The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

,4ky • - rititrii 144 - ittt ol4 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 2, 1852. 7th Regiment of Foot —Ensign Charles Edmonstone Kirk, from the 68 th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Grady, removed to the 64th Foot, Jan. 2. 33d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles Fitzgerald to o be Captain, by p urchase, vice Bunbury, promo Unattached Majority; Ensign William Henry Parry . to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Tice Fitzgerald; Ensign Hans Stevenson St. Vincent Marsh, from the 56th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Parry, Jan. 2. 48th Foot—Acting Assistant -Surgeon Patrick McDer naott to be Assistant - Surgeon , vi ce Bowen, promoted on the Staff, Jan. 2. 721 Foot—Lieutenant-General John Aitchison to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Ned Douglas, K.C.8., removed to the 78th Foot, Dec. 29. 78:h F o ot—Lieuienant-Gmeral Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.8., from the 723 1i.,-gim?.nt of Foot. to be Colonel, vita General Paul Anderson, deceased, Dcc. 29. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Wiilijm Arnoli Arnold Wallinger to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bourne, who retires, 2. HOSPITAL STAFF.— Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Lyster Jameson to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Barrow, promoted on the Staff Jan. 2. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Major Henry William Sun bury, from the 233 Foot, to be Major, by purchase, Ja,n.2. MEMOBANDUIL—Major James Adair, upon half - pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Army by the sale of his commission, he being about to be come a settler in Canada, Jan. 2. The Christian names of Lieutenant Eatou, of the 26th Foot, are " Sackville Hamilton Molesworth." The Commission of Lieutenant James Lambert Byrne, of the 23 West India Regiment, has been dated 26th December, 1851, and not 27th December, 1851, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th of that month. BANKRUPTS. John Andrew Edwards, boarding-house keeper, Tox teth-park, Lancashire, to surrender Jan. 15 and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Banner, Liverpool. Henry Curtis, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire, Jan. 15 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Millar, official assignee, Bristol; Trenerry, Bristol. John Allott, banker, Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Newman, Barnsley; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Hall, innkeeper, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 21 and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Rollit, Hull. Robert Thurman, engineer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 17, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Neweastle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Brodrick and Bell, Bow Churchyard; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 30, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 225. 6d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... ... No return „ From the East Indies „... 225. Sid. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. 7d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, Jan. 2. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 27th day of December, 1851. ISSOZ DEPASTSLENT. Not•s issued..., .... 30,741,280 Government debt .. 11,015,108 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,710,505 silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 410,744,280 £ 30,744,280 Chief Cashier. Dated the I st day of January, 152. CT AET/L1 N T. ,Government !court- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • . 13,291,937 Other securities •• • • 11,746,806 Notes • • •••••• • • • • • 12,024,330 Gold and silver coin.. 575,264 £37,634,356 *. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ,NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghp,rn 30 873 (4enoa ................ 25 60 Venice .......• •• •• .... Naples ...... • • 40 peroz 120 (Messina .............. 1201 i Lisboa.... • • .......... 22% 52% ;tic Janeiro ........ fluenos Ayres ........ New York, 60 day3'sighi ;'tiladolphia 1'210E3 OP 1 3 CLLION, PEI 02. Foreign Geld is tiara.. X 3 17 9 ?ortugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 ~ , panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollar:, 0 4 11% , 11-c-er In ban 0 5 BANXIXO DI Proprietors'capital•• 14,553,000 Rest .. ........• 3,136,385 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-bank 1, and Di- vidend accoan,s).. 9,620,140 Other deposits ...... 9,1 S 1,391 Seven day and other _ . Billi• •-- - - .... 1,047,234 £37,538,353 Dated the Ist day of January, L COURSE OF EXCH Amsi.erlma .......... 11 IT% Dltt,, three months., II 19 Rotterda - n 11 19 Antwerp • • ............ 25 40 Brussels— • • .. 25 4U Mtinburgh •. • 11.8 .13 11N Parts, 3 day3'aught . 25 25 Ditto, 8 montha 35 45 25 45 Bourazanx..... ifnullfort on Unina., 120 Vienna, effec. 110 12 12 Triesth, ditto-- 12 13 Petcrsbargl,3il.Rt• • - 4941 Ca _ alrcelota 8ev4P.0....... MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Lowbin New Price Current, Jan. 2, SUGAIL—Tbe impuriation f rom t h e W est Indies during the pet }ear was larger than in the preceding one by 13,600 tons; and the fishing off in deliveries for home consumption reaehe.d 7,609; and at the close of 1851 there was a larger stock than in 1850 by 12,500 tons, and prices ruled lower for brown and inferior yellow by 73 to Bs, and for better sorts 4s to 5s per cwt. The low rates are ex pected to cause a brisk demand shortly bosh for grocery and refining purposes; merchants are also likely to supply the market less freely, as the profits they are obtaining are smaller than for some years, therefore there is no inducement to extend cultivation. The impression is that consumption will be larger this than in the preceding year, and that rates will be more remunerating to importers. As the chief port daty has been paid upon 5,806,200 cwt of all descriptions of Sugar, and in 11150 it was 5 S3B 600 cwt. The present value of low to 6ne brown ‘ is from 2.8 s to 30s 6d yellow ditto 319 t o 39% and refining qualities 29 s to ' 345 per cwt. The st u n i te d Kiug o a ck of all kinds ut Sager in bond in the of 1850. Th e is 50,000 tone more than at the close week, at present sales of Sugar declared for next bags Mauritius, 3o c u orc h prise 16,000 bags Bengal, 3,430 50 hhds Bashede (e a 2 ' ll '' o l Java, 280 hhds Demerara, Havasnah, 459 htids'ands- - ha gs Madras, 3,030 chests barrels Porto Rico. REFINE - ie.—The ho me the increase fur Refined Su ade 503; Harattlers, demand is evidently on prices have an upward tengclare': 44s to 44s 6(l ' production being limited ; brown lumps at and rule as follows, to 48s 6d, double 493 to low to Bine 45s 49s Gd, double 50s to 525; estandial':lllrgh loaves 451 to per cwt: at these terms there are not ers fo r delivery. Xs 44s 6(1 to 45s rates being moderate, and consumption that of the pre ceding season. The differsetill cwt between the Raw and Refined article ile' ' is exceeding an :et lumps 12s per met with ready purchasers, and realized to mid selling at 42 i to 433, and good to fle e , ° 4 7' s ee,low 44i; there is only a limited production, and consumptionEd to is evidently on the increase. Arrivals contintielt For&e,n Refined, and there are several buyers ; i t h o :" E ' of low to fine quality realize from 44s to 50s. Bastalrdas are at present little wanted, but no decline has taken place, a less amount being on offer; sales have been made at from 234 to 28s. A good demand exists for Pieces, and prices are firm, low so mid selling at 303 to 355, and good to fine 36s to 40s. In Treacle many purchases have been made, and supply shows a little diminution; boiled from West India Molasses realiz2s 115 to 12s, Patent 12s to 13s, and Golden Syrup 145 to 15s. Prices have ceased to decline for Crushed Sugar: at present, however, exporters are reluctant to operate, but production is not on the increase, as refiners are ob taining small profits; the value of British is 26s 6d to 275; Dutch, low to mid 22s to 245; better descriptions 24s 61 to 275; and Belgian 24s to 255. Treacle for shipping contlnuet to attract little attention, and can bo obtained at 123 6d to 133 6d. Pieces sales are small at 24s to 255, and Bustards 19s to 21 s. Previous terms aro demanded for Loaves, and supply is me 'crate, but only small ex p sr: orders have been executed. The value of Turkey 1 to 5i lbs is 40s to 455; Ilambro 6 to 15 ditto 30s to 31s 6d; Tittlers 23 to 30 ditto 28s 6d to 295; Prussian 40 to 4 5 ditto 283 ; Bel g ian mad e Loav es 10 itto 275 6d to 28s; and Dutch 6to 10 lbs 29s 6d to 31s per cwt. An increase in the demandis, however, expected to take P l a ce quickly. EAST INDIA. --'The quantity of Bengal and Penang imported here d ur ing the past season exceeded that of the previous one by only 3 , 000 lons ; there was , how ever, a decrease of deliveries for home consumption of 6,000, an d stock is 5,800 tons more than at the close of 1850; prices are lower by 4s to 7s, and 8s to 10s for soft brown and yellow' The present value of low to mid white B enares 34 s 6d to 3 5 s 6d, good mid to fine 36s to 38s soft yellow 243 to 308, brown ditto 223 to 23s 6d; gen ritius sorts f rom 27 5 to 375, grainy white 41s to 465, yellow ditto 335 to 40s, and brown ditto 29s to 325. Of Madras imports h ave b e en 2,90 0 ton s more than in 1850; there is an increase iu deliveries for home consumption of 1,800; and stork is 2,600 tons over that of the last season; bet prices are from 4s to 8s lower, the depression being es oec upperent on inferior and brown qualities. 'eePrices for Grocery rule at 31e to 38s for mid to fine, ord at 28s to 30s, soft brown 22s to 243, yellow ditto 248 6d to 295, grainy 32s to 395, white ditto 40s to 438, e_nd br own 29s to 311. Of Ceylon erri va l s h ave b een trilling during 0. all t h e par, and nearlyr low quality. NI eeterrens.—There has been a falling off in arrivals during the past season, compared with the preceding one, of 2,70 0 tons; home trade deliveries exhibit a decrease of 7,800; and stock is 3,200 tons heavier than at the close of 1850; and prices are from 5s to 7s under that time, the difference being most apparent on the lower qualities. The present value of brown is from 238 to 298 6J, yello w 30e to 375, Refinin g q uali t i es 27 s to 30 s , elftle s A st pry ZOd 323 to 43s per cwt; these r a t es are as /0141tho a s i e j ' prevailing for other sorts of Suo•ar, o ,‘ s 7'..tr..: - mot i4ybs.-11olders evince more firmness, Xand only a •-,,,,k,: L.. -' : i m i o a e itit quantity is on offer. Former rates are us #4.,,q*:l , . : sE i n dt, all sorts, a fair sale has been prev'ailed for li t ' 5 -: - W ., 214ppisif relining under bond, the demand for grocery . . •., • .., ~, :, . ‘., . j a • - ~ ...i.ckri.i, , i cill a Mt THE SUN, purposes is also likely to be better next week. Since our last report the private business has been 200 chests yellow Havannah in bond 19s, 14,0000 chests duty paid brown 30s to 315 6d, yellow 36s to: 37s 6d, fiorettes 38s 6d to 40s; small parcels of Bravil, white 38s to 395, yellow 30$ to 335, brown 27s to 303; 2,800 bgs Manilla 26s to 325; small parcels Porto Rico at 32s to 415 for yellow, and brown 30s to 315. There is still a reluctance to operate in white Havannah, although prices are lower ruleing at 22s to 27s for low to fine in bond. Floating cargoes of foreign are held with firmness, yellow Havan nah at 18s to 22s for number 10 to 16, brown Brazil 16s 6d to 17s, and white 19s to 21s; at present there are no sales to report. Arrivals here of all sorts were more than in the year 1850 by 13,000 tons ; and fcr exportation there was a decrease in the quantity taken of 6,500; but home trade delive ries exhibit an increase of 600. Stocks at the close of the season were more than in the previous one by 7,200 tons, and prices are 3s to 6s per cwt. lower, the differ ence being most apparent on brown qualities. There is arpresent only a limited demand at the Continental markets, at the same time parcels are not pressed for sale. MOLASSES.—Prices are lower than at the close of 1850 by 3s to 4s per cwt. The present value of West India is from Its to 13s; Cuba and Porto Rico 12s to 125 6d; Bengal and Maritius los 6d to lls per cwt. Honey continues to be wanted; and low to fine West India re alised from 36s to 563. Of Tamarinds there is a further reduction in stcck, and rates remain firm at 20s to 30s for West India at 8s to 12s per cwt for East India. Cceoe. —For West India prices are lower by 9s to lls per cwt., Trinidad red being offered at 38s to 455, grey 33s to 38s; and Grenada from 31s to 38s per cwt. Prices rule 2s to 3s per cwt under this date last season. Bahia and Para can now be obtained at 24s to 275; and Guaya quil at 33s per cwt. COFFEE.—The consumption is still much interfered with by the use of Chicory, and greatly to the injury of the Coffee Planters. There has been an improved demand for Native Ceylon this week, and prices have advanced 6d per cwt. about 2,000 bags have been sold, the latest rates paid were 39s to 39a 6d for good, and 405 to 403 6d for superior quality, indeed at these terms there are few sellers. Plantation met with more atten tion, and the parcels disposed of privately were at stiffer rates ; fine and superior 60s to 70s, good mid to good 55s to 58s, low mid and mid 50s to 545, fine to fine fine 45s to 495, other sorts 43s to 445, triage 37s to 425, and pea berry 56s to 645. Stock Ceylon is 1,700 casks and 9,000 bags under that of last season. Jamaica is held with firmness, and appears to be rather more in demand; good to fine at 60a to 80s, low to mid and mid 50s to 58s, other sorts 38s to 495, and triage 36s to 425. Mocha is more in demand, and holders are firmer, coin and mid clean garbled realized 65s to 70s, good to fine 72s to 84s. Other East India sorts are attracting little notice, bnt sales are not pressed. Sumatra and Padang are held for 355 to 375; Madras 29s to 445, fine 45s to 475, Teilicherry, ordinary to fine fine i ordinary 403 to 495, good to fine 508 to 565; Sin gapore Java 38s to 40s; Company's 45s to 50s; and Mysore 38s to 455. Foreign is in small supply, and mope business is doing at previous rates, at which there are not free sellers. Prices for Brazil rule from 35s to 395, washed ditto 40s to 463; St. Domingo ord and fine ord 37s to 395; Havannah, low to fine ord 38s to 475, better sorts 503 to 60s; La Guayra 40s to 60s; Porto Rico 39s to 525; Costa Rica, good to fine 56 to 645, low mid and mid 50s to 555, and other sorts 42s to 49s per cwt. TEA..—The demand for Congou has been more active during the last "few days; the lower sorts which have been most in request realized stiffer rates, and better kinds full previous terms. Sales of low have been made at 7id to 80, good ord Sid to Sid, blackish lea f 9d to I Id, superior and Pekoe kinds Is to is 5d per lb. In Sou chcng at present little has been done; there is, however, so further decline in prices—good to fine being held for Is to is 10d, low to mid 8d to 11d. Oong met with more attention, and holders ail lass disposed to realise: the rates obtained for raid to fine are is to is 4d, and ord 9s to 11d. For green the demand appears to be reviving, the downward movement has ceased; Young Hyson and clean Canton Gunpowder aro most in request. The following are the general quotations:—Hyson, low to mid Is to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2s, superior 2s 2d to 2s 10d; Gunpowder, Canton 9d to is Id, Hyson kind is 3d to 35 4; Imperial Canton, lid to is Id, Hyson kind is 3d to 2s 6d; Young Hyson, good to fihe is 3d to 2s 6d. inferior Is to Is2d; Twankey is to is 2d, Hyson skin 10d to is 40. Full rates are are obtained for scented Orange Pekoe, good and fine qualities are wanted at is 2d to is 8d; in inferior and mid, however, little is doing, and there are sellers at 9d to is 93. Flowery Pekoe is still purchased with caution, and a desire is evinced to sell ord and mid at is Id to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2s, superior 2s 2d to 2s 93. In Caper st present little is doing; rates, how ever, remain at 10d to is 2d, and scented ditto lid to Is sd. Public sales of Tea are declared for the 15th instant. DlCE.—Bengal, good mid to fiae white at 9s 6d to lOs 6d, low to mid 8s 93 to 9s 3d, cargo is 6d to Bs, Madras 7a 9d to 2s, Haracan and pearl barley, 8a to 95, and white Java 9s to lOs 6d. The value of town dressed Carolina is still 21s to 275, Patna 12s to 16s, broken lOs 6d to Ils, and American 17s to 18s; few purchases however have been made. Sago is 4s to 53 cheaper than last year, large pearl being now obtained at 20s to 265, small ditto 15s to 17s, and common lOs to 19s 6d. Sago Flour is offered at 12s to 12s 6d per cwt, being cheaper than last season. The value of Tapioca is lid to 4id, Bermuda Arrowroot is to is ld, other sorts of West India 2f to 83, East India and Brazil lid to 2d. SPlRlTS.—Operations by shippers and home dealers have been small this week, and previous terms aro barely supported. Demerara 30 to 34 over proof can he obtained at 2s to 2s 40, East India is 3il proof, Leeward Island is 5d to is 6d; Jamaica, fine quality 34 to 38 over proof 3s 2d to 4s 2d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 9d to 3s, mid 2s 6.1 to 2s Bd, and low 28 to 30 over 2s 3d to 2s 511 per gallon. There are now few buyers of Brandy, but the large deliveries prevent ppces from going down. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 being held for 4s Id to 4s 3d, 1850 ditto 43 64 to 4s 80, 1849 ditto 4s 2d to 4s I Id, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, other 5s 7d to 6s 60, low to mid 2s 10d to 49, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 50. British made Spirit is still quoted at 2s 8d to 2s 9s net cash, and Gin at 8s for 22 par cent. under proof, being the same as at the close of 1850. The value of Geneva remains at is 7d to Is 83 for old, and fine is 9d to 2s. SPICEN,—The imports of Pepper here during the past season were 30,000 bags less than in the previous on e, deliveries for home consumption are nearly equal to that time, but there is a decrease for exportation of 10,000 bags. Stocks at the close of 1851 were less than in the previous year by 8,000 bags, and in prices there is scarcely any difference. Arrivals of white are less than in the previous season by 1,300 bags, deliveries are 1,000 bags larger, stock 2,000 bags less, and prices Id to 2d per lb above those current at the close of last season. There is a decrease in arrivals of Pimento of 3,500 bags, deli veries are for home consumption 1,000, and for ex portation 10,000 bags more than in 1850 ; stock is 8,000 bags less, and prices :id to Id per lb lower. Of Cassia Lignea there has been a falling off in the importation of 8,00 0 pkgs, h o me trade de liveries are rather larger than last season, but there is a decrease for exportation of 8,000 ; stock is on a pzr with that time, and pries rule 105 to 15s higher. Of Cloves the receipts are 3,000 pkgs under 1850, home trade deliveries are equal; there is an increase for ex portation of 600, stock is 1,200 bags lese, and rates Id to 2.1 per lb lower. There is an increase in supplies of Mace of 130 pkgs, home trade deliveries are rather under last season, but 120 larger for export; in stock there is scarcely any difference, and prices aro 4d to 5d lower. Of Nutmegs a larger quantity has been imported than in 1850 by 300 pkgs; deliveries for all purposes are 100 less. stock is ,300 :packages larger, and prices 6d to 93 lower. Of Cinnamon importations are 1,000 packages under last season, deliveries for home consumption rather above, but 800 less for exportation; stock is rather larger and rates 4d to 8d lower. The imports of West India Ginger during 1851 exceeded those of 1850 by 1,300 cask, deliveries for home con sumption were 1,000 more ; stock is 1,000 casks larger, and rates much lower for in ferior and middling, but is good and fine there is little difference. Of East India and African the quantity l t w h a P r r i t n ed during the past year was 15,000 bags &c. less rates the ria \ difference ' tation ct.psreceding one, in home trade deliveries little of 1 7 , a pparent, but there is a decrease for expor tation the stock is 3,000 bags larger, and kinds there is for home trade sorts, but in export 1851. " scarcely any difference compared with INDIGO,--The t , • all purposes exhibit here over the ye ar 1 1 a an excess in arrivals of East India of 5,000 chests; deliveriesfo is r 3,000 chests more than an increase of 600 chests; s toc k rates from 6d to is 6d trifling home and shippi ng disposed to sell are corn st ill only a lo we r. There is . per l l he close of last season, and per lb under the last quarterly to accept terms . 2d to 3d real consumption, as stocks in s take eland is, however, expected O sales. An improved de pelaeraand, and those par ties Although little is doing in Spanish hands are light. require for Floras 4s 10d to ss• Cortes, good to fine, 3e 6d to 4s • holders are firm, and , the increase ,ra;lbarcaea shortly to 48 9 f d o r ; very low and ord is to 2s 6d. 4s; m id Silvers the preceding season by 6cl to is 1851 were 4,400 sevens more than in 1860 .8 . per r atesp rule und e r d I t m o i?o 3 r s ts 3d in ; in deliveries 5,800, and the decrease in stock amounted to 600 serene. COCHINEAL.—The present value of Hotr i ls e is 2s 8d to 4s 2d, black 3s 2d to 4s 4d; 3s 6d per lb. An improved demand is expected °ll to 3 ta s it t : place shortly. SALTPETRE. —At present little business is doing, but holders are firm, and require 245 6 d to 28 s 6 d for Cal• cutta, 24s to 26s for Madras. British refined is held for 29s to 29s 6d, and at the same time last year 31s to 31s 6d. Of Nitrate of Soda imports fall short of last season by 1,500 tons, deliveries are rather less. F ew buyers are to be met with, and there are sellers at 13s to 13s 6d. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off at full rates. Of 4000 casks Australian the chief part sold; good to fine mutton 35s 6d to 37s 3d, beef 35s to 365, and 430 pkgs South American, low to fine 34s to 35s 9d. OlLS.—There is at present little business doing in Fish Oils, at the same time holders are not disposed to press sales. Cod is held for 321 to 321 10s, pale Seal 321 to 321 55, other sorts 29/ to 311 103, Southern 321 to 351, and Sperm 851 to 86/. Of Seal the stock is 220 and of Cod 250 tons; Rape Oil met with a slow sale; brown at 30s to 30s 6d, pale 31s to 315 6d, and Refined Foreign 33s to 33s 6d. There is at present little doing in Linseed Oil, and 26s 6d to 26s 9d is the value on the spot. Palm met with a slow sale, fine at 265. Tho deand for Cocoa Nut is good; Cochin and Ceylon 325 to 3m ss. The value of Olive is 401 to 431 per tun, bat . sales have been upon a small scale., YARMOUTII, J.N. I.—The Concord brig, of Whitby, makes all the water, hating grounded. LONDON, ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE The following facts posses some striking points of interest. We may premise that the story is strictly true, the names only, for obvious reasons, being suppressed : In the year 1827, a young woman, of decent parentage, engaged in the service of a clergyman's family in the west country, became acquainted with, and formed :an attachment to, a young man in the neighbourhood. A child, the result of this attach ment, was ultimately, from the inability of either of the parents to support it, consigned to the care of the grandmother on the father's side. The mother had frequent opportunities of seeing and hearing of her boy while she remained in that quarter of the country ; but some time after wards she left the neighbourhood and removed to a distance. Thereafter the father left the same district also, and removed to Ireland, taking the boy along with him. Some years passed away, and being mutually ignorant of each other's place of residence, the mother, after using means to discover whither her child had been removed, gave up all hope of obtaining the much desired intelligence. She conducted herself well in the gentleman's family in which she served, and in a few years thereafter, an offer of marriage was made to her by a respectable tradesman, which, after candidly relating to him the circumstances of her previous life, he was, by reason of his attachment to her, induced to repeat, and she gratefully accepted the offer. In the prosecutio❑ of his business he soon thereafter removed to Glasgow, where he commenced business as an engineer. The father of the boy, in the meantime, had also married, and by him the youth, when he grew up, was sent to and completed his apprenticeship with an engineer in Ireland. Subsequently the lad went to Glasgow in search of, and obtained employment, by a singular coincidence, and without a knowledge on either side of the relationship, from the engineer who, as we have stated, had married the boy's mother; and from the fact of her not having seen him since he was an infant, she never suspected, and indeed could not possibly have recognised him as her long-lose bo appears that a brother of the lad's father happened to keep a booking-office for parcels, &c., in the city, and to him, among others, the father had sometimes, in his letters, alluded to the mother of his boy, and his natural curiosity to know what had become of her. The young man was occasionally in the habit of calling on his father's brother, and reading or talking over any mutual letters they might receive from his father in Ireland. It chanced one day that a well-dressed, and even ladylike woman, entered the office to book a parcel. The man fixed his eyes upon her, and said he bad some distant recollection of having seen her before, and begged with all civility to inquire whether, in her youth, she had been in employment as a servant at a manse in the west country which he named. The lady replied that she had ; and, ever anxious regard ing her boy, and having no reason for concealment, eagerly inquired if be could give her any tidings of her son, or if he knew anything concerning him. The man told her that he was himself the brother of the boy's father; that having seen her in former years he remembered and recognised her couutenance, and if she would call at his office on the succeeding evening at seven o'clock, he would make arrange ments whereby her son would be in attendance, and she might see him. The interest and anxiety, it may be imagined, of this woman was great. She had not heard of her boy, after many vain endeavours, for the long space of twenty years—not even by letter; and here, by a single accident, when she least expected it, she was on the following evening to see and converse with him. She immediately went home and told the circumstance to her husband, and deep was the interest he also took in the matter which so much concerned her; for she had been to him a good and faithful wife, and if she had erred she had washed it away with long sorrow and repentance; and he, of all others, had fully and freely forgiven her. The intervening time, it may be supposed, seemed long and tedious, and it was with an anxious eye, and a palpitating heart, that she entered the office of the book-keeper the succeeding evening, a few mi nutes before the appointed hour. The man informed her that the lad had not yet arrived, but would be there soon, and, handing her a seat, told her that he would close a half•shutter of the side window when he came in, by which signal she would know that it was her son who entered. People came and went for a considerable time, and the mother's feelings and anxiety were every moment increasing, when one of her husband's workmen entered the office. She in stinctively turned away her bead, for she liked not that one in her husband's service should observe her at such an anxious time, but at that instant the half shutter was hastily closed ; for it was indeed her son who bad entered. She gazed at him as he stood in his prime, anc her wonder was great that she should recognise in one of her husband's workmen her long-lost son ; but the preceding anxiety and the shock were too much, and as she looked she became pale and fainted away. Restoratives were immediately pro cured, and, on her being completely recovered, the explanation of the extraordinary circumstances was communicated to the son. Although he had had frequent occasion to speak to his mistress, there had not been the least suspicion on either side of the close relationship. They went home to her husband's house and his place of business together. Her husband was atnazed, as well he might be, at the turn matters had taken, and indeed it was subject of deep interest and wonder to all of them. He was pleased to find that his wife's son was so well doing, for of course, as his master, he knew him well; and shortly afterwards, having used influence with his friends on his behalf, and knowing the lad's ability, be procured for him a situation as engineer on one of the English railways, which he still holds. Only about ten months ago the lad interceded and obtained for his father a subordinate situation on the same line of railway. The subdued and grateful thoughts of the mother may well be imagined. An absence of nearly twenty years could not in any degree abate the feelings of maternal attachment; and though she had often deplored the error of her youth, was with feelings of thankful ness and a gladdened heart she contemplated the ex traordinary chain of circumstances which, under Providence, had restored to her, after such a pro tracted separation, the child of her affections.—Stir- Journal. THE FORGERIES ON THE YORK SHIRE BANK. James Ellis, Edward Marshall, and John Green, charged with the extensive forgery on the Yorkshire Banking Company, were yesterday (Thursday) again examined before the borough magistrates at Leeds, and much additional evidence was adduced, fully sus taining the charge of uttering a large number of 5/. forged notes in Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, and other places against all the prisoners. The following addi tional witnesses gave evidence against them yesterday, and from their testimony it will be seen that Green row stands equally implicated with Marshall and Ellis : James Curvishly, of the Manchester police, said he knew Green and Marshall by sight, and saw them together on the 6th of December, about 20 minutes past six o'clock, at which time Marshall had been uttering a base 51. note at Binyon and Hunter's, in Bootle-street. Marshall was running away from one of the servants of those gentlemen and a police-officer named William Cliffe. The witnes3 joined in the pursuit, and seized his prisoner, when he put a piece of paper into his mouth, which he immediately swal lowed. Witness took him towards the police station, and on their way Green and a man named Robert Stones, now in Manchester gaol, came up. They came up together, and it was the first time witness had seen Stones ; they all three ran away, and wit ness followed them. Marshall was again stopped by a gentleman in another street, and witness and Cliffe went up, put handcuffs on him, and took him to the station. The others got away. Mar shall was detained from Saturday till Monday, and then discharged by Mr. Maude. Stones was apprehended on Sunday morning by Sub-in spector Hallan, and now stands for trial fur assault and rescue of the prisoner. Marshall had run from witness about 200 yards before he was stopped by the gentleman, and had got out of witness's sight about three minutes in turning a street, but he was quite certain he was the man. Cross-examined —The time when witness first saw Marshall was about twenty minutes past six. It was dark, on account of its being night, but they bad good gas in Manchester, and had a clear light from the lamps. He had never seen Green before the night that be rescued Marshall, nor had he ever seen him until he saw him in the dock. The only o pportunity h e had of bein g able to identify him was when he made the attack upon him at the time of the rescue, but that was sufficient for him to say he was confident that Green was the person. He had on a different coat then to what he had now. He had then a sort of pepper-and-salt overcoat. He had not seen Green until he came into that room, and knew him at once. When Marshall was before the magis trates at Manchester witness did not say that Stones was the only one who had rescued him. He had said there was only on e w h o bad struck him. He did not say he could only id ent ify o ne person. James Marsden, police-officer, L eeds, said—On Wednesday, the 24th of December , h e was in the police-office, when a note came from Mr. Whitelock relating to a al. note, a f orger y. The person who had paid it was represented as a lowish man. Winter bottom and the witness went t o the railway station , and found Marshall there. Wit ne ss asked him his business, and he said Winterbottom knew him, as he had been a n officer for many year s at York. Winter bottom said he did not know him. Marshall not answering the description, they left him, and he saw him no more, nor did he see any of the other pri soners. William White, detective officer in the Sheffield police, said he knew all the prisoners—Green for FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1852, twelve months, Marshall for three years, and Ellis I HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. for nine months. He had seen them at Sheffield up (From the Registrar-General's Report.) to about Saturday evening last, when he apprehended The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts them at No. 2, Silver-street-head, in company with have declined from 1,206, the number returned in the Mr. Graham and others. They were all there to- prcceding week, to 1,040 in the week which ended gether. Graham was with witness, and he was in last Saturday. In the ten corresponding weeks of the same room with the prisoners. Ellis a s ked him 1841-50 the deaths ranged from 910 in the year 1845 to take some brandy, which he did. He bad gone to 1,403 in the year 1848, and the average was 1,137. there for the purpose of seeing if they were there, If this average be corrected in proportion to the and he watched them till Graham got assistance, and greater amount of population now existing, is be they were then taken. comes 1,241, compared with which the mortality of Cross-examined—The three prisoners were all in last week shows a decrease of 211. the room, and had a decanter of brandy before them, It appears from a comparison of the results obtained of which they appeared to be partaking, at all events in the present return with those of the previous week, they were all sitting around the table. There was a that the mortality from nearly all classes of disease " goose supper" in the house that night, and he had is diminished. Zymotic diseases, which, in the week gone there on that account, expecting that the pri- ending December 20th, produced 251 deaths, reduced soners would be present. There were six other per- their number last week to 203 ; diseases of the rea sons in the same room. He had seen the three pri- piratory organs declined from 252 to 219 ; tubercular soners by themselves at Ellis's, when he kept the diseases from 204 to 140; diseases of the organs of Flying Dutchman beershop, and he had also seen circulation from 55 to 37 ; diseases of the kidneys them together, hut in company'with others, at No. 2, from 15 to 10. Diseases of te digestive organs have Silver-street. Ellis was at the top of the stairs when raised the number of fatal cases from 51 to 61 within he went in, calling to some one below, but it was not the two weeks. to witness. On his going up stairs Ellis asked, The mortality from phthisis or consumption has " Who is that ?" to which witness replied, " What is fallen from 150 in the previous week to 98 in the that to thee ?" Ellis then went into the room and last. This latter number is lower than usual, for in sat down with the others. Ellis was standing behind corresponding weeks of 1841-50 it ranged from 102 the bar speaking to the landlady when he was taken to 160. Among the complaints which form the prisoner. He never said to witness that he was wait- class of "diseases of the respiratory organs," the ing on the company, or that he was assisting the deaths of last week are distributed as follows :-90 landlady. He did not see him 'getting tobacco, nor were caused by bronchitis, '6 by pneumonia, 17 by had he anything in his hands. asthma, 7 by pleurisy, 1 by laryngitis, 8 by diseases Wm. Barton, a grocer at the Wicker, Sheffield, not described in specific terms. knew Green by sight, who called at his shop about 10 The present return shows that in the .symotic or o'clock on Christmas Eve. He wanted some groceries, epidemic class smallpox was fatal to 23 children and 6 which were supplied by Joseph- Bask, the sbopman, adults, measles to 8 children and 2 persons of 15 who came to witness on being offered a 101. note. I years or upwards, scarlatina to 36 children, hooping told him I did not know the note, but it purported to cough to 31, croup to 5, thrush to 1, remittent fever be of the Yorkshire Bankin g C om p an y, and was dated to 1, infantine fever to 1, diarrheas and dysentery to 21 4th December, at Doncaster, and signed by Wm. persons, influenza to 2, purpura to 1, typhus carried Cooper. As I hesitated to take it, he said the bank off 42 persons, puerperal fever 7 women (besides was well known, and that he lived in Silver-street. another case of death after childbirth), and erysipelas He gave witness his name also, but he did not remem- 9 persons. Two deaths were caused by syphilis, and l ber what it was, but it was not Green. Witness sent sby noma or cancrum oris. the note to Luke Sampson, one of his neighbours, who Of the 29 persons who died of smallpox it is stated thought it a good o ne , an d sen t the ch ange . t was that 3 had been vaccinated, 19 had not been vacci brought back to witness on Wednesday, but he could noted, and in 7 cases the fact is not mentioned. not tell it again from any other of a similar descrip- At 6, Windsor-street, Bishopsgate, the son of a tion. He felt convinced it was the same note, from labourer, aged 18 months, died of "variola (2 his knowledge of Mr. Sampson's character, who said weeks)." Mr. Spencer states that "the house con that it was the same. tained 16 families, numbering 83 persons, at the time Cross - examined—Altbough he could not remember of taking the census. The mother of deceased affirmed what name was given to him by the prisoner—he knew that the child had been vaccinated, but without effect. it was not Green. He could not say that he would There are several other children in the house who like to swear that it was not, but he felt certain that have been attacked with the disease, but are re. if Green had been the name he would have remembered covering." In Mile-end Old Town Lower, at 3, it. It was a strange name, something like an Irish Shipwright's-buildings, on the 21st of Dec., the one. Neither Pask nor Sampson were present in the daughter of a carman, aged one month, died of small court. pox; and on the 23d of December, in the same house, Charles Merryman, grocer, South-street, Sheffield- th e son of a domestic servant, aged one year, died of moor, had seen G reen on Christmas-eve between 8 "suppressed variola (3 days), without vaccination." and 9in the evening. He came in alone, and wanted The latter child caught the infection from the for + lb. tea, 2 lbs. sugar, and some raisins and currants, mer. In Deptford, at 9, Rolt-street, the son of a the price of which came to about 3s. 4d. in all. The labourer, aged three weeks, died of " smallpox, not prisoner tendered in payment a 51. note of the York- vaccinated." The mother was suffering from small shire Banking Company. Witness knew there was pox when this child was born, but has recovered. such a bank, and gave the change, and then put the The following cases occurred at the Smallpox note in his desk with another, which was Hospital : of the Sheffield and Rotherham Bank. It On the 20th of December a female tramp from remained there until the Monday following, when Drury-lane aged.lo years, died of "small-pox, con he paid it to Willi am Lodge, High-street, w ith fl uen t, modified pneumonia (16 days) ; vaccinated in three sovereigns. Witness had never removed it in infancy at Frankfort ; two good cicatrices." This the interim from the desk, which was locked, and he child had run away from her parents, several times, had the key in his own possession. Lodge returned and just before her last illness had been from home the note next day at dinner time, and said the note for more than a fortnight, crouching at night in door was bad. Witness took it from him, and gave it to ways and passages about Drury-lane. the chief constable of Sheffield, having put his initials On the 201 a of December, a turner and gilder, aged on it. He had it returned to him since, and now 82 years, from Brandon-street, Newington, "small produced it t o th e co urt. When it was rec e i ve d it pox, confluent, unmodified (14 days) ; vaccinated was a whole note, but when given back to him by when young ; one indifferent cicatrix. Lodge it was in two halves, and pasted together. It On the 21st of December, an engineer from Port was dated December 4, at Doncaster, and signed lend-place, New Kent-road, aged 16 years, "small- William Cooper. He had never seen Green since pox, confluent, unprotected (15 days)." until that day, nor did he think he had ever seen him On the 25th of December, a waggoner from Wil before. Liam-street Cottages, Camden-town, aged 21 years, Cross-examined—That was the first time he had " smallpox, confluent, unprotected (16 days)." ever seen Green to his knowledge, and he had never In the sub -district of St. John, Marylebone, at 5, seen him from that day to this, but he could swear to Lower 'William -street, on the 23d of December, the his being the man. He had observed the note par- daughter of a sailor, aged 5 years, died of " scarlet ticularly, for he did not remember having taken such fever (22 days), abscesses in the neck (7 days)." Mr. a note before, but there was nothing on it by which Bachhoffner observes that " this is the second fatal he could distinguish it from similar notes. He did case of scarlet fever occuring in this family within not put a mark on it until it :had been returned by seven days. The mother of the children is a laun- Lodge, who had put a mark on it on receiving it from dress, and the wet clothes are dried in the room in witness. Lodge was not in the court. which they live. In the opinion of the gentleman Robert Demain, one of the Leeds detective police, who attended them the air of the room is unfavour saw a note which was received about eight o'clock able to the health of the inmates." on Christmas Eve, from Mr. Samuel Exeley, relating In St. Andrew Eastern (Holborn), at 29, Lucy's to a forged bank note, purporting to be of the York- buildings, Vine-street, on the 26th of December, a shire Banking Company, and dated at Doncaster, carman, aged 70 years, died of " typhus (3 weeks)." Dec. 4, 1851. Witness marked the note, and iden- Mr. Holmes mentions that " Lucy s-buildings are tified it. very close, thickly inhabited by working people, and The prisoners were then remanded until Thurs- the greater part built over the old sewer. The inha day in nextweek, when we understand evidence is to bitants are very poor. There is a public pump, but be had against them for uttering similar forged notes the supply of water scanty." 'n Huddersfield. In Brompton, at 6, Sloane-place, on the 23d of December, the son of a wine porter, aged one year, died of " inflammation of the lungs." Mr. Stone re ports that " the informant complained much to him of bad smells arising from a cowshed and pigs being kept in the immediate neighbourhood. The exist ence of this nuisance was reported during the preva lence of cholera in 1849." Mr. Clark, the Registrar of Peckham, says : "Although the recent returns for the metropolis show a considerable increase of mortality above the average, it deserves notice that in my sub-district, during the last five weeks, there has been a decrease of one death per week on the numbers of the five corresponding weeks of the previous year." A few special cases registered last week may be recorded here :—A birdstuffer, aged 48 years, was poisoned by arsenic (post marten). The deceased had placed some arsenic on bread and butter to poison mice, and afterwards ate the bread himself, whether intentionally or by mistake is not known. On the 22d of December the son of a cheesemonger, aged 11 years4died.from " rupture of the appendix vermiformis mei, from the lodgment of an orange pip (5 days)— past mortem." In Bethnal-green, at 7, New-street, Turk-street, on the 26th of September, the son of a bricklayer's labourer, aged 11 weeks, died of " fits brought on by inflammation of the bowels and divers parts of the body, accelerated by want of proper me dical treatment (inquest)." A commission agent, aged 26 years, died of " exhaustion from fasting (in quest)." He was a Jew, and was engaged in the observance of one of the fasts that belong to his re ligion. A chemist, aged 24 years, was accidentally suffocated by inhaling a large quantity of ether. FIRES in LONDON DURING the PAST YEAR. The returns kept by the principal insurance-offices of the fires which have occurred in the metropolis and suburbs during the year just closed, exhibit a consi derable increase as compared with former years. In number they exceed 1,000, of which between 400 and 500 houses were for the most part destroyed. Several of the fires, as doubtless rosy be remembered, were of great magnitude, consuming property to the extent of thousands. On the whole, however, they were not generally of so extensive a character as in p as t years. This may be attributed to the stringent powers of the New Building Act, which requires the formation of strong party-walls, and other precau tions against fire. The most serious one of the year was that which burnt down the warehouses of Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., near London-bridge, last June. The mysterious way the fire originated was never satisfactorily cleared up. An opinion was general that it was the work of an incendiary, and a reward of 5001. was offered for the detection of the guilty party or parties. A large number of the fires, we find, are attributed to what is called " doubtful origin." There is no doubt, however, that several of them were wilfully caused in order to defraud the insurance-offices. In the absence of evidence, however, to establish the fact, they never came before the usual legal tribunals. The fatal fires, we learn, have greatly decreased during the last year, which may in a great measure be attributed to the zeal and activity displayed by the police and the con ductors of the different fire-escapes in the metro polis, a large number of lives having been saved by the aid of those valuable machines. In several of the large parishes in the outskirts of the metropolis meetings have been held, with a vi ew o f o btaining the extension of the fire-brig a d e f orce to those di s tricts, which since the formation o f th e b o d y have l arge ly in creased their building property. The officials of the fire-offices, however, do not appear to think the suburbs so inadequately protected as represented, and have therefore declined extending their stations. There bas been no augmentation of the brigade force since its establishment in 1883, although the whole of insurance - offices, with th e exce ption of one or two, have joined in its mai n t enance. Th e a mount of the property alone insured in London, and which is nighty left to the protection of the brigade force, ex ceeds, we are informed, 300,000,000/. The corps comprises 100 men, some thirty land-engines, and two floating-engines. The police throughout the metropolis are supplied with cards of instruction as to how they should act in cases of fire, with a list of the different engine-stations, where there is a constant attendance of firemen on duty day and night. The instructions give the follow ing, which perhaps cannot be too generally made known :—" It is found very useful in preventing the spread of fire to keep the doors and windows of the premises shut (after the escape of the inmates) till the water is ready to be thrown, as nothing causes a fire to burn so rapidly as the admission of air." It may be stated that the brigade, with the Sappers and Miners, had charge of the Exhibition, and continued their services until last Monday, when they were withdrawn. The insurance-offices reaped a bountiful harvest out of the Exhibition. Goods of the value of several millions had policies of insurance effected upon them at almost the highest possible rates. SEABORNE MAIL S [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office by the night—and NI by the morning--dispatch.] 1 When made up in From what When PLACES. I General Post-office port die- due. London: patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan 2 .. Liverpool .. Jan. 5 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 •• Liverpool Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) 2,1 Sonthampt. Jan. 9 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth IJan. 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover ..'Jan. t 8 Belgium .. .. N Daily • • .. Dover .. Degy Brazil .. . M 9th of the month ISouthampt. ;Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .• M 9th of the month ,Southampt.lJan. 16 California(viaChagree)M 2d& 17th of month 'Southampt. l Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month 'Plymouth.. Jas. 3 Constantinople* .. • • Nl7th 17th 27th of mo 'Dover .. Jan. 10 Central America .. 242 d & 17th of mon. ,Southampt. Jaa. 5 Channel Isles •• NIMon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ts. Th. Sat Chili • • • • .. M 117th of the month ,Southampt. Jan. 28 France .. & NlTwice daily ..',Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* •• Nl7th 17th27th of mo :Dover Jan. 10 Hamburgh NTuesday & Friday London .. Taos. Sat. MlWednes. & Satur. l London Mea.Thur Honduras . Nll7th of tho month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland M& N' Twice daily .. ..IHolyhead.. Twicedaily India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the monthSeuthanipt. Jan, 23 India (via M arsoilles) N Bth& 24th efmonth'Dover . • Arrived Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month ,Southampt. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (via 1 1 Marseilles) N Bth& 24th of month Dover .. Arrived Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. 5 Madeira •• •• M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Malta* 1 1 th,l7th,l9th, 2 7th 1 Dover Jan. 10 & 30th of month Naples* .. • • N 7 ,th 15th 25th of mil Dover ••• Jan. 2 Papal States* N sth 15th 25th ef mo Dover .. Jan. 2 eni mu l ar •• M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. l Jan. 6 Peru .. 2,1117 th of the month Southampt. ,Jan. 20 Tuscany* Nlsth 15 th 25th of mo Dover • • 'Jan. 2 West Indies .. 51,17 th of the month Southampt. l Jan. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M ad of the month —,Southampt. ,Jan. 5 .avanna * The mails to those a ountries thas marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet 'rig Marseilles. The direct Havre mall from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily. CaLiroama.—MaLls to and from California, via the United dtates are now despatched and due by every American packs*. LARGE liippocKs.—A novel importation of the haddock tribe has been imported into our markets lately. They are of la rge s i ze, we i g hing from seven to nine pounds ; are somewhat similar to the Dublin Bay haddocks; and are caught in deep water beyond the Isle of May, with garvie The Osservat ere Romano states that the receipts o f the Pontifical Customs for 1851 will equal, if not exceed, those of the Most prosperous year. EXTINCTION OF A COAL MINE FIRE.—The fire in . Lord Bradfo r d' s coal m i n e at Great Lever, near Bolton, which originated from an explosion of fire-damp a few weeks ago, has been extinguished by Mr. Gurney's system of filling the mine with chokedamp. The level where the fire existed stillis ‘ very h o t, b ut there i s r o appearance of the existence of fire. Search gas been made for the bodies of the two un fortunate men wh o l os t their lives by the explosion , but hitherto without success. A portion of their clothing, which they took off before commencing work, was found near the place where they were employed, bat the bodies were not there, so that it is possible they may have perished in some of the old workings, while endeavouring to make their escape; or it m a y b e th a t the bodies are covered, the roof of the min e h av i ng fallen i n va rious places.--Manchester Guardian.. On SAturday evening some wickedly-disposed per son or persons removed two gates from their hinges, sad placed them across the rails of the Eastern Counties (Cam bridge) line, near the Burnt Mills. Happily, however, they were discovered and removed, or the most disastrous conse quences might have ensued.—Essex Herald. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lapland, New Orleans...Sld. Devonshire, New Orleans; Dumfriesshire, Batavia; Kirkland, Rio Janeiro; Commerce, Trinidad; Sandusky, N ew Orleans; Lord Warreston , Mobile; Clara Wheeler, N ew Y or k ; Harvard, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I,—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. H.M.S. Champion, Valparaiso. HEREDITARY FEATURES. A peculiar thickness of the under lip has been here ditary in the imperial House of Hapsburg, ever since the marriage, some centuries ago, with the Polish family of Jagellon, whence it came. In our own Royal Family a certain fullness of the lower and lateral parts of the face is conspicuous in the portraits of the whole series of Sovereigns, from George I. to Victoria, and has been equally marked in other members of the family. The females of the ducal House of Gordon have long been remarkable for a peculiarly elegant conformation of the neck. The Clackmannanshire Bruces, who are de scended from a common stock with the famous Robert Bruce of Scotland, are said to have that strongly-marked form of the cheek-bones and jaws which appears on the coins of that heroic monarch, as it did in his actual face when his bones were disinterred at Dunfermline, about thirty years ago. The prevalent tallness of the inha bitants of Potsdam, many of whom are descended from the gigantic guards of Frederick I.; the Spanish features observable in the people of the county of Galway, in which, some centuries ago, several Spanish settlements were made; and the hereditary beauty of the women of Prague—are well-known fasts which have frequently at tracted the attention of chronologists. The burges , es of Rome (the most invariable portion of every popula tion), exhibit at the present day precisely the same type of face and form as their ancestors, whose busts may be seen carved in relief on the ancient sarcophagi, and the Jewish physiognomies portrayed upon the se pulchral monuments of Egypt are identical with those which may be observed among mo d er n Jews i n the streets of any of our great cities. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LAMBETH. Sergeant Goff waited on the Hon. G. C. Norton and communicated to him the death, at Guy's Hos pital, on the day before, of the notorious impostor, Jane Farr. It will be recollected that this most art ful of a numerous class of ingenious impostors bad been brought to this court, about six weeks ago, and underwent several examinations with "Blind Johnny," a fellow who lived with her, and a woman named Thomas, on charges of obtaining vast sums of money by false representations. The fellow Johnny, who assumed the names of various clergymen, was ultimately committed to prison for three months, un der the Vagrant Act ; Thomas bad been tried, con • victed, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment; and Farr, when under remand, and while at Horeernonger-lane Gaol, burst a bloodvessel, and was in so weak a state as not to be able to attend at the court to have the depositions in the various charges against her completed. The ingenious plan hit upon by this prisoner to dupe her victims is one of the most successful on re cord—so successful, indeed, that within a short time she defrauded four persons out of 701. Her mode of proceeding was this :—She took a lodging at the house of some decent person in the immediate residence of some respectable land surveyor, and after a few days, and in a dress suitable to the character, she used to call on her intended victim, and placing before him a sheet of foolscap, on which was written in a good round hand what purported to be an extract from the will of her " uncle," requested the gentleman's kind interference in her behalf, and more particularly his advice with respect to four acres of freehold land at " Folly•close," near Birmingham. Her manner was so plausible that she generally succeeded in en listing the attention of the party, and she then repre• rented that her solicitor at Birmingham had advised her to dispose of the land at a price she named, but her dupe, on being informed that it paid her a certain sum as it was, and that this was considerably more than the interest of the money would amount to, strongly advised that things should remain as they were. A request was then made that the gentleman would do her the favour of writing to her attorney at Birmingham to say that she bad determined on not selling the property, and also to know bow much was then owing on account of the rent. This request was also generally complied with, and an answer was always duly received by post from the "attorney," approving of the de termination, as, owing to some improvement about to take place, the property must ultimately in crease in value, that a balance of 251. was then due, and that this would be regularly forwarded in a few days in Post-office orders. The letter generally concluded by stating that the writer had just re ceived intelligence that Miss Hall's (the name the prisoner assumed) aunt was in a very dangerous state, and that, therefore, it she wished to see her alive she must not lose a moment in proceeding to Carlisle, her place of residence. This aunt, it should be stated, was a person at whose death, as appeared by the ex tract from the will, she (Miss Hall) would be entitled to considerable property, and the policy of seeing her before her death appeared most desirable. A diffi culty was started on the part of the prisoner, that however urgent and desirable it might be to see her relative before her death, she could not gratify that wish until after the receipt of the Post-office orders from her attorney, as she had not the means where with to pay her travelling expenses. The bait took. 101. or 20/. were at once offered, the parties calculat ing on being able to pay themselves when the Post office orders reached them. Their expectations were never realised, and they were obliged to reconcile themselves to their loss. Four distinct cases were established against the prisoner, and on these she would have been placed on her trial had she lived ; death, however, has spared the country the expense of her trial, and, in all pro bability, her transportation. In answer to a question from the Magistrate as to what had become of a savings•bsnk book, which was said to belong to the deceased, though it had been found on Thomas, and by which it appeared that she had 401. deposited in a savings -bank, Goff said that on the trial Thomas applied for the book, and, as no opposition had been made to it, her request was com plied with, and the book delivered up. It is not a little singular that Captain Routledge, one of the most successful and extensive bill swind lers and mercantile impostors that has lived for the last century, died under somewhat similar circum stances in Horsemonger-lane gaol, while under exa mination at this Court for innumerable charges of swindling. THE TIDE OF CIVILISATION. The tide of civilisation and emigration is a flowing westward. The current is all flowing from the east. The east, therefore, is above the west, and no man can make the current move in a contrary direc tion, without accomplishing the greatest inversion or subversion of all existing institutions that the world has ever yet experienced. No emigra tion of human beings towards the east is successful Had the French known this great truth, they would never have attempted to colonise Algeria; it was work ing against the tide, instead of taking it at the flood. France is not introducing western civilisation into the east ; it is rather adopting the military and despotic tactics of the people whom it subdued. The French are becoming Algerines, not the Algerines French. To attempt to form a colony of western civilizes in such a country would be folly, certain ruin. The tide of civilisation forbids it ; yet the land is rich and extensive, and the climate delicious. Turkey is a cataract or rapid which not even the steamers of civi lisation can ascend. The tide is irresistible that drives men westward, and hither all the patriots of the east resort whenever they have endangered their own safety at home. Great Britain is the north western terminus of the old world; and it is for that reason only that she now enjoys the greatest amount of liberty. It is not because she is an island, not be cause her soil is more luxurious, or her climate more salubrious, or her people descended from a more in telligent race. Her people are merely the people of the east, who were driven westward on the early surges of the tide. We all came from Germany, and the Germans came from Hungary, arid the Hungarians came from the Caucasus. Had our forefathers not pushed onward to the ends of the earth, their sons would now have been struggling in the east for those liberties which they have already secured in the land of their destiny. When men seek greater liberty than that which we enjoy, they do not go east for it, but farther west, away to the land where liberty is developed even in its wilderness ;, for there is a medium in all things, and liberty itself, without law, degenerates into rude ness. France was at one time the land of liberty, before the flood had reached England ; just as Italy once was, before the flood had reached France; and just as Greece once was, before the flood had reached Italy ; and just as Asia Minor and the Levant once were. The flood rolls along like a mighty river from one region to another, and as it takes up a new country it inevitably leaves those behind in a retrograde con dition in the hands of despotism. This is not chance —it is destiny—it is a uniform system. History re veals the great secret in every page, and France is even now illustrating the truth of it in her hopeless and ineffectual struggles to turn the tide of humanity. Can she turn it ? Is her g eographical position such as to render it possible ? Does she occupy the ter minus? or is there a stage beyond her ? There is a stage beyond her, and to that stage humanity will infallibly proceed when it has done its utmost with France, and found that utmost a failure.—Family Herald. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM. JAN. I.—At Glocester market, on the 27th ult., wheat was is per qr higher. At Worcester the same day, the turn was in favour of the seller. Bar ley fully as dear. In oats but little doing. Beans and peas both rather more inquired for. During the present week we have again to report trifling transactions in wheat, but on the sales made an improvement of Is per quarter has been realised. Fine barley as much dearer; secondary qualities unaltered. Oats, a slow sale, at former prices. Beans and peas maintain their value. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, for which much higher prices were demanded; but most of our millers having large stocks, the trade was by no means brisk, and at a rise of is per quarter. Fine barley fully Is per quarter dearer, and secondary qualities were firmly held for full prices. Beans and peas neglected, and the turn on both was in favour of the buyer. Oats unaltered in value,with a limited sale. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 30.—Our market to-day was well supplied with fat beasts, most of which were of good quality; the attendance of purchasers was also large, and on the whole there was a slight advance in price. The number of sheep was large, and high prices were asked for all sorts, but the demand was flat, and several lots driven away un sold. The eupply of pigs was not lar ge , t h e d eman d was equally flat ; calves plentiful. Beef, 4id to 5d ; mutton, sid to 6id; veal, 5d to sid per lb; pigs, 7s to is 3d per score; rough fat, 33 6d per stone of 141bs; hides, lid to lid per lb; calf skins, 2d to 3id per lb. GLASGOW, DEC. 31.—With the exception of moderate quantities of oats, the supplies have been light, coast wise as well as from Ireland. From abroad, via the Clyde, they consisted' of 5,676 quarters of whereof, 3,700 quarters from Alexandria and 1,976 quarters from Montreal and New York; of 1,750 quarters of beans from Egypt; of 4,739 barrels of flour—namely, 2,218 barrels, along with 630 quarters of peas from Canada, and 2,521 barrels from the United States; v;(1 Grange mouth, of 1,420 quarters of wheat, 465 quarters of barley, 250 quarters of peas, and 140 quarters of tares from Denmark. As usual at the close of the year, busi ness was restricted during the week, and prices have to be written unaltered. This day's market was thinly at tended. The transactions were limited to the supply of immediate wants, without causing any change in value. Compared with 1850, the imports this year show au in crease in wheat, flour (more especially of barrel), oat meal, and rye; and a decrease of barley, oats, beans, peas, and Indian corn; and the stock in granary an in crime in wheat pf 157,656 WW I in sour of $4,245 WV, rels, and in Indian corn of 1.192 bolls; a decrease in barley of 15 171 b ,, 11.5, oats 28,405 bulls, beans and pest/ 29,234 bolls, flour 2,000 sacks, oatmeal 1,997 loads, and rye 292 bolls, exhibiting a consumption as continuously increasing in wheaten flour as it is falling off in oatmeal. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, DEC. 31.—Our supply of grain to-day was about an average for the seasoC. IN heat sold readily, but at a small decline on last week'' quotations. Barley sold better; prices same as last week. Oats and beans gave way also in price. As com pared with last week, the top of wheat was Is dowv, and the average 4d. Barley on the top 9d up, and the average same as last market. Oats on the top same as last market, and the average 4d down. Beans on the top ls, and the average 6d down. Unsold, 65 qrs wheat, 95 qrs barley, 62 qrs oats, and 2 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ... 64iIb. 42s 6d „ Barley ... lb. 28s 6d „ Oats ... 22, Od „ Beans 66i1b. :i2s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 31.—The number of cattle was 612, or 137 more than last week. Top price, 7s; current, 6s 611 to 6s 9d ; secondary and inferior, from 5 0 to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A clearance was not effected. The number of sheep at market this morning was 2,030, being 776 less than last week. Best wedder mutton, top price, bid per Ib ; current, 5d to Od; ewes, 4d to 4id. A clearance was not effected. UPPINGHAM, DEC. 31.—Wheat 35s to 38s; barley 23s to 27s Od ; oats 17s to 265; beans 28s to 355. Butter llid to 124 per lh ; eggs 6 for Is. Lount, DEC. 31. Wheat 32s to 37s ; barley 228 to 265; oats 14s to 185; beans 29s to 32s per qr. NEWARK, DEC. 3l.—Wheat, white 43s to 475, red 368 to 38s ; barley, malting 25s to .48s, grinding 218 to 238; oath 245 t., 24s to 275. z2st., 188 to 19s; beans, 36s to 385 ; pets , 24s to 275; malt, sOs to 51s ; tares, 30s to 325 per qr. CORK, DEC. 31. Barrels. Currency. 35 White wheat 20s 6d to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stool 47 Red wheat ...178 6d to 19s 6d 18i 9d-20 do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od O Ditto 181 Barley 10s 6d to Ils 10d . 39 Ditto lls 10d to 12s 3d 00s Od-16 do 0 Ditto Os Od to 00s Od O Bere OJs Od to Os Od Os Od 139 Oats. 9s Od to 9s 9d 311 Ditto 203 Ditto los Od to lOs 6d 146 Pigs 20s Od to 30s Od 28s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 3 red ; 22 barley; 0 bere; 9 °LW 7 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week :-- Wheat, 517. Barley, 1,488. Oats, 3,838. Pigs, 637. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRXITCY. First quality .. 76s First quality ..„ ........ 67 1 Second quality Third quality .. 61. Third quality... s6° Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality 46s Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 27. Pigs, 372. Sheep, 161. Cows, 93. Coax.—Flour—First 11s 6d to 13s Od; extra 13s 6d; seconds, 1030 d to lls 6d; households 8s to 10s Od; thirds, 71 toel per cwt.. Oatmeallo. 6d to 11s; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s Od; wheat' meal, Ps 6d to 108 per cwt. Indian corn 618 s Od to 61151 Od pe ton. Bran 85s to 87. 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 325; averse 29s ; dealers 32s to 38s Od; average 36sper ton. Straw--Farm _ h 14s Od to 21s Od ; average 16s ; dealers 00.04 to 001 (Th average 00: Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6 4 ; household loaf 40 to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d 50 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Caals••• Newport 16. Od ; Lydney 17s ' • Landore 00s ; Cublif 13s 03 per ton. Tallow 001 Od to 40s per c't ( _* Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Me a t —Beef 4d to 613; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 4d r . 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sauseges bd per I,'" Hops 818 s to 910. per. cwt. Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 310 s pet ton. Bark—Barbrry 71 Os to 8/ Os ; Veonia 151 to 01; Freud , ' 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stele,' Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish— S co tch herrings 19s to 00s; re * ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 11/ 1 01 ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 31 bs ' • yello ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hide"' Market 21s to 308; salted 22s to 308 per owt ; calf ski 3d to 3d per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 11 d ; Minions) 00d to 00d. Guano— Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe, 81 to 9 1 el per ton. Trr—Archangel, 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRIsTOL, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been Ori, to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The trans' tiona reported were—Bristol and Exeter 82%—hlidland, —Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. 93. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. STOCK EACHANGE.—This being New Years's Day, t d share market is closed, and no business has been done o' consequence. MANCHESTER, J. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was closed to•dB9' BIRMINUritAIia, JAN. 1. - STOCK Exomenon.—To-day being New Year's Day, 01.4 , observed as a holiday upon the Stock Exchange; but, 00 ' 4 withstanding this concession to established usage, the share . ; brokers were active off 'Change, a n d b us i ness t o some octet? was transacted in private. Whe re b us i ness was t o b e done tt was done. Yesterday's quotations were generally well st l P; ported, and Midland Stock, which continues buoyant, o _ o sold at 584 per share. The traffi c on th e S ou th S ta ff or dshll line, of which no returns are published, continues to be irs mense. There is stated to be a " hitch" in the propo s 7 agreement between the lessees and th e L on d on an d North Western Company. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. MIDLAND RAILWAY. Return of traffic for the We eY ending Dec. 28:— £24,541 19 7 Corresponding week last year... 23,808 13 8 YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.— The folloWil 4 is the traffic return for the week ending Dec. 28:— Passengers, &c.... ..„ £3,098 10 2 Merchandise and minerals ~. 4,667 5 .11 Total ... £7,765 16 1 EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RALLWAY......D .-- return for the week ending Dec. 28 : Passengers, parcels, &c. £8,249 8 6 Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 7,307 3 5 Total ... £15,556 11 11 Corresponding week of 1850 ... 15,246 12 6 aktito LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-.-Amount of reV-- ;or` the week ending Dec. 28:— Passengers Goods .... £B3l 13-11 - 13 0 0 Total ••• £844 13 11 Corresponding week last year ... 754 17. 7 BRISTOL AND EXETER RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the v - ending Dec. 21:— Passengers Goods Parcels Mails £2,652 0 8 .. 1,156 5 8 ... 193 0 3 ... 223 4 2 Total - - ••• ... £4,224 10 9 SHREWSBURY AND CIIESTER Ramwmt..—Traffic reG P or the week ending Dec. 2 : Passengers ... f 654 8 6 Merchandise, minerale, &c. 786 19 1 Total ... ..,„ £1,441 7 7 Corresponding week last year ..- 1,222 7 9 .Ifln'Y MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATL O CK, AND MIDLANDS - ; ,,,g TION RAILWAY.—Return o f traffic for the week en d Dec. 28 : Passengers, &c. Merchandise ~. .£5l 12 5 - 54 15 11 Total ••• £lO6 8 4 Corresponding week last year ... 114 6 9 GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ( IRELAND) RAIL' 188 miles). Return of for the week ending Dec. 27 Passengers, parcels, &c. .. £3,118 10 2 Merchandise and cattle .... 834 8 4 Total ... £3,952 18 6 Corresponding week last year ... 3,677 17 10 SCOTTISH CENTRAL R AlLWAY. —Tra ffi e for the Wi'v ending Dec. 28, 1851 : Passengers (6,183), parcels, horses, and carriages £704 5 2 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 950 9 9 Total ... . 1,651 14 11 Corresponding week in last year... 1,542 1 9 Perth, Dec. 31, 1851. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully e ffi cac i ous i n curing Scrofula, Old Weln wa ' and Bad Legs.—M r . L. Fordyce, shoemaker, Forgue, 141)e- ; deenshire, suffered for a long period from a large wound in V e thigh, from which disordered pieces of the bone came out. was at the Aberd een I n fi rmary for several weeks, but in I°,oo ance of the t r e a t ment t h ere adopted he became so much 10'00 that the surgeon a d v i se d hi m to h ave t h e limb amputate d; his objecting to this he was discharged as incurabie, when , 0 commenced using H o llo w ay's Ointment an d Pill s , w hich o pa so effectually cure d hi m th a t he i s a bl e t o resume hi s wor k, ad now enjoys most excellent health—Sold by all druggists, s p at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, St ran d, Lona ° _SO GARDEN ALLOTMENTS FOR WORKING MEN.— - 10;to glebe lands belonging to the vicarage of Orm s kirk, t be below the church, and ext , nding from the Green-lane to to Southport-road, are now marked out into garden a llotrne u f. of halt a rood each , statute measure, which the Rev. W' ;ii i; Rawstorne, vicar of the parish, purposes letti ng t o deserv:ocl wor king men, at 13s. per annum ea c h, f ree o f a ll rate s P oe t a xes. The following prizes are i n t en d e d to b e g i ven to tenants yearly :—For the best cultivated allotment, 15 ; b6 second best, 75.; for the best garden produce, prizes t° amount of 1/. Liverpool Mercury. BIRTHS. OF A 80 On the 29th ult., at Waterstock, 1C Oxon, the wife of job 11. Ashurst, Esq., of an heir. 10 On the 31st ult., at C raven- hill , :ll y d e - par k , t h e Wi f e Charles Tennant, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. lag On the 30th ult., at Chapel-house, Oxfordshire, the of W. Westwood Chafy, Esq., prematurely. ~- of On the 29th u lt. at Homestead, Lymington, the vib e Lieutenant R. W. b'Arcy, H.E.I.C.S. _--- MARRIED. 10 On the 30th ult., at St. Pancras New Church, T , vv;i -1 Henry, eldest son of Charles Cope, Esq., of Euston ,a r.., to Margaret, third daughter of the late John Latimer , P`' of Cheltenhatn. On the 30th ult., at All Souls', Langham-place, the W. Foxley Norris, son of Dr. Norris, of Weybridge, S 3Tre to Julia, daughter of Dr. Monro, of DIED. Wilie r ' On the 30th ult., a t Boley-hill, Rochester, W. C. 1 Esq., Paymaster and Purser, R.N., aged 62. f We st ' On the 30th ult., the Rev. S. Y. Seagrave, rector 0. cott Barton, Oxon, and vicar of Tysoe, Warwickshire. t . t he On the 30th ult., at Ch e lt en h a m, M argare t, widow o f late General Robert Bell, of Russell-square, London. t he On the 30th ult., at the Cloisters, Windsor, Harriette, wife of Dr, G. J. Elvey. Oh On the 29th ult., at Cumberland-te rrace , Regent's - P 4 Sarah Frances, widow of the late W. Bodges, Esq. ,irref' .- On the 28th ult , et Wallington, n ear C ar shaltony - Mrs. Elizabeth Raybould, aged 81. -------- - • London : Printed and Published b y MURDO YOU• o `;'1 0, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 00 Riclaky, ;44111,r7 2, 11102. 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