The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-02 00:00:00

LLOYD'S S G.-(T3lit; DA Y.) LONDON, FEB. 2.—Wind at noon S.W., light breezy and dull cloudy weather. BRISTOL, JAN. 31.—Wind W., strong.—Arrd. Pros perous, Jones, Zante. NEWPORT, JAN. 31.--Wind W.—Arrd. Marchioness of Bute, M'Rivett, Quebec. SWANSEA, FEB. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Thomas Bell, Ford, Cuba. WATERFORD. JAN. 31.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W. and S.S.E.—SId. Star, Newfoundland. BELFAST, JAN. 31.—Wind S .W.—Arrcl. Enstace, Mowat, Taganrog. WARRENPOINT, JAN. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrd• Spin ner, Smith, Constantinople. LOWESTOFT FEB. I.—A French br i g struck on Cotton Sands ' last evening, but was assisted off, and put on the beach full of water. The Tom has put in here leaky,7with cargo shifted. ANTWERP, JAN. 31.—The Propentis Russian brig wag wrecked on the coast of Troy previous to 10th January. R.musoe.TE, FEB. I.—The ebe, of Gotenburg, from Newcastle to Malta, has put in here leaky, having struck on the Varne. HARRINOTON, JAN. 30.—There are now washing on shore here a number of pigs, with an oar branded C. D. and Co., painted black, 16 feet long. A chest has come On the beach, evidently an emigrant's, marked " John Phelan." DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind W.S.W.; Feb. 1, S.W. by W., strong; , W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. B ern h ar d, Al tona; Hibernia, Maloey, Now York; Vivid, Pittuek, St. Michael's; Landforel, arrived from River for Rio Janeiro; James Holmes, Head, Demerara ; Scotsman, Sinclair, Santa Martha; Lady Rowena, Malta; Thomas Blyth, Garwood, Mauritius ; Flora M'Donald, Proud, San Francisco ;- Claudia Peelo, Demerara ; Richard Mount, Colin, Bahia; Louisa Williams, St. Lucia; Ocean Queen, Doane, New York; Perseverance and Quiver, St. Michael's; Elizabeth Lewis, Law, Odessa; Thespians, Constantinople. Put back, Liberia and Calmins, Con stantinople; Great Britain, Wilson, Callao. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Wind S. •, Feb. 1., N. W.— Arrd. Pakinham, Dougle, Bombay ; Susan Hincks, Gay, New Orleans; Denmark, Thompson, Mobile; Princeya, New Orleans; Excelsior, Smith, Mobile; John Bunyan, Nichols, Apalachicola ; Lismahagow, Gunter, St. Doha's, New Brunswick, Secret, Cullings, Patras• Sheridan, Cornish, N ew Y or k ; M o d e l an d S ena t o r, S t : John's, New Brunswick; Cambria steamer, Boston, on freight 65,000 dollars. Sld. Metoka, New Orleans: Mary Florence, Baltimore • Canada steamer, New York. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 1.- Wind: W.—Sid. Jane Good year, Gibraltar. • FALMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind W.S.W. to W., strong and squally.; Feb. 1., W.S.W:, fresh:—A.rrd. G. F. D., Llewellin, Valparaiso; Mariner, Westcott, Girgenti. Off port Eleanore and Henriette, Porto Rico. QuEENSTOWN, JAN. 30.—Wind W.N.W.; Jan. 31., W. strong.—Arrd. Cannata, Trelson, Mauritius; British yeoman, Turner, Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind S.S.W. to W.; Feb. I, W.—Put back, Dart, Madeira and Gambia. COWES, FEB. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. George, La Gnayra. STORNAWAY, JAN. 28.—The Nancy, of and from Har rington, for Westport, has been blown off the coast of Ireland, and was stranded and sunk on the west e n d of Berneray Lochroy 24th January; crew saved. Wind Strong from S.W, stormy weather. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY) CORN EXCH AN GE-(MONDAY.) Most of the country markets held on Saturday were tolerably well, but not to say extensively, supplied with home-grown Wheats, in which a good business was doing, at an advance in the quotations of from is to, in some instances, 3s per quarter. Foreign Wheats were held at much higher rates. The Barley trade ruled soave, and prices improved is to 2s per quarter. Malt and Oats advanced is per quarter. Beans and Peas firm. Indian Corn and Flour were again dearer. No material change has taken place in the value of Flour in the French markets, but these up the Baltic have been active for all grain, at steadily improving currencies. Accounts have come to hand to the effect that the shipments of grain from the whole of the Rus sian ports have been prohibited. The latest advices from New York state that Flour was on the advance. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small, whilst those from abroad were confined ac 1,4 49 quarters of Wheat; 1,372 Oats; 5,645 Beans; 174 Peas ; 17 Tares; 4,559 Lin seed; 254 sundry Seeds; 200 sacks and 3,518 barrels of Flour. , very limited supply of Wheat came fresh to hand ukia morning from Kent, but there was a slight increase in the receipts from Essex and Suffolk, coastwise. From the midland districts the arrivals by land carriage were smaller than for some time past. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was compara tively trifling, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was somewhat inactive. The falling off in the demand, however, is solely to be attributed to the damp state in which the supply came to hand—a large portion of it being wholly unfit for grinding purposes, without a large admixture of dry foreign. In some in stances, !therefore, la per quarter less money was ac cepteda by th e factors; yet we may observe that the allW al f v or alu th e e o of most kinds remained unaltered, if we in wet weather• depreciated value, the result of the prevail - The inani,„ foracti ve. ar jsi n forward delivery parcels was less power s . from the firmness on the part of the Scarc ely any fresh Foreign Wh ea t was b roug ht for yr,itrd; but th e show of samples, ex granary, was toler rej: ext ensive . A f u ll average b us i ness was d o i ng i n kinds very few transactions w ere reported. Floating cargoes of Wheat off Falmouth sold slowly, as the r ates demanded by the owners were considerably above the limits received from Holland. The supply of Barley being very small, that article moved off freely, at a further rise in the quotations of is Per quarter, at which a c l earance was speedily effected. Malt wa s in moderate supply and good request, at is Per quarter more money for fine samples. We were very scantily supplied with Oats. Selected maples were the turn higher, whilst damp samples sold it previous rates. _ Beans less busine ss was d o i n g. In prices, however, we have no change to report. Peas were dull in sale, but not lower. Indian Corn was held at comparatively high figures. 2 ,The nominal top price of English Flour was 43s per ° °ll3B - French and American parcels were in good request. moat—CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 555 to 608 Red .... •• • • 405 to 45s Oats Yorkshire and bitto,White, New 42s 533 Lincolnsla., Feed. 19s 22s Norfolk and Lin- Potato cola, Red.• •• • 405 45s Yo ug h a l an d Co rk, Ditto, white.... • . 42a 495 Black . 188 21s Irish, Red •••• • • • • —s Cork, White ....• 195 'l2s Ditto White.. ••• • — 8 Scotch, Feed. 22s 26 8 ........ 26s 28s Beans—Tick 2ss 30 8 earl N, 268 28s ...... 278 33 ey__ ew G r i n ding 258 288 Peas—Gre Pigeons y .... .• • . 288 3I s 8 Malting .• .• 298 32s Maple. ...• •• •• 298 32, Chevalier •• • • •• • 34 s 376 White • ••••• • • • • 26s 29, *alt — Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • ....• • • 32, 34 8 „ .... 458 545 Flour — Town -made 398 43 5 43s 48s Suffolk • • • • 32s 36, Xingston and Ware bls 56s Btocktn ik Norfolk 325 36 8 SEEDS._ _ About 5,000 quarters of Black Sea Linseed have been disposed of at 43s to 43s 6d, and 4,000 East India at 43 s per quarter. East India Rapeseed steady, at 35s to per quarter. At public sale 100 quarters Ceylon Linseed went at 4`)s, and 300 Calcutta at 41s 6d ; 400 quarters Calcutta Rape produced 35s to 35s 6d. Linseed an d Rape Cakes, as well as Canary, are quite as dear as last week. TurulP,White, per bush. 6a to lOs Red and Green.. . • 8s Its &Wilford, Brown.. • • 83 98 White, new ...• ..6sod 7sod Lar e 3 •Winter ...... ••3s 6d 4s Od Old _ 3B Sd Os Od Canary, per quarter .• 36s 39s • • • .. 24s 30 s z Ve Clove grass.. r, Red En 6. (cwt.) 3;s 44s White 34 3 45s Foreign 1ied...... ass 44s White "' • 34 3 44 s Trefoil .............. 183 22s Carraway .•.•••• • • • • • 3 13 3 3s Coriander ••.•• • •• 93 Ms Hempseed, per quarter 323 35s Linseed, Eng• Sowing•• 60S 65s Crushing .• • • 463 52s Baltic 40s 46s Odessa • • •..... 44s 508 Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— English • • . 81 lOs 101 Os Foreign, per ton 6155 81 58 Rape Oakes, pr ton 41 2s 41 48 Rapeseed,New,prlst 21103 2310 s safiXTurimi.D. During last week only moderate supplies of foreign stock arrived in the port of London, the total import having been 2,446 laead. During the correspondiLg period in 1851 we received 2,651 ; in 1 850, 454; in 1849, 1,350; and in 1848, 443 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAlrr From Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves, Pigs._ Hamburgh ... 40 ••• Harlingen .. 315 ... 143 •• ••• 4 Rotterdam ... 242 ... 424 ... 239 Ostend Antwerp Amsterdam 43 ... 297 ..• . — Total 640 .. 1,477 ...321 8 The yearly comparison of the weekly arrivals in an under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851 554 1,912 ... ... 3 50 ... 25 1850 1849 369 799 182 ... 1848 132 ... 298 23 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was very moderate, both as to number and quality; but the sup ply of Beasts derived !row our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, was seasonably large; whilst its general condition was good. The weather being ex tremely wet, and Newgate and Leadenhall extensively supplied with meat killed in the provinces, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at a decline on the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per Bibs. The top figure for the best Scots was 3s 8d per lbs. From Nor folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,50 0 Scots, Short-horns, and Herefords; from the Nor thern districts 800 Short-horns; from other parts of England, 500 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c.; and, .„.,. fr om Scotland , 460 horned and polled Scots. Notwithstandin g that we have to report a further de cline in the number of Sheep, the demand for that de scription of stock was far from active, nevertheless a fair clearance was effected at last week's currency. The highest quotation for the best old Downs was 40 4d per elhi'• About 2,000 Sheep were out of the woo l. The supply of C a l ves was unusually small, nevertheless the al trade r u l e d h eavy at barely stationary prices. In Figs, the show of which was but moderate, very little business was trensoeted at late rates. Zd 4 to t B O 8 1b8 : tozink the offal. Inferior Beasts... .. 2 2 6 gc?ond quality •• •• 2 8 3 0 Prime large 010 a• • 3 2 3 4 Primo Scots •• ••• • 3 •; 3 Large coarsc Calves 210 3 6 P rinat•smalltlitto .• 3 8 310 Suckllsr; Calves • •18 0 21 0 Lailtbs •••• .• •... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY L'easts• sheep. 18,te90 YOULIGN Be asta. I Sheep. 577 880 a. d. to s. d Inferior Sheer •••• 2 10 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto3 10 4 0 Southdown Wetter 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs•••••• 2 6 3 6 Small Porkers ••• • 3 8 310 Quarter old Figs • .16 0 19 0 YARK.Lf..2 Calves. l'iga. 161 I 280 3U?kLY. Calves. I Pigs. 138 , T E S yN, A Statemen.t and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Moncls y, February 3, 1851, and this day, Monday, Febru aryUs2 e; P Ms., to sink the o ff a ls. r 1; Feb. 3, 1851. Feb. 2, 1852. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse, and Inferior Beasts ... ••• 2 6to 2 8 2 4to 2 6 Second ;:city ditto ... ... 0 10 3 0 2 8 3 0 Prime larg n Oxen .. ... 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 Prime Sco ts, xc. 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 Coarse and. inferior Sheep... ... 3 4 3 82 10 3 0 Second qu. ility ditto ... ... 3 8 310 3 2 3 8 Prime coal !se-woolled ditto ... 4 0 4 23 10 4 0 Prime Sou tlidown ditto . 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 Lambs— -- •••••••..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coar so Calves ... 3 0 3 62 10 3 6 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 8 310 3 8 310 Large Bog .. ... 210 3 ti 2 6 3 6 Small Pori 're ••• ... 3 8 4 0 3 8 310 Beasts ... 3,892 4,176 , beep and Lambs .. —19,100 18,990 Calves ... 193 161 Pigs . . .. 295 280 SUPPLIES ON SALE, FEB. 4, 1850.—Beasts, 3,688 ; Sheep and T..ambs, 10,020 ; Calves, 69; Pigs, 205. FEB. 6, '8 49.—Beasts; 3,227; Sheep: and Lambs, 16,290; Calves; 10',7,; Pigs, 135. vi r G ZIT .11. ND X.E.fiIitENELLILL. Since 0 , ir last report these markets have been very mo derately s u pplied with meat killed in London, but the ar rivals fron a various parts of the country have been larger, upwards c f 16,000 carcasses. Prime Beef and Mutton are in modera to re quest at full prices. In other kinds of meat only :a limited business is doing, at barely late rates. A few baskets of Beef have arrived from the continent. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i X. d. to s. Beef, inferic it ...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, interior .. 2 6 210 caidah .... 2 6. 2 8 1 muddling.. 3 0 3 6 - primela: •go •• 210 3 0 1 prime •... 3 8 310 - prime so iall .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 8 4 Veal.• ••• • • 2 8 310 ; - small 3 6 310 1501 ZOUGEL Amax§ SPITALFEZIMS. _ About 3 ,800 tons of Potatoes have come to hand during the• week coastwise and by land carriage. The general qu.a lity of the samples on sale here is exceedingly good, and vee understand that very large supplies still remain in the hands of the growers. The trade is in a very sluggi sh state, at barely last week's prices. We are without any foreign arrivals. _ _ Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 65s to 80s Ditto Shaiwo —s to s Per Ton• Wisbeach & Cam bridge Lincoln. Itey,ents GOs to 70s Scotch Reg( mts 6Os to 70s Ditto Cups Ditto Blue s Ditto Dahlias —s to —s Common Whites. -.6 to —s Newcastle Sc Ber wick Rogents 6os to 70s Kentish Ile d Kid. —s to —s BOZZOUGH Kent Regents 60s to 75s Essex Regents 60s to 75s !Essex Shaws 6os to 65s Kent Shaws 6os to 65s Kent & Essz. Mid. —s to —s French —s to s German ditto Dutch Whites.., sto —a ,Chats I P MEL=rL T._ _ For all new7l;psVe have a steady inquiry, at full prices. Yearlings support late rates, but old qualities are almos; . t nominal. Sussex Pockets, 112 s to 1265; Weald of 'Heat ditto. 126 s to 140 s; Mid and East Kent, 140 s to 251Js per cwt. WOOL. Since Mc}nday last the imports of Wool into London have been confined to 229 bales from the Cape, and 20 bales from' Rotterdam. Several large parcels of English have been disposed of for Holland and Belgium, at full quotations, whilst the demand for all other kinds is steady, notwithstanding the approaching public sales. TILIZLOAI7. The dem and for all kinds of Tallow continues heavy, and a further decline of 3d per cwt has taken place in the quotations. New P.Y.C. on the spot is selling to day,at 365, and old 35s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow is 36s to 36a 61 per cwt nett cash; Rough Fat, 2s ld per 81bs. 1848. 1849. 1850 1851. 18;)2. 3teck this day •• .. Price of Y. C. .. 13,221 51s 9d tos2s Od 3,159 76,1389 Delivery last week Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 ... 5G,472 43,370 398 Od 3Ss Od to Os Od to Os Od Price of Town • • .• .. 81,iC9 533 Od 2,165 1,487 72,167 67,375 1,771 1 2,714 101,136 ! 85,274 423 Od 398 6d 47,830 56,770 378 9cl to 36s Od Os Oct to Os Od 2,372 2,494 68,024 75,550 *7O 20 90,314 95,786 39s 6d i 39s 6d EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) COOK V. GOODERE. This was an action in forma pauperis, to recover da mages for injury sustained in consequence of the alleged neglect of the defendant, Mr. Pigott appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Haw kins for the defendant. The plaintiff, Henry Cook, was employed as a coach man to an undertaker; and the defendant was a fruiterer, carrying on business in Gray's Inn-road. The injury to the plaintiff arose un d er t h e following circumstances : On the 14th of July last, between seven and eight o'clock in the evelling, there was standing opposite the def'en dant's shop a van and horse, which were the property of the defendant. The horse was unattended by any one, and as the plaintiff was about to cross the road in front of him, the animal seized him and inflicted a severe wound on the left side of the breast. The horse was very savage, and it was with considerable difficulty he released himself from the grasp of his mouth, On complaining to the defendant, he admitted that the horse was a very vicious one, and said he had ordered a muzzle for him, but it had not come. The defendant recommended the plaintiff to his doctor, who attended him gratuitously until his recovery, but refused even to give him 10s., the sum applied fur as compensation, though he wus unable to proceed to work for a period of four weeks. Mr. Ilawims contended, on the part of the defen dant, that the action had been brought solely for the purpose of putting money into the solicitor's pocket. The CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 103. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAYY•) OLD COURT The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the other civic func tionaries who usually attend the court on these occasions. The grand jury having been sworn and empannelled, The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them. He said he was happy to be enabled to inform them that, notwithstanding a considerable in terval had elapsed since tho last session, the bushaess this session was not of a very heavy character; but at the same time he was sorry to say there were some very serious offences which they would have to inquire into; there were, however, hardly any cases iu the calendar which he thought it necessary to detain them upc n, because it was not his practice to make any observations upon a case unless there was sorao legal difficulty involved in it which made it desirable that some explanation should he offered about it. The facts were for them to deal with, and if any unforeseen diffi culty should hereafter arise, the Court would be at baud ready to give them every assistance. He found, ulac looking over the calendar, that there were two charge.s of murder, one of them the result of a dispute in a brothel, and the other a charge against a mother of having caused the death of her child by wilful strvation and neglect. In the latter case, the woman charged sop peered to have been the mother of two children, one of them seven years of age, and the other an infant. In a case like this, where the woman was married, the first obligation of supporting the offspring of the marriage rested upon the husband of supplying necessary food and shelter, and unless it could be shown that the woman had the means within her reach of sup plying the wants of life, her husband would be responsible to the law for the consequences of his neglect. In eh is ease, however, no question of that sort was likely to arise, because it appeared from the depositions that there was ample food and clothing within her command if she had chosen to use it. In the first place, then, all that they would have to do would be to be satisfied that the child died from want and exposure; and, secondly, whether that want and exposure resulted from the wilful neglect of the mother. The re was a very serious case of stabbing or wounding, wi th intent to murder, upon the high seas. In this case %Ivo men were charged, but before they could return a tr uo bill against the two they must be satisfied that the one who did not actually strike the blow was conscious of what the other was going to do, and assented to it. There were some serious cases of forgery likely to corne before them, but it was not necessary that he should, go into the details of them. The great majority of the other cases was, as usual, made up of common larcenies, and they were of a very simple character. Now, it :had occurred to some gentlemen who had sat upon the graud jury that it was a great hardship, ti ,nd incurred unnecessary expense, that gentlemen should be assembled together every session to investigate th ese petty charges, more especially as the vast proportion of these cases had already undergone a preliminary inquiry before help police magistrate. In these cases ho could not concurring with them that the intervention. of a gentlemen whovd grauditjuiin'y yo w l aa scarcely necessary. It was not merely only objectio n that great loss of time on the was afraid, indeed he considerable t served on grand juries that was the part of the exp o en the sy s t em , With that the intervention but it also involved on to the prosecutors ; arid he could say from experience, some cases facilitated the e while, i desire a t f ho t h t g defeat nn witnesses, th t e i r l done to partieshdthejureavds in ustamaensd, great keeping justice, by tampering by bill s! enemies going i against them upon after attended ituhsetmiceouNtvaosf thdso, behind their backs and preferring ex parte statements, which were some t with succsss, without having previousryhgone before a police magistrate. It was, however, f or another place to decide whether it w a s desirable to call so in"Y gentle men from their home s to attend on the se grand ' urJy in quisitions, but he co uld not hel p believing that m any o f the gentlemen who were compelled to lose their t i me in this way might render more service to the public, an d be more usefully employed by being occasionally ca ll ed upon to serve on the common jury. The grand jury were then dismissed to their duties, and in a short while, several true bills having been re turned into Court, a jury was at once sworn, and the trials proceeded with. MARLBRO'-STREET( THIS DAY . ) ROBBERY BY A tiIIOPMAN.—.IO/112, Barret was brough t before Mr. Bingham charged with ro bbing his employer, Mr. Peter Squir e , chemist, 277, Oxford-street. • The prosecutor stated that in consequence o f a cm _ n municatiou made to him, that the prisoner was robbing robbing him, he on Saturday evening marked two ball which he placed in the till iu t h e presence o f a wltne3e. About eleven o'clock the same night he lcoked in the till and missed two of the marked half-crowns there from. Witness then went into the parlour, where the prisoner was sitting with the other young men, and told him he had missed some silver from the till, and directed him to turn out his silver. Defendant then pulled some silver from his waistcoat pocket, and amongst it one of the marked pieces. He subsequently took from his trowsers' pocket some more loose silver in which was the other marked half-crown. Witness then sent for a constable and gave him in charge. Inspector Park, C division, said alter he bad entered the charge on the sheet he read it over to the defendant, who stated that he bad sold goods to the value of live pence, in payment for which he received a sovereign. Not having sufficient change in the till be made up the did'erence from his own pocket, and repaid himself from the money in the till, and that was the only way he could account for the two half-crowns being in his pos session. The defendant said he wished to adhere to the same statement now. Mr. BINGHAM remanded the prisoner till Thursday next. SUSPECTED MURDER OF THE REV. J. EVAIVS, OF THE WESLEYAN CONN.EC TION. The neighbourhood of Banwell, Somerset, and the adjoin ing district, was on Saturdaythrown into great consterna tion, by the intelligence that Rev. J.Evans, a well-known and much respected conference minister of the Wesleyan connection, had been found dead in the road leading from Blackford to Banwell, and that, from the peculiar circumstances under which the body was found, there were strong suspicions that his death had been caused by unfair means. About two o'clock in the morning, as a man named Chilcott, who is in the habit of bringing butter, eggs, and other dairy produce to the Bristol market, was coming along the road with his cart, his attention was attracted by a horse and gig without a driver, which had, been apparently drawn into a little opening in the side of the road. He was rather surprised at the circumstance, and looked carefully round to see if the occupant had fallen out. He was not, however, to be seen; but on searching the other side of the road, the body of a man respectably dressed was found in a dry ditch. His clothes were covered with mud, and in the road were found various footmarks, as if a struggle had taken place. A few minutes after the body was disco vered by Chilcott, another person named Charles Paddy came up, and a more thorough inspection of the road was made, when the Rev. Gentleman's mackintosh was dis covered some yards off, and apparently much trampled on. An alarm was immediately given, and some la bourers were called up, when the body was identified as that of a gentleman who had lately visited the house of Mr. flardwich, in the neighbourhood, a local preacher. Mr. Hardwich was accordingly called, and recognised the body as that of the Rev. Mr. Evans. From the cur sory examination of the two men, Chilcott and Puddy, no 4 ,wounds were discovered, but both the men were quite positive that the appearance of the road indicated that a severe and prolonged scuffle had taken place. They found his whip in the middle of the road, also trampled on, and his hat a considerable distance off. The whole affair is at present enveloped in much mystery, but a searching investigation into the case will be made at the inquest. The Rev. Mr. Evans was well known among the large and highly respectable body of Wes leyans of this city. He was a tall and stout man, and about fifty years of age. In the neighbourhood where he laboured ho had gained the affection and almost the veneration of all around him, for his general kindness of heart, urbanity, and true piety.—Bristol Mirror. HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT GUILDFORD. A most tragical event bas just come so light at Al bury, near this town. From the facts collected it ap pears that some time ago a man named Keene, who had been in the on3ploy of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, at Shelford station, married Jane Broomer, a na tive of Albury, who had, previous to her marriage, given birth to an illegitimate child, the father of which, it i 3 stated, was a policeman. About ten months ago Keene and his wife were walking together on the Downs, when Keene took the child away, and, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned without the child, saying to his wife she should never see it again. She frequently asked her husband what he had done with the child, which she at last appears to have elicited from him, for she told her mother, a very aged woman, that her husband had thrown the child alive down a well, situate in the Warren, in the parish of Albury. The old lady was horrorstruck, and communicated the matter to one of her sons, who immediately proceeded to Guild ford and obtained the assistance of the police. They proceeded to the well and a man descended, and on reaching the bottom was horrified at finding the complete skeleton of a child lying on its back, with one foot across a small beam. He lifted up the body, but it fell to pieces. He gathered up the bones and brought them to the top of the well, whore they were taken possession of by the police, who immediately made search and ap prehended Keene and his wife, and they now remain in custody, awaiting the coroner's inquest, which will be held in a day or two. The depth of the well was 180 feet. The child was about two years and half old when thrown down the well N P‘ N, “ IT WILL DO !” This is the cry of the lazy, the careless, and the indif ferent. It was a f avour i te remar k o f Mrs. M'Clarty's— the woman who " could na be fashed." It is the excuse of mediocrity, the barrier of progress, and the enemy of all true excellence. When you hear a servant saying, " It will do," you may be pretty sure sheisone who is given to " s l o bb er over " h er wor k, on any pre tence to get it out of hand. In the household, "It will do" makes a candlestick out of a bottle-neck, and a soup stick of the bosom-handle. It sticks a chair-leg in the window-frame to hold the window up, and papers up a broken pane with a piece of old newspaper, or at a pinch, stuffs a pair of stockings or an old shirt through the hole. "It will do" stirs the fire with the tongs or the bellows-nozzle; extinguishes the candle by inversion, drowning it in its own grease; and snuffs it between the finger and thumb, or against the table with a knife. If a cork cannot bo readily got out of a bottle, "It will do" shoves it in with the finger. If the knives want cleaning, there is the foal-linen store at hand, and nap kins and table-cloths enough for the purpose. If a fork is wanted for cooking, th ere i s a s il ver one at hand, r eady for use. If th e " m i stress " should f i n d ou t a ny of these faux pas, there is " the cat," or " nobody," to serv e a s sc ape-goat. "It w i ll do " is the motto of the slat tern. Does her hair bang loose over the bread which she is kneading, " It will do" is justification enough. Are her hands guiltless of clean water, •' It will do" is her excuse. Does she use unmentionable napkins and towels to wipe her pans and dishes, still "It will do" must satisfy you. "It will do," says the boy, when he h a s learnt his lesson badly, and feels that he cannot say i t . "It will do," says the mother, when her daughter plays a showy sonata—though she has not yet learnt to spell correctly. "It will do," says the wife when her husband has bought her a new satin dresS, bat has not taken the precaution to insure his life. "It will do," says the husband, when his wife tells him she has "pro mised" to pay the grocer's bill, which has been running up for more than two years. "It will do!" has blighted many a character, blasted many a fortune, sunk many a ship, burnt down many a house, and irretrievably ruined thousands of hopeful projects of human good. It al ways means stopping short of the right thing. It is a makeshift. It is a failure and defeat. Not what "will do," but what is the best possible—that is the point to be aimed at! Let a man once adopt this motto of "It will do," and he is given over to the enemy—he is on the side of incompetency and defeat—and we give him up as a hopeless subject!—Eliza Cook's Journal. The Earl of Derby, as the leader of the Country party, entertained at dinner on Saturday, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the following distiuguished members of that party:—'the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of llardwicke, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of dalmesbury, Lord Lynd hurst, Lord Redesdale, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. 'Terries, Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. Walpole. The grand dinner of the Noble Earl to the Protectionist Members of the House of Lords takes place this evening. THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.—It is stated that the Noble Marquis will be speedily raised to an Irish duke dom. FORMATION OF A RIFLE CORPS IN LEEDS.-A rifle brigade, to be called the "Leeds Rifle Corps," is in course of formation in the borough of Leeds. Persons of all classes, callings, and parties are rapidly sending in their in tention of enrolling themselves in the volunteer corps. These volunteers propose that if Government will supply them with arms and accoutrements they will supply themselves with clothing and go through the requisite drills, &c. Judging from the list of volunteers, as it appeared on Satur day last, and from the feeling pervading a .very large body of the respectable inhabitants, the " Leeds Rifle Corps " promises to be a very numerous and effective volunteer brigade. o a r E a ton ofLondon, METROPOLITANat tthe el CATTLE eleventh n A t MARKET A hour — or, o K u E r BILL—The n t r o , t i; k de e ed u , p w on e Corporation almost say the twelfth—have decided themselves the entire management and responsibility of the " Act for Providing a Metropolitan Market, andc conveniences connected connected therewith, in lieu of the Cattle Market o Smith field." This Act is better and more familiarly known a m s iti l l : Smithfield Removal Act. It received the Royal assent the the Ist of August, 1851, and the six months' grace allowed to the corporation for carrying out an enactment, which they had strenuously opposed through all its stages, expired last night. They were offered , fir st and last b y the Government, the option of carrying out a measure which the interests and health of the City so loudly called for. But, all through they pertinaciously refused. And yet, after being defeated in both houses of Parliament, the alternative was given to them, and they have at last availed themselves of it.— Sunday Paper. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—A notice was issued from the London and Westminster Bank on Friday morning, that in consequence of the continued abundance of money the rate of interest on deposit receipts will be re• duced to 1 1 /, per cent. from the Ist of February. DEATn OF MR. GEORGE WALKER.—This gentle man, who for some years past has held a responsible office of locomotive superintendent at the Camden Town station of the London and North-Western Railway, died suddenly on Thursday evening, at the early age of 40. Mr. Walker was one of the oldest officers in the service of the company, and was highly esteemed by the directors. Mr. J. William Dickson is appointed to the situa tion of third paid attache to her Majesty's Mission in Persia. Mr. James Brooks, of Odiham, Hants, is appointed treasurer of the county courts for Hampshire and Sussex, in the room of Mr. James HOskins, of Portsmouth, who has resigned that (lice.— Observer. THE LivEnrooL SAILORS' HOME.—This institution is not yet in full operation, the basement story only being occupied by the offices for the shipping and registering of seamen, and performing other matters of routine required by the Mercantile Marine Act. There is a good news-room, however, for the seamen, and a bank for the deposit of their savings. Sunday services are also conducted regularly, and appear to be well appreciated. The promoters of the insti tution still require a considerable amount of money, between 3,0001. and 4,0001., to furnish the apartments for the lodging of sailors. 400 of whom it is contemplated to board and lodge. Since the comm encement o f the Home 16,254 men have been registered. The balance in the deposit bank has been increased during the past year from 1,4291. Bs. Bd. to 2,2241.95. 11d. The ccst of the building up to the present time is about 30,0001., and though 1,0001. of this sum is still due toth t e h c e on u t o r a a r c d to o r f , i ci t ,r i a s d e e yy xp i eicltilciui expected the a aia. grant about to be `made by MONDAY 1 4 , 1r " u.„ THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. An elaborate and deservedly eulogistic criticism • , of Mr. Alison's newly-revised biography of "The Duke of Marlborough" —a work recently reviewed by ourselves—is the opening paper in the number of Maga for February. One of the most interesting portions of this criticism is that in which the writer contrasts the estimate formed of the character of the conqueror of Malplaquet and Oudinarde by four living authors of no inconsiderable eminence —Lord Mahon, Mr. Hallam, Mr. Alison and Mr. Mr, caulay. Those who cannot afford time for the perusal. of the most recent and in many respects also the most meri torious memoir of Marlborough, will do well to examine the brief but luminous record of his career furnished by the present contribution to the iinges of Blackwood. "My Novel" is manifestly approaching its denouement, for otherwise assuredly we shireld not recognise so many portents of the exposure of all the nefarious schemes of that doubly and trebley-dyed rascal—Randal Leslie. It is with a sensation of de light that we watch the approach of this iong- , desired celaircissement. Our old friend and fax ourite Leonard, now a successful man of letters, re- a ppears upon the scene—the interview between him self and Harley Lord L'Estra nge , being one of a e most beautiful portions of the narrative yet punished, more particularly in the touching sweetness. of its conclusion. It is impossible, of course, not to conjec ture that Lord L'Estrange will discover a s , in in his protegee Leonard, a circumstance calculated to prove none the less agreeable to the latter, seeing; that it must inevitably we conceive vindicate at the se me time the memory of his mother, Nora. Harley hi, useif we have regarded almost from the commencemen e: as one of the most exquisite and loveable among ti re many fascinating creations of Sir Bulwer Lytto n. The dinner at Baron Levy's is capital—the disc , mifiture of the plump wit, the embarrassment of the young_ nobles, who fancy they behold th e re d ou bt a bl e X. Y. in Richard Avenel, and the adroit and not uns emcees ful manoeuvring of the money-lender to entrap 1 t andel, being all recounted with a manner quietly las tt irre sistibly humorous. We could gladly witness a change in the relations of the principal characters tDV /Ards each other such as might be expected by the u nion of Helen with Leonard and of Harley L'Estr Inge with Violante ! Daniel Maclise may be envied the satisfaction with which he cannot but peruses the noble and discriminative panegyric on his pictm e of Caxton, which opens not inappropriately the &les nth chapter of book the eleventh. After the eightee nth instalment now given of this remarkable and pops :lar fiction comes a pleasant review of the Hon. He: iry Coke's "Canter to California," that article being •in its turn followed by a second portion of " Strug,g les for Fame and Fortune." Although in the next cc in tribution, a criticism of " Longfellow's Gole en Legend," the reviewer regards that work as not al to gether worthy of the unquestionable genius of t .he author of " Evangeline," he astounds u s b y th e sort te what contradictory remark that the " Gold en Legend" contains nearly as much fine poetry as s there is in the "Faust" of Gathe. Now, f o r o ur oR n part, inasmuch as we consider the "Faust" o f G e e_ h e to be one among the greatest masterpieces of the human intellect, we should as i readily place upon: an Ce.orn . be's equality Mr. Browning's #igh day " an, I Hamlet. While pronouncing this dai;ulg, and ex rig - gerated, and, we will add most,;, preposterou s eulogium upon the " Golden Legend ". of Longfellow , the reviewer must needs fall foul of a mud more extraordinary work, a work replete with pas. sages infinitely more deserving of the asa me o f poet , : than any that can be instanced in the " Goldei Legend," we mean the " Festus" of Mr. Bailey—, a poem c on f use d an d so mewhat fantastic, but very oftei distinguished by attributes both of beairty and sub - limity. More truly poetical deliheatt,ons of natut e than any that can be mentioned in that the last an d the least satisfactory of all the metrical. orks of Pre fessor Longfellow, might be quoted from the char] B ing little poem contributed to this present number ,of Maga by Thomas Aird, " The Old Soldier--In Ta io Campaigns." The opening of the second campaign •in particular is exquisitely true and graceful. Anotls er collection of verses adorns the pages of Blackwoc KZ for February, and although the title " Cupid in 1;: be Cabinet" might induce some to conjecture otherwii these verses have reference to an Attic Legend m( r. a tioned by Lydgate, and not to the recent dismiss al from the Ministry of Lord Palmerston In additi, to the articles already particularized Ebony contai. ns in the current number a brief paper upon " Fights in Pictures and Prose," and a political chap': er headed " Results of Revolutions in Europe," th cise results showing in what manner revolution has ba en followed by counter-revolution. NEW MONTHLY. Soapy Sponge promises to be rivalled in populai'ity by " Tom Hall"—the reader of the New 11Iont.hly being admitted each month to all kinds of delightfully interesting secrets in regard to the latter's heartac cles and horses. Thanks to the inexhaustible John Ox on ford we have another curious old German ballad h,ere translated, bight " The Waterman," a very different kind of fellow in all respects from our own " Jc lly Young Waterman." Nicholas Michell as usual c on tinues his story of Hester Somerset, and Mr. J ally Green proves himself to be more than ever jocose by certain " Seaside and Sporting Recreations." A 'roost agreeable little paper about" Nathaniel Hawthorne"' we would commend to all those who may not be familiar with the present state of American literature; 71nd such as may be nervous about the possibility oX an invasion we would refer to the article on "Fire Ara is," an article not only elaborate but just now very at. tractive in its charcter. Mr. Brailsford greets so me " friends at sea," a German soldier paints sun dry pictures of his barrack life, and Dr. Surtees reconints several recollections of N orth Amer i ca through. the medium of the periodical under notice, in which will be found also two very readable criticisms, one. on " Sir Charles Napier in Scinde," and the ot h e r on .‘ Niebuhr the Historian." AINS WORTH. Gradually, the reader who has not read it pre viously is becoming month after mon th more ab sorbed in the . editor' s ent h ralling romance o f " P c:n dl e Forest." His interest in the narrative is here more e specially aroused by th e revelat i on o f the mysl;eries of Malkin Tower —the most sombre, and perhaps for that very reason the m os t facinat i ng, chapter of the " Lancashire Witches:' We are gratified to find a mong the miscellaneous contributions to Ainsworth another of the deli ghtful papers headed " Shahs periana." Similar "c on ti nuations " w ill b e m e t w ith also in its pages — o f " Velthinas," of "Florence Hamilton," and of "Th e Confedera t es ," As th e po etical contribution for February, we have here, mo reover, some graceful stanzas by E . E . M. K,, en titled.,lhe Coqu e t te P enitent. " B es id es th ese, o rth contains "R ough Notes from my Diary, " " Th e M a id e n's Retreat," by Mr. Pecker, togethe r w i th " An Evening with some Socialists, and a by Mr. Anthony, a n d InagazinA tale called "Mrs. William Johnson's Cafe-dinatoire." B ENTLEY. gives Professor Creasy "liography of Admi ral Cologni," as the m ee e n n ti t . s ri a bution to his series of " Unsuccessful Great ,'' the memoir is illustrated with the portraits of AdmiralChatun Coligni and his two brothers, Cardinal and D'Andelot. Mr. Robert Smithson relates h-11 he assisted at the late coup tr etat in Paris, an d A r . adventures in Italy. Messrs. Peregrine Potts sundry Smithson and Potts are most amusing gentlemen, whose acquaintance we shall rejoice to renew on some e future occasion. The Comte de la Ma rck f urnish with some amusing anecdotes of M. de Lafayette us and the Duke of Or leans (Egalite). The latter, it appears, possessed more good qualities than the d© World has hitherto given him credit tor. The Comte la Marck, who, as the friend of M arie Antoi nette, , vas naturally preju diced against t he Duke of Orleans " li e was in one particular very "P — different to most p r i nce s, he always feared to throw constraint over those p e rsons, to whatever rank or positi on might belong, in so ciety; on the contrary, he great pains he pains to put them thoroughly at their eas e ; for th is he ound necessary to his own comfort as he could not hi ms bear to be under any restraint; and nothing embarr assed r more than to meet with people who were themselv much embar rassed. Ile allowed his wit and . g a i malice wa s e ver mixed up with It. °tY full play, but no " The Duke of Orleans was most 8 in keeping his word; ho considered that crapulously exact engaged in fulfilling anything aPPro his honour was misc., in however imprudent a mamentaehing to a pro to have been uttered. lie was retiring it might chance yeas, and felt readily embarrassed whenand rather ner upon to alter his usual habits. This, ho was called feet in a Prince; but it is a defect Wn'ict:rhaps, is a de rally united to amiability and goodness La m en is gene - Duke of Orleans ,could never entirely of heart. The coming this sense of timidity. Lie could succeed in over speak in public." never manage to We have an excellent sporting paper, entitled " Don caster Races and Racing, an amusin g the habits, &c., of crocodiles, in ‘ 4 zo 0 account of ogical Notes and Anecdotes," and several reviews of new books. FRASER. on the l a t e J osep h A paper by Cyrus Redding, Mallord William Turner, will be read with interest by all lovers of the fine arts. Mr. Redding on var i ous occasions accompanied turner on his sket c hi ng t our , , and he shows us in this paper, when T urner worked, and how he worked, and the marvellous f ac ility h e possessed of turning every little bit of s cenery t o ex cellent account. The opening article, o n M r . Ben jamin Disraeli as lenderand legi s lator, does ample justice to that distinguished p o liti c i an ; and the article on the state and prosperity of England takes a much more c ommon-sense view of the state of affairs than that taken by th e a l arm i sts. The Rev. Charles Kingsley gives us two additional chapters of "Hypatie," in one of which he introduces us to a horde of Goths who have with them a harem of Greek girls ; seldom have we read any descriptions more meretricious than those which Mr. Kingsley gives of these Greek girls in general, and of Pelagic in particular. Had these passages been written by Eugene Sue or George Sand, all parsonical eyes and all parsonical hands would have been uplifted in horror at the abomination, but proceeding as they do from the pen of a Reverend Gentleman, we presume that, like the Confessions of St. Augus tine, or the Temptations of St. Anthony, they may be read for the edification of the devout. The His tory of the Hungarian War is brought down to the battle of Herrmanstadt. It appears that even at this early period of the war Gorgey Was artfully pre paring that treason which he afterwards so foully and so fatally accomplish e d. Th e rema i n i ng a rti c l es i n this number are all of great merit. ROYAL MILITARY. The February number, being the fifth of this pub lication devoted to the interests of the united service, contains, in addition to the usual amount of military intelligence, several very readable articles. The topics in Our Haversack" are well handled, and not one of the least interesting is a letter written by th.? Emperor Napoleon to his brother the King of West phalia, communicating the disatrous results of the campaign of Moscow. The editor gives a decided preference to Deane and Adam's revolvers over Colt's, and considers their rifles superior to any of the French improvements, or to the deadly and far ranging needle-gun. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Reviewing is in the ascendant in the number for the present month, separate articles being devoted to the consideration of M. de Bacourt's " Correspon dence between Mirabeau and the Count de la Marck," of Carlyic's Biography of John Sterling ; of Forster's work on " The One Primeval Language ;" and of sundry recent contributions to the circulating libra ries, headed " A Budget of Novels." In the last mentioned paper "Ravenscliffe," " Florence Sack ville," " Mrs. _Mathews," Herbert Melville's " The Whale," " Cecile, or the Pervert," and " John Drayton," pass under notice. A couple of pages are given to the lamented Eliot Warburton, and we have a biographical memoir, illustrated with a portrait, of Henry Brooke, the author of Gustavus Vasa, and the The Fool of Quality, an Irishman of eminence and repute, some hundred years since. The political paper, " Ireland under Lord Clarendon," is very cleverly written, but we cannot coincide in the unfavourable views put forward by the writer with regard to the policy which has characterised the Viceroyalty of that distinguished statesman. FEBRUARY 2, 1852 MISCELLANEOUS. Twit's Edinburgh Journal contains interesting arti cles on the " Manchester Education Scheme," and " How to Teach and Preach to Colliers." The spe cimen given of the pitman's sermon will doubtless surprise many, though it can readily be believed that such discourses are easily comprehended, and, there fore, suitable to the colliers. The Sportsman is em bellished by two plates, one a portrait of " Nancy," the other entitled " The Run of the Season." Th e Ladies' Companion has its usual variety of subjects. Among them may be noticed " Pages from the His tory of Genius," a most interesting biography of Mozart, by Maria Norris, and " The Woman of the Writers," by Mrs. Cowden Clarke. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review contains an article on " Alfred the Great," and a paper on " Puppets." It is somewhat strange so much of this maga zine should be devoted to historical researches and the obituary, which makes it more suited to the taste of antiquarians than to ordinary readers. The Eclectic Review has articles on the " Railway to India," the " Arctic Expedition," and various other subjects of general interest. The review of the Life of Lord George Bentinck is written in a contemptu ous and uncourteous style, unworthy of the author arid the subject. The second number of the British Journal promises well for the future as a lively and amusing melange. The Public Good and the Poetic Review are accompanied this month by the Biogra phical Magazine, the first number of which contains sketches of Jean Paul Richter, J. M. W. Turner, Lord Palmerston, and other celebrated characters. The Follet plates are, as they always are, excellent. THE QUARTERLIES. THE Q U ARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXXIX. A remarkable article appears in the current num ber of the Quarterly, in the course of which the reviewer endeavours to fix the authorship of Junius upon Lord Lyttelton. The argument is altogether very ingenious, and is one evidently elaborated throughout with considerable care. It displays, moreover, some exceedingly curious research on the part of the writer, who has entered upon his subject con amore, and has closed it with a settled, stubborn, obstinate, inflexible conviction. That conviction is that Lord Lyttelton was Junius. The reviewer manifestly set himself down deliberately and with the determination prepense to prove that Junius was no other than Lord Lyttelton. Before he goes very far into the question he makes it a personal one. Ile conceives that here and here only can the public find any clue to the mystery. He has said he thinks Lord Lyttelton and Junius are identical, and there fore they must be identical. Now, with all possible regard for the ability displayed by the writer of the paper under consideration in the course of his argu ment, we cannot —we must avow it—but regard this same " therefore" to be a most unmitigated and bare faced non sequitur. We have paid every attention to the reasons adduced in support of the hypothesis, and yet, while acknowledging the remarkable force of some among those reaso ns , we are compe lled in simple truth, and in defiance of all the dogmatism of the reviewer, to discredit the correctness of the sup position that Junius was no other than Lord Lyttel ton. For reasons which it would take too long in a little notice of a Quarterly Review to enumerate, we are still more and more:satisfied that Junius, after all, was no other than Sir Philip Francis. Yet the article upon this ever-interesting subject in the cur.. rent number before us is eminently deserving perusal. So, also is the lively and gossiping paper which pre cedes it upon the subject of "Physi ognomy ." The following passage is admirable : " All theories of physiognomy must:be, from their very nature, limited in extent, but it is to the first artists in the world that we are indebted for the only safe basis on which they stand. In that philosophy of the fine arts which the Greeks have left us we alone find the rudiments of a true study of physiognomy. It is their principle of comparative anatomy which, by strictly separating the physical attributes of Man from those of the animal, has established the real characteristic of the human form. And it is by the same process that we are led to the first sure step in physiognomy ; for, following it, we must soon distinguish two portions of the countenance which may be pronounced to be espe cially the human being's own, since the inferior creature possesses them in such limited measure as to be said not to possess them at all. Its profile takes, without excep tion, the form of a wedge, more or less blunt or acute. That of man presents a comparatively perpendicular line, rendered such by the addition of a forehead above and a chin below—the wedge shape being only ap proached by those savage races whose state of life is nearest that of the animal, and even in them never so much as totally to obliterate the better type. Accord ingly, the average development of this upper and lower portion will be found the indispensable requisite on which the intervening features depend for giving us that pleasure which is produced by a rightful specimen of humanity. No matter how perfect those features if one of these conditions be egregiously failing—no matter how imperfect if they be there., Many a man has a face we care not to look at again till he takes off his hat; while, on the other hand, St. Neot, the martyr, with his head sawn off above the eyebrow, and represented with the unidealised features of the early German masters, is still no animal, for his chin saves him. And these por tions, we must remember, are more especially man's own, as being inalienable and unchangeable—the same in sleep or in death—the outward indications of that energy and intellectual power which are so awfully his own for triumph and for temptation." A delightful contribution relating to " Kew Gardens" will be read with curiosity and, we are satisfied, also with satisfaction, by all those who an acquainted with that most delightful of almost all retreats in the neighbourhood of our metropolis. The review en , - , titled " Memoirs on Russian and German Campaigns, and the other surveying the political career of " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," the Prince P. with the Old Tory views of the old Tory of France, elected by 7,500,000 votes—are Quarterly.tirnecstlured removeda They are not the less worthy of our examination this, however much they may happen to tbies. beyond the circumference of our BY n ffe a n r y Heron, Be sides some " Notes" relating to Sir ''s History of the Baronet, and a criticism of Farinl ~cle•on High- Roman States," there is a powerful arti tion for not the least land Destitution and Irish Emigration,number of the important contribution in the current :rterlu. HE STOCK EXCHANGE.— THE RIFLE CLUB AT T to the Rroposed Rifle Club ; fled their intention of belonging About ninety members of the Stock Exchange have signi it is to be armed with double-barrelled rifles of the value of ten guineas each. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RI FLE CORpq HAM, SATURDAY.—There has been a public meeting held " here, at which a rifle corp s has been established to " act:under such organization and rules for practice as her Majesty's takenG Government G. H 'aYalltehwinelk fit to provide. The chair was Hl, Esq., M.P. The followi ng reso lution was adopted: — "That in consequen ce o f t h e unsettled state of affairs on the continent of Europe, it is deemed ex pedient that the p opulation of this ki ng d om s h ould place itself in an attitu de of national defence, and that as the recent improvements in the rifle are lik e l y to render it a most important ar m in future warfare, a corps should be A committee and officers of th e c l u b were also ap formed in Chelten ham, to be calle d the Cheltenham Rifle Corps.' " po i n t e d, including a chaplain —an office which was suggested by the Rev. Francis Close, who also offered to undertake it, and his offer was accepted. DUCHY OF CORNW ALL — Richard Taylor, EN., has retired from the office of Mineral Surveyor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and has been succeeded by Professor Waring - ton Smyth, of the Altleeunz 91 Economic Geology. RAILWAY INTELLIGENC. E. SOUTH-EASTERN. On Saturday the directors and their friends op= ned the remaining sax miles of this company's branciaLue to Hastings, the distance from Tunbridge' Wells In Hastings being 28 mile s . At half-past eleven o'clock in the forenoon Mr. M'Gregor (the chairman of the company), Mr. Renshaw (deputy chairman), Captain Warren, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Smale (directors), accompanied by Captain Barlow (chief superintend-. ent), Mr. Drane (engineer), Mr. Uook (superinteud ent), Mr. Tress (architect), and a few friends, startssd from the London-bridge station in an ordinary train.. and arrived at Tunbridge at forty minutes past twelves where a special train was in readiness to convey the ' party over the new line to Hastings. The train ar rived at Battle shortly before two o'clock, at which place the Mayor of Hastings joined the party and proceeded in the train over the new portion of the li ne to St. Leonards and Hastings. The train arrived at Hastings about a quarter past two o'clock. It was stated that the last section of this branch, from Battle to Hastings, ab6ut six miles in length, completes the whole of the rail ways the company have in hand. The first section of the line, from Tunbridge Wells to Roberts bridge, 16 miles, was opened in November last; the second section, six miles from the latter place to Battle, was o pen e d i n D ecem b e r ; and the last section, from Battle to Hastings six miles, on Saturday. The railway follows very closely the line of the old coach road from Hastings to London, thus restoring the legitimate course of the traffic. This route to Hastings is 20 miles shorter than that by Ashford, and about three miles shorter than that by the Brighton and South Coast li ne . T he gradients ascend from Ton bridge-wells to Wadhur s t, a distance of five miles, then descend for a distance of seven miles, ascending again from Essingham, about n i ne miles,' to Battle, and thence descendi ng t o H astings. The steepest, gradient is 1 in 100, a n d th e average about 1 in 150. The line passes through a be au tif u l country, in which great quantities of hops are grown. The district is diversified by hills and vales, and it is expected that when proper facilities are afforded it will become a favourite place of residence for persons having busi ness in the metropolis. The distance from London to Hastings by this route is 74 miles. The works on the line were of a difficult character, many, of the embankments being 60 feet in height, and some of the cuttings considerably more in depth. Between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings there are upwards of 4,000 yards of tunnelling, or about two miles and a half in the aggregate. The works were completed under Mr. Drane the engineer, and by Messrs. Hoof and Whydhs, the contractors. The stations along the line appear to be neat, substantial, and conve• nient, and some of them are very pleasantly situated, particularly that at Hastings, which is a joint sta tion. The South-Eastern trains are accommodated at one side of it, and the Brighton trains at the other. The latter company's trains pens over a mile and a half the South-Eastern line to come into Hastings. By an arrangement, in 1851, between these compa nies, the traffic between London and Hastings was divided in the proportion of one-third for the South- Eastern, and two-thirds for the London, Brighton, and South Coast, but from the opening of the South- Eastern line to Hastings the London and Hastings' traffic will be divided equally between the two companies. The South-Eastern Company intend to run express trains in the mornings from Hastings, and in the evenings from London, to accommo date persons having business in London. The company will run four trains per day each way, and on Sunday two trains each way. The stations on the line between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings are Frant, Wadbarst, Ticehurst-road, Etchingham, Robert's-bridge, Battle, and St. Leonard's. The new portion of the li ne appeare d t o b e i n good condition, and the stations at Battle and St. Leonard's required but little to complete them. The weather &t Hastings was quite as gloomy and wet during the day as at London. After waiting some time at Hastings the train proceeded over the Ashford branch to Folke stone, where a dinner for the party was provided. It was stated that the speed of the train on one part of the line, for the distance of 17 miles, was performed at the rate of 70 miles an hour. The party arrived at the Victoria Ho el, Folkestone, about four o'clock, where an excellent dinner was provided, and at which Mr. M'Gregor presided. When the cloth was re moved the usual loyal toasts were drunk, after which the health of Captain Heseldine, the harbour master of Folkestone ; Mr. M'Gregor, Mr. Renshaw, Messrs. Hoof and Whydhs, the con tractors ; Captain Barlow, chief superintendent; Mr, Swan, engineer at Folkestone; Captain Warren, Mr. Browne, Mr. Cook, Mr. Whitty, and other gentlemen. In the course of the evening the Chairman stated the contractors had acted in the most liberal manner towards the company, and their accounts had been settled ; that the officers of the company were men of considerable ability and most attentive to their duties ; and that the board had received much assistance from Captain Warren, who was also a director of the South- Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company, and wlta had distinguished himself some years ago per forming a most hazardous enterprise during a tempest in the Bay of Biscay, that of saving the lives of the crew of a French man-of-war, and for which the late Louis Philippe conferred on him the order of the Le gion of Honour. The train left Folkestone at half past eight, and arrived at the London station about a quarter to eleven. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. The half-yearly meeting of this 'company was held on Saturday at Kendal, Mr. J. Gandy in the chair. The report stated that were it not for the Great Exhibition their traffic for the half-year end ing the 31st of December last would have shown an improvement over the previous year, equal to that which each successive year has, since the opening of the line, attained over those which preceded it. Notwithstanding the loss from the above cause, the balance of profit is only 691. less than in the corre sponding period of 1850, the sum of 3071. having been saved in working expenses. The directors have accepted the proposal of the contractors for the loco motive power, to relinquish the working of the line, and arranged with them for the purchase of part of their stock of engines and carriages, and the direc tors anticipate some saving in the working expenses from the plan adopted. The directors of this com pany, and the directors of the Lancaster and Car lisle Company have made it a subject of consideration whether a union of interests on equitable terms would be conducive to mutual advantages. The balance of profits for the half-year amount to 1,4441, out of which the directors recommend a dividend of ss. per share, leaving a surplus of 3271. to be added to 1,600/. of undivided profits accumulated since the opening of the line. In order to show the effect of the Exhibition on the traffic of the line, they state that in each year, from January Ist to May ?tb, the receipts, in 1848, amounted to 2,117/. ; in 1849, to 2,2841.; in 1850, to 2,5611.; and in 1851, to 2,6791. ; showing an increase of 108/. in the year 1851 over 1850, prior to opening the Exhibition. From May 14 to October 16, b e i ng the weeks duri ng tha which the Exhibition was open, the receipts_fBo4r9, to in period in 1848 amounted to 4,8251.; I 5,578/. ; in 1850, to 6,385/. ; and in 1851, to 5,639 L; showing a decrease in 1851, as com p are d w ith 1850, of 7461. Had an average of the inc been btainedrease which was 0 attained in the two previous years in these months of 1851, there would have been an in crease on the balance of profits in 1851 of 1,5271., instead of a decrease of 7461 . The t ra ffi cfrom October 23 to December 31 , bei n g the p er iod after the close of the Exhibition to the end of the year, amounted, in 1848, to 1,274/.; in 1849, to 1 ,496/. ; i n 1850, to 1,6181.; and in 1851, to 1 ,8741.; s h owing during that time an increase of 256/. in 1851 over 1850. The receipts on capital account showed that 202,777/. had been received and 212,378/. expended, of 9,601/. The leaving a balance against the comp any revenue account for the half-year showed that 5,9771. bad been received and 2,2431. expended in working the line, 1,2311. interest on bonds, and 1,04,5/. on preference shares, leaving a balance of 1,4441. After some the dividend declared. discussion the r e p ort was adopted and OXFORD, WORCESTER AND WOLVERHAMPTON.— The through loop li ne in the course of 0 this company is to be opened a few days. The line starts from Abbott's-wood, abo ut four miles south of Wor cester, pa sses through Worcester, thence to Droitwich and Stoke Prior, where it joins the Bristol and Birmingham (Midland) line, as also at Abbott's -w ood . The distance between Abbott's-wood and Stoks P rior 2d is about thirteen miles. There is one tunnel and some deep cuttings. The loop line is let on l ease to the Midlan Company. The line is at present a narrow gauge line, but as soon as that por tion of it north of Droitwich to Stourbridge and Dudley shall be ready for opening (which will be in the course of the summer) it will be on the mixed (broad and narrow) gauge. HEREFORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER. — The works of this line, w hich will connect the Great Western with the Hereford and Shrewsbury line at Hereford about thirty miles, will be commenced on Monday (this day). CAMERON'S COALBROOK, SWANSEA, ANDLOUGHOR. —On Saturday a meeting in this matter was held before the Master in Chancery Richards, to consider the claim of Major Stone, of Nottingham-place, New road, for 3,173/. with interest, money alleged to be lent to the company on the 3d of February, 1846. Messrs. Taylor and Collison appeared as solicitors for the claimant, and Mr. Roxburgh, with Mr. Galswor , thy, for Mr. Turquand, the official manager, and Air. Fry for what are termed the seceding shareholders. From the statement of the case, and evidence ad duced, it appeared that Major Stone lent the 3,0001. for the purposes of the company to make up a cer tain amount to meet the requirements of Parliament, , but the directors at this time, it w as contended, had no power to bind the company by bills of exchange. Subsequently three of the directors, Sir A. 1 Peregrine, Mr. Montaore, and Mr. Ripp on, gave a memorandum to Major Stone for the amount. The first bill of exchange was given in 1847 by two of the directors, countersigned by the 1 secretary, and with the common sea t of the company attached, end it was renewed twice. The second and third bills were paid away by Maj or S tone to Zilr. Alfred Burton, of Oxford-street, who brought an action and recovered judgment against the company. ' In 1847 and 1848 a large body of the shareholdiers seceded from the company, and a question would arise as to whether they would be liable for this debt, and also whether Major Stone, or Mr. Burton, the lj u idgment creditor, was entitled ro payment. A fter a ,;!iscussion the Master allowed the demand sts a c l a i m only, and not as a debt, giving the party the r i g ht to establish it at common law. GREAT WESTERN.—The estimate of Mr. Bru ne l for the additional works at Didcot is 10,0001. HAYiIIARKET THEATRE. On Saturday evening a new farce, entitled A Due in the Dark, was produced at the above theatre, with complete success. The plot, although remarkablyslight, serves to display advantageously the inimit able drolleries of Buckstone. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, who personate the chief characters, a Mr. and Mrs. Gr een fincb, of Peckham Rye. Greenfinch, who is travel ling en garcon through France, is seized with a :sad den and irresistible desir e f or wh a t h e t erms an "aristocratic flirtation" w ith some F renc h l a d y o f rank ; but his fond w if e, w h o h as secretly followed him, having been apprised by a p r yi ng wa iting-maid of her lord's anti-conju ga l asp i rat i on, d eterm i nes to punish him, and to accomplish this purpose she d is guises herself now as as a French countess—now- as a fast who publicly declare s hi mse lf th e y successfulou n Greenfinch, a n d even tually forces the deluded husband into a d ue l, w hi c h young lover m an of Mrs. the latter, however, only accepts on condition that it takes place in the dark, for he dread s t o l ook up on the deadly instrument which may possibly deprive the female Greenfinch of her legal mate. In obe dience, therefore, to his wish, the candles are eat an guished, and the terrified husband having ensconced himself carefully behind a large stove, fires his p;istol, when lo! a horrid groan is heard from the di sho nourer of the Greenfinches, who falls mortally wounded into the arms of his antagonist. Here as a supreme moment for Greenfinch—a dead body in. his arms, people app roac hi ng , no esca p e , an d the damnin g evidence of bis guilt at hand ! Vainly would he recall the innocent hours when a cheerful inhabit ant of Peckham Rye—he thought only of his " Ms xis Jane." Vainly would he draw upon the past for means of present consolation. He rather feels, 'pith Dante, that nothing is more bitter than the re col lection of past joys in the hour of misery ; and, : after many heartrending expressions of mental anga d s h, he deposits the remains of his supposed victim, i n an adjoining chamber. We need scarcely any that Buckstone made the most of this situation. ;En s comic horror, which elicited roars of laughter, wau of that highly ridiculous character which Napoleon p ro nounced to be but one step from the sublime and his admirable acting, when subsequently relieved from intolerable sufferings by the discovery that he has been forgiven as well as imposed upon by his wife, was worthy of all the praise which we can bestow., Mrs. Fitzwilliam's Mrs. Greenfinch was also a perfec t specimen of farsical acting of the best kind; the sawn character of the waiting -maid was most efficiently sus tained by Mrs. Caulfield, and the curtain fell timid hearty applause. The piece, we think, is dentin ed to enjoy a " run ;" but we must suggest a little culatail meat of the dialogue in the opening portion of it — which, being unaided by incidents, moved somewhat slowly. We understand that Mr. Stirling Coyne is the author. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Pricce Albert did not go out this morning, owing to the unfavourable stateof the weather, The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred took exercise in the Riding-house._ The Lord Cbancellcr and Lady Truro, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aber deen, Field-Marshal Count Nugent, Viscount Hardinge, the Countess of Shelburne, the Right Hon. Fox Mauls and the Hon. Mrs. Manic, Colonel Count A. Nugent, and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent this evening, at Frogmore. The following formed the dinner circle:—Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscountess Canning, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Mary Seymour, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady A nna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget. Sir Edward Bowater, Sir James Clark, the Hon, and Rev. G. Wellesley, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Colonel Biudulph, and Sir George Couper. The Tyrolese Minstrels attended in the evening at Frogmore-house, and for the fourth time had the honour of performing before her Majesty and the Court. This talented troup gave one of their admirable performances, and Mr. W. G. Cusins had the honour of playing two fantasias on the pianoforte. SUNDAY, FEB. 1. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, walked in the Home-park. Divine service was performed in the private chapel of the Castle this morning by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley. Lieut.-Colonel Hon A. Gordon has relieved Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Queen will hold a Privy Council this (Monday) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued on Saturday to the Ministers and officers of State from the Privy Council-office. A deputation from Hull, consisting of the Right Hon. T. Baines, M.P., Mr. James Clay, M.P., Mr. Bannister (Mayor of Hull), Mr. Harrison (Sheriff of Hull), Mr. Blundell (Chairman of the Hull Town's Committee), and Messrs. Pearson, Middleton, and Holden, had an in terview with the Right H on. Henr y Lebow:lll43re on Sa turday at the Board of Trade. The City Remembrancer had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. Dispatches wore received from the Governor of th e Cape of Good Hope at the Colonial•office on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off to the Governors of the West India Islands. dinner on Saturday ' The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Majesty's Househ old. at rims- Pdorwivnye-Choouuneec,ili3ga;-square, to the Cabinet Minis tern f s u e r tt b le y d th a e t y p ea ri r ck w e a d s ag e the roll Officers c e r a . of State of her sheriffs for the present the meeting, preparatory to its being QuTehene i n m Council.inistersand Officers presen t were, the Lord Chance ll o r, the Earl of Minto Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, Sir darles Wood, th e E ar l o f Carlisle, th e Ri g ht Ho n. Henry Labouchore, the Rights Hon. Fox. Maule, th e M a r S e ymour, the Marquis of W quis of Clanricarde, Lord Norfolk. estminster, and the Duke of The Clerks of the Privy Council, Mr. C. C. Greville Noble Marquis. am Bathurst, also dined with the Dispatches were - • office fro m t h e L received yesterday at the Colonial- Islands. ord High Commissioner of tht lonian SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. The following are the scratchings at Chester alp to this morning:— Chief Justice, Maid of Team Valley, Doubt, G by Young Priam, out of Sister to Genius, Theltalian, Wild Flower, Dolly's Brae, Constellation, Tragedian, The Ebor, Aaron Smith, Mrs. Birch, Paquette, Tancred, Timid Fawn, Finesse, Trousseau, Paddy Bird , The Niece, Bushbury, Thunder, Tom Moody, St. Michael, Sledmere, Daniel O'Rourke, Prince Patrick, Con sultation. ASHDOWN PARK MEETING—SATURDAY. The Craven Stakes were won by Mr. Brown's Bed, lamite, beating Mr. Brown's Falsetto in the run up. The Lambourn Stakes were won by Mr. Lawrence's Lopez, beating Mr. Barnett's Beam in the run up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Captain Bea sant's Bentinek, beating Mr. Etwall's Exiling Lass in the ran up. The Berkshire Stakes were won by Captain VirYcd ham's Whiff, beating Mr. Morant's Merryman in the run up. Th e Ashdown Cup was won by Mr. Brown's B Bess, beating Mr. Davies's Motley in the run up edlant ALTCAR COURSING MEETING. The Cup was won by Mr. G. Cooke's Ceritc, beating Mr.,Deakins's Director in the run up. The Sutton Plate was won by Mr. George's Exche quer, beating Mr. S. P. Hope's Rtnneaing Bird in the run up. The Croxteth Purse was won by Mr. Randall's Rhoda, Mr. Jebb's Daffodil being drawn. The Altcar Stakes were won by Mr. George's Celeste, beating Mr. Jones's Jenner in the run up. The Molyneux Stakes were won by Mr. Randall's Raven beating Mr. Jefferson's John Bull. The West Derby Stakes were won by Mr. S wa ii i e, Soda Ash, beating Mr. PleStoll'l3 Precaution. gWaseSztir‘noen,gsi upon it. r__--__ -- - ------ th of e t s h o e ldi C er as e t i c e a = n Tu in ch th a e la k r e m ap e y d ar bz FIRE IN DOVER CASTLB.—On the 30th ult., at the chimney of the tap-room, which noon, the inhab li i re tan bet ts r winde h e t w h h e ic r h epo pr r o t v o e f d a to ns b i eing strong from burnt furiously for some time, and tears were entertained that the roof would beco ca m us e e i d gn f i e t a e rf d. ul T a h p e p situated in the on also for the wall of the keep, and but a few yards from the b urning chimney, t p h o w e dseorumthag the smoke of which The troops were called out, and the barrack engine was soon brought to the spot by the depot of the 30th Regiment, under the command of their Gallant Major, and brought to was beatin g bear with great effect upon the furious element, which was speedily got under and en tirely extinguished in about an hour. Great praise is due to Major Hoey and his active men for their very seasonable and prompt assistance. D o ver Chronicle,. ___ FIRST BUSIN ESS OF THE - SESSION.-It is confi dently stated that an Lion. Baronet, Member for one of the metropolitan boroughs, has announced his intention, at the earliest possible moment after the debate on the Address, to pat questions to her Majesty's Government, in reference to the causes which have led to the removal of Lord Palmeratoa from the direction of Foreign Affairs. fl ea em don 10 4 tine OP ith s ' Pa