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, -- o - 4 )trz liLittott TATTERSALL'S.LTHIS EVENING. Six o'cLocs. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, 30 to 1 apt Wryneok colt 30 to 1 agst Sate 30 to 1 agst Elthiron 30 to 1 agat 303 Miller 33 to 1 agst Follow-me-Lads 40 to 1 agst The Ban CHESTED, CUP. 40 to 1 agat Black Doctor 40 to 1 agst Ringleader 50 to 1 agat Nancy 1,000 to 10 agst Exeter DERBY. 17 to 1 agst Claverhouse 25 to 1 agst Orelio 30 to 1 agst Finns lONIAN ISLANDS. Oa the occasion of the dissolution of the lonian Parliament, the Lord High Commissioner issued a proclamation, dated the 22d ult., of which the fol lowing is an abstract After reciting thet object that her Britannic Ma jesty has in viewin dissolving the Parliament is a modification of the existing constitution, seeing that the reforms introduced two years ago into the consti tution of 1817 have utterly failed in producing the good effects anticipated, and that, with the best inten tions on the part of the Government, and the most sincere co-operation of a majority of members in the la'e Assembly, little or nothing has been done for the benefit of the people, the Lord High Commissioner declares that it is her Majesty's desire to see a well-regulated system of constitutional liberty established in the islands, and that he is consequently a uthorised to pro pose certain modifications to the next Parliament, with a view to remove whatever stands in the way of the fair operation of t he late constitutional changes, " provided always the result of the next elections be an Assembly disposed to accept her Ma jesty's liberal concessions in a proper spirit." The modifications proposed are-Ist. The substitution of an annual to a biennial session, in order thus to put an end to the dissensions between the Senate and the Assembly, concerning the constitutional right of the Senate to make regulations having force of law during the recess, with the consent of the Lord High Commissioner. 211 y. The modifications of those ar ticles, which regulate the present organization of the Senate, in order to increase the responsibility of its members, end to regulate its duties. idly. The addition of a fifth judge to the supreme council of justice, in order to enable t hat bod y to decide all cases by an absolute majority , instead of b y the castin g rota of the President of the Semite and the Lord High Commissioner. 4thly. The permission to introduce a Bill for the better regulation of the powers of the loc el government. sthly. The substitution of powers defined by an Act of Parliament to those now exercised under the name of the High Police, in virtue of Art. 4, sect. 2, c. 7 of the Constitution, which the Lord High Commissioner will recommend her Majesty to ebrogate, provided the lonian Parlia ment be disposed to join with him in the adoption of mesaures "which the experience of the last two years has proved indispensable. These," continues the docu ment, "are the„'great and pacific changes which a power ful Sovereign offers a people under her protection, at a time when popular rights, rapidly and violently obtained in 1848, are as rapidly disappearing all over Europe. The fate of these islands is now in the hands of the lonian people. By a wise exercise of the power with which it is invested by the Con stitution, it may combine peace in the interior with security from foreign aggression, encouragement to commerce, improvement in agriculture, a better sys tem of general education, the use of its native language in all public affairs, wise economy in the administration of the commonwealth, and the most perfect liberty of discussion with the adoption of every measure which may practically tend to improve its social condition? The Lord High Commissioner then concludes with expressing a hope that such real . and palpable benefits will not again fall a sacrifice to anarchical factions ; he adds, that although he has very extensive powers for the pur pose of upholding the rights of her Britannic Ma jesty, and punishing those who might presume to infringe them, but that he cannot do the good he wij: es without the co-eperadon of a Parliament emanating from the free choice of the lonian people. He trusts the next Parliament will cordially co-operate with th 3 Senate for the goof of the country, but de clares that should that not be the case, or should new insurrections break out, the responsibility of the con sequences shall lie with the people, not with him." PEERS DECEASED IN 1851. January 12. llellry Ptlbam, Duke cf Newcastle, suc ceeded by hie eldest son, Henry, Earl of Lircoln, present and 501 Duke. January 17. Spencer Joshua Alwyne, Marquis of Northampton, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Earl of Compton, present and 3d Mat quis. January 17. Paulyn Reginald Serlo, Marquis of Hastings, succeeded by his only brother, Lord Henry Rawdon Hastings, present and 4th Marquis. February 8. Nicholas, Lord Bexley, dying, s.p., his title is extinct. February 26. Henry, Lord Berners, succeeded by his only surviving son, Hon. Henry William Wilson, pre sent Lord Berners. March 3. Charles, Earl of Harrington, dying without male issue, he was succeeded by his brother, Hon. Leicester Filsgerald Charles Stanhope, present and sth Earl. March 4. Philip, Lord de Lisle and Dudley, succeeded by his only son, Hon. Philip Fouslis Sidney, present and 2d Lord. March 15. John, Earl of Meath, succeeded by his eldest sou, William, Lord Brabazon, present and 11th Earl. M arch 15. Augustus Frederick, Earl of Albemarle, succeeded by hi s nex t brother, Hon. George Keppel, present and 6th Earl. March 21. Thomas, Lord Ddere, succ eeded b y his only brother, Hon. Lieutenant-General Henry ()may Trevor, present and 22d Lord. April 10. Henry, L or d L ang Rolls, dying witho u t i n dale, late Mas ter of the issue his title is extinct. April 30. Henry, Lord Montford, dying without issue, his title is extinct. March 2. Richard, Earl of Ban tryen, pre sent and suc ceeded by his eldest son Richard, Vis c ount Berehavichard, Vis e • 2i Earl of ientry. April 29. Charles Christopher, Earl of Cotteuha m, late Lord Chancellor of England, died at Pietra Santa, Italy, succeeded by his eldest s 3 Viscount Crowhurst, present and 2el i E % C t Earl. Edward, May 14. James, Viscount Strathallan, succeeded by his eldest son, Hon. William Henry Drummond, present and 9th Viscount. eed by his g Juno 2. Copley, Earl of Shaftesbury, mice e ldest son, Anthony. Lord Ashley, present an 7 June 10. Robert, Viscount Melville, suceeed,,AEarl• eldest son, Hon. Colonel Sir Henry Dundas, le.c.i 7 his sent and 3d Viscount. e pre June 30. Edward, Earl of Derby, succeeded by hi s eldest son, Edward Geoffrey, Lord Stanley, present and 14th Earl. July 14. Charles William, Earl of Charleville, sue. ceeded by his eldest son, Charles William George, Lord Tullamore, present and 3d Earl. August 18. John, Earl of Clare, succeeded by his only brother, Hon. Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, present and 3d Earl. September 12. John, Earl of Donoughmore, succeeded by his eldest SOD, Richard, Viscount Suirdale, present and 4th Earl. September 26. George, Lord Calthorpe, succeeded by his brother, Hon. Frederick Calthorpe Gough, present and 4th Lord. October 3. Charles Cecil Cope, Earl of Liverpool, dying without issue, his titles are extinct. October 1. Henry Viscount B o li ng broke, succeeded by H his eldest son, on. Henry St. John, present and sth October 4. George William, Lord Stafford, succeeded by his eldest son, lion. Henry Valentine Stafford Jer ningham, present and 9th Lord. November 12. William, Lord de Blaquiere, succeeded by his eldest so n, H o n . John do Blaquiere, present and 4th Lord. November 18. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumber land (King of Hanover), succeeded by his only son, George, Prince Royal of Hanover, now Duke of Cumber land in England, and King of Hanover. December 4. Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles John, Viscount Andover, present and 17th Earl. Also the following eldest sons of peers died during the past year:—Viscount Alford, son of Earl Brownlow ; Lord Burghersb, son of the Earl of Westmoreland; Lord Dalmeney, son of the Earl of Rosebery; Viscous Newry, 3 01:1 of the Earl of Kilmorey. I POST•OFTICE NT --MONEY ORDERS. Athenry, count NO TICE. Y Galway, I re l a nd, having been constituted a post town, the office there will be opened for the issue and payment of moue 7 orders on and after t he 6th Januar y instant. A PRACTISED ROBBER.—A Thomas Read, said to be respectably very respecconnected, has . young man named been committed by the Gloucester magistrates for trial on three charges of robberies committed at hotels at Gloucester and Worcester. The prisoner assumed the character of a commercial traveller. On Sunday evening he a ppeared at the Angel Inn, Worcester, in th at character, enga ged a bed, and:was shown to his room, wh ere he remained for some ten minut( a. In that brief space of time he contrived to pick two looks, and to abstract from a box twelve silver teaspoons, two pair of tablespoons, and a pair of salt spoon!. Proceed ing by railway to Gloucester by the first train n ex t mor ning, be sold th e plate and put up at the Greyhound Commercial i n n, where he dined, and paid his bill. Before leaving, however, ho picked the lock of a draw€r and box, and ab stracted 501. in gold, leaving other money in notes in the box. A third robbery, of a great coat, was committed at another , n which he had patronised. He was apprehended at t h e 12) • • dxcester Railway Station as he was proceeding by a tirst t,/‘*;-, dyad t o Birmingham. ~., , ' .-„-/,-), - taZITE, JAN. 4.—Wind W. to N. Wby W. —Ar L....) rd. 4 c 1 ,,,.. . . rgn ~.-: oth(s, Riga. G A ;,,. ..:-.: ~ ..-- ... t -- if ' - •,;" \- 4 - ; 104. ~~ '~ 7~' THE SUN, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN 1851. It appears that the gross traffic receipts of railways in the united kingdom for the year 1851 have been very little short of 15,000,0001. on 6,928 miles of railway, being at the rate of 2,1631. per mile per an num. The returns published weekly show that 14,567,9101. was received on the railways during the past year on 6,537 miles, including about 200 miles of canal, being an increase of 1,809,9254 in the re ceipts over the preceding year, on 6,257 miles of rail way, and also an increase of 280 miles in operation. Independent of these railways, there are about twelve new lines in operation of an aggregate length of 203 miles, the traffic returns on which are not published weekly, but may be estimated at 169,400/. In addi tion to these there are ten other lines of an aggregate length of 188 miles belonging to old railway com panies who do not publish their traffic returns ; but it appears from the' half-yearly reports that the gross receipts on these lines are about 250,0001., making together 419,4001. This sum, added to the published weekly receipts, shows that the gross traffic receipts on the above railways during the past year amounted to 14,987,3101. With regard to the traffic returns published weekly, they show a progressive increase during the past ten years. In the year 1842 they amounted to 4,341,7811. ; in 1843, to 4,842,650 f. ; in 1844, to 5,610,9801.; . in 1845, to 6, 669,2301 . ; in 1846 , to 7,689,8701. ; in 1847, to 8,975,671/. ; in 1848, to 10,059,000/. ; in 1849, to 11,013,820/. ; in 1850, to 12 757,9851 ; and in 1851, to 14,567,910/.. It will be observed that the annual increase in the traffic has been very consider able during the past ten years, being on the average above a million a year, or 10,226,1401. This increase partly arises from the continual, development of the traffic on the trunk lines, and partly from the addi tional receipts derived from the opening of new lines and branches. The increase of traffic in the year 1843 over that of the preceding year amounted to 500,870/. ; in the year 1844, to 768,3371.; in 1845, to 1,058,340/. ; in 1846, to 1,020,650/. ; in 1847, to 1,285,780/. ; in 1848, to 1,083,335/. ; in 1849, to 954,8101.; in -1850, to 1,744, 1681.; and in 1851 the increase over the preceding year amounted to 1,809,9251. At the end of the year 1842 1,510 miles of railway were open to the public ; during the next year an additional length of 56 miles of new railway was opened for traffic ; in 1844 a further length of 194 miles was opened ; in 1845, 263 miles ; in 1846, 593 miles ; in 1847, 839 miles ; in 1848, 975 miles; in 1849, 834 miles ; in 1850, 1,096 miles ; and in 1851, the published returns show an additional mile of 280 miles ; but this is not an actual increase in the mile age opened during the year, for it includes the aggre gate length of some lines which were open for traffic prior to 1851. The same observation will apply to the increased mileage of 1849 and 1850 respectively The aggregate length of new railway opened during 1850 in the United Kingdom was about 590 miles, and in 1851 about 240 miles. This shows a falling off in respect of the annual increase of mileage of new lines, but the effect has been to increase the amount of the average receipts per mile per annum ; and this would be the case generally with all the large railway companies, provided their capital accounts were closed, the development of their traffic attended to, Parlia mentary warfare discontinued, and the making of new branches and extensions avoided. So far as the traffic is concerned, it does not appear that there can be much to complain of in respect of the aggregate amount of it on railways since they have been esta blished; and, were it not for the adverse interests operating at railway boards, the blunders of engi• neers as to the cost of work, and laying out the lines the letting of large contracts at exorbitant prices by private agreement, excessive payments for land, the continual litigation both in and out of Parliament, and the unwarrantable expenditure on capital account the traffic receipts would have been ample, after pay ing all necessary expenses, to pay a very fair divi dend on the outlay. The average traffic receipts per mile show the effect of opening within a period of four or five years so many miles of branch and com peting lines of railway. Daring the year 1842 the gross traffic receipts averaged 3,1,131 per mile; in 1843, 3,083/ per mile; in 1844, 3,2781. per mile; in 1845, 3,4691. per mile; in 1846, 3,3051. per mile; in 1847, 2,8704 per mile ; in 1848, 2,5561. per mile ; in 1849, 2,3021 per mile ; in 1850, 2,2271. per mile ; and in 1851; 2,2811. per mile. This shows a falling off in the traffic per mile during the past five years of about 30 per cent., but fortunately during the past two years the receipts per mile were not much under those of 1849, and at present the traffic per mile shows an upward tendency. The reduction in the receipts per mile would be a matter of no great consequence, provided the average cost of constructing the railways was proportionately re duced, say in the same ratio of the traffic per mile, from 34,0001. to 23,0001. per mile, and so on in like manner with every additional mile added to the sys tem. Unfortunately this is not the case, as the fol lowing will show :-In 1842 the cost of the railways then in operation averaged 34,690/. per mile ; in 1843, 36,360/. ; in 1844, 35,6701. ; in 1845, 35,0701 ; in 1346, 31,860/. ; in 1847, 31,7001. ; in 1848, 34,234/. ; in 1849, 35,214/. ; in 1850, 35,2294 ; and in 1851, 35,0581. A comparison of the average cost per mile of 35,0701. when there were only 2,040 miles of these railways open, with the average cost in 1851 of 35,0581., when there were 6,537 miles, shows that scarcely any decrease in the cost per mile has taken place, notwithstanding that 4,500 miles of additional railways and branch railways have been constructed at professedly less cost than the old railways. The stationary position of the average cost pex mile shows clearly that the continued additions to the capital accounts of old and completed lines of railway far outweigh all the professed advan tages of constructing thousands of new railways and branches at considerably less cost than the average expenditure per mile on the old trunk lines. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that such lines as the Liverpool and Manchester, which paid its 10 per cent. for 15 years, the Grand Junction, which formerly paid from 10 to 12 per cent. per annum, and the London and Birmingham about 9 per cent.. should now be reduced to 54 per cent. per annum, the Lancashire and Yorkshire from 8 per cent. to 2 per cent. per annum, the South-Western from 8 per cent. to 31 per cent., the Great Western from 8 per cent. to 4 per cent. per annum, and other lines in pro portion. This state of things has chiefly arisen from an enormous increase in the capitals of the companies, for the alleged purpose of improving the position of the several undertakings by the construction of nu merous branches and extensions to feed the parent lines with traffic, to increase the income, and, conse quently, the dividend ; but it is needless to say that in every instance of this kind the reverse has been the case. The capital expended on the railways, of which the traffic is published weekly, amounted in July, 1842, to 52,380,1001. ; in 1843, to 57,635,000/. ; in 1844, to 63,489,100/. ; in 1845, to 71,647,000/. ; in 1846, to 83,165,1004 ; in 1847, to 109,528,000/. ; in 1848, to 148,200,000/. ; in 1849, to 181,000,0001 ; in 1850, to 219,762,7001,; and in 1851, to 229,175,2301. The expenditure on the new and old lines, the traffic returns of which are not published weekly, amounts 190/ , making with the 229,175,2301., at0t0atba01u0tf72,6366,6,841, 4201, expended on 6,928 miles of railway ; being at the rate of 34,1861. per mile. The gross traffic returns per cent. on the capital expended _ lB6to' amoun ted in 1842 to 829 per cent.; La 1843 , t o 8.42 per cent .; in 1844, t o B ' B4 per c ent. . in 1845, to 930 per cent. ; in p e r cent. ; in 1849 , to 6.13 per cent.; 9 t0 . 2 6 .5 .7 p 8 er cent.; in 1847 , to 820 per cen t . ; in 1848 , in working l 85 0, to cent. Ded u ctin g g from this amount 45 per cent. for exe B n O s l / 4_ e r cent.; and 3 i would leave for the past year a dividend of 3 Per cent. on the whole of the capital expended. and servants of this . c GREAT WEST ERN Swindon station AA a meeting of the officers csir'llemy, held last week at the tendent, in the chair), clerks, and servants pany, ' had united in subscril:i in n in Z ia aided that 1,900 o ffi cers, Oreooh, locomotive superin of obtaining a full-length portl e n L l employment of the com pany, the purpose the chairman of the company, n t o of board-room of the Paddington station , be placed in the of their grateful esteem for honour, impartiality, and undeviating kindness C. Russell, th e ~ e s a testimonial had ever displayed towards themprinciples of , and also he their sense of the of the eminent services 8 : him to the company over which he h to record as so" long lered by efficiently presided. Resolutions were passed and pointing a committee to carry out the object of a d; meeting, and nominating Mr. T. M. Ward as h oe. secretary to the subscribers. Pews AND ROUEN. — At the half-yearly meeting o f this company, to be held at Paris on the 27th instant, the proprietors will have to consider the propriety o f contributing towards the construction of the Junction Circular Railway round Paris, to join the Western, the Paris and Rouen, the Rouen and Havre, the Northern, the Paris and Strasburg, the Paris and Lyons, and the :Paris and Orleans Railways. Also, to authorise an agreement with the Western Railway Company, relating to the working of that line, and of consenting to a supplemental guarantee of interest on the money to be expended by the Western Com pany, provided the undertaking be approved of by the Government. NoaTu-WESTERN.--It is stated that the directors of this company, generally known as the Little North- Western, have made a working agreement with the Midi.lnd Company for 21 years—the latter company to pay the North- Western Company 50 per cent. of the gross receipts up to 52,000/. a year, and 66 per cent. of all the traffic above that amount, and guran teeing the payment of the interest on the debenture debt end preferential stock. Thi s , it a pp e ars, has been done without consulting the shareholders, among whom it has roduced great dissatisfaction. The capital expended on the line amounts to 964,000/., and the receipts for the past year to 34,200/. The work &c., during the first half of the year ing expenses, LONDON, 1851 amounted to 75 per cent. of the receipts, and it is probable the working expenses for the latter half have not been much less, so that on that agreement the Midland Company would lose above 8,0001. a year, to say nothing of the interest on loans and preference shares being likely to exceed the surplus. INDIA. By the last accounts Dost Mahommed was still on his deathbed, and all was confusion throughout his do minions. The Hazarroes near Ghuznee, on learning his state, had at once refused to pay revenue, and shut themselves up in their fastnesses. The inhabi• tants of the recently conquered province of Balk have taken advantage of the opportunity and risen against Aoram Khan, who has only 3,000 men with him, and will be unable to hold the country unless speedily reinforced, which he is not likely to be in the present posture of affairs. On Dost Mahom med's death the contest for the succession will be between his brother, Sultan Mahommed, who is supported by the Kohistanees and other tribes, and his two eldest sons, Gholam Hyder Ali and Mahom med Afzal, assisted by the Kuzzilbashes and Ghilzies. Sultan Mahommed's party is thought to he the stronger of the two. " The results to be expected," says the Englishman, "are much anarchy and many mur derous assassinations ; and eventually the party having the chiefest right earnestly demanding, and probably obtaining British support, which must be of necessity yielded, rather than permit Persian, or, eventually perhaps even Russian interference, under circumstances of such temptation." Our former disasters in Affghanistan render the idea of any new interference with the politics of that country a most distasteful one; but all grounds for anxiety on the subject disappear on reflecting how completely the possession of the Punjaub has altered our position in:regard to the valley of the Cabul river. We now occupy the lower portion of that valley (the Peshawur district) with a large force of picked men, trained and habituated to mountain warfare. In the Punjaub we have 50,000 regular troops, mostly massed along the course of the Lahore and Peshawur road, and, with the strong Sirhind division in their rear, from such an array a force farge enough to make the conquest of Cabul a mere promenade would scarcely be missed ; but we should not again attempt either conquest or occupation, or interfere with the inde pendence of the country any more than we do with that of Nepaul. It is unquestionable that a Resident at Cabul, and the establishment of such relations with its Government as would insure the safety of the Ca bul road for purposes of commerce would greatly ex tend the demand for British manufactures through a very large tract of country, now principally supplied by Russia with goods of a very inferior description. This would be still more the case were the capabilities of the Indus developed by placing on its waters steamers on the American river model. The exten sion of our commerce in that direction is now the great desideratum of the Bombay merchants. Captain Coke's force has returned without fighting to Kohat, after taking possession of the annexed terri tory to the westward. A strong fort is being built near the Behader Khail Mine, to command the Salt range. Sir Colin Campbell's force has been employed in blowing up Momund forts and burning Momund vil lages. No resistance has been attempted. The main part of the force is now encamped near the junction of the Cabul and Archukizie rivers, where a new fort is being built, capable of holding two companies of infantry, two troops of irregular cavalry, and a cou ple of guns. The point seems a very important one to occupy ; it commands the trade of the Cabul river and the irrigation of Michnee and other lerge villages. The Momunds hover round the camp to take a long shot at it occasionally. The local newspapers have, since the departure of the last mail, been occupied, almost to the exclusion of all other topics, with the description of the Mussulman disturbance, which, it will be remem bered, commenced on the 17th of October, on the occasion of the appearance, in a Parsee news paper, of a short biographical notice of the Prophet Mahomet, illustrated by a lithographed portrait, which the Mussulmans constrained into an intentional insult to their religion. The mob of the 17th of Oc tober was immediately dispersed by the police autho rities, and the principal positions in the town were occupied by troops the same evening. For some days after this small parties of Mussulmans waged a sort of guerilla warfare against order, pouncing upon any solitary Parsee they saw passing, whether in carriages or on foot, thrashing them with heavy clubs, and escaping through the dark narrow passages of the native town on the appearance of the police. Such cases of assault, at first very numerous, daily dimi nished in frequency, and by the day of departure of the last mail no cases of the sort had occurred for up• wards of a week. Public confidence was restored, the disturbance was considered at an end, and the troops were withdrawn from the town. On the 20th of November, however, a rumour was rife in the Ba zaar that there was to be a Mussulman outbreak on the following day (Friday). The police were on the alert, strong parties being posted near the principal mosques, and the Governor's escort of Lancers having been placed at the disposal of the magistrates, pa trolled the streets, and the usual Friday crowd of Mussulmans, after attending their weekly prayers, dispersed quietly. About five o'clock in the evening a few drunken Mussulmans assaulted two or three Parsee passengers in one of the streets of the Maho rnetan quarter. A cry of " Deen, deen !" was raised; a mob of two or three thousand lussulmans instantly collected, but finding the police on the alert and assembling in force, they dispersed without doing more damage than breaking into two or three Parsee liquor-shops in the neighbourhood and beating the inmates. The police succeeded in taking some of the most violent prisoners. On the following day (Satur day) nothing but insulated cases of assault occurr e d till about four o'clock in the afternoon. Abo u t th at time four or five Mussulmans as a sa ga u as l is t ne e m d rbali a seedd r:a a r passenger in one of the main streets of the native ow us o s f‘ Dee s in nP ;ta w n as tly mobtan. 'she cry ulrn ‘ an of Mussulmans m rushing into a street called Parsee-wada, situated in the Parsee quarter, attacked all they found in it, and tried (and in some cases with success) to break into g il ts asi th e toer ea t o fge n r ana l t y innh de o r c aot chdaefsani upper p n o pon mounted nr n eno w sndt t h neo i rd c if h e cts the on P oss a ftt r ar s bet e leh e et e s s, the houses, which had been closed on t h e fi rst a l arm. assisted attempted yA r e b nlm s e i s e s i were almost immediately on the spot, and charging the mob, dispersed them. The foot police that fol lowed took several prisoners, and half a dozen Mussul mans and about double the number of Parsees (one of whom is since dead) were taken to the hospital. The troops were immediately ordered out, and occu pied their old positions. On Sunday morning (the 233), about half•past 8 o'clock, a Mussulman mob suddenly assembled on the opposite side of the native town, and attacked a Parsee fire temple, and the houses of the adjacent streets, attempting to break into them. The police were on the spot in time to prevent their penetrating into the holy of holies of the temple, or getting inside any of the houses. At half-past 2 r.m. another mob assem bled in the centre of the native town, and advanced up the street leading to the principal Parsee quarter. Two magistrates, with some Lancers and mounted police, were, however, on the spot, and dispersed the mob, taking a few prisoners. The mob assembled again, and were again dispersed, and several of the rioters having been seen taking refuge in an adjacent mosque, the building was cleared, all its inmates marched off to gaol, and the doors locked. Monday passed off quietly, and there has been no disturbance since. Twenty-eight of the rioters have been committed for trial to the Supreme Court, and about double that number have been summarily dealt with by the magistrates, who in every case inflicted the highest penalty allowed by local regulation. The results of this &nettle have been out of all pro portion to its importance. It occasioned a complete panic of considerable duration among the native popu lation, whole streets in the Parsee quarters were de serted, shops closed, and business at a stand still. The Parsees and Mussulmans are about equal in number, and there being above 105,000 of each per suasion, both sects together form about half, and that by far the most important half as far as commerce is concerned, of our population. As usual in such cases, the magistrates have been blamed by the local papers for the long continuance of these disturbances, and for no t having at first ordered the troops placed at their disposal to fire into the mob. The sessions, however, commenced this morning, and the presiding judge, in his charge t o the grand jury, strongly approved the conduct and the forbearance of the magistrates, and attributed the long continuance of the riots to the in sufficiency of the police force as regards number and material with a population of near 600,000. We have hitherto had only 600 policemen, ill-paid,yndersized, and unrespected by the lower orders. In consequence of the late riot th e p e rmanently and its material improved. th e numerical strength of the police is to be double The number o f the police has been temporarily raised to nearly 1,9 00, an d 50 of the Poona Irregular Horse have b een authorities, an d are expec t e d at Bombay to-morrow. placed at the disposa l of t he civil The suddenne ss w i t h w hich the Mussulman mob collects on th e cry of " Deen !" being raised — as in stantaneously a s R o d erick Ph u 's clansmen at the sound of his w hi stle —has been a source o f much em barrassment to th e c i v i l author i t i es . The cowardice a of nd the the mob, attacked by th em , t ogether painddity with which it disperses on being the superstitious dread of horsemen, with n a the intricacies of th e native town a fford for its escape time before the foot police have of dealing with them properly. the facilities which to come to the spot much (to take prisoners), have increased the difficulty THE LAST Max,—.l • he solitary Eurvivor of the wreck of the Royal George is now living at St. George's, Gloucestershire. Ilij name is Abel Hibbs, aged 91. Until lately he was a hale old man, but is now bedridden, and 1113 only support is from the pocr-rate. LAW INTELLI( iENCE. COURT OF BANKRUT TCY, Jan. 3. (Before Mr. Commiss'.oi ler FARE.) IN RE JOHN HINE MA - r— —JUDGMENT. This bankrupt, a draper, of CI =den-town, applied a short time since for his cer tit icate, and judgment was deferred. His HONOUR now gave judgment as follows: The bankrupt asks for his certi float°. The assignees object on general grounds, ar two creditors—Mr. Warwick and Messrs. Bradbui 7 and Co.—on special grounds. The general ground s are—firstly, gaining credit by misrepresentation ; secondly, not keeping proper books ; and, thirdly, reckless trading. The alleged misrepresentation was that the bankrupt, through Messrs. Parker and Hi n ,e whom he had made his referees, and one of whom, ;5,1r. Hine, was a re lation of his, gave out that he had a capital of 2,0001., which representation, as it is a aleged, was not true. The evidence, however, does not satisfy me that he ever authorised the exact repel eeentation made by Mr. Parker. That gentleman was examined before me, but he could not go further the et to say that he had an impression that the bankrupt b ad told him he had such capital, though how he came by the impression he could not exactly state. He never tc ok down any statement in writing. Now the bankrupt ,had married, in 1848, a lady who had 7741., and ex pe ctations besides. His wife'sae on sum, which she let him h samemotht sr had 6801., which she have sister loan, had and thee r also lent him. These three st is as amounted to 2,000/. and upwards. The mother t bnd sister came to live with him, and led him to expe a' t that he would have the use of their money for his trade so long as he paid interest. In 1849 his na , 3t her-in-law died, and on her death he appears to h iv a received, partly in right of his wife and partly b y the consent or his sister-in-law, a further core lie lerable sum. To say that, under such circumstance* as these, he had wil fully conveyed falsehoods to hi s c r e dit o r s through 113 r. Parker, charge, rke rwouldlin my opi n i on , b e mos t un j us t. Of this therefore, I en t irely acquit him. And here I will observe that I wish creditors, when con sidering whether to give creel tor not, would look more to the prospects of their i ntended debtor than to his supposed wealth. Credit 3rs ought not to trust capital. They ought to trust prudence, experience, knowledge of business, and the sort of business which is being carried on. ETt'a id the creditors in this case inquired, not how ere ,ti 1h capital the bank rupt had to lose in his ;business, but whether his business was likely to prosper, they would have seen ample grounds foie . caution. They might have learned that he was a young man without experience; that the capital svs a not the result of his own industry, but an incitit 3nt of marringe ; and that he had taken a shop at C. LI uden-town, where two predecessors had failed ; and f et ma these circumstances they might have anti c i pa t e d t i eat the capital so easily acquired would soon me l t a . ay under the influence of youth, inexperien ce , an d a n ill-chosen site. To iy none of these circu ms t ances, h o wever, did they look. All that they look e d t o was I lc w much capital he had to lose. But is thi s r i g h t ? 'The practical result is, that in less than th ree years himself, his wife, and his wife's sister, are reduced frc )m comparative afiia• ence to penury. Capital sot at i melts away in the hands of inexperience, stim , ale ited to folly by the sudden possession o f apparent ly ample funds. Th e other general ch arges are, th e , not keeping prope r books - and reckl ess tra di ng ; ► d of these it is im possible to acquit him. Good b ook -keeping is almost the only security for success in. business, and this he utterly neglected. He did nof even keep a cash account, which is the basis of al I bookkeeping. His trading was also reckless, for it al peara by his accounts that,while his profits for three y ears were almost no thing, his outlay for shop impr ov ements was 3001.; his hen the natural result and R trade expenses we re 3,000/. • gnd his domestic upwards; ex penses 9001. and of this was that he was unable t o meet his payments, he endeavoured to postpone th e e .vil day by borrowing and pawning goods at heavy ii At rest. There is, how ever, some set-off against thee e grounds of complaint, for, from the m oment that hi s e n editors called for in vestigation, be acc e d e d to theirwish, put himself en tirely into their b an d s, and apr ) ears to have told the whole truth with out t h e l eas t disguise. He has a l so given up everythi ng that he ?ea d remaining, and the result is an actu a l rece i pt u nd,e r his estate of 2,000/. and upwards. I heartily w is! ti the case had rested here; for, had there been n °thing more I might, having regard to his youth and the sufferings in which he has involved himself, his wife, and sister- in law, have merely suspended 1 - its certificate and given him protection. But, unfortun s tely, under bad advice t he was induced on th e 24th of July last, when h e was utterly insolvent, t o g ive ar dove for goods t o M r . Warwick and Messrs. Bradbu a and Co. (who are the creditors who complain on t hese special grounds), and to Messrs. Mair and Co., igb r the express purpose of having those goods pawned. at once to raise the funds necessary to meet a den 3ft nd upon him. It is impossible to characterise tb is otherwise than as a gross fraud. If there are pal lie ting circumstances— and Ido not say they are—tht )y are these, that the pressure upon the bankrupt v great, the peril to a friend was immediate, the adiv ice he received from certain parties was most wicket 3, and in the hurry of the moment he had not strength of character to resist the pressure. The goods he std obtained were under 1001., and he says — and I am eiis posed to believe him —that he meant to redeem thet a as soon as possible after his return home. I canntot , however, say judi cially that these are even pal lia ting circumstances, and therefore I must , in the tiiescharge of my public duty, not only suspend his . cer tifi cate, b ut refuse him protectionl L from arrest. If, however, a wronged creditor, however justly indignant at the fraud, should concur with me in thinking that the transactions of the 240 (if July were the re sult more of feebleness of charricter than of knavery, and should abstain from the power of arrest p u t into his hands, I shall n o t re g r et it. If the power should be exercised, I shall rele ase him after three months' postp postponed for imprisonment. n My judgment is. that hi s cert ifi ca t e i s twoyears from ti tsl d ate of the bank ruptcy, without pr otection . An application made by Mr. A. Turner for the Court's sanction to prosecute the: bankrupt at the ex pense of the estate, was refused. Mr. Lawrance was for the 1 39.111IrEpt. IN RE W. STRANGE, ZTJN. The bankrupt was a publisher of Paternoster-row. The accounts prepared by Mr. Butler showed debts secured,:39s/. ; unsecured, 1,35:2/. The assets were —good debts, 761. ; property given up, 1461. ; ditto in the hands of creditors, 2921. The profits had been 4,3051. Amount paid to W. f3trange, sen., 1,282/. , trade expenses, 2,6061 ; personrd ditto, 482/. His HONOUR granted a third-class certificate. POLICE IN TELYZGENCE GUILDRAL L. Mrs. Dawson alias Phcebe blakeney, who was charged with having committ e d wilful and corrup t p co e m rju m r o yinlB she was3by making affi& av i t in Doctors '- ns that the only natural and lawful daughter of the late Mrs. Elam w idow of Lieutenant Elam, of the Stb Garrison Batt a li on, appeared b e f ore Alderman Farebrother for fu r th er examination rela tive to that charge. Mr. Huddlestone, on behalf of Miss Elam, said that he bad no evidence to offs r beyond the facts already in the possession of the .magistrate, but that, from inquiries made by Messrs. Cotterell, they bad not the least doubt of bein g a.ble occasion, to prove the legiti mao , 7 of on a subsequent Miss Georgina Elam, and that she would a l so b e entitled to a part, if not the whole of the pr operty Mrs. Dawson was charged with unlawfully adminisltering to, as the only next of kin. With regard to the charge against that lady, he should leave it in the hands of the worthy alderman to adjudicate upon. Mr. Ballantine, in reply, said that this, like all other empty charges, had ended with a bombastic flourish of trumpet s , and, in ab a nd on ing the charge, these parties came forward and stated that they could prove everything, but had 'proved nothing. Mrs. Dawson had always been the kindest friend Miss she had c l o th e d, f e d. Elam ever had ; s sheltered, and protected her; an d yet she (Mrs. Dawson) was dragged from h er h ome to a police-court, confined in a cell, and her,admission to bail opposed by the prose. cution, and that, t oo, without the slightest regard to the woman, her position or even common courtesy, and without any ground ' for such a gross violation of the criminal law of this country. They failed i n every point upon Which the charge was grounded, and throughout these proceedings they had kept the real prosecutors mysteriously concealed, and Miss Elam had been merely a puppet in the hands of parties behind the screen, who pulled the wires and set the whole affair in 'notion, but who would, when a further inquiry took place elsewhere be unmasked and punished for this conspiracy. There was no doubt this girl (Miss Elam) h a d b een p i c k e d up anywhere, and palmed off up on When Mrs. El am died Mrs. Dawson, instead of ad the late weak Lord P or t ar li ng t on . ministering i mmediately to the property, consulted Mr. Palmer, able solicitor, and was advised by him to take out who is well known as a highly respect letters of administration ; and so satisfied was he:of the validity for the whole amount, and signed the bond accord of her c l a i m t h at h e b ecame co -security ingly. It was true that the morality of the intimacy between Mrs. Dawson and Lord Portaringt on w as rather questio na b le, but, since his Lordship's death, she had been living a virtuous and respectable life, and was therefore entitled to the respect due to her position. Alderman F A _ REBROTHEU said, no proof bad been given of Mis s Elam being the daughter of Mrs. Elam, and, in absence of that, he must discharge the case. Mrs. Dawson occasion, was th en discharged. I who attended voluntarily on this _ --- Upwards of five Ilutidred lueotnoaves were em ployed on the various metropolitan lines to convey the cattlo to the Christmas Cattle Show and market. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES, Last night two extensive conflagrations hap pared within two hours of each other, on the Surrey side of the water, both of which were attended with. con siderable loss of property. The first fire commenced at a few minutes before six o'clock on the premises belonging to Mr. T. Tip per, timber merchant, carrying on business at 28, Gravel-lane, Southwark. It was discovered by one of the workmen living in the private house adjoining the yard, as the flames shot up from a pile of slight wood stacked near the counting-house. The man immediately gave an alarm, and having called for as sistance several persons arrived, and the utmost efforts were made to extinguish the • fire, but without success. It kept rapidly extending until piles and layers of timber covering about 100 square feet were in flames. The engines of the Brigade,. \Vest of England, Messrs. Hodges, the distillers, and some others, reached the spot with as little delay as por sible. The flames were then rising several yards into the air, while volumes of sparks and immense flakes of burning material were fulling along the carriage roads, and ;also upon the housetops for a long distance, threatening every building near with destruction. At the same time the inhabitants of Gravel-lane and Bear-lane were throwing their furniture out of window, to the danger of the passers-by. The engines were set to work under the command of Messrs. Henderson, Connorton, and Hambleton, but, in spite of the vast torrents of water thrown upon the fire, it continued to extend itself. Two persons named Swale and Nott rushed into a store filled with veneers, which they removed, and by that means saved much property ; for, had the veneers not been taken away, the flames would have been fed to such an extent that, in all probabilty, every house in Bear-lane would have been gutted. The firemen, although exposed to great danger, kept to their work, and, by following the fire as it was travelling round the adjoining premises, they were at length enabled to encompass it at every point, and prevent further danger. The main body of fire, however, continued for some time to roar with a noise like several fur naces in fall work. Many tons of water were kept pouring upon it, and by seven o'clock it was declared by the firemen to be completely within their control. The property destroyed will reach a very large amount, for, although Mr. Tipper's property is far from being entirely destroyed, an enormous area has been laid waste and costly piles of timber consumed. A great deal of damage has likewise been done to the property of Mr. Rutt, also a timber merchant ad joining, and five houses in Gravel-lane are much in jured by tearing out the windows and breakage. The furniture of the occupants is likewise very seriously damaged from the same cause. The firemen had barely got the command over this fire when a policeman of the B division arrived with intelligence of another having occurred in the West minster. bridge-road. As many engines as could be soared were taken away, and the firemen, on reaching Westminster road, found that the outbreak had oc curred in the premises of Mr. Haaeldine, a tobacco nist, and Mr. Collins, a betting-office keeper, situate at No. 4 in the before-named road, and nearly facing the Red Lion Tavern. The fire was discovered by police-constable No. 133 L, who saw smoke issuing from the upper win dows. The officer knocked violently at the door for a considerable time, but the residents were all out. He kept the door closed, hoping to prevent the flames from extending, and there is little doubt he would have succeeded, had it not been for the fact of the neighbouring engines being at the other fire. As it was, the fire continued to descend until the building, from the base to the roof, was one sheet of flame. The instant the firemen arrived they set to work, under the command of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C section of Brigade, and Mr. Connorten, of the West of England office. A copious body of water was thrown from the mains of the Lambeth Com pany, but the fire could not be extinguished until the premises were completely gutted, and some damage done to the Leopard Coffee-house next door. Fortunately some flour mills at the back of the burn ing property escaped, although exposed to so much danger. MON DAY EVENING, JANUAIItY 5, 185.2, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.—We are glad to say that the Sailors' Home at Portsea progresses most favourably. It is now the principal resort of all the men-o'-war's men when paid off or on leave. Capt. Goldsmith has visited this establishment, and the Britannia's men make it their home when on shore. Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence went over it on Thursday, and understanding that for several nights previous there had not been sufficient bed-cabin ac commodation for the men, he gave the necessary di rections for another ward or room to be fitted with seventeen cabins immediately, and the expense charged to him. This liberality deserves to be re corded. The expense of fitting up the ward will probably be 601. or 701. It blew a gale last night from the westward, and it still blows fresh from the W.N.W. We have not heard of any damage to the shipping. On the death of the Hon. Pownall Fleetwood Pellew, First-Lieutenant of her Majesty's steam yacht Victoria and Albert, we are informed the Queen sent a most kind autograph letter of condo lence to Viscountess Exmouth, the mother of the de ceased officer. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, is receiving a thorough caulking and refit. It is ru moured she will accompany the Britannia, 120, dig-ship, for the Mediterranean', to that station. The youthful Lord Ashley has lately entered the navy on board the Britannia. The Simoom iron steam-frigate was removed to the mouth of the steam basin yesterday, ready for coming out on Tuesday, and for trial on Wednesday, accord ing to present orders. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH ' JAN. 3.—Lieutenants—Henry Her vey (1847), flag-lieutenant to Admiral-Superioten tendent Harvey, from the Ceylon to the Hercules, 10, receiving-ship at Malta. The — Fury - steam-sloop, Commander Edward Tatham, is ordered to proceed down the river on Mon day to try her engines, and, in the event of their being found in good order, she will proceed round to De vonport to be paid wages in advance, and leave for the Mediterranean station. --- SEABORNE MAILS (N signifies that the mails are sent froze the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up is From what When PLACES. General Post-office port dia.. due. London. patched. I Jan. 5 Jan 21 Jan. 9 Jan. 3 Jan. 18 Daily 'Liverpool Liverpool. Southampt Plyraohth Dover .. Dover .. Southampt. Southampt. Southampt. Plymouth.• Dover .. Southampt. Southampt. Southampt. Dover .. Dover •• London :Louden .. Southampt. Holyhead.. ,Sentharapt. ,Dover •. America (by Brit. pkt.) N I Jan 9 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 America (by U.S. pkt.) •• •• Africa (West coast).. Nl4th of the month Alexandria* • • ...... N ;19th & 30th of mo. Belgium • • .. Nip a ily Brazil .. . • .. 9th of the month Buenos .Ayres .. 31 , 9 th of the month California(viaChagres) M; 2d & 17th of month Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Central America .. M2d & 17th of man. Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Chili M' 17th of the month France &N Twice daily Greece* . • .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo I:lambi:ugh N Tuesday & Friday Holland .. hi Wodnes. & Satur. Honduras . N of the month Ireland & N Twice daily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month India (via Marseilles) N 8 th& 24th ef month Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. TA 20th of the month Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N 8 th& 24th ofmonth Mexico .. 2d of the month.. Madeira • • .. M 9th of the month f ,7th,17th,19th,27th Malta* •• •• /I & 30th of month N ap l es * N i sth 15th 25th of me Papal States* , sth 15th 25th ef mo Peninsular.. .. 17th 27th of mo P er u If 17th of the month TuscanY* • • .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo . West Indies M:l7th of the month West Indies (except I Havanna & Nassau) .54H 2d of the month .. Boutharapt.lJan. 5 The malls to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only , instead of daily. CALiroxifia.—Malls to and from California, vsa the United ritates are now despatched and due by every American packet Jan. 16 Jan. 16 Jan. 5 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 5 Tn. 11.8 at Jan. 20 Twicedaily Jan. 10 Taea. Sat. ren.Thur Jan. 20 Twicedaily Jan, 23 Jan. 18 gouthampt. ;Jan. 23 !Dover .. IBouthampt. Southampt. } DOM Ilan. 18 Jan. 5 'Jan. 16 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 Jan. 12 , Jan. 6 IJan. 20 'Jan. 12 !Jan. 20 Dover ;Dover .. Sonthampt. Sonthampt. Dover •• • Sonthampt. THE MASTER ENGINEERS AND THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY. On Saturday, in pursuance of the resolutions ar rived at and made public by the large employers of Manchester and London, notices were almost univer sally posted at the respective engine factories, that in consequence of the recent proceedings on the part of the men, their works would be closed on Saturday next, the 10th inst. This is the only step at present taken by the masters, only a few men having as yet been discharged for refusing to work over-time. But the effect of this determination on the part of the mas ters will be to throw out of employment about 3,500 members of the Amalgamated Society. Consequent upon this, however, and assuming that other machi • nista cannot be seoured, a much larger number of other persons must be deprived of their means of sub sistence. Taking into the calculation moulders, boiler-makers, carpenters, brass moulders, copper. smiths, painters, trimmers, unskilled labourers, and apprentices, not less than 20,000 men will be depe• dent on this coup d'etat. In Lancashire, it is esti mated by the masters that 10,000 hands will be thrown out of employ, in addition to the members of the Amalgamated Society, in that county alone ; and it is not unreasonable to double that number when London is included. The boiler-makers throughout th e Country number about 3,000 or 4,000, a n d the mou lders nearly 5,000. The moulders have hitherto taken no part in the pro ceedings of the Amalgamated Society, nor were any of their body members of it, However, h they con ; vened a meeting on y Slfurdl • t in riondon, n which a proposition was thrown out and adopted, sub ject to the approval of their brethren, not to return to their labour lifter the loth, if then discharged, without being compensated for their loss of time from that period until their re -engagement. On Saturday a proposition was made to the Exe cutive Council, to the effect that if the Amalgamated Society would invest 10,0001. of its funds in tools, any amount of capital would be forthcoming, if ne cessary, to enable the men, when formed into a new society, to undertake any amount of work which might be desired. In consequence of this proposition, coming, as the reporter was informed, from a responsible capitalist, a meeting of the Executive Council was held last night in Little Alie-street, at which a reso lution was passed to the followirg effect : " That inasmuch as the employers have refused to do the work for the public, the members of the Amalga• mated Society determine to undertake it themselves, and to advertise to the same effoot in the public newspapers." At the same meeting it was intimated that the masters had thrown out hints that they were desirous of receiving a deputation from the men, and it was re solved that should the masters' association acquaint them with their desire to receive a deputation, such a deputation would be immediately appointed. Messrs. liansome and May have issued a circular to the men, in which they express their decided op position to the principle of systematic over-time, which they describe as being as injurious to the master as to the man. By the 231 rule of the Amalgamated Society, all the members of the society which may be thrown out of employment by this move are entitled to receive 15e. a-week. It is not intended, however, to draw upon the deposited fund of 25,000/. to support the 3,500 members of their society who will be thrown out, but to levy a special rate upon those members who remain in employ. IRELAND. DUBLI.g, SATURDAY E VENING. —Accounts reached town this afternoon from Dundalk, announcing that Mr. Eastwood, whose life had been attempted on Christmas-eve, near his own residence, at Csstletown, is in a hopeless state; and, in consequence, some of the unfortunate gentleman's relatives, who reside in this city, have proceeded to Dundalk. A northern landlord, in a communication to the Dublin Evening Post, says : " I have just seen a letter from the county Louth, written by a most respectable and humane agent, who says—' I propose in a few days going to collect rent in another county, if not murdered in the interval.' I ask, my dear sir, is this state of things tin a part of Ireland formerly so quiet—and I ask again and again, in the face of such horrors, is it not time, at long last, for the Irish Government to declare that it cannot be any longer carried on, if Parliament do not give new, more stringent, more terrible powers, to crush a system which is making this land a den of savages? I atk again, when, where, and how is this to end?' May God in his mercy take pity on this wretched lend." The Evening Post, in reference to the call for coercive measures, says : "It the existing lavrs ba found unavailing, and that the murder clubs cannot be eradicated by the vigilant and energetic measures of the Government, in co-opera tion with the local authorities and the magistracy in the disturbed districts, then it will remain for consideration whether the hands of the Executive ought not to be strengthened by measures adequate to the occasion, which would afford an effectual remedy for en evil of great magnitude, and which, by faoiliatiug the detection and punishment of till, guilty, would lead to the resto ration of tranquillity, without interfering with the privi leges or the avocations of the well-disposed." The same journal adds, in respect to complaints about the operation of the Crime and Outrage Act in the disturbed districts : "It is altogether contrary to tho fact that Mr. East wood will be liable to pay any portion of the police rate for lauds in his own occupation. The principle of the Crime and Outrage Aot, in this respect, is precisely the same as the practice for press ntmonts for malicioui iejurics; the district is assessed fur the amount, but the party ag grieved is exempted from the payment of any part of the levy, and Mr. Eastwood, therefore, will not be mulcted,' or charged in any way, for the lands occupied by himself in the townland where so atrocious an attempt was made upon the life of a most worthy and unoffend ing gentleman. The Government, we repent, have done, and are doing, all that it is possible for them to perform in restraining the murderous system of agrarian combi nation in the north. Not only have the police been increased, but a military force has been stationed in the disturbed districts, where the magistrates are provided with ample resources to afford efficient aid to the civil power and to individuals, in the enforcement of every legal claim, and the protection of those who have reason to apprehend violence or interruption in the exercise of their lawful duties." ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. The Bishop of London has instituted the Rev. J. H. Coward, M.A., one of the minor canons of St. Paul's Cathedral, and curate of St. Michel's, Queenhitho, to the rectory of St. I3enet and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, in the city of London, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. W. J. Hall, M A., to the vicarage of Tot tenham, on the nomination of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral. Mr. Coward took possession of his benefice, and formally read himself in yesterday morning. The Rev. Wm. Henry Hicks , S.C.L., has boon licensed to the curacy of Rumsbury, The Rev. Macnamara Patey, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Chalbury, Dorset. The Rev. Henry Watson, 8,A., has been licensed to the curacy of Urchfont, Wilts. The Rev. Wm. Wilson, 8.A., has been licensed to Isham ouracy, Northamptonshire. The Rev. Isaac Domere Jenkins, S.C.L., has been licensed to Aberdare curacy, Glamorganshiro. The Rev. G?orge Wm. Darby, M.A., has been insti tuted to the rectory of Fersfirld, Norfolk. Value 4001,, with residence. Patron, Charles Septimus Money- Kyrie, Esq., of St. Mary Hall, O x f ord ' The Rev William John Percy, M.A., has been insti tuted to the rectory of Silton, Dorset. Value 3791., with residence. Patrons, the Rev. Richard Downes,the Rev. Thomas Gatehouse, and Lieutenant James Bower Somerville. The Rev. Alexander Peters Birrell, M.A., has been presented to the vicarage of Oving, Sussex. Value 2241,, with residence. Patron, the Precentor in Chichester Cathedral. The Rev. James Didziel Simpson, 8.D., has been pre sented to the pf-rpetual curacy of Stoulton, Worcester shire. Value 1001., with residence. Patron, Earl Somers. The Rev. J. T. C. Stacey, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of St. Jobn, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. The Rev. Richard Hichens, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy ot!send, Northumberland. The Rev. R. W. Ferguson, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Tintern, Monmouth. The Rev. William Goldstone, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Langharne with Llactiadawrnen, Car marthenshire. ' The Roy. M. E. Welby, 8.A., has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Paul, Skelty, Glamorgan: hire. The Rev. J. James Allgood, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Simonburn, Northumberland. The Roy. D. 0. James, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Aberaven, Glamorganshire. The Rev. W. H. Lewis, 8.A., Master of the Gram. mar School, Bala, has been licensed to the curacy of Llancil, Merionethshire. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANca.—There has been but a small amount of business done to-day ; but prices were generally firm. The only transaction reported was—Bristol and Exeter, 83— Great Western, 874,i —Midland Stock, 58 1 A. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Caledonian, 16—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 23—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 61—London and North-Western, N ew —Ditto, Preference Manchester ~ 9 S - 11 1 e 6 ffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 Eastern and Dover, 21% Great Soßh-erniaduladnWd'ebstBe—rnS:3ust MANCHESTER., J. 3. STOOK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been dull and inactive to-day, with little business doing. Prices remain without noticeable alteration. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 16% —East Anglian, Preference, 6 per cent., 2%—Eastern Counties, 7—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61%—Ditto, Fifths, 7% is.—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened steady in the morning, but towards evening prices were scarcely so firm as they were in the early part of the day. Among the closing prices were—London and North-Western, buyers 117, sellers 118—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, buyers 34a dis.— Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 9%, sellers 10 i ii —Coventry and Nuneaton, 3% London, Brighton, and South Coast, b u y ers 96, sellers 97 Midland, buyers 58 1 4, sellers 581/(2—North Staffordshire, buyers 8, sellers 7 3 / 4 dis.—South Staffordshire, buyers, 11. 18s. 9d., sellers 8 3 / 4 dis.—Shropshire Union, buyers 3%, sellers, 3/. 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers lers 6%, sellers 6 % — Ditto, (B), buy ers 4 ' . 13s. 9d.) sel 41. 16s. . UNDER SECRETARY SHIP FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.— We learn, from a private source, that the Lord Wode house has been offered the office of Under-Secretaryship of Foreign Affairs. The county cannot be otherwise than glad to see a nobleman, of whose name and family the county has no common attachment, selected to oc cupy a position which demands the exercise of more than ordinary ability. His Lordship's business habits, ability, and steadiness of purpose, will be valuable in any position Lord Wodehouse may consent to fill. We have not heard if his Lordship has accepted office.— Norwich Mercury of Saturday. A ballast train on the Metz Railway wos proceed ing three nights ago from Forbach to Foulquemont, when it suddenly got, near Saint Avoid, on to a wrong line of rails. The consequence was that, after proceeding s ome little distance, it arrived at theextreminto a m extremity the rails, ahils,an and was precipitated down an embankment mea dow. The locomotive sank deep into the soil, and the tender and waggons fell on it. Six persons were in the train at the time; two were killed on the spot, one was so much injured that he died shortly after, and another bad his collar-bone broken. A man was seen running away just before the train got on the wrong line, and it is believed that he turned the points.— oa/ignani. rA DVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGIS AND Hbuoweir's Pmts.—An astounding care by this miraculotiB medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Fcb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir :I beg to ae,quaint you that your pills have ef• footed a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had net been able to effect ; nag, ;:el (-re, , ~r rienbad. (Signed) " ALosoaouwa." These wonderful pills will cure any dizer:e of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, strand, sal byall 31 "P in0 'Maga throughout the civilised world„ THE COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCIIESTER, JAN. 3.—During the week a feeling , of gr,ater clout:kit:rice has gradually gained ground iu the trade, and although not followed by any considerable increa:ie of business (owing doubtless in some measure to the holiday character of the present season), still in the s des effected approved marks of Flour have com manded full and improving prices, whiht other articles have participated more or less in the firmness manifested by holders. At our market this morning Wheat ad vanced ld to 2d per 7Olbs. Flour was likewise held for 6d to Is per sack over the rates curieet on this day se'nnight. Oats and oatmeal moved off rather slowly, but commanded full prices. . - NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 3.—At Derby yesterday the supply both of wheat and barley was very small, and each article in demand; for the former there was a ready sale at horn is to 2s, and for the latter at fully is per quarter more money than hat week. In other things no alteration. Wheat, red, 36s to 403 per 36 atone; ditto, white, 403 to 475; barley, for malting, 26s to 30s imperial measure; ditto, for grinding, 233 to 25s per 30 stone; oats, old, 22s to 26s per 24 stone; ditto, new, 18s to 21s; beans, old. 36s to 39s per 38 stone; flJur, 27s to 283; superfine, 30s to 31s per 20 stone. At Newark, on Wednesday, there was a very small supply of gram in th© market of ail kiuds, yet business was tolerably active in every department. For wheat of best and even secon dary qualities there was a clear advance of fully Is a quarter. Barley, good samples, also realized that im proved price. Inferior qualities remained stationary at last week% rates, as also did oats, beans, and peas. Wheat, white, 41s to 455; red, 35s to 398; barley, for malting, 26s to 305; for grinding, 203 to 243; oats, 17s to 265; beans, 26s to 345. A rise in the price of wheat and barley of good qualities is also indicated by the quo tatiens of other secondary local markets held during the latter part of the present week. The supply of wheat at our own market to-day was small, the demand for which was good at an advance of Is, and in some in stances 2s per quarter from the prices of last week. Barley was also a ready sale at is to 2s per quarter more money. In oats and beans no alteration. At Sudbury, on Thursday, wheat had a brisk sale at late rtes, and good barley was quite is per qr. dearer. At Bury the wheat trade was raised from la to 2s per qr.; barley also was dearer, especially samples fit for malting. At Woodbridge the quotations for both wheat and barley were raised is.; other grain, though not nominally higher, sold freely. On Thursday, at Stowmarket, barley advanced 6d to Is per qr., and the wheat trade was considered a shade higher. The markets of Herts have improved in the same pro portion. At Bishops Stortford, on Thursday, barley, an Important article in that malting district, though in largo supply, advanced and in some cares is per qr. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN. I.—The numbers at the market to-day were —oxen, 732 ; sheep, 1,435. The supply of cattle being about that of previous mar kets, and the quality good, prices ruled about the same AS last week. Best ox beef, 465, ourrent 423 to 43, infe rior, 34s to 403 per cwt, sinking the offal; a few turned out unsold. The supply of sheep was below the usual average, but equal to the demand. Best aged wethera 50, current 4i i to sd, inferior 3d to 4d per lb., sinking the (ail; a few left unsold. DALKEITH, Jew. L—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, 1 fist 01b, and 16st 131 b. Oats, 12st 121 b, Ilet 111 b, and it 121 b. Barley, 16st 41b, 15st llb, and Ist 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 21b, lest 81b, end 18st 61bs. Q' s • Best. Current. Interior. 314 Wheat .. . ....,£•2 0 0 £1 16 0 £1 11 0 1495 Oats 701 Barley 1 5 6 1 3 3 1 0 0 47 Peas and Beans 112 6 19 0 16 0 Average of wheat 353 sd. ABIRDNEN, JAN. 2 . —Grain—Oats 16s Oct to 16s 6d, 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, 00s Od to 17s Od, 401bs per bushel; barley, 215 Od to 22s td. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 2250 d to 22s 6d, 52Ibs per bushel; wheat 00s to 425; oatmeal, 13a ud to 14s Od per boll ; flour, 293 to 305 Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 6d per lb; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s Od to 4s Od ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 0. Od to 35 3d ; potatoes, per peck, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8a ; eggs, per doz, l a Id to Is 2d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hens,. pet pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 6d to 2s Od; ducks, dc., Is 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, ter pair, as to 95 Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter tor exportation ( present cure), per cwt, 005 to 585; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, Oct to 7d; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141135, Os ud to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 35 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is 4d to Is bd ; barley dust, 8d to Od; peasemeal, is 7d to le 8d; aids, Od to 6d; beremeal, is 2d to is 3d; flour, is 7d to is 8d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, Is 4d to is sd. DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—There was a moderate eupply at our Corn Exchange to-day, and all kinds of home grain met a steady demand, at the currencies of Tuesday, in which wo note no change. Fureign wheat generally dull, and Indian corn without alteration in valufs.. Wheat, white, 18s Gd to 22s 6d; red ditto, 17s 6d to 21s 6d ; bere, 103 to Ils Od ; oats, new 9a 6d to lls 3d ; oatmeal, 105 6d to 12s Od; bakers' flour, yet cwt.. 123 to 14a Od; barley, Ils Oct to 15s; Indian corn. per 4801 b, 273 6d to 293 Od; rapeseed, 14e Od to 16a 6d per barrel. CORK, JAN. 2. During tho last day or two, we have had some) brisk :- ness in the trade, in wheat especially, a cons id era bl e business having een done in the article, which is very firm with an upward tendency. Oats excepted, the value of other descriptions of grain also is firmly main tained. Wa have bat few arrivals to notice from abroad, while the receipts of home grain also are very moderate, Ike supply for the week amounting to only:—wheat, 334 brls at 17s 6d to 203 6d per brl; barley, 762 brls at; lOs 64 to 12s 3d per brl; oats, 2,333 brls at 9s to 1011 6(1 per brl. There is scarcely any alteration in the value of either description of grain since our last. As we be. fore remarked we have had a pretty brisk business pass ing in foreign wheat. Several large parcels have changed hands, and though we can scarcely quote any actual ad vance on the article, there is great briskness in the trade and a manifest upward tendency. Barley continues its the same brisk demand noticed of late, and prices are firmly maintained, Oats, with depressed advices from , and large arrivals at the English side, are dull, and we have not heard of any transactions in the article. Prices continuo nominally as last quoted. The bakers not having fully worked cff their Christmas stocks, are not as yet in the market as purchasers. The trade in flour therefore is quiet, and we have no alteration in prices. The value of Indian corn is firmly maintained, but tho business doing in this grain is not extensive. Primal are unchanged, the extreme rates demanded for Galati being 61 15s per ton. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat 00s 03 to ON Od 00s Od-20 ston,o 13 Red wheat lBs 6d to 195 Od ON Od-20 do 0 Data oos Od to 00 s Od 0 Ditto oos Od to 005 Cd 91 Barley lls Od to 12s Od 46 Ditto l2s Od to 12s 2411- 00s Od-16 do 0 Ditto Os Od to 00s Od 0 Bere _ ....... Od to Os Od Os Od 149 Oats 95 Od to 95 8d 183 Ditto 9s 8d to 108 Od ON 04-44 do 173 Ditto lO5 Od t o l Os 74 65 Pigs lBs Od to 31s Od 285 6d per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: 0 barrels white wheat; 6 red ; 22 barley ; 0 here ; 11 oatti 2 pigs. - Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:— Wheat, 517. Barley, 1,488. Oats, 3,838. Pigs, 637. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality ... 64s Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 27. Pigs, 372.. Sheep, 161. Cows, 93. Coss.—Flour—First ll s 6 d to 13s Od ; extra 13s 6d; seconds, 1O Od to 1156 d; households 8s to lOs Od; thirds, 7s tat meals Oatmeal 10s 6d to 1 ls,• Indian meal 6s 6d to Ps 64 to IN per cwt. Indian corn 6t 8s Od to 6115, Od per ton. Bran 85s to 87a 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 325; average 28s • dealers 34 s t o 4 2 s Od ; average 37s per ton. Straw — Farmers 141 ' 0d to 24s Od; average 19a; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d; household loaf 4id to bd per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 104 per lb. O gg ; 58 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals-• Newport lbs Lydney 16s • dore 00s ; Culre, 13: 04 per ton. Tallow 38 ' s 04 to 4N per era. Whisky, 25 0. P., 55 9d per imperial gallon. Most —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6f i cl; veal 4d to 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages bd per Ab• Hops 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 2/17s 6d to 310 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French 61 Os ; Spanish Olper ton. Fleece Wooll4s to 15s per stet& Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red ditto, 245 to ON per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 705 per ton; red pine, 31 bs; yellow ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per IC3. Hides--- Market 215 to 30s; salted 221 to 305 per (net ; calf skins 3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to Ild; Minions, Cad to 004. Guano— Peruvian, 11110 s ; Ichaboe, ed t o 910 s per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the Ist inst., at' Walton-on-Thames, Lady Thompson, of an _ On the 81st ult., at Owersby Vicarage, Lincolnshire, the wife of the Rev. Henry R. Lloyd. On the 2d inst., at Brompton-square, the wife of Henri Munster, of the Inner Temple. OF A DA . On the Ist inst., at Erskine-hoase, UGHTER Hampstead-heath; Mrs' Henry Bruce. On the Ist inst., at Wallow, Notts, Mrs. T. M. Williams. MARRIED. On New Year's-day, at Great Ealing, Middlesex, Samuel Lover, Esq., to Mary Jane, fifth daughter of the late Williams Waudbv, Esq., of Coldham-hall, Cambridgeshire. On the Ist inst., at Handsworth Church, Staffordshire, the Rev. John William Donaldson, D.D., head-master of Burg School, Suffolk, to Louisa, eldest daughter of J. Rawlins' Esq , of Ashisy-house, Handsworth. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Buckerell Vicarage Devon, the Re' Richard Patteson, late curate of King's Cliffe, Northampton' On the 31st ult., at Belgrave-pl ace , Pi m li co , A. Maxwell, Esq., aged 91. On the 30th ult., at Ozleworth Rectory, Gloucestershire , the Rev. Joseph Mayo, aged 88. On the 31st ult., at Stapleford, Lincolnshire, Edward Tonge, Esq., aged 83. _ _ On the 29th ult., at Redbourne, Herta, aged 77, Maxi" Vero, widow of the late Rear-Admiral William Brown. On the 31st ult., at High-street, Purtsmuuth, William Reeks, aged 93. .On the Ist inst., at the Grove, Camberwell, Henry Gooc l3, Esq., late of the Audit-office, Somerset-house, aged 69. On the Ist inst., Mr. G. H. Lawrence, of Brunswiw n house, Windsor, aged 58. On the 28th ult., at Exeter, Captain John Somervill e ' retired full pay, Royal Artillery, aged 57. London: Priattti and Published by MURDO ti OWN e t No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The & Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the nallgar of Middlenzi NondAy l January 6, 102. 1