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THE NAVY. The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, J Capt. J. Wainwright, from Port Royal, Dec. 9, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. The Basilisk, with crew sickly, left Port Royal, Dec. 6, for Belize. The Tartar, Devastation, and Arachne left on the 9th for Vera Cruz. The Leopard brings home Commander Inglefield, of the Arachne, and 18 men, invalids, in charge of Dr. J. Wade. Mr. Carr, mate, comes home passenger. Spoke, Jan. 11, in the chops of the channel, the barque Paragon, 28 days from Carthagena, for Newcastle. Her Majesty's ship Curacoa, 31 gun screw frigate, Capt. Mason, having repaired all damages to her hull in the Angle Dock, at Portsmouth, blackened down rigging, and having completed outside paint ing, will be taken out of dock as soon as there is sufficient water to float her into the fitting basin. Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, 91 guns, screw, will be taken out of No. 7 dock at Portsmouth to day. The appointments of first lieutenant and of pay master to the screw steam guardship of coastguard, Russell, 60, Captain Wodehouse, at Plymouth, con tinued vacant up to Tuesday. Of the 300 men who belonged to h er during her p rev i ous comm i ss i on , 140 have rejoined. The remainder, principally young men, have availed themselves of the oppor tunity to join sea going ships. Lieut. Kirby, with assistant engineers Blundell and Arthur, have been appointed from the Russell to her tender, the gun boat Hind, which has a complement of 25 men and boys and three marines. The Hind left Plymouth yesterday (Wednesday) to inspect coastguard stations in the vicinity. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Captain G. W. Preedy, was towed out of Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, and proceeded for Portland, under royals. Wind W. The screw steam sloop Racer, 11, Commander T. A. Pakenham, was in the Sound yesterday (Wed nesday) morning, preparing to follow the Russell. The paddlewheel steam sloop Hecla, 6, Commander Alin, on arrival from the West Coast of Africa, will be paid off at Plymouth. Lieut. Wm. Rodger, R.N., has been promoted from the reserved list of lieutenants to the reserved list of commanders, under an order in Council, in recognition of his valuable services to the Royal Navy, as well as to the mercantile marine of the country, by improvements which he has made in various kinds of anchors. Mr. H. W. C. Wise has been appointed master, additional, to the Vesuvius ; and Mr. C. Strickland has been appointed additional acting assistant sur geon to the Victory. The following list of appointments to the Bri tannia, 120, fitting as a training ship for naval cadets at Portsmouth, is current at Plymouth : Captain R. Harris ; Lieutenants G. Y. Paterson, M. Lowther, G. S. Nares, and I. James ; Master 0. G. Roberts ; Chaplain, S. K. Stothert ; Sur geons, J. Browne and W. H. Cameron; Paymas ter, W. P. Grant; Chaplain and First Naval In structor, R. M. Inskip ; Naval Instructors, K. Knapp, J. D. Burtun, and W. D. Hay; Assistant- Instructors, R. Fowler and F. West; and Assist ant-Paymasters F. Lima and E. R. Key ; all of whom have been transferred from'the Illustrious. The Britannia will be ready for service in about a fortnight, THE ARMY. The draughts to go out to the Mediterranean in the steamship Himalaya, consisting of one officer and 52 non-commissioned officers and rank and file of the 2d battalion 3d Buffs, 30 non-commissioned officers and file of the 2d battalion 6th Foot, four officers and 32 non-commissioned officers and rank and file, with four women and two children, of the Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; two officers and 41 non-commissioned officers and rank and file, with one officer's wife, two children, and one servant, of the 25th Foot, and one barrack ser geant with wife and child, were conveyed from Cork to Queenstown by the river steamer Prince Arthur on Saturday for embarkation. On Sunday the Himalaya steamed out of the harbour for her destination. The detachments of the Royal Engi neers, 6th and 25th Foot on board she will leave at Gibraltar, and go on to Malta with those of the Rifle Brigade, 3d, 15th and 23d Foot. On her return voyage she will bring home invalids and various stores from Malta, and will make a call at Tangiers to take on board some lions, horses, ostriches, and other things as presents from the Emperor of Morocco to Queen Victoria. The following reinforcements for Bombay and Kurrachee will embark at Gravesend this day on board the Ramilies, 740 tons, Capt. C. Hodder— viz., 42 men of the 61st Regiment, from Chatham ; 27 men of the 46th Regiment, from Templemore ; and 23 men of the 76th Regiment, from Belfast, for Kurrachee. The troops proceeding to Bombay are 19 men of the 72d (Duke of Albany's Own) High landers, from Aberdeen; 24 men of the 28th Regi ment and 20 men of the 95th Regiment, from Fer moy ; and 15 men of the Royal Artillery from Woolwich. Yesterday General Eyre, commanding the troops at Chatham garrison, attended by Bri gade-Major Gordon, made a careful inspection of the Ramifies, at Gravesend, in order to ascertain that the vessel was not overloaded, and that every arrangement had been made on board for the health and comfort of the troops. Surgeon-Major T. P. Matthew has been ap pointed to Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, vice Sur geon-Major G. Anderson, who proceeds to Glas gow for medical duty. Captain A. C. Gleig, R.A., assistant-inspector of military schools, has been engaged at Chatham in inspecting the schools for the iintruction of the young soldiers and the children of the troops be longing to that garrison. The schools are in a most efficient state, and several hundred pupils are daily under instruction. The followinik alterations in the stations of the Royal Engineers take effect from the 12th inst., viz.:—The 16th company (Survey) under the com• mand of Capt. B. A. 'Wilkinson, from Edinburgh to Belfast; Major A. C. Cooke, from Edinburgh to the War Department, Spring-gardens ; Capt. R. W. Stotherd, from Carlisle. to Edinburgh ; and Lieut. E. R. James, from special service to Ord nance survey, Southampton. By the mail just received from Bombay we hear that H.M.'s ship Simoom, Commander J. M. Cooke, bad arrived there on the Ist of Dec. with the whole of H.M.'s 31st Regiment, from the Cape, who were immediately sent on to Poona. The Simoom, during the last 18 months, has brought to the seat of war upwards of 4,000 men—viz., the 33d, sth, 73d, and 31st—besides 1,000 men of the 60th and 79th taken out of sailing ships at Ceylon in Nov., 1857, with out any accident or delay, which reflects credit on all concerned. THE IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The usual quarterly meeting of the ironmasters of this district was held in this town this afternoon. The attendance of the trade was not numerous, and the prevailing opinion appeared to be that there was scarcely so much buoyancy as existed a fortnight ago; prices were, notwithstanding, very firmly maintained; in that respect no retrogression whatever being apparent. The slight check which has been experienced is not an unhealthy indication but may possibly be useful to prevent that specula tive action of which the germs were visible at the preliminary meeting. It is not easy to arrive at any conclusion as to the amount of business done to-day ; but we know that some very fair contracts were given out, and that amongst consumers generally th ere i s a f ee li ng of con fidence that prices are not likely to recede. All the principal makers are pretty full of orders, within the last week or two a good many having come in from Australia, the United States, and from India ; and shippers are manifesting a dis position to increase their operations. The unplea sant turn which matters have unexpectedly taken in connexion with European politics was a good deal discussed at this meeting, but the prevailingfeeling appeared to be that the prospects of the iron trade generally are sufficiently good to allay any appre hensions as to the future. With reference to a circular recently issued by the agent of Lord Ward, announcing an advance upon prices of 10s. per' ton, it may be mentioned that the effect upon prices generally will be inap preciable, his lordship having little finishod iron to sell ; but it is understood that a quantity already sold has beep at very low prices. The price of pig iron is scarcely as high as we last quoted it, but there was no positive alteration of prices declared to-day. Ironstone and coal is in active demand. prices have a tendency upwards. As regards manufacturers' quarter-day, this has been the most healthful one experienced for the last fifteen months. Accounts were well paid. The olverhampton factors are in good spirits, and many of the manufacturers are busy, they having a goof supply of orders beforehand. The quarterly assembly was held to-day at the St. George's Hall, an agreeable change, which has been adopted at the suggestion of the mayor (John Hartley, Esq.) For many years the meetings h ave taken place in front of the Swan Hotel, a site most unfit for the purpose, and, moreover, causing an obstruction of the public thoroughfare, which ren dered the discontinuance of the practice almost im perative. For the sake of the comfort and conve nience of all whose business leads them to Wolver hampton on quarter-day, it is to be hoped that the system of assembling in front of the Swan will not again be resorted to. MR. HORSMAN, M.P., ON PARLIA- MBNTARY REFORM. STROUD, WEDNESDAY. Mr. Horsman, M.P., addressed a crowded meet ing of the electors and non-electors of this borough last night on "the present aspect of political affairs." Mr. Marling presided ; and at the close of the meet ing there was a considerable diversity of opinion on the subject of reform as treated by the right hon. member. Mr. HOESMAN commenced by , allusions to the India Bill and Conspiracy Bill of last session, and the much vaunted alliance with France, of which, he said, France had had all the benefit, and Eng•land all the shame. He w o uld say—Let us be friends with all the world, but keep our powder dry, and take care to have plenty of it ; and form no intimate alli ances except with the friends of liberty, who had common interests and common sympathies with our selves. Turning then to the subject of the disorga nisation of the Liberal party, he said it was owing to the perverse and, obstinate blindness of those who had been their leaders, who had been living in a fool's paradise of their own creation, shutting their eyes to what all the rest of the world could see, and stopping their ears to what all the rest of the world was listening to. The disunion in the Liberal party had been growing ever since the old Reform Bill was passed. The fact was that be fore 1830 the Whigs were the only leaders of the Liberal party, because they were the o aly liberals of the governing class. But the Reform Bill made a change in all that. It was a revolution that had introduced a new governing power which had been growing every year. The Whigs intending t o s t a nd towards the Liberal party in the character of pa trons and protectors, never dreamt of raising them to be their associates in power. They had not the foresight to see that the extinction of the close boroughs must be followed by the extinction of close governments. Since 1830 the Liberals had been advancing in power,while the Whigs had been as rapidly declining, until at last they had become an insignificant minority of the Liberal party. The Whigs had bred in and i n un til a ll Vim political stamina was gone, and they had been trading on a political capital not their own. He then came to the subject of reform, which Parliament would have to deal with in the course of a month or six weeks. Lord Derby's secret had been well , kept. Lord J. Russell, who had a bill No. 2, had also kept his secret ; and Mr. Bright—(loud cheers)—who was the parent of bill No. 3, had communicated his secret to Mr. Miall, who had no authority to com municate it to anybody else. (Laughter.) But who ever proposed a measure of reform would find him self in a difficulty. If Lord Derby proposed a large measure of reform he would break up his party, and if he proposed a small one he would offend the coun try, and he would be told that we could not afford a revolution every ten years. Then there was the danger ahead that, unless the Liberal party were united, and pulled well together for a practicable and attainable object, instead of being disunited and in favour of what was impossible, the party would be left in rather a worse position than they were before (Hear, hear.) The two great points which had hitherto excited the most interest out of doors in con nexion with this question were the extension of the franchise and the ballot. On the ballot nothing new could now be said, and the strength of parties in the House of Commons had been ascertained. In all probability Mr. Berkeley's proposition to have the ballot introduced into the Government measure would be defeated. The most important question involved in any new reform bill would be the exten sion of the suffrage. On the eve of a discussion of the new measure he thought it would be unwise to commit himself to any opinion. (Oh, oh.) But if they asked him what were his opinions and views on the extension of the suffrage he was prepared to give them an answer. (Cheers.) The difficulty as to any plan that had hitherto ben proposed for an extension of the franchise was this. The great de fect of the old Reform Bill was that it established a uniform franchise, whereas before there were dif ferent modes of attaining it. This uniform franchise was based on the qualification of property. That he considered was defective, because if they ex tended it, they would extend it onlyin one direction —that was, by lowering the qualification. Well, Lord John Russell in 1832 lowered the franchise, and made the qualification £lO household. Twenty years afterwards he proposed to lower it to £5 ; but the same argument which was given for reducing the suffrage from £lO to £5 equally prevailed for lowering it to five shillings, and the samearguments would be equally adducible ten years after to reduce it to fivepence. And then they came to universal suffrage. That had been the difficulty in every plan for extending the suffrage which had hitherto been proposed—namely, :that they had the inevitable result that it was only a stepping-stone to universal suffrage, or rating suffrage, which Mr. Bright ac cepted avowedly as a compromise, as taking uni versal suffrage at two bites instead of one. (Hear.) Now he would tell them the objection which he had to universal suffrage. He was against all class legislation (hear, hear) and universal suffrage must place the Government of the country entirely in the hands of one class, which were the most numerous class, and the most numerous class were, from the nature of their occupations, necessarily the most uneducated class. (Cheers, and marks of • disapprobation.) Observe—the ob ject of representation was that they should have as perfect a legislative body as possible ; that is, that their legislators should comprise men of the high est standard of education, morality, and independ ence and that it should be a f a i r re p resen t at i on o f all classes and interests in the country. They would no doubt, all agree with him that there were three great elements to be considered in representation— property, intelligence or education, and numbers— and the more perfect the combination of all the three the more perfect must be the House of Commons. If they had a property class, an education class, and numbers, which were really the operative class ; and if they found the operative class outnumbered the others ten to one, they enfranchised the one and swamped the others, for they disfranchised them as entirely as if they had struck them off the roll. The first feeling and tendency of human nature, if they had power in their hands, was to use it. They would have a thousand voices in favour of their own body. Before the Reform Bill the electors and the House of Commons were entirely aristocratic. The Reform Bill created an enormous middle-class constituency, and the consequence was, the present House of Commons was as to a large section com posed of the aristocracy, and as to another large section composed of the middle classes. (Hear.) But if they went a s t e p f ur th er, and enfranchised the operative classes, they would swamp the other classes ; and was it too much to say that they would make the same use of the power placed in their hands that others had done, and elect men either of their own class, or those who would go to the home bound to represent the views and opinions of that class. (" Hear, hear," and dissent.) The result would be, not an equal distribution of the suffrage, but that the educated class would be swamped, and the property class disfranchised, while the govern ment of the country would be placed in the hands of the operative class, nocessarily the most uneducated class. WAS that a desirable or safe state of things ? But it was said that the operative class had increased in morality and intelligence since the last Reform Bill. If it was meant that the operative class had so increased in morality and intelligence as to have overtaken the classes above them, and that the other classes had been going back, then there was good reason for transferring the government of the country from the rich to the poorer classes. But was that so ? They had universal suffrage and the ballot in France and America. Was France free ? They had there a military despotism, and when that ceased priestly tyranny stepped in ; they had no personal security, no one could speak or write in safety ; they had police at every door and spies in every household ; an enormous war armament in time of peace, to keep up which the peoplowere taxed in both money and men. Her public men were the most demora lised and corrupt, and used Cabinet secrets to enrich themselves on the Stock Exchange. France was, in a word, in a state of slavery, such as had never been exhibited in any nation of the world in the same state of civilisation and advancement. Then in America their electoral system was notoriously corrupt, as Mr. Buchanan had recently testified ; and with immense possessions the spirit of aggran disement prevailed ; above all, slavery, that blot on humanity, existed. He did not say that uni versal suffrage was the cause of all these evils, but that this and the ballot, as was shown in France and America, were no guarantees of good govern ment. Mr. Horsman next alluded tothe he erospaiod sition for the payment of members, which would make a seat in the House of Commons desirable for other reasons than the desire to do one's duty. How long would a House of Commons elected on universal suffrage act in unanimity with the House of Lords ? [A Voice—We don't want a House of Lairds.] (Loud laughter.) That w as exactly what he anticipated, and having got rid of one of their great fundamental institutions would they next depose the Queen ? He ventured to say , that if they had such a monarch as they could re member, and not one who adorned her station with every public and private virtue, the cry would be with the salaried candidates for membership, "We don't want any monarchy." (Cries of " No, no.") , In conclusion, Mr. Horsman said it had been the fashion to call the non-electors slaves : that was absurd. The mere change from a £lO to a £9 house could not constitute a man a slave, nor a change the other way make him a free man. At the close of the address several people rose to speak, some of them protesting against the treat ment of the non.electore whom) Uley said, he had THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1850. insulted, and others calling fore a more explicit statement of opinion on the suffrage question. Mr. BARNARD moved a resolution affirminF that no reform bill would be satisfactory that did not include household suffrage in towns, £lO household in counties, equalisation of districts, and the ballot. Mr. WINTERBOTHAM, a county magistrate, moved a resolution of confidence in Mr. Horsman. The CHAIRMAN put both as substantive resolu tions, and declared both carried. LORD PANMURE ON REFORM. On Monday Lord Panmure was present at a dinner given to Provost Guthrie, at Brecbin, and, in acknowledging the toast of his health, proposed by the Earl of Southesk, he said—l rise to thank you for your too partial reception of the toast which has been so kindly proposed by noble friend on my left (Lord Southesk). During that career to which he has alluded I have certainly endeavoured to do my duty for now very nearly a quarter of a cen tury; and I have had the satisfaction of knowing that during the whole of that time my conscience has told me that, with whatever success that duty has been performed, it has been performed, at least, with a consistency which I am thankful I have been enabled to throw into it. I think that in these times the conduct of public men ought to be a mat. ter of grave consideration to all their fellow-citi zens. We live in curious 'times—in times when it appears that in politics we are to have large mea sures of constitutional reform when scareely a voice in the country is raised in its favour ; but circum stances have so combined that it is impossible for any . government, whatever its strong political pro fessions may be, to abstain from entering and embarking in a course of Parliamentary reform. For myself, gentlemen, I have been accused of having lost some of that taste for reform which I imbibed in early youth, and which for many years I have followed up ; but I can assure you that that representation is not founded on fact. (Applause.) So far as reform is carried out on the principles of the great measure which was held at one time to be a second Magna Charta of the liberties of this country—so long as reform is continued on the principles of the Reform Bill of 1832, I am ever a steady, progressive, and determined reformer. (Ap plause.) Gentlemen, when I see schemes of reform projected which strike at the very root of our mixed constitution—when I see new organisations sketched out before me which are to do away with some branches of our constitution, or to give to one, at least, the supremacy—then I confess I shall pause at that road to reform, because I do not think it is a safe one. A very amiable gentleman, who has lately been down in this country arguing in favour of such a course of reform, has gone back to England and complained that he did not get that support which he expected from the gentry and middle classes of the country. And why has he not done so ? Because their own good sense assures them that the course he would lead them is not the course they ought to go. (Hear, hear.) When Mr. Cobden and Colonel Thompson came to this country as the apostles of free trade and the justifiers of a policy which was to rid us of taxation on the food of the people, among the first of those who were ready to welcome them on the platform of Glasgow I had the honour to appear, and I know many in the same condition as myself who rallied round Mr. Cobden on that occasion. (Great applause.) And what was the result ? In 1846 we received. one of the greatest benefits of the Reform Bill. We saw an end put to taxation on the food of the people. But it has been the policy of some to run down and decry the measure of 1832. Now, if ever there was a measure from which a benefit accrued to the nation and glory accumulated on its head, it is that measure of reform which was passed in the year 1832. And what has Tesulted from it? The very first act after the passing of the Reform Bill was to blot out from our country the disgrace of participa tion in the trade of negro slavery. (Cheers.) The next act of reform was the Municipal Act, which was of great value to the country, and none knew its value so well as the municipal corporations. There are many people who had no vote before, and who have a voice now, and they may go on in the spirit of that bill, and get a further voice when parliament chooses to grant it. But, gentlemen, I assure you that free trade is the result of the Reform Bill of 1832 ; and numerous other advc.ntages, you are all well aware—and I need not detain you in enume rating them—flowed from the passing of that mea sure, and that measure alone ; and I earnestly , trust and pray that whatever steps we may take in furthering the career of reform, we may never depart from the measure of 1832 as its fundamental basis. Gentlemen, it has been said that th ose who Live in glass houses should not throw stones. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Now, I should not have alluded to anything personally relating to myself if what I said at the last county meeting had not been misrepresented. When Mr. Kinloch got up and made a speech in favour of reform, he took us all by surprise. (A laugh.) He made a very good humoured speech, and concluded by a very good proposal, and one we should be very glad to see carried out, if that could possibly be accomplished—that in any plan of reform that might be proposed, Forfarshire should have a second member, and that in any re-distribution of the seats in parliament, every 30,000 individuals in this land should have a member to represent them in parliament. All I said was, that I deprecated the division of the country into numerical parlia mentary divisions, and I thought Mr. Kinloch would find himself mistaken if he thought that in any re-distribution of seats Forfarshire would come in for a second member. And it turns out very much as I said, for according to the announcement of Mr. Bright himself, if his plan were carried out, he would not give a single one to the counties at all, but would confine them all to burghs and large populous towns ; so that, under the circumstances, I thought I was not fairly treated by being held up somewhat as an anti-reformer in giving vent to these opinions at the last county meeting. Now, gentlemen, I would have our honourable friend the member for the burghs, instead of can vassing my conduct, to look a little after his own. (Great applause.) Because, if lam not very much misinformed by a public print on whose veracity I place very much faith—namely, the Scotsman — he is rather seeking popularity in Arbroath and Montrose by supporting the shipping interest in their demands for protection than adhring rigidly to the principles of free-trade. (Applause.) And I would give him a friendly warning from twenty five years' experience, that adhering steadily and honestly to particular principles is worth all the temporary popularity that a departure from them may give any one. Now, gentlemen, I would only state one thing further with regard to my own particular principles. Essentially—however un popular the expression may be—essentially, I say, they are those of a Whig. The old Whig principles I understood from he life, conversation, speeches and character of !he man whose name I bear— Charles James Fox. The principles of whiggery .are these—to maintain the liberties of the people against the encroachments of the aristocracy and of the Crown. These were the principles upon which Mr. Fox acted, and upon these principles I act still. But, gentlemen, there is a reverse to what I have thus stated. Whig principles stop at a cer tain point and then turn ; and while maintaining the just rights of the people, they are equally, pre pared if necessary to defend the rights of the Crown and of the aristocracy from undue encroachment on the part of the people. These are what I under stand to be Whig principles ; they are the prin ciples upon which I have acted—the principles which I think maintain this country in the posi tion it holds, and I trust ever will hold among the nations of the world, with its limited monarchy and aristocracy open to the very , humblest of the people if they are willing to work themselves up to it. The middle classes are honest and true to their principles, and the lower classes busy and industrious. The nation gives refuge to political outcasts of every other country, and will hold up its lead firmly and honestly when the heads of every other nation throughout Europe and' the world are lowered. During the revolutions of 1848, no position was more proud than that held by this country—calm amid the storms that surrounded her, and ready to be an asylum to all who sought of her a refuge, without asking whether they had been right or wrong in the coun tries they had left. I have gone, I presume, some what beyond my mark—(cries of " No, no," and " Go on ")—in expressing thee opinions ; but it is but rarely, gentlemen, that a person in my position —removed, I am sorry to say, at present from the Commons' House of Parliament—has an opportu nity of expressing his opinions. I have taken this opportunity'of making these remarks, in order that I may not be misunderstood ; and I shall conclude by saying that, on the subject of a Reform Bill, so far as the intelligence of the people warrant me in going, so far will I go. I would do everything to forward a measure of reform on this basis; but I would do everything openly, and would have no secret transactions, either in voting or legislating. (His lordship concluded amid great applause.) [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Irritation of the Skin, Nettlerash, Rough, or Gooseskin.— If these diseases be unattended with danger, the annoyance they frequently produce is intolerable ; and though the body suffer no permanent injury, its subtler tenant, the mind, is almost driven to distraction. In nettlerash there are occasionally some intervals of ease during the day, but in the watches of the night the dreaded torments come—no sleep, no rest—the whole surface of the skin is raised in large white mounds. The sufferer rising is compelled to walk about and incessantly bathe the itching parts with cold water. Little relief follows this dangerous practice ; safer and quicker in their effects are Holloway's cooling Pills and soughing Oiutment. MR. S. T. KEKEWICH, MP., ON THE REFORM BILL. Mr. S. T. Kekewich, M.P. for South Devon, addressed a meeting of his constituents at Honiton, on Saturday, and in the course of his speech he said —Gentlemen, you are well aware that there is a very important session opening before us. There are many people, perhaps, who think the session will be of greater importance than I do. I think 'those questions which we often hear spoken of as " looming in the distance," when they come before us, will be settled with much greater ease than we are led to expect. (Hear, hear.) Among the ques tions to be introduced in the House of Commons will, I believe, be one relating to Parliamentary Reform. Now, I have looked at all the reports in the papers, whether of meetings of the " Ancient Order of Foresters," or of the " Ancient Druids " . —(laughter)—or of other meetings, and I cannot discover, looking carefully at the words of the dif ferent speakers, that any person is aware of any settled plan of reform. (Hear.) We all know that the question of Parliamentary Reform is to be brought forward, and I think you will agree with me that, as the measure has been promised from the throne, there cannot be a more fitting time to bring it forward, when, if I may so express it, there is a sort of lull in political affairs. (Hear, hear.) I have never known the people so happy and contented ; I have never known commercial prosperity so great, and all interests in the commu nity so quiet and peaceable as they are at this moment. (Cheers.) Ido not, therefore, think there can possibly be a better time chosen at which I to bring forward a question so exciting as political reform, when there is really nothing to call the passions of the people into existence. (Hear, hear.) As you are aware, gentlemen, during the past few weeks a worthy gentleman—Mr. Bright—has been endeavouring to excite the people on the subject of political reform by eloquent speeches. Now, I be lieve that if that gentleman were to come here, we should rush to hear him speak, but I do not believe one of us would entirely agree with him in his opi nions on reform. (" Hear," and cheers.) What the plan of reform to be produced is none of us, I ' believe, know • it is entirely confined to the Go vernment, and I do not believe the subordinate members even know what the measure will be. If I may be allowed to use a hunting phrase, we know the fox is in the bag, and we can wind him afar off. (Laughter.? We do not know the complexion ofhis coat nor the length of his brush, but we know that on a certain day—probably in March—he will be turned out on the floor of St. Stephen's, when there will be a great hue and cry, and we shall hope to run into him and kill him in the month of May. (Cheers and laughter.) EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST TWO TRADESMEN, At the Birmingham Police-court on Tuesday, Isaac Hill, landlord ofthe Malt Shovel Inn, Princep street, and Clement Payne, butcher, Newdegate street, were charged with having possession of stolen deeds. The owner of the lost deeds is Mr. Edwin Barlow, of Hampton-street, metal dealer. Mr. Barlow stated that on the Ist day of last Nov. he went to London. At that time he had in his warehouse in Hampton-street an iron safe, in which he safely locked up two deeds. One was a counter part of a lease of a house in Hampton -street from Barlow to Baker, and the other was a conveyance of some land in Middlesex from a gentleman named Sams to Mr. Barlow. Mr. J. Barlow, son to prosecu tor, stated that when he got to the warehouse of his father, in Hampton-street, on the 3d of Nov., about eight in the morning, he found that the iron safe, which was built into the wall in the counting-house upstairs, had been forcibly taken from the wall, carried down into one of the shops, broken almost to pieces with a hammer, and, the deeds abstracted. Other papers and documents in the safe were strewed about the floor. Nothing was heard of these documents until Monday last, when, in con sequence of information which the officers of the detective force received the two persons accused were taken into custody on the charge of being con nected with the deeds, so far as Hill was specially concerned, he implicating Payne as to the posses sion of the documents. Hardly had the matter been launched when the question of an adjournment was mooted, and after this had been settled some dis cussion took place as to whether further evidence should now be taken or otherwise. It was even tually decided that it should. A person named Nathan James Johnson, who said he was an accountant, stated, about six weeks ago he was at the inn kept by Hill. The prisoner said, " I under stand you know something about deeds." To this a reply in the affirmative was given, and Hill then took witness into the cellar and showed him the two deeds previously described. (Johnson gave 'a description of the documents.) Hill added, " These deeds were lost, and the person who found them brought them to me." The prisoner further asked what was the value of the parchments, adding, either a reward had or would be offered for them. He (witness) saw Mr. Barlow's name on one of the deeds. Hill had asked him who he thought the documents belonged to. This witness, when he said the deeds were valueless to him, Hill, was asked by that prisoner to go and see Mr. Barlow. He (John son) went twice to Hampton-street, but Mr. Barlow was out of town, and he (Johnson) did not see him. This witness did not say if he had given information to the detective force.—Detective Alexander was then examined, and stated that on the preceding day, he, in company with Kelly and Palmer, also detectives, went to Hill's house, in Princep street, having a search warrant. Finding the prisoner at home, he questioned him as to the deeds referred to, telling him he should search the house. Hill positively, at that time, denied all knowledge of the deeds, adding, " You may search, and welcome." (He, witness, did not find the deeds.) Subsequently Hill said, "The man who brought them to me took them away again." He, witness, then said, " Who was this person ?" and after some time Hill added, " I'll not get myself into trouble; I had them from a man named Payne;" and finding he, Alexander, did not know where this prisoner lived, said, "I'll go and show you his house (Newdegate-street). If we could see him, I have no doubt he would say where he had the deeds from, and clear me." Later in the day, detective Kelly having apprehended Payne, Alexander went to the public-house where they were and "confronted" the two prisoners in the yard of the premises. When this took place, Hill remarked to Payne, " You see what trouble you have got me in over these deeds. What have you done with them P" To this the accused, Payne, replied, " You know that we put them on the fire, in your house, and burnt them ; and that we were both together when this was done." To this Hill replied, " That is the truth." This comprised the evidence given in a most extraordinary case, and the further hearing was then remanded till Thurs day next. —Birmingham Daily Post. FATAL ACCIDENT. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the Duke of Cambridge Tavern, Mansion-house-street, Newington-road, on the body of Mr. Charles Perry, aged 57, clerk to Mr. Temple, Q.C., who lost his life under the following circumstances Wm. tray deposed that on Friday evening last, about a quarter to six o'clock, he was in the Ken nington-road, on the right-hand side of the way, when he heard some vehicle coming along the road at a very rapid pace. He looked round and saw it was a phaeton drawn by one horse, and was about seven feet from the kerb. The deceased was in the roadway, and either one of the shafts or the shoulder of the horse struck him, and he fell on his face in the road, the near wheels passing over him. Wit ness ran to Mr. Perry's assistance, but the carriage did not stop—the driver, at the moment it passed over the deceased, striking the horse with the whip. Witness obtained the assistance of a young man, and on raising Mr. Perry from the ground he was found to be quite insensible, and was at once con veyed to his own residence, 9, Kennington-row. .He should be unable to identify the driver of the carriage. At the time the occurrence took place an omnibus stopped in the road ; the deceased alighted from it, and was coming towards the pavement when he was knocked down. Richard Chamberlain,ta lighterman, corroborated the evidence of the last witness, and added that the carriage was driven at a very rapid pace, and that after the occurrence several persons called loudly after the driver to stop, but he did not do so. Mr. MI, surgeon, 19, Canterbury-row, Kenning ton-road, deposed that on Friday evening last he was called upon to see the deceased, and found him lying on the floor of the back parlour of his own house. He was perfectly cold and pulseless, but he afterwards slightly rallied, and witness then found that the ribs on the left side were crushed, and there was no doubt the inner chest was injured. He became very low, and expired about half-past 11 o'clock the same night from the effects of the injuries. - Mr. Inspector White, of the I. division, said that neither the driver nor the persons who were in the carriage had yet been traced. The Coroner , said he thought, in such a serious case, the jury could not come to a decision without the strictest inquiries, and he therefore recom mended that the inquiry should be adjourned to give the police further time to trace those who were in the carriage. The jury concurring in the propriety of this course the inquiry was adjourned for a week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Jan. 12. WESTMINSTER. —Mr. Henry Edward Murrell, of 1, Walbrook, auctioneer, and Capt. Thomas Nutting, of Peckham-rye, appeared to summonses charging them with wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Salter, barrister, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Giffard, barrister, appeared for the ac cused. The cases were taken singly, Mr. Mur rell's being the first chosen. Mr. Salter stated the case for the prosecution. The present prosecution arose ont of an action tried in the Court of Queen's Bench on the 4th of last December, before Lord Campbell and a special jury, for an assault. The plaintiff was Mr. Isaac Barratt, an upholsterer and furnitur:, dealer, at 103-4, Wellington-street, Woolwich, and the defendant was Mr. henry Edward Murrell, and amongst other pleas which the latter set up was justification, the plea mainly depended upon in the action, and it was put to the jury by Lord Campbell that if the evidence for the plaintiff was to be credited the plea of justification could not be sustained ; but if, on the other hand, they believed the circumstances under which defendant justified, the determination would be in his favour, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. Defendant was sworn on that occa sion and as the decision went on the question of credit his evidence was necessarily material to the issue. The facts which gave rise to the action were these :—Mr. Murrell, as auctioneer, sold a lady's effects, in Linden-grove Villas, Peckham, on the 3d of July last. Lot 186 was a bed, bolster, and pillow. Mr. Barratt, who was present 'at that sale, bid 255., and the lot was run up to 31s. 6d. Mr. Barratt did not bid after 30s. ; and when the lot was knocked down at 31s. 6d. nobody could be found who had offered that sum, and in consequence the lot was put up again, when Mr. Barratt called " 255." There was no other bidder that time, and the lot was knocked down at 255., but when the auctioneer's clerk inquired as usual, to whom, Mr. Murrell replied " Rogers" (a person who was bid, ding and buying at the sale as a commission agent on behalf of the friends of the lady whose furniture was being disposed of). Mr. Barratt, finding that the lot was knocked down to Mr. Rogers, who had made no bidding whatever for it, protested against the proceeding, again and again told Mr. Murrell that he (Barratt) was the bona fide pur chaser, and called upon him if there were any dis pute in the matter—agreeably with the conditions of the sale—to put the lot up again to the highest bidder. but his remarks were , unheeded by Mr. Murrell, who proceeded to the next lot, and upon Mr. Barratt offering a price for that, Mr. Murrell refused to take his bidding. Mr. Barratt said he had come nine or ten miles and that Mr. Murrell had a right to take his bidding. Mr. Mur rell, who had threatened to have him turned out of the room, sent for: the police, but they refused to take Mr. Barratt unless Mr. Murrell would charge him, wheri the latter called his men and had him forcibly ejected, which was the assault complained of, and for which the action was brought to recover damages. Mr. Murrell's answer, on which he grounded his plea of justification, was that the bidding of 31s. 6d. was bona fide, but that not being able to find the person who had bid that amount, Barratt had jeeringly said that he had lost his bid der, or something to that effect (in allusion as it seemed, to a practice of auctioneers of what is termed " trotting," or making a supposititious bid ding of their own). Mr. Murrell then put the lot up again, and especially directed his attention towards Barratt, and, seeing no one bid but Rogers (who had himself on the trial been obliged to con fess that he never made a bidding at all for the lot the second time), knocked it down to. him at 255. Barratt then declared the sale should not proceed, and it was in consequence of this interruption and the confusion that followed, that defendant justified himself in the course he had pursued. It was upon the evidence so given by Mr. Murrell upon the trial that the present assignment of perjury rested. Mr. Alfred Daniel, managing clerk to plaintiff's attorney, having prodijced the record of the action, and Mr. John William Cook, shorthand writer,the notes of the trial, the latter showed that when Bar ratt said he claimed the lot, Murrell, in his testi money,- had sworn that it was not his, that he had not bid for it, arid that upon Barratt's becoming violent and stating that the sale should not pro ceed, he (Mr. Murrell) went on to the next lot, thinking that he might be quiet, but finding that he was not, he told him he should be obliged to ha . ve him removed; but he would not desist, and as his manner was very violent and the noise he made so great that the sale could not go on, he had him put out. - Mr. Isaac Barratt was sworn, and declared that arbidding of 31s, 6d. proceeded from no one. He must have heard it had it been a bidding. No pur chaser applied for it when it was knocked down the first time, and Mr. Murrell never asked whose bidding it was. The reason he put it up again, as witness supposed, was that he did not want it in his own hands, that he had knocked it down at that price as a speculation, having no bona _fide bidder. l'Fitness never said, as imputed to him, " You have got no bidder," or anything of that sort. Witness stood facing him when he made the bidding the second time, and defendant looked towards him, and must, as he should think, have seen him. De fendant quoted his bidding, and when he knocked the lot down witness thought he was booking it for him. Witness did not say the sale should not pro ceed, and the only answer he got from defendant was that he would have him put out of the room. A man who was intoxicated there began to hiss Mr. Murrell. After cross-examination witness was questioned by Mr. Paynter, and declared that he was not making a noise or hindering the sale in any when turned out by defendant's order. William Henry Rogers, commission broker, said he attended the sale for Mr. Burritt, the father-in law of the lady at whose house it took place. De fendant knew he was there for that purpose. Witness did not bid at all the second time for the lot, but defendant stooped over to him and inquired what had been his previous bidding, and upon his replying 255., defendant knocked it down to him. That was after Barratt had bid. Mr. Barratt insisting that he was entitled to the lot caused a disturbance in the room, but a drunken man lamed Burgess made.a great deal of noiso there. In cross•examination witness admitted that al though not entitled to the lot, he cleared it and took it away for the gentleman for whom he was buying on commission. He dared say his previous bidding was by a nod. The voice witness heard most in the room was Barratt's, but he thought Burgess and other persons called out. Did not consider there was a great noise while the next lot was selling. Replying to Mr. Paynter, witness admitted that he thought d e f en d an t was favouring him when he knocked the lot for which he had not bid down to him. He had also favoured him respecting another article. Witness did not, however, think that that was acting unfairly. After some further evidence, .the case was ad journed till Tuesday. SOUTHWARK.—The driver of one of the op position omnibuses, No. 6,640, running between Kingsland- ga t e an d the Elephant and Castle, was summoned before Mr. Burcham, for loitering and obstructing the thoroughfare in Wellington-street, London-bridge. Sergeant Ashley, 455 A, said that on Monday, the 3d instant, about one o'clock, he saw the defen dant driving his vehicle towards London-bridge from the Elephant and Castle, and just as he got near the clock tower, one of the General omnibuses was going the same way, and, near the railway, was hailed by a lady. That vehicle stopped for the purpose of taking her up, when defendant pulled over, and prevented the conductor and the lady from getting near the other omnibus. Witness called out to defendant, but he took no notice of him at first, but completely blocked up the road. Mr. Burcham asked what was the other omnibus hailed by the lady ? Sergeant Ashley replied that it belonged to the General Omnibus Company, and - ran the same road. He had considerable trouble with these omnibuses, but they were not so bad as formerly. Mr, Burcham said such conduct must be put a stop to ; and, as a caution to other drivers, he should fine him 20s. and costs. The conductor of another omnibus (No. 6.674) was charged with overcrowding his vehicle. Sergeant Ashley said he got into the omnibus on Wednesday night at Kingsland, 'to come to the Borough, and at Shoreditch church there , were four teen passengers inside, being two more than allowed by law. lie told the defendant of it, but he took no notice, and the omnibus proceeded as far as St. George's church in that overcrowded state. In answer to the charge the defendant said he was very sorry for having too many persons in his omnibus, but he was not aware ofit till told by the officer. Mr. Burcham fined him ss, and costs. George Heyne, an ensign of the 15th Regiment of Foot, residing at No. 24, Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, was charged with riotous and dis graceful conduct in a private box in the Victoria Theatre. John Herrington, 32 L, said that he was employed to keep order inside the Victoria Theatre. About 10 o'clock on the previous evening he heard a disturbance in one of the private boxes occupied by the defendant and three other gentle men. He looked up, and 'perceived him and two of his friends sitting in the front of the boxes. Two of them were smoking cigars, and loud complaints were made from all parts of the house. He instantly proceeded to the boz and requested them to desist, but they waved their handkerchiefs, and shouted to the persons in the pit and gallery. The defendant was the most violent of the lot, and he was compelled to eject him from the theatre, and take him into custody. Mr. Burcham—Did you see the defendant smoking ? Herrington—No, sir, but when I entered the box he smelt very strong of smoke. Defendant—l did not smoke, but two of my friends did, and I could not help that ; and I never sat in the front of the box. Mr. Burcham (to Herrington)—Was the defen. dant sober ? Herrington—Yes, sir, he appeared to be so, as well as two of his friends, but the other was under the influence of liquor, and he was the best behaved of the lot. (Laughter.) Mr. Burcham—Was the prisoner shouting P Herrington—Yes, sir. He was calling out to the audience in the pit as well as in the gallery. The cries were " Turn them out, turn them out," and for some time the uproar was so great that the performances could not be gone on with. Defendant—l was not very noisy, and I did not smoke. Mr. Burcham—lt is quite clear that your con. duct was very disgraceful, and I am surprised that a gentleman in your position of society should set such a bad example. You must pay a fine of 20s. The fine was immediately paid. LAMBETH.—A poor woman named Newell, living at 21, Stangate-street, Westminster-road, applied to Mr. Norton for advice in reference to her daughter, who had left her house since Wed nesday last, and whom she had not seen since, or been able to trace, in spite of constant inquiries. She stated that her daughter, who was about 18 years of age, had previously been engaged as a dancer at the Olympic Theatre. Afterwards she Fdt an engagement at her Majesty's Theatre ' • and in April last Mr. Massol, the ballet master, had her bound as an apprentice to him for three years, the terms being that she was to have £lB for the first year, £2O for the second, and £22 for the third. On the bankruptcy of Mr. Lumley some disagree ment took place respecting the agreement. Ulti mately the indentures were given up to Mr. Mas sol, on payment of £4 10s. By this time engage ments had been made at all the theatres for the Christmas pieces, and her daughter was unable to get occupation. er daughter. was much depressed in spirits through this, and wrote a note to a lady requesting her to make interest with Mr. Massol to obtain practice for her. She left her home on the Wednesday in question with the avowed intention of delivering this note. After hearing the poor woman's statement, Mr. Norton expressed a hope that the publicity given to the matter would have the effect of procuring some information about her daughter, and handed her a half-sovereign from the poorbox. WANDSWORTH.—The young woman Ann Collyer, late servant in the employ of Mr. Charles Mellor, a very aged and infirm gentleman, of West hill, Wandsworth, was brought before Mr. Ingham for final examination on the charge of wilfully setting fire to her master's house on the morning of Tuesday, the 28th ult., whereby it was completely destroyed. The full particulars of this mysterious case have already appeared in this journal. Mr. Haynes again attended for the prisoner, at the instance of Mr. Mellor. Mr. Taylor (chief clerk)—ls there any further evidence? Payne (the officer)—No sir, none; all the wit nesses have been examined. Mr. Haynes—ln that case, sir, I should like to know what you intend to do in the matter ? Mr. Ingham—There is no further evidence, and as the case is complete I shall send the prisoner for trial. Mr. Haynes—As that is your intention, I shall beg leave to reserve what observations I may have to make for the other court. Mr. Ingham—Very well, Mr. Haynes; now let the witnesses be sworn separately. There were nine witnesses, and. Mr. Taylor then proceeded to read over the depositions, which were exceedingly voluminous. Upon the completion of the case the prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT LIVER. POOL. (From the Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.) At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a shocking catastrophe took place in Great George-street. While business was going on in a large draper's shop, customers buying and shopmen selling, a portion of the premises fell in, burying customers, shopmen, and labourers employed on the premises in one common fate. For some months past Mr. E. Lewis, proprietor of the Bazaar, an extensive drapery and hosiery establishment, 113 and 115, Great George-street, has been making great addi tions to his premises. These additions consisted principally of a large hall, running back some dis tance in the rear of the present shop, and intended t• be fitted with a gallery promenade. This new erection remains perfectly secure, so that we need not more particularly describe it. As it approached completion, Mr. Lewis announced a " final clear ance sale at a great reduction" previous to closing the old premises, in order to complete their connec tion with the new portion. It seems, however, that this connection was in course of being carried out while the premises were still kept open, though the operations were hidden from the eyes of the public who might be tempted by the announcement of " a great reduction" to step in and purchase goods at the shop. In order to connect the large hall at the rear, and give it a greater length, workmen had com menced taking down th e partition wall at the back of the front shops, beginning from the roof. Previous to touching the wall it would appear that two upper floors in the old premises had been cleared away, of course leaving the wall without anything to bear it up internally. Yesterday afternoon, while three work ing men were engaged in pulling the wall down, a large portion of it gave way in a mass, falling on to the floor above the north shop, carrying with it a portion of the longitudinal partition wall dividing the two shops, the combined mass falling with such weight that it carried with it the floor of the shop, timber, bricks, and mortar, and men and wewmen, and drapery goods being buried together in one heterogeneous pile in the cellar below. About, one half of the upper or back end of the north shop was thus destroyed. The men who were pulling down the wall fell with it, and the shopmen and custo mers who were in that portion of the shop were co vered with the falling debris. As far as can be ascertained, about a dozen people altogether were in the north s h o p a tth e ti me , including Mr. Thomp son, Mr. Lewis's manager. Mr.. Lewis himself was away at the ti me . Th ose w h o esc aped being buried rushed out of the shop in the greatest consternation, the escape of some of them being almost miracu lous. Great alarm was also felt by the persons in the shop next door, who state that the noise was like that of thunder, the shock causing their pre mises to rock as if from an earthquake. As quickly as possible the workmen about the premises commenced removing the ruins to get at those who were unhappily buried below them. At this moment a detachment of police, in charge of Inspector Dodd, theusual 3 o'clock relief from Steel street station, came up on their way to the south end, and rendered most energetic assistance. The intelligence soon spread, and Superintendent Hewitt, of the fire brigade, arrived early, and with some o f h is men was actively engaged in the rescue. Divi sional Superintendents Quick and Ride, Mr. New lands, the borough engineer, and others • arrived, and aided by their judicious directions the object in view. Miss Hall, residing at Upper Parliament street, a customer in the shop, was first rescued. She was knocked down, but not covered, and being only slightly injured in one leg, was enabled to be taken home at once. Two of the shop assistants, one named Joins, were also carried away, the latter to his residence in Alfred-street, close by, neither of them being seriously injured. The next rescued were the three labourers, one of whom was treated at the dispensary and enabled to go home. The other two, James Blackmore and Matthew Smith, were taken to the Southern Hospital, a good deal crushed, but alive and sensible. Along with them was found Wm. Owens, one of the shop assistants, who was also carried to the Southern Hospital, and whose principal injury is a broken collar bone. In about a quarter of an hour the excavators came upon the bodies of two women, customers in the shop at the time of the accident, both of whom, we regret to state, were quite dead. Their bodies were removed to the Southern Hospital, 4 but the surgeon at once pronounced them lifeless; they had been suffocated with the debris , for their mouths and throats we - ?e choked up with dust and pulverised mortar. Indeed, as no heavy beams or anything of that sort gave way, and the wood and boards which fell were crushed into small splinters, the fallen mass was of an unusually dense character. The search was still continued, for a youth named Meredith Jones, the clerk or cashier of the establishment (who usually occupied :a small desk running across an opening in the partition wall of the shops) who was missing, and supposed to be in the corner where the two walls which fell joined each other. When our re porter left the spot, at half-past five o'clock, the body had not been recovered or anything heard of the young man. It ought to be stated that the search was carried on with the greatest bravery by those engaged ; for about 20 feet in height of each wall remained s tandi no., but evidently i n th e mos t dangerous condi - , ',ion, hanging, like the sword of Damocles, above thosa, who were clearing away ibe pile of rubbish at the it lower part, by which alone they seemed to be sup ported. The men engaged in taking the back Tall down were mere labourers, employed by ,Mr. Lev is himself, and working under his directions. The exertion for th e recovery o f t h e bodies was con ,tin it •ecl vigorously all night. Mr. Rishton, the build.i Ong surveyor for the borough, was present between • eight and pine o'clock. About half-past ni ne a thinl body was exhum e d. It wa s supposed to be th a t of John Ellis, aged 22, a labourer, lodging in Fleet-street, who was only taken on to work yesi cerday morning. Two other bodies, those of M eredith Jones, the young clerk, and a fourth 1 abourer, were believed to be still under the ruins. We learn that the only case received at the South Dispensary was that of Jane Madden, of 11, Carl atom-street, a customer, who was conveyed to that institution by four men, but on examination found 'L to have received not even a scratch, though sal gyring severely from fright, being, indeed, completely prostrated. Up to ten o'clock last night the bodies of the two women at the Southern Hospit 21 had not been identified. This makes the list of victims three killed, two missing, supposed to be killed; and six known to be injured, .but not sen iously—namely : John Ellis, labourer , dead. Two women, unkno' sn, dead. A labourer, suppose buried in the ruins. Meredith Jones, 3. de] k, ditto. William Drew, sho] ?man, collar bone fractured. Matthew Smith, lal )ourer, much crushed. Jones, shopman, slightly hurt. Miss Hall, 49, Parliament-street, slightly hurt. A labourer, slightly hurt. Shortly after the act 'ident was reported corpora tion labourers were set to work, and a large portion of Great George-street, opposite the front of the premises, was strongly barricaded off and guarded by the police, in order to prevent any accident to the public passing by, and to prevent interference with the melancholy work of excavation. At one o'clock this morning we were informed that the young m.an who acted as cashier had been taken out of the ruins, quite dead. The Daily Post states that the bodies of the two women at the Southern Hospital have been identi fied. A young man went there to make inquiries about his missing mother and sister, and he had the distressing task of recognising iii the dead both mother and sister. The name of the mother was. Eliza Murray, aged 48, the widow - of the late Mr. Andrew Mursay, an outfitter, retiiding at 6, Old ham-place, Oldham. street. The daughter was named. Janet Murray-, aged 15, and she accompa nied her mother to th e draper's shop to make pur chases, and they were t ogether hurried into eternity. The body of Mrs. Jonas, which was dug out of the debris late last eveninw, was removed to her resi dence, 27, Wolfe-street, Park, her daughter having previously made inquiries at the hospital for her missing mother, and le'it a description. The body of the cashier, Meredith J ones, aged about 20, and the body of the labourer, John Ellis, also a young man, were removed to the d‘eadhouse late last night. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEW ARK•--JAN. 12. There was a tolerable _: supply of grain at market. Sales generally were slow, and. prices about the same as last day. Barley a limited show, and prices about is dearer. In oats little alteration. Beans on the advance. White wheat, new, 44s t o 50s Barley, grinding.. 26s to 30s Red do. 32a t o 44s Oats, old, .. 3os to 34s Old white 42s t o 45s New do 26s to 283 Red do. 378 ti ) 42s Beans.. 428 to 44s Barley, malting.... 385 to 43s Peas . ..• •—s to —s HULI.--JA.N. 11. At this day's market there was rather a fair supply of wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of this day week. Barley in request, and fine qualities fully is per qr. higher. Oats steady, and in some instances they realised a trifle more money. Wheat.... Old white....per qr .. 45s Od to 47s Od Old red 1 I - New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 50s Od to 52 s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 468 Od Baltic and Hambur~,- red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 3Bs Od to 39s Od Barley.... English malting 338 Od to 378 Od Grinding 2BB Od to 308 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein - ind Danish 29s Od to 31s Od Grinding 26s Od to 28s Od Oats English, old. Archangel and Riga, per at., •Os • lld to llfd Friesland and Dutch • 08114 d to 18 Od Swedish and Danish Oslla to °Mid 'Beano ....English, old, per qr. 44s Od to 46s Od . New pigeon ' 40s Od to 42s Od New tick. 39s Od to 40s Od Egyptian 3ss Od to 36s Od Peas ' Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter Bss Od to 90s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . usliln - g 44i od to sii lid Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 oto £9 10 0 Foreign Rape cakes 6lO oto 615 0 Bones 612 6to 615 0 DUBLIN-JAN. 11. At this morning's market the trade in wheat was of a rather better character, at an advance of 6d on last week's currencies for best qualities of wheat, 3d on. inferior oats, and 6d to 9d . on grinding barley. Indian corn was held for an advance, and some retail business was done at our top quotations. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 25 0 Do., red 2l 6 to 23 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 s. d. s. d. Do., new ll 6 to 13 0 Bere Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 0 Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MAR: (Prices of Coal per Ton ai s. d. Buddle's West Hartleyls 0 Davison'sWestHartleyls 0 Wylam .15 0 Tanfield Moor ........ 12 3 Walker Primrose .....12 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . .... ..15 0 Lambert's W. I fartley.ls 0 South H W ett a o li n s End. 20 0 Ships at marker ET-JAN. 12. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. the close of the market.) Walls End. a. d. Stewart's 20 0 Gosforth lB 0 Eden Main 18 3 Hetton 2O 0 Cassop 19 3 Whitworth 15 0 Thorpe 19 0 Nixon's Duffryn 21 0 Nixon's Merthyr, 2l 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 6 ;, 48—Sold, 29. LIVERPOOL-JAN. 12. The market opened with a fresh decline of 1 per cent., and after many fluctuations closes unsteady, at 1- per cent. advance, which is rather under the highest of the day Leeds Northern, 48 - 1 2 —Dovers, 22 i—Berwicks, 931 93/---- -North British, 60 I—York and North Midland, 761 77 Eastern Counties, 12 a 12a— Midland ; 1011 2—Chester and Holyheads, 48 81—Caledonians, 861 7—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961—London and North-Westerns, 95 1-- East Lancashire, 95 51—Dutch Rhenish, 41 31 dis.— Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16—Great Western, 55 1_ Manchester, Sheffield, and. Lincolnshire, 38 4—Blackburn, 11 5-16--Great Western* of Canada, 161 164—Birkenheads, 67 671. MANCHESTER-JAN. 12. The market was rather active to-day, with a fair busi ness doing, especially for the next account, but prices were lower. Eastern Counties, 12 5-16 next account—Leeds, 96 n. a.—Trunks, 9 n. a.--,East Lancashire, 95.1; 951 n. a.—Dovers, 22 3-16; 22A- n.a.-Bheffields, 38 n.a.— Londons, 951—Midlands, 1021 n. a.. The length of cable for the Indian telegraph from Suez to Aden, manufactured by Messrs. Newall and Co., will be despatched from Livexpooliabout the 20th inst. in two vessels. BIRTHS. BAILLIEs.—On the Bth inst., at Paris, the Lady Frances Baißies, of a son. DANIEL.—On the 12th inst., at 11, Lansdowne -crescent, Kensington-park, tho wife of H. M. Daniel, Esq., of a daughter. SCARSDALE.—OR the 1 1 th inst., at Kedleston, Derbyshire, the Lady Scarsdale, of a son and h e i r . WYATT.—On the 10th inst., at Clifton House, Hove, Brigh ton, the wife of George Wyatt, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BARLOW--BURNETT. — On. the 10th inst., at St. Chad' s Church, Shrewsbury, John Barlow, to Anne Godwin Burnett. HUNT—BAwTREL—On the 11th inst., John Calvin Hunt, Captain in the Cape Cavalry, to Maria, youngest daugh ter of John Bawtree, Esq., of Abberton. MZNAMARA — REATINfit.—On the 10th inst., at St. Eliza beth's, Richmond; Surrey, Mr. Michael McNamara, to Miss Mary Keating. DEATHS. ALOOF. —On the Bth inst., at his residence, 17, Great Alie street, Goodman's-fields, Judah Aloof, Esq., aged 66. BINSTEAD.—On the 9th inst., at Shooter's-hill, Thomas Binstead, Esq., aged 77. BRIDGE—On the 10th inst., at Dover, John Bridge, Esq., aged 77. CARTLEDGE.—On the 11th inst., Wm. Cartledge, Esq., of Woodthorpe, near Nottingham, aged 58. CLELAND.—On the Bth inst., at Bristol, James Cleland, Esq., aged 78. CRAWFURD.—On the 10th inst., at the Clarendon Hotel, Edinburgh, Major John Crawfurd. MONTAGIL—On the 10th inst., at Ditton-park, the Right Hon. Jane Margaret Douglass Lady Montagu, aged 80. SIIEPHERD.—On the 12th inst., at 7, Mansfield-street, John Shepherd, Esq., late a member of the Council of India, and Deputy Master of the Trinity Corporation. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in. the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county. of Middlesex,- Tlzursday, January 13, 1869. OA DOIS CRCUS LAND I STRE This magnif the SALE of a The Photog General Refre: meat Room, w several depart] DR. KA 3, TIC market). LECTuItES interesting tor SIOLOGy, S_ ° u l ) t i 3 h l o . r Y , K o OA n FI I t the ARGYLL These p e vening, with I that great co Leader, Charles 4 :eiston play( ~ IltiAtes. Select ~.1 11 1guenots, R( Zanager, R. 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Jo n h- IHowell,E i`,n !_rr Roberts', Bt. • "GtoN—Benj B° ltelTon—H ACTUARY ItUtual Assur The lowest rai 1e 11)t:: : 1 , teera:l:'icie'.lilli to ott, Bo le ut eYnee in ;:u:( t .... t he event of the 43 f: Zrace, the Rei Will be admitted The next Divi Assurances efl ticipate in the I Prospectuses Cation to Tthe l DatedGo C uist h l a toh n lii c s i eti r e ewA y O BUILI tion of a New I making a New I ired may be rchitect. Bedfol All 'renders tr before elev J nuary, 1859 en 14The tendel; f Enl t b e Placed I,eart!ement of _ rvparatory Co T Z2r . , and mark a; ( c cial School ;' raarther Wort Th. Zed "T end e u ste - .rend er es wi 31 APLIl s piace"b -11 ° Alin Ti m ed ifor!te is c ark Cling tl lt" would Y°l i%etferrenee. of . ()• 0 . THE vice_Presidenteu... v _ eartries. Iklember nat Aeade] tbKi slc ian to the at a Vquare L " VITE y, Those r about 4119 1 and (Use' Philoso' 41 ;r4te true GU uPor Qualifies