The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

Fernla! - ,0, Baltimore. Arrived from thQ River, Investigator, Madras; lFcienee, We-stcott, Cope of Good Hope; iTh•ta, Clau.le, New Yor k. Sid. Stag, New Z -e --land; Lady K. Barham, Jnrna. , cc,; Glencairn, Mobile; Daring, and Agutha Ann. St. Michael's; Itnal G. orge steamer, westward. Put back, Achilles, Sydney, New South Wales; Zephyr, Ditninica; Hendrik Hudson, New York. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3.—Wind W.S.W.; 4th, N.N.W., a gale.—Arrd. Ferris, Buceo; Ann, Para; Pancoma, Alexandria; David Clarke, Bombay ; William, Stephens, St. Helena; Free-trader, Black, Callao; Ellen Maria, Whitmire, New Orleans; Annie, Mearns, Charleston; Lord Gough, Walsh, Piccou. Sld. Irene, Rio Janeiro; Diamant, Alexandria; John Hamilton, Bombay; Sera- Thina, Pernambuco; Countess of Eglinton, Bahia; heodore, and Brute., New Orleans; Caroline, and Lady of the Lake, Charleston; Asia steamer, New York; Ber tha, Smyrna; Daniel Dyer, Cons'antinople; Enosis, Lyra. Arrd. Congress, Quebec; Neru, O.borne, St. Michael's; Orontes steamer, Grifpedo, and Bsnzza, Alexandria; Henry and Margaret, Ellis, Pernambuco; M, , rsey and Ulysses, Honduras; Hartley and John Garrow, New Orleans; Niagara steamer, Stone. Boston, hilt 24th Dec., and Halifax 26th, on freight 277,250 dollars; Sceptre, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Folcon, Lee, St. Mi chael's; Ann, Nance, Cephalonia. A terrifio storm swept over the Isthmus of Panama on the sth Dec., 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 NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCH.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. Milting Barley was is higher, whilst grinding and distilling sorts were quit© as dear. In Malt, comparatively little business was doing. Oats, Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, 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. In 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 sold 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, Melt—Chevalier.. •• .. 578 to 088 Red .... •• • • 378 to 42s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 39s 48s Lincolush., Feed. 17s 20s Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... .... 19s 258 coin, Red..... 37s 42s Youghal and Cozk, Ditto, White....., 39s 46s Black . ...• • • 168 19s Irish, Red-- •• •• —8 —s Cork, White..... 178 218 Ditto, White...... —s — 8 Scotch, Feed..... 20s Ms aye —Old .......... —26 s Beans—Tick ......... 25s 308 New * •• ••••• • • • . . 26s 24s Pigeons .....• .... 27s 338 Barley—grinding, .... 23s 25s Peas—Grey .... •... 278 308 Malting , .... —. . 273 298 Maple. ••• • • ....• 288 32s Chevalier .... •• . 31s 34s White......... 263 298 Milt — Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 29s 34s folk.-- .••• • .. 458 54s Flour—Town-made... 32s 38s Brown •••••• • • • • . 43s 48s Suffolk ••••• • • • •• 288 33s 4 anaston and Ware 51s 568 Stockta &.Norfolk 288 338 S. Fair average tran aaeLSEEDious have taken place in Lin- seed, both on the spot and for arrival, at about previous quotations. There are now on passage to London, 100,000 quarters from Calcutta, 50,000 from the Black Sea, and 30,000 from the Mediterranean. All other Seeds are very slow in sale. Cakes support late rates. I tu ,ll l:4White, per bush. 6s to lOs Carraway . ...... 31s 335 Red slid Green.... 8s lis Coriander 9s Ils Mustard, 8r0wn...... 7s 8s Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35s White, new ...•..650d 7s 0d Linseed, Eng. Sowing— 60s 65s Tares,winter ..3s 6d 4s 0d Crushing ........ 46s 525 Old ...• ..Os Od Os Od Baltic 40s 46 , Canary, per quarter 35s 33s Odessa .......• 44s 50s Rye grass.. •... • • ... 24s 305 Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— Red Eng. (cwt.) 30s 42a English .81 lOs 101 0, White 34s 43s Foreign, per ton 615 s 71 10s Foreign Red.... • • 32s 41s Rape Cakes, pr ton 412 s 4/ 4 , White •. • • 34s 44s Rapeseed,liew,prlst 2110 s 2310 s Trefoil .••• • . • • 18s 22s Duty was paid on the following quantities of foreign Clover Seed up to the 27th ult.:- 1851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull EMITBFEELD. For the time of year the imports of foreign stock into Loudon last week were good, the total arrivals having amounted to 2,408 head. During the corresponding 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 WERE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen 2l ... 581 .. ... 2 .. 1 Hamburgh 36 40 - Rotterdam 340 ..- 591 -- ••• 258 "'— Ostend — ... 323 ... ... Antwerp — --- Dunkirk Niel 'Diep Diep - - ... - ... 24 141 - 9 ... 2 - ---- - - - Total The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as tinder:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851 ll9 ... 1,168 ••• 4 31 1850 132 ... 302 ... ••• 3 ; 1849. . l2l 1,008 . ••• 4 " 4 1848. l5B ... 1,032 ••• " " o f — Fresh up f rom our mar k et to- d ay t h e r eceipts Beasts from the north of England were on a very mode rate scale for the time of year, whilst their general 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 81bs. The best Scots realised 3s to 4s per 81bs, 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, Devone, &c., and from Scotland 260 horned and polled Scots. We were again but mod erate l y supplied with Sheep. Fine old Downs were very scarce, and 2d per 81bs higher than on Monday last, 4s 8d per albs having been realised for such qu a lities. In other kinds, a full b us i ness was prices. It must b e understood transacted at very full that the general top fi g ure for Downs did n o t exceed 4s 6d per Bibs. 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 Sibs. to sink tte offal. . . sd. Interior Beasts...„ a d 2 B to 3 . 0 tsciorid quality 32 3 4 Primell° tarn s Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 6e°ta 3 10 4 0 L arge coarse C a l ves 3 2 3 8 Prtmesmaflaitto . 310 4 2 Suzirlin: Calves :18 0 22 0 lambs '••••••-••• 0 o o s. d • to s. A Inferior Sheep •—• 3 0 a ; Second qual. Sheep 3 4 310 Caarse-woolledditto4 0 4 2 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 L a rge Hogs ••.. .• 2 8 3 S m all Porkers •• •.3 10 4 0 Quarter old Pigs .•16 0 20 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I I I Pigs. 3,5E2 Sheep. Calves. 22,190 2CS 255 FOREIGN SUPPLY. B 3 asts. 1 Calves. I Pigs. 453 Sheep. I -- 1,790 144 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Pric es of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, January 6, 1851, and, this day, Monday, ' Ja nuary 5, 18 52. __ _ ----- Per Blbs., to sink the offals. Jan. 6, 1851. Jan. 5, 1852. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 Bto 2 10 2 Bto 3 0 prrnd quality ditto .........3 0 3 2 3 2 3 4 p r larg e 0,„ ........3 4 3 6 3 6 3 8 Boae Scots, Sic. 3 8 3103 10 4 0 s e se and inferior Sheep... ... 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 2 P ic i, ° : a d quality ditto ... ... 3 8 310 3 4 310 P r iZ 3 coarse-woolled ditto ... 4 0 4 2 4 0 4 2 Z i‘ e Southdown ditto 4 ... 2 4 44 4 4 6 1 -t - ' 8 ••• prigs e aarse * Calves :. 3 0 3 6 3 2 3 8 Lai hal o all ditto ... 3 8 3103 1 0 4 2 9 8 3 6 2 8 3 8 ". ••• *** - 8 4 03 10 4 0 keys ••• 3 4,082 3,562 Sheep and Lambs ... 22,430 22,.90 Calves ... ••• ••• 160 208 s up pi gs .. 310 235 She (: , 0:•7 SALE, JAN. 7, 1850 . . Beasts, 3,070; r 44 4 Lambs, 21,630 ; Calves, 34 ; Pigs, 206. VITUTGLLTM AND I.ZADEXbilafira.. "withstandint , that these markets have been season re,'Y SUpplied " with each kind of mrat since our last p ,,v, ° II, the general demand has ruled very firm, at.d u t :fes have had an up ward tendency. The remarkably en ", weather is operating in favour of consumption, all ., of the lower kinds of mtet in poor neighbour -0%15, ~ i ~ .. At ~er :;tone by t 1.13 Carcase. S. .1. to S. S. J. to 8.0 Beef, 2 4 2 6 ilattou, inferior •• 2 8 3 0 - middling •• •. 2 8 210 middling.. 3 2 3 8 primelarg,o •• 3 0 3 2 -----prime •• 310 4 0 -- prime small •• 3 4 3 6 l'crk,lar,, ,, e. ••••• •• 2 $ 3 8 Vo.41•• •••• • ...• •• 3 0 4 0 --- small 3 8 310 _ BOROUGH AND rIELDS. The arrivals ut Potato .-s during last week, coastwise and by laud carriage, were 4,429 tors, *4, holly•in good saleable condition. Tno imports were only 11 caAs from Havre, and 10 ba-,kets from Rwterdam. For all kinds tho demand is in a very sluggish state, as follows: Per Ton. I Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 70s to 80s Wisbeach & Ca m- Ditto Shaws —s to sl bridge Lincoln. Regents 60s to 75siKent Regents 6ss to 75s Scotch Regents.. 65s to 70slEssex Regents 6ss to 7 5s Ditto Cups Ditto Blues —sto ] Kent c ...... 60s to 65s I Ditto Dahlias —s to —s Lent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s Common Whites. —s to ewerstle &Ber- G er man ditto ... —s to —3 wick Regents.. 6,5 s to 70s,Dutch Whites—, to s - -s to —s Kentish Red Kid. —s to s ! Chats ............. . s nOROUGEC 130 P rri.B.lB.lOET. Our market continues t o be ver y moderately supplied with tine new Hops. 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 616'; Wur.hl of Kent, 61 10s to 71 ss; Mid and East Kent, 71 to 121 per cwt. 21,247 44s O. 25,392 46,396 423 Od 38s Od to OsOd to 38s6d 2,639 2,142 6t,"37 58,718 3,20 1,318 96,696 78,614 458 Od 388 Od THE _SUN„ CLARA HAR RINGTON ;_ a Domestic Novel. 3 LITERATURE. Vo's. CoThurn. If " Clara Harrington " 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, same of the characters are well portrayed, especially that of the heroine, an im personation 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 hook 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. THE QUARTERLIES. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. Iwo. CXE ' 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 new 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 ICaye's Account of Affghanistan, and to Sir William Napier's masterly narrative of his illustrious brother's Scindian administration. Besides these there are allu sions to a variety of other works, such as Bur ton's Sindh, Frinsep'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 Waking Realities, Carpenter's Principles of Phy siology, Wilkinson's Delineation of the Human Body, Latham's Ethnological writing on Man and his Migrations, Thompson'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 astonishingly 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 Elizabeth. 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 check 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 walls of brass. It is bound within its sphere, as the 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 those controlling forces, we can afford to give po pulor representation ' 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 be governed by a falsehood; by hypocrisy, corruption, and ihfluence, 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 tor 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 /Loyal 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 Spetb, 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, " Inbigenia" Selection, " Zampa" •• Herold. Waltz, " Traurne auf dem Ocean" Charivari •• Zuhlner. Galop, " Amazon " ......... • Her Majesty's private band attended afterwards in the evening, and performed the following selections : Overture "Die lustigen Weiber von ............. ...... Otto Nicolai. Windsor" Andante and Scherzo ............ Mendelssohn. Introduction " Le Prophete" Hochzeit's Marsch SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Horne 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.—In 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 cairn. 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 s e a x ti t s r fi ao ed rdi i n t ar s 3 l . o_ulffi nv b e e r before the committee, states—" We went to a cairn, took it down, and examined it to a certain extent—but not in the This con fwe s a s y i o InVeis weremo st enxesasmCionuerdie;. „ DEATH OF SIR ICREDIK. WM. DUNBAR, BART. e have to record the demise of Sir F. W. Dunbar, Bart., of Loath, 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 succeded by his uncle, Mr. Peter Dunbar, in the H.E.I.C. service. MAGAZINES, &c —(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Antony Poplar commences the new year with his two hundred and twenty-ninth Number : Vires ac quiret eunlo. The opening chapters of a new tale, 6' The Heirs of Randolph Abbey," display consider able power, and give promise of a most interesting sequel. Tne characters of Sir Michael, his haughty lady, the four heirs, including the, as yet, inscrutable Alethea, are admirably portrayed. Disraeli's " Bio graphy of Lord George Bentinck," and Mr. War 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 Illus trious Ladies" will be found some highly entertain ing reading, concerning the royal dames of old, 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," contributed by P. F. M'Carthy, is devoted t o 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 hii 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 legend is " The Saint of the Long Robe," being No. X. of the Kishoge Papers (the admirers o f th e " Ingoldsby Le gends" hail with pleasure the resumption of these papers, characterised by a kindred spirit of genuine humour and an equally admirable 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 felicitous 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. WOOL. Last week's imports of Wool into London were 402 bales from Ltunecsten, 512 from Taganrog, and 5 from Hawburgh. Fine English qualities are in somewhatimproved request , at full pricel; but all other kinds com mand v,ry little attention. The stock of Colonial is extensive. T.a.LL©'w7. Since this day so'nffight our market has been in a very inactive state, and, in some instances, prices have ruled the turn in favour of buyers. To-day now P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted tt 36' 91 per cwt. Town Tallow is 378 per cwt net cast'. Last week the imports were only 132, the deliveries 2,417 casks. 1848 1849. 1850 1851. , 182 iNck this day ...... Price of Y. C. • • .. 51,272 61,976 378 3,1 to 36s 9d 37s 6d to Os Od 1,736 2,417 5,146 65,142 _ to 45s OA Delivery last week .. 327 Ditto from June 1.... 61,971 Arrivals last week . 669 Ditto from June 1 ... 75,162 210 132 83,880 90,684 Price of Town ......1 49s Od 39s 6d I 39s 6d CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAN.) OLD COURT. 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 them. He 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 which stood over from last session; but as 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 case involving the destruction of human life, and that was a charge of manslaughter, which appeared to have arisen out of an 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 small number of those serious offences which excited so much alarm about this period last year —he meant those daring burglaries and street robberies 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 act which made the parties liable to be indicted 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 which he had intended to make a few observations, as it was one which deeply the due and proper adminis tration of justice in 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 his 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, it established, would subject the party accused to a severe punishment; but it was not necessary that ho 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 bad given him, he would at once dismiss them to the discharge of their duties. The 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 Martin Flanigan, who stood charged with having obtained money from a person under the pretence that ho was the clerk of, and would secure the services of, Mr. Hurry, the barrister. It transpired that the unfortunate man bad committed suicide while the Court was sitting by immersing his head in a bucket of water, and keepint it there until life was extinct. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The January sessions were opened this morning at Clerkenwell. The calendar contains 70 names. Five watermen and lightermen, named Robinson, Scott, Charles Watkins, John Watkins, and Fraser, were in dicted for stealing four sacks of oats, the property of J. 0. Keane. On Thursday, the 11th of September, a barge belonging to the prosecutor was lying in the Thames, off Black wall, hevieg 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 four sacks cf 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 with four sacks of oats from the di rection of Execution Dock, to Brewhouse-lane, where they deposited them in a dust-corner. A carpenter in the service of Mr. Junes, in that lane, gave information to the police. The sacks were found in the dust-hole, and the prisoners were followed to a neighbouring 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 when they were arrested, but he was not in their company, nor was ho taken into custody at the same time. It was also p r oved that he plied for fares as a w a t erman about that spot, and would have been there in the ordinary course of his business. Re spectable witnesses 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 mercy on account of previous good character. The JUDGE 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 in the river, though apparently bearing a good character. He sentenced Robinson to Six months' and the others to twelve months' imprisonment. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Michael Foy, 19, and James Massey, 18, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham charged with being concerned, with others not in custody, in stealing 181. 10s. in gold, and four watches, the pro perty of Mr. Michael Metcalfe, 59, Marshall-street, Golden-square. ‘_ a Swanson, C 62, said, yesterday morning be was sent for to 29, M ars h a ll- street, to i nqu ir e about a robbery which had been committed there, and from information be subsequently received he suspected the prisoners to n ve been concerned in the robbery. Ho accordingly e took th em into custody, and conveyed them to the sta tion-house, 7h ero they wore searched, and a quantity of money was found upon them. Witness had since discovered that the prosecutor's brother-in-law abscondeddirectlyprisoners had the discovery of the robbery, and that the had been previously seen in his company. Witness now wished for a r em and in order etonot proceed to say, were reman d e d f or a eeed further in the case. The p to ri g so iv n e er h si im time to reek. Society for the C RUE LTY TO A HORSE.— James Smith appeared in a nswer to a summons granted at the instance of Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Pre vention of Cruelty to Animal s , charging him with wan tonly ill-treating a horse. It appeared fro m the evidence of a New River named the er Dann, a clerk in the employ of the Com pany, that on the 16th of December last he was pro ceeding along Oxford-street, when he saw the prison wantonly bet a horse which h e was driv ing about head with a whip. Witness thought the defendant acted with unreasonable severity, and told him so, where u p on tLe defendant commenced such a volley of abuse that, in order to protect other people, he communicated with Mr. Thomas, who adopted the p resent p roceedin g s against the defendant. The MAGISTRATE fined the defendant 103. and costs - - t DannY-LANE THEATRE.—The new pansmime of Harlequin Hogarth continues to crowd this house night after night, and is one of the greatest hits the theatre has ever made. A scion of an ancit-nt and distinguished family, famed for the military achievements of its ancestral line, is about 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 tet in with great intensity. Yes terday morning, at six o'clock, Al, Chevalier's thermometer marked 8 deg. 8-lOths of centigrade (16' Fahrenheit), and at 12 o'clock 7 deg. 4-10ths of centigrade (18% Fahrenheit). .-tarii 'raper, LONDON, EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1852. 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 other, at having such an energetic, well-informed, and logical champion as Mr. 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 colonies, is governed a great deal too much. The colonists should 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 Commerce. 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 which his persuasive eloquence induced even the /Edui to enter ; who, on more than one occasion, defeated even Caesar himself, 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 Maurepas, and which terminated in the elevation of the most in competent of financiers, M. de Brienne, Archbishop 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. Eddis, which is a most characteristic likeness of our great poet—statesman-- 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, Keelcys, Marios, Grisis, and Tsglionis, 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 th e terror of the s h owm an. This was a marionette th ea t re, then common i n Spain, and so described by Cervantes. The puppets, or mario nettes, of Mr. Powell will also be familiar to the readers o f the Spectato r , w h ere Addison comp l a i n s of Mr. P u nch and the I ta li an Opera drawing away people of fashion from " The Di s t resse d M other " a t the theatres, a nd there are num erous papers in the G ua rdian, in w hich Sir Richard S tee l e, writing as Bi c k ers t a ff, 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 description, in which plays were performed by figures the size of children, who closely imitated, in vivacity of gesture, energy of action, and brilliant musical execu tion, their larger and living prototypes. Here the voice, speaking behind the scenes, was thrown, as i t were , into the pupp=et, and made to seem to 'proceed from it, by an excee dingly clever ventriloquism. We know not whe ther Mr. Simpson's marionettes are of this description, or whether they will be manoeuvred after the fashion of those at Riga, where the voice proceeds from under the stage. In Russia, at St. Petersburgh, in the Michael Ploscbadge, or Grand Duke Michael-square, there is, hard by to the French theatre, a company of mario nettes, who ply their vocation nightly, greatly to the delight of wondering audiences. About 2:3 years since, a theatre was erected in the Argyle Rooms, for similar purposes to that with which Mr. Simpson is about to destroyed by fire, and with th em per i s hed scenery, adsrteosnsiessh, the town; but, u n f ortunate l y, th e rooms we re decorations, actors, and all, before the public curiosity had been gratified. DIVIDEND -DAY AT THE BANIi OF ENGLAND, EAST INDIA, AND SOUTH SEA HOUSES. Notice was issued on Saturday at the above establish ments, that fol lows, and the transf er - books opened on the undermen tionedEAST INDIA HOUS E .—Th e dividends on East India S toc k will be in course of payment to-morrow, Tuesday, the 6th of January instant, under th e 11th secti on o f th e Act 3d and 4 th William IV., c a p. 85, an d th e certifi cates will be ready to be d e li vere d on t h a t d ay . Th e trans fer•books for the sa id stock will b e opened on Thursday, the 15th instant. dates the January dividends will be paid as .. - transfer-book s f or th e f o ll ow i ng BANK OF ENGLAND.—Notic e i s h ere b y g i ven, t h a t t h e January dividends will be paid to th e pu bli c , i n th e Ro tunda, on Thursday next, the securities, due the s th instant, will be o p ene d on t h e un dermentioned date, viz.: — Consolidated Th ree p er C en t s . Bth of instant, the andß on Friday, the 16th instant; Three p er C ent. Annu i t i es, Ne 1726, on ditto ; Bank k at of the E England, New Five per Cent. Annuities on ditto; and Securities for Terms of Years, ditto. SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—The dividends on South Sea Stock Annuities will be paid on Thursday next, the Bth instant, and the transfer-books opened on Friday, the 16th instant. W. -LIMNER, Ilt•A.—Nearly the hwholeousesoffo for decayed ---_,. ~-, ----- is believed that he has foundation of some alms- WILL OF J. M. W been working for this object f9r . many years. It appears to d is ec fo tty rt e ur oi i i a l l a ef .n t t f e o r r s, t a h n e d have been a point of high ambition with himto be identified with the establishment of such an in stitution, and he has directed 1,0001. to be expended in the erection of a monu ment to his memory in connexion with it. He purchased a piece of ground at Twickenham for the purpose of erecting these almshouses twenty years ago, at th e t i me of ma ki ng 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 s hould exclude ratrcolo Painters from partici pating in its benefits. His oil urpictures, comprising forty or left to the - • fifty of his finest works, are N ational Gallery, on condition that within ten years a room be set apart exclu sively for their recep d tion. Among them are the renowned " Hannibal," the " Hail, Rain, an Speed," the two large pictures of " Carthage," the " Temeraire," th e " B ur i a l o f Wilkie," an early p i cture representing a "Frosty Morning, ,, remarkable for its t ru thful 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 great value, will be sold. lie always bargained for fifty first-proofs of every plate that was en graved, and many of these are now extremely rare.— Literary Gazette. THE BANK FORGERIES IN YoßKsn/RE..._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 purporting to have been issued from the Doncaster branch bank. Some of the notes have been paid in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Sheffield, and Hull. Five persons are in custody charged with having uttered the notes, but it is expected that there are other guilty persous still at large. 110 W to EMPLOY CAPITAL in IRELAND. (From the Bunktrs' Magazine) The problem, which forms the title of this article, has recently engaged the attention of a class of writers of great abitil, 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 nediency 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. liaae 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 adiantages which must necessarily attend their develop ment; and of such writers wo have met with none who have brought the matter more fairly and forcibly before the public than Mr. Digby Seymour, 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 be answered satisfactorily 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 iu 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 a!mcst 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 ?" and this is the point to which we would the more especially direct attention. Mr. Seymour, after 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 foreign 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 tie 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. Without 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,, &c., 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 com bine the purchase of land with the manufacture of beet sugar, flax, 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 Investmen; 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 we have referred. can be made with safety and advantage. Mr. Seymour's pamphlet is r 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 ex t en di ng th e fi e ld 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." " How to Employ Capital in Western Ireland, Sze," by William Digby Seymour. Third Edition. London; Effing ham Wilson, and Ridgway. 1851. PARISH OF ST. MARY-LE-STRAND. The Rev. J. F. Denham, rector, has issued his annual 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 parochial charities, which he says continue in their wonted pros perity. He proceeds to say—" With regard to the means of education, I have to report the pleasing face, 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. 153. 7id. were expended in raiment among them. The Maternity Society had relieved eleven cases during the 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 ma j instances, of their kind and judicious aid through ma previous years." ority ny of THE DEMERARA STEAMER.—BRISTOL, J. 3•-- We have already put our readers in possession of the melan choly accident attendant on the passage of this noble steamer down the river Avon. A survey of the ill-fated vessel has been held to-day and yesterday, on account of th in e sp se e v et e i r n a a l parties interested. The persons who inspected the scene of the accident were Mr. Elmslie, of Southampton, surveyor of the Royal West India Mail Steam-Packet Com pany's fleet ; Mr. G. Bailey, late surveyor for Ll i o g y r d a ' ni s ; Mr. and Carter, an extensive shipbuilde r of London; and Mr. Wi gram, of the eminent metrop olitan firm of w Green. Mr. F. Green also attendcedomonplbeethedalfthoifsthaeftberunilodoenr: Mr. Patterson. The surve was and disclosed a very serious y state of _ things. It seems that the kolson, although no t broken, has been strained and twisted to a most serious extent, and the other injuries sus tained by the ship are even of a more grave character. Her starboard-bow and larboard -quarter are completely broken in, and several of her beams, together with the iron knees with which she is fastened, are broken ; most of her floors are broken up, and a great number of her bolts are started. She is much strained and broken throughout. The report of the surveyors will not be published for some 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. - - w. REPRESEN T ATION OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE 80. RouGns. —Mr. Crawshay Bailey has cons en t e d t o com e for ward on the Conservative interest, to supply the vacancy be caused in con s e quence o f th e f a il ure o f the w hi c h will Monmouth and Glamorganshire Bank, of which Mr. Blewitt, M.P., is one of the principal partners. Mr. Lind say, of London, shipowner, has announced himself as a can didate on the Liberal interest, and a second Reform can didate is mentioned, so that the struggle is likely to be a severe one. TH L MINISTR Y. (From the Daily News.) The three vacant offices, of Paymaster of the Forces, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Under- Secretary of Foreign Affairs, do not in themselves give Lord John Russell the means of strengthening his Government. Fur, fill them as he chooses, they' are at best only subordinate posts, and what his ad ministratio❑ 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 pe rson o f t h e new Paymaster of the Forces, is, to use a military phrase, simply throwing away powder and s h o t. B u t i t is not only l a r ge , it is unwieldly. Of its sixteen members one-half at least are—either from age or infirmity, or from want of natural ability, or public confidence—incurnbrances on their colleagues. Such people as Lords Minto and Broughton are useless— and worse than useless. Lord Cottenham'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 Cnancellor of the Exchequer has more and more exposed his financial incapacity, and to that defect he has lately added comm e r c i a l un p opu l ar it y . 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 hy, .it is f eare d, an i ncura b le complaint; the Whig Cabinet has never been much aided by the bonhommie of Mr. Fox Ma u l e ; w hil st great age has d i min i shed the auns ed f u a g i c e t ae vi rr t eo y eurs o a f lr ieb L e ar o na r d l thy L o n a t o n h u s r d ro o ut w go h n ho e i , us t o w ar, h dl o eo s rn e , ga c na o dn n d s o i n s me t e o n os t tf the credits of Whiggery. 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 head 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 obj ec t s an d en d s; to d eve l op t h e a bili ty which it possesses, and to emancipate it from in fluences which in office have injured—if not wholly suspended—its powers of us e f u l ness . The Ministerial journals tell us that by a late retirement Lord John Russell asserted his own pre dominance over the Cabinet. N ow th a t h e h as d one 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 n o t r equ i re any exercise of the Premier's authority to enable him to choose their successors. Lords Minto and Br oug ht on must know and feel their own incompetence ; Si r George Grey will not persist in keeping the Home 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 Lords without con tinuing to be a Secretary of State ; office cannot long be indispensable to Mr. Fox Maule; 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 pref e rred 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 colleagues. 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!—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 or for popular measures ;:at best, cold, phleg matic, selfish politicians, and not one of whom would probably be re elected should he vacate his seat by the acceptance of office. Lord Goderich 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 OE 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 r R H e suoemsnstee holder.o ssill James Graham—the Board of Control being to the first, the Foreign Under-SecretaryshiP to the second, and the Paymastership of the Forces to the Secre taryship, ff e e ct r rh e e d a..t third—Sir James Graham taking i t ts he p stood that the day will be fixe:htisfiosrpdteoup taryship, to be vacated for him by a 8 s o e s m e proposed l i s n t steps P s a f r o ' : At a Cabinet Council on Thursday next, it is under btless thought liament for the dispatch of business ; and at tr a l f es o t Council it is also said Lord John s a t c r q e u n a g i t n h t eo h i i n s g c h o i l s le A s i g i u n e is s tr w y i . th ttbteh re electionos politic not to announce too soon the Housena names ,eO - are really about to join the Ministry, lest of such as may be in the notice to intending should be imperilled by too early Russell calling surely w i n e t l o l co nsider his inten ded s teps. o pponents. Before Thursday the Mi n , 011Po:et:VI: o o r r d t 'then aristocratic Peelites—one of them whothhinaka, no- a t least a man character for political sincer ity--does he to meet the difficult of I say, that this is the way Lord most mistakenPwatielYrstonare, his position ? He will be if he does. The friends of Noble Lord himself it is alleged, determined to have a talk about the recent if retirement—even though that likely to be troubles mse should show his acquiescence in the arrangement byo troublesome en discussion intend ed a silence. bout There Sardinian is dispatches, and sympathies with Louis Bonaparte, and discussions also in which the names of the late Foreign Secretary, our Ambassador in Paris, an d Sir H. Bulwer ma y ar i se . T o m e e t Mi n isterial s quabbles and partisan jealousies with a high hand, the Prime Minister should surely 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 look anxiously for the decision of Thursday. Yours, &c. AN ENGLISHMAN. EMILY SANDFORD.-A letter from a respectable resident at Adelaide, in that country, inserted in the Wor cester Herald, says, I think 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 s weet little creature; they do well and seem very happy. She has bought houses with the money that was collected for her. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF linovrrmow.— We regret to learn that the Earl of Brownlow is l y ing in an exceedingly precarious state at Belton House, near Gran tham, and that but faint hopes are entertained for his Lord ' ohip'e ultimate ree9TerY• MONDAY . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Additional entries :-11.elford, Simple, Hardy, and Buscot. CHESTER CUP. The following list has teen sect us ly Mr. Top's= as complete:— Dutch Lady, 3 yrs—Old English Oak, 3 yrs—Retail, 6 yrs—Nancy, 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—Knavestnire, 3 yrs—Alonzo, 5 y rs _ 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—Hippolytus, 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 Lizzy, 3 yrs Lough Basso, 4 yrs Burndale, 3 yrs—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs— Raby, 6 yrs—Cyclops, 4 yrs—Ebor, 5 yrs—Galvanism, 3 yrs—Mark Tapley, 5 yrs—b c by Cotherstone, out of Wryneck, 3 yrs—Black Doctor, 4 yrs—Woolwich, 6 yrs—Richard Primer, 3 yrs—The Countess, 4 yrs— Brother to Rusaborough, 3 yrs—Birmingham. 4 yrs— Tom Holtby, 4 yrs—King of Trumps, 3 yrs—b c by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs—Ellar, 3 yrs— b f by Lanercost, out of Jemima, 3 yrs—Gladiole, 5 yrs —lierbsrt, 6 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Prince Patrick, 3 yrs — Russborough, 5 yrs—Earl of Warwick, 5 yrs— Dolly's Brae, 5 yrs—Mrs. Birch, 4 yrs—The Niece, by Accident, 4 yrs—Tancred, 4 yrs—Le Juif, 4 yrs— Benita, 3 yrs — Woodlark, 6 yrs—Kathleen, 5 yrs —Ulrica, 3 yrs—St. Michael, 3 yrs—Wildflower, 4 yrs Cossack, aged Paquette, 4 yrs —La Fiance?, 4 yrs—Trousseau, 3 yrs—The Shadow (late Knave:mire Witch), 3 yrs—Waterfall, 4 yrs—Unity, 4 yrs—Aaron Smith, 4 yrs—ltalian, 5 yrs—Bess of Hardwlck,3 yrs —Marquis, 4 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 6 yrs Consultation, 3 yrs—Maid of Team Valley, 6 yrs— England's Glory, 4 yrs—True Girl, 4 yrs—Constella tion,—Dismg.Y, 4 yrs—Vivan dier 3 yrs—Tom Moody, 3 yrs— Elcot, 3 yrs—Bird-on-the-Wing, 3 yrs—C onso l ation, 4 , 4 4 y; r s— s_ L c s o m r a y r p tr i e 2 , , 4 yrs 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—Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—Knook-Knoll, 4 yrs—Happy Joe, 3 yrs—Vatican, 5 yrs—The Sutler, 3 yrs—Haresfoot, 4 yrs—Hunger ford, 4 yrs—Broken-Hearted Lsdy (late Cheerful), 6 3 rs —Musician, 5 yrs—Backbiter, aged—Rhesus, 6 yrs— Captain Flash, 3 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs—Neasham, 4 yrs —Tophana, aged—Nutshell, 5 yrs—Mountain Flower, 3 yrs—Miss Ann, 6 yrs—Mary Ann, 3 yrs—f by Ithu• riel, out of Sorella's dam, 3 yrs—Masham, 3 yrs—Ring leader, 4 yrs—Candlewick, 5 yrs—Lady Amyott, 3 yrs —amus, 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'Hanton, 3 yrs—Due-an-Durres, aged—Lancaster, 4 yrs—Uncle Sam, 3 yrs—Aphrodite, 4 s— 3 yrs—D u l cet, aged r —Mouse, 4 , y, 5 yrs s_— v G a r m ey py T re o , m a m g y e , d—tby Ratan, dam by Melbourne, 3 yrs—Hothorpe, 4 yrs— Royalty, 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—My Fancy, 3 yrs—Daniel O'Rourke, 3 yrs—King of Oude, 5 yrs—Sophistry, 3 yrs—Joe Miller, 3 yrs—Ariosto, 4 yrs—Groavenor, 4 yrs—Cardinal Wiseman, 4 yrs—John of Berwick, 5 yrs—Pitsford, 5 yrs—Sledmere, 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— Goldfindcr, 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—Mendicaut, aged—Confes sor, 4 yrs—Stamford, 4 yrs—Little Harry, 3 yrs— Equal, 3 yrs—Grecian, 4 yrs—Barcelona, 4 yrs—Littlo Savage, 3 yrs—c by Faugh-a-ballagh out of Delia, 3 yrs —Kate by Auckland, 3 yrs—Proudfoot, 3 yrs—Terpai chore, 4 yrs—Urbanity, 3 yrs—Hesse Homberg, 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 harrs., Tues. Parwich; Fri. Caldon Village-10i. High Peak harrs., Tues. Teddington Village; Thurs. Robin Hood Bar; Sat. Newhaven-11. Craven (Yorkshire) harrs., Tues. Carlton; Fri. Eshton Tarn-10. Hursley hds., Wed. Ball Down; Fri. the Cross-reads, Cranbury Common-104. Albrighton hds., Tues. Enville; Thurs. Knighton; Sat. Somerford-10i. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Toes. Callender House; Thurs. Cumbernauld House; Sat. Bathgate Toll•bar-10}. Mr. Dyer's (Bredon) harrs., Tues. Aschurch Station; Fri. Swan Hotel, Tewkesbury-10i. Colonel Wyndham's hds., Mon. Last Lodge on the London Road, Wed. Whiteway Lodge; Fri. Eastdeau Wood-113, Wyeside harrs., Tues. Llandevaehley; Fri. Talgartb —lO. Vine hds., Wed. The Grotto; Sat. Kingsclose-11. N. F. hds., Tues. Brockenhurst House; Sat. Eyeworth Lodge-104. Minhledun hds., Wed. Holywell House; Fri. Pre shaw House-101. H. H. hds., Tues. West TiqPd; Thurs. Nutlcy Chula; Sat. Medztead Green-10E1. Cheltenham stag-hds., Fri. Shurdington-101. 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 Indies, and other members of the corps diplonzatique. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A ma trimonial alliance is on the tapir between Mr. Hussey Vivian, son of J. H. Vivian, Esq., M.P. for Swansea, and Miss Morgan, the amiable daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., Mi.., of Tredegar-park, Monmouthshire. INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS. — On Saturday there was a sale of curious manuscripts and autographs at the rooms of Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, in Piccadilly. Six letters of the Princess Catherine Sophia, sister of Frederic King of Bohemia, sold for 21. 1 Is.; forty seven official letters of Charles 1., signed by the King, sold for 19/. ; a letter of Prince Charles Lewis sold for 2/. Ils. ; two pages folio, in the autograph of Sir William Dugdale, relating to a search of records, sold for 71. 2s. 6d. ; twelve wardrobe warrants of Henry VII. sold for 41. 18s. ; fifty-three twelve , I s e o u ld er fo o r f 7 1 1 iri l l 5 li s ;m ; wardrobe warrants of Henry VIII. sold for 151. Some letters of Admiral Keppel sold for 31. 10s. ; a letter of Colonel Lane, who was instrumental in saving Charles 11. after the battle Oldys, of Worcester, sold for 41.45.; some correspondence of the Rev. the bibliographer, with . a short autobiograp h y, sold for 4/. 6s. • IJoh n ett ersofL Lewis,o a parcel of papers, relatw e to t e Scotch forfeitures in 1715, b or add : d s historian orth s o o f l d le f a o v r e 4 rs i. h ; a m a sold for 3/. ; some Papers.,.y_. ressed to, George Vertue, the engraver, sold for , 4! OS_ L . the autograph of Sir Charles and that of Goionel lienne Wolseley, s, Cromwell's Speaker, sold for 21.35. C O LLISION ON WICK LING. - On Fri d ay the coroner's inquest upon this the senice Of acc ident, which caused the death of a clerk in • . the Electric Telegraph Company wa b , sbrought to a conclu sion,and the jury found the following spec 1 d . " the deceased, Patrick Morton, met his deathe ver ict : That by the collision of two trains on the York , Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, o an d that the collision w as ow i ng to the neglect of the com pany's officers in charge of the first train to send back a fog or lamp signal to the train following, and further to the n eglect of certain officers of signals to th e guard of the first train. We find the directors and managers of the l ' ork, Newcastle, and Berwick Railwayguilty of greatculpable neglect—first, blame and in forward ing an enormous cattle train immediately preceding a pas senger train, which cattle train passed Christon Bank when the Q p%senger train was within one minute of being due. Secondly, _ 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. THE N ATURAL 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 engiue, the steam of which was generated by natural gas, not by coal :—" Barton-grange, 30th December, 1851. Sir,—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 co ntinue. 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 se nd you a sample of the wheat thrashed by it- - Yours re spectfully, RICHARD BELL."—Liverpool MOTO". LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE NATIONAL PUB uc SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.—The Premier has ar ranged to re ceive a deputation from this association on Tuesday next, January 6. The date originally fixed by Lord John was the a 31 telegraphst ultimo,ic message not the 31s was received of J ua as °ntion a been t b t g e 30ti s h 3 ated, but that his till te 6th of Lordship could not receive the P de u tave been • January. The following gentle Alexander Henry,invited to from the deputation :—Messrs. John M.P.; Right. Hon. T. M. Gibson, ALP.; Bright, M.P ; Kershaw, M.P. • x N .J. F . R. Cobden, M.P. ; James 7a - philli ss. ' ' ex, yon, Thomas Bazley, R. -;• er ‘ R o , Schwabe, Thomas Biny Phili Lucas, W. I , a3' W od, .A. Watkin ; Rev. W. F. Walker, Oldham ; Drs.Beard, Davidson, W. Milier- Nett' row, and J. A. Baynes' Ingham : Mark Philips, A. , Di. Shipman, F, Taylor, W. B • rigge, Winterbottom, R . Leicester • Dr. Smiles, Leeds Alderman Weston, Birming ham; J. ll A. PiCtO J. and W. Leeds • Ferg uson,' ergu Liverpool ; S. Lucas, J. Vaugh an , and Dillon, London. Of course it will not be expected t h a t all the gentlemen invited will be able to attend. —M a nc hester Guardian. To , _NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES.—Tbe workmen engaged in sinking the foundation of the new bridge over the Thames between Ranelagh Wharf and the Red Rouse, Battersea, are making rapid progress. Already the piles for the piers of the centre span have been nearly all driven, and the coffer dams completed. The waste ground to the eastward of the garden belonging to Chelsea Hospital, and which at one time formed a portion of the famed Ranelagh Gardens, bat 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 n ecessary, 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 buildings to be erected along the line of street are to be of the second class, and the exterior finished in a similar style to all those lately built on the Marquis of Westminster's property at Chelfiesi and Pimlico.