inistellantons.

The Earl of Auckland was struck with paralysis on Saturday last, and died on Monday. He had been on a visit at Lord' Ashburton's seat, the Grange, in Hampshire; and was seized while out shooting, some miles from the residence of his host. He was carried home insensible. Dr. Locock and Miss Eden were instantly summoned from London, and arrived at the Grange on Sunday.. But Lord Auckland never rallied; and he died with.- out having recovered consciousness, at seven on Monday morning.

George Eden was the second son of the first Baron Auckland; and was born on the 20th August 1784. He became heir-apparent to the Peerage on the accidental' death of his elder brother, William,. in 1810. He represented Wood- stock in 1811 and 1814, and entered the House of Lords on the death of his father in the latter year He took office under Earl Grey; and was transferred from the Presidency of the Board of Trade to the First Lordship of the Admiralty on the secession of Sir James Graham, in 1834. On the return of the Whigs to office in 1885, Lord Auckland was appointed Governor-General of India ;. an office which he held till the beginning ot 1841. He was created Earl of Auckland in 188. When the present Ministry was formed in 1846, Lord' Auckland resumed the post of First Lord'of the Admiralty; ant held it at the time of his death. Ke

was a:Civil K.G.C. of the Bath, a Trustee of the British Museum, and the Presi- dent of several scientific bodies. He is succeeded by his brother, the Honourable and Reverend Robert Eden, lately Vicar of Battersea, and now Bishop of Soder and Man.

Louis, Prince of Kaunitz-Rittberg, Count of Rittberg and of Guestenbergi Baron of Austerlitz, &c. &c., a Prince and Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and a Magnate of Hungary, died at Paris on the 27th December, in the seventy- eighth year of his age. With him the direct line of this illustrious race, which for the last five hundred years has distinguished itself in the public affairs of the Germanic Empire, becomes extinct. The Prince was the direct descendant of the celebrated Prince of Kaunitz, who under the memorable reigns of Maria Theresa and of Joseph the Second so ably guided the affairs of Austria. He entered diplomacy at a very early stage in life; and the rare talents the young Prince evinced from his very first appearance in public life, made his friends en- tertain the well-founded hopes that he would some day rise to the same eminence as his father. He represented the Emperor of Austria successively in Denmark and at Naples, and was for many years the Imperial Ambassador at Rome, and afterwards at Madrid. But that fatal policy which the Continental Cabinets chose to pursue after the Congress of Vienna, and which, as the history of the past year has but too clearly shown, as having nearly brought on the overthrow of almost every throne in Europe—that oppressing and self-destroying mode of government found a most decided antagonist in the Prince of Kaunitz. He soon became suspicious to the Emperor Francis; to whose enslaving policy the en- lightened mind and the noble character of the Prince could and would never assent. He retired from public life directly after the Congress of Verona ; and has almost ever since that time lived in France, without ever returning to his own country. The last twenty-six years of his life were chiefly given up to scientific pursuits, and his only society was that of learned men ; in whose circle his mani- fold knowledge, as well as his amiable qualities, made him highly respected, and now deeply regretted. The Prince leaves three daughters, but no son ; by which the princely title becomes extinct. The heirs to his vast property in the Austrian Empire are his direct descendants in the female line, and the collateral branch of the Count of Kannitz.—Daily News.

The Gazette of Tuesday formally notifies the appointment of Matthew Talbot Baines, Esq., to be a Poor-law Commissioner for England, in the room of Charles Buller, Esq., deceased.

At the last meeting of the Privy Council, Captain Donatns O'Brien, Inspector of Prisons for the Midland and Eastern Districts, was nominated a Commmissioner of Pentonville Model Prison. This commission, which is unpaid, at present consists of the Duke of Richmond, the Earls of Devon, Chichester, and Harrowby, Dr. Ferguson, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Sir Molesworth, Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., and Captain O'Brien.

We are requested to state that Dr. Dale has not yet resigned what is called the "Golden Lecture," and that the emoluments are not 5001. per annum, but a small sum above 4001. per annum. The Reverend Mr. Gur- ney is not, nor will he be, a candidate; he resigned all pretensions to it when he received the appointment to St. Mary's district church, St. Mary- lebone.—Times.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle "doubts if the Con- gress at Brussels on the affairs of Italy will take place at all "-

"The Marquis of Ricci who was to have represented Sardinia, has left Paris in all haste for Turin. it will be remembered that last week Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, who was supposed to be quietly enjoying the honeymoon in Norfolk, suddenly made his appearance in Paris, and, after remaining two days, took his departure for Brussels. A communication from the English Government, of which he was the bearer, is said to have determined M. de Ricci to take his depar- ture at once; and he accordingly left Paris on Sunday last."

Several journals have announced that the ex King Louis Philippe and his family were about to leave Richmond, to take up their residence in the Isle of Wight. We do not believe that such a change of residence has ever been in contemplation. The convalescence of the illustrious invalids has progressed most rapidly at Richmond; and Dr. Henri Guenean de Mussy, Whose skill and attention have saved them from the most imminent dan- ger, considers the climate of Richmond most favourable to their reesta- blishment. Her Majesty herself, whose age and weakness rendered the at- tack most dangerous, will, it is hoped, be soon restored to perfect health.— Journal des Dibats.

Lola Monte; alias the Countess of Landsfeld, arrived in London on Friday last.

A correspondence has taken place between the Archbishop of Canter- bury and the Reverend G. A. Denison, who lately transmitted to his Grace a requisition signed by upwards of four hundred members of the National Society, requesting him to call a public meeting to consider what measures it would be advisable to adopt in consequence of the failure of the late negotiations with the Committee of Council for Education. The Arch- bishop has refused to accede to the requisition, in terms which read like gentle rebuke- " The requisition is grounded on an assumption which I do not admit, that the recent negotiations have failed. But, independently of this objection, the incon- veniences of any public discussion of the terms of a difficult and delicate negotia- tion are too great and obvious to be encounted without a prospect of some propor- tionate advantage attainable in no other way. The only advantage of the pro- posed meeting would be the opportunity it might afford of acquainting the Com- mittee in whom 'the management and government' of the Society is vested by charter with the sentiment of the members then assembled. This object may be secured by other means less open to exception; by such written statements, for instance, as the Committee may deliberately consult upon. They are already in possession of letters from many individual members, and have received communi- cations from several diocesan boards, which they have taken, and will continue to take, into serious and patient consideration. With all due respect, therefore, to the names appended to the requisition, I must decline to sanction a measure which has no precedent in the practice of the Society, and from which I can foresee no advantage at all commensurate with the inconveniences and dangers."

Mr. John. Macgregor has published a letter addressed by him to his con- stituents of Glasgow, for the purpose of showing what, retrenchments may be made in the national expenditure. Disengaged from a voluminous mass of :general and autobiographical observation, his projects may be described as follows—

Tabular returns, which he has carefully compiled from official sources, put the leading items of our expenditure for the year 1847 at these amounts—Navy, 7,540,4051.; Army, 8,013,8731.; Ordnance, 2,947,8691.; total, 18,512,1471.: ex- pense of National Debt, 28,141,5311.; total of the preceding items, 46,653,6781. Mr. Macgregor feels that he could. show how the Naval expenditure might be re- duced to 6,500,0001., the Army expenses to 6,000,0001., and the Ordnance ex- penses to 1,750,0001.: in this way he would save 4,250,0001 He would reduce "various payments out of the Consolidated Fund," from their present amount of 2,319,5801. to 2,200,0001.; lessen the payments for Miscellaneous Services front 3,561,0671. to 3,250,0001.; would economize the "charges of collecting the revenue from 3,963,5391, to 3,350,0001"; curtail "other payments out of the taxes in their progress to the Exchequer" from 763,9261, to 710,0001.; and reduce the Civil List from 393,8301., to 390,0001.: thus he would save 1,001,8921 more. These arrangements would reduce the expenditure from 57,704,6141.—its amount in 1847, after deducting 1,525,8001. for Irish distress—to the sum of 52,400,0001.; the result would be a total saving of 5,304,6141.

Having effected these economies in expenditure, Mr. Macgregor would remodel the system of taxation, and would rely for his receipts on these four ordinary sources of revenue—Customs, Excise, (including Stamps,) Post-office, and Crown Lands. He would levy customs only on eight "articles "—tobacco, sugar, (the present duties,) distilled spirits of all kinds, wines, (duties adjusted for revenue,)' spices of all kinds, fruits of all kinds, tea, (18. per pound,) silk manufactures and other articles of luxury, (ad-valorem duties). The excise he would raise from spirits, malt, licence, and stamps, legacy and probate duties. He estimates his total receipts from the four sources at 41,000,0001.; leaving a deficit of 11,000,0001. This sum he would raise by a tax in lieu of the present Property and Income tax.; to be levied at the rate of five per cent "upon the rents or profits of all realized property, whether funded, houses, lands, warehouses, docks, East India Stock, Bank Stock, and all Stocks and Shares whatever bought and sold in the market:• .InAm-npnt renrinted verbatim et titan:aim. bes t,ase nish- - great quantity of Cattle of All Descriptions. Those Sheds And Premises are held by Mr. Faris, of the Ram Inn, Smithfield, And they are situated at the Back part of the Ram Inn Yard, Of which is within A Very Short distance from Our Houses. Gentlemen. On the Level with our Kitchens is where they keep a Quantity of Bullocks. And level with the Parlours they keep a Quantity of Pigs 4- Calves. And Level with our First floor they keep a Quantity of Sheep. And the Distance of these Sheds to the Back of Some of Oar Houses they are within Six Inches Of each other—And Underneath all of these sheds there is a large Cavity, of which they Slaughter a Quantity of Pigs, Both on Sundays as well As Other Days, And what with the Foundation of Our Houses being De- cayed By the Rats burrowing between, And the Dreadful Stench that arises from Those Sheds and Slaughterhouses, Together from the Noise from the Cattle, We Cannot keep our Apartments let long Together. For Our Lodgers Complain and tall us that they cannot Sleep for the Noise Of the Beasts. And likewise the Shocking Stench that Arises from those sheds and Premises, the Doctor Says it is Enough to Cause a Fever. Gentlemen, in the next place, there is at the Back part of the Third House from the Corner of Greenhill's Rents, A Very large Slaughter house where they Kill a great quantity Of Bullocks, And the Quantity of Blood and Filth That they Wash down the Drain it runs into the Water Closets belonging to the Inhabitants of the Adjoining Houses of Greenhill's Rents, And causes such a dreadful Stench that we are Obligated to Have our Street Doors And Windows Open before we can get the stench away,' &c., &c.

The Madras Spectator has published a letter from Captain Biden, Master-At- tendant at that port, giving an authentic and circumstantial account of the con- do t of Miss Arnold, the heroine who conducted the ship Rainbow to Aden after the death of her father at sea. The story gains much in the detailed and sober language of this the most authentic version. "The Rainbow' from Southampton to Aden, arrived there about the 16th ultimo [September]. Captain Arnold, her late commander, died ten days before the ship reached that port ; and the chief mate was so habituated to drunkenness that he had been confined to his cabin se- veral times during the passage. The captain's daughter, about sixteen years of age, was on board ; and after her father's death, the second mate, who had as- sumed the command, made a daring and insidious attempt to entice the you lady and run away with the ship. She indignantly and successfully repelled all his base and dastardly attempts ; and, although suffering under a painful bereave- ment, she at once rushed on the quarter-deck and made a public appeal to the ship's crew as British seamen, and threw herself on their protection. This well- judged resolution had the desired effect: the seamen (except two of their nara- ber, who were led away by the second mate) declared, with that manly feeling which sailors have so often displayed, that they would to a man protect her from all harm, and told the second mate and their misguided shipmates, in very plain terms, that if he dared to take the slightest liberty with their late commander's daughter, they would pitch him overboard, and any one else who dared follow his example would share the same fate. Miss Arnold then, with great presence of mind, begged the ship's company would grant her one special favour. Her character, her manners, and the well-timed appeal which she had already made, induced the crew to declare their assent to any favours she might ask. She then said, that the safety of the ship and her own security from insult could only be insured by throwing overboard, that in- stant, every drop of spirits in the ship. Without hesitation the ship's company consented; and, losing no time for reflection, they forthwith got the spirits on deck and threw every drop overboard. From that time Miss Arnold had her screened cot secured near the wheel, and slept alongside the binnacle; and three of the crew kept a faithful watch around her during the remainder of the voyage. These faithful guardians of one of our beloved countrywomen never failed to evince the utmost respect and preserve the most rigid decorum, honourable in every point of view to themselves, and to that charge which they had pledged themselves to undertake. Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these occurrences, and forwarded it to Captain Haines, on the ship's arrival; when the second mate and the disaffected men were immediately arrested and sent to prison. The chief mate had indulged himself to such an excess, that after the captain's death, and the absence of all means of resort to his. favourite stimulants, he was perfectly useless. Miss Arnold has been well educated, and is an amiable, unaffected per- son; her strength of mind and energy of deportment need no further comment. She became the welcome guest of Captain Thomas at Aden, and every possible attention was shown to this noble-minded lady by the whole society there. Her dignified and virtuous conduct is beyond all praise, and is well worthy the highest honour and reward which can possibly be bestowed ; whilst the exemplary con- duct of the Rainbow's devoted crew Is deserving of every encomium. I shall en- deavour to obtain their names, and they may one and all rely on my endeavours to serve them, should either or the whole of them fall in my way."

At Miss Arnold's solicitation, her father's remains were preserved, and buried at Men the day after the ship's arrival. She had always kept his accounts. The second mate navigated the ship ; but several of the crew knew the proper course to Aden, and all his proceedings were narrowly watched.

We are informed that Radcliffe, sentenced for execution at the late Liverpool Assizes, charged with the murder of Police-constable Bright, at Ashto es- Lyne in August, has been reprieved. It is said that Constantine, at first tried as an accomplice, and acquitted, but afterwards found guilty under another indict- ment, and sentenced to transportation, has made disclosures of an important kind, in which he exculpates Radcliffe from all participation in the crime, and fixes it upon a person still at large.—Standard. The Attorney-General has directed the proceedings against all the parties charged with offences in the New Forest to be abandoned. It will be gratifying to bear of the reinstatement of Mr. Bowles, the Keeper, and other parties, who have been so long harassed by these proceedings.—Hampshire Chronicle.

A model lodging-house is about to be opened in Bath, under the superintendence of the Rector; who has been furnished with the pecuniary means to set the under- taking on foot by the liberality of an anonymous donor.—Bristol Journal.

A Hamburg letter, of the 29th December, says—" The Elbe is frozen over from the Upper Elbe to the bridge of landing. At Grasbrook it is crossed by foot- passengers. At Altona and in the Kohlbrand there is a great quantity of floating Ice: the steam navigation between this place and Harbourg is consequently stopped."

The following almost incredible narrative of personal gallantry and prowess in a child has appeared in the Morning Post, as an extract from a letter from Tor- tola in the Virgin Islands. "We have had a very gallant action performed here by a child, nine years of age, the son of our President, E. H. Drummond Hay, Esq. The child, with a younger brother, had gone down to bathe; and when there, he saw a man in the water who had sunk once. The little fellow was not at first aware he could not swim, but when he perceived the man in danger and about to sink a second time, he bravely rushed into the water, and swam at once to his as- sistance. The man immediately caught at him, and they would have been both involved in the same destruction, had not the child had presence of mind to dive, and thus escape from his grasp; then, approaching him more cautiously, he dex- terously seized hint by thp arm and dragged him ashore."

Mr. Walker, a bookkeeper in a cotton manufactory at Ashton, has been acci- dentally killed by another clerk, who took up a gun to examine it, and, not knowing it was loaded, pulled the trigger, lodging the charge in Mr. Walker's bcd.tyoung gentleman from Australia, who was on a visit to his friends in Scot- land, died at Goven from inhaling chloroform. His great-toe-nail had grown into the flesh; a surgeon was to operate upon it, and chloroform was administered: the patient almost instantly enpired. A shoemaker of Thornes has had a narrow escape on the Lancashire and York- shire Railway. While drunk, he lay down on the line, close to the rail; a train passed over him; when the people went back to search for his body, he was found staggering on his legs, with merely a cut on his head from some portion of the machinery. He was fined, by the Wakefield Magistrates, for trespassing on the line.

An extraordinary case of self-destruction has just occurred at Berlin. The dead body of a man was found at daylight, by the constabulary, in a sitting posi- tion, on one of the benches in the Thier-garten. From an examination it appear- ed that the man must have placed a small packet of gunpowder in his mouth, set light to it, and thus blown his head to pieces.

It is now some months since attention was directed, through our columns, to the produce of gold in Merionethshire; and although the question may be open as to whether the sovereign is obtained minus or phis the value, yet the fact has been elucidated that the mineral lodes in North Wales yield gold, a bar of which, weighing 8 lb. 7 oz., has been placed in our own hands, as the product of the Cwm-hesian Mine, near Dolgelly. The mine is worked for lead, and the lode is represented to us as being "interlaced" with strings of gold. Some six or seven pounds of the precious metal have been obtained; and the ore at bank will, we are Informed, yield at least 200 oz. of gold.—Mining Journal.

The mummy of a male child, found imbedded in a vast deposit of Peruvian guano, near Arica, was lately brought from that port to Liverpool by the bark Octavia. In the deposit were found three bodies supposed to be those of a father and mother, and this child. The two adult bodies have been forwarded to the British Museum.—Lirerpool Journal.

The cholera has suddenly increased both in the extent of range and in the de- gree of mortality. The week's returns for London are—cases 90, deaths 31; the Provinces—cases 93, deaths 48; Scotland—cases 1,512, deaths 657.

The great increase for London is chiefly due to the outbreak of the disease in the Tooting Infant Pauper Asylum ; an establishment under the management of Mr. Drouet. At an inquiry made yesterday, by Dr. Grainger, the Government Inspector, "a gentleman who attended on the part of the Trustees of the Holborn Estate Charity belonging to the parish of St. Clement Danes, stated that all the filth and refuse of the Lunatic Asylum, which stood on a hill, were carried by a large barrel-drain towards Mr. Dronet's establishment, and deposited themselves in a large tank and Open ditches passing through the fields." The increase in "the Provinces" is apparent only; the returns from Selby ex- tending from the 13th November.

The increased mortality in Scotland is due chiefly to Glasgow, Monkland, and Bothwell.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the 'week ending on Saturday lost— 20 .... 23 24 .... 19 59 .... 64 37 .... 12 91 .... 22

Total (including unspecified causes) 1403 1154

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 57.5° in the sun to 22.00 in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by 3.1°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.

Number of Autumn Deaths. Average. Zymotic Diseases 365 .... 270 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 57 .... 62 Tubercular Diseases 199 .... 184 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses. 165 .... 127 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 .... 38 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 223 .... 223 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 71 .... 67 Diseases of the Kidneys, fie 13 .... 12 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, fie. 15 .... 14 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, At 7 .... 8

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular 1 Issue, de

Malformations Premature Birth Atrophy Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance