The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

Irittti Win/baton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. TATTERSALL'S—(THIS EVENING.) IthROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 1,000 to 30 agst Tobaski. 500 to 15 Galvanism. 1,000 to 25 Nerva. 1,000 to 25 -- Lampedo. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 20 Weathergage. 1,000 to 15 Merry Bird. DERBY. 400 to 25 Orestes. 400 to 20 Sittingbourne, 1,000 to 20 -- Barbatus. 750 to 25 Brocket. :JOITSE OF LORDS--(THIS EVENING.) The LORD-CHANCELLOR (Lord St. Leonards) took his seat on the woolsack. itf= number of peers present was not great. The iterialists and the Opposition had mutually changed and the Earl of Derby, together with all his late i-dgues, were seated in the front Opposition bench. Earl of Aberdeen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the .I:)uke of Newcastle, the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl of Clarendon, and Earl Granville occupied the Treasury bench. As usual, the galleries allotted to the members of the Lower House and to strangers, were densely crowded. There were also a great number of peeresses present. The Duke of Cambridge was also in his Place. Shortly after five, The Earl of ABERDEEN rose and said—Before pro ceeding to move the adjournment of the house, it is my duty, as it is. my desire, to give your lordships the re quisite information respecting the recent construction of her Majesty's Government, and to indicate, though very briefly, the objects whidh will occupy our attention, and the general policy we propose to adopt. My lords, I believe it has been usual for many of those placed in the situation in which I haVe now the honour to stand to profess the reluctance with which they have undertaken the task imposed upon them. I doubt not they have done so in perfect sincerity, but if this has been the case with others, your lordships may easily ima gine how much more largely I share in those feelings. Your lordships must be aware that I have taken little part in the proceedings of this house, except on such occasions as were necessarily connected with the depart ments which I have the honour to be entrusted with. Arrived at the very verge of that period which has been assigned to human life, it might be said that other thoughts and other pursuits might more naturally occupy my attention. Nevertheless, I have felt it my duty to obey the commands of my Sovereign. My lords, before describing the proceedings which have recently taken place, I wish to advert to circumstances which I understand occurred a few days past, when the noble earl opposite declined to perform what appeared to me to be a very reasonable request, and accused me, and those acting with me, of having entered into a species of combination or conspiracy to overthrow the noble lord's government. My lords, I believe it is an accusation which was answered at the time by the noble (hike (Newcastle) near me, but, nevertheless, I . wish to add that my share in such a conspiracy was not for the - purpose of ejecting the noble lord from office, but for the purpose of keeping him in. When it appeared from the 'ambiguous paragraph in her Majesty's Speech that it was indispensably necessary that some declaration 'should be made of the advantage of free trade, my own anxiety was that the terms of that declaration or resolu tion should be such as the noble earl and his colleagues could accept without doing violence to their feelings, due to their feelings, and consistent with their own honour. Those terms were framed with that view, they had 'the effect intended by those who proposed them, 'namely, that of enabling the noble earl to retain the office he held, by the assistance and votes of the very conspirators themselves. (Hear, hear.) If any further evidence were requisite as to the nature of that conspiracy, I have only to state that precisely at that time :1 had taken measures to engage a residence at Nice, with the firm deterinination of passing the two winter months on the shores of the Mediterranean. So much for myself. The noble lord then proceeded to say, that on Saturday week he received a message from her Majesty desiring - his attendance at the Isle of Wight, and intimating that she had summoned the Marquis Lansdowne to attend at 'the same time. He confessed it had appeared to him that the time had arrived when it was possible to efface these political distinctiens and differences which had formerly existed, and of which the country were now quite tired. Of course he had neither youth, strength or will sufficient to undertake the formation of a Ministry without the aesistance of Lord John Russell ; and it was, therefore, with great pleasure that he found, at a casual meeting with the noble lord, that his sentiments were entirely conformable to his own. He accordingly lost no time in e=ndeavouring to fulfil the commands of her Majesty, but be felt convinced that it would be impossible to do so unless it were agreed to set aside all personal considera . tiells and objections. In the course of the week he . succeeded in preparing an administration which was • fortunate enough to receive the approbation of the Queen,----and which now stood for the judgment of the country. The noble earl opposite (Earl Derby) said this 'ln ight have been done in 24 hours, but he could assure him that he found it impossible to fulfil the ta kin so short a period. The noble earl then went on . to allude to the office accepted by Lord J. Russell, and . said the truth was that for the last thirty Years the prin , ciple on which the foreign policy of the country was founded had never failed—it being to respect the inde • pendence of foreign States, great or small, and not to in < terfere in their internal affairs. This he trusted would still be the case, and that we should still retain the friend ship and deserve the good-will of all nations, what ever was the nature of their government or constitution. Ills earnest desire that the country would never be called upon to act in any other spirit. Peace was the interest of England, and he should do all in his power to main tain it, but at the same time he had no wish or intention to reduce those precautionary measures of safety and pro tection which the Legislature began last session. (Hear, hear.) With regard to our commercial policy, he be ' lieved the interest of the country and the feelings of the people were in favour of an extension of that system of • free trade which Sir R. Peel commenced in 1846 and • without stopping to discuss the merits of direct or indirect axation, he could assure their lordships it was the wish of the Government to see that system further advanced. flear.) Another question of great public importance . which the Government would take under their imme . clia,te charge was, that of national education—(loud cheers)—and it was his fervent hope that such a system would be ultimately adopted as should meet the views of all religious denominations. (Loud cheers.) The measures of law reform which were introduced by her Majesty's late Government, would be to some extent adopted by their Majesty's pre sent advisers, and he had reason to hope that those measures would be rendered more perfect in their details. (Hear, hear.) But no-matter whether it was in the extension of Free Trade, of National Educa tion, or Law Reform, the Government would be actu , aced by only one desire, namely, to promote the pro sperity of the country, and to increase the social wel fare of the people. The results of the last election would have the effect of assisting the Government in that re spect, and he trusted noble lords would bear those results in mind when they came to consider the measures which it would be the duty of Government to propose. He c'ame now to the complaint of the noble lord opposite with 'fault t o th e present coalition. The noble earl found with him for having joined his noble friend the mem berfor th e c i ty of London, but he could assure him that I had long ago arrived at the conviction that the coun -7llNvould be sati s fi e d w i t h no other government but one % ta pas. Now, the noble lord the member for the o f . rnm -u e endon, and his friend, while h e was in favou r timate n ra o t o liberalism, was also in favour of legi tation .4 4 ' t ervatisin ; and he h a d, th ere f ore, no hesi thoroughl- ever in joining hi m , b e li ev i ng, as he was tho se p3;tl.4nvinced, that the country was sick of in the te r n s distinctions which were recognised .wished to see Neu Whig and Tory. All that it a strong in its desee over strong in a bility, an d and the country. r st e secure the i n t erest o f the Crown to be found in the on , h h:bGovernment was, he beli eve d, and now in conclusi o just succee d e d i n forming; , n, a l 'house at its rising should h ad Only to move that the • 10th of February next. (ej a T r u ß ) until Thursday, the th ee at ri The Earl of DERBY deni ed ith the course which the noble he h a d f ound fault duty to t a k e . What he did complain ( o l f thought it his l. Raenriegyrbast s'toCOrlside that the 4te Government did not receive that ration from Parliament which it had and he' added, when lie made that complaint, theaxatptetlebte noble earl would meet with better treatm ent fiwn hands and those of his supporters. (Rear, h ear l. . Re did not retreat now from that complaint, and he as sure if their lordships would take the trouble to recall the events which had taken place since the last eleeticn, th ey rn would be convinced that his complaint was not tin ael le h had a w ithout just cause. (Hear, hear.) At the same th good r i g h t to find fault in bitter terms the wi yeasomof the n o bl e earl ' s colleagues. For instance, life r •• e right b on. b aronet who commenced his daily Upon ultra-Radical principles , but wh o a ft erwar d s abandoned those principles in favour of C onserva ti sm. :hat right hon. gentleman went down to his constituents at the last election, and declared that the late Govern. TrIE SUN I LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27 1 1882.' ment was a Government without as principle, and he should therefore take every opportunity of giving it his most decided opposition. The right honourable baronet added that he had returded to the views which he had abandoned in his youth, and he should support no Government which was not in favour of an extensive system of progress. So much, then, for the noble baronet's declaration on the hustings. When he came up to town he disclosed matters in his speech in the corn law debate which led him (Lord Derby) to believe that there had been a union of parties, including Whigs, Reformers, and Conservatives, for the purpose of ousting the late Governme n t. The noble Earl then pro ceeded to detail the circumstances connected with Mr. Villiers' motion, and its concoction, as they were dis closed in the right honourable baronet's speech, and then went on to say that although the negociations which took place would not justify his calling the movement of these three parties a conspiracy, they yet did justify him in thinking that the three parties acted in concert, for the purpose, if possible, of ,de feating the late Administration, as they ulti mately succeeded in 'accomplishing. (Hear, hear.) Certainly the course Laken by the noble earl's friends was not consistent with their expressed desire to give the late Governinent a fair trial, and he repeated his con viction that there had been a concert between these three parties to place that Government in a minority. (Hear.) He should abstain from discussing all the points of the budget which had just been thrown out, but there was one point which he must refer to, namely, that which related to the subject of the income tax. (Hear, hear.) That was a topic which must be taken up by her Majesty's present advisers, and if they could succeed in removing. the inequalities of that they should have his hearty support. He could not help feeling that the principle of concession had been carried too far by some of the members of the existing Government. It could not be said, indeed, that the various hues of their opinions could be treated as distinctions without a difference ; while he must be allowed to dissent in toto to the state ment of the noble earl, that the foreign policy of this country for the last 30 years had been conducted only upon one principle. (Hear, hear.) In extending na lional education and law reform, the noble lord, how ever, was doing quite right, and upon those subjects he should be disposed, to some extent, to concur with him. The motion was then agreed to, and their lordships immediately afterwards adjourned. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S ADDRESS. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN,—Having contributed by my vote to the overthrow of the Administration of Lord Derby, I have considered it my duty to assist, when called upon by my Sovereign in the formation of a new Ministry. I have felt it incumbent upon me, in order to give to the country the full advantages of a liberal policy, to sink those personal pretensions which my po sition might have entitled me to form. I have conse quently accepted office under the Earl of Aberdeen, upon whose upright character and enlightened views I place the greatest reliance. My seat is therefore vacant. I have little of novelty to add to the declarations I addressed to you on 'the 22d of May, previously to the late General Election. I then said that I could have no hesitation in accepting the challenge—to decide finally, completely, and conclusively, the contest be tween Protection and Free Trade. That contest has been decided, finally and conclusively, in favour of Free Trade. I then said, and I now repeat, that the commercial policy of the last ten years was not an evil to be mitigated, but a good to be extended—not an unwise and disastrous policy, which ought to be reversed, altered, or modified, but a just and benefi cial system, which should be supported, strengthened, and upheld. I adverted at the same time to the legal difficulties and expenses which clogged the transfer of land, the complicated machinery of the Customs depart ment, and the remaining burdens and restrictions on the shipping interest. Now, as then, I am prepared to attempt the removal of these impediments to the increase of our prosperity. Now, as then, I am prepared to attempt the relief of that portion of our fellow-subjects who are still excluded by their religious belief from political privileges. I enter tain a sanguine hope of success in that endeavour. I then stated that the progress of the working classes in knowledge and intelligence ought to be accompanied by an increased share of political power, while I was aware how difficult a task it is to adjust, in any plan of representation, the respect due to ancient prescription with the claims of advancing trade, increased population, and growing intelligence. To this task the Ministry of the Earl of Aberdeen will anxiously apply themselves. A matter of so much im portance requires from the Government the most delibe rate consideration before any measures are submitted to Parliament. _ By joining the Administration of Lord Aberdeen I believe that I shall best promote the cause to which my Political life has been devoted—that of rational and en lightened progress. It is to progress that all our efforts will be directed. I look to the extension of education, of civil and re] gious liberty, of commercial freedom, and of politic, rights, as the true means of preserving those instituti9l under which we have enjoyed so much happiness. Lhave the honour to be, Gentlemen, • Your grateful and obedient servan:,, J. RUSSELL, Chesham-place, Dec. 27, 1852. A BURGLAR SHOT. A somewhat serious affair occurred on Thursday morning, at an early hour, at Church-road, Edgbaston, near Southfield, the residence of Mr. Rice Harris. At a short distance from the house, and in a meadow, stands a cottage, which for several years had been occu pied by Mr. Harris's gardener. On Wednesday, how ever, he left the premises, and on the same day John Bevan, coachman to Mr. Harris, moved into the house. In consequence of there being but little furniture in the cottage, Bevan, who was its sole occupant, slept on the ground floor, retiring to rest at an early hour, and fas tening the doors and windows in the usual manner. About two o'clock in the morning he was awakened by a crash, as if of glass, and then the sound of a footstep in the chamber above. Bevan got out of bed, and with out waiting to dress, seized a double-barreled carbine, which was generally kept loaded, and crept up stair's. There was quite sufficient light to enable him to distin guish objects, and he • saw a man approaching from the window into the room. Bevan raised his gun, and asked him what he wanted there. The fellow made no reply, but approached towards him, when Bevan levelled his piece (which was loaded with shot) at the man's legs, and fired. He received the charge in his legs, and did not attempt to offer any re sistance, but, reaching the window, he leaped out head first, hurting hi mse lf s li ghtly as he fell, the window being upwards of ten feet high. Bevan followed, and then found that there were two concerned in the attempt on the house. The wounded man and his companion might both have escaped, had not Bevan discharged the other barrel of the gun at the fellow who had received the cdntents of the first, which brought him to a stand on the lawn, immediately in front of the family residence and about three or four hundred yards from the cottage. The other man did not attempt to assist his less fortu nate accomplice, but ran off as fast as he possibly could, and escaped in the darkness. Meanwhile the report of the fire-arms had alarmed some of the domestics in the house, who aroused Mr. Harris. That gentleman im mediately hurried to the spot from whence the sound of voices proceeded? and there found Bevan, almost un dressed, sta n di ng over th e b urglar, and threatening to shoot him if he attempted to escape. The police, who heard the firing, came up almost simultaneously ; and while some of the constables went off in pursuit of the man who had escaped, others conveyed the one they captured in a handcart to the Queen's Hospital. He was unable to walk, and bled rather profusely ; being perfectly sen sible, and exempt from pain, so far as to be able to talk freely enough. For example, Bevan remarked, "If I had'ntpepper e d you, you would have done for r would'nt p you ?" " No," coolly replied the man, " would'nt have killed you ;" and then he begged them earnestly to let him go, promising that they would never catch him in this part of the country again. On being admitted to the hospital he said his name was George Crisp, and stated th a t h e was a " navvy, " residing in Sheepcote-stieet, near to the glass works of Messrs. Harris. He also gave: up th e name o f hi s accomplice, likewise a " navvy/ who is known, but is still at large, although the police are on his track, and will no doubt speedily secure his arrest. On examination by Mr. Yates, the house surgeon, it was found that Crisp was rather more seriously injured than was at first suspected. The shot severely wounded his left ankle, posterior parts, and right thigh. A considerable portion has l been extracted, but a great deal yet remains imbedded in the flesh.--Birmingham Journal. PREPARATIONS FOR COMPANY.--A hostess who wishes that her friends should enjoy their dinner, and that she also should enjoy it with them, must see that all is ready and at hand before her guests arrive. If her servants are well trained, and accustomed to do things regularly when there is no company, there will be little difficulty when there is; and if there is that pleasant understand ing between the head and the hands of the household which should always exist, any casual mistake will easily he rectified ; an accident itself will occasion more fin tha n fuss ; and although no host and hostess should feel as unconcerned or indifferent at their own table as else- V ii e i re, the duty of seeing that nobody wants anything (liar tbe manifestly a pleasant one, whilst the simple cor courlitY winch delights in good appetites and cheerful but onenoasttices and the domestic order which is evidently, go farenttoatiously, the presiding genius of the family, who would e nhance the flavour of the s i m pl es t f are. hot, well-cook prefer o ne or two plain popular dishes, ances, to a numb ed, and served w ith t h e i r proper appear to the condition eof so called ma d e dishes, unsuitable tasting strongly o O f f iab e oucrooanksa sorrow with whi c h th ey Home Truth:. of those wh o o ff er t h em, were connected an d se rved up, but of ve r y littl e else.— THE LATE PETER BORTHWICK, ESQ., OF BORTHWICK. (From the Morning Post.) Up to this moment we have refrained from any but the brief and customary announcement of Mr. Borthwick's la mented death. But the last sad offices having now been paid, Mr. Borthwick, like all other public men, becomes the legitimate subject of history ; and it is due to the posi tion which he occupied for many years to record the steps by which he achieved, and the ability and principle by which he maintained, it. The late Peter Borthwick was descended from the ancient family of Borthwick Lord Borthwick in the peerage of Scotland, whose castle is still a picturesque and noble ruin. He was born at Cornbank, in - the parish of Borthwick, in Mid-Lothian, about 12 miles from Edinburgh, on the 13th of September, 1804, and received the rudiments of his in fant education at the school of Pennycuik. As hie boyhood advanced, he was removed to the High School of.,Edin burgh, where he-wegt - through the usual course of study, and was then entered at the University of the Scottish ca pital. Here he ultimately graduated, having been, simul taneously, the private pupil of the late pious and learned Bishop Walker—a connection naturally resulting from the fact that Mr. Borthwick had always been a sincerely at tached member of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. His education being completed, an event occurred which exercised an important and happy influence on his future life ; he was married, in the year 1827, to Miss Margaret Colville, daughter of John Colville, Esq., of Ewart, in Northumberland. This lady, the beloved companion of his prosperous days, and his solace under the pressure of severe misfortunes, survives, to lament a lo , s capable only of being mitigated by the consolations of Christian faith, and a pious resignation to the will of Heaven. Four chil dren of this marriage--three sons and one daughter—are still living. Mr. Borthwick was, through life, insatiable in the acqui sition of knowledge ; and, notwithstanding his marriage, therefore, he took up his residence at Cambridge, and entered himself of Jesus College. Thence, by removal, he becathe a Fellow Commoner of Downing College, and while there was the author of so me lear ne d wor k s on theological subjects. In the autumn of 1832, being still unengaged in any professional pursuit, an accidental circumstance brought into active exercise the resources of his powerful mind. Happening to be present at a meeting called for the pur pose of discussing the subject of negro-slavery, the imme diate abolition of which was then vigorously urged by a class of agitators, composed in great part of sectarian preachers and their immediate followers, Mr. Borthwick felt impelled, by the gross misrepresentations addressed to the audience, to refute these calumnies. It was his first essay as a public speaker; but so complete was his success, that, from that moment, his reputation was established. He was at once invited, not only by those who had a per sonal interest in the question, but by others actuated by an abstract love of justice, to disabuse the public mind on the subject of slavery, by delivering lectures at• meetings convened for that object. With the disregard for personal convenience which was part of his character when any good cause required the sacrifice, he acceded to these numerous requests • and during no less a time than nine months, he exerted himself indefatigably, in London, Bath, Chelten ham, Edinburgh, Dumfries, and Glasgow, and many other of the principal towns of England and eotland, in show ing the impolicy and injustice of immediate, and the d u ty of gradual, abolition. These purely gratuitous labours, the effect of his con scientious convictions, produced an effect far beyond what could have been expected ; and the general gratitude for his eminent services displayed itself in spontaneous sub scriptions, having for their object to present Mr. Borth wick with some lasting memorial of the admiration excited by his abilities, and the respect entertained for the zeal of his voluntary exertions. Bath contributed a silver dinner service, Cheltenham a breakfast equipage of the same material, Dumfries a costly piece of plate, and the -Univer sity of Edinburgh a cup, bearing a very flattering inscrip tion expressive of a sense of the honour reflected by his talents and eloquence upon the University of which he was so distinguished a member. On the same occasion, the boys of the High School of Edinburgh presented to Mr. Borth wick's eldest, but then infant, son, Algernon, a silver bicker " in honour of his father." The year 1832 had, in another respect, an important bearing on the views and prospects of Mr. Borthwick. The reputation which he had so rapidly achieved induced a suggestion that he should give to the country the benefit of his services in Parliament. He accordingly contested the representation of the borough of Evesham, but his claims could not yet avail against the Whig interest which had hitherto returned both the members. In 1834, however, he again entered the lists, and was returned in conjunction with Sir Charles Cockerell. He was not destined to be one of those members whose existence would be unknown to the general public but for the occasional appearance of their names in the division list. Early associations, ripened by reflection, aided by the traditions of the family, distinguished through many centuries for unswerving loyalty, had made him a conservative —or, as it was then called, a Tory—in politics. The judicious instruction of Bishop Walker had thoroughly identified his religious principles with those inculcated by the Episcopal Church. The result was, that Mr. Borthwick became the advocate in Parliament of order and legitimacy in political affairs, and a strong and undeviating Churchman in matters of higher concernment. The civil war was raging in Spain when he entered Parliament, and he firmly supported the constitutional rights of Don Carlos V. against what, under the formal settlement of the succession to the Spanish Throne, he believed to be the usurpation of Donna Isabella. But he was not satified with the theoretical knowledge which he had acquired of the subject; he pro ceeded to the Basque Provinces, in order to convince him self, by personal obse rva ti on , o f the practical bearing of the Carlist system upon the comfort and happiness of the people. Mr. Borthwick had early acquired a strong conviction rat the Church of England had become too much secular sed by its established connection with the State ; anti 'eeling that, to overcome this evil, synodal action and self government were necessary, he availed himself of the first opportunity that offered (May 2, 1837) to pray the Crown that Convocation might once more be authorised to exer cise the rights of assembly and discussion, of which the Church had been deprived ever since the memorable period of Bishop Iloadly. This motion was negatived by only a fractional majority ; and the events of the last few weeks have amply denionstrated the soundness and practical na ture of the view taken and repeatedly urged for many years by Mr. Borthwick. But the great measure with which his name is already identified, and by which he will be favour ably known to posterity, was the introduction into the poor law of that admirable provision, " the Borthwick clause," which his untiring perseverance, after much diffi culty, succeeded in extorting from the reluctant House of Commons. • To him it is owing that married couples who have shared each others' pains and pleasures up to the age of 60 shall not, if overtaken by misfortune, be subjected in the poor-house to become the victims of a violation of the Divine command which says—" Those whom God hath joined together let not man put assunder." At the general election which occurred on the death of King William IV., Mr. Borthwick was again a candidate, and again a successful one, for Evesham • and he conti nue d to represent the borough with cre dit to himself and advan tage to his constituents till the succeeding general election, when he was unseated on petition, charging him with bri bery, on the singular ground of having presented with a silver snuff-box an elector who had voted against him I Much might be said, in reference to this transaction, to criminate some men still alive, and some who have passed to their last account ; but that is not our object. The decision of the committee had no effect in diminishing the kindly feeling entertained towards Mr. Borthwick by his old constituency at Evesham. At a public banquet, the ladies of the borough presented him with a magni ficent silver salver, with an appropriate inscription ; and at the next election he was triumphantly returned free of all expense to himself. But, however satisfactory this demonstration must have been, it did not alleviate the consequences of the proceedings before the committee. The costs involved in the petition, and the subsequent scrutiny, so seriously affected. Mr. Borthwick's property as to render it necessary for him to abandon Parliamentary life, and seek for himself the means of an honourable sup port. He devoted himself to the study of the law ; and having acquired in his state of pupilage more legal know ledge than is possessed by many men after years of prac tice, he was called to the bar as a member of the Honour able Society of Gray's-inn. The prospect that opened upon his new career was un usually promising, and he was justified in anticipating a distinguished and lucrative future ; but at this time cir cumstances occurred which once more changed his destina tion, and gave an entirely new direction to his untiring energies. The management of the Morning Post was con fided to him by the proprietor of the paper, and those who had the best opportunities of judging, were early con vinced of the sagacity and prudence which dictated the selection. Mr. Borthwick's old political associations, and his intimate relations with some of the most able public men of the day, gave him peculiar advantages ; and he was not slow to avail himself of them. He pursued a strictly Conservative, but unprejudiced, course of policy, as the only one suited to the present time, and calculated to pro mote the success of those great principles, to the mainten ance of which he was led by his sincere and honest con victions. His course of usefulness was, however, destined to a duration but too limited. Always unsparing of himself, physical fatigue and mental exertion, un rem itti ngly in operation, at last produced their inevitable effect. Sy rup _ toms of decayed health began to exhibit themselves in a manner too unequivocal not to cause uneasiness' in the minds of Grim friends ; respite from labour was a sugges tion to which he gave no heed ; and shortly after the coin mencement of the present year these symptoms. found their natural result in a severe illness, of a character fatal in the great majority of instances. Occasionally, Mr. Borthwick's resolute firmness not to give way produced a - temporary rally • but it was evident that the disease had taken a strong hold on his constitution ; and in the month of May, his medical advisers recommended that recourse should be had to a warm climate. With this view he made a tour of three months through the greater part of Italy, accompanied by Mrs. Borthwick and two esti mable friends, from whom he received all the attention which affection and attachment could devise. Upon his return, in August, a relapse took place ; once more he so far recovered as to afford a gleam of hope ; but from that period his state was one of continued alternation —one week a little better, the next a little worse—till, on Friday, the 17th of this month, h e w a s suddenly atta c k e d with active inflammation, assuming the form of pleurisy. After several horns of intense pain, he became free from it on the morn ing of Saturday week, and happily remained so till between nine and ten at night, when, with pious calm, he resigned his soul into the hands of God who gave it, During the whole term of his protracted illness, his mental capacity was never impaired ; and on the very day before his death, an article appeared in the fftorning Post, written by him on the previous evening with all the clear ness and vigour of intellect that distinguished him in his days of rude and unbroken health In private life,. sll Mr.. Borthwick's acquaintances were his friends ; in his public character, he was universally esteemed, even by those who were politically opposed to him. We well, remember to have heard the late Lord George Bentinck say, only three or four days before his own lamented death,—"Borthwick is a very remarkable man ; he can speak, and speak well, upon any subject at a moment's notice." The high estimation in which he was held in the borough which he so long represented has already been mentioned in the course of this imperfect sketch, and a peculiarly gratifying proof of its continuance has been afforded since his decease. A gentleman, de puted by his fellow-townsmen, waited on Mr. Borth wick's afflicted family to inform himself of the period fixed for the last sad solemnities, in order that the inhabitants of Evesham might observe it as a day of mourning. It is at very rare intervals that we witness such a demonstration of feeling in constituents to their representative. The life of which we have thus sketched the mere out. line, and noted some of the landmarks, was, even in the eyes of the world, a life of unfailing labour and of arduous strife with circumstances. But those only who closely knew the man, and who could watch the ardent and strenuous efforts to which he compelled his intellect, and forced his material energy, could judge with what firm courage and resolved self sacrifice the course was urged to the last. Nature had given to Mr. Borthwich a mind endowed with singular powers of rapid acquisition and a memory the most comprehensive and widely retentive that we have ever known. A fine taste and correct appreciation of the excellent and beautiful led him to a complete possession of the great masters of our own literature, in addition to a re fined and scholarly acquaintance with those originators of thought in the elder world, to whom all literature stands so deeply indebted. An intellect thus stored with the best elements and sources of production could hardly fail to respond to cultivation with ready and rich results. No thing less than the singular ease of expression and happy readiness of illustration which flowed naturally from the deep and clear well of knowledge could have enabled their accomplished possessor to meet with such unfailing ability and success the. constant demand on his powers as a public writer which his position and pursuits entailed. There was no subject in, the sphere of public discussion from which he shrunk—none to which he was not prompt to bring the aid, of his clear and firm judgment, and the light of his eloquent and felicitous style. But the class of ques tions which most surely brought forth the full strength of the writer, and excited all the warmth and generous energy of the man, were those in which the weak were to be de fended—the injured to be redressed—the rights of the suf ferer to be vindicated—or the character of the slandered to be cleared. Wherever such work as this offered, itself, the head and the heart were always ready—the advocaey was untiring, fervent, and devoted. Such qualities, as these which we have endeavoured faintly to shadow forth, distin g uished theintellectual life. The mind was clear, ready, and accomplished—governed by generous impulses—enriched by varied acquisition—guided by a pure and refined taste. But, however valuable these mental gifts and powers may have been to society 7 --however widely popular they may have made their owner, the character and course of his moral being were the great sources of that devoted attach ment with which his nearer and dearer friends clung to him who has been taken from them. No kindlier or warmer heart ever won the love or riveted the friendship of those to whom it was given to feel its truth and merit—no more dauntless courage or more gene rous spirit ever battled for the right, or withstood con tumely, wrong, and slander--no more sterling honesty and unswerving perseverance in all objects of duty and prin ciple were ever displayed in undeviating self-sacrifice and self-denial—self-sacrifice, alas ! carried out to the utter most ; for the unsparing energy with which Mr. Borth wick devoted himself to the most harassing and severest of occupations undermined a physical constitution originally of iron strength. Laborious days—sleepless nights —an anxious sense of responsibility, and a restless energy which nothing could quell, originated at length the severe illness of which the fatal termination has imposed on us our present melancholy task. This heavy dispensation has de prived society of a most useful member, has robbed many among us of a very dear friend, even in the prime and fulness of his career—at an age when an organisation of such vigour should but have reached maturity, and not have felt the shadow of decay. To those who knew him best, and therefore lament him most, it seems as yet almost impossible to realise the cessation of such an example of vital force and mental energy as he exhibited up to the last fatal stroke, which severed so many kindly ties, broke through so many true and well-deserved attachments, left desolate hearts which repaid with such warm and steadfast love the devotion which never flagged in their cause—never ceated to be doing, planning, or working for their sakes. Of the affliction with which this loss must darken the home of one through whose life the sources of all home's deepest love and best affections flowed with so strong and pure a stream, we will not venture further to speak. Reverently and silently we leave the mourners to the only comforter—that one whom the pious example of their guide, teacher, and friend will surely prompt them to seek. But the sorrow which there lies so deep, and demands such respectful sympathy, spreads also widely abroad. Among the many persons of all grades and of every class, with whom the life which we have unsuccessfully endeavoured to characterise was brought into more or less close con nection, we will venture to say that there is not one whom the kindly and generous nature of our friend had failed to touch and inspire with a true feeling of attachment and esteem ; not one who does not regret, honestly and sin cerely, the loss—to some an irreparable, but to all who knew him a very heavy loss—of Peter Borthwick. THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. The Melbourne Argus of the 7th September last, received this week, contains an elaborate descrip tion of the present slate of that colony, a digest of which will prove of interest. With regard to the present social state of this colony a very unfavour able account is given by the journal referred to, as will be seen by the following remarks : " Deeply interested_as we are in the welfare of the colony, and naturally tenacious of its character, it is with the most sincere sorrow that we confess that its present condition, in a social point of view, is almost as bad as it well can be. Aparts .from the natural effects of a rich gold country in drawing together a population of at least a very adven turous character, our near neighbourhood to the island to which Great Britain so recklessly persists in pouring the criminals from her crowded gaols, has very seriously affected the composition of our commu nity. From this source many thousands of the greatest wretches alive have reached our shores, and the tone there by imparted to our society is one which every good citizen must painfully deplore. Added to this, a negligent, feeble, and incompetent Government has, by its laxity, its parsi mony, and its absolute imbecility, so complicated and fo mented the evils around us, that the social constitution of the colony is in the most wretched condition. Crimes of the most fearful character and degree abound on all sides ; the roads swarm with bushrangers; the streets with bur glars and desperadoes of every kind, &c. " This is doubtless a painful picture ; it is also too true a one. We wish that we could soften its tints or colour it a little more brightly. But we cannot honestly suppress its evils. We write to inform, not to mislead, and what ever the aspect cf the colony, our duty at present is simply to describe it." 'Unsatisfactory, however, as this description repre sents the social state of the colony to be in, the jour nal from which the above extract is taken does not consider the cause of order and decency hopeless, provided that prompt, energetic, and efficient mea sures be taken to correct so discreditable a state of things. - Upon other subjects, however, the Argus furnishes a more satisfactory statement, and as regards the eligibility of the colony as a field for immigration ; it is shown to offer great inducements to men able 3,nd willing to earn an honest living, and for whose encouragement and guidance the annexed table of the current rate of wages of work ing men has been specially furnished ; but it may be first necessary to observe, that when the term "rations" is mentioned, it means about 101bs. of beef or mutton, 101bs. of flour, Vb. of tea, and 21bs. of sugar, weekly. Married couples (without family), per annum, with rations. £so to £6O Ditto, with family 55 to 60 Shepherds, with rations, per annum 32 to 35 Hutkeepers, par annum General useful servants, with rations, per annum Bullock-drivers, with rations, 501. per annum, or 11. to 11. 108. per week. Bullock-drivers for the mads, per week 3 to 4 Gardners, per annum 4O t o 50 Cooks, 11: to 11. 10s. per week, or per annum 50 to 60 Bush carpenters, with rations, per annum Stock-keepers, per annum 5O to 55 Grooms, per annum ................................ Carpenters, par annum Blacksmiths, per annum. 6O to 70 General farm servants, weekly, 11. to 11. 55. Compositors, ls. 9d. per thousand; Pressmen, 41. per week. Shearers, 61. per week and rations. Seamen for London, 501. tae run home, or 101. per month. Ditto, coasting, 51. to 81. for th e run , or 71. to 81. per month. 40 to 50 FEMAIE SERVANTS. Thorough servants, per annum £2O to £25 Housemaids, per annum.. 2O to 25 Laundresses, per annum. 22 to 25 It is stated in addition, that carpenters, stone masons, blacksmiths, izc., employed in the towns, are receiving without ra ti ons f rom 18 s . to 20 s . per day. What the colony is in the most urgent need of, however, is female servants of an eligible cha racter, the want of which is a source of great an noyance to the famlies resident at Melbourne. One great drawback which intending emigrants must put up with, is the extreme scarcity of house accommodation, and, as a natural consequence, an extravagant rate of rental. Two-roomed houses, even in narrow dirty lanes, are stated to let readily at 14s. to 16s. per week, and the same in front situations from 20s. to 255. Three- roomed cottages fetch about . 308. to 40s. per week ; four-roomed Cottages are worts from 1501; to 2001. per annum, those still larger from 3001. and upwards ; whilst good shops and stores are stated to be worth almost anything the miters like to ask for them. As re gards the retail prices of provisions, the followin g list is given f or t h e i nformation o f emigrants The 41b. loaf of bread, Is. 4d. ; beef and mutton, 4d. per lb. ; veal, 8d ; pork, ls. ; butter, 2s. 6d. ; cheese, 2s. • eggs, s s . p er dozen ; tea, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. i • d. ; coffee, is. 4d. ; suga r ' 3d. to 4d.: loaf sugar, ham and bacon, 2s. ; candles, Bd. : soap, 4d. to 54. ; milk, ls. to is. 6d. per quart ; potatoes, 12s. per c w t. ; coals, 5/. per ton ; fire wood, 41. p er l oa d , t h at f our b u llocks will draw through b a d roads ; water, 6s. per load of about two hogshead; ; hay, 141. to 181. per ton ' • and oats, 9 5. to 10s. p er b us h e l. These prices, it must be understood, are those current at Melbourne. At the diggings they are very considerably higher. Them is one class of emigrants which the Argus specially cautions against hastily leaving situations in Engl an d for Australia. It is the 6 very larg e c l ass o f clerks and shopmen, With thi s d escr i ption o f l a b o u r , it is r emar k e d , " this Marker, is constantly over-stocked, and eager as i s th e d eman d for most kinds o f labour, it is quite distressing to notice the num ber of w or th y young men, incapable of severe ma nual labour, who, with delicate health and pro bably still more delicate purses, swarm our towns in search o f emp l oymen t, ex p ose d t o very h eavy expenses which they can earn nothing to meet, and gradually sink into poverty, and too often into dis sipated habits, till they vanish somewhere and make way for the constantly recurring supply. Such men have rarely been successful at the diggings ; the demand for their labour in their accustomed pur suits is very limited in proportion to their numbers, and we distinctly warn them that in rashly throw ing up good situations at home and trying their luck here, they are guilty of an act that is little better than sheer insanity." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following very imposing fleet is now at Spithead, consisting of, and commencing from, the eastward : Guns. Tons- Men. Fury 6 steam-sloop 1,123 .... 170 Phaeton 5O 1,941 ... 500 ' Vengeance B4 2,284 ... 850 Arrogant 46 screw-frigate 1,871 ... 450 Encounter l4 screw-corvette 1,200 ... 170 Prince Regent 9O 2,613 ... 900 Leander 5O 1,968 ... 500 Rodney 9O 2,598... 850 Termagant 24 screw-steam-frigate 1,547 ... 300 The squadron attempted to tow over the bar (Lisbon) on the 16th, wind blowing in and very fresh, with heavy swell on the bar—Rodney in tow of Inflexible, and Ven geance in tow of Fury—they both parted their hawsers. They then got their heads round, and made sail in again, but Rodney and Inflexible were in dangerous proximity to the shoal. Prince Regent, in tow of Termagant, put back in time • Phaeton,- having no steamer, did not lift her anchor. The squadron finally left on the 19th. Wind S. W. and stormy. ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant Symonds embarked on Friday last in the Odin at this port ; First Lieutenant Yule in the Fire brand, at Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Termagant, Captain G. Giffard, arrived here at 10 o'clock on Friday evening. She left the Tagus on Sunday, in company with Admi ral Corry's fleet, viz., the flag-ship Prince Regent, 92, Captain Hutton ; the Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham ; the Vengeance, 84, Lord Edward Russell ; the Phaeton, 50, Captain George Elliot ; and the steam vessel Fury, Commander Tatham. The squadron had the wind from south-east and south-west, and but for the Rodney, which could scarcely keep pace with the other ships, although under studding sail exclusively, they would have reached the Channel much sooner. The Termagant parted company at noon on Friday, 50 miles to the southward of the Lizard. The Admiral was bound to Spithead. The merchant schooner Eliza Fox, belonging to Mr. T. W. Fox, jun., of this port, left Denia on the 9th inst., passed Lisbon on Tuesday, two days after the squadron had left, and arrived at Plymouth four hours before the Termagant. The schooner experienced bad weather, and lost bulwarks, &c. On Friday, at 7 30 a.m., thirty miles southward of St. Katherine's Point, the Ajax, steamer, Captain Mowle, spoke the ship Montagu, with loss of jib-boom, and by her request steamed three miles to the southward, and found a bark showing Dutch colours, with nothing standing but her mizen mast, having probably been in collision. The proffered help of the steamer to tow her into the Wight was declined ; a dandy-rigged vessel lay by the Dutchman. We had a very heavy gale here from the southward on Friday night, by which some injury was done to the tele graphic wires of the South Devon Railway, near Brent. The mail steam-packet Forerunner, which sailed for the Coast of Africa on Friday afternoon, was compelled to put back when near the Ram's Head. SHEERNESS, DEC. 24. The Goodwill lighter, Second-Master J. P a t r i c k, ar rived here to-day from Woolwich, with stores for this and Chatham yard, The Longboat tender, Second-Master Reuben Harvey, arrived here this morning with stores from Woolwich. The Myrtle paddle-wheel steam-ship, Master Com mander Win. S. Bourchier, returned this morning from Woolwich. The African steam-tug vessel, Second-Master Thomas Gill, returned from Chatham to-day. The Miranda, 14, screw steam-sloop of 250-horse power, is ordered to be rigged immediately as she lies in the fitting basin. A portion of the crew of the Horatio, 24, screw steam-guard-ship are to be placed under the orders of Mr. Jonathan Aylen, the Master Attendant of this yard, to assist the seamen riggers to rig her with all possible dispatch. The Royal George, 120 guns, now in dock at Chat ham, will not be ready to be taken out of dock until April next. Masts, spars, rigging, and sails are ordered to be prepared at this yard, and ready by the Ist of April next. She will, on being taken out of dock, be towed down here and prepared for being commissioned. The Thames cutter yacht, tender to Waterloo flag ship, left her e thi s morn i ng f or C hatham, and returned this afternoon with the money for the service of the yard and port under charge of Mr. Henry Morgan, treasury clerk here. In addition to the report of yesterday, the following commissions have arrived for the Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate :—Lieutenant Armine Wodehouse (late of Sampson, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate); Mr. James G. Buchanan, surgeon ; and Mr. Joseph Coulter, M.D., assistant-surgeon. The commissions for the following officers for the Bar racouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop have arrived in ad dition to the report of yesterday :—Lieutenant Robert Gibson, surgeon ; Mr. John Batterson (late of Spiteful, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop); Mr. J. M. Trouson, acting assistant-surgeon. The following appointments have also taken place for this vessel :—viz., Mr. Arthur Wing, mate ; Mr. Thomas W. Woodcock, chief engineer, of the third class (now in Horatio); Mr. George Robertson, assistant-engineer, of the second class (now in the Blen heim, 60, screw steam-guard-ship at Portsmouth), and at present on leave of absence, which will not expire until the 12th of January next ; Mr. Robert J. Wilson, assistant-engineer, of the third class (now in Horatio). A first class assistant-engineer will be appointed to this vessel before she proceeds to sea. The steam squadron of reserve here, under charge of Captain the Hon. S. Carnegie, of the 24-gun screw steam-frigate Horatio, is composed of the following ships, viz. :—The Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, of 320-horse power, chief engineer Mr. W. Chelcott ; Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 280-horse power, chief engineer Mr. J. Eyres (acting); Cuckoo, 2, pad dle-wheel steam-vessel, of 100-horse power ; and Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 150-horse power. Ships in Docks.—The Ganges, of 84 guns ; Howe, 120 guns ; and Rattlesnake, of 8 guns. On Building Slip (ready for launching).—The Tribune, 30 guns, screw steam-frigate. In the Fitting Basin.—The Agamemnon, 91 guns, screw steam line-of-battle ship, Captain Sir T. Maitland ; Hawke, 72 guns ; Miranda ' 14, screw steam-sloop, o f 25 0-horse power ; a l so th e barques Hercules, Roallan, and Valleyfleld, Swinton, both from Quebec, discharging masts, &c., for this yard and Chatham. Ships in Harbour.—The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag ship to Vice-Admiral of the White the Hon. Josceline Percy, and in command of Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford ; Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary, Captain Charles Hope ; Wildfire paddle-wheel steam vessel, tender to Waterloo, Second Master Mr. George Brockman in command ; Myrtle paddle-wheel steam vessel, Master-Commander William Bourchiere ; Fearless paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Captain Frederick Bullock ; Hart cutter, tender to Waterloo, in command of Second Master J. Green ; Thames cutter yacht, Second Master J. Anstey ; African steam-tug vessel, Second Master Thomas Gill. In Discharging Basin.—The Goodwill lighter, Second Master J. Partrick ; and. Long boat tender, Reuben Harvey, Second Master. THE FRENCH NAVY. - - We find the following in the French paper Union, on the subject of the French Mediterranean squadron. We have since heard that the Napoleon has broken down in her machinery : . " The Mediterranean squadron returned to port on the 19th from a cruise, which it had made in order to try a series of experiments of the speed of the sailing and steam-vessels. The following are details, the exactitude of which are guaranteed to us in a manner almost offi cial :—The squadron was composed of two screw-steam line-of-battle ships, the Napoleon, of 950 horse-power, and the Charlemagne, of 450, with six sailing. The former have not shown themselves inferior to the second, even if with sails alone. They then began making experiments in towing with a smart gale of wind. The Charlemagne made 6 4-10ths knots while towing one ship, and 4 5-10ths with two. The Napoleon made 4 5-10ths with three line-of-battle ships in tow, the Valmy, Bayard, and the Jupiter. With the two last only in . tow she made 8 5-10ths knots. The Montebello, three-decker, could not take part in the experiments ; her machine, the weakest of the mixed ships, had not been sufficiently proved. This immense vessel scarcely made four knots with half the force of her steam employed, and it was thought that with the whole of it she might attain six knots. This is, doubtless, very little as compared with the Napoleon, but it mtist only be attributed to the weakness of her ma chine. In an expedition which requires celerity, this in convenience might be supplied by towing, and by this it may be seen what essential services may be performed by powerful vessels such as the Charlemagne and the Napo leon. At any time when it might be required to trans port troops on any point, some powerful towing vessels like those above-mentioned, would be able to surmount the most contrary weather. Whatever may be the future political situation of the country, the above mili tary results may be said to be acquired. It is easy to see the influence which they must exercise on the solu tion of naval wars ; for, from the moment when masses of troops can• be transported with that facility, naval tactics lose much of their value, skill in evolu tions have no longer the same chances of stopping an enemy, and the advantage returns to the side of numer ous battalions. That nation which can land the greatest number will resume that ascendant which it no longer possessed when national quarrels were only settled be tween fleets. It had been predicted that steam would produce a revolution in the navy ; that revolution is Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, will hoist his flag this day on board the Victory, and enter upon the duties of his office, with Captain John Shepherd as his flag-captain. We were in error in stat ing that Captain Shepherd's name is not in the official Navy List. Captain Shepherd's name stands in the seni ority as well as in the alphabetical list, but with the seniority of 1850, instead of the correct year, 1840.—. Morning Rerald. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26. The Western squadron, under the command in chief of Rear-Admiral Corry, arrived at Spithead in the fol lowing order yesterday. Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliott, at 11 a.m. ; Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., at 11.30 a.m. ; Prince Re gent, 90, Captain Hutton, at 3.45 p.m. (flag-ship) ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Russell, at 3.45 p.m., and saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, of the Nep tune, 120. The remainder of the squadron anchored at Spithead—Fury, 6, Commander Tatham, at daylight ; Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Gifford, at 8.30 a.m. now palpable ; it is seen to be accomplished by the mere force of circumstances." NEW WORKS AT DUNKIRK.—The Journal de Com ; nterce of Dunkirk, gives a piece of news which it is proper should be recommended to the special attention of our new First Lord of the Admiralty, whomsoever he may be. It states that the French government has great views with respect to that port, and not only is the concession demanded in 1845 by the municipal council with respect to the enlargement of that harbour to be granted, but all the establishments of the marine, without exception, are to be increased to such an extent that they will form the most extensive docks existing in the north-west coast of France. The journal adds : " But this is not all. According to the plan it is in tended to place the railway station in the park of the Marine, and to construct a new basin to the east of the present port, and in front of the commercial basin, the use of which will be reserved exclusively for the steamers belonging to the state." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM STEEPLECHASES, &c. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19. Nominations for the Free Handicap Steeplechase of. 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 60 added. About four miles. Harriott, 6 yrs Sam Hood, 6 yrs The Card Man, 5 yrs Alcoran Legacy The Reiver The Brewer, aged The Screw, aged Robin Hood, 6 yrs Ottoman, aged Young Lottery, aged Peter Simple, aged Quickstep, age d Half-and-Half, aged Maria Bennett, 6 yrs The Brave Buck, aged Forest Lad, aged Everton Simple Peter, 6 yrs Harkover Nominations for the Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. About two miles. Lizzie, aged Fazeley Bay - ford, 3 yrs Tom Gurney, 4 yrs Harriott, 6 yrs Maria Bennett, 5 yrs Caurire Odiham, 4 yrs Sir Robert Forest Lad, aged British Consul Peijury, 6 yrs Marchioness Lady Bibina, 6 yrs Gulnare, 5 yrs Stamford, 5 yrs Cashier, 6 yrs Sam Hood, 6 yrs Tomboy, 5 yrs Simon the Cellarer Quickstep, aged Half-and-Half, ages Lady Isabel Weights to be dee gyred on the 31st inst. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS. Her Majesty's ; Bath--Tuesday, Westbury; Friday, Norton—at half-past eleven. Cheltenham Tuesday, Cross Hands, Chedworth Downs ; Friday, Andoversford—at half-past eleven. Hon. F. Petre's—Monday, Fyfield—at half-past eleven. FOX HOUNDS, Albrington—Monday,fnVille; . Tuesday, Chicknell ; Thursday, Chetwynd ; Saturday, High Own—at half past ten. Atherstone—Monday, Shenton; Wednesday, Clifton; Friday, Basset's-pole ; Saturday, Coombe—at a quarter to eleven. Badsworths—Tuesday, Robin Hood's-well; Thursday, Womersley-park; Saturday, South Hiendley—at half past ten. Duke of Beaufort's—Monday, Silk-wood ; Wednes day, Col. Pit Heath ; Thursday, Daunstey-gate ; Sai,ur day, Castle Coombe. Bedale Monday, Tanfield ; Wednesday, Newby park ; F . riday, Stoney-gate —at half-past eleven. Burton Hunt Monday, Fiskerton Long-wood ; Wednesday, Linwood, by Rasen; Thursday, Bardney— at eleven ; Friday, Thonck-hall—at twelve ; Saturday, Wellingore--at eleven. Branham Moor—Monday, Riffa ; Wednesday, Beilby Grange ; Friday, North Deighton ; Saturday, Garforth bridge—at half-past ten. Cheshire—Monday, Vale Royal ; Wednesday, Brad field-green ; Thursday, Oulton-park ; Saturday, Tatton —at half-past ten. Cleveland—Monday, Loftus—at nine ; Thursday, Ormesby Village—at half-past ten. Col. Conyers's—Monday, Pirgo-park ; Friday, Old Samford ; Saturday, Barnard (Caufield)—at eleven. Cottesmore—Monday, Casewick ; Tuesday, Tilton wood ; Thursday, Seaton Windmill ; Saturday, Ouston wood—at eleven. Craven—Monday, Cake-wood ; Wednesday, Hunger ford-park ; Friday, Hoe Benham-gate ; Saturday, Wel. ford-wood—at a quarter to eleven. Crawley and. Horsham—Monday, Pound-hill ; Wed nesday, Whiteman's-green ; Friday, The Crab-tree—at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Drake's—Monday, Chilton-village ; Tuesday, Middleton Toll-bar ; Thursday, Islip Town-end ; Satur day, Lower Boddington —at a quarter to eleven. Durham County— Monday, Cocken-hall ; Wednesday, Brancepeth ; Friday, Stoney-gate —at half-past ten. East Essex—Tuesday, Crouch-fair-green ; Thursday, Aldham-hall ; Saturday, Panfield-green—at half-past ten. South Essex—Tuesday, Basildon Church ; Saturday, White Horse, North Ockendon—at half-past ten. Essex Union Wednesday, Asheldham-Bridge ; Satur day, Rettendon Bell—at half-past ten. Essex and Suffolk—Tuesday, Little Bentley-hall ; Friday, Flowton-brook— -at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Farquarson's—Monday, Ashley-wood ; Thursday, Darweston-bridge ; Friday, Chattermore. I•Earl Fitzwilliam's—Monday, Elton New-close ; Wed esday, Ashton Wold ; Friday, Norwood—at ten. Mr. H. G. Greaves's—Monday, Raithby by Louth ; Tuesday, Turnby-wood ; Thursday, Legshy—at eleven. Herefordshire—Tuesday, England's -gate— at a quarter to eleven ; Friday, Holm Lacy-house —at half-past ten. Heythrop—Monday, Bruern • Wednesday, Ledwell village ; Friday, New B arn ; gaturday, Sturdis Castle —at half-past ten. Holderness—Monday, Beeford ; Tuesday, Middleton Thursday, Barton Agnes ; Friday, Everingham-park— at a quarter to eleven. Hurworth Tuesday, Oak-tree-village ; Saturday, Leven-grove —at half-past ten. Mr. M. Ingram's—Monday, Ingestrie ; Thursday, Calton ' • Saturday, Hollyb us h— a t a quarter to eleven. East Kent—Tuesday, New Barn ; Friday, Black-mill —at half-past ten. Ledbury—Monday, Bosbury Village ; Friday, Bth milestone on the Tewkesbury-road —at half-past ten. Ludlow—Tuesday, Burford-mill ; Friday, Brampton Brian—at half-past ten. Mr. Lumley's—Monday, Apley-head ; Tuesday, Stain ton Village ; Thursday, Cantley ; Friday, Gringley—at half-past ten. Mr. Lushington's--Monday, Qusr; ; Friday, Newington—at eleven. Monmouthshire--Monday, Tallycold-wood ; Thurs day, Blackbrook—at half-past ten. Mr. Morgan's—Monday, Grenofen-bridge ; Thursday, South-wood—at half-past ten.' Oakley—Monday, Kempston-wood ; Thursday, Eas ton-wood ; Saturday, Bushmead—at a quarter to eleven. South Oxfordshire —Tuesday, Waterferry-common ; Friday, Brightwell-park—at half-past ten. Pytchley— Monday, Lamport-inn ; Wednesday, North Kilworth ; Friday, Harrington ; Saturday, Bramston— at a quarter to eleven. Rufford—Monday, Winkburn ; Tuesday, Oxton-vil lage ; Thursday, Walesby ; Saturday, Park-hall—at half-past ten. Puke of Rutland's—Monday, Laugar ; Tuesday, Ropsley Kennel ; Wednesday, Croxton-park ; Friday, Dry Doddrington—at half-past ten. Shropshire—Monday, Lebotwood ; Thursday, High Hatton--at half-past ten. Mr. A. Smith's—Monday, Chute-lodge ; Tuesday, Manningford ; Wednesday, Wherwell-wood ; Friday, Ashmansworth ; Saturday, Everleigh and Winterstow— at eleven. Somerset Subscription—Tuesday, Kennel ; Friday, Crowcombe Heathfield—at half-past ten. Southdown—Monday, Wilmington-crossways ; Friday, Old Ship, Platchett—at half-past ten. North Staffordshire --Monday, Betley ; Thursday, Black-brook—at half-past ten. Suffolk—Tuesday, lionington Fox ; Thursday, Den ton, Plumber's Arms ; Saturday, Risby-tollgate—at a quarter to eleven. Sir R. Sutton's—Monday, Gaddesby ; Tuesday, Lodge. on-the-Wold ; Wednesday, Oneborough Lodge ; Thurs• day, Baggrave-hall ; Friday, Holt and Ratcliffe—ai eleven. Sir Tatton Sykes's—Monday, Pluckham ; Wednes day, Aldby-park ; Friday, Setterington House--at half past ten. Tiverton—Monday, Kennel ;'Thursday, Gibbet Moor —at half-past ten. United Pack Tuesday, Ridgway-gate ; Friday, Stamer-turnpike--at ten. Warwickshire—Monday, Hampton Coppice ; Tues day, Hillmorton-village • Friday, Chu rc h T ysoe ; Satur day, Leamington K enne ls—at a quarter to eleven. Wheatland—Tuesday, Stanley-hall ; Friday, Cloebury North—at half-past ten. Worcestershire —Monday, Woodcote-green ; Wednes day, Crowle-house ; Friday, New Inn, Cropthorne—at half-past ten. Sir: NV. W. Wynn's—Monday, Baschurch ; Tuesday, Cock Bank-gate ; Thursday, Allan Sadler's ; F r id a y, Plas Teg. York-and Ainsty—Monday, Melbourne-hall ; Tues day, Ribston-hall ; Thursday, Dringhouses ; Saturday, Gilling-lodge—at half-past ten. HARRIERS. B. V. H.—Tuesday, Marnhall ; Friday, Dolas Ash Clump —at half-past ten. • Lord Bolton's—Tuesday, West Bolton ; Saturday, Middleham-bridge. Brighton—Monday, Patcham ; Wednesday, Thun der's Barrow ; Saturday, Dyke— at a quarter to eleven. Brookside —Monday, Newmarket-hill ; Thursday, Telscombe Tye —at half-past ten. Dulverton—Monday, Dulverton. Harrogate -- Wednesday, Burnt-bridge ; Saturday, Iron Gate-bridge—at half-past ten. Captain Lewis's—Tuesday, Pasture-house ; Thursday, Sandhutton. Lord Lonsdale's—Friday, World's End—at twelve. Stockton, Billingham, and Hartlepool —Monday, Carlton ; Thursday, Dalton Percy. Thanet— Sarre Mill ; Wednesday, Alland Court ; Thursday, Broomfield—half-past ten. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Tuesday last, a pony, the property of a resident of Oxford, accomplished the feat of going to and from London, in harness, in twenty hours. The pony, with his driver, a man about fourteen stone weight, left Oxford at nine minutes and a half p as t one o'clock a.m., and arrived i n L on don by nine. London was left at eighteen minutes past ten, and man an d b east reached Oxford at six minutes past nine. The pony was baited, in going and returning, at the Falcon Inn, Wy combe, the King's Arms, Uxbridge, and the Red Lion, Acton. The umpires, we h e ar, have d ec id ed that the match has been won by three minutes And two seconds. COUNTRY MARKETS• HADDINGTON, DEC. 24.—T of grain at our market to-day Le following are the Plc WHEAT. EARLEY.. First sss Od 32s 6d Second 47s 10d 29s 6d Third 4ls Od 25s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, PP PP barley „ oats .• PP ~ OATS. 24s 6 d 21s 4d 19s 6 d 791 qrs., 821 qrs., 561 qrs, 67 qrs:, beans 403 a 365 la 33g g 64.1"'a 791" 1 ' a l 4 , 5 014 ABERDEEN, DEC. 24.—G ra i n —Old oa ts, 00s Od t°l;;Pe Pe r 401bs per bush e l ; new oats, 17s 6d to 18s Od, 4 0 1 0 0 bushel ; bea r , 27 s Od. to 28s Od,' 531bs - per bushel ;‘, 00 26s Od to 27.4 Od, 531bs per bashel ; wheat, red, 4 -1,03 , 495 Od, 621bs p er b us h e l ; w h ea t , w hit e, 50 s Od to l o ll; 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Od Per iier lb, flour, 00s Od to 40's Od per sack. Provisions—Beefl t o id; 5d to 6d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 6d ; veal, ditto, 5"o -pork, per stone, 3s 9d t o 4 s 3d ; lamb, per lb, Od t ,,, 3a; rabbits, each, Od to 8d ; tallow, per stone 4s Od to 'J o 9,1; potatoes, per peck, Od to 8d ; butter, per stone, Os 8 d g t° , eggs, per doz, is Od to is 4d ; hens, per pair , ,'„" (I `' 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; hod , to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s .0d to 2s 6d _ i ; each, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 4s 6d to 5s u° ; 68s o 1; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 66s , rice' ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs wholesse per dozen, Od to 9d ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 33°; . fine small, Os Od to 5s 6d. ; pork, large, 3s 6d. to 40 CORK-DEC. 24, Brls. • Ourren e l * toe 3 White wheat 26 s 6d t o OO s Od O s Od--` 2°° 66/11, edwheat 19s Od to 25s - 6:1 ' 20 t ip ' Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 25s Od - Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 92 Barley l4s Od to 14s 6d 16d e. Ditto OO s Od t o OO s Od}l4s 4d-- Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 1 Bere l2s 6d to OOs Oct Os Od 550 Oats 9s 8d to 10s 93 do , 181 Ditto lOs 9d to lOs 10d} 108 6d 89 Ditto lOs 10d to lls 3d ~ft• 38 Pigs 3 os Od t o 37s Oct Ms 6d per ' Quantity sold at the highest prices : to ; 19 0 barrels white wh ea t ; 12 re d ; 22 b arley ; 0 be oats ; 3 pigs. ...• Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last vme l ii.77 l ' Wheat, 1,367. Ba r l e y, 1 , 865 . B ere, 0. Oa ts, " Pigs, 955. . PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. SO First quality Second quality Third quality 7Bs Third quality ........... •••• 63 0 Fourth quality Fifth quality 6ss Fifth quality ......... •••••• 450 Sixth quality 548 Sixth qua1ity.......... •••" Return of cattle sold for week ending Dec. 1 8 Pigs, 628. Sheep, 146. Cows, 188. a O3 CORR. Flour—Fi rs t, 16 5 Od t o 17s Od ; extra, l .lblo, seconds, 14s Od t o 15 s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s, A to 13s 93 , 8s Od to lls per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, es 3d to ° 5 04. oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls; wheat meal, lls to 12s Od Pe r o 6 1 Indian corn, 81 2s 6d to 81 12s 6d per ton. Bran, 61 00 , 2s 6d per ton. H a y—F armers, 24 s Od to 33s O d ; ~ 30s ; dealers, 338 Od to 409 Od ; average, Os per ton. 0 " - o c i to Farmers, lOs Od to 23 s Od ; average, 20s ; dealers, 285 0 0 OOs Od ; average, Os. p er ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 1 Od ; household ditto, 6,3 d to Od per 41b.—F res h butter, I'o° ' e ef, 12d per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to es 10d per hundred. Meatr'd to 4id to 7d ; mutton, 5d t o bid ; vea l , 4 d to 6d ; porlc, '01• Od; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.—Fish, Ne'°f,,,°ooo, land,-91. lOs to 101 O s p er t on ; S cotch herrings, 265 Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d ; 14 9 ald to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 2ls; Lydney, 218; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gi t. "" Hides, market, 22s to 28s; Salted, 24s to 30s per eo t 'n.' skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. Per,; l , per Fleece wool, 15s to 16 s per s t one.—Hemp, 371. t o 4' do., ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 3/, 10s ; Yel l° :red , 3/. Os. per ton; de a l s , 161 . t o 18 1. per hundr ed.—Bark' 71. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 48s to OOs per cwt. --- or 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—" Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/, per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post' by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port clue' Office, London. Div atched. America (byßrlt.pack.N Dec. 31 ........ .. Li verpool ..• r:0".23 America (by United Sts. ed• packet) ..........N Dec. 28 .......... Liverpool ... Ar t"' America (by U State. - packet) Jan 5 . . Australia (via South ved ampton) .......... M 2 0 th of each month Southa m pton Aril 1 Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of th e mon th D over J an ' *Ditto (via Cape of Good 3 0 Hope) ..N 2d of February.... Pl ymou th .. , Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. 25 Alexandria* ........ N 19th&30th of m on. D over ~.. • • Dec' Belgium .......... ..N Daily Dover ,• • • D a 'l6 Brazil 51 9th of the month.. Southampton lan' 16 Buenos Ayres .... 9th of the month.. ;Southampton Jan. California .. - M d & 17th of month Southampton Jan: co l tCape of Good Hope..N 14thof the m on th. c ou th ampton Arri Cape de Verds I 4thof the month.. Southampton Arr ic o Constantinonle.......N 7 thl7th27thof mo. Dover .• Dee', , Central America ....IV 'nd & 17th of mon. S ou th ampton Channel Isles ........N Mon.Wed.Meriday Southampton Ta & 17th ohnonth southampton Jan 'oil France .. .. M& N Twice daily Dover , Greece* ............N 7thl7th27th o f mon. D over .....• fle e ; St Hamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Holland Al Wednesday & Sat London ..... Sa n ' 16 , Honduras IC 17th of the month So u th amp t on lan m i 311.1 Ireland ........M &'N Nvice daily .. Holyhead ... Twi,e;d Indi a (viaSouthampt.)M Inth of the m on th .. Southampton ArrlY, India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th o f mon th D0ver....... Jaa• • India (via Cape of Good Hope).... Al 14th of the month.. Southampton ArP fe e j Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton Arr l/ Mediterranean (via e a Southampton 20th of the month , South amp t o n Atli 1 Ditto (via Marseilles).N 4 th & 24th ofmonth Dover ...... Ja n ' Mexico Ind of the month . Southampton Jan' 16 Madeira ............M 9 th&23dofthe mon. Southampton Jan „N 7th,17th,19th,27th, 28 &30th of the month Dover ...... , De c ' Naples* ... s thlhth 2s thofmon. Dover ...... n Papal States... ......N ithlsth2sthormon Dover •"6 Peninsula 'thl7th27thormon Southampton JO. Peru 2d & 17th of month southampton Jan' $ Tuscany* sthlsth2sthof mon, Dover .. Ja n ' West Indies AI 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan' Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . . * The mails for Australia via the Cap e o f G ood Hope are M ade rt i on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made up 011 til: n t bY and 24th of each month. via Southampton and Marseilles are ',ill° sailing vessels at present from Singap ore, b ut next year they " sent in steamers. nal fat 1' Mails are al'o made up on the 2d o f every a lt er nate Ma the Cape of Good Hope. ed * The mails to those countrie s th us mar k e d (5) are conee y French packet to Marseilles. De NAPLES.—A correspond en t a t N ap l es wr it e s, - n ed. 18 :—"After four years of languor, Naples has reso l3 : o . its former gaiety. Strangers, however, are not se. as , merous as in past times ; and, except among the ae sians, there are few of title. D ur i ng Ad ven t we bat° but routs and assembles,•which, after Christmas, are is' be soirees dansantes. M. d e Barrot, the. French 3LL -l o t ter, gives a grand ball in honour of th e re - es t a blishre, e b e of the empire, at whi c h th e Ki ng an d Q ueen, and 011,05 court, are expected t o b e p resen t. L a d y H o ll an d oli' ot l Palazzo Rocealla on Thursdays during the season, , 1 41 4 the balls of the "Real Academia" begin on the and continue every Monday till the end of the carol The King's brother, th e C oun t d'A qu il a, hunts Witbiop, fox hounds at Carditollo once a wee k , an d g i ves a e11,,..010 did dinner afterwards to th e p ar t y i nv i te d , usually .I`4o twenty-four to thirty guests. Up on th e C orso di are to be seen a hundred equipages; rivalling thos e . Hyde-park, and several of th em t eams of four boa llt • English horses. Their Royal Highnesges Count s e s• Syracuse and Aquila drive each teams of bays and ; nuts ; Lady Strachan has a barouche and four gr e ol the Duc de Forli, bays ' • Duc de Paganica, Ws, chesnuts ; Marquis d e Salsa, bays ; an d Colin' fo i- Nociglia Treensa, roans. Whilst parties regularly , r e low the dinners, and 'the Amphytrions whose chefs to . in most activity are Sir William Temple, Count C re t fo f with, Baron Adolph e d e R o th sc h i ld , L ady Strae4e' Prince Cimitala, Count de Montesantangelo, and o valier Meuricoffe ; and though last, not least, Lb Holland's, a veritable cordon bleu. To this agre e ° O O, picture, the only drawback is the arrival, for the sel v ed of 500 beggars, hor r id o bj ec t s , w h o di str ib ute theros e o daily along the several p romena d es , t o annoy s treAb t it) more particularly. This nuisance was bequeathed to by the soi-disant Libe ra l Mi n i s t ry of 1848, and o°s now to be reformed."—Galignani. CHESTER CIIP.—The following horses have all: ee O4 been named for the Chester Cup.—Stilton, Little .1 3 60 , colt by Crozier out of Summerhill, colt by Mickey Fr dam by Rainbow, and Placid. of METROPOLITAN HANDIOAP.— At ßell's Life states— , - e „0 Bird, Little Davi e , an d L or d F auc onberg, are struok,„," o f of the Metropolitan H an di ca p, the owner thinking 1 " . are most shamefully handicapped. BIRTHS. OF A SON. veatlit On the 22d inst., at Hampton Manor-house, near -w" Mrs. Philip Sheppard. t be On the 23d inst., at 7, Park-terrace, C a mbride, wife of Salwey Browne, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at Stepney, Mrs, Warton. On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, Putney, M• Hare. MARRIED. On the 25th, at Finsbury Chapel, by the Re l. ' IL Warlters, of New Park -street Chapel, Sou thwark', 0 0 ' James Garside, of Leeds, to M rs . Eli za b e th Hales, Broad-street, London. 'a the On the 23d inst., at the parish church of Ruislip j0i.1 1 . ; county of Middle sex , Willi am Rendall, Esq., °' jailo r "' street, London, t o M ary Ann second daughter of it Watts, Esq., of Eastcott, Middlesex. Suddenly, at his residence, in Brighton, lffr• .itievens. The deceased joined the staff of officers ;410 0 „ Brighton and South Coast Railway P 'tt Com any►bY bY Alb he was d eserve dl y respec t e d, an d s i ncere l y regre e who knew him. On the 21st inst., Maria, the wife of Mr. Roche, g e ,A; 1 0' Upper Wellington-street, Covent-garden, in the 15'4' of her age. Aolie On the 24th inst., at 31 Upper Harley-stre et AAt. Croft, the eldest daughter of the late Rev. Robert 1"" DIED. Ow -- LONDON : Printed and. Published by 31 - CIRM' y i•To. llsl of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office) 0 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Sa*oy, in the c° Middlesex, Monday, December 27, 1852 --------"."---- ~i, p r f, ° , 11 : DALKEITII, DEC. 23.—The relative weight -,• e t la , - , bushel of the three prices of wheat were 18st 91b, V l ; st 611). and 17st 01b. Oats, 13st 31b, 12st 51b, and n 'd 'beans' Barley, 16st 81b, 15st 41b, and 14at 71b. Peas A 19st 41b, 19st 21b, and 18st 111 b. or• Qrs. B es t . 518 Wheat........... £2 14 0 £C2iirreB Current. 12nfleiri 0 15 6 2,112 Qats 991 Barley .l 12 0 1 7 0 116 42 Peas and beans ...1 19 0 1 17 6 Average of wheat, 2/. 8s Odd. ._ GREAT ISSUE "I"Dorated 418 Line, 72 N e T i l au , lid di p s Tie Present !MI, en e tth s e `DReaVons fi the followi] te llead, 2, R 14, trt, Lond either of Ni , and ma] I RE AI olieoirnswork; 4 4bur ;h , M ital, £100,0( On the Cos kith er the e !i'aQt debts t a:lst it in tl2` Ifost ' ., tobert Pr Sir 11013ER1 ~,a11(1 Stratte Most Hoi „Park, merle-streo L Zrieant Fray M atthew Cra lain a ,Lanap gei lrY W. W Pric( tit I re° SrS. 8 4TING N and ] ti :` I hereby ) ( Alfred Cla i t '. Alfred ( AOg t 3'elded of whie lI "Y, Value For 13 t 11 Septe tr : I certify tt 4 lbs. c XaYed, ark doer 39% d 413% septa " Bold for taxtz ro c u (NIEL all , oz. 5 2 dwts. Crash!' Assay tip IWili tall 4 '4e Fe y t ur Sheeiii t'npan , Q aUstible This esta tear the richer in I ha' Past, sta n di, r espect the full (Sig! Al Swor We being TI Sec A ret r et sterlii les s n and cost 1 CI in re Gen,