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Fernland, Baltimore. Arrived from the River, Investigator, Madras; Schnee, Westcott, Cape of Good Hope; Meta, Clan )°, New York. Ski. S agt, Now Z',a laud ; Lady K. Barham, Jamaica; Gl,7ncairn, Mobile; Daring, and Agatha Ann, St. Michael's; Th.)yal George Steamer, westward. Put buck, Achilles, Sydney, Nesv South Wales; Zephyr, Dominica; Hendrik Uudsou, New York Livisnroon, Jam 3.—Wind W.S.W.; 4th, N.N.W., gale.—Arrd. Ferris, Bucco; Ann, Para; Pancoma, Alexandria; David Clarke, Bombay; William, Stephens, St. Helena; Free-trader, Black, Callao; Ellen Maria, Whitmere, New Orleans; Annie, Mearns, Charleston; Lord Gough, Walsh, Pictou. Sid. Irene, Rio Janeiro; Dianasut, Alexandria; John Hamilton, Bombay; Sera phina, Pernambuco; Countess of Eglinton, Bahia; Theodore, and Brutus, New Orleans; Caroline, and Lady of the Lake, Charleston; Asia steamer, New York; Ber tha, Smyrna; Daniel Dyer, Constantinople; Enosis, Ly re. Arrd. Congress, Quebec; Neru, O.borne, St. Michael's; Orontes steamer, Grifpede, and Banzza, Alexandria; Henry and Margaret, Ellis, Pernambuco; Mersey and Ulysses, Honduras; Hartley and John Garrow, New Orleans; Niagara steamer, Stone, Boston, lett 24th Dec., and Halifax 26th, on freight 277,250 dollars; Sceptre, St.. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Falcon, Lee, St. Mi chael's; Ann, Nance, Cephalonia. A terrific storm swept over the Isthmus cf Panama on the sth D.c., which destroyed upwards of half the town of Cruces. The Helen barque, of Bristol, from Demerara, is on shore on the Brazil beach; the steam-tug has proceeded to her assistance. It blew very hard last night from the westward, and this morning it blew round to N. W. and N.N.W.; still blowing a heavy gale with heavy squalls; but is draw-. ing more to the westward this afternoon, and moderating MARKET NE WS.-(T HIS DAY.) CORN-EXC H AN GE-MONDAY. Nearly the whole of the provincial markets held on Saturday were seasonably well supplied with English Wheat; nevertheless, as millers in general were short of stock, the demand for all kinds ruled somewhat active, at an advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. Foreign Wheats were held at a similar amount of improvement. Malting Barley was Is higher, whilst grinding and distilling sorts were quite as dear. In Malt, comparatively little business was doing. Oats, Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flcur, were held at ex treme currencies. _ . Advices from New York state that prices of both Grain and Flour continued on the advance, with full average shipments to England. The Baltic and Black Sea markets have ruled very firm of late. la France, very little is doing on English account. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of English produce were very moderate. From abroad we received 5,470 quarters of Wheat, 6,670 Barley, 6,567 Oats, 648 Peas, 510 Tares, 4,035 Linseed, 2,556 Rapeseed, 37 sundry seeds, 205 sacks and 3,759 barrels of Flour. The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to this morning's market from Essex, coastwise, was larger than for some time - past, and in excellent condition. From Kent, Suffolk, &c., the supply was very moderate, A few parcels came to hand from the Midland districts ; and the total show of samples may be c onsidered sea sonably good. Notwithstanding that the attendance of millers was by no means large the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce ruled steady, and a good clearance was effected, at an advance in the quotations obtained on Monday last of from is to, in some instances, 2s per quarter. The transactions in English Wheat for forward de livery were comparatively small, owing to the enhanced rates demanded by the growers. With really fine foreign Wheat we were very scantily supplied. Holders in general were firm in their de mands, and refused to sell except at is to 2s per quarter More money, and which was partially realised. Low and middling samples moved off slowly, yet prices were well supported. Very few floating cargoes were on offer. Continental orders were received, but at very low limits. Egyptian Parcels eold at 26s 6d per quarter, freight, cost, and insurance. The total supply of Barley was moderately good. Malting samples moved off steadily, at fully last week's Prices; but grinding and distilling sorts commanded Very little attention. Malt—the show of which ready for delivery was rather limited—sold slowly, at late currencies. Good sound Oats were steady, at full quotations. In low and damp parcels, very little business was trans acted. Beans were in fair average supply, and sluggish in quiry, at last week's prices. White Peas moved off steadily at late rates. In Grey and Maple, very little was doing. Indian•corn, afloat, was held for more money. The Flour trade was firm, and the quotations were considered the turn higher. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, iMalt—Chevalier•• •• .• 578 to (Ss Red .... • • • • .37s to 42s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 39s 486 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 37s 423 Ditto, White • • • • .. 39s 46s Irish, Red.... • • • • —8 —s s —s Rye—Old ........ 265 28s Lincolnsh., F cad. 17s 201 Potato Youghal and C ork, Black l6B 198 Cork, White..... 17s 215 Scotch, Feed..... 20s 258 Beans—Tick ......... 25s 30s _ ........ _ New. ••• • • • ...... 26s 28s Pigeons ...... 276 33s B arley — Grinding..... 23s 25s Peas—Grey ..• • • ..... 273 303 Malting ......... 27s 29s Maple ... •••• • . .. 28s 32s Chevalier .... 313 34s White..... 268 29s Malt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers 298 34s folk • ........... 45s Sts Flour—Town-made... 32s 393 Brown . • ......... 438 488 Suffolk ••••• . • . . • 285 333 lunaaton and Ware 51s 56s Stoekta & Norfolk 28s 33s SEEDS. Fair average transactions have taken place in Lin 'seed, both on the spot and for arrival, at about previous "quotations. There are now on passage to London, 'lOO,OOO quarters from Calcutta, 50,000 from the Black 'Bee, and 30,000 from the Mediterranean. All other Seeds are very slow in sale. Cakes support late rates. Turnle,White, per bash. 6s to lOs Carraway ............ 313 333 _ Red awl Green.... 83 11s Coriander 9s 11s •AUstard, Brown.— .... Is Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35s White, new 6s Od 7sod Linseed, Eng• Sowing• • 60s 65s TareeMinter ..3s 6d 4s 0d Crushing ........ 463 525 Old Od Os Od Baltic 408 46 C.„anarY, per qua.rter •. 3 3ds Odessa ..........4&s 50s •Aye grass.. • • 24s 305 Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— Red Eng,. (cwt.) 3,15 42s English .. .91 10s 101 0 White .. 34s 43s Foreign, per ton 615 s 7110 e • Foreign Red...... 323 41s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4123 41 4 , White.... 34s 44, Rapeseed,New, pr Ist 2110 s 2310 s ,Trefoil 183 22s Duty was paid on the following quantities of foreign Clover Seed up to the 27th ult.:— - 1851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull At per stone by the CareaSe. a. d. to 4s. d. ! a. d. to a. 0. Beef, I:teflon... •• 2 4 2 6 , Ilutton,lEterior .. 2 8 3 0 .-- 10,11 Lug •• .. 2 8 210 middling.. 3 2 3 8 primelarge •• 3 0 3 2 -- rrlme small .. 3 4 3 6 • Pork, I , krge ........ 2 8 3 8 Vea'.••• •••••• .- • • 3 0 4 0 -- 5ma11........ 3 8 310 131 VII TIE l'l EMI). For the time of year the importsOf foreign stock into London last week were good, the total arrivals having amounted to 2,408 head. During the corre pending period, in 1851, we received 1,555; in 1850, 507; in 1849, 1,142; and, in 1848, 1,225 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Earlingen 2l ... 581 .. ... 2 .. 1 liamburgh 36 ... 40 ... ••• ••• -- Rotterdam 3lO ... 591 ... ••• 253 ... Ostend --- ••• ••• ••• ... Antwerp Dunkirk N iel , Diep Total The yearly comparison ot the weekly imports is as under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851 ll9 1,168 ... 237 ... 31 1850 132 ... 302 ... -•• 73 ••• -- 1849 l2l ... 1,008 ••• *** 1848... l5B ... 1,032 ... • 35 — Fresh up from our market to-day the receipts a Beasts from the north of England were on a very mode. rate scale for the time of year, whilst their genera quality was inferior. The show of foreign stock was comparatively small. The attendance of buyers being numerous, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade ruled steady, and, in some instances, prices advanced 2d per Sibs. The best Scots realised 3s to 4s per Blbs, at which figures a clearance was speedily effected. From Lincolnshire Leicestershire, and North amptonshire, we received 1,800 short horns; from other parts of England, 400 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c., and from Scotland 260 horned and polled Scots. We were again but ' , moderately supplied with Sheep. Fine old Downs were very scarce, and 2d per 81bs higher than on Monday last, 4s 8d per Sibs having been realised for such qualities. In other kinds, a full business was transacted at very full prices. It must be understood that the general top figure for Downs did not exceed 4s 6d per 81bs. Some small Calves moved off steadily, at fully the late improvement. Otherwise, the Veal trade Was inactive. The demand for Pigs was steady, and late rates were well supported. Per 81ba.t0 sink the offal. s. d, to s. d O. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 8 3 0 inferbr Ske i eP sh .. „'; 3 3 13 4 1 ,1 Second quality .... 3 2 3 8 4 Second as q e.w il eo a lledditto 4 0 4 2 "'d m: large Om"— 3 6 3 4 0 SouthdownWether 4 4 4 6 Large 3 10 60 coarse Calves 3 2 3 8 Date out of the wool Prune 0 0 0 Oa BPre,8 Pre, 8 „„,..„ small .. 310 4 2 La r g e Hogs ••• • 2 310 4 0 " u ' u ilit Calves ..18 0 22 0 Small Porkers •• Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 Quarter o ld Pigs ..16 0 20 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Besets. I Sheep , 1 Calves. 1 rigs. 255 3,562 22,190 I 218 I FOREIGN SUPPLY. pies. Ba I Ate. Sheep. 1 Calves. I 453 1,790 144 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and P rices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, 0 .,n Monday, January 6, IESI, and, this day , Mo nda y , January 5, 1852. Per 81bs., to sinkJ he offals. an. 6, 1851. Jan. 5,1852. s. d. s. d. 3. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 28t02102 8 to 3 0 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 0 3 2 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen ... ... 3 4 3 6 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. ... 3 8 3103 10 4 0 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 2 second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 310 3 4 310 P rime ) coarse-woolled ditto ... 4 0 4 '2 4 0 4 2 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 Lambs,. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••• • •••• a Nca coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 3 2 3 8 prime small ditto ... 3 8 3103 10 4 2 La rge 2 8 3 6 2 8 3 8 Hogs • " 411 41 Porkers ... ... 3 8 4 03 10 4 0 3,562 Beasts ... 4,082 Sheep and Lambs .. —.22,430 22,190 Calves ... ••• ••• ••• 160 203 Pigs .. - • •• SUPPLIES ON SALE, 310 255 Sheep'Tax. 7, 1850. Beasts, 3,070 ; and Lambs, 21,630 ; Calves, 34 ; Pigs, 206. riZINITGATE AND MILA.DENIIIII 3 . 3 .. Notwithstanding that these markets have been season ably well supplied with each kind of meat since our last report, tho general demand has ruled very firm, ai d Pricts have, heal an Unt , ard Ley. weather is operating in savour of canbue4tia l i, Es pecially of the lower kinds of meet in poor neighbour 400da. TH E S N DOV.OUG3 AND SPITAIMIETaDS. The arrivals of Potatoes during last week, coastwise and by land carriage, were 4,429 tons, w holly in good saleable condition. Toe imports were only 11 casks from Havre, and 10 baskets from Rotterdam. For all kinds the demand is in a very sluggish state, as follows: Per Ton. Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 70s to 80s1Wisbeach & Cam- Ditto Shaws sto - SI bridge Lincoln. Regents 60s to 75s:Kent Regents 6 ss to 7is Scotch Regents.. 65s to 70sEssex Regents 6ss to 73s Ditto Cups Ditto Blues Ditto Dahlias —8 to —s,'Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s Common Whites. —s to s;French —s to s ewszstle & Ber- German ditto ... —s to s wick Regents.. 65s to 70.5 Dutch Whites.., --s to —s Kentish Red Kid. —s to slC hats norcouan 330 r. rric.eatacnT. Our market continues to be very moderately supplied with tint., new Hope, for which the demand is steady, at very full prices. Yearlings are quite as dear, and a few parcels of old olds have changed hands for export. Sussex pockets, 51 8s to 6165; Wpall of Kent, 6l lOs to 71 ss; Mid and East Kent, 71 to 121 per cwt. WO on. Last week's imports of Wool into London were 402 bales from Launceston, 512 from Taganrog, and 5 from Hgmburgh. Fine E❑dish qualities are in ts,.:mewhat improved request, at full prices; but all other kinds com mand v.,ry littlo attention. The stock of Colonial is extensive. TiII3LOV7. Since this day se'nnight our market has been in a inactive state, and, in sonv , intances, p veryrices have ruled the turn in favour of buyers. To-day new P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 365 9ti per cwt. Town Tall,w is 37s per cwt net cast'. Last wait tho imports were only 132, the delive:ies 2.417 c.i4.l;:s. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. Steck this day . • 21,247 44s d Price of Y. C. .. [ l to 45 O o,' Delivery last week • • 327 Ditto from June 1.... I Arrivals last week • 669 Ditto frem June 1 ... 75,1.32 : , ,5,392 46,396 51,272 61,976 423 Od 38s 02 378 32 to l 36s 9cl to 6801 to 33s 6d 37s 6d to Os 02 2,6:+9 2,142 1,736 2417 61,537 i 53,718 53,1i6 65,942 3,2 1,346 210 132 96,696 78,614 83,530 90,684 45s 01 33s 01 393 61 393 51 Price of Town • • •...1 49s Od CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR7.I. The January session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning in the usual form. The calendar contains the names of sixty-three prisoners. The Grand Jury having been sworn and impannelled, The RECORDER proceeded to charge thorn. Ho said the state of the calendar was such as to require but little observation. The number of prisoners they had upon the list was small. He was glad to perceive that in that number there was only one serious case, namely, the charge of murder a hieh stood over from last session; but BS a true bill had already been returned against the ac cused, they would not be troubled with the case at all. There was but one other ease involving the destruction of human life, and that was a charge of manslaughter, which appeared to have arisen out of en unfortunate broil produced by excessive drinking. The case, however, presented no legal difficulty, and it was therefore unnecessary for him to detain them further upon it. He was glad to observe that the calendar con tained but a email number of these serious offences which excited so much alarm about this period lea year —he meant those daring burglaries and street ref-heries which generally attended the winter months. Whether this was to be attributed to the example of the punishment inflicted upon previous of fenders, the increased vigilance of the police, or an improvement in the moral and physical condi tion of the people could not exactly be ascertained, but it certainly was to him, and no doubt would be to the jury, a matter of deep congratulation. There was one other case to which he must briefly advert. It was a charge against two persons of having within three months of their bankruptcy obtained large quantities of goods under the false pretence that they were trading in the ordinary course. That was an ant which made the parties liable to be indiated for misdemeanour, and in this case it appeared the prisoners had pawned the, goods which they obtained in this way, instead of ap plying them to the usual purposes of trade. .There was another case in the calendar upon whi ch he bad intended to make a few observations, as it was one which deeply in affected the due and proper adminis tration of justice this and other courts. It was a charge of ob taining money from a" prisoner under the pretence that the offender was a clerk to a . barrister, and enabled to secure the services of s employer, when in point of fact he held no such position, nor was he competent to render any assistance whatever to the prisoner, from whom the money was obtained. Now that was an offence which, if established, would subject the party accused to a severe punishment; but it was not necessary that he should go into the circum stances of this particular case, because, since the court was opened, the unfortunate accused had ceased to exist. He was aware, however, that there were , other parties of his class lurking about the Central Criminal Court, and he had therefore thought it right to warn them that if the offence could be brought home to them, it would be the duty of the Court to visit them with the severest punishment. He would not detain them further, but, ' thanking them for the attention they had given him, he would at once dismiss them to the discharge of their duties. Thu grand jury then retired, and in a short time some true bills of a minor nature were returned into court and the trials were immediately gone into. The last case referred to by the Learned Recorder was that of the man Henry Marlin Flanigan, who stood charged with having obtained money from a person under the pretence that he was the clerk of, and would secure the services of, Mr. 'lorry, the barrister. It transpired that the unfortunate man had committed suicide while the Court was sitting by immersing his head in a bucket of water, and keeping it there until life was extinct. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The January sessions were opened this morning a . Cleikenwell. The calendar contains 70 names. Five watermen and lightermen, named Robinson, Scott Charles Watkins, John Watkins, and Fraser, were in. dieted for stealing tour sacks of oats, the property o J. 0. Keane. On Thursday, the 11th of September, a barge belonging to the prosecutor was lying in the Thames, off Blackwell, having a cargo of oats on board. A lighterman, Phillips, who was in charge of the barge, proved to seeing the four sacks in question upon the after part of the deck shortly before seven o'clock, and other witnesses proved that the prisoner Scott's boat was seen laden with tour sacks of oats, marked with the pro secutor's name, lying off Execution Dock. Shortly after wards Scott, Robinson, Fraser, and Charles Watkins were seen drawing a truck wishfour sacks of oats from the di rection of Execution Dock, to Brewhouse-lane, where they deposit( d them in a dust-corner. A carpenter in the service of Mr. Jones, in that lane, gave ieformation to the police. The sacks were found in the dust-hole, and the prisoners were followed to a neighbou rin g public ' house. The evidence against John Watkins was to the effect that before the other prisoners reached Brewhouse lane with the truck he was observed walking up and down there, apparently "on the look out," and that when they came to him, he said, " What -- fools you are to be all four with the truck." He was also in the public-house wh en they were arrested, but he was not in their company, nor was he taken into custody at the same time. It was also proved that he plied for bean sp e.e t a there ble in witnesses t h fares as a rat erman a b out t h at s p o t, and would have eordinary course of his business. Re gave a good character to each of the prisoners. The jury . , after a long consultation, found all the pri soners Guilty, except John Watkins, whom they ac quitted, recommending Robinson to ercy on account of previous good character. The JernoE said the offence was of a very serious character, and should be punished severely. Those who were guilty of it were generally in the habit of plunder ing vessels la the river, though apparently bearing a good character. Ile sentenced Robinson to six months' and the others to twelve months' imprisonment. IVIARLBRO'-STREE T-- (T HIS andDAjYam.2 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Micaue. _ Massey, 18, were placed at the bar before Bingham c in ha s r t g ea e l d watches, the inwgithlBble.inlOg 3 c . o i n n e e g r o n l e d d , , w an i tdh fourot hers not in custody, pro perty of Mr. Michael Metcalfe, 59, Marshall street, Golden-square. Swanson, C 62, said, yesterday morning he was sent for to 29, Marshall•stroet, to inquire about a robbery which had been committed there, end from information he subsequently received he suspected the prisoners to have been concerned in the robbery. Ho accordingly , took them into custody, and conveyed them to the sta tion-house, where they wore searched, and a quantity of gold and silver money was found upon them. Witness had since discovered that the prosecutor's brother-in-law absconded directly after the discovery of the robbery, and that the prisoners had been previously seen in his company. Witness now wished for a remand in order to give him time to proceed further in the case. The prisoners, who had nothing to say, were remanded for a week. nt James Smith appeared in ..__ answer C itUE L t T o Y a TOA B summonso sgEr.a_ eclat the instance of Mr. Royal Society for the Thomas, the secretary of the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, ap l eaticoaan named when he saw th em or o D y ec o e f mber last he was wan tonly ill-treating a horse. charging him w ith New River Cf m defe It appeared from the evidence of the _ antacted Dunn,pan) that a t clerkon thein thei6 ustornrthoeer ceeding along Oxford-street, wantonly beat a horse which he was drivil e aa p b r o i head with a whip. Witness thought the with unreasonable severity, and told him so, w the defendant commenced such a volley of abuse that, in order to protect other people, he communicated with n Mr. Thomas, who adopted t he p resent ploc„, ngs against the defendant. i d • The MAGISTRATE fined the defoliant 103. and costs - - - DRURY-LANE THEATRE —The new lantern . ime of Har/eqwin Hoya7 th continues to crowd this housz, night after er night, and is one of the gleatest h i ts the theatre has a ver made. A scion of an ancient and distinguished family, famed for the military achievements of its ancestral line, is a b o ut to lead to the hymeneal altar an accomplished daughter of a wealthy divine, well known in Fermanagh as a most extensive landed proprietor. The cold has `et in with great intensity. Yes terday muroiog, at six o'clock, 11. Chevalier's thermometer marked 8 deg. 8-ldths of centigrade (16';; Fahrenheit), and at 12 o'clock 7 deg. 4-10ths 9/ centigrade (18% --.Parr e arr. Fahrenheit). 1)0 Ni L ,k, LITERALTURE. CLARA HARRINGTON ; a Domestic Novel, 3 Colburn, If " Clara Herrington " be the first production of its author it gives an indication of great ability and a promise of much future excellence. The style is pleasing and occasionally eloquent, the sentiments are noble and beautiful, some of the characters are well portrayed, especially that of the heroine, an im per6onation of all that is pure and gentle and meekly devoted in woman. Having said thus much in praise of "Clara Harrington," and we might perhaps have said more, quoting many passages from its pages which would reflect credit upon the head and heart of the writer, as well in commendation of the style as sentiments; but we cannot pronounce with equal favour upon the subject of his selection, in which he has evinced little discretion. If it were possible to write a pleasing book upon an unpleasing subject, and to inculcate lessons of pure morality upon a foundation of immorality, then " Clara Harrington" would, perhaps, be a charm.. ing and beneficent tale ; but, however lovely the cha racter of the heroine, and however noble her conduct, her position, innocent though she be in fact, is one which, to say the least of it, makes her the object rather of our commiseration than our sympathy. Still abundance of evidence is given in " Clara Harring ton" that the author can, on future occasions,. and with happier themes, afford pleasure and benefit to many admirers. hE QUARTERLIES. TILE WES7'2IIINSTER REVIEW. No. CXI. John Chapman. Another alteration in this old established periodical marks the number for the present January; and this time the change is unquestionably an improvement. Without preserving the somewhat awkward duplica tion of titles with the Foreign Quarterly, the twofold review is merged into its original and simple desig nation of the Westminster. Its range of subjects ap pears, moreover, to have been very considerably ex tended under these new auspices—and if the memory of the former siamese publication is preserved in the form of a footnote on the title-page, the contents are more consonant in every respect with the character of the latter enterprise. In illustration of the importance of the changes here adverted to, we may observe that the present instal ment of the Westminster is inaugurative of a reed and important improvement in the system of quarterly reviewing. Instead of disfiguring the number by appending a bundle of miscellaneous notices relating to works recently issued from the press, the Westminster contains a clear and compre hensive criticism of the most recent additions to our library table in the shape of an article signi ficantly entitled " Contemporary Literature." Through the medium of this contribution we have critical references to Carlyle's Bio graphy of Sterling, to Major Macready's Sketch of Suwarrow, to Holland's Memorial of Chantrey, to Brown's History of Classical Literature, to Stephen's Lectures on France, to Kaye's Account of Affghanistan, and to Sir William Napier's masterly narrative of his illustrious brother's Seindian administration. Besides these there are allu sions to a variety of other works, such as Bur ton's Sindb, Prinsep's Thibet, and the Hon. F. Walpole's remarkable description of adventures among the Ansayrii, with Melly's Khartoum, Prid ham's Kossuth, Shaw's Golden Dreams and Walling Realities, Carpenter's Principles of Phy siology, Wilkinson's Delineation of the Human Body, Latham's Ethnological writing on Man and his Migrations, Thotnpson's Passions of Animals, Newman's Lectures on Catholicism, and Maurice's Sermons on the Old Testament. Added to these, there are cursory remarks introduced on the "Fair Carew," on " Visiting my Relations," on the " Lily and the Bee," on the:poems of Beddoes, on " Norica," and on the last admirable contribution to the history of art, by Henry Noel Humphrys. After this astoniehingly various enumeration, it is unnecessary to observe that the article upon the " Contemporary Literature of England" is replete with interest to the majority of readers throughout our population. Simultaneously with the appearance of this very novel feature in Quarterly reviewing, there start forth from the pages of the Wesminster some kindred papers in reference to the state of con temporary literature in France, Germany, and Ame rica; the latter subject being preceded by a retro spective survey of the literature of the United States, in which due honour is done to Jonathan Edwards, Dr. Channing, William Prescott, George Ban croft, Washington Irving, Fennimore Cooper, Dana, Poe, Willis, Bryant, and Longfellow. Elsewhere in the number is a delightfully readable chapter on " Mary Stuart" the " soft Medusa 'of the age of Elisabeth. The opening paper is, perhaps, the most important of all, relating, as it does, to the vital question of Represen tative Reform. Towards the close of this really re markable political essay we find the following obser vations, eminently entitled, we conceive, to the atten tion of the community : "In America representation has to generate from itself the counteracting forces that are needed to chock the impetuosity, ensure the deliberativeness, and steady the course, of a popular. legislative assembly, naturally tending towards the purely democratic. It has elicited such forces in a marvellous degree. Of its constitution it may quite as justly be said, as of our own, ponderibus librata suis. With us, those controlling forces are other wise provided. They are co-ordinate with representa tion itself. They hem in the representative power, and surround it as with wails of brass. It is bound within its sphere, as abe ocean is circumscribed by the hand of Omnipotence. If the progressive principle be powerfully embodied in a House of Commons, ,the Conservative principle is not less powerfully embodied in Royalty, the House of Peers, and the Established Church. Beset with these controlling forces, we can afford to give po pular reprezentation ample scope and verge enough.' Directly or indirectly, these are securities against all democratic dangers, real or imaginary. Nor can we multiply or strengthen them, but by polluting represen tation at its very source, and making, or allowing to re main, the practice in shameful . " discordance with the theory. It is impossible to conceive that this great and intelligent nation can only bo governed by a falsehood; by hypocrisy, corruption, and influence, under the abused name of representation; and that truth, in the demo cratic element of our constitution, is not as powerful as in the royal, the ecclesiastical, and the aristocratical. We only want a statesman with moral courage to apply himself to the work of reform with firm faith in princi ples which have the sanction of antique usage, aro re cognised in our institutions, have been approved by ex perience, and are founded in the nature of man as a social being." A variety of other contributions are comprised in the number before us; one upon shell fish, with a special regard for oysters and the mode of eating them ; another on the relation between employers and em ployed ; another on political questions and parties in France; another on the ethics of Christendom—all more or less honourable to the signs of enterprise newly evinced in the management of the Westminster., COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 3. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, took pony and walking exercise. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. The following had the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the Castle during dinner, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Iphigenia" Selection. " Zampa" Gluck. Herold. Waltz, '''Trauule "f dem Ocean".... Gungl. _ •• Charivari . Zuhlner. Galop, " Amazon" Her Majesty's private band attended afterwards in the evening, and performed the following selections : Overture "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" ............ . Andante and Scherzo Introduction "Le Prophete" Hocbzeit's March SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home park this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family also walked in the Home park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domes tic household, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. THE LATE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. - 11l our late review of the Arctic Searching Expeditions we omitted . to state a fact which renders the history of those expeditions even more distressing than we represented. It appears that neither Captain Austin nor Captain Penny, nor any of their officers, were aware that Sir John Franklin proposed depo siting his communications, not in or under cairns, but about ten feet from them, in a direction indicated by a finger-post to be erected on the cairu. Thus, while the cairn on Beechey Island was searched, the ground around it was not examined at the requisite depth; and it is, therefore, highly probable that dispatches are at this moment lying in the cache pointed out by the finger• post. But even the cairns themselves were not sufficiently examined. Captain Austin, in his evidence before the committee, states—" We went to a cairn, took it down, and examined it to a certain extent—but not in the way we i were satisfied it should be examined." This con fession s most extraordinary.—lnverness Courier. DEATH OF SIR FREDK. WM. DUNBAR, BART. We have to record the demise of Sir F. W. Dunbar, Bart., of Beath, Nairnshire, who died on the 27th ult. at his seat in that county, aged 33 years. The deceased baronet suc ceeded his father in 1836, and, dying without issue, he is eucceded by lilt uncle, Mr. Peter Dunbar, in the H.E.1.0. service. MONDAY E 'kr Nf IN , MAGAZINES, Scc —(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Antony Poplar commences the new year with bia two hundred and twenty-ninth Number : Vires ac quiret eundo. The opening chapters of a new tale, " The Heirs of Randolph Abbey," display consider able power, and give promise of a most interesting sequel. The character of Sir Michael, his haughty lady, the four heirs, including the, as yet, inscrutable Alethea, are admirably portray el. Disraeli 'a " Bio graphy of Lord George Bentinck," and Mr. W'ar ren's unique production, " The Lily and the Bee," are the respective subjects of very eulogististic ,notice. In the paper headed " Memoirs of Royal and Dna trious Ladies" will bs found some highly entertain ing reading, concerning the royal dames of 01,,, who are treated of in Mrs. Green's, Mrs. Bush's, and the Senora George's works. The fifth number of " Scenes and Stories from the Spanish Stage, " c ontributed by P. F. M`Carthy, is devoted to Calderon's "The Scarf and the Flower," and a ballad, entitled " The Year-King" is likewise from the pen of the same talented writer. An excellent biographical sketch accompanies the portrait of the late Secretary of Ceylon, Sir J. Emerson Tennent. " Scripture Scenes," a paper suggested by Croly's Poems, and Gilfillan's " Bards of the Bible," is written in a grandly elo quent, as well as truthful spirit. Speaking of the Sacred Volume, the writer says— " Eighteen hundred years have elapsed since the last of it was written, yet still it exists in all plenitude and power. Hundreds have assailed it, but it lives down all opposition. Giants in intellect have hurled their spears against it, but their weapons lie shivered around its pedestals. Gibbon wielded against it his ponderous yet brilliant learning, Bolingbroke his ingenious subtlety, the French encyclopedists their dead philosophy, Paine his invective and ribald banter; yet it lives on unshaken. Time only adds to the marvel, and brings strange con firmation of its much-questioned facts." The political leader treats of " Irish Land, Land lords, and Tenants ;" a cleverly indited 1€ gend is " The Saint of the Long Robe," being No. X. of the Kishoge Papers (the admirers of the " Ingoldsbsr Le gends" hail with pleasure the resumption of these papers, characterised by a kindred spirit cf genuine humour and an equally admiyable felicity of versi fication, in the pages of the Irish ;Blackwood; and very beautiful expressed sentiments abound in Slingsby's " New Year's Eve." If Jona than Freke would introduce a more felietitous companion in his prose-poetic dialogue than Jack Bishop, who is become a vapid bore, it would much refresh his readers. A more instructive and enter taining specimen of periodical literature has rarely appeared than the January number of the Dublin University. BENTLEY. The valuable and interesting notes of a five years' residence in South Africa, entitled " The Cape and the Kafirs," are concluded in this number, and we part• with regret from their talented author, Mr. Arthur W. Cole ; a more amusing travelling com panion it has seldom been our lot to meet with, and the Cape colonists may consider themselves fortunate just at this moment, when they are exposed to the attacks of Exeter-hall an the one hand and of the croehetty and impracticable Colonial Secretary on the o an th d er, a ln t gi h n a a v l ing a su arn ch pi an onL energetic,i\,r. C well-informed, n Cole. His defence of the conduct of the colonists "on the convict question " is triumphant, and completely shatters all the arguments which Earl Grey has put forth in his attempted justification of his unwarrantable conduct. The fact is, the Cape, in common with all our other c olonies, is governed a great deal too much. The colon is t s s hould be suffered to manage their own affairs (more particularly those appertaining to their relations with the savage tribes on their borders) in their own way. Laissez faire should be the principle of the Colonial Minister, as well as of the Minister of Trade and Connmrce. Professor Creasy continues his series of " Unsuc cessful Great Men," his hero for the pre sent month being Vercingetorix, the Chieftain of the Gauls, who organized the most formidable coalition against the Roman invaders of Gaul that the Romans had ever encountered, into whif.th his perstiasive eloquence induced even the 2Edui to enter ; who, n more than one occasion, defeated even Ces3ar -hinatilf, and who was not conquered until the latter had enlisted and organized a force of heavy German cavalry to aid the Roman legions in their struggle ; Vercingetorix was at once the Kossuth and the Kosciusko of his age and time. The interesting cor respondence of the Count de la',Marck is continued; the present instalment relates to the intrigues which followed the death of the Count de Maurep as, and which terminated in the elevation of the most in competent of financiers, M. de Brienne, Archbi shop of Toulouse, to the post of Finance Minister of France. The number opens with a well-written biographical notice of Thomas Babington Macaulay, the greatest English historian who has appeared in the 19th cen tury ; this notice is illustrated with a portrait, en graved from a drawing by Mr. Eddie, which is a most characteristic likeness of our great poet—statesm an-- historian. The " Notes on New Grenada" are in teresting, and the "Twelve Black Statues" is a hu morous dramatic misadventure, humorously told. There are several reviews of new books in the present number. MA RIONETTES. This amusing species of dramatic performance by automata, which is announced as shortly to astonish London playgoers with mechanical Macreadys, Keeleys, Marios, Grisis, and Teglionis, is by no means new. The literary reader will at once call to mind the famous puppet-show in Don Quixote, where the Knight of La Mancha becomes so excited by the performance as to rush to the rescue of the Spanish knight and the Moorish maiden, and cuts down the fierce Boabdil of Grenada, greatly to the t error o f t h e showman. This was a marionette theatre, then common in Spa in, and s o described by Ce rvantes. The puppets , or mario nettes, of Mr. Powell w ill a l so b e f am ili a r to the readers of the Spectator, where Addi s o n complains of Mr. P u nch and the Italian Opera dr a wing away peop le of fashion from " The Distressed Mother" at the theatres, and there are numerous papers in the Guardian, in which Sir Richard Steele, writing as Bickerstaff, got u p a humorous quarrel between himself and Mr. Powell, the manager of the marionettes. At Rome, in the Via Tor di None, there is or was a theatre of this d esc ription, in which pl ays were per f or med by figures t h e siza of children, who c l ose l y i m i ta ted, in vivacity of gestur e, energy of a cti on , and brill i ant musical execu tion, their larger and livin g prototypes. Ben the v oice, speaking behind the scenes, was thrown, as it were , into the puppet, and made t o seem to procee d from it, by an excee di n gly clever v e ntr il oquism. We k no w not who hor whether they will be manoeuvred a ft er the fashion of h where the v o i ce procee ds from under the stage.eorse I a r t Riga,• S Paeree, m ar i onettes are o f this description, In Russia, at St. P eters b urg h, in the Michael Pl osc hadge, or Grand D u k e Mi c h ae l- s quare, there is, h ar d by to the French th ea t re , a co mpany of mario nettes, who ply their v ocat i on n i ght l y , g reatly to the de li g ht of wondering audi ences. A b ou t 23 years since, a theatre was erected in the Ar g yl e Rooms, for similar pu rposes to that with which M r . Simpson is about to aston ish the town; but, un f ortunate l y , the rooms were tt destroyed by fire, and with them perished scenery, dresses, decorations, actors, and all, before the public curiosity had been gratified. DIVIDEND -DAY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND, EAST INDIA, AND SOUTH SEA HOUSES. Notice was issued on Saturday at the above establish lows, and the transfer-books opened on the undermen. y dividends will be paid as fol lows, INDIA. HOUSE.—The dividends on East India Stock will be in course of payment to-morrow, Tuesday, the 6th of January .m.stant, under the 11th section of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 85, and the certifi cates will be ready to be delivered on that day. The transfer books for . the said stock will be opened on Thursday, the 15th instant. BANK OF ENGLAND . —Notice is hereby given, that the January dividends will be paid to the public, in the Ro mtioennetd tunda of the Bank of England, on Thursday next, the Bth instant, and that th e . transfer-books for the following securities, due the sth . instant, will be opened on the un dermentioned date, v iz.:—Consolidated Three per Cents. on Friday, the 16th inst ant; . Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726, on ditto; New F ive per Cent. Annuities on ditto; and Securities for Terms o f Years, ditto. SMITH SEA 11 . S •OU F —The dividends on South Sea Stock Annuities will be paid on Thursday next, the Bth instant, and the transfer-books opened on Friday, the dtahtaets:t—he Januar y 16th instant. foundation niit'A of some wh W ole m sf L h o is r —Nearly the Ln w tl it e h it. He purchased a i y th him to be identified alms houses for decayed oil-painters, and it is believed that he has years. It appears to erection of a monu ment hwor k ingeena point for o t fh highis obi ambitionect f9r with with the establishment of such inan institution, and he has fortune jM . is W le?t T fo u r R th ic e E directed 1,0001. his l,oo m ol e . m t o o r b y e in ex e p on en n d ex e piece of ground at Twickenham for the purpose of erecting these almshouses twenty years ago, at the time of making his will, designing that this glorious memorial of his genius should be raised amid the beautiful scenery of that locality. The only remarkable circumstance attending the bequest is, that he should exclude watercolour p a i nters from partici pating in its benefits. His oil pictures, comprising forty or fifty of his finest works, are left to the National Gallery, on condition that within ten years a room be set apart exclu sively for their r eception. Among them are the renowned " Hannibal, . " the " Hail, Bain, and Speed," the two large pictures of " Carthage," t he Tein eraire," the " Burial of Wilkie," an early picture representing a "Frosty Morning," remarkable for its truthful effects, and his celebrated " Death of Nelson," the quarter-deck of the ship filled with figures, and the finest r epresentation of a sea-fight that was ever painted. His stock of watercolour drawings and en gravings, which is of grea t value, will be sold. He always bargained for fifty first-proofs of every plate that was en graved, and many of these arenow extremely rare.— Literary Gazette. THE BANE FORGERIES IN YORKSHIRE.—Mr. Scott, the manager for the Yorkshire Banking Company, has written to the local journals, informing them that it has been ascertained, after much and careful investigation, that the late forgery of the 5 /. notes of that company has been confined solely to those purp ortin g to have been issued from pthaeidDionncLaseteedrsb,raßnrcandfboardnk; Manchester, Some of the notes have been Sheffield, and Hull. Five persons are in custody charged with having uttered the notes, but it is expected tha t there are other guilty persons Still ;t large, JANUALtY 5, 1852 110 W to EMPLOY CAPITAL in IRELAND. (From the Bunkers' Magazine) The problem, which forms the title of this article, has recently engaged the attention of a class of writers of great ability, who have brought to a consideration of the matter an amount of scientific and practical knowledge, never before employed on any financial question affecting the commercial interests of Ireland. Hitherto the ex pediency of undertaking any measure for the ameliora tion of the sister country has been determined by pos sibilities rather than by actual experiment ; and Dr. Kass seems to be the first writer who really attempted to develope the physical capabilities of the country by an appeal to statistics and experiment. Subsequently, other writers of ability have endeavoured, by an appeal to recognized facts, to rouse the attention of capitalists to the vast resources of Ireland, and to the pecuniary advantages which must necessarily attend their develop ment; and of such writers we have met with none who have brought th© matter more fairly and forcibly before the public than Mr. Digby Sea moor, who, in his essay on the question "How to employ Capital in Western Ireland," has exhibited an intelligence and amount of information not usually met with in essays on the capa bilities of the country. Mr. Seymour confines his observations to six practical questions, each of which can bo a nswere d sa ti s f ac t or il y in the affirmative or negative from actual experiment; and on the satisfactory answers to these questions de pends the further question " whether capital can be profitably employed in Ireland?" We intended this month to have noticed fully the facts which Mr. Seymour brings forward to prove that capital can be more profitably employed in Ireland, at the pre sent ;time, than in almcst any other portion of the British dominions; but we are obliged to postpone an examination of the statistics on which Mr. Seymour rests his argument, and to give now a mere outline of the proposal which he so very clearly and satisfactorily explains in the pamphlet that he has published. In considering the question we treat it purely as a financial one; and our object is to determine whether the plan proposed is likely to prove profitable to capitalists who may give it their support. It is, no doubt, deserving of approval on other grounds; but the only question which concerns capitalists is, " Will it pay 4" and this is the point to which we would the more especially direct attention. Mr. Seymour, titer fully investigating the subject of his essay, places six questions before the reader. They are:— 1. Can beet sugar, grown and manufactured in Ire land, compete with foreiga and colonial sugars? 2. Should a company, undertaking the manufacture of beet sugar in Ireland, rely on private enterprise for the supply of roots, or include in its operation as well the cultivation of the beet as the manufacture of sugar? 3. Can rotation crops of beet and flax be advanta geously introduced into Ireland? If so, should the cul tivation and manufacture of flax, together with that of beet, form a principal object of the promoters of such a company ? 4, Are the soil and "climate of Ireland suited to the growth of chicory ? and would its manufacture there on a large scale be profitable? 5. Vlithout reference to the "commercial plants" mentioned, does the West of Ireland present any natural capabilities, agricultural or industrial, which peculiarly render it an elegible field for the employment of capital? 6. What are the best means for introducing manufac tures of beet sugar, flax, &c,, &e., into Western Ireland, and for otherwise developing its agricultural and indus- trial resources? It will be seen, from these questions, that the other question, " whether capital can be advantageously em ployed in promoting the cultivation of beet and flax in Ireland?" is placed before the public in a plain and simple manner; and that the expediency of employing capital, in endeavouring to restore the fallen fortunes of the country, is not considered simply with reference to " Justice to Ireland," but especially with reference to justice to those who embark their capital in Irish en- terprises. Mr. Seymour, arguing from the conditions of soil and climate, and various chemical and economical considera tions, makes out a strong case in favour of the extended cultivation of such " commercial plants" as beet, flax, and chicory, in connexion with manufactures of sugar, &c., &c ,in the West of Ireland. The company estab lished to carry his views into .effect, called " The West of Ireland Land Investment Company," propose to pur chase some of the large estates now, or likely soon to appear, in the market—to sublet these on encouraging terms to English and Scotch farmers;—while, at the same time (to promote the growth of plants suited to the locality, and give employment to the native poor who would otherwise be a burden on their property and a check to improvements), they propose to establish manu factories for the conversion of beet into sugar (the re fuse being reserved as food for cattle), and to raise suitable erections and machinery to prepare flax for the markets of Belfast and elsewhere. Considering the de plorable want of manufectures in Western Ireland, where markets, capital, and habits of trained labour are almost unknown, private enterprise seems inadequate to the task contemplated, with better hopes of success, by the present company. "It has occurred to us, however, that the proposed - company would find their preliminary arrangements very much facilitated, if, instead of endeavouring to coin bine the purchase of land with the manufacture of beet sugar, flex, and chicory, they began operations simply by obtaining land, leaving out of consideration for the present, as tar as the company are concerned, the manu facture of produce. Other companies might be advanta geously formed to prosecute this part of the enterprize, and we think " a Land Investment Company for Ire land," if unencumbered with any conditions as to manu facturing produce, would have a claim on the attention of capitalists, that would ensure its success. " We are unable this month to give our reasons at length for agreeing with Mr. Seymour, that no one will have occasion to regret his having joined the company which had been formed for the purpose of purchasing land in Ireland. The facts he adduced convince also that beet sugar can be as profitably made in Ireland as in Bel gium, and the specimens of the sugar we have tasted, prove without doubt, that as respects quality, it is equal, if not even superior, to any that can be produced on the continent. We hope next month to be able to quote at length some of the authorities, to' which he refers, to prove that the produce of Ireland can in every respect compare with that of Belgium; and to show that the investment of capital in any companies that may be pro jected to carry out the proposals contained in the pamphlet to which wo have referred, can be made with safety and advantage. Mr. Seymour's pamphlet is ao conclusive on the subject, that we might refer to it without further remark for satisfactory evidence in sup port of the opinion we have expressed in the matter; but we know that such works are too frequently ne glected, unless brought under the especial notice of those who are interested in the subject; and we hope, there fore, that all who feel desirous of improving the manu factures of Ireland, and extending the field for profitable employment in that country, will procure the essay to which we have referred; as we feel assured that it con tains an abundance of facts sufficient to convince every unprejudiced mind of the capabilities of Ireland, and of the handsome return which may be obtained from any judicious investment of capital in that country." " Elow to Employ Capital in Western Ireland, &e," by William Digby be Tour. Third Edition. Loudon •; Effing ham Wilson, and Ridgway. 1851. PARISH OF ST. MARY•LE-STRAND. Tile Rev. J. F. Denham, rector, has issued his anima' pastoral letter to the inhabitants, conveying his affec• tionate wishes for their welfare at the commencement of another year. The Rev. Gentleman gives some accepta• ble information respecting the state of various parochia charities, which he says continue in their wonted pros perity. He proceeds to sky—" With regard to the means of education, I have to report the pleasing fact, that out of 369 children in the inner portion of the pa rish, between the ages of two and fourteen, there are 288 in distinct attendance at our infant, Sunday, and parochial schools. The following is the proportion of children who are parishioners or residents in the parish in attendance at these several schools. In the infant school, 81 out of 97 ; in the boys' Sunday School, 53 out of 55 ; in the girls', 95 out of 103 ; and in the parochial schools, which admit none but parishioners, there are 33 boys and 26 girls. These results show that the good effected in these schools is done according to the apostolic rule, to our own.'" On these facts an appeal is made for further support. " The Parochial Lending Library had increased from sixty to ninety readers, more than half of whom have two books at a time for the use of themselves and families. The Clothing Fund, instituted for the purpose of receiving small weekly deposits from the children of the schools, at a premium of twopence on the shilling, at the close of the year was found at its disbursement, on Wednesday, December 17th last, to include sixty depositors, when 131. 15s. 74d. were expended in raiment among them. The Maternity Society had relieved eleven cases during tho year, owing to an increase in its means." Mr. Den ham says in conclusion—" I beg to express my grateful thanks to all those parishioners and members of the congregation who have most kindly and assiduously assisted in promoting the efficiency of these and other means of parochial usefulness during the past year, in addition to the continuance, in the great majority of instances, of their kind and judicious aid through ma n y previous years." THE DEMERARA STEAMER.—BRISTOL, JAN. .- We have already put our readers in possess i o n of the Melan choly accident attendant on the passage of this noble steamer down the river Avon. A survey of th o ill-fated vessel has been held to-day and yesterday, cn account of the several parties interested. The persons who inspected the scene of the accident were Mr. Elmslie, of Southainpton, inspecting surveyor of the Royal West India Mail Stearn-Packet Com pany-s fleet ; Mr. G. Bailey, late surveyor for Lloyd's ; Mr. Carter, an extensive shipbuilder of London ; and Mr. Wi co' Slam, of the eminent metropolitan firm of Wigrara an d Green. Mr. F. Green also atte nd co mpleted this aft ernoon, on behalf of the builder, Mr. Patterson. The survey was and disclosed a very serious state of . things. It seem s th at the kelson, although not broken', Las been str a i ne d an d twisted to a most serious extent, and the other injuries sus tained by the ship are ev en of a more grave character. He mosttlie 0 f iron her kneesfloors broken i s t ar b oar d-bow and larboa rd- q uarter are completely brok in, and several of her b eams, together with with which she is fas tened, are broken; are broken up, and a great number of her bolts f She is much straine d and broken throughout. Iro The started, of the surveyors w ill not be published for some reps time, but from an official source we may state that the interests of all the parties concerned will be best consulted by her being broken up. REPRESENTATION OF THE 'MONMOUTHSHIRE 80. AOUGHs.-111r. Crawshay Bailey has consented to come for ward on the Conservative interest which will be caused , in consequence tosupply the vacancy Monmouth and . Glamorganshire B Bank, the failure of the Blewitt, M.P., is one of the an. , , of which Mr. principal partner=. Mr. Lind say, of Loudon, shipowner, has announced himself as a can didate on the Liberal interest, R and a second can didate is mentioned, so that eform the struggle is likely to be a j sev ere one. THE MINISTRY. (From the Daily News.) The three vacant offices, of Paymaster of the Forces, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Lni LTnder- Secretary of Foreign Aff.iirs, do not in themselves give Lord John Russell the means of strengthening his Government. For, fill them as ho chooses, they are at best only subordinate posts, and what his ad ministration wants—and the country expects—is the accession of superior men to high office, and not merely the filling up, however creditably, of three inferior vacancies. His Cabinet is even now unusually large ; and to add another member to it in the person of the new Paymaster of the Forces, is, to use a military phrase, simply throwing away powder and shot. But it is not only large, it is unwieldly. Of its si x t een members one-half at least are—either from age or infirmity, or from want of natural ability, or public confidence—incumbrances on their colleagues. Such people as Lords Minto and Broughton are useleas— and worse than useless. Lord Cottenhani's suc- cessor as a reformer of the law has failed, and as an equity judge does not carry any great weight with the profession. Session after session the Chancellor of the Exchequer his more and more exposed his financial incapacity, and to that defect he has lately added commercial unpopularity. Lord Grey, despite his great ability for office, has had less success in the Colonial Department than even those predecessors whom he used to criticise so mercilessly; Sir George Grey has all the hereditary defects of his family, and his administrative powers are now seriously impaired by, it is feared, an incurable complaint; the Whig Cabinet has never been much aided by the bonhommie of Mr. Fox Manic; whilst great age has diminished the activity of Lord Lansdowne, whose consistent and generous liberality throughout a long and most useful career are an honour to his order, and one of the credits of Whisegery. His age, in the House of Peers, may be needed to support Lord Granville's youth; but very little persuasion would induce him to retire to honourable repose --if by hiS retirement the Ministry could be mended. It is vacancies in some of these offices that are needful to repair the weaknesses of the Russell Ca , binet ; and if its bead cannot realise that fact, it is in danger of tumbling to pieces of its own weaknesses. The Liberal party are, of course, deeply interested in keeping it on its legs until the contents of the new Reform Bill are opened, and if satisfactory until that measure shall have become law. But scarcely could a large measure of reform preserve for a lengthened period such a Cabinet. A not inconsiderable portion of those who now support Lord John would almost prefer a return to the Opposition benches inthe House of Commons rather than go on as at present voting with a Government in which they take so little real interest. It is indeed the opinion of not a few that a course of opposition is almost necessary to reconsoli date the Liberal party itself; to infuse into it definite and precise objects and ends ; to develop the ability which it possesses, and to emancipate it from in fluences which in office have injured—if not wholly suspended--its powers of usefulness. The Ministerial journals tell us that by a late retirement Lord John Russell asserted his own pre dominance over the Cabinet. Now that he has done so once, he can easily find motives for repeating the act ; he has just now ample and sufficient opportunity of doing so; and we will do several of his colleagues the justice of supposing that they do not require any exercise of the Premier's authority to enable him to choose their successors. Lords Minto and Broughton must know and feel their own incompetence; Sir George Grey will not persist in keeping the Rome office when in another position he could, more agree ably to himself, be far more useful to his friend Lord John ; Lord Grey might lead the Lora without con tinuing to be a Secretary of State ; office cannot long be indispensable to Mr. Fox Mania; Lord Carlise could be more serviceable to his friends out, than in, the Cabinet ; and if a strong hint should be necessary to Sir Charles Wood, he has relations enough in office to save Sir John the pain of himself giving it. The difficulty is not, then, the men in office, but who to replace them with. The policy of the present Government has been such as to suppress and keep under the ability of the really Liberal party. That party has, even now, in Parliament, just as much capacity and power as any other in the State ; but the course pursued by Lord John Russell has left it idle. Men have either preferred silence to opposition, or— having followed the bent of their own liberal inclina tions, and won public esteem for their services—have been brought into collision with a Government which their principles naturally led them to support. And Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey by their personal conduct on such occasions have fomented the discords of the party by which only they themselves exist as Ministers. If the preservation of the Liberal party be an object of the Premier, it is to such men —to Liberals enjoying the public confidence—he ought first to turn for new colleagtes. Few of them, or of their class generally, are violent, turbulent, imprac ticable persons ; between them and Lord John Rus sell at least there ought to be no irreconcileable differences of opinion ; they have experience of public affairs and Parliamentary business; they are endowed too, with constructive capacities, and—enjoying as they do the public confidence—they have a right (if the principle of Parliamentary government be worth a straw) to office. And who is it that rumour alleges Lord John Russell is trying to substitute;for them ? Sir James Graham and the Peelites I —persons ' no doubt, of a certain experience and ability, but far less liberal in political opinions than the real Liberals to whom we allude, without large and deep sympathies for the people pr for popular measures ;nit best, cold, phleg matic, selfish politicians, and not one of whom would probably be re elected should he vacate his seat by ,he acceptance of office. Lord Croderich will not, it is said, have Sir James Graham for Ripon again ; and Dr. M'Neile declares no one shall sit for Liverpool who will not take the "No Popery" pledge. So that the chances are that the two foremost Peelites would, if they joined the Government, be without seats in the House of Com mons. A pretty spectacle this would be by way of strengthening a Ministry. Parliamentary government under the Russell Ad ministration has not had fair play. A professedly Liberal Government has not had the full confidence of the Liberal party ; and Lord John has extorted from it, by his own past personal services—a support for some of his colleagues which, being insincere, has had a tendency to demoralise the party and to split it up into sections. And now when an opportunity— and a necessity too—for improving the Cabinet arises, his organs are instructed to depreciate the ability of the Liberal party ; and—still requiring and insisting on its support—urge him to send for men of no party, often-changed opinions, and little principle, to come to his rescue. 'this, we say, is scarcely Parliamen tary government.: TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS, Sir,—Rumour says that amongst those whom Lord John Russell is inclined to enlist are the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Wodehouse, Mr. Cardwell, and Sir James Graham—the Board of Control being offered to the first, the Foreign Under-SccretaryshiP t o the second, and the Paymastership of the For ces to the third—Sir James Graham taking th e Home Secre taryship, to be vacated for him by it s p resent holder. At a Cabinet Council on Thursday next, it is under stood that the day will be fixed for assembling Par liament for the dispatch of business ; and at that Council it is also said L ord Jobn Russell will acquaint his colleagues w ith his proposed ste p s for strengthening his Ministry . It is doubtless thought politic not to announce too soon the nam es of those w ho are really about to j oin the Ministr y , lest the re election of such as may be in the HOUSO of Commons s h ou ld be imperilled by too early notice to intending opponents. Before Thursday the Minister la s ould surely well consider his intended steps. Does Lord John Russell think that calling into place two or three aristocratic p ites—one of them a t least a man who ha s eer no h c aracter for political sincerity—does be think, I t o meet the difficulty of his Position ? He will be say, that this is the way mos t wofully mist a k en . f Lord Palmerston are, it 1 he does. The friends of is alleged, determined to have a talk about the recent retirement—even though that Noble Lord himself should show his acquiescence in the arrange ment b likely to be by an intended silence. There is dispatches, and troublesome discussion about Sardinian sympathies with Louis Bonaparte, and discussions also in which the names of the late Pore' Ign Secretary,our Ambassador• . in Paris, and Sir H. Bulwer may arise. To meet Ministerial squabbles with a hand, th and partisa n j ea l ous i es high e Prime Minister should l sure y prepare himself by resting his tenure of power upon a broad popular basis. He should have the people, and the people's sympathy, at his back. He can never hope for this, if in his hour of weakness he leans on such unpopular and unsatisfactory political weathercocks as Sir J. Gra ham. The Premier's own popularity is not so vast that he can whitewash others of their sins from his own superabundance of wealth in that way. And in his allies he must seek strength, not weakness ; poli tical worth, not mere oratorical dexterity. Those who desire the stability of the Russell Ministry will I look anxiously for the decision of Thursday. Yours, &c. AN ENGLISHMAN. ,rt EMILY SANDFORD.—A letter from a respectable resident at Adelaide, in that country, inserted in the Wor cester Herald, says , I thin k you would like to know a little about Emily Sandford. We often see her ; we do not live very far from her; she seems a very interesting woman; she is married to a German, and has one child four months old ;• and the child, of whom Rush was the father, is a sweet little creature; they do well and seem very happy. She has bought houses with the money that was collected for her. SERIOUS ILLNYSS OF THE EARL 01' BROWNLoiy.-- We regret to learn that the Earl of Brcwnlow is lying in an exceedingly precarious state at Belton House, near Gran tham, and that but faint hopes are entertained for his Lord ultigukto remern SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Additional entries:—Melford, Simple, Hardy, and Buscot. CHESTER CUP. The following list Las Eecn sent us by Mr. Tepham as complete:— Dutch Lady, 3 yrs—Old English Oak, 3 yrs—Relsil, 6 yrs—Naaay, 4 yrs—Eliza Middleton, 5 yrs—View Halloo, aged—b gby Young Priam, out of Sister to Genius, 5 yrs—The Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs—Truth, 4 yrs—Timid Fawn, 4 yrs—Cock-crow, 4 yrs—Barley Sugar, 3 yrs—Knavesmire, 3 yrs—Alonzo, 5 yrs— Finesse, 4 yrs—c by Hark-away, out of Duc-an- Durras's dam, 4 yrs—Allegro, 3 yrs—lndian Warrior, 3 yrs—Sister to Fencer, 3 yrs—Koh-i-nor, 3 yrs— Bushberry, 3 yrs—Diamond, 3 yrs—Thunder, 3 yrs— Chief Justice, 5 yrs—Elthiron, 6 yrs—llippolytus, 4 yrs—Abbess of Jerveaux, 5 yrs—The High Sheriff, 3 yrs—Marlborough Buck, 4 yrs—Justice, aged—Ephe sus, 4 yrs—Gholab Singh, 4 yrs—Newmin ster, 4 yrs L'zzy, 3 yrs Lough Bawn, 4 yrs Burndale, 3 yrs—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs— Raby, 6 yrs—Cyclops, 4 yrs—Ebor, 5 yrs—Galvanism, 3 yrs—Mai k Tapley, 5 yrs—b c by Cotherstone, out of Wryneck, 3 yrs—Black Doctor, 4 yrs—Woolwich, 6 yrs—Richard Primer, 3 yrs—The Countcss, 4 yrs— Brother to Russborough, 3 yrs—Birmingham. 4 yrs— Tom Holtby, 4 yra—King of Trumps, 3 yrs—b cby Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs—Ellar, 3 yrs— b f by Lanercost, out of Jemima ' 3 yrs—Gladiole, 5 yrs —Herbert, 6 yr s —L a dy Evelyn, 6 3 re—Prince Patrick, 3 yrs—Russborough, 5 yrs—Earl of Warwick, 5 yrs— Dolly's Brae, 5 yrs—Mr s . Bi rc h, 4 yrs —Th e Ni ece , by Accident, 4 yrs—Tancred, 4 yrs—Le Juif, 4 yrs— Bemta, 3 yrs—Woodlark, 6 yrs—Kathleen, 5 yrs —Ulrica, 3 yrs—St. Michael, 3 yrs—Wildflower, 4 yrs Cossack, aged Paquette, 4 yrs —La Fiances, 4 yrs- . ---Trousseau, 3 y rs —Th e Sh a d ow (l a t e Knavesmire Witch), 3 yrs — Waterfall, 4 yrs—Unity, 4 yrs—Aaron Smart, 4 yrs—ltali an , 5 yrs —B ess o f Hardwick,3 yrs —Marquis,4 yrs—Old D an T uc k er , 6 y rs Consultation, 3 yrs — Maid of Team Valley, 6 yrs— England's Glory, 4 yrs—True Girl, 4 yrs—Constella tion, 4 yrs—Ltimarttee, 4 irs—Dismay, , 4 yrs—Vivan there, 4 yrs—Coryple 3 yrs— Tour Moody, 3 yrs— Elcot, 3 yrs—Bird-on-the - Wing, 3 yrs—Consolation, 4 yrs—Calculator, 4 yrs—Bethgelert, 3 yrs—Tragedian, 4 yrs—Dalton, 3 yrs—Merry Bird, 3 yrs—Achyranthes, 5 yrs—Sir Charles Napier, 5 yrs—Altred the Great, 3 yrs—Knook-Knoll, 4 yrs—ilappy Joe, 3 yrs—Vatican, 5 yrs—The Sutler, 3 yrs—Haresfoot, 4 yrs—Hunger ford, 4 yrs—Broken-Hearted Lady (late Cheerful), 6 yra —Musician, 5 yrs—Backbiter, aged—Rhesus, 6 yrs— Captain Flash, 3 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs—Neasharn, 4 yrs —Tophatia, aged—Nutshell, 5 yrs—Mountain Flower, 3 yrs—Miss A nn , 6 yrs—Mary Ann, 3 yrs—f by Ithu• rid, out of Serena's dam, 3 yrs—Masham, 3 yrs—Ring leader, 4 yrs—Candlewick, 5 yra—Lady Amyott, 3 yrs —UMUS, 4 yrs—Mountain Deer, 4 yrs—f by Panta loon, out of Fugleman's dam, 4 yrs—Kick-up-the-Dust, 4 yrs—Redmond O'llanton, 3 yrs—Duc an-Durres, aged—Lancaster, 4 yrs—Uncle Sam, 3 yrs—Aphrodite, 4 yrs—Snarry, 4 yrs—Grey Tommy, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Mouse, 5 yrs—Vampyre, aged—r by R atan , dam by Melbourne, 3 yrs—klothorpe, 4 yrs— Ro3 ally, 3 yrs—Poodle, 3 yrs—Poetess, 3 yrs—Grand Duke, 4 yrs—Constantine, 3 yrs—Letter Press, 4 yrs— Scarecrow, 3 yrs—Sir Rowland Trenchard, 4 yrs—MyFancy, 3 yrs—Daniel O'Rourke, 3 yrs—King of Oude, 5 yrs—Sophistry, 3 yrs—Joe Miller, 3 yrs—Arrest°, 4 yrs—Grosvenor, 4 yrs—Cardinal Wiseman, 4 yrs—John of Berwick, 5 yrs—Pitsford, 5 yrs—Sladmere, 4 yrs— Exeter, 4 yrs—Surprise, 3 yrs—Harp, 4 yrs—Ballet Girl, 5 yrs—Young Troublesome, 4 yrs—The Lord of the Manor, 4 yrs—Doubt, 6 yrs—Trickstress, 4 yrs— Goldfinder, 4 yrs—Payment, 4 yrs—Athena Pallas, 4 yrs—Young England, 5 yrs—Jessica, 3 yrs—Rachete, 3 yrs—Clincher, 5 yrs—Teddington, 4 yrs—Story Teller, 4 yrs—Water Lily, 3 yrs—Mendicant, aged—Confes sor, 4 yrs—Stamford, 4 yrs—Little Harry, 3 yrs— Equal, 3 yrs—Grecian, 4 yrs—Barcelona, 4 yrs—Little Savage, 3 yrs—c by Faugh-a-ballagh out of Delia, 3 yrs —Kate by Auckland, 3 yrs—Proudfoot, 3 yrs—Terpsi chore, 4 yrs—Urbanity, 3 yrs—Hesse Romberg, 4 yrs —Lucio, 3 yrs—Recruit, 4 yrs—Trickstress, 4 yrs— Breba, 4 yrs—Bardolph, 3 yrs—Tested, 3 yrs—Ver muth, 4 yrs—The Castle, 4 yrs—Adine, 3 yrs—Maria, 3 yrs—Wilmont, 5 yrs—Young Hawthorn, 3 yrs—The Heriot, 4 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Okeover's hares., Tues. Perwich; Fri. Odd= Village-14 High Peak harrs., Tues. Teddington Village; Thurs. Robin Hood Bar; Sat. Newhaven-11. Craven (Yorkshire) hares., Tues. Carlton; Fri. Eshton Tarn-10. Hursley hds., Wed. Ball Down; Fri. the Cross-roads, Cranbury Common-101. Albrigbton hds., Tues. Enville; Thurs. Knighton; Sat. Somerford-104. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Tues. Callender House; Thurs. Cumbernauld House; Sat. Bathgate Mr. Dyer's (Bredon) barns., Tues. Aschurch Station; Fri. Swan Hotel, Tewkesbury-10i. Colonel Wyndham's hds., Mon. Last Lodge on the London Road, Wed. Whiteway Lodge; Fri. Eastdean Wood-111. Wyeside hares., Tues. Llandevachley; Fri. Talgartb —lO. Vine hds., Wed. The Grotto; Sat. Kingsclose-11. N, F. hds., Tues. Brookenhurst !louse; Sat. Eyeworth Lodge-10 4 . Hambledon hds., Wed. Holywell House; Fri. Pre shaw House-101. H. H. hds., Tues. West Tistcd; Thurs. Nutley Church; Sat. Medstead Green-104. Cheltenham stag-hds., Fri. Shurdington-104. The Duchess of Inverness entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, at Kensington Palace. The company included their Excellencies the French and Aus trian Ambassadors with their ludies, and other members of the corps diplomatipte. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE,—A ma trimonial alliance is on the lapis between Mr. Hussey Vivian, son of J. 11. Vivian, Esq., M.P. for Swansea, and Miss Morgan, the amiable daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., My., of Tredegar-park, Monmouthshire. INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS. — On Saturday there was a sale of curious manuscripts and autographs at !he rooms of Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, int Piccadilly. Six letters of the Princess Catherine Sophia, sister of Frederic King of Bohemia, sold for 2/. lls. ; forty seven official letters of Charles 1., signed by the King, sold for 191. ; a letter of Prince Charles Lewis sold for 9 /. I Is. ; two pages folio, in the autograph of Sir William Dugdale, relating to a search of records, sold for 71. 2s. 6d. ; twelve wardrebe warrants of Henry VII. sold for 41. 18s. ; fifty-three wardrobe warrants of Henry VIII. sold for 151. Some letters of Admiral Keppel sold for 31. 103.; a letter of Colonel Lane, who was instrumental in saving Charles 11. after the battle of Worcester, sold for 41.45.; some correspondence of the Rev. to, George Venues, John Lewis, historian of Faversham, sold for 71. 155.; twelve of Sir Charles letters of Lord North sold for 41.; a letter of William Oldys, the bibliographer, with a short autobiography, sold for 41.63. ; a parcel of papers, relative to the Scotch forfeitures in 1715, - )6s z r ; p e autographaddressed Wolseley, and that of Colonel Hennes, Cromwell's Speaker, sold for :./. 3s. the old e f l o i r gr 3 a L ve r s , o S M O l e d ') Cm.msrois ON TILE YORK, NEWCAaTLE, AND BER WICK LINE.-0a Friday the coroner's inquest upon caused the death this accident, which afiprersvb ti t h e C of a clerk in the service of the Electric .Teleg.l Company, was brought to a concln found the follo • sion,and the jury . t h e deceased, Patrick Morton, met his death by the collision of two trains on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, and that the collision was owing to the . neglect of the com as officers in charge of . Pan) • the first train to send hack fog or lamp signal to the train following, a and further to the ne glect of certain saucers of the company to supply fog s i g nals to the guard o f t h e first train. We find the directors and managers of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway guilty of great blame and culpable neglect—first, in forward ing an enormous cattle train immediately preceding a pas senger train, which cattle train passed Christon Bank when the passenger • Secondly, efer train was within one minute of being due. "' in appointing an unqualified guard to such a train. Thirdly, in appointing only one guard to a double train (250 yards long). Also, we find that the production of the printed instructions by the superintendent as a proof of the general carelessness of the company's management, appears to us only an attempt on the part of the company's managers to get rid of the responsibility resting on them, and to throw the blame on an unfortunate guard, whilst at the price of a few paltry tracts they get rid of the expense of providing a competent individual, whose sole duty ought to be to see at least once daily, at some central station, that all parties in charge of a train are provided with proper signals." The jury then separated. The other parties who were in jured by the collision are said to be going on favourably. TUE NATURAL GAS ON CHAT Moss.—The follow ing letter has been received by Mr. Thomas Baines, of this town, accompanied by a specimen of wheat thrashed by an engine, the steam of which was generated by natural gas, not by coal :—" Barton-grange , 30th December, 1851. Bir,—Last week I stated to you the circumstance of our finding natural gas, while boring for water, on the farm of Edward Evans and Ce., of Barton Moss Farm, Chat Moss. We have it now conveyed in pipes to the farm-buildings, with the intention of turning it to some useful purpose, should the supply continue. The first experiment was with a forty-gallon boiler, filled with potatoes, and so powerful was the heat, that the water was boiling in twenty-five minutes from the time the gas was lighted. I have now applied it to the boiler of the steam-engine, and I herewith send you a sample of the wheat thrashed by it.—lours re speettully, RICHARD BELL. " —Liverpool Mercury. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE NATIONAL PUB sac Scuon ASSOCIATION.—The Premier has arranged to re ceive a deputation from this association on Tuesday next, January G. The date originally fixed by Lord John was the 31st ultimo, not the 31st of January as tithe ee o n _statthaed, but his a telegraphic message was received on ..tia, t Lordship could not receive the deputation t II tbe 6th o f have been invited to January. The following gentlemen Alexander , from the deputation :—Pilessrs. Ale John Bri - M.P.. Right. Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P.; M.P. , ~klit, /11. p .; R. Cobden, M P ; James lier'b ir ' s S. Sc . ll W . J. Fox ' M.P. ; Thomas Bazley, B. N. Pb r 1 1 ) "o ' od, A wabe, Thomas Binyon, Philip Lucas, W. Y 1? lla Beard, A. atkin • Rev. W. F. Walker, Oldham ; Drs.; .Davidson, W. MSKer- IN ottingb nl Mark ips, A. row, and J. A. Baynes , Winterbottom, R. . Ifyinst!i?, E. Taylor, `Phil Briggs, Leicester; Dr. sm il es , Lecit,l Alderman Weston, Birming ham ; J. A. Picton and s • P,er guson, Liverpool ; S. Lucas, J. Vaughan, and d. Dawn , London. Of course it will not that all the gentlemen invited will be able to be expected s ter Guardi attend.-21teneh e ap .. THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES.—The workmen eng aged in sinking the foundation of the new bridge ove the Tames between Ranelagh Wa and the Red nous e, r Battersea, are making rapid progre h ss. rf Already the Band the piers of the centre span have been nearly all driven, the coffer dams completed. The waste ground co t he eastward of the garden belonging to Chelsea Hospital, and which at one time formed a portion of the famed Ranelagh Gardens, but which is now little better than a morass, is being filled in and sub-drained by means of large pipes and sewers. This process has been found necessary, in order to form the approaches to the new bridge. The main street leading from the bridge on the Middlesex side will terminate in the vicinity of Eaton-square, and the buildin gs to be erected along the - line of street are to be of the seccnd class, and the exterior finished in a similar style to all those lately built on the Marquis of Westminder's Property at Chelfitft ittld ritulico. rO O 0 011 ,ree red' )itl g 0• , Vi v o 019 Wee' Oi l * St. T- - OP 01h 3104 go' Rio; nod' o;