The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

WILS ON'S LAST NIGHT. CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE. T HIS EVENING, TUESDAY, 22d December, at Eight s. Mr. WILSON will give his LAST ENTERTAINMENT, whenr he will sing a SELECTION of the SONGS of SCOTLAND, T 0 Songs by German Composers, and the English Cantata of " The Soldier's Dream." c h P art,. I• —Of a' the Airts the Wind can blaw—Omer the Water to ..._" 4 ,rue—Thou ha l t l e ft me ever , J am i e —Saw ye Johnnie coming ? iuo she—ln yonder happy Cottage—She is mine—John Anderson "Vo-0 whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad. of ii. —The Soldier's Dream—My Boy Tammie — The Flowers , t he Forest-31y Tocher's the Jewel—Anna Lawrie—Allister Alger. Pianoforte, Mr. Land BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER , GENERAL. CONTRACT for CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. Noti win ,ce Is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster - General be ready to receive Tenders on or before the 22d day of ji - L 4IT4 RT next, for conveying the London District Post Letter 1 47, twice a d ay , t o W oo df or d Bridge, and twice to Woodford, by "ns. stage coaches, omnibuses, or any other carriage conveying s or parcels. to t!te conditions, and ftill particulars, may be seen on application " Superintending President of the London District Post-office, mineral Post -office. Tenders are to be sealed up, and addressed to "Her Majesty's Lo a ster-General," and endorsed, " Tenders for conveying the Z ad on District Post Bags," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on me 22d January next. ...11.er...2L-al Post-office, Dec. 22, 184 G. _BILLS OF EXCHANGE.- FRAUD. —To Bankers, Bill-brokers, b k Discounters, and others.— TWO BILLS of l roers, A„„:" , cILAIN GE. for 260/. each, bearing date the 28 th or 29 th of D, pay 1846, d rawn u p on an d accepted by the Rev. Francis Glos PaYable at Mesrs. Young and Vallings, St. Mildred's-court, - firtrY, London, having been obtained by means of conspiracy and of r v re Presentations made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, re ce „ e lt Doan, Wiltshire. All persons are hereby cautioned against of ~,:tr?g. negotiating, or in any manner dealing with the same Bills r of n'ther i o nformation eitherthem. apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullet's, Soli. Xo. 7, St. Mildred's-court, Poult , ' London. :try, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. on ., Notice is hereby given that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE t i; the 15th of January to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to lv: r s ,bscribers of the 131. advanced on the Old Shares of the South tl4, ransfer 'riciZe, at the rate of 1/. 10s. w per cent. per annum, and that Books of the Company ill be closed from the 31st inst "utlithr 15th of January next. OM JAMES LEITH, Secretary, .....z . 9 . lite een-street.place, Dec. 21, 1846. - RAVESEND STAR and BLACK %VAL L, PACKETS. oto,.et and the dan ßall e n and n delay 1R One Payment upon every peerage, ', mulethe . ata the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3, t ri r2 5 o'clock. Sundays, 9%, 10%, 1%, 4, and 5 o'clock. The ' ph ". starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. 4 0,,,2 1 :_err Terrace Pier, Gravesen, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, and /rI" K • Sundays, 7%, 11%, 1,3, wand 5 o'clock. • • 8 • — lio other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Office, Gravesend, Nov. 24, 1846. ,I .4 EAGU.E BREAD COMPANY. th at e Directors of the above Company beg to inform the Public Joh". Bakery, upon an extensive scale, is being end erected in St. the i n .`,L e et, Clerkenwell, and will shortly be completed. To meet tria4l,. — t e l ,' u t,.demand made upon them for " Pure nnadultered V l is, a HZ, "'rectors are selecting Depets in all parts of the Metro uirectow. of Which will be published with thilAgent's names. The nllaVe era think it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops "pa n :," opened under a colourable imitation of the name of the not e h -To 'without the authority of the Board, and that they must held rez . ey pensible for the quality of the Bread sold therein. mea t 'i:::t given instructions to their Solicitors to take the necessary s to p u t a stop to such practices. 3, 4 .1 .. By order, EDWARD PARRATT, Secreta r y . New Broad-street, City. LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. , CAUTION. la hereby given, that this Company, which has been wed fort e purpose of supplying the public with pure and un- Pro ! , rateAl bread, has been provisionally registered, pursuant to the g l a it :,slens of the d " Act for the Registration, Incorporatios, and Re h_uorl of Joint Stock Companies, 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110," and Laden' are therefore cautioned against carrying on business !-:.he above title:, or under any title calculated to lead the public je that they re p resen t , or are au th or i s ed by, or are in any 74:4-11e co nnected with the said Company. Aih,:' an Persons who shall infringe upon the rights of the Com tlielar who shall carry on business under a colourable evasion of eaf the Company, will be proceeded against forthwith. lIODGSON AND BURTON, Solicitors to the said Company. LO, Sltli abtu7-street, Strand. ______ Nr ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LPERMISSION.—PROFESSOR etk eni; - '. 4 :ENBE IN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe- Dlosh ro r ecently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex it% tve , e4 MPounds, b Dr. RYAN, dailat Halpast Three ; and on Th. 'ungs of Mond y ays, Wediv.sdays, and Frid f- ays. Principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA t o, th, 411 Y, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference ~..r, L te!r i t yr Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called the ROYAL . 4 tkit" o- MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYHYDROGEN tho win "woPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, bEfrrphe Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the be th. uCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, F.R.S., 446.,..a115e of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, E DIVING EX `44EXTS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &c. Admission Is. Schools, hilf:price. ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE 12, Waterloo.R and Lll ASSOCIATION. aee, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1539. Lipp Subscribed Capital, One Million. ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND A t wo ENDOWMENTS. e 0 1; Vibe English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. equbw o I P REHENSIVE andLIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in "Mt.. with Life Assurance, L on undoubted personal or A other The' wa nd participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. VIGLISH AND SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London, and 119, Princes•street, tice Edinburgh. *Lock a hereby given that the half-yearly interest on the capital oflle of Ul la Association, to Christmas, 1816, will be payable at the es o " a 'rill b e ild after the 11th of January, 1847. The Transfer - books cl osed from the 25st inst. to the 1 th proximo. By order of the Board. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. TAIONAL LOAN FT.TND LIFE ASSUR ANC E SOCIETY, 96 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages N ith r Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ha s, espect to -.4, , on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for elture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in treats to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society I . enabled the Directors, at the last annual inve sti g ation, to declare u nlba nus, varying from 35 to S 5 per cent. on the p remiums paid ` .411 Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. EXAMPLES. 47------- P z l'e ''' ; P relnltir a. .: 1 Bonus Bonus in ga g Assured P may 1 added. Cash. c 2 0 _ 5 . ~ ,I Borrow. ----- --- H- ---- ......................_ 4 4 2d. 1637 1 4217 15 1 £lOO 011 4 16 0 44445 00_ 601000 1 838 192 3 0 87 14!1 310 2! 395 1 1 1 3 4 1839 165 II 10' 74 191 11 3 1 346 2 3 1 1840 116 7 6 54 010! 718 10, 296 13 4 .--............_ 1841 111 6 8; 49 10 01 710 4! 247 4 5 The divisionof the preseat of profits year is annual and the next will be made in "ecember . F. FERGUSON CAISIROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London. ROBERT WILCOXEN, Esq., Chairman. THOMAS SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. N.B. Parties must send in their Proposals before the Ist Jamul'', 18 47, to be entitled to participate in the next division of Profits. J. J ONES. Actuary and Secretary. rrII E L ONDON - ANT CABRIOLET and CARRIAGE c SUBURBAN OM PAN Y (Provisionally Registered.) ' Capital 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 101. e ach . be legally b sPOSit 11. per share, being the largest sum which ca n prior to complete registration. Thi s k e , Company has been formed for- the pue of modern Y p e l i i ) . n i o rote th i I ogle and its Neighbourhood with handsome r and Iv a q_ a g --e i h ., : gle Cabriolets and Carriages, constructed with all s en ;etnents, in lieu of the mean and miserable conveyan ces at ' ins ili-ri.n, use, and to effect this at a considerabl rduction in the elir,et rats ' L es. it being intended that the fare' sha.l in no case exceed tile h?!6ad. per mile, and so on in proportion. kind Iso proposed to supply open Excursion Carriages of dlfferevt L,,,, , , , in the Summer Months, similar to those in use at Brighton. e li ngton and other fashionable watering places. 14 111 prospectuses, containing the names of the Provisional Direc tions and Members of the Company, r* ay be obtained applica sums. f t " Shares (which must be in the prescribed forms), may be eroy;,r the Secretary of the Company, at the temporary offices, 3, .........,_"u.urt, Oldßroad- street, London. ‘IOIS',VIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine rotutir: Rl is lid • Yellow Map, 485.. 54e ., and 60s. per 1121bs. , and ' 64; ' .; Wax Candles, Is. per ]l ; German Wax, ax, ;.'",ne Wax, Is. sd. , Transiarent Wax, Is. 10d. ; Genuine ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; tir , Pale Seal, 4s . Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind t,, 2 " 11 T1 Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; , 0;11, 0 : 1 • t ! Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Far ( . .arequiring no snuffing, 9y 2 d. I.er lb. DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. C II :NDY's PATENT OPEN FIRE VENTILATING STOVE. ett. Tt STIMONIAL AFTER ONE IV IN TEIVS TRIAL. 1846 . vr from Professor Bradley :—" King's College, London, e effi July, efiev from am happy to be able to bear testimony to h . th instit c . : tieTil of Your Stove, which is fixed is my lecture room at t n i s stove_ a ra ,,,..1! : seems to have all the essential requisites arises araught, freedom from all smoke and from that smell which waitth.efisrrovenititrr,on heated M contact with ' the air of a dwelling room, b ely avoided by your arrangement. The ste, be Ilasi3l,Er." Cavendish es to b e h „,, I am, Sir, your o e treet 'square, whe - r u e tion. ef Messrs. DOWSON, 69, rirelbeck-8 , t hey. may be seen in operd pYEBRO W i11e.44 K t ERS produceSclinMa ° fevr tJ W ST k ACH 10 S, and IV HIS - , E !i s n d A I tAT e ( 1 ) 1 1t e l I'Y the Use of GltlMST ee Olc s a re _ n essential spirit, drawn from aromatic . herbs and i flo al w s e o rs a , ll3tOaldlnAesTslCremitneEdNaln..d -4,0;4, PS Of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it 9 bottl es n ghtfui, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular , protected by the Government stamp, at 49. ; double . he size, 3 • ttnd double this s ize, l ls each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con . , Advi 'fining t estimonials of undsub;ed authority, entitled " Three Minutes )0:c on the G rowth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." Bold t ' 4s * 7 8. 84„ and 125., for money orders only. w . holesale only Bare Grimstone's Ilerbary, n n , c e a r r 0. 0 7 and by Messrs. lay and Son, Farringdon . -street , Srt 6 ‘r , street; Messrs. Butler and Po.,Cheapside ; Fisher and , an T M- street ; Mr. J o h nston, medicine warehouse, 68, t o rnhill • It. It,,Tal l ,%hemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and thi e ,7:4l c es e , Leith -walk ; for Manchester, eresche and Son, Advcr- Th TO VIE LDIES. DA N ,. is l ad 9 had the following letter A inserted in the "Times" news the °n Aug. 7, 1846. Read, remember, this letter was put into taper by th e l ady herself,er as a testimony to me. te n i tv rB . Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor gst, Pliblicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the ilerbary, H e the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having c0m ,,,14 restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, t ~the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than Mrs, was befo re the baldness appeared. '"r 3 . Weekley Inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s iingie,fiator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase bottle if they n y were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex ,t.uce, not onl i her toration and production of hair In tibund be, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far 114", 5 4 .., M I Y to her t as t e. Sh e w ill f e el a pleasure in answering any ro of res pectability to the above facts.-3, Swan-street, Borough." dro,;. ea ses of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few • on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre pew ~ air from grey, away with the comb, make it strong, and it turning rendering tho hair luxuriant and curly. A bait s r° ,, on Your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the "''''ancY, causing it to curl. • Iliost delicate ladies may use this delightful ;pitsruct of the 0 , 10 ; aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence refreshing to Th l r ,eli e z)ves headache and makes it a most necessary companion 0 1 17,7. T r u t. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops ovrn of the head; if v ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an hair ou most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. it produces ..children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' " r „, - ,7 1 ifhas such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre pa'lt convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--See "'Met Of testimonials. Ifighgate, lettOril axidressed to William Grimatone nerbarY, ........"'"' 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"'",;?.. - '*! l _ , ,l'Al.' , N" --e '' '-''' No. 16,929. LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING S 1 11 Ny DECEMBER 22, 1846. ParcE SD. STOCK of GENUINE WINES, directed to be SOLD in consequence of a Dissolution of Partnership, and to be delivered from the Cel lars, in the Adelphi. TVIRiELELDbAyIUALNTCDTIONROaphINs Rooms,iS is i n n c st o r v u en e t t - e o l ude t n o To-MORROW, at Twelve, A CELLAR OF REMARKABLY CHOICE AND GENUINE WINES, - GUN COTTON. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COLUMN OF CALLS. The following are a few of the calls advertised up to this period for December and January, with the amount payable on each share. The first sixteen are for Decem ber, the remaining thirty-eight for January, the majority of which are called up by the old lines, who more than divide the demand with the lines of last session:— North Staffordshire £2 18 East and West Yorkshire Junction 2 10 Enfield and Edmonton Northern and Eastern, New. Glssgow, Barrhesd, and Neilston, New Dieppe and Fecamp Aberdeen Scottish Central Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction) Paris and Lyons Boulogne and Amiens Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Manchester and Leeds, Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 501. shares . --4 5 0 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manches ter, One-eighth shares (late N 0.3 Quarters) 2 10 Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company 1 0 Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. shares 'Liverpool and Bury, 10/. shares Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, Fifths. Manchester and Leeds, Quarter shares Manchester and Leeds (Liverpool and Bury 101. shares) Midland, Erewash Valley 5 0 London and Blackwall, New shares 1 0 Lynn and Ely Northern and Eastern Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction 0 10 Newcastle and Carlisl4, New - 100/. .shares -20- 0- Newcastle and Carlisle, New Quarters Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor 5 0 Midland Six per cent. shares (late Bristol and Gloucester shares), 2/. on the 50/. shares; 3/. 14s. 6d. on the 37/. ss. shares. Ja• nuary 5, 1847. Midland Extension Lines, New 40/ shares 6 0 Midland Great Western of Ireland, 50/. shares 5 0 Ambergate, &c....., 1 5 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 1 5 Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 50/. shares 5 0 Great Western, 17/. shares Great Western, Quarter shares Bristol and Exeter, Thirds Dutch Rhenish Great Luxembourg London and North Western (Grand Junc tion 25/. shares) Eastern Counties, 14/. 16s. shares Eastern Counties, New 4/. 16s. shares Thames Haven Dock and Railway Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 8 London, Brighton, and South Coast South Wales Leeds and Bradford .. 5 0 Eastern Counties (York Extension) 2 0 Northern of France Belfast and Ballymena Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company 1 0 Eastern Counties, New shares 2 0 Birkenhead, East Lancashire, Edinburgh and Glasgow, London and North-Western, Taff Vale, Ulster, Ipswich and Bury. It is said that the reformed board of the Manchester and Leeds intend declaring a dividend at their next half yearly meeting, at the rate of eight per cent. The Scottish papers state that the English proprietors in the Edinburgh and Glasgow, who hold about 3-4ths of the stock, have determined that the Sunday traini shall be immediately resumed. The York and North Midland intend, with the new year, to take in! hand the formation of the railway and works from Selby to Market Weighton, a distance c f about 16 miles ; the formation of the railway and works from Copmanthorpe to Tadcaster, a distance of about sewn miles • and those on the Harrogate Branch Ex tension, a distance of one mile. Also, the stations, buildings, and other works on the East Riding Branch (Leeds Extension), Selby to Market Weighton, Harro gate Extension, and Copmanthorpe to Tadeaster. The South-Eastern will first commence that portion of their North Kent line extending from Erith and the Surrey Canal, a distance of 14 miles. The Leeds and Thirsk are contracting for their carriages and conveyances fur general merchandise. The Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon meet to-day to consider the sale of their line to the South Devon. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SITTING OF DE CEMBER P 13. Although the French Government has fulminated its decree against the fulminating cotton, it cannot prevent the experiments of scientitic men, or the publication of them in the sittings of the Academy. As many commu nications on this subject are sent in as if the Government had declared the manufacture and sale of this substance free. We do not, however, find anything in the last papers worthy of notice except an estimate by M. Pelouze of the coast of manufacture. According to this gentleman, 170 kilogrammes (about 3801 b. English) will cost, exclusive of labour, which is not an important item considering how little of it is required, 317 fr., being less than lfr. per French pound. It is easy to conceive, ther4- fore, that if gunpowder can be advantageously replaced by explosive cotton, and the Government were to permit the free sale of the substitute, it would lose an important source of revenue, as the price of gunpowder, the manufacture and sale of which is a Government mono poly, is so much superior to that at which the cotton could be sold. We are not to suppose, however, that this consideration has had any weight with the Ministry as regards the recent prohibition of explosive cotton. If this new discovery would replace gunpowder, the Government would, as a matter of course, take the manufacture and sale into its own hands, giving an in demnity to the persons who may have taken out patents in France for different modes of preparing the substance. We have heard of only one patent having been taken out, but it is probable that there are several. If it be declared illegal to make and sell explosive cotton, all that can be said is, that it is a strange inconsistency for a Go vernment to grant a patent right where no right can be exercised, and we think the Minister of Commerce would have done well if he had refused to sign the patents for this manufacture ; but this is a point upon which we shall not enlarge, particularly as, subsequent to the order for the prohibition, the Moniteur published a sort •f explanation of the motives which induced it. We learn from this explanation that the prohibition is not a final one, and are warranted in believing thatif experience should show the properties of explosive cotton to be better than those of gunpowder, and the dangers attend ing the preparation to be comparatively small, the prohibition will be withdrawn. The objections at present are, that the preparation is dangerous, and that the properties of the new substance are now suffi ciently known. On the first point we must be permitted to observe that the danger is much smaller than with gunpowder. It is no argument to say that some acci dents have taken place. If gunpowder were an inven. tion of the present day, and as many unskilful and care less hands had been engaged in the preparation of it as has been the case with the explosive cotton, the accidents would have been much more numerous and far more calamitous than anything that has been authenticated in the accounts which have, appeared of explosions during the preparation of the cotton. On the second point, however, the reason assigned by the Government for the prohibition is good. It has not yet been proved that the fulminating or explosive cotton is a perfect sub stitute for gunpowder. Many inconveniences have been pointed out by scientific and practical men, and its ex plosive power is unknown. In one case several grains have been fired in a pocket pistol, without the slightest indication of danger to the person using the article ; in another a quantity of cotton, equal only in weight to the hundredth part of the ordinary charge of gunpowder, burst a proof mortar. With such facts before it, the Government is wise to pause.— Galignani. presenting to the connoisseur a rare opportunity to possess wines of the finest quality, the sale taking place under a dissolution of part nership of an old established concern in the Adelphi, proverbial for the excellence of their stock. The wines comprise 11 bins, or 262 dozens of brown, golden colour, and pale Sherries, of pure and dry qualities, and of Martinez, D iwson Campbell's, and Sebastian Smith's shipping ; 90 dozen, in three bins, of old crusted Port, of Sandeman's and Thompson and Croft's shipping ; also, 50 dozen of choice full flavoured Burgundy Port. These wines being old in bottle, of first rate quality, well-matured, and in the finest condition, a most tempt ing opportunity is presented to private buyers to replenish their cellars for the approaching season. Samples may be had, with catalogues, at the Offices in Covent garden. RAILWAYS AND FRESH HERRlNGS.—Herrings caught at Brighton in the morning are sold in the Midland counties in the afternoon. This arises from the facilities of transit by the London and Brighton and London and North-Western Railway; and such has been the effect in the reduction of prices, says our Birmingham cor respondent, " that the finest quality can now be had at the rate of from twenty to twenty-five for'a shilling, being a reduction of nearly two hundred per cent." STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 18.—There has been more firmness in this branch of trade during the present week; sales have been rather more extensive, although they have been chiefly to supply the present wants of the manufacturers, and not arising from any speculative excitement. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE. —LEEDS, DEC. 18.--There has been a fair average business done in foreign wools this week, and prices are firmly suported. LEEDS.—The usual dulness of the season has pre vailed at our cloth markets both on Saturday and Tues day last. The merchants continue to purchase only to order. Goods maintain their price, and the stocks in the manufacturers' hands are not larger than usual at this period of the year. Although business is, as usual so near Christmas, dull in the warehouses, the severity of :the weather for the last few weeks has tended to create a demand for heavy winter goods ; the stocks in the mer chants hands are in consequence lower than they were a few weeks ago; but the foreign houses are doing little. BRADFORD MARKET, DEC. 1 7.—The demand for combing is again somewhat more restricted, on account of the staplers having raised the prices. As there is a great disproportion between the price of wool and yarn, the spinners buy very sparingly, and with the greatest care. We can report no improvement in the yarn trade. The production of yarn is reduced to a very low point, and there seems to be no chance of in crease until the turn of the year. There is an average business done in pieces for the season. A universal impressment seems, to prevail that we shall have a fair, if not excellent spring trade, and we hope there will not in this case be disappointment. There is no alteration in prices within these two weeks ; some manufacturers, with rather heavy stocks, have been much reduced. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER—CUTTING FIRST SOD OF THE WLIALEY-BRIDGE BRANCH. On Friday afternoon the ceremony of cutting the first sod of the Whaley-bridge Branch of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, extend ing a distance of twelve miles from Dukinfield to Wha ley Bridge, took place under very auspicious circum stances. The-day, considering the season of the year, was fine, and that attracted many people to the scene of the ceremony. At one o'cleck a special first-class train left Manchester, and at half-past eleven a special train left Sheffield, with the directors of the company, share holders, and well-wishers of the undertaking. The Manchester train first reached the Dukinfield station, but shortly after its arrival the train from Sheffield took its place at the appointed rendezvous. Immediately after alighting from the carriages, the company pro ceeded along a narrow and slippery lane, for a distance of about two miles, to the field, on the estate of Mr. Dukinfield Astley, in which it had been arranged that the ceremony of cutting the first sod should take place. At this spot there was a very numerous attendance of gentlemen, farmers, and cottagers connected with the neighbourhood. FORTUNES MADE BY ADVER TISING. From a small pamphlet, entitled " The Art of Making Money," an extract has been taken, and is going the round of the provincial press, pointing out the facility of making immense sums by the simple process of con tinuous advertising. Doubtless large sums have been, are, and will be made by such a system by certain per sons of ability, who no doubt would make their way in the world if called upon to play different parts on the great stage of life • but to suppose that men in general must as a matter Of course acquire wealth by such means is as absurd as to imagine that all the penniless and shoe less of London are capable of rising to the dignity and wealth of an alderman or the Lord Mayor of London, simply by reading the " Young Man's Best Com panion." Money is not so easily made as the writer of the article referred to would lead people to suppose ; if it be so, few need be poor. But to our text : fortunes made by advertising. Undoubtedly the greatest man of the day as an advertiser is Holloway, who expends the enormous -sum of twenty thousand pounds annually in advertisements alone ; his name is not only to be seen in nearly every paper and periodically published in the British isles, but as if this country was too small for this individual's exploits, he stretches over the whole of India, having agents ict ' all the different parts of the upper, central, and lower provinces of that immense country, publishing his medi caments in the Hindoo, Oordoo, Goozratee, Persian, and other native languages, so that the Indian public can take the pills and use his ointment, according to general directions, as a Cockney would do within the sound of Bow bells. We find him again at Ilong Kong and Can ton, making his medicines known to the Celestial by means of Chinese translation. We trace him from thence to the Philippine Islands, where he is circulating his prepa rations in the native languages. At Singapore he has a large depot : his agents there supply all the islands in the Indian seas. His advertisements are published in most of the papers at Sydney, Hobart Town, Launceston, Adelaide, Port Philip, and indeed in almost every town of that vast portion of the British empire. Returning homewards, we find his pills and ointment selling at Valparaiso, Lima, Callao, and other ports in the Pacific. Doubling the Horn, we track him in the Atlantic—at Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco : he is advertising in those parts in Spanish and Portuguese. In all the British West India Islands, as also in the Upper and Lower Canadas, and the neighbouring provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, his medicines are as fami liarly known, and sold by every druggist, as they are at home. In the Mediterranean we find them selling at Malta, Corfu, Athens, and Alexandria, besides at Tunis and other portions of the Barbary states. Any one taking the trouble to look at the "Journal" and " Courier" of Constantinople, may find in these, as well as other papers, that Holloway's medicines are regularly adver tised end selling throughout the Turkish empire ; and even in Russia, where an almost insurmountable barrier exists, the laws there prohibiting the entr6) of patent medicines, Holloway's ingenuity has been at work, and obviates this difficulty by forwarding supplies to his agent at Odessa, a port situated on the Black Sea, where they filter themselves surreptitiously by various chan nels, into the very heart of the empire. Africa has not been forgotten by this indefatigable man, who has an agent on the River Gambia ; also at Sierra Leone, the plague spot of the world, the inhabitants readily avail themselves of the ointment and pills ; thus we can show our readers that Holloway has made the complete circuit of the globe, commencing with India, and ending, as we now do, with the Cape of Good Hope, where his medicines are published in the Dutch anti English languages ; and while speaking of Dutch, we have heard that he has made large shipments to Hol• land, and is about advertising in every paper or pet iodical published in that kingdom ; we might also add that he has also started his medicine in some parts of France, in some portions of Germany, as also in some of the Italian states. We have been at some little trouble to collect all these facts, because we fear that the article before alluded to, " the Art of making Money," is cal culated to lead people to spend their means in the hope (as the author states) of making a hundred thousand y th ear f s oll f o o w r h e i u s eh pa a in m s, en by a h e ohd o in ll g ow u a p y, a w s h an o is ites,aeasypounds example really n s a x Napoleon in his way. Many may have the means, but have they the knowledge, aonfd these requisites, neces sary ? Failing in any one total any enterprise requiringimmense energies o a bility, energy, judgment , undertake loss is certain. Holloway isa man calculated to dis we should suse, in a fair w, an , of not t e fortune. cours ppo e it is o our ay body and mind. No doubt he has been well re p aid for a ll his labours large of making a we consider a dan t duty to place a lighthousewhat - i n t ere st to deter. th e p ublic from advertisin g; but, as gu ardians of the , perhaps sooner or later pre d ruin to the sanguine and inexperi enced about to navigate in. " Edinburgh Review," in a num bergerous shoal, which may The Editor of the bequest to posterity, sidered he was making a desirable amount of talent and abi by handing down to them theclass of large advertisers. lay required by the present published about three years ago, stated that he cen remarks, conjointly prominently set forth; and if these to come, it with his, should descend to a generation of this article will be known to what extent the subject At that period Holloway's mode of advertising was most merits of his quent expenditu re i n ma ki n g known t ld.—Picterial preparatio ns t o near l y t h e w h o le WOT was able to carry out hi s v i ew s, together with with the conse- Times. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN, Chairman of the Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester line, said they were met that day, as they were all aware, to commence the operative part of the works connected with the formation of the Whaley-bridge branch of the Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester Railway.—(Cheers.) As chairman of that company, he had to express the thanks of the directors to Mr. Dukinfield Astley, for the prominent part which he had consented to undertake in the commencement of that !great work.—(Applause.) He hoped the work would be carried forward in as auspicious a manner as that in which it had commenced.—(Applau se .) li e h ope d the work would progress in a satisfactory way until it was concluded.—(Loud applause.) Mr. Dukinfield Astley, then, amid loud cheers, cut an immense sod in the usual manner, and wheeled it along planks " like a regular navy." He returned along the planks amidst great cheering, when some of the directors and founders of the company cut sods. After this the regular "navies" were called in, took the spade, mattock, and wheel-barrow, and did excellent work, to the great delight of the assembled multitude. Mr. DUKINFIELD ASTLEY, on returning, after deliver ing his great sod, said h e must ta k e t h a t opportunity of expressing the gr ea t p l easure wh i ch h e f e l t i n assisting at the commencement of a work which he had no doubt would be of great advantage to those parts of the country through which the line was to pass.—(Cheers.) He thought nothing could be better (than to move three cheers for the success of the work that they had just commenced.—(Three times three, and three cheers more.) Three cheers were then proposed for Mr. Ast ley, and after a short stay in the field, the meeting broke up. The chairman of the company (Mr. Chapman) pre sented to Mr. Astley a beautiful spade previous to his cutting the first sod, and which bore the following in scription :—" This spade is presented to F. D. P. Astley, Esq., by the directors of the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company, in comme moration cf his having cut the first sod of the Whaley bridge branch, on th e 18th of Decem b er, 1846." This inscription was surmounted by a portrait of the Queen on the shaft (which was made of maple wood), and by Mr. Dukinfield Astley's coat of arms. On the reverse side of the spade were the seal and arms of the com pany, and a list of the directors and principal officers of the company. On the shaft were also a number of or naments. The spade was manufactured by Mr. Male• ham, ironmonger, Sheffield. The Earl of Yarborough, chairman of the Lincolnshire and Sheffield Railways, would have been present both at the cutting of the first sod and' at the dinner, had cir cumstances nA compelled him to be absent on the con tinent. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—AS it would be a hopeless task to give an intelligible account of the state of our market this week, it will not be therefore at tempted. The trade is thrown into utter confusion by the speculation in the staple, and no two persons appear to be asking the same price for the same article. Short time is, however, commencing in good earnest. Messrs. Birley, the largest consumers of cotton in Manchester, are now working short time, both in spinning and weaving. They employ near 2,000 hands. Some of our spinners who were so fortunate as to lay in very heavy stocks of cotton at the lowest point, as well as to pur chase freely at a small advance, are now, instead of keeping it for use, actually sending it down to Liverpool for sale, being certain in that case of realising a large profit, whilst if kept to carry on their establishments, if a loss should not be sustained, at least no profit would possibly be:derived. This is, indeed, " taki ng coa l s t o Newcastle." Such a state cithings cannot last long we may be sure, still the fact is a strange cne. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) This market is quite deranged, in consequence of the monstrous and phrenzied cotton speculations in Liver pool. Producers have generally, until yesterday, when there was rather a disposition apparent in some quarters, to all, declined to name a price, whether for goods or yarns ; and, indeed, buyers have mostly kept aloof from even making inquiries as to rates, knowing they would be such as they could not pay. There has been some • thing done in anticipation, at slightly advanced rates on those paid last week, but buyers will rather wait the result of business in the spring than pay the extreme rates required. 'Printing cloths and shirtings are, of course, in demand, as this is the season when printers lay in their stocks, and higher relative prices are, con sequently, paid for these than for other classes of goods. It appears that the immense concerns at Stalybridge, Ashton, Todmorden, and elsewhere, are not simply going on to short time, but are about to be closed altogether. This is grappling with the cotton evil right vigorously ; and we should hail it with unmingled satisfaction but ter the sufferings which thereby must be entailed on the operative classes.—Manchester Times. NOTTINGIIAM.—The trade of Nottingham has deci dedly improved during the last week or two, in the cotton and hosiery departments, and a tolerable trade is expected in February and March. LEICESTER.—Tho present seasonable weather has caused more business to be done than usual, at this period of the season, in the glove and hosiery branches, and as it will enable the shopkeepers to clear off their winter stocks, a good general demand is expected at the beginning of the year. Worsteds are steady, and cotton yarns are looking upwards. Wools are firm, at prices in favour of the seller.—Leicester Journal. The celebration of the dinner took place in the Music Hall of the Albion Hotel, Piccadilly. About 100 gen tlemen sat down to dinner about half past four. At the dinner, the chairman, Mr. John Chapman, chairman of the Sheffield, Ashtc,n-under- Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company, was supported right and left by Mr. F. D. Astley, Mr. G. Gishorne, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. E. Buckley, Mr. G. Winter, Captain Clarke, Mr. R. Buckley, Captain R. Ilollingworth, the Mayor of Aahton-under-Lyne, the Town Clerk of Manchester, Mr. John Cheetham; Mr. Robinson, Mr. J. Ellison, Mr. Al derman Bancroft, Dr. Fleming, &c., &c. The following directors of the company were present: —Messrs. Charles Turner, Richard Matley, William Bradby, M. M. de Bartolome, James Wall, Richard Thorold, and F. A. Ward. The vice•chairs were occupied by Mr. C. Randall and Mr. T. Blake. To HAVE LAYING POULTRY.--it is with poultry as with all other animals removed from a warmer to a colder climate, they exist but do not thrive without warmth, and wilt tilt'. to fatten them or to promote their laying at an unseasonable time, a temperature adapted to their constitution should be provided them ; this will be one point towards success. I will now mention two more points, viz , age and diet ; attending to these three particulars I have at all seasons an abundant supply of large and new-laid eggs: the age of poultry should never exceed three years (except when it is wished t o k ee p an indi vidual for the sake of breed), after this age they rarely lay from the moulting season till late in the following apring, consequently it is folly to keep an unprofitable tnimal when one in profit would consume no more food: she plan I pursue and recommend is, to part with all poultry after the third autumn laying, and to put in their place the previous spring chickens, by which is meant chickens hatched through the months of March, April, and May; birds of January and February hatch ing are apt to have their feet swollen by the cold in some situations, which -is unsightly, and besides this being ready for markets in May, they are too valuable to be kept for stock when birds of less market value, but equally good for laying, can be had ; the March pullets will begin to lay in September, and the others will suc ceed them in rotation of hatching; to these in November will be added the hens risi ng t wo years old, and alit - ut January, if favourable weather, th e h ens rising three years old will begin to lay ; by attend i ng to age, a suc cession of laying hens will be had through the whole year. The next particular to be attended to is diet ; with poultry, as with other animals, variety has its charms, and greatly promotes both fattening and laying; poultry confined to a yard should have given to them food as similar as possible, and as various as that they . would feed on if allowed to roam at large ; they require vegetables, seeds, insects, gravel, ashes or dry mould, as much as corn of different sorts, to keep them in health. and plenty of cl ean water , ra i n water i s the best ; if a feed of mixed corn i s g i ven t h e fi rs t t h ing in the morn ing, let this be followed at eleven A.M. by a feed of bar ley-meal, mixed with boiled potatoes or parsnips, or both ; to this pieces of fat meat chopped may be added, the fow is will fill themselves to repletion ; about three P.m. a little coin may be thrown them, soon afterwards they will prepare for roosting ; fowls prefer meal to core, and I have observed that those birds that had rolled crams of barley and oatmeal required feeding only twice a-day, feeding to satisfy each time, and resting nearly the whole of the interval ; by feeding with meal made into stiff dough or crams with milk, or liquor of boiled meat, more eggs and larger and fatter fowls will be obtained than by corn- feeding. Of giving peppercorns to poultry I have no knowledge, neither do I think any benefit will attend it.—J. S., in Agricultural Gazette. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. HATCHER, THE HISTO RIAU or SALISBURY.—it is with sincere regret that we announce the death of our esteemed townsman, William Henry Hatcher, Esq., author of the talented " History of Salisbury," which forms one of the most magnificent volumes of that fine series of topographical works, Sir Richard Colt Hoare's History of Wiltshire. Up to within a few hours of his death he had pursued his cus tomary routine of active bodily and mental exertion ; and no appearances of unusual decay were visible in him. On Monday morning, however, he WM found in his bed a corpse.—Pole Herald. CHARGES FOR CATTLE ON THE EASTERN LINES. On Saturday another meeting of the farmers and graziers was held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, Mr. J. Neave, of Wymondbam, in the chair, with a view to a reconsideration of the promises of improvement lately made by the Eastern Counties, and for putting them in a fair way for being carried into tangible results. The CIIAIRMAN said the complaints with regard to the conveyance of cattle were not confined to the Eastern Counties line, but extended to nearly all the railways in the kingdom. In London he heard complaints of the Great Western that cattle had been upon the line twenty one hours, when they ought to have been up in seven, and the complaints were general from the farmers send ing cattle upon all the other lines. Mr. GARROD said he had compl a i nts to make. He themom e stockhimself on but Friday that ho dr ea d e d the conveyance, week, an d s h ould have gone with for they put them (the drovers) i nto the open carriages. He believed the cattle went well and safely till they arrived at Brandon, but there, an d again at Cambridge, they were stopped in the two pl aces for the space of ten hours, so that they were I9i hours b e f ore they arr i ve d in London. For his part , could sent he have known that would have been the ease, the beasts should have been at home, fur that was not the way to treat cattle nor any other animal. It would be satisfactory if the Eastern Counties Company were to lay down a tramway to Mile end, that the cattle might be taken there; would that be a satisfactory improvement? The CHAIRMAN thought the men would be well con tent with a third-class carriage, but the master drovers should be allowed a second-class. A committee was appointed, and it was dec i de d t h at subscriptions of from s s. to lOs. should b e rece i v ed to defray expenses., BURKE'S HISTORY Or TEE LANDED GENTRY. This important work, it appears, is to be issued by Mr. Colburn, in ten monthly parts, price ss. each, commenc ing with the Magazines on thet Ist of January. The Landed Gentry of England are so closely connected with the stirring records of its eventful history, that some ac quaintance with them is a matter of necessity with the legislator, the lawyer, the historical student, the specu lator in politics, and the curious in topographical and antiquarian lore. This work furnishes such a mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal families in the kingdom as has never before been brought together. It relates to the untitled families of rank, as the " Peerage and Baronetage " does to the titled ; and forms, in fact, a peerage of the untitled aristocracy. It embraces the whole of the landed interest, and is indis pensable to the library of every gentleman. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday the second portion of the houses belonging to the Mercers' Company's estate in Long-acre were sold for the building materials, all of them, including the extensive range of factories occupied by Messrs. Horne, the coach-makers, coming down for the proposed improvements at the north end of Bow-street find Long-acre, opening a direct line of communication between Waterloo- bridge, the London and Birmingham Railway, and all the northern districts of the metropolis. The demolition of the east side of Upper St. Martin's-lane, for the proposed new street, is proceeding rapidly. The London and Brighton are in search of a locomo tive and carriage superintendent over the 120 miles of line now in full working operation. The Chester and Holyhead are about to take tenders for the minutiae of locomotion, su c h as crossings, switches, turn-tables, and water-cranes, indicative of a speedy completion of their line. The Admiralty have given notice of their intention to deepen Holyhead Harbour, to dredge, excavate, build retaining walls, and erect timber jetties. The following companies are candidates in the money market for loans to various amounts ;—Chester and POTATOES. The following important information, upon the sub ject of the potato disease in Poland, has been received ' by Goveinment from the British Consul at Warsaw:— " Warsaw, re. , 1846. "My Lord,—l n a report on theresult Oct 1G of this year's harvest in Poland, which I bad the honour to fora ard to your Lordship with my letter (Consular, No. 25) of the 28th of last month, I stated that the potato disease was totally unknown in this country. Since making that statement I have heard of cne exception to the rule, which has occurred on a small estate, not far from War saw, farmed by a Mr. Kedzlic., a British subject of much intelligence, long established in Poland. The potatoes which have furnished this exception, are of the kind called the Ash-leaved English Kidney Potatoe,' and were obtained from England two years ago ; they were planted in the midst of Mr. Kedzlie's other potato crops, on land of the same quality, and prepared exac'ly in the same way as the rest of the ground, which has yielded perfectly sound fruit. This circumstance would seem to prove that the disease is not attributable to at mospheric influences, as is, I hear, the generally re ceived opinion in other countries. Here, in Poland, all persons to whom I have spoken on the subject think that the potatoes in the rest cf Europe are tainted in the germ by over cultivation ; and it is certainly re markable that here, where the soil is generally light, and where less manure is used than in any other coun try, except Russia—and never immediately preceding the crop of potatoes—those plants should have com pletely escaped the infection, which threatens their ex tinction in all parts where greater pains have been taken in their cultivation. Ido not imagine that the opinion alluded to, on the isolated fact which I have mentioned, will decide a question which has so hopelessly occupied the attention of first rate scientific men in many coqg:, , tries ; but I hope that the notice of the circumstances will not be deemed irrelevant, at a time when the dis ease in question is the cause of such dire distress in her Majesty's dominions, as well as in other parts of Europe.—l have, &c., (Signed) " GUST. DU PLAT." 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Sneets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various ether i•arts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are required. SILVER FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, carefully finished, with engine -turned cases, jewelled in four holes, going barrel to continue the action of the Watch while wind ing, are offered, price 3% guineas each. These elegant little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed un dertaking ix given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers. &c., 47, Cecuhill, (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.—N.B. S•ooad-hand Watches purchased in exchange. Ross and Sons being ;fully determined not to be " punched " down, even by that inimitable merry an drew, or " merry angry," Mr. Punch, beg to inform the public that they intend killing an enormous bear on Monday, the 21st inst., and exhibiting it on that and the three following days, at their establishment, when any one preferring it can have the fat cut direct from the animal, thus ensuring its genuineness. For preserving and strengthening the hair there is nothing equal to the genuine bear's grease— Vide " Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length and thickness of hair obtained by the North American Indians." Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. STATE OF TRADE. —The continual advance in the price of cotton is beginning to be felt by the handlooin weavers of Wigan ; several of the manufacturers having, (luring the past week, stopped their gingham weavers, from inability to obtain an advance on cloth in the market commensurate with the advance of cotton yarns for the manufacture of those fabrics. Diaper weavers are in a similar situation, and there are loud complaints of wait ing of work. Some consultations, we are informed, have been h e ld atnongst the nlillowners res p ectin g working time, but as some of them ha ve a su pp ly of cotton on hand to last them for a, few months to come, they don't seem incli ne d to agree to the propcsal at present. The cry against the co t ton and corn specul ators for causing an artificial scarc i ty for the sa k e o f ex orbitant gain, is be eoming more vehement, and some ü blic m p ove ment to induce Parliament do h to o fere.— Preston Ch r on icle. TAE suppose Parliament wo uld inter fere.—Preston their practices is talked of. We of no urse THE AM ERICAN RIFLE.—.From ,' IFLE.—From the sounding na me of " American Riflee, ties attached to them the r ea d er w ill ex pect to partake of a rich treat i n th , descriptio n of the various peculiari ties be realised. The but we r egre t t h a t the treat cen time. There is no science American rifle is only great in lion, which it not to be met withsiplayed in the construe of groove, has ever been re ncevery part of Europe; they have every degree of spiral eon-mended, every variety , the variety bore—from 16 to the lb. to 140 to ti v i( e ;li a , nd every size of eiebrity they of length and every weight. In truth no the commonest have obtained is rot for any perfection in e their arms, for t e i n le tio a n ree to a vast majority of those they have are y, than a their " Brummagem rubbish," made with science, but only for profit. No, the truth i a s t , t nndA o ra r re t r h i e o m ao , ricans use the rifle more, probably, nation . in the world. They are more expert generally shooting practice, and this has done everything y f in and not the merit of their rifles. We have s p ee a rifle barrels which were far from straight being correctly rifled, yet they shoot well. Why! fromße Be cause the bore is very small, the barrel burning powder sufficient to give a high velocity up to 100 yards, and, as we have already remarked, accuracy at short distances is the American rule of perfection. Occasionally the back woodsman may venture a long range, but in a vast majority of cases the balls used are so small as to be per fectly useless at greater distances than 150 yards. To write a long article on the American rifles would be but a repetition of previous matter, as they have no established rule or principle, save in their military arms, and here uniformity is necessary, and the display of scientific princi ples in these is not very apparent. The military rifle is 2 feet 9 inches long, carries a ball 30 to the lb. The rifling is different from any used in Europe. Tho grooves are 14 in number, with 7 projections more pro minent than the others, an arrangement very objection able, as it is clear these " projectio6" must either grip the ball so as to indent it, or to allow the extra cuts to be of no use : or if not gripping it, why have so many " furrows and lands ?"—two sizes remind us of cutting a file with hal the teeth higher than the other half. The rifle, as a whole, is a handy weapon, but with the " old plan" of a " hook main spring" and " tumbler," it is what we may designate as a very nice " tool" for a gentleman's amusement, certainly not a military weapon as it ought to be. It is very near akin to the Prussian rifle, will shoot well at 200 yards, but no further.— Greener's Science of Gunnery, _ . DR. AP - WILMAM.-We - are happy to state that Lord John Russell has given to this eminent officer the valuable appointment of medical attendant to the Board of Customs, recently become vacant. This appointment was conferred in the most handsome manner, without any application on the part of Dr. M'Williarn, Lord John's secretary stating, in the letter which announced it, that the appointment was conferred on account of Dr. M'William's distinguished services in the River Niger, in the year 1841. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19.—The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Gifford, had the adjustment of her compasses completed yesterday. She has bent sails, and is now nearly ready for sea. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was hauled down from her moorings alongside the jetty yesterday, prepara tory to being docked to-morrow. In consequence of the frequent and long excursions which her Majesty now every season takes to sea, and the increase of the Royal Family, the accommodations oftheyacht, as originally con structed, have been found insufficient tor the Royal Family; her present docking is, therefore, not from any break down in her machinery or steerage apparatus, nor from any of those other causes or ills which ships of a certain construction are alleged to be heir to, but merely for the purpose of having the nursery and store-rooms, and such other offices as may contribute to good lodging and living, enlarged. The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Lowe, will be ready for sea about the 30th inst. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, left yesterday at 3 P.M., for Sheerness, with supernumera ries. If her defects are found considerable, she will be paid off. A plan, which was laid before the late Board of Admiralty, and which, having been submitted to and approved by the present Board for organizing all the workmen in Plymouth, Chatham, Pembroke, Sheerness, and this dockyard, into b r i ga d es , t o b e d r ill e d a certain number of days in each year to the exercise of great guns and small arms, will be submitted to Parliament next session. The artisans will be instructed in the naval great gun exercise (we are told) in ships to be brought alongside the several dockyards, armed with guns of the largest calibre, and in the land artillery practice in the various batteries contiguous to each port. The first instructions will be given by gunnery lieu tenants and naval gunners, the second course of instruc tion by artillery officers and men connected with the corps. The drill is not to interfere with the works in progress in the dockyards, but take place in the summer months for an hour or so before or after the working hours in the dockyard. Each man to be paid extra when on drill. By these means it is expected that an avail able force of 5,000 men will be raised for the defence of the different arsenals in the event of an emergency. We are also informed that there is to be an increase of the Royal Marine force, to the extent of about 1,500 men, or about ten additional companies. The number of Royal Marine cadets in the Excellent are also to be in creased from 15 to 20, at the commencement of the en suing year. Orders have already been received by the Colonel Commanding the Royal Artillery in this garri son to exercise the dockyard artisans in the great gun practice. The committee appointed to examine the fortifications and defences of the naval arsenals, consisting of Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, R.N., the late Colonel Sir George Hoste, R.E., and Lieutenant-Colonel Mercer, R.A., among other reforms in the defences of the island of Portsea, recommend that the works at Hilsea should be put in a proper defensive condition, and that an officer and detachment of artillery should be placed therein to keep them so. In pursuance of this recommendation the clearance of lines; ditches, &c., has been commenced, and a formidable redoubt and barracks are being con structed on the south-east end of the glacis, close to the Brighton and Chichester Extension Railway. This bat tery will be constructed so as to sweep the greater part of the harbour of Langston, and the streams which flow into it from Emsworth, and entirely protect the entrance into Portsmouth harbour from Post-bridge. Lieutenant Tylden, R.A., is the officer who has been appointed to superintend the construction of this fort. WooLwiciit, -DEC. 19.—The Rhadamanthus steam vessel, Master Commander Aylen, having had her de fects made good, will leave Woolwich for Greenhitho on Monday next, to have her compasses adjusted, and then proceed to Plymouth for further orders. The Centaur steam-frigate has her steam up today, for the purpose of being taken round to Portsmouth to be made ready for sea, and commissioned at the port. PortTsatorru, MONDAY.—The Palestine freight ship arrived last evening with the remaining portion of the crew of her Majesty's late brig Osprey, from New Zen land. The men were removed from her to the Victory this afternoon by the Echo. The Mercury returned to-day with volunteers from Poole and the neighbourhood. ROTAL MARINES. Lieutenant-Colonel John llewes (1842), of the Ports mouth division, has retired on the full pay of his rank. This gallant officer was First Lieutenant serving in the Rainbow in action with the French frigate Nereide, 1810 ; was in boats at the capture of a Genoese pri vateer moored under a battery ; was also present at the attack on Leghorn ; and the reduction of Genoa, 1814. By the retirement of Colonel Howes the following officers obtain promotion : Brevet Major T. Wearing to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ilewes. This officer was Second Lieutenant, and served in the Conqueror, 74, at Trafalgar, when he was wounded. Gazetted 1805. First Lieutenant P. Priest, to be Captain, vice Why lock, promoted. This officer was midshipman of the Genoa at Navarino, when he was wounded. Second Lieutenant J. Manger, to be First Lieutenant, vice Priest. First Lieutenant H. P. Lewin (1837), of the Ports mouth division, died last evening at his residence, Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 19.-13 is Swedish Majesty's corvette North Star, 20, Captain G. liespelberg, arrived on the 18th, in twenty-eight days from New York. During her passage she experienced some severe weather, and shipped several heavy seas, one of which broke in aft, entered her bread-room, and damaged her provisions. To-day she was supplied with three tons of bread and other necessaries. Her water was obtained from the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonebouse. She had been on a cruise, and to-morrow will leave this for Fre derickbtadt. The schooner Queen has this week discharged at the Royal William Victualling-yard 932 quartets of Indian corn, making, with six other cargoes received there, about 5,400 quarters, the whole of which is ground or is being ground into meal for the destitute in Ireland and Scotland. The mills are kept going night and day; two gangs of men are employed, and in order that the master miller may be always on the spot, he is furnished with a bed in the mill-house. About 1,000 sacks of meal are produced per week. The whole of the corn now in store will be ground in a fortnight, previous to which it is ex pected other cargoes will arrive. 763 sacks of meal have been shipped by her Majesty's steamer Stromboli ; 794 by her Majesty's store-ship lEolus, 42; and 1,000 are to be shipped by her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, °ally expected at this port. These three parcels go to the Isle of Mull, where they will be under the orders of the captain of her Majesty's frigate Belvidere. The steam-packet Shannon, Captain Moppett, the cargo of which ignited on the sth instant, left this port in ballast trim on the 11th for Falmouth, whence she departed again yesterday morning for Dublin, where she will be repaired at the extensive establishment of her proprietors, the British and Irish Steam-packet Com pany. The Shannon, which is 153 feet long by 27 feet broad, was originally built by Messrs Fletcher and Co., London, for about 44,0001. In the spring of 1845 she was thoroughly repaired, and supplied with new boilers and engines of 250-horse power, at a cost of 13,0001. She has been employed on various services, but princi pally between London, Plymouth, Falmouth, and Dublin, on which station she has run about 250 voyages, and never experienced any casualty worth recording before the spontaneous combustion of her cargo on the sth of December. TELEGRAPH ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The electric telegraph on the Midland Railway was opened for public use on Friday, so that communication may now be made to and from Leeds, Normanton, Macs borough, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Liecester, Rugby, Burton, Tamworth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Newark, and Lincoln, at the following rates, namely:— Under ten words, Id. per mile; above ten, and under twenty, at lid. per mile; above twenty, and under thirty, at 3d. per mile; and for every additional ten words, one halfpenny per mile. A messenger, if re quired, may be dispatched from any of the above sta tions, on foot, at is. per mile; or if by postchaise, on a reasonable remuneration. In case of any message fail• ing through the defect of the instrument, or neglect of the company's servants, the money will be returned. Messages relating to luggage lost or mislaid by the company's servants, will be sent free of charge. ~~-~ f ~ ~" .>"?-- ''' °:---- e .. _:-. DISTRESS IN SKIBBEREEN. The following letter has been addressed by Sir George Grey, in rpply to the state went of the Poor -law Union of Skibbereen " Gentlemen,---I have " Whitehall, Dec. 9, 1846. given a careful and attentive consideration to the statement which, on behalf of the Poor-law Union of Skibbereen, you placed in my hands, and to the request which you have addressed to her Majesty's Government, that a Queen's letter may be issued, for the purpose of making a collection throtighout England for the relief of the distress in Ireland. • " The painful details which are annexed to . : your written statement, and the information you have' com municated to me in personal interviews, afford suffi.ient proof, if indeed such were wantin g , o f the severity of the distress in your district, and it is iruposible not to feel deep sympathy for the sufferings which you describe. " I have no reason to believe that y ou enterta i n a doubt of the desire of the Government to adopt all practicable measures for the mitigation Cr the distress unhappily so prevalent in Ireland. It is, therefore, un necessary that I should here enumerate the measures which have been taken by the Government with this object, or that I should advert in detail to the extent of relief-works now carried i n under the superintendence of the Government, by which about 300,000 men are at present employed. I am, however, desirous of stating distinctly the conviction of the Government, that they cannot, by any measures within their power, meet all the cases of severe privation and distress which are to be found under existing circumstances in Ireland. " Much must remain to be done by individuals, owners of property, and by private charity. Iler Majesty's Government, at the same time feel that a Queen's letter is not, at the present moment, the most appropriate mode of raising funds for the relief of these cases of distress. A Queen's letter is usually issued for the purpose of making a collection in aid of funds already raised by public subscription. I should thercTore ven ture to suggest that, instead of looking to this" in the first instance, means should be taken fix raising among the wealthier classes in Ireland, as well as in England, contributions for the relief of extreme cases of what and destitution, not capable of being met by the exitting Poor-law, or by the works in progress or to ' bL. here after sanctioned ; and I entertain no doubt, that if due precautions were taken fur securing the.preper applica tion of such contributions to the relief of urrent and eusenc distress -- thrrarri - the lotal - IffeilFY, -- tielfia - -"Ciiii alone be competent to their duty, liberal aid would be afforded by private benevolence in this country. " In suggesting contributions in Ireland, I do not overlook the fact, that much is being already done there by individual charity, and that presentments for public works will impose a heavy burden on the estates of the landed proprietors ; but it must also be borne in mind, that the maintenance of the destitute is in Eng land charged by law on the land and other fixed property: of the country, and that in Scotland, where in extensive districts, the failure of the potato crop has been as complete, and the consequent pressure on the people as great as in Ireland, the landed proprietors are at the present moment making great sacrifices and exertions for the relief and support of their people. There are also parts of Ireland in whksh the pressure is much less severe than in others, and there is much property on which the burden of the presentments for the relief of distress has fallen lightly, if at all. " I shall only add that, with reference to some of the particulars contained in your statement, inquiries ha ve been instituted and directions given, which, I trust, will have the effect of mitigating the severity of the suffering in your neighbourhood.—l have, &c., (Signed) " G. GREY. " Rev. C. Caulfield, Rev. C. Townsend." LETTER STEALING by a SOLDIER SUNDERLAND, SATURDAY, DEC. 19.—Yesterday Fre derick Loyd Sims, a private in the 30th Regiment, a clerk of which.is now stationed at Sunderland Barracks, was brought before Joseph Simpson and John Scott, E,qrs., two of the magistrates for this borough, charged with stealing a letter containing a cheque on the Branch Bank of England at Newcastle for the payment of 2CI. The case excited considerable interest, from the circum stance of Sims being respectably connected, and having obtained a local literary fame by the publication of a volume of poetry, which have been lately very favour ably reviewed by the Sunderland and Newcastle news papers. . _ - - From the evidence adduced in the case, it appeared that Sims was the person sent to the Sunderland Post- Office for the letters addressed to the officers and soldiers of the depot. On Wednesday, the 18th of November, a letter was forwarded by Captain Macdonald, the pay master of the regiment, through the Newcastle post office, to Captain Heard, the commanding officer at Sun derland barracks, in which he inclosed a cheque on the above-mentioned bank for the payment of 26t. This letter ought to have reached Captain Heard on the fol lowing morning, but it was never received by him; and after much inquiry, Sims, the letter-carrier, was sus pected and taken into custody, Whilst at the station house he made a written confession, for the purpose, as he says, of " preventing innocent parties coming under suspicion, and. in token of contrition and reparation for the wrong he had done to others." In this docu ment he states that he was induced to commit the offence by being involved in debts which preyed upon his mind. He presented the cheque himself at the bank in Newcastle, and received 2CI. in gold; he endorsed the cheque in the name of Barker, and sent 5/. by a Peat-dice order to a friend in London. The most extraordinary pert of his statement is, that he put 201. of the money in a purse, 1% Lich he placed under his pillow on the night after his return from Neo castle, and it was stolen while he slept. This part of his story was corroborated by a comrade called before the magistrate yesterday, who deposed that on the 20th of November he met the l.risoner in the can teen. The latter charged him with having ..;tolen the money from under his pitlJw, and ofTered to accept half of it to say nothing about the matter, intimating that with this money he would leave the country. Sims declined making any statement herorc the magis trates, and was fully committed to take his trial at the next Durham assizes. GOLDICUTT v. BE GIN. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. SlR,—The report of this case, contained in your journal of the 18th, is inaccurate in one particular only. Mr. Cockburn did not, as stated in your paper, apply to postpone the case on Thursday evening, nor were any affidavits read ; but there was much confusion at the time, and your reporter may have easily mistaken the object of Mr. Cockbure's application, which WAS merely to ascertain whether (it being then past four o'clock) his Lordship would take the case that evening or not. Requesting the favour of your inserting the above in your next number, I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, THOS. FRAS. JUSTI'aE, Defendant's Attorney. 17, Berners street, Dec. 21. THE LATE SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE. LATEST PARTICULARS. Throughout the whole of yesterday the police were engaged in endeavouring to find out the names of the unfortunate child and woman, whose bodies K ere dis covered near Waterloo-bridge, but without success. No letter or anything else was found upon the deceased likely to lead to their identity. A notice was last even ing sent to every police-station in the metrorolitan and City districts, with a request that the police on their several beats would make inquiries of the inhabitants as to whether they had missed any persons answering to the de:cription of the woman and child. Persons were engaged yesterday afternoon in the neighbourhood of Belvedere and Commercial-roads, Lambeth, inquiring of the wharfingers whether they had seen the woman and child upon their wharfs the preceding day, or if they had heard a splash in the water, such as would be caused if the unfortunate creature had procipitated herself into the river. Up to six o'clock last night they had been unsuccessful in their inquiries. The clothing of both having been washed, it was found that the child had on a white lace cap and a light-coloured hood, a cho colate and blue coloured woollen turnover, a pair of worsted leggings, end two frocks. It is believed to be not more than 10 or 12 months old. It was au exceed ingly fine child, and had cut two of its upper teeth. The. woman bad on a speckled straw bonnet, trimmed with black crape, Adelaideboots, black worsted stockings, a dark silk and cotton shawl, with bunches of flowers on it, and a pair of dark jean stays. She had no wedding ring on her finger, and the only thing found in her pocket was a small box. key. Her age was apparently from 26 to 30 years. She was of tniddle stature, and had dark brown hair. It was found, upon examininc , the bodies, th a t ne i t h er o f the deceased had a single bruise upon their persons, proving that they could not: have fallen from any great height. The appearances of. the bodies are such as to lead to the supposition that ley had not been in the water wore t a lian 12 or 18- hours ; but from what part of the river they went in it is impossible to tell, as it is quite possible that they 'might have been forced along with the tide Er some miles. The ligature which bound the two together was what is termed laycord ; it was passed three times rcund their bodies, and fastened to the bonnet and cap strings of the woman. The police who have seen the woman declare that she was not known to them, and they are of opinion that she did net belong to the neighbourhood of Lambeth. MILITARY COURTS - MARTlAL.—Saturday morning a general court-martial assembled at Poi tman-street larracks, composed of the officers of the Brigade of , Guards, with Colonel Sir Ord iioneyrean, of the 2d Battalion Grenadier Guards, as President, when private J. Buckley, of No. 4 company 2a Battalion Coldstream - Guards, was brought to trial for highly insubordinate conduct, and striking Sergeant Lladlain, of the Cold stream Guards, when in the execution of his duty. The finding of the court and its proceedings will not he made known until the court• martial is finally appr..,ved of by her Majesty and his Grace the Comniander-in-Chiel. On the same morning the proceedings of a district court martial were read to - the 3d Batt:lli:in Grenadier Guards, on the Military Parade, Tuwer of Lon don, on private J. Orton, of No. 5 company, who had been tried f or desertion. The Court sentenced the prisoner to undergo three months' ha. prisonment, with hard labour, at the Military Prison, Chatham. On the same morning, the `'d battalion of s a s l e m r e b a l d e d o n i n L s a q n u c a e rf s , e t r o g h e a e n ar t s t p h Lm c e i r ill; t n e t s , Coldstream Guard s , stat i oned at the Purtman-street o b f ar a ra c c o k u s r , t w -m er a e rt a i Corporal Reeve, of that battalion , who have been tried by a district court-martial for neglect of duty, by allow ing a prisoner under their charge to get drunk. The evidence having b een h eard for an against the prisoners, the court came to the following decision—that Lance- Sergeant Spencer was not guilty, who was therefore acquitted; and Corporal Reeve was found guilty, and sentenced to be reduced to the rank and pay of a private soldier. //~ ~~~ t ag 47 a n" thi yActi tig auk CO"' Pt t" IS. W. ir 0 Oa dinj 0, Lost/ It.