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

L LOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) I whom, between the ages of seven and twelve years, had REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN LONDON, DEC. 22.-Wind, V.N.W., light breeze, with been committed to p i ison wi t hin the last twelve months. TRADE. s light frost. Robert Draper, a boy only eleven years of age, was The demand for the coarser kinds of wheat for ship- Deer e DEC. 21.-Wind S.W. to W.S.W. fresh.-Arrd. indicted for stealing a quantity of old iron ; and the jury ment to Ireland has in no degree abated; on the eon- Triad, Lyall, Sydney, New South Wales; Constantinople, havieg ieturned a verdict of Guilty, trary each day has brought increased orders, at en 9ibY"nge China ; Marearetlia, Bailer, Batavia, leaky Wm. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE put several questions hanced limits. And large as the shipments from Liver son, Alexander, Calcutta; Rockliffe, Harrison, Mauritius ; to the prisoner, from which it appeared that his father ndcn,to the sister isle have lately been, the 4Carleton, Odgers, Nassau ; Brutus, Harvey, ditto ; Ann and mother were dead, and he had no person connected necessity for further supplies becomes more and more geWilson Honduras; Rajah, Cobb, New York ; John with him alive now, except his step-father, and that he sea urgent. We ventured to give an opinion last week to ig, Meade, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Margaret, Emer- (the prisoner) could neither read nor write. the effect that a simultaneous rise in the value of son. Quebec. Put back, her Majesty's steamer Sidon. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, this was a case wheat might be expected in all parts of the kingdom, , r .LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.-Wind W.S.W. to N.N.W.--Arrd. the disposal of which, under the existing law, must and what has since occurred has proved that our im ',4Y, Camaroons • Antelope steamer, Rio Janeiro, sailed 21 cause deep pain to every person of ordinary feeling. It pression was well founded. Not only has wheat risen ult., Bahia 13th,'and Pernambuco 19th ; Lydia, Jones, An was quite evident that the only person responsible for materially at the principal consuming markets, but ti gua ; Alexander, Apsev Jamaica; James Dunlop, Hondu ras; Oneco, Drew, New Orleans;' Scotland, Mills, Savannah ; the care of the prisoner had t urne d hi m into the street, even in the agricultural districts, though farmers ~1 1iN uenot, Greav es , N ew York; William Penn, Coghlan, St. to relieve himseif from the onus of his support, and have brought forward good supplies, the rise has i', ) "res, New Brunswick ; Agenora, ditto ; Chieftain, thus cast it upon the nation, and it was with much amounted to fully 3s. per qr. The primary cause h : Ewing, Miramichi ; Coe ur de Lion, Montreal; Washing- regret that he too often saw depraved parents shirking of this state of things is, unquestionably, the great re n Wilkie, Quebec. Off port, Ganges, Calcutta; Con- their duties in a similar way. He much feared that so scarcity of food in Ireland consequent on the e!'rpre, Charleston ; Isabel, C. R. C. The Coeur de Lion saw long as the present discipline prevailed in Parkhurst potato failure. Admitting that the first accounts t.ti 25th ult. two ships on shore at Matan, with topsails but little good could be expected to accrue to the children of this calamity, which described the loss as almost double -reefed and set • and a barque on shore near them. sent there, for it was essential to reformation that the total, were exaggerated, and supposing that about z tßeessoere, DEC. ' 21.-Wind W.S.W., strong.-Arrd. sweets of good conduct should be impressed on their half of the usual quantity of potatoes have been grown unswick, Cappel, Bombay; Victoria, Valparaiso. . 4. breee .ea.- . P ORTSIIOUTII, DEF..21.-Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W , fresh minds. The only course, however, which was open to in the United Kingdom, what an immense amount zie St.Domingo,for Arrd. Genevieve, No. 2, Letar ' , . him was to deal with the case as the law stood, and son- of food must be required to make good even that defi e'rilsurgh ; Davenport, Scott, Quebec. tense the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. ciency! In Ireland millions of the people subsist almost '),T,21. -Wind S.W.-Arrd. Bowes of Streatham, Several other indictments against very young pri- wholly on the patato; need we, then, be surprised at the "elvholm, St. Jago de Cuba. soners were also tried during the course of the day. position of that unhappy country, knowing as we t do es ° I . P THE ISLE OF WIGIIT-Superb, Nissen, Philadelphia, that more than one-half the ordinary food of a large in' Antwerp. class of its inhabitants has been entirely lost? Substi- T., Ro ternemProx.-Arrd. Elizabeth, Moffat, Prince Edward's SOUTH WARK.--(THIS DAY.) stT.ElGN)totan lutes, under these circumstances, must be obtained some '''''lntl, for Antwerp. Jolla 'Veal and Sophia, his wife, were charged with how; and England will be looked to in this emergency. DEC. 20.-Arrd. Jane and Susan, Lowies, having in their possession several glasses and spoons, Nothing can afford a clearer proof of the urgent ne t-14111es, Newfoundland. supposed to be stolen; a quantity of pewter in a molten cessity of our Irish neighbours than the enormous fore' THE START, DEC. 17.-Sourabaya, Poots, Batavia, Rotterdam state was also found upon them, the produce of pub rise which has taken place in the value of Indian lio ins' pots. k. II ,,LMOUTH, * DEC. 21.-Wind W.-Arrd. William Brannan, A policeman seeing the pas iners in the Borough corn. At first . this article was . received with . great C e g,"ne Quebec. It blew a heavy gale last night, from prejudice, but it soon took a higher place in the sg- to W. that morning, and suspecting from their appearance that they had stolen property in their possession, he stopped esteem of the Irish peasantry, and has lately been selling , - colvey, DEC. 20.-Wind S.W. -Arrd. Augusta, Quebec. when he found on the maleprisoner the lid of an ‘ , l-en D - 19.-Wind s - Ad B k b eeE • them, - I% - rr . roo sy, i a en,at Limerick and other towns at prices not obtainable for wheat. So long as Indian corn was procurable, Il i York ; Hope, Graham, Pictou. Sid. Oriental, old saucepan, full of molten . pewter, such as . is u . see , in wheat was comparatively neglected ; but the stocks of "ba rn Calcutta; Baltic, Spear, New York. the manufacture of publicans pots, and which is also the first t e named article have been completely exhausted, D EAL, 13ic 21. The wreck of a vessel of about 400 tons, used in making counterfeit money. On the female he and still the people are without food. The natural con b'ispaterlogged, .and - abandoned, with raised quarter-deck, a found two cut ale glasses, a gin glass, and a half-pint sequence has been a greatly increased demand for low •°4u yellow streak, and painted ports, was passed 11th inst., plain ale glass, the names on which had been ground priced qualities of wheat ; and so large have the pur 411°. 4 7 N., long. 21 W., by the Greerelaw, Johnson Nealtheout. He then took them into custody. chases for Ireland in the English markets been of late, Downs. The Johns, Custard, from St. John's, The prisoners gave a most unsatisfactory account of Brunswick, to Sunderland, arrived in the Downs to•day, that a great clearance of the old foreign stocks in gra- Yet' leaky, See- their possession . of the above articles, but in the course nary has already taken place. The rise in prices of of the inquiry it turned out that the male prisoner was Odessa, Danube, and similar descriptions of wheat, has ,z:esae TALBOT, DEC. 20.-The Tom and Mary, from Jersey a hard working, industrious man, but his wife was given ro..ransea, which was on shore near this 6th inst., came off within the period of a fortnight amounted to about Bs. b e,Y, after discharging, and was brought in here, apparently to habits of intoxication, and it was strongly suspected Perquarter at all those places where these sorts are to .shout damag she had stolen the articles from different public-houses. ) . be met with. Suene -e. 0.-The Fawn, Middleson, which The prisoners were then ordered to be remanded for i t ._ AND, DEC.. . At Liverpool the influence of the Irish demand has 4, on shore here 17th inst., was got off yesterday, and towed further inquiries. .been . more felt rise than even . in London; and notwithstand tato the harbour. Two boys named Sullivan and Smith were charged cs e ,,LAY, Dee. 19.-The Tritonia, Furze, of Prixham, from ing the great which had taken place there the pre with breaking open a porter store underneath the Green- . nllt . to Wells, is on shore in Blakeney Harbour, aban- ceding week, wheat was quoted 6d. to 9d. per 701 b., or do ped; cargo and she is expected off next tide, ltilattut damage. discharging, wich Railway, and stealing several bottles. 3s. 6d. to 4s. per qr. higher there on Tuesday than on The prisoners were seen in a marine store-dealer' s that day se'nnight. Indian corn continued, however, to shop in Bermoud . sey -street offering balf a dozen bottles . e s feenzstentonon, .IJEC. 19.-The schooner Globe, hencemaintain the lead in the upward movement, and for Geo r T, l 'atu, was in contact off Whitby last night with the for sale. A policeman took them into custody, and it parcels on the spot the extraordinary price of 70s. to thtl;C t ' e :f . Shoreham, and sunk immediately; crew saved by was subsequently discovered that the bottles had been 725. per qr. of 4801 b. were paid. On the same day taken from a porter-store in the above locality, the door Sc AR • bonded flour was in great request at that port for ship but Dec. 19.-The Trent, Melvin, of and for of which had been forced open, and a considerable ment to France, and for good brands of Western kit 2 .7 sand, from Lynn, went ashore last night near here, number of bottles stolen. Evidence was given that the Canal, 365. per brl. was obtained. Other articles p ee - e zPected off. prisoners were seen in the act of breaking open the store, esie A were e uall dear. Later in the week the demand was De „ IlleE, Dec. 19.-The head-board of a vessel, marked and being suspected of committing other robberies they more or ci less checked by the extravagant pretensions of s a in • ilki a . gilt letters, shaded vermilion, on a black ground, were remanded. 1 4 ,,, in Piece of plank, either a head-board or off the stern, sellers; still a fair extent of business was done on Fri 'frith gilt W." cut on it, and gilded on a green ground, d a y, w h ea t b r i ng i ng a f urt h er a d vance of 2d. to 3d. per on 4Cut mouldings highly or namen t e d, h ave b een was h e d 701 b., and Indian corn being quoted 2s. to 3s. per 4801 b. ap e "Yle on Whitsand Bay, near th e L an d' s -E n d ; th e W higher than on Tuesday. reare d to be the termination of the word. From Hull and Leeds the accounts of Tuesday state that some influence had at length been produced on the wheat trade at those places by the advices from London, Liverpool, and elsewhere, and that the millers had be come anxious purchasers at rates 3s. per qr. above those previously current. In the western and north-western markets the upward movement has been more decided. The Birmingham market, though plentifully supplied with home-grown wheat, ss as cleared at rates from 3s. to ss. per qr. above those at which purchases might have been made on that day se'nnight. At Bristol a large amount of business was likewise done : the advance realised on English being 35., and that on free foreign 4s. per qr. The advices from Scotland give a very melancholly account of the distress prevailing in the islands and highlands ; and the value of food seems likely to rise there nearly as high as in Ireland. Besides the demand from the more destitute districts for all low-priced articles, a lively inquiry appears to have been ex perienced at Glasgow on Irish account, and rather extensive shipments were in progress of being made. Wheat was on Wednesday quoted 2s. to 3s. higher at that port, and all other kinds of grain were in request at enhanced terms. At Edinburgh prices have also risen materially. Letters, dated Wednesday, quoting an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter on wheat, is to 2s. on barley, and Is. to Is. 6d, per qr. on oats ; though in consequence of a heavy fall of snow, the London accounts of Monday had not then reached the Scottish capital. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been quite moderate this week, and by land carriage samples very little has been exhibited at Mark-lane since Monday. The parcels offered from Essex and Kent on Wednesday were speedily cleared off at an ad vance of Is. to 2s. per qr., while on Friday, with no in crease in the supplies from any quarter, factors suc ceeded in establishing a further enhancement of about Is. per quarter. Foreign free wheat has been in very lively request throughout the week ; the extravagant pretensions of holders have, however, in some measure checked business, or the sales would pro bably have been even more important. The bargains closed on Wednesday were at rates quite 2s. per quarter above those at which sales were made in the beginning of the week, and this advance was paid without any ap parent reluctance in execution of orders from Ireland. When, however, a further rise of Is. to 2s. per quarter was demanded on Friday, buyers became somewhat less eager, notwithstanding which, considerable parcels again changed hands. Having but little wheat under lock at this part, and a lively French inquiry being calculated on, the rise in bonded has kept pace with that established on free ; and for moderately good Dantzic as much as 655. per quarter has been realised. The town millers have again put up the top price of flour, and the highest quotation had risen on Friday to 60s. per sack. All other descriptions of flour have felt the influence of this advance, and good households were at the close held at 2s. to 3s. per sack higher than in the commencement of the week. For American flour the inquiry has also been active, and owing to purchases on French account, nearly as much money has been realised for the article in bond as duty paid. Of Indian corn we have none on the spot worth naming, and having had comparatively few floating car goes offered, the transactions have been of less import. ance than of late, but that higher terms would readily have been paid cannot he questioned, the demand having in no degree abated. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE SURREY THEATRE.—FRIGHTFUL AC CIDENT. The following extraordinary scene occurred during last night and this morning at the Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars-road. It appears that last night was an nounced to be a " grand supplemental night," being the only day before the Christmas holidays, for the benefit of one of the principal performers, and as an extra attraction, numerous additions to the company, from most of the principal theatres of London, were to be made for that occasion only. The house at the usual hour being filled, some very considerable delay occurred before the rising of the curtain ; and at length the stage manager came forward to apologise for the absence of the principal performer of the first piece, a Mr. Hudson Kirby, who had promised to attend at the requisite hour. Upon the question being put as to whether the audience would wait, or have a substitution for the character (Damon, in the tragedy of Damon and Pythias), a gene ral answer was given in favour of the former course, which was adopted ; and after the lapse of some time, the required personage made his appearance, apologised, and went through his part. The second and third pieces were also concluded without any interruption, after which a delay of nearly an hour occurred. At about half-past twelve o'clock this morning the stage manager again made his appearance (amid numerous cries of " More apologies "—" What next," &c.) and spoke as follows :—" Ladies and gentlemen--What am I to do. It is now long past the hour of twelve, and up to this moment I have not been able to learn the cause of the absence of Mr. John Douglas, who was to sustain the principal character in the play of the Sailor's Home. I have this instant received a communication, an nouncing that an accident of a very frightful nature was the cause of Mr. Douglas's (of the Marylebone theatre) non-appearance. The certificate of the surgeon by whom he was attended informs me that he was this morning superintending the production of the forth coming pantomime when he fell a distance of upwards of forty feet, and thereby sustained some most frightful injuries. What am Ito do at this late hour ? There is no humbug in my statement. Here is the certificate, and you will see the account of the accident in the newspapers. I should greatly prefer the discontinuance of the performance, but if you wish it, a gentleman con nected with the establishment will undertake the part for Mr. Douglas.—(Cries of " Yes, yes," "Go on," &c.) These disappointments of the audience were not all they were doomed to sustain, for a minute had scarcely elapsed before the manager again addressed them in the following terms :—" Ladies and gentlemen—l have yet further to ask your indulgence. Mr. Cowle, who was to have enacted the second principal character of the piece is also absent ; but, with your permission, a gentleman who has never appeared on any stage whate ver , p rev i ous to t hi s even ing, will sustain that part, and endeavour to entertain you to the utmost of his power. Again repeating my most heartfelt thanks for your kind indulgence, will you ac cept our best endeavours, or shall we discontinue for to day, for it is now morning." A general cry in favour of their proceeding with the announced play having been made, it was commenced, and was concluded a little be fore two o'clock this morning. The endeavours of the debutant, and others sustaining the tragic parts, during the time, affording to the audience good food for mer riment. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) 81w, NAY 111.1111183ETit. aL . ,-- t ri o 1417 I z 6 L 3 D ; .—llleadow Hay, 215 s to 3116 s ; Clover ditto, and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade mt ud, at barely late rates. ditttikhEmAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 41; Clover 11 ;:' 31 as to 4 / 1 4s; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. .„_ort supply, and a sluggish demand. dit lYirrE cHA-Pat.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 16s ; Clover a g h t °'„, 31 Ss to 5/; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12s per load. vt".Y good, and trade dull. S UGAR COLONIAL. k• -- The market for British Plantation h as b een very bite ' fit owing to the small quantity on show very little aoki: l '''s has been done, only about 150 hhd s havi n g b een h . for which, however, ra tt ier higher prices were paid. cap s quantity of British Plantation taken last week for home khdtpiption from the East and West India ocks was 680 4411D6 tivrees 373 barrels. The stock in thecame places is t rrn. ° hhds 539 tierces 1,633 barrel 3. Wi5,..,•--The quantity landed last week at the East and Ll ,' India Docks was 53 puns; there were taken for home hlid a. 4 4l, l on 233 puns 66 hhds, and exported 230 puns 25 ilitit.hials),.e stock in the same places is 10 , 6 7 3 puns thiTe?•---Of 1,350 bags brought to auction only part found ..T.tt 18s 6d for mid white Bengal, being again 6d dearer ; ul .. " l te was taken in at 21s to 225. There has been an 11 4 4 7 1 ,ng demand privately for this article, and continually aheLLng Prices are obtained for the parcels sold. r - ,, - "W. -- -P. Y. C. is 51s to 51s 6d per cwt on the spot, r t , 4 J 4 market is quiet and rather flat. Ch, 11`t A v s zLECTIONS—(THIS DAY.) — GBOURNE WARD.—(SECOND DAY.) ael io : 1 Polling commenced this morning in the Ward nen — , s 4 time and closed at half-past twelve, ' me ntirubers were declared as follows : II 1 / 3 11 . 35 Gude ................... 1 4 ..................... 35 Gibson .................. 24 , Shaw Prod4ting; .................. 28 Surr LINCOLN DIRECT RAILWAY.—(TUIS DAY.)—A general meeting of the shareholders of this company was advertised to be held to-day, at one o'clock precisely, at the London Tavern. A strung muster of reporters were present at the time appointed for the meeting, but after waiting for a considerable time not a person entered the room, and on our inquiry it was ascertained that not a shareholder or director had entered the premises. COMPARATIVE VALUE Of TEA.—At a time like the present, when meetings are being held in rapid succes sion in the chief seats of manufacturing industry, and the general public are actively astir, to procure an amendment, if not an entire remission, of the duties on tea, it is curious to contrast the present price of that much contetnned article Bohea, now declared to be a drug in the market at even 2d. or 4d. per pound, with that it bore exactly 138 years since, when it appears to have been the chief, if not sole quality, then in extensive consumption, to the exclusion o f g un p owder, h y son, and fl m o a w n e tind eype H k i o s e to , riinuanlamAeu,eiofunnott,,,in a r r. ! reality. the M l a n ruh 19 ‘: P l7 o o s 9 t- , published " for ye author by David Leach, in Elliott's court, in ye Little Old Bailey," is an advertisement of one Richard Fare, druggist, at the Bell, in Grace church- street, o ff er i ng g ood coffee at s.Bd. per lb., and sound Bohee at 163. 4d. per lb.; " except the Bohee tea by the ship Loyal Bliss, now on her passage, which none is equal to," and is declared to" exceed most ftautniesemsoeltidtaftr2omo-s.'s'omThirsenisolsvuncceeded by a second an in Bedford -court _, near the renowned 2 a O rt . i , c a le n s d at the finest Bohees in dealertCovent-garden," ar d ` e ` n a , the offe S r t i a n r g , the kingdom at 145., 16s. Bd., " Bohee for milk" at 165., and the " finest Bohee" at thatwhich timetphrei heavier when prices, too, must have been somewhatd comparative value of money an needs no commend In the last p e rson'sadvertisement also " Brazilsnuff, that is taken into consideration. is offered at what is evidently considered the low ounce, the "best Portugal" at 10s. per pound, or 4s. per Hogomusty, and sundry other, witli almost antediluvian 19s. Bd., and Barcelona, a t ai price ne, w appellations at proportionate gvs moderate this mchaayrgseosun; sound to m th o e d n e , rn wo in n v d e r t o e u r s ate a s n n d uff a . l t a a r k m s i r n s, . s ome crumbs of comfort " are afforded to the careful housewif e b y the benevolent offer of William Tanni', living at the further cro s w h and Jerusalem-alley, in the Gracechurch-street, end of to supply the best English barrel soap, " superior to the cheapest ever made for cleaning linen serges, and worsteds," in 321 b. half-firki ns f or 6s. oare2er' per lb., not much more than a third of the price the ap parently same description of useful article now fetches. The extensive difference in the consumption of each ands all the articles, however, must be likewise taken into consideration. A STRANGE CASE OF MTJRDER.--In the Philadel phia Oyer and Terminer, Bridget Barmen was placed at the bar, charged with the murder of her infant daughter. She is a married woman, living separately from her hus band, and had two children, a boy of three years of age, and an infant of nine months old. She lived in Shana gunk a"d was seen to leave the house with the infant in her arms. She passed down a lane, crossed several fields and continued until she got into a wood, in which was a secluded dell. No houses were near the spot. Five hills rear their heads around the dell, forming a beautiful am. phitheatre. A small stream of spring water ran through it. which emptied itself into the Schuylkill. There was a cascade of several feet, which fell into a pool, over which a tree dropped its leaves. It was in this pool that the prisoner held the infant until it was quite drowned. She covered the body with a stone, returned to her home, where she found a shovel ; with her little boy she went back to the place, and dug a hole, into which she placed the child, and arranged the earth and leaves over the little body in such a manner as to elude detection. She was seen with the shovel passing one of the houses, and told the woman of the house that she carried the child to the Almshouse, where it was adopted. Suspicion that she had murdered it was excited, and she was arrested ; she confessed tho fact, and took three respectable citi zens to the spot where the child was buried, and its body was recovered. When it was examined she wanted to carry it away in her apron. Although apparently insane, she was found guilty.—New York Sun. From the " Book Calendar" of the races of 1846, published on Monday last, we collect that out of 1,311 thorough-bred mares used for breeding in 1845, 485 produced colts, 461 produced fillies, 35 cast their foals, and 330 were barren. These numbers are confined to the returns received, hut though comprehensive is, no doubt, considerably below the mark. The index shows that neatly 1,400 horses ran during the anon. curtain. — THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. By the steam-ship Acadia we have advices of recent dates from the United States. The New York letters reach to the 30th of November. The weather had then become winterly, and a speedy close of the inland navi gation was expected. Owing, however, to the very high rate of freight to Europe, business in flour and grain had become dull, the difficulty in procuring ship-room having thrown serious obstacles in the way of business. Good brands of Genessee, which had at one time brought SG 25c. per barrel, had gradually receded to .55 371 e. The supplies from the i n t er i or h a d b een very liberal in November, and notwithstanding the large shipment made, the stock on the spot was then estimated at 500,000 barrels. From Canada we learn that winter had set in, and that most of the vessels had left the St. Law rence. Prices of flour appear to have been better sup ported at Montreal than at New York, and the latter is certainly the cheaper market. Owing to the non-arrival of the Hamburgh mail of Tues day, our advices from the Baltic are not of such recent dates as we are usually enabled to furnish. From Dantzic the latest accounts are of the Bth inst. ; the weather was then severe, the thermometer having been down to 18 degrees. The river navigation had, consequently, been put a stop to, and no further arrivals of grain were looked for down the Vistula till spring. The animated English accounts bad meanwhile caused holders to raise their pretensions ; at 545. to 565. per qr. fine high mixed new inland had met a ready sale, and for 591bs. to 601bs. mixed Polish 51s. to 525. per qr., free on board, had been paid. Stocks in granary are re presented to be small there, and with a continued English demand prices would, it was calculated, advance during the winter months. Advices from Rostock, of the 10th instant, inform us that after several days' sharp frost a thaw had set in, by w hich the roads had been rendered bad , a circumstance which might, it was e r thought,twoof h preventwe athad been supplies pe shipped coming Only cargo me G w e e e e d ks 6 , i s i o hs v . ery to unimportant the io su d p supplies. Good then held at 504 Barley of 511bs. to 52Ibs. to 295., 621bs. Wheat was in spring. free on board we ight at 28s. and Peas at 395. to f ro m that port ha d d uri h n e g en a 405. per quarter the 11th instant, since when we are changeable up to • Short periods of frost and thaw had without advices. At Hamburgh the w eather appears to have been very drift ice in the Elbe, its navigation was still practicable. We are, however, disposed to attri bute succeeded to each other; and though there was much the non-arrival of Tuesday's : b In Wheat blocked have of quite mail to increased severity of the weather, by which we think it very likely th a t t h e r i ver h a d become the transactions at Hamburgh seem to red a local c h aracter, b ut t h e t o wn buyers had paid equal marks of to 545. to 55 5 . per quarter f or go od 611bs. Wheat. S evera l contracts h a d b ee n closed to ship Bar ley from the Danish islands to Ireland, at prices varying from 28s. 3d. to 295. 3d. per quarter free on board. From France the reports respecting the Wheat trade become more and more exciting ; and unless the wants of that country have been greatly exaggerated, a con tinued demand for bread stuffs may be reckoned on. In some parts of the kingdom the scarcity of food seems to be almost as great as it is in Ireland.—Mark lune Express. SMUGGLING EXTRA ORDINARY.—On Thursday night Syreen, a custom-house officer, apprehended a woman named Eliza Smith, a passenger on board an American vessel, on suspicion of having smuggled tobacco in her possession. Upon examining her dress, 171bs. of to bacco were found concealed under it ; but the most re markable of the expedients which have been resorted to for the purpose of deceiving the lynx -eyed deputies of the customs, was that of giving to the contraband weed the semblance of a loaf. A quantity of cut tobacco had been pressed into a tin, over which a thin layer of dough was spread, which, being baked, had the appearance to the eye of a veritable loaf. The quantity of tobacco which the woman had contrived to secrete in this and other modes, amounted to no less th an 701b s . Sh e was brought before Mr. Rushton yesterday, and remanded to Tuesday, in order to allow of a communication being made to the commissioners of excise.—Liverpool Chron. The price of wheat according to the six weeks average which governs the duty, is one shilling and sevenpence higher than at the same period last year.— filarh-lane Express. COURT 'CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, the Hou. Colonel Phipps, Equerry in Waiting, and Mr. George Edward Anson. Lord and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Miss Lis ter, arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. Viscount Palmerston left the Castle today. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include Lord and Lady John Russell, the Hon. Miss Lister, the Rev. Mr. and the lion. Mrs. F. Anson, and Sir Henry Wheatley. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the evening at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Committee on Education of the Lords of her Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, had a tweeting yesterday at the Council-office. The Lords present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Mr. Dempster Hemmings and Mr. Henry Chard had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Lord and Lady John Russell left their residence in Cheshatn-place yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office, from the Governors of New South Wales,. the Mauritius, and Cape Coast Castle ; and also front the Governors of the West India Colonies. Mr. Georgo Frederick Young, and Mr. Dunbar, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon, at the office of the Board of Trade. LYCEUM THEATRE. The first o f t h e dramatic versions of Dieken ' s new Christmas story, The Battle of Life—and it will go hard if it prove not also the best—was produced here last evening, when the Reeleys opened for the season, with the most complete success. We have already given a minute analysis of t h e plot in our notice of Mr. Dickens's work; and Mr. Albert Smith, the adapter, has had the good taste and the good sense to keep as closely to the original as possible. The. successive scenes follow each other in the same order as in the book, and all the best of the dialogue is preserved, while the quaint descrip tions of Dickens —such for instance,. as his description of Clemency —her li m b s , h er elbows, and her dress are in terwoven into the dialogue of the piece in the most artisti cal manner possible. Albert Smith is the prince of adapters, for he has so admirably " built" this dramatic adaptation tif the Battle of Life, that to one ignorant of th e ex i stence of Dickens's Book, it might well seem an original and an admirably constructed drama. The following is the cast:--Doctor Jeddler, Mr. Frank Matthews; Alfred Heathfield, Mr. Leigh Murray (his first appearance at this theatre); Michael Warden, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Snitchley, Mr. Meadows; Mr. Craggs, Mr. Turner; Benjamin Britain, Mr. Keeley; Grace Jeddler, Miss Ellen Daly; Marion Jeddler, Miss May (her first appearance at this theatre); Mrs. Snitchey, Mrs. Woollidge ; Mrs. Craggs, Miss Grove; Aunt Martha, Miss Foster ; Clemency Newcome, " Mrs. Keeley. 'he Dr. Jeddl er o f M r. F rank Matthews is scarcely the Dr. Jeddler of the author. In drawing the character of Dr. Jeddler, Dickens has exhibited a greater insight into the depths of character, as modified by civilisation, than in, perhaps, any character that he has hitherto drawn. His Pickwick, his Weller, his Squeers, his Ralph Nickleby, his Fagin, his Quilp, his Chester, and his Pecksniff have been representatives of genera, of classes—his Jeddler is an individual; or if a representative, the representative ,3fa small species, but of a s p ecies , th e i d i osyncracies of which, any one at all acquainted with the social life of remote, rural districts will at once understand. He is a hale and hearty and healthy man ; and, like all hale and hearty and healthy men, he has a warm and sound heart—the Mesas sana in corpore sano, and wherever there is the corpus sanum, there be sure doth the mens sana take up its habitation. But Dr. Jeddler, relegated to a remote country village, has been compelled to associate either with children, such as Grace, Marion, and Alfred, or with men whiz are intel lectually his inferiors—to wit Snitchy and Cragga. Therefore hath he sought refuge from ennui in the study of books, and, above all, in books of philosophy. In these books he has met with the theory— that the world is a farce. Is it surprising that he adopts the theory? The world, as far as it relates to success in life, has gone well with him. He has had no sorrows— no trials. He has seen none about him suffering sorrows and trials, save, and except, such sham sorrows and sham trials as a mens sana an corpore sano can shake off and laugh at. What wonder then that he becomes a Democritus—a Voltaire, but when his daughter leaves him, when real trials and real sorrows come upon him, then is Dr. Jeddler an altered man ; and this alte ration ought to be marked by the actor, and herein, Mr. F. Mathews failed. In the earlier scenes he should have made of Dr. Jeddler a Voltaire, with a spice of bonhom mie, his bonhommie breaking through the plating of false philosophy ever and anon, as though in spite of himself. In the last scene all this should have been completely reversed, and the renunciation of the false philosophy should have been made all the more heartily, and the more pathetically, and the more intensely, because it was the conquest of the heart orer the head, and because, albeit, the head had ruled for years, yet it had not ruled with undisputed sway, the heart having ever ani anon protested most vehe mently against its rule. Instead of this Mr. F. Matthews made the Doctor the regular conventional stage old man. Ile uttered his sneers at the world, because the words were set down for him ; but there was no sneer in the manner or in the tone—on the contrary, the manner and the tone belied the words—and if a person ignorant of the language had c h ance d to have sen him, he would have put him down as a jolly, comfortable, old gentle• man, who considered the world a very excellent world — fur too excellent to be made the subject of a jest. The other characters were admirably supported Had Dickens drawn the characters of Britain and Clemency for Mr. and Mrs. Keely, he could not have more admirably fitted them. Meadows's Snitchy was quite equal to his Gruff and Tackleton ; and bliss Ellen Daly and Miss May, as Grace and Marion, were all that Diclzeas could have desired. The piece was admirably put on the stage, and, at the conclusion, all the principal artists, including Mr. Albert Smith, the adapter, were called for, and made their appearance before the --- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The reports from " the corner " during the Christmas holidays, have usually shown a very slack market. Yes terday was an exception ; the number of subscribers present, and the amount of business transacted having considerably exceeded the average. The four leading Derby favourites were decidedly in force, Van Tromp having been backed at 15 to 2 and 8 to 1 for three or four hundred pounds, Epirote at 14 and 15 to 1, Planet at 18 and 20 to 1, and Glentilt at 25 to 1 each for three or four hundred pounds at the least. Of this selection, Planet and Epirote were most generally in demand, 1,000 to 30 was taken about Lunedale, 1,000 to 25 about Red Hart, 900 to 20 twice about Conyngham, 1,000 to 20 eight or ten times about the Liberator, 1,000 to 20 twice about Montpensier, similar bets about Christopher, Projectile, and Bingham, 2,000 to 30 about War Eagle, 1,000 to 10 each about Bedlam and West India Planter, and a few other bets in smaller amounts. The closing prices were in most instances governed by these transactions CHESTER cur—Game or not.) 50 offered on the field 50 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim Con—offered 1250 to 25 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—t. and aft. off. 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. H. Hill's Punch—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Griffiths's Newcourt—taken 4 1000 to 15 agat Mr. Wall's Crown Prince—taken. TWO THOUSAND GULNEAS STAKES. sto 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 15 to 2 a gs t Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 17 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken 33 to 1 agat Mr. Wreford's Old Port 33 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—take 35 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken and afterwards offered. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Ma r ti n co lt—i. 45 to 1 45 to 1 agst Sir Pipes Conyngham—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier—taken 50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —taken 50 to 1 agat Mr. W. Scott's Christopher —taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Galvanic Ring—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken and afterwards offered. 100 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam 100 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander. 15 to.l agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami —taken to 100. 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's D aughter —taken and afterwards offered. 20 to 1 agst. Captain Harcourt's Ellendale—taken. The premises in St. James's-street, formerly occupied by the Messrs. Bond, have been taken by the recently formed Turf Club, of which about seventy noblemen and gentlemen, have already become members; the subscription commences from the Ist of January. Mr. Hargrave's horses will leave Richmond for Newmarket in a few days. The bonus to the Metropolitan Handicap, as we predicted, will be 500/. An immense entry is anticipated. BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hounds will meet on Thursday, at Salt hill, and on Saturday, at Bedfont Toll -gate—at 11. T PEDESTRIANISM . M AXFIE LD AND DAVIS'S GREA T M ILE RACE FOR 100 Sovs. A SIDE, NEAR RA M — This event , so l ong d n e u f m e r e r rt e oh d ue , s , a L n aa d nnds a a n toh x we i o n ü be s e l t y ßt i an e cg x e eproeaucntreged f rom 5 to 4 on thesde.' came h off yesterday over muster was The North Star (Maxfield) to evens. The start was prettily effected, Maxfield making the running at an extraordi nary pace. For the first quarter of a mile he led beau tifully, having an advantage of from two to three yards. The pace, however, seemed to tell on him, and Davis, who ran self-contained, shortly after collared and passed him. At the half mile the Wash Chicken had reversed his position, and led by about the same distance as his competitor had previously attained. He gradu ally increased the interval, and on entering the straight running beyond the houses, and coming into the straight rtualing towards the Grand Stand, held a pretty and indisputable advantage of twenty yards. Maxfield was now clearly outpaced, and at the winning post Davis was first by thirty yards. The cheers of the Cambrian party at the triumph of their _countryman Iler ism ............... 28 *Booke .................... 18 1 Th CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. 1 04 e poll c l ose d at one o'clock, the numbers being— ixos_ i•• • ............... 83 Meadway c4iic .................... 83 J o h nson 6B Ski " " ....... .. ....... 76 Read th ir e iti r .................... 7 3 5 *King BILLINGSGATE. 12 110 poll-books were opened this morning in the Fel hohip p rters' Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, at a quarter to C arling the numbers were as follows 28 Old olvter b tlill 'bei is 3l *Gibbs Trilliums hillip s 29 u se marked thus * are It - new candidates. 4 f il b l C-RUPTCY.—(THIS DAY) ‘4"efor m e Commissioner SHEPHERD). Thi s ii 4 JO H N . BADMAN (JOHNNY WALKER). Order. is came up this day to apply for his_ final .u. Port e d b l !e. was opposed by Mr. Buchannan, and s p ,3 Mr. Duncan. the• .-utIertANNAN argued on the objections taken at Pr oper ; e xamination namely, that the insolvent had not es ti er 'Y described limselt in the schedule, as he had walzeted debts under the name of John Badman v,911 last h ear i ng i t was shown that the insol v',c had carr i ed on business in Scotland as a licensed and had taken out licenses in that name, refore that he was bound to insert it in his schedule. Duncan, on the contrary, urged that the Insolvent t did not apply to Scotland, and that the creditors tio right of opposition. otuir. BUCUANNAN now contended, that u n d er t h e A ct 14 . Parliament, and under the rder s of th e Coin 11.188ioner o , which were tantamount to an Act, th a t every " 41 e under w hi c h he had trad e d or contracted debts k r_ to be i nser t e d, an d it had b een so held by the C orn . V i oners of the Insolvent Court. i n ' lo Learned COMMISSIONER, after some further ar ta Zeat, said he would not trouble Mr. Duncan to reply, Rip e was of opinion that the insolvent had complied "tali the A ct, b y d escr ibi ng hi s name , a dd ress, and ly, for the last twelve months, he was withi n the teu4',letion. Scotlaml not being , within , there w as no it 1 , i T 4 to do t. Besides, no one hikl been deceived, as hi s — ' s Publicly k nown t h a t " J o hnny Walker" was not kr 41 na me . ~ 11 11(1 ~ 15UC HANNAN—Then if a man is christened A B, n ia .oes a ll his life as C D, till he gets i n d e b t, t h en he ih.rso by his r ea l name . kty ; Co uluissioNEß—l cannot help that._ _ If there be or hardship it is in the Act itself. " Da l order was gra nted. 13licArt said, that although all the objections , fr ee Wer e from his creditors, technical, had failed, and he was now min d .18 creditors, he was willing to pay 55. in the It uni,, a _ t icl he wo u ld use hi s earnes t endeavours to make /h e v s . 88 soon as possible. co urt was crowded by friends of the insolvent.. N IDDLESEX SESSIONS. The 2? TICS DAY. this riecelnber second adjourned ) sess ions commenced l'eneh --tiling before the Assistant-Judge and a ful! treett°f Magistrates, at the Court-house, Clerkenwe r 1 Th e Or v o, ealelldar contained the names of 68 prisoners, all of rll were charged Thee. L e , . with felony, with the except io n bitnd jur 113.? a Ass tsTANT-JUDGE, in charging: , the t efere IL nee to it p ac e t w o i f a i h ts ed to make on ni% last county gutso a few remarks . in consider leveraihaving been determined appoint a committee to Of i t ,„ pres ent made by grand juries of the county opizironcitesex, which stated that these institutions, in th e hti ro na . Of their members, were of comp ease s trutilitY, considering the nature of the * Xiati rought before this court. Under the 4 rst n g S tate of things, when grand juries wer e atiktiestablished, they were a mostimpor tant in t tie s „ °li, both as serving to counteract any tendency o k r rtisni by the coroner, or to lessen the evils of popu- NrVeiteraent, and at the present moment the same re their u:t t a y pplinable only as the appropriate sphere of seemed to be in the higher criminal courts. b), trhg:panbeiefoere,being sent to this court were i , :vestigated tattl e ,' 1 magistrates, who had the fullest opportu . - esse or n o whether there existed a prima facie Itt thi s not ; while the opportunities of the grand jury to k ls court, considering the nature of the cases a3,"e tried, are much inferior, and, he mig ht n,a; the at one of the least evils of the system s qv er „" inutility in a great measure of bringing 24 time than" Year sometimes as many as 72, but never less 3R 9 .r..t er •"9 gentlemen from different parts of the country. ad o j Person was familiar with the various means before to pervert justice by making statements when e th o ~„ grand jury quite at variance with those made tio i ,., -- AY, and within the last three months he sr a fo r `"ent stipulating the payment of three sovereigns PhAlvin e facirg. such false evidence. He need not allude to lod ic , 'ties afforded to that infamous class who l ive ~h by h mou e `l)5 brothels, for the purpose of getting us of hi but he would state that a gentleman, an o ffi cer llex;gh rank in the army, and of the highest family c0n p0r.,;,1:139 Was indicted by one of those individuals for the ro e - l cise of extorting money from him through his fears, Th e rY because he resided three weeks with a female. atte- &learned Assistant. Judge concluded by calling the p er Z_lon of the gentlemen of the grand jury to the im testittle,_necesstty fur taking some decided steps with v l '° tile kefortuation of juvenile offenders, 500 of . . ... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEISIBEn 22, 1846 must be left to imagination. Owen Swift, the referee, was saved all question as to the winner. DAY AND METCALF.—The 120 yards race, for 5/. aside, between Metcalf (the St. John's-wood Novice) and Day, was run yesterday, near the Wellington Inn, Highgate. It was nearly four o'clock before the men started, which they did well and level. After twenty yards Day got the lead, kept it, and after a well-run race, came in a winner by a yard. H. ORANGE AND T. DANCE.—The six-mile walking match between these nsen depending upon a doubl e event, was lost by D ance , although he gave Orange one minute start, and overtook him in three miles, beating his man by one minute and a half. He had, according to articles, to walk a second competitor the like distance, or forfeit the stake. This he failed in, giving up at the second mile. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. LETTER NO. 111. _ My Lord,—Having satisfactorily disposed of Mr. Scrope's plan for the reclamation of w.:ste lands in Ire land, by showing that its principle is fraught with the very evil under which that country at present labours, and, even supposing his plan were not open to such in superable objection, that it would be impossible to bring it into practical working, I now propose to lay before your Lordship and the p u bli c th e p l an w hi c h I suggest should be adopted, with the mode in which it might be safely, and, considering its importance, easily carried into execution, and which is, in fact, the very plan which I have successfully pursued here for the last ten years. I trust neither your,Lordship nor any person w;11 fancy that I hold out the reclamation of waste lands as the only panacea for Irish grievances. No! I only believe it to be one of the most effectual. Equal laws—a strin gent poor-law enforcing the claims of industrious labour to support from the land—an extension of the fisheries, and a well-arranged plan of voluntary emigration are all excellent, perhaps necessary remedies, and should assuredly receive the best attention of the Government. Before stating my plan, I would observe that another great advantage it bas over that of Mr. Scrope's is its comparative simplicity and cheapness. That gentle man's Bill proposed that there should be an entirely new board, with commissioners in. chief, assistant-commis sioneis, engineers, surveyors, clerks, collectors, re ceivers, and other necessary officers. But even this is not all. The commissioners were to have model farms, and appoint bailiffs and superintendents thereof, and to establish schools, and to plant and cultivate any of the lands, and to execute such roads and drainings, and erect such houses, cottages, buildings, and fences as shall be deemed proper and expedient for the improvement of such land. No person in the slightest degree acquainted with the public or private character of Mr. Scrope could for a moment imagine that he wished to perpetrate a great job, entailing upon the country enormous ex penses, and those who have not the honour of knowing him, and who, from reading his life, might be led to form a different conclusion, would feel relieved by the lith clause, which limits the expense to a sum not exceeding two millions; and for this amount the Honourable Gen tleman seriously, proposed not only to perform the above mentioned work, but also to purchase the fee-simple of the lands! Yet stern Cocker declares that 2,000,0001. of money divided among 3,000,000 of acres would give exactly 13s. 4d. per acre for these objects, a sum which would not enclose the land. My plan would only require the cost of commissioners in -chief, who, after personal inspection, would have to report upon the several memorials which were presented. These reports would be made to the present Board of Works, who would require what further information or explanation they might consider necessary. When they were satisfied, the memorial and reports would go before the Chief Secretary for his final decision. The com missioners would act perfectly independent of each other, and, as the comparative success or failure of each reels • motion would in a great degree depend upon the cor rectness of their reports, Government would only ap point the mcst competent persons, whose several reports annually laid before Parliament would secure an honour , able rivalry between them. The first step would be to lay down certain genera rules, upon compliance with which Government assis ante would be given. The second, to divide the waste land in Ireland capable of being profitably reclaimed into two classes. Ist. Those belonging to proprietors who are willing to take the reclamation upon themselves if assisted by Government. 2d. Those which belong to proprietors who are un willing, or too incapacitated persons, who are incapable of undertaking the work, and these lands would have to be purchased by Government, under authority of au Act of Parliament, and resold or /et to persons willing to embark in the reclamation. The most important engagements into which the proprietor would have to enter, as a condition of-receiv ing Government assistance, would be— Ist. That the land should be mortgaged to Govern ment for repayment of the advances with fair interest ; such repayments to be made at stated periods. 2d. That the land should be divided into farms of such size, and let upon such terms, as would induce men of intelligence and capital to take leases, which ought not to be for a shorter term than 30 years. Supposing the necessary Act of Parliament obtained, there would be two classes of memorials sent in—one from persons in the neighbourhood of waste lands, the owners of which were unwilling, or incapable, of enter ing into the undertaking; and these would simply state the fact, and pray that the land might be purchased for the purpose of reselling or letting—the other from pro rrietors desirous of entering into the undertaking upon their own account ; and such memorial would set forth— Ist. The number of acres, and the value per acre, in its present state. 2d. The probable value per acre when reclaimed. 3d. The cost of reclamation per acre during the firs course. 4t h. The probable value of the crops per acre during the same period. th. The amount of assistance required. Immediately upon receiving such memorial, Govern ment would send a commissioner to report thereon, and if such report were satisfactory on all points, assistance would be given, and the proprietor might immediately begin. My next and concluding letter will enter into a detail of the advantages which the country will receive from the adoption of this plan. I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, R. W. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE H. BARLOW, G.C.B.— We have to record the demise of Sir Geore Hilaro Bar low, Bart., who expired, after a lengthened illness, at his seat, near Fareham, Hants, on Friday last, at the advanced ace of 82 years. He was fourth son of Mr. William Barlow, of Bath, and Miss Butcher, daughter of Mr. Robert Butcher, of Walthamstow. He was, at an early age, in the civil service of the East India Cora pany, and in October, 1805, on the death of the Mar quis of Cornwallis, succeeded as Governor General of India. After retaining that appointment till May, 1807, he was then selected to fill the office of Governor of the Fort St. George, at Madras. In 1803, previous to be coming Governor-General of India, he was created a Baronet, and eventually, for his public services, had the honour of the Civil Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. He married, in April, 1789, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Burton Smith, county Wexford, by whom he had a family of fourteen children, but he was divorced from that lady in 1816. The deceased Baronet is succeeded by his third son, Robert, now Sir Robert Barlow, Bart. O'rAnElTE.—Lord Palmerston has made the follow ing reply to the memorial from this city, respecting this unhappy island, which was transmitted to his Lord ship:— _ _ " Foreign Office, Dec. 5, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the'27th ult., transmitting a memorial from the Bath Auxiliary to the London Missionary Society, requesting that measures may be adopted for ensuring the independence of the Society Islands, and for procuring permission from the French Government to allow those natives of Otaheite who may be disposed to withdraw from that island, and to seek an asylum elsewhere. And I am directed to ac quaint you, in reply, for the information of the memo rialists, that her Majesty's Government will pay due at tention to the subject of their memorial.—l am, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, " W. T. Blair, Esq." —Bath Journal. " E. J. STANLEY. DEATH FROM THE LATE INTENSE COLD AND THE WANT OF THE COMMON NECESSARIES OF LIFE.—On Saturday afternoon, Mr. G. J. Mills, deputy coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Grapes-tavern, Ful ham-road, New Brompton, on the body of Anne Boyce, aged 56 years, whose death it was alleged had been caused by the want of the common necessaries of life. It appeared from the evidence brought forward, that deceased was the widow of a soldier in the Life Guards, who died about two years ago, and that she usually ob tained her living by washing and charing. She had latterly had ls. 6d. per week from the parish of St. George's in the East. On Saturday, the sth instant, she rented the back kitchen of the house, No. 3, Yeoman's-row, Fulham-road, for which she agreed to pay ls. 3d. per week, and it was in this apartment she was found on Tuesday last, by her landlord, stretched upun two boards placed across a couple of chairs, without anything under her or over her, and in a state of com plete nudity. She appeared to be very cold and faint, and nearly insensible. There was a bit of fire in the grate, but not bigger than could be held in the hollow of his hand, and there was neither food nor a farthing of money in the room. As soon as her wretched condition was discovered, she was helped to a cup of tea and some bread and butter, but she gradually sunk, and was found lying dead on the floor on Wednesday morning, at 5 o'clock, having, it is supposed fallen off the boards. The deceased was never seen to have food all the time she was in the lodging ; but she was a very close woman. and was not in the habit of speaking of her circum stances. She had often been asked to go into the work house, but she refused, saying, she would rather die in the streets. Mr. Madden, the relieving officer of the parish of Kensington, deposed that deceased had never asked for more than the Is. 6d. she received. On a post mortem examination of her body there was not the slightest particle of food found in her stomach. The surgeon (Mr. Moulls, 45, Brompton-row) could not ac cuunt for death from the appearance of the body ; but from the history of the case, which he had heard, he considered that death had been caused by exposure to cold during the intense frost of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday last. The jury returned a verdict that the do ceased died from exposure to the intense cold and the want of the common necessaries of life. THE ALLEGED REMOVAL OF THE WELLINGTON STATUE TO THE PARADE, ST. JAMES'S PARE.—What ever may be the ultimate destination of this statue, its final resting place will seemingly not be here, the recent excavations said to be for that purpose on' the Parade, fronting the Horse Guards, being yesterdiy filled up and 'itbandoned. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. Yesterday the 1 alf-yearly meeting of this company was held at the establishment in Austin Friars, and was largely attended. Oliver Ferrer, Esq., presided. Mr. MILLIKEN, the secretary, read the advertisement calling the meeting. The Cuarrtme;kr;said they were aware this meeting was called in consequence of a resolution passed, and for en abling the directors to communicate anything of im portance to the shareholders as to the progress of the bank. In this case the directors had nothing particular to communicate ; it would therefore be his duty to give a general outli ne o f their progress since June. At Sydney the affairs on the whole were in a satisfactory state, and any loss there would be on the old transactions. As to Launceston the directors were still in a state of anxiety, and were sorry to say that one considerable failure had taken place which might involve the bank in a loss they did not anticipate. At Melbourne the busi ness had considerably improved, and if the other branches had progressed in the same way, he should have had to congratulate them on their prosperity. At Adelaide there had also been a great improvement. The branch at Hobart Town had done more business than in the year before, neither was there a fear of any increased loss in that quarter. He again repeated that the great source of anxiety for the directors was the unfortunate state of things in Launceston, but he hoped that, by the attention of the directors, and a little more forbearance on the part of the shareholders, affairs would right them selves in that quarter, as well as elsewhere. There was one fact of importance he would mention in respect to the Bank of Australia, which was, that the papers sent for had now arrived, and he hoped there was no obstacle to their proceeding rapidly with the appeal be fore. the Privy Council, in which case he had no doubt of the judgment being favourable to the shareholders.— (Hear, hear.) Should this be the case, and they only got over the affair of Launceston, there would be the commencement of the prosperity of this company. Mr. NEwsoac said a report was going about that their loss just mentioned was about 60,000/.—(No, no.) The CHAIRMAN replied, that the debts of the firm were about 26,0001,, the loss upon which might be 10,0001. Mr. NEWSOM said he understood the Bank of Aus tralia had made an offer to compromise the claim of this establishment; if so, would it not be better than going to law?—(Hear, hear, and " No, no.") The CHAIRMAN observed that it would be very unwire to stop now they were on the very threshold of a favour able judgment.—(Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER asked what guarantee they would obtain for any compromise with the Bank of Australia? He thought they should leave the matter to lie discre tionof the directors. r Mr. J. WILSON was for leaving things in the• hands of the directors, in whom he had every confidence— (Hear, hear)—or he was willing to break up the cora pany.—(No, no.) After some observations from Mr. BROWNRIGG, Mr. NEWSOM, and other gentlemen, Mr. WOOTTON moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, which was seconded, and passed without opposition, when the meeting adjourned. • DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVE OF HEssE.—The Frankfort Journal, under the date of Carlsruhe, Dec. 10, announces the death of the Landgrave of Hesse that evening. He was born in 1779. He is succeeded by his younger brother, Gustavus Adolphus Frederick, born in 1781. • CAUTION TO COUNTRY INNKEEPERS.--Innkeepers in the country will do well to be on their guard against the proceedings of a gang of fellows, members of the London swell mob, who are supposed to be travelling about the country committing plunder in all directions. Various cases have come to the knowledge of the police, and on Friday they succeeded in committing another robbery of the same character at Esher, and to a very considerable amount. Between four and five o'clock in the evening of that day four well-dressed men drove up with a horse and cart to the Three Mariners public house in that village, kept by Mr. Shorter, and called for some gin and water at the bar, and aft er a s h ort t i me two of the fello ws said they had some business to trans act in the neighbourhood, and wished the others to await their return, and then left the house. The two who remained contrived to divert the attention of the land lady while the other two were no doubt engaged in committing the robbery, and, having effected their object, they rejoined their companions, and all four got into the cart and drove off towards town. The landlady, upon going up stairs a few minutes afterwards, disco vered that the bedroom had been forced open, and the drawers ransacked, and 451. in gold and silver and a quantity of jewellery and plate had been stolen. A mounted messenger was dispatched in pursuit of the cart, and he traced it to Kingston, when, finding there was no chance of his overtaking the men from the dis tance they had got in advance, he returned to Esher, and the fellows consequently escaped with their booty. COAL WANTED AT NEWCASTLE.--One of the many difficulties which have beset us since the storm set in is a want of coal for the consumption of the town. The Manors depot, at the railway terminus, was beseiged on Monday with claimants for this necessary article ; but such was the state of the line from whence the supply should come, that no waggon could travel, and it was not until four o'clock, that any could be procured, and then only a small quantity arrived. it is understood, however, that the colleries have plenty on hand, — Local Paper. STIEVEYING NO JOKE.--PRESENTATIO N OF PISTOLS. —A. somewhat ludicrous occurrence took place the other day. at the fashionable town of Leamington, where, as is usual in other places which have so rapidly progressed in public estimation, the inhabitants look with njealous eye on any projected innovation at all calculated to destroy existing advantages. It so happened, however, that a short time since a juvenile surveyor, employed on the liugby and Leamington line, armed to the teeth with the insignia of office—flags, chains, bill-heolis, Stc.—had the temerity, with two or three subordinate officers, to march through the nursery gardens of Mr. Cullis, an old and respected tradesman of the 'place ; of course the damage done was considerable, and the captain of the cross-staff and his gallant band having, unguardedly, left their weapons on the enemy's plan tations, immediate possession of them was taken by Mr. Cuhis. Upon returning to the field of action the fact was discovered by the aggressors, and an order to " stand and deliver" was formally made to Mr. C., who, in his turn, insisted upon " an interview" with the commander of the men before he would consent to a surrender, and ere long, having retired into his castle just by, he was bearded by one of the group, who, with a regular "North-Western " pufl; demanded restoration of the property. After a war of words, Mr. Cullis invited his assailant into his strong-hold, and selecting from his armoury a brace of pistols, loaded ready for priming, placed them before his antagonist, and requested him to " prime, and take his choice," so th a t t h e i r diff erences might be speedily adjusted. Such treatment as this had not been anticipated, and it is scarcely necessary to say the adventurers precipitately retreated, leaving behind them the spoils, which were not given up until an ami cable treaty was " signed, sealed, and delivered," at the head-quarters of the company. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN TIIE STRAND.---ThiS morning about one o'clock au extensive fire broke out.in the shop of Crow and Co., woollen-drapers, coiner of Bedford-t-treet, Strand.. For haltan, hour the ffremen used their utmost exertions, and finally succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames by .two o'clock, but the interior . of the house and a great deal of stock were destroyed. THE FORTIFICATIONS AT SHEERNESS.—DECEM BER 21.—Since we last reported progress these works have continued to advance rapidly. Indeed, from the nature of the works, being for the most part composed of turf and clay, the winter months are quite favourable for their construction, at least so long as such intense frosts as we experienced during the last week, and which al most entirely put a stop to further progress for the time; keep away. The large and formidable battery opposite the dockyard gate, facing seaward, is now com plete, with the exception of the curtain or parapet wall, which will shortly be proceeded with, after w hich beds for the platforms of from 40 to 50 guns will be laid down. The musketry walls connecting the battery on the one hand to the old works at Garrison-point, and the other to the land defences, are also complete, and present an excellent specimen of substantial workman ship. These land defences, which extend continuously from the Thames to the Medway, interrupted only by the drawbridge to Mile-town, are in course of being re paired and heightened by the soil procured in the deepening of the moat which protects them. The ex cavations for the meat which surrounds the new bat tery, and which have been continued northward as far the second angle of the old fortifications; and southward into the moat surrounding the land defences, are very nearly completed, and workmen are now engaged in some parts banking it up with rubble stone. The greatest number of men are, however, engaged in the construc tion of the ravelin on the Mile-town side of the draw bridge, round which the moat is to be conducted, thus rendering a second drawbridge necessary. The excava tions for this extension of the moat intersect an old convict burying-ground, in which, it i s stated, reposo the remains of the notorious Parker, the mutineer. The ravelin iscalculated to be able t o conta i n 3,000 men. The repairs and alterations of the old works are com • pleted, the beds for th e t ravers i ng platforms of the guns are all laid down, and n ot hi ng now remains to hinder the immediate mounting of the guns. The magazines are in course of being filled with powder, large quanti ties having been ordered to be kept in store. New bar racks, capable of containing 1,000 men, are to be erect( d in the neighbourhood of the present. The plans and specifications are out, an d we m i sta k e if by this time the contract is not taken, . a party of Sappers and Miners having been for some time employed over on the Isle of Grain shore boring and sounding for a foundation for three Martello towers intended to be erected there. HAZARD OF WEARING A GOLD RING.—A young man last week appeared before the magistrates of Hali fax, under an affiliation summons, and while ad m it t i ng his liability pleaded poverty; but unfortunately for him, he happened to raise his hand to smooth down his hair from before his eyes, when one of the magistrates espied, on the little finger of the defendant, a gold ring, and an order for 2s. a week was made soon after, appa rently in consequence of the presence of the ring.— Manchester paper. . . REMARKABLE ARRIVAL.—A vessel arrived in the West India Docks from Calcutta, had on board, in ad dition to an extensive cargo of East India produce, 71 cases of champagne, 53 cases of sherry, 15 cases of claret, and 25 cases of red wine. It is well known to be a constant practice to ship wines for the round, as it is termed, that is, for a voyage to the East Indies and back, which vastly improves the quality, and frequently raises its value full 300 per cent., but this is generally confined to sherries in casks. and wine the produce .of the Cape of Good Hope, and we are not cognisant that cased wines, especially of the valuable deucription men tioned; have beenhitherto subjQcted to a similar process for the same purpose. I THE TRIAL TRIPS WITH - THE OVERLAND INDIAN MAIL. (From the Augsburgh Gazette.) The first moiety of the six trial journeys arranged by the British Government for the conveyance of the Indian dispatches through Germany is now completed ; and it will not be considered inapposite to take a comprehen sive survey of the events of those journeys, and to glance at the further consequences that may result from them. The ordinary consideration of this snbject, as an interesting competition for the honour of the greatest celebrity, as an adventurous neck-or-nothing " steeple-chase," is equally absurd and incorrect. As regards England, the object is nothing less than the securing of a second route—one at least equal in point of celerity to that through France, in the event of a political quarrel with the latter country ; as regards Germany, the restoration of the old, middle-aged Vene tian-Hanseatic commercial road—the construction of a new public road along the banks of the Rhine, over the Alps, to the Adriatic Sea and the East, and also the freedom from useless intermediate traders ; and as re gards Holland, a more direct and rapid connexion with its East Indian colonies ; and as regards Belgium and the western and southerly parts of Germany, in particular, a most important conveyance of goods, passengers, and letters, which is already increasing in importance. We can assure our readers, from the best sources, that the English Government and the East India Company are perfectly satisfied with the results of the trial trips hitherto undertaken with reference to Germany ; and their zeal for this line is far more increasing than The Cracow affair, far from restoring the entente cor dials, has only served to show that a fissure has been rent between the two Cabinets by the Spanish marriages, which cannot be filled up again by all the opposite argu ments of the public organs on both aides. The English statesmen are determined to command a second continental postal line " at any price," 'and they will assuredly call it into existence, no matter whether via Trieste, Ancona, or Brindisi. Hitherto, all the facts havq told in favour of Trieste, where the Austrian Lloyd has so powerfully united its efforts to those of. Waghorn, and is, moreover, perfectly prepared to offer all the pledges of a regular service. Unfortunatdly, however, the unhappy idea seems to be cherished in Vienna of conducting the overland route through the capital, and the construction of the Bruck and Salzburg road seems to be rejected altogether (?) The establishment of the Trieste route may be wrecked in this opposition alone, but on no other obstacles. Switzerland and Naples receive the project with open arms, and the railroads just decreed by the Pope will help the undertaking amasingly. Austria would then have once more to regret that she had not embraced it at the right time, but opposed to the unalterable geo graphical features of the country a centralisation mania in this case utterly impracticable. We hope, however, that the energy and tact which have hitherto been manifested in the execution of the great state roads by the genial Baron liiibeck will not abandon him on this occasion, and will point out to him right speedily the only way in which the carrying into effect of the beautiful idea of an Austro-Indian com mercial road is possible. Here we will lay before our readers a correct summary of the three trial trips hitherto attempted, together with the preliminary trials, from which it is clearly to be seen how the sea and land journeys of the French and the Waghorn couriers were effected:— PRELIMINARY TRIALS. France—FroM Alexandria to Marseilles, 190 hours ; from Marseilles to London, 85 hours—total, 275 hours. Germany—From Alexandria to Trieste, Ifi6 hours ; from Trieste to London, 991 hours—total, 2551 hours. FIRST TRIAL TRIP. France—From Alexandria to Marseilles, 196 hours ; from Marseilles to London, 79 hours —total 275 hours. Germany—From Alexandria to Trieste, 130 hours ; from Trieste to London, 107 hours —total 237 hours. SECOND TRIAL TRIP. France—From Alexandria to Marseilles, 152 hours ; from Marseilles to London, 77i hours—total, 229 k hours. Germany—From Alexandria to Trieste, 133 hours ; from Trieste to London, 1201 hours—total, 2531 hours. THIRD TRIAL TRIP. France—From Alexandria to Marseilles, and -from Marseilles to London, 246 hours. Germany—Faim Alexandria to Trieste, 156 hours ; from Trieste to London, 97 hours—total, 253 hours. Totals of the above Trips—France, 1,0251 hours ; Germany, 099 i hours. The average gives, for one journey, 25q hours on French, and 2494 on the German line; and if the liminary trips are excluded, 250 1.6 for the first, al 247 5-6 for the second ; if it be further considered that the Arid sailed twelve knots an hour, and the Ardent seldom upwards of ten, and very often only three knots, which will be taken into consideration by those ac quainted with the subject, as the object is not a competi tion between the two wholly unequal vessels, the superiority of the German route cannot remain doubtful another moment; and every German heart will rejoice that it is a general co-operation for so noble an object which hoists the standard of Germany and enables it to Heat on high in this hard contest, whilst the constantly ncrcasing force of the well exercised disputants promises a certain victory. THE CHOLERA. TREBIZONDE, Nov. 20.—We have received letters 'rem Teheran of the 28th of October, from Tabreez of :he 4th of November. Nothing of importance had taken place in Persia, except the continued prevalence of the cholera, which had extended to the other provinces, where it had not appeared last spring or summer. Moha med Schah's health had much improved ; during the whole time of the prevalence of the cholera he had re sided in the mountains. This monarch, so weak in mind and body, is less afflicted with the gout than he wa s . He is occasionally to he seen riding dressed in tatter s , i n t h e environs of Teheran, attended by a numerous guard of cavalry. The heir to the throne, whom the cholera has just curried off, was, like his father, of a frail constitution dnd weak intellects. Persia has to felicitate herself at the death of this young rrince, who would have been still less capable of governing than his father. He had become the humblest servant of Russia—the mere mention of the name of the " Gar-blanc" made him tremble. When in 1837 the Emperor Nicholas visited his provinces on the other side of the Caucasus, the Schah sent his eldest son to Erivan to compliment him. The diminutive size of the Persian Prince was a remarkable contrast to the colossal figure of the Russian Emperor.. Eye-witnesses of this interview, have told me that it was with difficulty that the Emperor could refrain from laughing when he saw before him a weak child, dressed in a grotesque manner with an immense pointed cap in the shape of a sugar loaf on his head, and bowing with timidity when he approached the Emperor. The Czar, however, con tained himself, took the young Prince on his lap, ca ressed him, and put a ring of great value on his finger. It is said that the heir to the throne has never forgotten the impression produced on him by this interview. The cholera was still at Tabreez at the departure of the last Tartar courier, but it had not committed such great ravages there as at Teheran and Ispahan last summer. Tabreez stands on a height, and it is ex pected that the severe cord, which set in in October, will soon put a stop to the disease. The European consuls had left the town and retired to Herbi, at the foot of Mount Sahant. Behmen Mirza, Governor of Tabreez, and brother of the Schah, had retired to Halat Buschan. It appears that the cholera had ceased to commit its ravages at lipahan, but that it still rage d at Schiras and Kirwan. This 'plague has not advanced in the direction of ' the . Cancasus, Tiflis, and Erivan, are still free from it, and the rigours' of the season will prevent it passing the Caucasus. Bnt Europe is threat ened with this terrible plague in another direction. After having carried off numbers of the inhabitants of Bussora and Bagdad; it has got to Diarbekir. There is a constant commercial intercourse between this town and Aleppo, and it is much to be feared that it may spread into Syria. PROBABLE PRICE OF SUGAR. We have already more than once directed attention to this interesting subject ; and, so far as experience has as yet gone, our prognostications have been found to be pretty nearly correct. During the ensuing sea son, it is not likely that sugar will fall lower than 'an average—say of 30s. per cwt. in bond ; and had the past fruit season in the mother country been more favour able, it is not improbable that the price might have ruled even a shilling higher. Lower, during the period of the 7s. differential duty, it is certainly not likely to go, as that would ba to supp ose t h at the present price in the contine n t a l mar k ets would fall, which under the circumstances is almost i m p oss ibl e. Thus, calculat ing the prices on the continent for brown at 225., and yellow 255., they will not be sold in England under 435. and 465., and our planters obviously need not sell similar qualities under these rates, which leaves them 295. and 325., liable, of course, to the various expenses of transit. The f o ll ow i ng , with which we have been recently f av o u r e d, puts the matter in a very clear light; and may be relied on, as the a o p t ian justion o conclusion: c p l a a r s t i y o n c a: Taking—p le SOs.his position t. the ofg aver arriving e price of sugar in the British market since the red uc ti on of the duties on British plantation sugar to 145., it follows from reference to actual sales, that 295. id. per cwt. has been the price lately' . received by the producer f w t h h i t e s h pr t t a c k e e 9 a s. w a l y cl : a h n as d g been nth o the rnesutlhte protection, ofavera (other things remaining the same) 19s. 10d. will be the future price of sugar; that is, the grower wi ll receive nearly 15.22d5, say two-thirds of the present price only. Hence, to preserve the present r a ti o o f pro fi t (or loss) the cost of production must be reduced 33 per cent, or one-third. Now, in the year 1848, when th e crop which we are now about to plant will come to market, there will be after July 5 a protection of 4s. 6d. which will go to augment the price of slave-grown sugar just admitted to competition with ours. For the last year foreign slave-grown sugar —say Porto Rico, similar in quality with ours, brought on the averages 145., but for several years previous only 12s. could bet obtained for it, and at that rate it was found that th a commodity could be profitably grown by slaves, an.d new lands were continually brought under culti•fa. tion. Assuming, however, the price to be 145., 'a n d adding the differential duty of 4s. 6d., it results that foreign sugar will rule at 18s. 6d. fo r our quality in the British market, or come into competition with e,nrs at about the price British plantation has been To, lued at for the year comm enc i ng J uly 5, 1848. If. from any cause foreign sugar advances b eyon d the estimated price, the price of . British plantation w ill also be, aug mented inlike sum; and so, on the other hand, if the price of foreign sugar recede to what it was in 1845, and previously, the price of British plantation will be lower than 18g. 6d., or less than two-thirds of the pre sent price, will be realised to the grower."—Jamaica Times. William Russell, Esq., of Brancefe — th Castle, and . William Standish Standish, Esq., of Gocken Hall, hays accepted the office of stewards of the uoxt Duatila Noes. ore