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ELECTION FOR DOWNPATRICK. EVEN .i-G, JANUARY
THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1845.
TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. SummAßy OF NEWS
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SIR,-On reference to Moss's " Parliamentary Com-
panion," I see that on the last contested election for No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1841, arid sth of January, 1845, showing the Increase offi
AN D
Downpatriek, in 1837 (now vacant), Mr. Ker was only
R_ or Decrease on each head thereof. the
.4 , le°' 1416 ft r to,'"-Ap t tit tLI n, returned by a majority of five, the numbers being-
QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. fro]
Ker, 154 ; Keown, 149 ; Thompson, 5. Surely there is ., ended f„ _.,_, .., ended -.... ,
a good chance for a Liberal. /April 5 July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, ' Jan. 5,
1813 ' Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
Wh 1843 1843 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1845 1845 1
" o rune may read." I remain Sir, yours respectfully, customs :- - -
• Jan. 6, 1845. A LIBERAL. Consolidated Duties ... 3,193,596 3,304,473 4,276,151 3,674,421 - 3,529,551 3,802,521 4,518,573 3,888,07/ - - - - - dep
_lmr,i.riz:mt. Sugar Duty to Consoli.
whi
- - - - - dated Fund - - - - - -
On the Arab chiefs being presented to Louis Philippe TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN. Ditto to Supplies - 1,253,357 1,0%4544 - 654,100 - 1,484,282 1,014,058 - - - - - Lot
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..." N,eiv Year's Eve, his Majesty addressed them in these Sne-I have taken the liberty of troubling you with a
hefesl3,____,. Total Customs .. 4,219,537 4,557,306 5,529,508 4,766,968 19,07: 1,219 4,604,447 4,869,215 6,002,855 4,902,135 20,378,672 Customs -
fey(
lam happy to see you round me, you who few lines on a paragraph in your paper, headed " Com- Excise 1,767,373 3,030,113 3,966,550 3,030,771 11,794,807 1,852,68.) 3,115,592 3,960,890 3,230,940 12,160,111 Excise 365,304 200,169 - ii.,'_..ve ! fought under the eyes of my children. I thank mittal of a Druggist for Manslaughter ;" and leave it to Stamps 1,593,126 1,659,010 1,650,366 1,523,653 6,436,155 1,639,011 1,705,033 1,665,688 1,601,658 6,611,39.1 Stamps
142,693 1,984,831 194,1C0 1,868,857 4, !90,486 144,685 1,989,874 201,439 1,830,490 4,216,483 Taxes 185,235
26,002 78.015
11,633 -
- a It,
pail
._‘,ocl for having chosen France amongst all other nations you whether you consider it worthy of notice, knowing Property Tax 57,664 33,120 -
lo repl
pulatio4ce in Algeria the ancient rulers of the Arab po- you are ever anxious to suggest any plan for the good of ' Post Office 144,000 145,000 160,000 143,000 592,001 174,000 155,000 200,000 146,008 675,000 Post Office ... 83,000 3,000 -
rule ii ni. I will endeavour to render the bonds of my the public, and remain your obedient humble servant, Crown Lands 65,000 30,000 10,000 50,000 155,000 Crown Lands 37,500 ...... 20(000 - Gal
2,727 gen
Miscellaneous 41,292 422,167 220,961 9,190 693,630 Miscellaneous 941,111 .4114
friendsgl am desirous that you should regard us as Albany-road, Camberwell, Jan. 3. J. E. H. 53511,5 V 1,06332,55°°24 2°17,7°04(41 71°,'9617° 1,613147:754°°1
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2,727 trat
Total... .2,002,494 993,775 481,190
grl;rs'i
sent to you by Providence rather than as con If the druggists would adopt the plan of packing Total Ordinary Revenue 10,328,522 13,333,93 13,t86,172 11,829,581 49,078,168 10,513,933 13,039,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 50,081,887
one
will maintain your customs and your reli- Epsom salts only in purple paper, it would be the means imprest moneys, &c 16,9(/7 67,180 34,305 50,136 168,523 54,244 49,018 28,117 146,759 278,138 Imp, Moneys 169,610 ••••• 96,623 - Got
will repair your mosques, and re-establish your Repayments ofAdvances 124,048 138,207 230,932 332,060 825,247 226,284 274,557 123,692 250,960 875,`,13 Rep. of Adv... 50,266 ..... 81,C80
schools." in many cases of preventing the sacrifice of human life.
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If that had been done Mrs. Watts would not now have Total Income... 10,469,477 I 13,539,290 13,851,409 12,211,777 50,071,943 10,794,511 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,765,693 51,Z5,533 Total ... 2,162,370 998,775 577,723 83,807
Seals
0. Moniteur Parisien states that the Keeper of the had such trouble and anxiety heaped upon her, and
of t.. 3 nas, by a Ministerial order, dispensed with the fees which her poverty ill fits her for, nor her husband hare Amount applied to Con- 9,760,269 6,442,506 10,t23,636 7,859,893 34,586,304 7,64'5,972 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 37,715,433 , r Deduct De- Deduct
Sp "IS office on the occasion of the elevation of Marshal had to suffer such agonising and excruciating pain, of solidated Fund ....
Ditto, as Advances 141,378 191,501 140,000 .`-'91,50l 764,380 240,000 177,276 184,225 262,001 863,502 998'''" crease 83,807 { Decrease. rep(
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17puge2121d to the dignity of Duke. The truth is, the Duke which death relieved him ; nor Mr. Watkins have to Ditto, as ways & Means
„Ico ..„K r Increase on J Increase on
used t
..o pay :B,ooof, for the bauble. • • . • • of the Year 567,830 6,905,273 3,187,773 4,060,383 14,721,259 2,918,539 4,191,627 2,923,503 2,612,9:34 12,646,603 10"0" t the Year. 1 493,916 the Quarter see
endure the privations of incarceration nor the stigma of
day
dyes
Committee of Peers chosen to draw up the Ad- manslaughter. It is said tartaric acid was served in- Total. 10,469,477 I 13,539,280 I 13,851,409 1 12,211,777 I P,071,943 rj 10,794,511 I 13,362,991 14,372,353 I 12,705,693 51,235,533
and
gone
the Chamber in answer to the Speech from the stead of Epsom salts in this case ; in another it might
- and
, met on Thursday at the Luxembourg, and was
Otte 'met
be oxalic acid, which most resembles it. Be it whatever No. 11.-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1844, and the sth January, 1845.
the
Sounded by the
.President of the Council, Marshal acid it may, the purple paper would show it was not
nd the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finances, Quarters ended Jan. 5. I Quarters ended Jan. 5. fore
Lad the marine. Epsom salts : all acids would change the colour of purple
P• - N
paper-Epsom salts would have no effect upon it. INCOME. 1814 1845 CHARGE.
ff},---71----7--Nts curs
The Address Committee of the Chamber of Deputies the tuet on Thursday in the Cabinet of the President, who, - a-
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SUPPOSED MURDER of MR. MAY, us oms.-onsolidated Duties 3,674,424 3,888,077 Permanent Debt
Terminable Annuities 8,29471:577090 5,681,555 mat,
tftordie
Sugar Duty applicable to 6(6,806 655.612 mac
she Committee.g to the rules of the Chamber, is President of AT BETHNAL-GREEN. the Consolidated Fund - - Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 4,807 we ~f t
Sinking Fund
al ttt The Committee came to a resolution
227,135 842,068 "`
.An accoant was published on Friday of the myste- Total Customs 3,674,424 3,888,077 The Civil List
98,087 cans
tillathene Government should be required to lay before it
3,049,843 3,247,031 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund
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soerdeorealuments and information necessary to elucidate nous diappearanee et Mr. William May, a silk-manufac- sEtymispes
1,523,653 1,601,658 To pay off Exchequer Bills issued per Act 6 and 7 Vic., c. 87, for Opium Compensation, &c.
questions arising out of the Speech from the turer's agent and traveller, resident in King-street, near Taxes
29T,501 I 260,001 aica
rne• It also decided upon requesting the Ministers Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green, who has been missing up- POsrott?icTe Tax
454,415
143,000 487,541
146,000 Total Charge 9,906,788 9,062,458 A
nametriti the days on which they would be able to attend, wards of three weeks, under circumstances ♦very distress-
Crown Lands 30,1)00 50,000 The Surplus 1,231,517 2,645,267 Yet
;he five the requisite explanations. It is expected that hug to his family and friends. The last time he was Miscellaneous 11,917 9,190
-_-. nig' seen was on the 9th of December, and on the followingso,l36 146,759
11,138,305 11,707,725 turb
skff . resident of the Council and the Minister of Foreign Impreste,meanntds ootiher Moneys
Advances
Mrs morning his hat and handkerchief were found near the Pa)
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but
T will attend the Committee on Monday. and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5 1945, after deducting £400,000,
['rot, he„.ll'eeipts of the Paris Savings' Bank last month, Canal-bridge, at Twig Folly, Bethnal-green. The body, 11,138,305 11,707,725 paid off out of Sinking Fund - 2,128,%2 Flab
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1815, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Censoli_
with
the-';'',l96 depositors, of whom 2,429 made deposits for it was supposed, might have been thrown into the canal,
dated Fund for Supply Services 2,612,9:34 -
ref first time, were 3,05 9,407 f. The amount of the and a statement of the facts which afforded ground for To Cash brought to this Account to The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1815
eownfetrrt:l
tc„l4bUraernents was 3,985,000 f. The following is the that suspicion having been laid before the magistrates be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills - -
at Worship-street, a communication was made to the The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
„ '°llnt for the year 1844 :-The deposits, including the
11,133,305 11,707,725 Jan. et, 1815
- 2,895,929
Pa Dahl
frorri the departments, were 299,444 in number, Directors of the Regent's Canal Company, who, with

On the Arab chiefs being presented to Louis Philippe
nn New Year's Eve, his Majesty addressed them in these
Yi'ords lam happy to see you round me, 3ou who
Phave for fght under the eyes of my children. I thank
od for having chosen France amongst all other nations
L° replace in Algeria the ancient rulers of the Arab po-
pulation. I will endeavour to render the bonds of my
!tile light. lam desirous that you should regard us as
friends sent to you by Providence rather than as con
querorg. I will maintain your customs and your rob-
ginn repair your mosques, and reestablish your
schools.
The Moniteur Parisien states that the Keeper of the
Seal,l,a has, by a Ministerial order, elevationh the fees
of his office on the occasion of the of Marshal
ngeeud to the dignity of Duke. The truth is, the Duke
refused to pay :B,OOOC for the bauble.
The Committee of Peers chosen to draw up the Ad-
laress of the Chamber in answer to the Speech from the
Throne, met on Thursday at the Luxembourg, and was
attended by the President of the Council, Marshal
and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finances,
and the Marine.
The Address Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
•uet on Thursday in the Cabinet of the President, who,
according
the n to the rules of the Chamber, is President of
--ornmittee. The Committee came to a resolution
tilllat the Government should be required to lay before it
Zs, the documents and information necessary to elucidate
several questions arising out of the Speech from the
to r°ne• It also decided upon requesting the Ministers
"me the days on which they would be able to attend,
and giv
the .„ c the requisite explanations. It is expected that
_rresident of the Council and the Minister of Foreign
'mains will attend the Committee on Monday.
fro he of the Paris Savings' Bank last month,
ti.(11,-,`',196 depositors, of whom 2,429 made deposits for
r • "rBt time, were 3,059,407 f. The amount of the
-graernents was 3,985,000 f. The following is the
tteeftlf for the year 1844 :—The deposits, including the
transfers from the departments, were 299,444 in number,
and amounted to 42,908,419 f. 43c. The reimbursements
Were 90,163, comprising those sent back to the depart-
*lent, and amounted to 39,674,009 f. 38c. The interest
carried to the credit of the depositors amounted to
4,038,961 f. 62e. The balance due to the depositors on
the 31st of December amounted to 112,061,945 f. 6c. The
increase for the year was 7,275,7011'.67e. in amount, and
in the number of depositors 11,672.
A letter from Port-au-Prince (Hayti), of the 16th
November, gives an account of an interview between the
President and M. de Lartigne, who had just arrived in
the French frigate Thetis, and who was accompanied on
his visit to the President by M. Levasseur, the French
Consul. The latter having, in the course of the conver-
sation that took place, stated that he was authorised to
receive from the Hayden Government any propositions
that it might have to make relative to a delay in the
Payment of the indemnity to France stipulated by the
treaty of 1838, M. Hipolyte, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, replied that particular circumstances
had alone prevented the Government from sending agents
to France to treat on a question, the prompt solution of
Which was of so much importance to Hayti.
The Presse says:—" MM. de Mon tallivet, De Salvandy,
and Rossi, are not the only persons who had refused the
Portfolio of the Ministry of Instruction, which was
offered to them. The Government had conceived the
idea of appointing Count Daru Minister of Public
Works, in place of M. Dumon, who, in that case, would
have succeeded M. Villemain, but this combination has
fallen to the ground by the refusal of M. Daru."
Prince Albert de Broglie, son of the Duke de Broglie,
and Second Secretary of the French Embassy at Madrid,
has arrived in Paris, with dispatches for the Government.
, A letter from Otaheite, in the Emancipation of Tou-
louse, states that, of 600 men composing the French gar-
rison, 117 have been killed or wounded in the different
conflicts with the natives.
The Petrie states that General Delarue, who has just
returned to Algeria, is charged with the mission of fixing
the limits of the frontiers of Algeria and Morocco.
A letter from Luz (Hautes-Pyrinies) states that, on
the 26th ult., two men of Gavarnie, in endeavouring to
smuggle goods into Spain, were buried under an
avalanche. The inhabitants, on hearing of the accident,
made every exertion to dig them out. The men were,
however, dead when the snow was cleared away.

CO UAW— PAILISZIOILLLE I.E.
It is expected that the Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland will leave for Stafford House in about a fort-
night.
The Marchioness Cornwallis and the Ladies Louisa
and Elizabeth Cornwallis are expected in Park-crescent
at the close of the week, from a visit to Lord and Lady
liraybrooke, at Audley End, Saffron Walden.
The Marquis of Salisbury gave a grand ball at Hat-
field House on Friday, which, in addition to the circle of
noble and distinguished guests assembled in the mansion,
It as attended by all the principal familes of the county.
tThe Marquis of Worcester has returned from Beau-
s.ert, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesea, and gone
,Loin his noble parents in Badminton.
yo„'";_a Marchioness of Hastings, accompanied by the
444'41 Marquis of Hastings, now in his 13th year, has
2041 in town from Donnington Park, Ashby-de-la-
enjourn. ;„lhe Ladies Sophia and Adelaide Hastings. are
Thp-ifug at Loudon Castle, Ayrshire, for the winter.
to eatl-4arquis and Marchioness of Abercorn continue
con Krtein
at .14 a distinguished party at their princely man-
em.aua.riatoron3s Court. Admiral Proby (father of Lady
and family, and the Hon. and Rev. Dean.
andutt Passed through Belfast on Wednesday morning,
her:ollowing,
da ''a Bonourable A. G. Stuart and Mrs. Stuart the
on their way to joia the guests as
The taininEarl and Countess of Roden have been enter-
the git large family
circle at Tollymore Park during
„nt.ast two months.
enclulte_Barl and Countess Delawarr, Lady Mary West,
Sitteraurd Cantalupe, arrived in Grosvenor-street on
Xati "113', from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Noble
to b and Countess, with Lady Mary West, will return
p?.._ttekhurst to-morrow, ana on Saturday they will
pfd to Gopsall, on a visit to Earl Howe.
LAW AND POLICE.
Corpt 135th Session of the Central Criminal Court
Chiefe"ed to day. The presiding judges will be Lord
au s.. Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr.
isit.,leee Erie. There are ninety-one prisoners at present
wgate, awaiting their trials.

ZCLUSGZ3BOVIA.
piers
e` Four i E 1441,111 ndividuals, who were a few years since oci-
Parjah as many farms of considerable extent in the
eXisten'care now working on the roads for the means of
Into/tie-7r to'mataßn,earstall, Bucks. A sad reverse this, from
from the land to the road, to be obliged
theL'isennr on the highways for the parish surveyors, at
i 6 theLa sum paid them for their work ; we believe Ss.
' nighest, down to 6. per week.. With. two of
_total._
it is the
lies ,_ more severely felt from their having large f i
w sty,
The
,rport,
that , IlYacinth sloop of war, is ordered to Bermuda,.
fo `,rl° of her lieutenants may be tried by- court-martial
li'
a oreach of the new regulations in regard to duelling.
fere are told that they had a difference which they re-
,,tt- rad to their captain, Commander Scott, who had ar-
h nged the matter between them; with this arrangement,
ef°thwee;,,,_it appears they were not satisfied, and they
ao; i Quinequently fought a duel, or were about to do
krraignidedfo.r this disobedience of an order they are to be
il Useriday night a charming fete was given at Hatfield
abo, tierts, by the Marquis of Salisbury, to a circle of
ThalTut 300 of the principal families of the county.
114Ying been represented to the Board of Customs
,of. 1 considerable parcels of French silk plush have been
tu at offered and sold in this country at such prices as
fae-tn°t remunerate either the importers or foreign maim-
VI, ,ruts, Unless the goods are smuggled, or entered for
several - mutY Under their real value, the principals of the
e., departments at this port, and the collectors and
have, at the various outports of the kingdom
chrve' .by order of the Board, been, apprised thereof, with
utietions to communicate the same to the several officers
of under their survey in order to the detection of any frauds
Inc kind which ;nay be attempted.
that l'4ving been also represented to the Board of Customs
%T. 6iik velvet ribbons have been recently smuggled into
ch:eenuntrY, concealed in boxes or cases containing
this se; the Officers of that department of the revenue, at
hoe b t, and at the various outports of the kingdom,
beat „„e.,n apprised thereof, and enjoined to use their
Nviii,ll""erours t,(4 detect and prevent any smuggling
to ~-,, 412.1 be attempted by similar means, taking care
IlLioo..rquthaienirt the Board with any 'natters that may arise
cognizance, or that are likely to lead to the
Airy!? and prevention of such. practices.
°I. l'rio '
°ugh has been appointed to execute the statute
ieadi ee -Albert, to be erected by subscription of the
in ug Merchants of the City, in the Royal Exchange,
corn— _ ,
bi,:u. u'ernoration of the laying of the first stone of that
"'4ullig by his Royal Highness.
NE-

41v PORTABLE GAS RAILWAY LAMP.—An im-
P.ortant railway lamp of this character has been tested,
0_ uring the last few days, upon the Northern and Easteriei
4u(l buyer Railways, and promises to prove of th
-I'eatest utility, both as a locomotive and station lamp.
-t he rn •
i..h atonal burnt is coal tar or mineral naptha, and the
"" t is produced from a small thin copper retort,
or urner, upon which .
directed. The construction is very simple,
the heat of tlse flame is partially
:t?reumes the difficulties which haveand entirelyhitherto
tristed of lighting a pressure lamp, and of preventing
The
flame being blown out by the pressure created by it.
•the principle of the lamp is that of lighting a jet of
vapour by a jet of flame. In the lamp now before us
there are two jets ; one called the flame burner, the
?ther the vapour burner. When the lamp is lighted, the gas
at trorn the former issues with great force up a little shield
attached to
a the retort, and would blow itself out but for
Piece of wire which runs along the top of the shield,
liitltd by which its force is broken. The flame thus and
11kYby the lower burner is of a reddish brown hue, and
5 but its unconsurned carbon is all taken up by the
Aition of the gas issuing from the upper or vapour
:31nrner. The jet is directed against the top of the shield,
thepossible retort By this simple means the combined flames
t°,lty be sabjeeted to a very great pressure without being
I:13% a out, while, at the same time, the pressure created
,".3r their own heat is sufficient to produce a very bright
14,v.
It4"oii, Its consumption is a pint of naptha (2s. 6d. per
loch 11) in about nine hours. The patentee of the lame,
is being manufactured by Salt, of Birmingham, is
k •Johnstone, of 4, Baker-street, Lloyd-square.—
'''erapatles Journal

An account was published on Friday of the myste-
rious diappearance et Mr. William May, a silk-manufac-
turer's agent and traveller, resident in King-street, near
Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green, who has been missing up-
wards of three weeks, under circumstances ♦ery distress-
ing to his family and friends. The last time he was
seen was on the 9th of December, and on the following
morning his hat and handkerchief were found near the
Canal-bridge, at Twig Folly, Bethnal-green. The body,
it was supposed, might have been thrown into the canal,
and a statement of the facts which afforded ground for
that suspicion having been laid before the magistrates
at Worship-street, a communication was made to the
Directors of the Regent's Canal Company, who, with
the utmost readiness, agreed to afford every assistance
in ascertaining the fact, by drawing off the water from
that part of the canal. Yesterday morning, accord-
ingly, at an appointed time, the canal between the locks
at Twig Folly and Mile-end, an extent of probably half
a mile, were completely drained, in the presence of the
police and au immense number of spectators, and the
whole bed of the canal through that space was carefully
examined, but without any discovery. The process oc-
cupied nearly three hours, and the investigation was so
far satisfactory as to have demonstrated that neither the
missing gentleman, nor any other person, had been
drowned there.

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT SLOUGH.—..We are
requested to state that John Tawell, the person now
in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the death
of a woman near Slough, is not a member of the Society
of Friends.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Saturday a Com-
mission of Lunacy was opened before Mr. Commissioner
Barlow and a jury of twenty-four freeholders of the
county of Hampshire, at Down Hurstburne Priory,
near Andover, the seat of William Smart Glade, Esq.,
to inquire into the state of mind of that gentleman.
The Commission, which was taken out by the
brother of Mr. Slade, described the unfortunate
gentleman as a paper manufacturer, and he still
occupies mills and works for the manufacture of paper
of Hurstbourne Tarrent. It appeared from the evidence
that the unfortunate object of the inquiry had been twice
married, and has a family by both his wives. Some dis-
pute arose as to the validity of a will made by him dur-
ing the last summer, prior to July, and in order to test
the validity of such will, and secure protection to Mr.
Slade and all branches of his family, in reference
to his property, the commission had issued. During
the last twelve months Mr. Slade had become very
strange in his manners, and exhibited at times
weakness and indecisions of mind, but nothing very
Peculiar happened until the month of June last, when
his second wife died. The shock at this event was so
great, that it caused Mr. Slade to be affected with para-
lysis, and from that period his mind appeared completely
shattered and gone, notwithstanding the best medical aid
was procured. Mr. Slade now became quite incompe-
tent to manage his business, and in transactions he had
he sold paper below its value. The jury ultimately re-
turned a verdict " That Mr. William Smart Slade is of
unsound mind, and wholly incapable of managing him-
self or his affairs, and has been so since the Ist of July,
1844."

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT HACHNEY.—Yesterday morn-
ing, about four, a very alarming fire happened in the
house of Mr. Fraser, cheesemonger, Oxford-place,
Hackney-road. Not a moment mas lost in spreading
the alarm, and by great exertion the family were soon
aroused. The engines were soon on the spot, but not-
withstanding the firemen and those present used their
utmost exertions, by five o'clock the entire house, stock,
and furniture belonging to Mr. Fraser were entirely
consumed, and the roof of the house adjoining, in the
occupation of Mr. James, was partly destroyed. The
fire is believed to have originated from a clothes-horse
full of linen having been left before the kitchen fire on
the previous night.
TIIE LATE FIRE IN GUILDFORD-STREET.—The re-
mains of what were supposed to belong to another suf-
ferer, which were found on Tuesday, consisting of a
burnt foot, and several half-consumed bones, turn out
to be those of a lad, and upon a close examination there
appears to be little or no doubt that they are those of
the boy Robinson, who was so dreadfully burnt, and
whose charred trunk had been alone discovered up to the
period of the jury and Coroner terminating the inquest.
It is, therefore, deemed unnecessary to re-open the pain-
ful inquiry. _ .

LONDON SESSIONS.—On Saturday, at the London
General Sessions, Mr. E. Griffin, an undergraduate of
Oxford University, was indicted fur violently assaulting
William Wren, waiter at the King's Arms Hotel, on
Snow-hill. It appeared that Mr. Griffin during the va
cation, usually put up at this inn, and gave very excellent
dinners to his fellow collegians. On Saturday three
weeks he gave one of these dinners, champagne
and bottled stout being the usual draught on table.
Wren was waiter at table, and Mr. Griffin requiring
some stout, asked, " Where's the porter ?" Wren re-
plied, " Oh, he's down stairs ;" on which Mr. Griffin
called him by one or two flash terms, and, taking
him by the collar, pushed him down stairs and kicked
him. Mr. Griffin, who was dressed in the first fashion,
admitted only the pushing him down stairs ; he was a
most impudent waiter. Mr. J. R. l3rasse, of New Inn
Hall, Oxford, and Mr. J. Witcher, of Perry Hall, Hamp-
shire, corroborated this statement. The landlord of the
inn, Mr. Holloway, gave 'Wren a very unfavourable
character. Mr. Griffin had complained of his conduct,
on which he discharged him next day. The waiter com-
plained that the kick had disabled him. The jury found
the defendant guilty of the assault, accompanied by un-
necessary violence, and the Recorder sentenced him to
pay a fine of 101., and find sureties to keep the peace for
a twelvemonth. The fine was paid.
SELY-NIUTILATION.—A very handsome young wo-
man, named Jessie M'Kenzie, who is only nineteen years
of age, the daughter of highly respectable parents, was
on Thursday last conveyed to Hanwell Lunatic Asylum,
a confirmed maniac, under the most distressing circum-
stances. For many months past the young woman has
devoted herself to the reading of the Scriptures, and had
become extremely melancholy; while in this state she
committed an act of self-mutilation almost unparalleled.
The unfortunate lunatic was at the time lying in bed, her
mother and aunt being in the same room. Suddenly the
relatives were horror-struck by perceiving a human eye
lying at their feet. The mother ran to her daughter,
and was appalled at perceiving that she had torn her
right eye completely out of its socket. The young
woman, who betrayed no agony, said our Saviour had
whispered to her the words, "If thy right eye offend
thee, pluck it out," and she considered she was only
fulfilling her Divine Master's will by doing so. The
poor creature afterwards became much worse, and it was
found necessary to remove her to Bethlehem Hospital.
From this place she was discharged as incurable, and Sir
Peter Laurie then procured her admission into the
County Lunatic Asylum.
LADY PEEL AND MISS FRANCES BROWN.—The
following letter was sent by the Prime Minister to Miss
Frances Brown, the blind poetess of Ulster, on Christ-
mas-eve : " Whitehall, Dec. 2 1.

UNITED STATES.I
ONE DAY LATER FROM AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.—The fast-sailing
ship New York, Captain Cropper, arrived at this
port this afternoon, from the port after which she is
named, with papers of the 16th uliimo, one day later
than those received by the Caledonia. She has also
brought seven passengers. The papers contain a few
interesting items of news, from which we extract the
following :
(From the New Ycrk Herald, Dec. 16.)
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON.—Our accounts from Wash-
ington begin to be extremely interesting. It is only ne-
cessary to read the correspondence from that capital,
which appears daily in our columns, with regard to the
Mexican diplomacy—the Texas question—and the policy
of Mr. Calhoun, to perceive the greatly growing inte-
rest which these subjects are acquiring. The course of
events at Washington is, indeed, now of the utmost im-
portance to the whole country, and especially to the com-
mercial interests.

According to the last accounts, the special messenger
from Mexico had arrived at the capital with dispatches,
but nothing has as yet been revealed in addition to what
we had already received by way of Vera Cruz, Galves-
ton, and New Orleans. Our latest correspondence, how-
ever, intimates that a most important communication
will soon be made to Congress by the President, con-
taining all the recent unofficial correspondence on the
subject, and pointing out to that body the probable
course of action which ought to be adopted in the pre-
sent emergency of our relations with Mexico. Accord-
ing to the best information we can find, it is believed
that the President, in his message, will recommend the
strongest measures for carrying out the annexation of
Texas, and for the recovery of the instalment due by
the Mexican Government. We should not be at all sur-
prised to see a war message sent into Congress, recom-
mending that body to renew the negotiations with
Mexico,-.not on the Texas question at all, but on the
subject of the last instalment of the indemnity, in a way
much more energetic than what that country expects.
It will be recollected how the French Government nego-
tiated with Mexico a few years ago, by sending a fleet
with a minister—the one to enforce the correspondence
of the other by more persuasive means than written argu-
ment. We should not be surprised if Mr. Tyler were to re-
commend something of the same kind in regard to Mexico
that is to say, the renewal of the negotiation for the pay-
ment of the indemnity, accompanied by a fleet to the
port of Vera Cruz, with instructions, if every dollar
and cent were not paid at once, according to the stipala-
tions of the treaty, to enforce payment as the French
formerly did. At all events, a few days will reveal to
us what may be the probable action of the Executive in
the present extraordinary position of affairs between this
country and Mexico.
It will be seen, therefore, that the Texas question ab-
sorbs all other questions. And bound up with this
question is the fate of Mr. Calhoun himself—he being
the principal negotiator in the recent Texas diplomacy.
A powerful combination is preparing in both Houses of
Congress for the purpose of defeating Mr. Calhoun, and
to prevent the possibility of his retaining a cabinet posi-
tion in Mr. Polk's administration. On the other hand,
a prodigious effort will be made by the present Adminis.
tration and its friends, to annex Texas to this country
at once, without any further reference to Mexico, and
to compel the Mexican Government to pay the last in-
stalment of the indemnity still due. It will be seen
from this critical position of affairs, that the question of
peace or war hangs on a single thread, and that every-
thing coming from Mexico, New Orleans, and Washing-
ton, as also from England, as soon as the returns are
received from that quarter, will be extremely interesting
to our readers. We have a stirring winter before us.
(From the New York Sun, Dec. 16.)

PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.—INTE-
RESTING AND IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.—The rumours
of 4further revolts against the present Government, to
which we alluded on Saturday, are fully confirmed. By
the Southern mail of Saturday afternoon, we received
letters and papers from Vera Cruz, of date 21st ult.,
being one day later. We give our correspondent's
letter, viz. :

" Vera Cruz, Nov. 21, 1844.

" Dear Sir,—Since mine of yesterday morning we have
received the most astounding intelligence, more than
confirming the reports from the interior then detailed.
Couriers were arriving here yesterday evening and last
night, announcing revolt after revolt. Seven depart-
ments or states have declared against Santa Anna, and
he is reported to have taken flight for this city, on his
way to the Island of Cuba, where he will probably seek
a temporary asylum. I am not without hope that we
may be able now to restore the constitution of 1824,
overthrowing the present union of Church and State
(which is sucking our life blood), and obtain a Govern-
ment more like that under which you of the north re-
pose in happiness and peace. God grant that we may be
successful. The States now against Santa Anna are—
Guanaxuata, Xalisco (or Guadalaxara), San Louis
Potosi, Zacetecas, Durango, Queretaro, and Mechoacan,
being the seven principal states of Central Mexico.
" The states of Mexico ani Vera Cruz, garrisoned as
they are by Santa Anna's favourite troops (whom he
has paid well and taken good care of, each soldier being
provided with a mistress), have declared against the re-
volution. We have yet to hear from the south, north,
and north-west. With valiant and patriotic Yucatan,
Tobasco, and Chiapas in the south ; Chihuahua, Sonora,
and Sinaloa, New Mexico, Santa Fe, and California in
the north and north-west, the revolution will be com-
plete. Ido not think there is a doubtful state among
them.

THE LATE DARING ROBBERIES
AT THE DOCKS.
CAPTURE OF TWO OF THE GANG.
The numerous robberies that have been lately com-
mitted in the London and St. Katherine's Docks, have
created much consternation in those large establish-
ments, and all attempt to discover the robbers have
hitherto proved fruitless. During the last two months
brandy and tobacco have been missed from both docks,
and large quantities of both have been discovered in con-
cealed places in the docks, and also in barges and craft,
before the thieves hare been enabled to remove their
booty. A discovery was made on Friday night, and
early on Saturday morning, which is likely to afford a
clue to extensive depredations committed in the docks,
where property to the amount of several millions sterling
is deposited belonging to our merchants.
A great number of persona attended the Thames
Police-court on Saturday, to hear the examination of
two men, named James Hurly and Matthew Clark, both
reputed thieves, and whe have been long suspected,
charged with being concealed in stealing 150 lbs. of leaf
tobacco, the property of the London Dock Company,
from their premises.

Joshua fudge, a Thames-police inspector, stated that
about three o'clock that morning, he was in company
with other officers, in Johnson-street, St. George's-in-
the-East, facing the wall of the London Dock tobacco
warehouses, when he saw two men, with caps on, loiter-
ing about, and frequently looking upwards at the wall.
He watched them, and saw them go into a house, 3,
Johnson-street. Soon afterwards two men, with caps
on, came out of the house, but he could not say they
were the sane persons who went in. He pursued them,
but they made their escape among the labyrinths of
courts in the neighbourhood. He waited about the
dock wall till nearly eight o'clock, and kept a strict
watch on the house till that time, when he entered it in
company with another officer named Henry Isaac Judge,
and upon entering a room in the upper part of the house,
he saw Hurly lying upon the hearth opposite the
fire place, and upon searching the apartment, found seven
bags, containing 1501bs. of leaf tobacco. He aroused the
prisoner, and asked him where he got the tobacco from,
and he said he knew nothing at all about it, but if he
was released he would take witness to the parties who
brought the tobacco into the house. He refused to part
with the prisoner, who made a desperate resistance, and
was not secured until after a severe struggle. He lashed
the prisoner's hands, and upon searching him found
a piece of string, some lucifer matches, and a wax
taper. The string found in the prisoner's pocket cor-
responded exactly with some cord found in the tobacco
warehouse of the dock, which had been plundered during
the night. Befere he saw the men loitering about the
street, the inhabitants of one of the houses opposite
heard something heavy fall from the dock wall. He
knew Hurly to be a thief, and he had been once convicted.
James Swinland, a dock constable, stated that on
Friday evening, between four and five o'clock, he was
leaving the western dock, and coming into the eastern
dock, when he saw the prisoner Clark and two others
inside the tobacco-floor, going towards the eastern dock.
He stopped Clark, and asked him where he was going
to. He replied that he was on his way to the Alkmaar,
a Dutch ship, and that be knew a person on board.
Witness told him that the ship was not in the eastern
dock ; and in consequence of the late robberies, and sus-
pecting he was after no good, he took him to the watch-
house, and upon searching him, found two candles, a
box of lucifer matches, and a curiously-constructed key.
He asked him to what place the key belonged, and he
said he could not tell, nor did he know why he carried
it. While he was looking at the key the prisoner said
it was a rum 'un, and witness said the key was certainly
a curious one, and he thought it would open many boxes
or doors, which be found to be the case.

" While on his way to Jalisco, to put down Paredes,
intending to march through the city of Mexico, Santa
Anna received the accounts from the interior, and with
it the report that the army of the revolution numbered
thirty thousand men. This intelligence, with signs of
discontent greeting him in every direction, probably
caused his retreat.

"The Committee of Investigation in Congress, to which
was referred the charge against him of embezzling five
millions of dollars from the public Treasury, have not
yet reported. In anticipation of that report, he had re-
solved upon testing the strength of his opponent, dis-
charging Gen.Ariata from the command of the northern
division of the army, threatening Paredes with a court-
martial, and courting their opposition with the hope of
gaining new laurels in a war of extermination against
all who opposed him. Returning to Mexico as a con-
queror, he expected to be able to bring Congress into
his views. Should the fates be against him, he will re-
tire to Spain, or perhaps to England, where he has in-
vested five or six millions of dollars upon which he can
live comfortably for the rest of his days.
" M. Y. Beach, Esq."
NEWS FROM CANADA.—We have Montreal papers of
the 10th of December. There is very little news of con-
sequence. After a long debate in the Provisional Par-
liament an address to the Governor-General was agreed
upon, by a vote of 42 to 36, showing a decided Govern-
ment majority. Mr. Farrier was elected Mayor of Mon-
treal, on the 9th of December, by a vote of 10 to 6.
TROUBLE IN ST. LUClA.—Advices to the 31st October
state that insubordination among the labourers continued.
One man was shot. This, it was thought, would have
the effect of making all submissive.

" Madam,—There is a fund applicable, as vacancies
may occur, to the grant of annual pensions of very
limited amount, which usage has placed at the disposal
of the lady of the First Minister. On this fund there
is a surplus of 201. per annum.
" Lady Peel has heard of your honourable and suc-
cessful exertions to mitigate, by literary acquirements,
the effects of the misfortune by which you have been
visited ; and should the grant of this pension for your
life be acceptable to you, Lady Peel will have great
satisfaction in such an appropriation of it.—l am, &c.
" ROBERT PEEL."

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGB.—An old man, aged
85 years, who has long been a teacher at Mauchline, and
for the latter eleven years of his pilgrimage blind, yet,
strange to say, still teaching " the young idea how to
shoot," bethought himself, a few weeks ago, of a help-
mate, and, in his peregrinations to Kilmarnock, happened
to fall in with a woman of less than half his age, whom,
on hinting his views, he found was on terms with a
younger son of Adam, and who belonged to the thrift-
less fraternity of weavers. Marriage, it appeared, had
often been hinted at by the knight of the shuttle, but
not that direct query put which is so grateful to the ears
of womankind. The patriarchal instructor had not
passed so many of the young through his hands not to be
able to take advantage of the opening thus afforded, and,
in order to counterbalance their difference of years (the
other, of being blind to her faults, provided he might be
alive to her perfections, not being taken into account), held
forth the advantages of a comfortable fireside, with
something to make the pot boil, in contradistinction to
the " muslin kaill" that would probably be her staple
commodity did she engage with his young rival. Coming
to close terms he at once propounded to leave her, should
she survive to be his widow, 1004, and a house, of which
he is proprietor. This decided the no longer thought-
less maiden to bring matters to an issue with the man of
threads. He, when pressed to declare his sentiments,
professed his unchanged regard, but proposed to wait
for better times. "No time like the present, thought
the damsel, and she closed with the offer of her aged
suitor ; and, as the bridegroom had no time to lose, the
nuptial knot was tied this week. --Kilmarnock Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean are starring at the
Dublin Theatre, where they are attracting immense
houses. jam

ABUSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT
ROCHDALE.-At the commencement of the Petty Ses-
sions on Wednesday last, a young woman named Harriet
Grindrod, from Mount Pleasant, addressed the magis-
trates, saying that on the Friday previous they had
ordered her to pay 3s. 6d. for damaging a woman's cap ;
but, on her going in the room at the toe of the stairs, the
clerks in the employ of the magistrates clerks demanded,
and made her pay, 6s. 6d.—Mr. Superintendent Fowler
said the county police had nothing to do with the case ;
it belonged to the parish constables.—Mr. Chadwick
said he rtcollected the caie very well.—The young
woman, addressing the bench, said the clerks refused to
return her any of the money.—Mr. Jackson, one of the
magistrates' clerks, replied that, if she would stay until
the business was over, he would see that the Ss. she had
been charged as expenses was returned.—Mr. Fowler
said the county police would not have charged a farthing
for merely fetching the young woman out of one room
into another. We understand that the parish official had
charged 2s. for attending to the case, and the clerks is.
for hearing it.—Manchester Guardian.
STOURBRIDGE.—A meeting of the coal masters of
the district was held at the Talbot Hotel on Friday last,
when an advance in the price of coal was agreed upon.—
Ten Towns' Messenger,

Mr. John Clements, the principal of the London Dock
Company's police, said that Clark was the captain of the
gang which had lately been robbing, and he asked him if
the key belonged to any place he occupied. The prisoner
said it did not, and he demanded of him where he ob-
tained the key. The prisoner said he could not tell, nor
could he say why he carried it, but he had several more
at home. Mr. Clements then proceeded to state that
several robberies had been lately committed in the vast
docks under his charge, and that the warehouses on the
north and south ranges of the dock were enclosed on all
sides with gates, and the key taken from the prisoner
was found to unlock four of these gates. The key was
not a perfect skeleton, and it had evidently been made
for the purpose of carrying on depredations in the dock.
The tobacco warehouses were bounded by a high wall,
abutting on Worcester-street, Broad-street, Tench-
street, and Bird-street, St. George's, East. The entrance
to Johnson-street was opposite the dock wall, which was
fifty feet high, except at the corner of Tench-street and
Broad-street, where there was an angle of the wall only
sixteen feet high. This portion of the tobacco ware-
houses had been selected by the robbers, who plundered
the premises, for the removal of the tobacco. He went
on the roof of the tobacco warehouses that morning,
and ascertained that the thief or thieves had removed
one of the lantern lights of the roof and had got down
into the warehouse, where many thousand barrels of to-
bacco were deposited. On the roof under the lantern he
found several lucifer matches similar to those taken from
Clark on Friday evening. He asked Clark where he
bought the lucifer matches, and he said they were pur-
chased by him at a chandler's shop, at the corner of
Johnson-street, and that he gave a penny for them, the
last he had. There was no money upon him. Outside
the wall, at the angle before described, he found the
ropes and gear by which the thieves had descended from
the roof of the warehouse in Tench-street. The thieves,
for he had no doubt there was more than one, must
have secreted themselves in the dock on Friday night,
and got upon the roof by the yards of one of the tobacco
ships, or by ascending one of the cranes. The gear was
fastened to the cone of the lantern after the tobacco was
stolen. He had not had time to have the casks which
had been plundered brought out of the warehouse and
re-weighed, but, as far he could at present ascertain,
there was a deficiency of 1501 b.; and the leaf tobacco
found in Hurly's apartment was precisely similar, and he
had no doubt it was the property of the Dock Company.
Mr. Ballantine—But Clark was apprehended before
the robbery was committed.
Mr. Clements—Yes, Sir ; but I have no doubt he is a
confederate of Ilurly and of the two men who were seen
in the dock on Friday evening, and outside of it, by
Judge on Saturday morning.
Mr. Ballantine—Several robberies and attempts at
robberies have been committed in the St. Katherine's-
dock. Does the key fit aay of the gates there ? Mr.
Clements—lt opens several of them.
Mr. Ballantine called the attention of Mr. Taylor, the
superintendent of the St. Katherine's-dock police, to this
fact, and said it would be his province to make inquiries.
Mr. Taylor said he was watching the case, and that
the robberies in his dock had lately 'eased.
After further evidence, implicating the prisoners in
other dock robberies of brandies, wines, and tobacco, Mr.
Ballantine remanded them till Thursday next.
The Court was much crowded during the investigation.

Tnis GAME•LAWS.—It appears from the calendar
laid before the magistrate at the quarter sessions for the
county, that there are no fewer than 46 persons now
confined in the county gaol for poaching. The total
number of males confined is but 175, so that we find
more than one-fourth of the whole number now in pri-
son are committed for offences against the most disgrace-
ful of our penal laws. The magistrates have it in con-
templation to enlarge tke present gaols, or build new
ones at an enormous expense to the county. Would it
not be better to petition the Legislature to abolish the
game-laws? Remove from the county bridewell the
prisoners committed under these horrible laws, and suffi-
cient room would be then found for all that will be in
future committed for other offences. It is far better,
and would be a more satisfactory mode of procuring
prison room—at least to the rate-payers, particularly,
the agricultural portion of them—Hampshire Inde-
pendent.
EXCESS OF GAME.—In addition to the names of
Dr. Lee, Sir H. Verney, and the Duke of Bedford, we
have now to add that of Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard to
the list of those common-sense landlords who have taken
the only proper step towards putting an end to the game
nuisance. One day lately upwards of 600 hares were
shot in some fields, on Sir T. Sheppard's estate, at
Thornborough, in this county; and the worthy gentle-
man has given his tenants unlimited permission to defend
their property in any manner they may think proper
from the ravages of the game. There will be no more
preserves in the neighbourhood of Thornborough.—
Ayksbury News.

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IRELAND.
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.
DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—The Commissioners are to have no
office in Dublin Castle. A house has been taken for
the use of the board in Gardner-street, a short distal ice
from the establishment of the National Board of /, due
a-
tion.

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NAVAL INTEL
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(From the Hampakire stils7:"
The Mutine, 10, Commander Crawford, is ori lered to
the Cape of Good Hope, and the Waterwitch, IA Com-
mander Birch, and the Pantaloon, 10, Commander Wil-
son (acting), are to proceed to the- west coast of Africa,
there to be under the orders of Comm. odore Jones. These
DEATH OF MAJOR GALLWEY. 1 three are to start together from De,vonport, and will
We regret to announce the death of Major Ga llwey, Compete with each other on their way tout to their re..
deputy inspector-general of the liish constab, ulary, epeetive stations. They will probably continue their
which took place yesterday, at his rxidence,
B, irton trials as far as Ascension. The commander el the Pan-
Lodge, Rathfarnham. He had been attacked 1 vith taloon has been promoted from a lieutenant to the rank
typhus fever three weeks since; but subseq,aently gest.* of commander, and has been appointed acting commain-
fever set in, and proved fatal. Major Gallw,ly, who wa s der of the Pantaloon for the purpose of the triaL
a Roman Catholic, was a most admirable officer'—efficient, . The Firebrand steam frigate, Capt. Hope, is ordered
painstaking, and perfectly impartial in the discharge of to embark, at Devonport, Mr. Gore Ousley, the newly-
-1
his duties. The Dublin Evening Post says—"Major appointed Minister to the Argentine Republic and suite,
Gallwey had been promoted to the deputy inspector- and convey him to the river Plate. She will be ready in
generalship about five years since during the a' iminis- about kg fortnight.
tration of Lord Normanby, and 'his appointment was The N,'Taterwitch is fitsng at Devonport, to embark
one of the many highly honourable to the Whig Mr. J. Gae'riel, jun., recently appointed an arbitrator in
Government, and which contributed so much to create a mixed corm.
eission of English and Portuguese for ad-
popular confidence in the administration of justice." judicating on tn..
titters connected with the slave trade, for
STATE OF TIPPERARY. conveyance to Loallgo. She will be ready by Wednes-
The Tipperary papers, received this morning:„ thus day next.
report progress:— The Hyacinth sloop of war is ordered to Bermuda,
TOOMEVARA. MEETING.—We understand that; this that two of her lieutenants may be tried by court-
meeting will be held about one o'clock to-morrow {Sun- martial for a breach of the new. regulation in regard to
day), at which it is hoped that every friend to the
.peace duelling. We are told they had a difference, which
and well-being of society will attend. The Rev. .John they referred to their captain, Commander Scott, who
Meagher, the respected parish priest, ever foremost in had arranged the matter between them ; with this
the suppression of crime, and indefatigable in the per- arrangement, however, it appears they N-vere not satisfied,
formance of his duties, will be present with his resp ected and they either subsequently fought a duel, or were
curates, Re. Messrs. Molony and Burke. Seven al of about to do so ; and for this disobedience of ari order they
the gentry and farmers of the district have also inti- are to be arraigned.
mated their intention of attending. We believes that The Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George P,eulet, was
much valuable information will be given as to the state at San Blas, all well, on the 30th September.
of the parish in reference to the land system, mad the The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, flag-ship at
causes of these outrages which we all deplore,. and this port, has had an increase to her establishment
which we must endeavour to suppress.—Tipperary Yin- ordered. She is now to bear 700 men, the complement
dieator. of a first-class third-rate. She has also had her marines
ATTACK FOR FIRE-ARMS.—HEROIC CONDUCT ,OF A augmented, 35 having embarked on board her hulk on
YOUNG WOMAN.—A daring attack was made orr. the Wednesday. This makes her complement of marines
night of Tuesday, by a gang of ruffians paid for dis- equal to a first-rate—viz., 160 men. She has opened a
turbing the public peace, on the L-onse of a hrmable rendezvous, and is entering able seamen.
but industrious, well-conducted man, of the name of Thirty-six men of war were paid off in the last year,
Flaherty, in the neighbouring
_parish of IVionsen, ti.nd of which 17 were put into ordinary at this port ; load
within two or three miles of Nenagh. The .'utention of the 47 ships commissioned, 14 fitted out at Portsmouth
of the miscreants was to steal a gun of which the; PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
were aware Flaherty was possessed. Having made au 1 PROMOTIONS.
entrance, they loudly demanded the prize for which' I Lieutenants—Edmund Wilson (1824), in command of
they sought. Much to their astonishment, they were ' ,:be Pantaloon, to the rank of Commander ; Thomas
instantly met by defiance ! A young woman, Mary Cr..awford (1807), to be Commander on the retired list
Flaherty, daughter of the owner of the lowly abode, of 1,830.
encountered the first of the ruffians who entered, Ass.;stant-Surgeon--Dr. Charles Pa, et Blake (late
and resolutely declared that she was determined senior .ti ssistant of Cornwallis), to the rs,nk of surgeon,
to die before she would permit the contemplated rob- for service."' in China.
bery. This, of course, did not prevent the ruffians from APPOINTMENTS.
persevering ; and one of them, in an endeavour to strike Lieutenants--William F. L. A. Selwyn, to the
the heroic girl down, failed, hilst she took up a milk- Actmon ; T. it Christopher, to the Acorn ; Charles
pail that was near her, and fought most bravely, break- Pechell, to the Persian ; A. Barrow, to the Ranger ;
ing it on the head of a villain, calling on her brother, William Robson, of the Victoria and Albert, to cora-
who was also in the house, to aid her ; and, after an mand the Nautilus ; A. G. West, of the Superb, to' the
effectual resistance, in which she received several blows, Vindictive ; 11. T. D. Le Vesconte, from the Excellont,
some of them of such a desperate character as to en- to the Firebrand • H. A. Hollingworth, to the Excel-
danger her life, the miscreants were driven off, unable to lent ; G. 0. Wines, to the Rolla ; John R. Thompson,.
accomplish their design. The young woman was brought of the Caledonia, to the Pantaloon ; W. F. Robinson, to ,
into Nenagh on Wednesday morning. She lies in a the Vindictive.
very precarious condition, under the care of Dr. Kitson. Masters—James Bulley Tucker, to the Vindictive ;,.
Her conduct is the theme of universal praise.—Thier. Robt. Studwell, to the Firebrand, vice Russell ; William.
An atrocious outrage was perpetrated on Thursday Weatherley, to the Osprey ; W. H-.. Crane, to the Sky-
night, in the parish of Ballymackey. The house of an lark ; W. Squire, to the Rolla
industrious man of the name of Kennedy was fired into Paymasters and Pursers—J. B. Hay, to the Lily, via)
by certain infamous miscreants, for what cause is un- Chimmo, superseded ; W. H. Reeves, to the Fantome ;
known. Three balls were lodged in the wall beside the George Waller, to the Vindictive ; W. C. Boom, actin,
bed in which Kennedy and his wife lay.—lbid. to the Rolla • Charles Walker, to the Acme.
On Tuesday last, at dusk, a party of eight men, black- Surgeon—Thomas William Jewell, in chane of the
ened, met the steward and workmen in the employment convict ship William and Henry.
of William Middleton. of Elm-hill, Esq., when returning Chaplain—Rev. George Austen, of the Eagle, to:the
from work, near the village of Tuomevara, and having Vindictive.
collared the steward, asked him for a man named Hogan, Mates—Fred. W. Smith and Armine Wodehouse,- Of
for working (as they called it) under hire, or for any the Excellent, to the Superb ; Octavius Bentall, of ,the
other man daring to do so. Two of the party remained Albion, to the Osprey
W.
George S. Boys, of the Albioer„,
behind a fence, one at each side, supposed to be. armed to the Mutine ;C. T. G. Cerjat, of the Excellent, too
with guns, the rest had large sticks and two stoves each. the Firebrand ; Ralph Buchanan and S. T. Dickens too
Mr. Middleton is a large public contractor, and employs the Albion ; Mr. F. O'Reilly to the Actmon ; G. Er-•
over fifty men daily. This is the second attack on his skine to the Lily.
men, one of whom was very severely beaten a few days Second Masters—F. B. Tucker, to the Raven ; Wil-
since for working for him, and had. to quit. Mr. Mid- liam By-ford, to the Albion; Christopher Grigg, to the
dleton had just parted from his steward and men to go Locust ; Robert Walker, to the Caledonia ' • Edward
home another road, when this daring outrage took plAce, Vincent, to the Firebrand ; John Symons, of the Cale-
which, no doubt, was very fortunate for some of the donia, to the Nautilus.
ruffians. We have learned that all Mr. Middletot.''s Master's Assistant—E. M. Vincent, to the SL Vincent.
men have quitted, and left his work unfinished—Neeogit Assistant Surgeons—Henry Edwards, additional, to
Guardian, the Action ; Henry_Willan, from the Albion to the

COUNTY OF MEATH—MEETING OF MAGIS-
TRATES.
Several magistrates of this county'assembled at Na-
van, on the 27th ult., to adopt measures for the discovery
of the persons who made an attempt on the life of Mr.
Potterton. The sum of 5521. was subscribed, including
651. contributed by the tenantry of that gentleman. It
was announced that the Government had consented to
strengthen the police force in the district.
RAILWAYS--GRAND CANAL COMPANY.
The Evening Post contains a report of a general meet-
ing of proprietors, held this day at the Grand Canal
Company's house, when it was resolved to send a depu-
tation to London, to give the most strenuous opposition
to the projected plan of a railway running to the west of
Ireland by Portarlington, and in conjunction with the
Cashel Railway from Dublin to that town.
In the course of the proceedings, Mr. J. Put, jun.
described certain proposed arrangements with the Dub-
lin and Cashel Company, by which four directors of the
London and Birmingham Railway were to act as direc-
tors on the contemplated Galway line, to be secured
from loss by a guarantee fund of 1,0001., and he con-
demned such a proceeding in the most decided terms.
Mr. R. GUINNESS denied that any such arrangement
was in contemplation.

Mr. Pim, who returned to the room, repeated his
statement, and required Mr. Guinness, who was a Direc-
tor of the Company in question, to confirm or deny his
assertion respecting the guarantee. . _ _

Mr. GUINNESS said there had certainly been an over-
ture to that effect, but the arrangement had not been
sanctioned by the board. For his part he should deci-
dedly oppose it.
Mr. PIN observed that he was well aware the bargain
had not been concluded, but Mr. Guinness admitted the
overture had been made, and this admission confirmed
all he had stated.
Before the close of the proceedings, Mr. Pim stated
that Mr. Brune], engineer of the English Great Western
Company, was coming over to survey the banks of the
Grand Canal, with a view to a railway along the line.
MEETING OF JUDGES.—Yesterday the Right Hon.
the Chief Baron, Baron Lefroy, Mr. Justice Perrin, and
Justice Jackson, sat for a short time in chamber, for
the purpose of appointing a treasurer to the benchers
of Queen's Inns for the present year, in room of Chief
Baron Brady, whose term of office had expired. Mr.
Baron Lefroy was unanimously appointed.
ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER.—Writs, bearing
date the 2d instant, have been issued from the Hanaper-
office, for electing a temporal Peer of Ireland in room of
the late Earl of Limerick.

The Earl of Devon arrives in Dublin on the sth.
There are thirty clerks employed at the Castle in pre-
paring for the land commission report, The Registrar
of the Court of Chancery has issued circulars to the
solicitors practising therein, and concerned in the ma-
nagement or receiverships of properties under the court,
to make a return thereof of the locality, extent, and
amount, for the information of the Landlord and Tenant
Commissioners.
Her Majesty has most graciously and promptly sig-
nified her royal pleasure that her name should stand at
the head of the list of contributors to the repairs of the
Cathedral and Chapter-house of St. Patrick's, Dublin,
with the munificent donation of 2004

BARONSCOURT.—The Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn continue to entertain a distinguished party at
their princely mansion of Baron court. Admiral Proby
(father of Lady C. Hamilton), and family, and the Hun.
and Rev. Dean Maude, passed through Belfast on Wed-
nesday morning, and the Hon. A. G. Stuart and Mrs.
Stuart the day following, on their way to join the guests
assembled there.

Lord Blayney, who is at present residing' at his beau-
tiful scat in Castleblayney, has been entertaining a
number of the gentry from the neighbourhood. Among
those lately on a visit with his Lordship were—Sir
George Forster, Bart., Lady Forster, Miss Forster, and
Mr. Robert Forster, Coolderry, Carrickraacross ; Mrs.
Leslie, Miss Leslie, and Mr. Thomas Leslie, Glass-
lough House ; E. P. Shirley, Esq., M.P., and Mrs.
Shirley, Loughfea ; James Major, assistant barrister,
county Monaghan, &c.
The Earl and Countess of Roden have been enter-
taining a large family circle at Tollymore Park during
the last two months. Amongst the guests assembled are
the Dowager Lady Le Despencer, the Viscountess
Powerscourt and her children, Viscount and Viscountess
Jocelyn, Hon. Strange Jocelyn, Lady Emily Stratton,
Mr. Stratton, &c.
We have much pleasure in stating that our gallant
and distinguished townsman, Colonel George Madonald,
late Governor of Sierra Leone, has been promoted to the
government of Dominico, West Indies. This brave and
meritorious officer has served his country in every
quarter of the globe, and was three times wounded at
'Waterloo whilst serving with his native regiment, the
27th Enniskilleners, at that memorable enagement.—
Enniskillen Reporter.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On Friday,
at the Man-
held before
chester Royal Infirmary, an inquest was
Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner, on the
of
Simon Dawson, carter, late in the ehmatp, ybodyMessrs.
as Mr. John
Boyd, of Kearsley. It appeared
tho about
heard two
cries o'clock
of
Ilolker, farmer, was returning huoinat.
in the mornin of the 11th
but death
in "an which
adjoining
p"eßaraerdni
ti log
proceed t o death
fr.
from
ab u
cabinr n rr g
or
ro
tboefmngearserps.eaßteodt,hwheeil:encotato the cabin,
field. The cries
which belonged proprietors,
and was situate near to the works, and there ho found
the deceased, sitting before a fire-place, and shivering as
if from cold. His clothes were much burned, but the
fire had gone out. He said he had been lying across the
hearth asleep, and that a large cinder had fallen out of
the fire upon him, and ignited his clothes. He also said
that he bad extinguished the flames by going outside
the cabin, and rolling himself on a heap of ashes. No
one was near at the time. The deceased had been to the
Rising Sun public-house on the previous night, and it
was supposed that he had gone into the cabin to sleep,
in consequence of being too late to get in at home. Ile
had nothing to do at the works, and had no right there.
A fire was kept in the place for the use of the carters
who went at early hours for coal. The deceased died at
the infirmary on Wednesday night last. The jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."—Manchester
Guardian.

The Earl of Jersey, Lord Forester, Sir R. Sutton,
and a select party, have been enjoying the sports of the
field with the Duke of Rutland, at his Grace's sporting
box Stanton Wodebouse.

Maine ; Gawin M'Clure, M.D., and John Jack,
f;om the Albion, to the Actaeon.
Clerks—Henry Downes, in charge, to the Nautilus s
Jobs' M. Jefferson, to the St. Vincent ; James Win-
stanlel;• to the Victoria and Albert.
midshitnman—Angus Campbell, to the Victoria and
Albert.
Boatswain—Richard Bullmore, to the Victoria and
Albert yacht.
COAST GuAnn—Lieutenants : W. Coles (1838), to
the command of a station ; William Browncker, from
Saltfleet to Staith ; Mr. S.B. Glover, from Sutton to
Saltfleet.