was slaughtered
this
Week at Richmond, Yorkshire, by Mr. James
'enkiron, which weighed. when alive, 132 k stones.
LADY FLorD.—The deceased lady was the step-
,33,other, and not, as erroneously stated, the mother pf
"lt lady% of Sir Robert Peel. Lady Floyd., whose maiden
was 'alorgell, had been twice married, and left no
1134ae by either union. Her first husband was an Irish
„ntenet of the name of Denny-, who fell in a duel at an
i7tlY age. The widow subsequently married General
,;,•°,,Yd, a veteran who had served with distinction in India,
p-t,' who was at the time a widower with a large family.
e,'"t some years after her second marriage she was known
being
y as Lady Denny Floyd ; but, on the General
created a Baronet, the name pf Denny was alto-
-I.ether dropped, and her Ladyship was uniformly de-
h4nated by the title and appellation she derived from
et second husband. Lady Floyd had been, in her
v
"sh ~
°llth, it celebrated beauty. Lady' Peel, Lady Fuller,
G
the present Sir Henry Floyd, are all children of
rralSir John Floyd by his first marriage.—Britannia.
1)0;411'cl-1/RD FISHERY.—MEVAGISSET.—The drift
week s belonging to this place took some pilchards last
etia"; but the weather has since been very unfavourable,
the season may be considered as over. The scans
ficheeats are being laid up.—ST. IvEs.—The pilchard
,LY may be considered as over for the season, most
h-te men are paid off, and the boats hauled up. It has
4 hti 4, very unprofitable year to most of the parties con-
of n• The drift boats are bringing in small quantities
the herrings, which are selling at 3s. 6d. per hundred for
fristeel Market.— West Briton.
t‘t esterday the beautifully constructed life appa-
th,it presented to his Royat Highness Prince Albert by
he,:lllrnane Society, and which for some time past has
Ilk: Placed in St. George's Hall, was taken, for the first
vi t.() the lake at Frogmore, whilst the Prince and
,1 party were skating.
bir 14 LATE BANK ROBBERY.—The Governor and
linte,tors of the Bank of England have authorised Mr.
aridir,er, solicitor fur the banking-house of Messrs. Rogers
late ";, to issue the following circular respecting the
Leustonbery of that firm, calling upon the different
stielie3 to whom it may apply to send into the Bank
dew the
as they may possess of 1,0001. each, bearing
e 13th of May, 1844 :—•
Gen 4",
Robbery at Messrs. Rogers's Bankine-house.—
t-hall feel obliged if you will cause the
Yeutle-1f England* notes of 1,0001. each which may be in
see -tre6,ffers to be carefully inspected ; and I have re-
ettt''el'lY to beg that you will be pleased to send, with.
shalieoY, to the Bank of England, all such of them as
eller"? found of the date of the 13th of May, 1844, in
tertnat they may be exchanged for others of a dif-
Ittufj-„'
45. ate.—l have the hto be, fo Messrs.
`-' ,Gentlemen, youronour very obedient servant, Rogers
s'2" FRANCIS BOBLER, Solicitor."
6, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London,
Wins Dec. 12, 1844."
;11, th:,u regard to some rat-killing match, mentioned
`rlitt journal on Thursday, a correspondent mentions
laiti4,*4l dog, instead of killing sixty rats under three
thietv..l, killed twelve only, which it accomplished under
iy 've seconds.
teest,Efictn OF Mn. CORBOULD, THE ARTIST.—We
Wen:i," to have to record the death of Mr. Corbould, the
Pero "nciwn artist, who appears to have closed his pros-
t" career under singularly awful circumstances. The
tqsed gentleman had been staying lately at St. Leo-
Ilersts' °lt a visit to Lady Chantrey, to whom it is un-
thiyl°A he was about to be shortly united; but on Sun-
by ,"t he quitted that place on horseback, accompanied
Pre,„ servant, for Ilawkhurst, in Kent, whither he was
cr;eeding on a shooting excursion, his four sons being
tie4d/ there, at the house of a friend of the family
3eeti E'reach, awaiting his arrival. The deceased was
te ride slowly with his coat thrown open, and the
did In3tance attracted attention, as sufficient precaution
city seem to have been taken by him against the seve-
jai; -s`i,ttf! weather, the frost being intense. On ascend-
reeet „L`tr-hill, near Robertsbridge, the deceased was
it is 3"Y struck by the cold, and fell, in a fit of apoplexy
svenipt,esiltned for the full particulars of the melancholy
held" "have not transpired, though an inquest has been
be for the corpse. The deceased appeared but au hour
lead ,e,the catastrophe to be in the best possible health
1
4irits.
Areht)nl TING
s or THIN BISHOPS.—His Grace the
to urhsh"P of Canterbury has announced his intention
Tiet,jnen a meeting of the Bench of Bishops. in conse-
he ,7 of the unhappy schism which at prevent &Owes
vine earth of England, in order to deliberate and deter-
thre„ 'Pee the rubrical observances to be enforced
hisci-groao2lt.the various dioceses of England
. over which
aheth `-e has jurisdiction. As yet it is undetermined
tek, er the assemblage of the Bench of Bishops shall
Seiritl3l!ee about the period of the annual convocation at
the , aura, or whether the synod shall take place at
IT.,he-Zill;lsencepaent of the ensuing month of January.
4'ltetee has of the recent pastoral letter of the Bishop. of
and n 'las caused fresh excitement among the laity,
thereforee source of embarrassment to the Church; it is,
tletornr, not at all improbable that an early day will be
4litre—it-led upon by their Lordships, so that the feverish
Weiqeorffseiretsorreyl:amtivaeyto the gown and surplice, and the
be finally disposed of.
th, Ch currently reported and generally believed that
.'sr.lti!lice.llor of the Exchequer, having met writh. no
e'ePti.et:iy.en in the 'eduction et the Tl.r, e-and- a half per
(gents,' Intends pr.,posing a reduction on the Three per
T, en the meeting of Parliament.
Myrtle steam ve,sel lafk, Woolwich on Wed-
-1) .p . t ll j ety's •t• :on I
*tier Ihc~tiifroln that dockyard to the East India Ducks,
,steine_ she will be fitted with the screw propeller of Mr.
etZiall• She is expected to be ready for trial in two
Ott %g

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz honoured the Sacred Harmonic Society with
their presence at their first annual performance of
Handel's " Messiah," at Bxeter Hall, last evening.
A deputation from the Irish Great Western Rail-
way from Dublin to Athlone, with a branch to Long-
ford, consisting of Mr. James Daly (Dunsandle), Mr.
George Augustus Boyd (Middleton Park), and Air.
Daniel Desmond, had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing•street.
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A deputation from the Irish Great Western Rail-
way Company from Dublin to Galway, consisting of
the following noblemen and gentlemen, the Mar-
quis of Downshire ; Mr. Fitzstephen French, M.P. ;
Major-General Caulfield, C.B. ; Mr. Andrew Lynch,
M.P.; Mr. John Parkinson, Mr. Alfred Warldelove,
isir. W. Lechmere Whitmore, Mr. William Bryden,
the Parliamentary agent ; Mr. Edward Lambert, the
Solicitor of the Company ; and Mr. James Bryden,
Secretary, had an interview with the Earl of Dal-
housie yesterday. They were accompanied by a de-
putation from the Dublin and Cashel Company, to
state to the Board that satisfactory arrangements had
been entered into for amalgamating the interests of
the two Companies, consisting of Mr. William Col-
lett, M.P., Mr. W. B. Boothby, Mr. Simon Hardy,
with Mr. Matthew Barrington, Solicitor of the
Company.
The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting
yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Com-
missioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Earl of Lincoln, Mr. R. A. Slaney, Mr. Geo. Graham,
Dr. Lyon Playfair, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr.
William T. Dennison, and Mr. James Ranald Martin.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday.
A deputation from the Dundalk and Enniskillen
Railway, consisting of Mr. George lloyte, Deputy
Chairman, Mr. W. R. Collett, M.P., Messrs. John
Straton, Thomas Gresham, Peter Eckersley, Peter
Russell, and Sir J. had an interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board
of Trade.

Dispatches from the Governors of the West India
Colonies were received on Thursday evening at the
Colonial-office.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The Lords present were the Master of
the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty
Court.

Mr. Burge, Q.C., and Mr. James Parker, Q.C.,
were heard on an appeal from St. Lucia, "Beauce v.
Muter."—The case was adjourned.

HER MAJESTY'S ALPACA
TEXTURES.

Eighteen months ago two alpacas were received at
Windsor, and became favourites, their graceful attitudes
and gentle demeanour being much admired ; but unfor-
tunately the male (almost entirely jet black), after being
shorn last season, was suddenly taken ill, and, without
any ostensible cause, pined and died. As an encourage-
ment to the new manufacture of alpaca wool, and in me-
mory of her departed favourite, her Majesty expressed a
wish to have dresses of its fine, soft, and silky fleece,
and accordingly, through Mr. I'. Southey, it was sent
down to Bradford, where this article was first brought
into notice. The fleece weighed 16}1b., and when
sorted and combed lolb., including 11b. of white wool,
capable of being made into fine goods. The spinning
was confided to the eminent house of Mr. James Whit-
ley, of Morton-mills, and the manufacture to Messrs.
Thomas Gregory and Brothers, of Shelf, and Messrs.
William Fison and Co., of Bradford, who volunteered
their services to set up special looms for the occasion,
desirous of producing from so small a given quantity of
material the greatest possible variety of textures which
the weight and single colour of the fleece would allow.
The great difficulty was how to use the 11b. of white,
which would not contrast with black, and accordingly
Messrs. Gregory adopted the expedient
,of having it
dyed blue, and produced—
No. 1.--A cot cover, or apron ; warp blue and weft
black. showing, in the damask style, Britannia, supported
on each side by a lion, and surmounted by a crown, il-
lumined by descending rays, and a foliage with a round
border richly elaborated. This is the first time the ma-
nufacture of entire alpaca has been attempted in this
country.
No. '2.—A copy of the same, with a scarlet silk warp.
No. 3.—A striped and figured dress, 12 yards ; the
warp of rose-coloured silk, spun to a fine number and
doubled ; the weft black alpaca ; and the figure repre-
senting the rose, shamrock, and thistle, on alternate
grounds of alpaca and silk. This dress required 2ilb. '
of alpaca, and was also made by Messrs. Gregory and
Brothers.
No. 4.—A plaid dress, 15 yards, the warp of rose
spun silk, and the weft of black alpaca, checked with
worsted, dyed ruby, and mixed with a few threads of
cotton to complete the square. This consumed 2ilb. of
alpaca.
No. 5.—A plain black alpaca lustre dress, the warp of
fine cotton twist and the weft of alpaca, 16 yards long.
This consumed 3ilb. of alpaca, in gloss and softness ex-
ceeding silk. This splendid texture and No. 4, were
manufactured by Messrs. William Fison and Co., of
Bradford.
Mr. Thomas Gregory and Mr. William Fison, accom-
panied by Mr. Thomas outhey and Mr. William Wal-
ton, on Thursday were honoured with an audience of
Prince Albert, at Windsor, who most graciously received
and minutely inspected the textures above described,
and he was pleased to express his obligations to the ma-
facturers for the skill and ingenuity with which they had
severally performed the task imposed upon themselves.
His Royal Highness also examined specimens of alpaca
yarn, evincing his surprise at the improvements in spin-
ning and dying this material, as well as the variety of
useful purposes to which it can be applied, concluding
by the expression of his fervent hope that the introduc-
tion of this new branch of manufacture will prove bene-
ficial to the town of Bradford.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—A lady expected to re-
ceive a lace collar per post from Exeter, but it did not
reach its destination. Some days afterwards, while
making a purchase in that city, she was surprised by
seeing the lost collar on the neck of a lady
who stood at the counter near her. Feeling convinced
as to the identity, the owner at once claimed it as the
one she had lost. Of course the possibility of such a
thing was denied—the lady who then wore it declaring
that she had purchased it, and offered to retire into a
private room behind the shop, where she might take off
the collar and allow the claimant to examine it and con-
vince herself she was in error. This was agreed to; the
lady claiming the collar telling the one who wore it, that
the collar which had been lost had a sprig worked at one
of the corners different from the others to conceal some
damage which the collar had received from being acci-
dentally burnt. On being examined it was found to an-
swer in every particular, and the possessor then stated
that she had purchased the article of a woman who dealt
in that kind of appara. On subsequent inquiry, this
statement was finial to be accurate; and it was also dis-
covered that We Nvonwn who s., hi the collar had it given
to her by her son, tvho, it appeared, had temporarily
t2,ke., upon himself t4l tlieinte in the delivery of letters
t, .r e,i,r 01 the r ktto•-carp iets, who was uosble
from illness to attend Ins duties. We understand that
the person suspected of stealing the letters has absconded,
and has not yet been beard of.--Exeter Flying Post.

HE .00ns.—Yesterthe year for grouse,
black game, and ptarmigan shooting. To such as pre-
ferred a walk on the frost-covered hills to fire-side
comfort, a quiet stalk among the crowing old cocks
would secure a few brace to lay on the Christmas table.
For all varieties of Highland game, the past has been a
most productive season. From several of the homeward-
bound sportsmen, during last month, we gleaned the fol-
lowing notices of their success on the moors :—The
Kinrara party numbered 800 brace of grouse, 300 head
of other game, two roe-deer, and 40 salmon. The Foyers
party had 500 brace of grouse, three red-deer, and three
roe. At Abererder there was 1,403 head bagged. Mr.
Johnson, at Gruids, 400 brace of grouse, three deer, and
six salmon. Captain Inge and friends, at Lochcarron,
had 750 brace of grouse, 100 brace of ptarmigan, eight
deer, and 17 roe. Captain Inge had three times double
shots at red-deer, killing right and left each time. At
Langwell, Mr. Brooke bagged 300 brace of grouse,
40 brace black game, four stags, and a hind. Mr. Gonne
and Mr. Beale, at Culrain, counted GOO brace of grouse,
and 100 head of other game. At Coigaafearn the birds
have been much spared—only al,out 1,000 brace were
shot—this being the last of a nineteen years' lease of
that far-famed range, held by Lord Saltoun and Affleck
Fraser, Esq. It was one of the first shootings let in the
North, long before there was such a general demand.
Next year we hope again to see the familiar faces of our
sporting friends from the sunny South, to whom we have
been often indebted for notices of their doings in the
rivers, curries, and mountain glens of the Highlands.—
Inverness Courier of Wednesday.
THE GAME MANIA.—The effects and consequences
of the game mania are again in operation. We are
again constantly hearing of " poaching affrays." bt at-
inas, and murders Adtted to all this, is serious cost to
the public of gum, law arrests prosecuth,us, convey-
ing to prison, maintaining whilst there, and wives and
children upon parochial funds. Are the game mania
gentry not beginningto bo ashamed of their propensity?

THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION
ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
INQUEST ON THE ENGINEER.
Yesterday Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a
respectable jury, assembled in the tisst ela-. waiting-
room of the Bricklayers' Arms terminus of the South-
Eastern Railway, in the Kent-road, to inquire into the
circumstances connected with the death of Robert Buck-
ley, an engine-driver, aged 24, who was killed on the
line on Wednesday morning last.
The CORONER having briefly adverted to the nature of
the duties the jury were called upon to perform, they
proceeded to view the remains of the deceased, which
were deposited in a shell in the waiting-room of the
third-class passengers on the opposite side of the station.
The back part of his skull was completely driven in, as
well as his right temple ; his left arm was jerked out of
s the scket, and his chest and legs were much lacerated.
Upon the jury concluding this painful part of their duty,
they proceeded in a special train provided for that pur-
pose to the spot where the fatal occurrence took place.
The damage done to the viaduct, &c., was attentively
examined by the Coroner and jury; but, as it has been
already described, it is unnecessary again to detail it.
Upon the return of the Coroner and jury to the inquest
room,
Thomas Wickens was examined—l am a private watch-
man in Manor-lane, Bermondsey, and was on duty about a
quarter past twelve o'clock on the morning of Wednes-
day last, about 60 or 70 yards from the railway, when
my attention was attracted by a loud report and a blaze
of fire issuing from the train. The train was coming in
the direction from the station ; and on seeing the flames,
which illuminated the whole neighbourhood, I looked
towards the viaduct, and saw fire flying in all directions
over the side of it. The line in that part is formed of
wooden braces. I got over a fence, and ran towards the
train, but I could see nothing. The first person I saw
was the guard, who called out to me to look about and
see if any body was lying near me, as one of the men
was missing. I examined the spot, but could not find
any person. I did not go upon the line. The explosion
was very sudden. I heard nothing before to call my at-
tention to the train. I think the viaduct off which the
train ran is about fifteen or eighteen feet in height. I
was below when the explosion took place. and saw a per-
son picked up dead, but I should not know him again.
Edward Austin sworn—l am a guard in the employ-
ment of the South-Eastern Railway Company. I knew
the person here lying dead very well. His name is
Robert Buckley, and he was an engine-driver. On
Tuesday night it was my duty to go with the goods-
train from this station to Dover, at twelve o'clock. The
train consisted of eleven waggons, one second-class car-
riage with the foreign mail, and a break waggon. There
was also an engine called the Forester attached. The
deceased had charge of the engine, and there was also a
stoker, named Aaron Wilkinson, upon it. I had several
minutes' conversation with the deceased before the train
started, about some orders from Captain Charlewood to
start the train with a green instead of a white light. At
the time I was conversing with the deceased the steam
was blowing off strongly, and we were a few minutes
beyond our usual time in starting. Besides the train,
there was a pilot engine on the line, for the purpose of
assisting us up the inclined plane, towards New-cross.
I got into the break-waggon, and the pilot engine had
scarcely left us a minute when I felt a sudden shock,
and in two or three minutes afterwards I heard an ex-
plosion. I was thrown against the end of the break-
waggon; and on getting out I saw a quantity of steam, and
coke, and other things, strewed about. There were three
carriers and a breaksman in the waggon with me, and
we went forward and saw the tender off the rail, and
torn to pieces, and also the engine. I called out to
Buckley and Wilkinson, but I obtained no answer ; and,
as I could see nothing of them, I sent up to the Brick-
layers' Arms station. Subsc quently Wilkinson was found
on the up line, lying near the fence, with his face covered
with his clothes. I found on removing his jacket he had
a wound upon his head, and I put a horsecloth round
him, and sent the pilot engine to this station for medical
assistance. Wilkinson appeared to have been forced
against the fence, and his jacket forced over his face.
Ile was bleeding when I found him. We had not started
above four minutes when the explosion took place. The
pilot engine was attached to the rear of the train, and
after the shock it overtook the train, but scarcely touched
it. After sending for a surgeon to this station I searched
for the deceased, and found him lying upon his face on
the ground, under a waggon that was upset, and resting
upon his hips. I felt his pulse, and found he was dead.
I could not pass my hand between the deceased and the
waggon, so that it pressed heavily upon him. I obtained
a " jack" and raised the waggon, and got the deceased
from under it. His head was fractured, and also his left
arm, and I have no doubt those injuries were the cause
of his death. He was brought with Wilkinson to the
station here. I did not feel any check until I heard the
sudden explosion, so that I have no reason to believe
that the engine-tender or the carriages had previ-
ously got off the rails. Three of the waggons were
shattered to pieces, and blocked up the line. They were
those next to the tender. At first I thought the acci-
dent had been occasioned by an explosion of steam ; but
I found on a more close examination that the fire-bars
of the engine had been driven through an aperture in
the viaduct. There were other holes in the viaduct,
caused, apparently, by the cylinder or springs of the
engine. In advance of the three broken waggons there
was a truck lying on its side, under which Buckley was
discovered. From the first aperture the engine was
found distant 25 or 30 feet. I took notice of the engine
and examined it. Its chimney was gone, the smoke-box
injured and out, and one of the wheels off. The body
was found nearer to the first aperture than the engine.
I thought the engine, after the explosion, must have gone
over directly, propelled forwards by the velocity of the
train. Before the explosion took place there was not
the slightest observation by any of us with regard to the
state of the steam.
Cot:tonna—On looking at the fragments of the engine
and tender, what is pour opinion of the way the occur-
rence took place ? Witness—Upon my word I am not
in a position to say. Wilkinson is now dead, and no
one alive to say how the the thing occurred, except on
mere opinion, formed from the state of the things
(broken carriages, &c.) as they now are.
Mr. Day, surgeon, said that on Wednesday morning
he was called to see deceased, and found him on the line
where the accident occurred. His left arm was broken.
He was bleeding from the nostrils and ears, and the back
part of the skull, at the base, was fractured. He died
of the latter injury, and fracture of the back of the
neck, caused by the head having been forced against the
ground.
onAtlhre. Blinereryw,heernegtinneeern, of
Wolverton,
occurrence
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and
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an inspection of the engine and tender, and endeavoured
to ascertain the cause of the accident. [The witness
then described the injuries to the engine and tender in
the same words as the second witness.] The con-
nexion between the engine and tender was by means of
a screw and two side links, called safety chains. The
screw was broken, but the links were apparently perfect,
which makes me think they had not been attached. I
have no doubt that the explosion of the fire-box by pres-
sure of steam forced the fire-bars and ash box to the
spot at which they were found, after having passed
through the boarding of the viaduct. I think the ex-
plosion took place near that part of the viaduct, and I
think the momentum of the train pushed the engine to
where it was found, so far from the spot at which the
explosion is supposed by us to have taken place. If the
fire door was open at the time of the accident the rush
of steam wauld have driven the fireman (Wilkinson)
backwards to the spot at which he was found. This is
supposition, but the steam must have caught him some
how or other.
By the CORONER-I cannot form any opinion as to
how the explosion took place, unless it was from exces-
sive pressure. The engine does not differ in principle
from others used on railroads. I have examined the
safety-valves, but I cannot form any opinion as to the
precise state they were in at the time of the explosion,
for they have received such a blow that they are quite
put out of shape. No part of the machinery appears to
have given way, and I could not detect any flaw in it.
By a juror.—The train was a mere triflng load for the
engine. No danger arose from that ; indeed, had it been
heavier this accident might not have happened, as there
would have been a greater consumption of steam.
By the CORONER.—The value of the engine, including
the tender, is about 1,4001.
Mr. John Gooch examined—l am an engineer, un-
connected with this Company, residing in Clapham-
road. The engine is so much broken, that it is impos-
sible to form an opinion as to the cause of the explosion.
I think, however, it was the result of extreme pressure
on the boiler. The copper at the upper seam, near the
door, gave way.
CORONER—In the absence of the parties (the deceased
and Wilkinson) who had control of the engine, we must
remain in darkness as to the cause of the explosion. No
other persons could give the proper information.
Mr. Gooch having confirmed the other parts of Mr.
Berry's evidence,
Mr.,Benjamin Cubitt, superintendent of the locomotive
department of the South-Eastern Railway, attributed
the explosion to over-pressure, and said it was impossible
to state the cause of the over-pressure, whether neglect on
the part of the deceased parties, the driver and fireman,
or circumstances over which they had no control.
By the CORONER—The deceased had been driver under
my authority for two years. He was a steady man, and
quite efficient for the duties he had to perform. He was
what may be termed a zealous driver, anxious to get over
his road within time.
The CORONER summed up, and the jury having deli-
berated with closed doors, returned the following. ver--
diet :—" That the deceased died from bodily injuries re-
ceived by the sudden explosion of the boiler of a certain
locomotive steam-engine, but from what cause that arose,
by reason of the death of the only
,persons present at
the time, we can derive no evidence.

THE COMMERCE OF LIVERPOOL.—On the occasion
of a recent meeting of that celebrated body, the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Manchester, its chairman went a
little out of his way to twit the people of Liverpool with
the asserted fact, that the revenue derived from the
Customs of our port had been for some years, and was
still, stationary. We have now the pleasure of inform-
ing that gentleman and the public that such is not the
case. We are assured that the Custom' revenue of
Liverpool for the past year is likely to yield upwards of '
4,500,0001. sterling, a sum greater by very 'early
500,0001. than the amount contributed last year. So
much for fact and actual figures against mere assertion.
We may add, however, for the satisfaction of our.jealous
neighbours of the great manufacturing wen, that from
all present appearances we are not at all likely to stand
still at this point ; but, on the contrary, every indication
is manifesting itself of a still further advance in our rela-
tive position amongst the other ports of the empire. It
is a little singular, by the bye, what pains the " liberal"
people of Manchester take. from time to time, to cry
down the prosperity of a port. the rise or fall of whose
commerce certainly affords a very tolerable index to the
prosperity or adversity of the trade of their own town. I
—Liverpool Standard.