The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

birb ambition. FRANCE. THIRTY-TWO LIVES. COURSE OF EXC} .. 11 1634 .. 11 18 .. 11 18 .. 25 30 .. 24 30 .. 13 6 Amsterdam ........ Ditto, three months Rotterdam ...... Antwerp ..........., Brussels ........ Alto burgh na ............., Ditto, three ritonths 25 27% 25 5 Marseilles.-- ••• • .. 25 30 Bourdeaux • F rankfort-on•Matue . 119 ly 4 • t Eerlin ••• • • ...... 414111 A •••• • • .. 11 2 1 '1' 1 031e:4 •• 11 5 „-1 ' Petersburzh... ..... 38% Madrid ................ 50% Barcelona.... .... ••• • • • T.- - I ‘. l t, i• / -- 41 ! SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. I have just heard that Count Walewski, the French Ambassador in London, arrived on Wed nesday in Paris. • Several journals of the departments publish a telegraphic despatch from the Minister declaring that the rumours of attempts having been made on the Emperor's life while at Compiegne, and of the numbers of killed and wounded on the same occa sion, were all completely false. Notwithstanding the presence of Louis Napoleon at the Opera on Wednesday night, it was again confidantly stated that he was yesterday suffering from illness. How ever that may be, he was seen yesterday, at half past 3 o'clock, or thereabouts, walking in the gar dens of the Tuileries, immediately under the win dows of his apartments, in the direction of the river. He was leaning on the arm of Colonel Fleury, and remained in the gardens at least three quarters of an hour. It is expected that a decree will appear in the Moniteur on the Ist of January, making promo tions in the army, no doubt by way of Etrennes, or New Year's presents, to the parties concerned. Twelve Colonels of regiments are to be named to the rank of Generals of Brigade, 12 Generals of Brigade to that of Generals of Division. Again it is said that 12 new Senators will be named, 10 of whom are to be general officers of the army. General Pelissier, whose successful proceedings at Laghouat, in Algeria, have already been re corded, will, it is said, be named Commander-in- Chief of the Army of Africa, under the orders of Prince Jerome Napoleon ; and General Randon, the Governor-General of that Colony, returns to France, and will be appointed to a high post. The ags taken at Laghouat by General Pelissier were deposited this day at the Invalides. They were received by General Sauboul, in the absence of Prince Jerome, Governor-General of the Hotel. who continues confined to his bed from illness, The staff officer charged with transmitting these flags made a short address to the General when doing so, who remarked that it had been said on the occasion of the fire which destroyed several of the old flags, that France would win others, and that the army of Algiers had just realized the pre diction. The flags were then taken to the chapel of the building, and the chaplain chanted the Domine salvum fac Imperatorem. FRIGHTFUL DISASTER, AND LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL BLOWN UP BY GUN POWDER OFF THE ISLE OF MAN. The Mona's Herald, of Wednesday last, gives the particulars of the stranding and subsequent explosion, by gunpowder, of the brig Lily, •of 180 tons. The vessel in question is owned by Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, of Mersey-street, in this town, and left the Mersey yesterday week, under the command of Captain John Owens, for the south-west coast of Africa. The cargo consisted of about fifty tons of gunpowder, twenty puncheons of rum, a quantity of arms, and some bale goods, containing articles f or b ar t er on th e coast. The vessel was beating about the ch anne l till Mondaymorn ing last, when she was driven by the violence of the storm to the Sound of the Calf of Man. The sea was running mounins high at the time, and, despite all the efforts of the crew, about eleven o'clock the Lily Was stove on Kitterland island, which lies between the island of the Calf of Man and the mainland of the Isle of Man. With a desperate effort most of the crew (13 in number) reached the rocks by the aid of boats. The waves beat furiously upon the wreck and the rocks. Captain Owens and three of the crew got on the ledge of a rock, from which two of the seamen sprang to the land ; but the captain, in attempting to do the same, was drowned. The cook and two lads also met with a watery grave. The carpenter was killed by the mast falling upon him. Thus five of the crew were lost. Early on Tuesday morning, Mr. Enos Lace, grocer and shipbroker of Port St. Mary, being sub-agent for Lloyd, repaired to the wreck with 31 men, to see what could be saved. At a quarter before eight a violent shock was felt throughout the southern district of the island ; and a sheet of fire and pillar of smoke were seen to be hurled into the air, hundreds of feet high, from the .'wreck. It seems that a large portion of the powder was placed so high in the vessel that it did not get wet by the waves breaking on it. The explosion dashed the vessel to atoms, and blew to broken fragments some 30 human beings ! But one individual near the fatal scene escaped to tell the story, James Kelly, who is still alive, although one cheek and ear are taken off, and he is other wise much contused. Hopes, however, are entertained of his recovery. Among those who perished were Enos Lace, William Lawson, William Taubman, Edward Qualtrough, John Collister, John Collister, 2nd, Samuel Collister, William Watterson, George Costane, Hugh Couen, Thos. Turn bull, Thomas Collister, John Watterson, William Ker mode, Edward Gale, Edward Watterson, Henry Gale, John Gell, Charles Clugston, Robert Collister, Thomas Witted, Thomas N e l son , J o h n Fell, Daniel Lace, Thos. Hugeon, William Cowley, and Thomas Cubbon, all of Port St. Mary. John Creggs, chief constable of Castle town, John Wright, constable of the same place, and another, name unknown. Many of the deceased were the active and energetic men of business of Port St. Mary, and were engaged in the fishing and other nauti cal pursuits. Thirty-two men (besides the five of crew that were lost on Monday) were killed, leaving twenty three widows and seventy-three fatherless children. The explosion was heard in Douglas, and was sup posed, by many persons, to have been an earthquake. Fragments of the wreck were thrown as far as the Red Gap, near Castletown, being a distance of six miles. Portions of the vessel and cargo, consisting of chain links, portions of gun barrels, swords, caps, fragments of wreck, shirts, &c., have also been picked up in va rious parts of the parish of Rushen. Some pieces of burning cotton were actually found at Poolvash, near Balladaole, at least six miles off. Mr. Boardman, agent for Lloyd's, of Douglas, and brother of Mr. Boardman, of the Sailors' Home at this port, was engaged i n rendering assistance to a vessel off Langness, or he would no doubt have been amongst the sufferers. No vestige of the vessel remains ; but fragments of wood, iron, copper, guns, and parts of human bodies are strewed around the country for miles. A man of Craig Neish (name unknown) got terribly hurt by falling from the rocks in an effort to lend aid to the sufferers. A sailor of the name of Fanning got • a compound fracture of the leg in the wreck, on Monday, and lies disabled at the hotel in Port St. Mary. It is not probable that the cause of the explosion will ever be correctly ascertained, but it is supposed that the powder was fired by a light from the pipe of some of the men who were smoking on board the vessel. A correspondent in Douglas writes as follows : " We have had our share of disasters; and one portion of our island, especially, has been plunged into the depths of mourning, and lamentation, and woe.' I allude to the disaster at Ketterland, between the Calf of Man and the mainland, where thirty of our fellow-crea tures have been hurled into eternity in a moment, and without a moment's warning, by the explosion of no less than fifty tons of gunpowder, in the wreck of a ship from your port to th e coas t o f Africa ; by which calamity no fewer than twenty-three women are reduced to widow hood, deprived of their means of support, and, alas, bur dened with the support of 72 fatherless children, who are left without a father or, I may say, a friend. Alas for these bereaved ones : who can refuse to shed a tear over their helpless condition, or sympathise with them in their bereavement ? This dAy my mind has been engaged in devising means to help them. "The island, with its authorities, its humane and be nevolent sons and daughters—and who will say that they are not so ?—and' ye moneyed men of Liverpool, who roll in affluence, and whose dignity at this hour is supported by the exertion of such men as these bereaved ones' fathers, must come forward and lend a helping hand in this distressing emergency. " I propose that a subscription be opened at once in the island ; that the governor, the bishop. and all leading officials be of the committee • and that her Majesty be implored to extend to her suffering sisters of Mona and their helpless ones a share of her gracious compassion, if only to aid their cause in other quarters ; and that trust oorthy and effi c i en t agen t s b e f oun d to canvass the ship- Ners and merchants of all the leading seaports of the Icingdom in aid of these unfortunate c hild ren o f d eep distr64 and commiseration. " ' 46 should be done instanter, before human tailsatl, is dried up, and while the harrowi ng de before aret,efor e the eyes of a British people, and when I use that word I mean a generous and sympathising people, wh 0 ,,,, ar l e . ever open, and whose hearts feel for distreaa e n a rs give c ime anu ot any colour . . . After offerings to 5/. towards the subscription, the service proceeds,. will be happy to give a month's in canvassit g subscriptions if none more suitable can be found, free of = a 1 cost, travelling expenses alone excepted." We sincerely trust that the excellent suggestion of our correspondent may be at once adopted. people of the Isle of Man who have t 0 work fo r th e i r li v i ng are, generally, in very humble cumstances, and Port St. Mary is one o f the poorest fishing vill ages i n t h e i sland. The wid ows an d c hild ren must i ndeed be in the most distressed condition, and we feel persu a d e d an appeal to the be nevo l ent will not be made in vain. We shall be glad to receive subscriptions in aid of the fa m ili es of the sufferers. —From, the Liverpool Mercury of this day. IANGE—THIS DAY Gibraltar . • . Leghorn .. !Genoa ...... 'Milan .... • • Venice Naples .. • • • Palermo .... lidessina 'Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro .. Buenos Ayres.... • • New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OP ouwoN, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 'Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexisan Dollars .... 0 4 11.4 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bare ...... 0 5 1% ..30 3u 2 ......25 30"' 41% 1211 i 125 534 531 A THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Brace, to be Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Hon. Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, Viscount Newport, resigned. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 30. ___ The Queen has been pleased to a". 'int Thomas Henry Lord Foley to be Captain of her ajesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of John William, Earl of Sandwich , resigned. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1852. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 30. The Queen has also been pleased to direet letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and place of Advocate General or Judge Martial of her Ma jesty's Forces to the Honourable Charles Pelham Villiers. - The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for nominating, consti tuting, and appointing the Right Honourable Matthew Talbot Baines to be a Poor Law Commissioner for Eng land. The Queen has also been pleased to constitute and ap point the Right Honourable Sidney Herbert to be her Ma jesty's Secretary at War. The Queen has also been pleased to grant the office of her Majestys Advocate for Scotland to James Moncreiff, Esq. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Baro net; Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Rear-Admiral Maurice Frederick Hardinge Berkeley, C. 8.; Captain the Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8.; Captain Alexander Milne; and the Hon. William Francis Cowper, to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and ter ritories thereunto belonging. [The following article is substituted for one of those which appeared in the Gazette of the 24th instant.] DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain George Thompson Wade to be Civil Commissioner and Collector of Taxes for the Seychelles Islands, dependencies of the Island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Thomas T. Kelly, Esq., M.D., to be an Assistant Magistrate for the district of Natal, in South Africa. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend John Alexander Matthias, Bachelor of Arts, to be Chap lain on the establishment of the Government of the Island of Ceylon. _ _ Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Richard Davies Hanson, Esq., to be Advocate General for the Colony of South Australia. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 20, 1852. MEMORANDUM. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the word "Punjaub" being borne on the regimental colour and appointments of the undermen tioned regiments, in consideration of their services during the campaign of 1848-9, in that country ; also that the corps present at'the siege of Mooltan and the battles of Chil lianwallah and Goojerat may bear the names of those places in addition to the word "Punjaub." Regiments which served in the Punjaub, 1848-9. 3d, 9th, and 14th Light Dragoons ;-10th, 24th, 29th, 32d, 53d, 60th (Ist battalion), 61d and 98th Regiments. Siege of Mooltan—Surrendered Jan. 22, 1849. 10th, 33d, and 60th (Ist battalions), Regiments. Battle of Chillianwallah-13th Jan. 1849-3 d, 9th, and 14th Light. Dragoons--24th, 29th, and 61st regiments. Battle of Goojerat--21st Feb. 1849.-3 d, 9th, and 14th Light Dragoons-10th, 24th, 29th, 32d, 53d, 60th (Ist battalion), and 61st regiments. WAR - OFFICE, DEC. 31. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon John Gorringe, M.D., from the 59th Foot, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Orr, who exchanges, Dec. 31. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edwin Adolphus Cook to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sykes, who retires ; Cor net the Hon. Robert John Annesley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cook, Dec. 31. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Honourable Algernon Thomas Morton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Von Strong, promoted, Sept. 6. ; Sergeant Joseph P. North to be ',Cornet, without purchase, vice Moreton, Dec. 31. Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Alexander Kinloch to be Lieutenant and Captain by pur chase, vice Lloyd, who retires, Dec. 31. Coldstream Guards—Percy Scawen Wyndham, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morgan, who retires, Dec. 31. Scots Fusilier Guards—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Robinson, M.D., from the 74th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Bowling, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 31. 19th Foot—Ensign George Clay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rivers, who retires, Dec. 31. 32nd Foot—Ensign Charles Rodick Ricketts to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Harris, who retires, Dec. 31. 38th root—Lieutenant Samuel Hackett, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Lecky. who retires upon full pay;; Ensign Rowland Hill Gordon to be Lieu tenant without purchase, vice Hacket, Dec. 31. 59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William John Alea ander Orr, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Assisi ant Surgeon, vice Gorridge, who exchanges ; Ensign Frederick Hacket to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chapman, who retires, Dec. 31. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Conyngham Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mac Queen, deceased, Oct. 21; Ensign William Cubitt, from the 71st Fcot to be second Lieutenant, without purchase vice Jones, Dec. 31. 62nd Foot-Ensign James William Tibbitts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Minnitt, promoted in the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Dec. 31. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.—Lieutenant John Christopher Minnitt, from the 62nd Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cox, who retires, Dec. 31. (Erratum in the Gazette of Nov. 23.) For Robert Hoey-Jex Blake, Gent. to be Ensign in 18th Foot, without , purchase, read Robert Hoey Jex-Blake, kc. • Memorandum. The Christian names of Ensign Pratt, of the 84th Foot, are Roberts Torrens. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Davis Prichard and Daniel Prichard, coach. smiths and ironmongers, High-street, Marylebone. BANKRUPTS. James Jones, draper, High-street, Worthing, Sussex, to surrender Jan. 8, at one, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alderman bury, London ; Linklater, London. James Richard Grimshaw, master coal miner, Pember ton, Lancast er , J a n. 13, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Turner, official assignee, John-street, Liverpool ; Mahew, Wigan. Thomas Hillman, wine merchant, Worthing, Sussex, Jan. 13, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Beckett and Simpson, Golden-square. James Pugh, Tailor, Lyndhurst-square, Peckham, Jan. 7, at one, and F e b. 11, a t t we l ve , a t th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy. 'Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbuu ; Wether field, Basinghall-street. Thomas Cole, cabinet maker, Newport, Isle of Wight, Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Willoughby and Cox, Clifford's-inn. Francis Jenkyns, corn merchant, Tysoe-street, Clerken well, Jan. 14, at half-past 11, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Glynes, America-square. Henry Burgess Hoff, cab proprietor, Woolwich, Jan. 10 at half-past 12, and Feb. 12, at 12, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba.singhall-street ; Colquhoun, Woolwich. MAR K Rl' INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day,) SUGAR. —The lowest point of the market for West India was in the early part of February when sales of brown were made at 15s to 30s 6d, and yellow 31s to 39s ; the present currency is for the former 31s to 33s 6d, and 34s to 40s for the latter. Of both Colonial and Foreign im ports here for the year have amounted to 205,000 tons, and 214,000 in 1851; deliveries for home consumption are 200,000, and 172,000 in the previous season • for exporta tion they are 30,000 and 20,000 in 1851, stocks: comprise 69,000, and at the close of 1851, they were 89,000 tons. REFINED.—The supply is scanty, and home dealers being desirous to operate prices on the advance for refined sugar, especially for inferior and mid qualities. Sales of brown lumps 455; Tittlers, low to fine 45s 6d to 49s 6d, d ou bl e 508 to 51; Hambro Loaves 46s to 50s, double 51s to 525, Standard lumps 46s 6d. per cwt. There are ready buyers for delivery at these terms and with few sellers. To-day there were ready buyers of Refined Sugar for home con sumption, and prices are still on the advance; good brown lumps are with difficulty to be obtained under 45s 6d. per cwt. Crushed Sugar is much wanted for exportation. MAIIRITIIIS.—The lowest rates current were in the early part of February—brown selling at 22s 6d to 295, and yel low at 29s 6d to 37s ; the present currency is for the former 28s to 33s 6d, and 32s 6d to 39s for the latter. Several p arcels have been sold privately ; the rates obtained 6d, and in some cases is per cwt. above last week, brown and ord. yellow meeting with most attention. EAST INDIA.—Of Bengal the quantity received to this port has been for the year 29,100 tons, and in the previous one 31,500; for home consumption there has been delivered 30,800, and 25,300 in the former one : stocks are 10,500, and at the close of 1851 they were 12,500 tons. In the early part of January prices for soft brown ruled as low as 21s to 24s 6d, and for white Benares in April at 31s 6d to 36s 6d. The value of the former is now 28s to 29s 6d, and 37s 6d to 40s for the latter. To-day there was again a large demand for brown Bengal and Madras at 28s to 30s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Prices are higher than at the close of 1851 by 2s to 3s for yellow, and 3s 6d to 43 for brown sorts. 200 hhds foreign Muscovado, fine yellow 38s 6d to 398 6d, other sorts 34s 6d to 38s, brown 33s to 34s • some parcels China at 30s 6d. to 32s 6d, grey and white dto 36s ; 4,000 baskets J ava , gre y 38 s t o 41 s , b rown an d yellow 33510 378 ; som e p arce l s c l aye d M an ill a 33 s t o 355, and 20,000 bags in bond at 18s to 188 6d for unclayed. To-day there were many buyers of foreign sugar for all 'purposes, but holders refusing to accept previous rates business is much interfered with. COFFEE.—prices are higher than at the close of the pre vious season by 6s tq 7s per cwt. for native, aild is to 12s er t cwt. fo r p l antation. The value of good and fine was o 73s in March and April, and now 61s to 88s. To day Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in excellent demand privately, and rates con Tared with this day week show an advance of is per cwt. N ative is wanted, and prices closed at 47s ad to 483 for new import. Several buyers of Mocha and Costa Rica at previous terms, with few sellers. COCOA.—The consumption of West India has been much larger than in the previous year, and there is an increase of stock of 4,000 bags, but prices are nearly equal to those at the close of 18612 ding for Trinidad, fine red at 40s to The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert Viscount Sydney to be Captain of ber Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of William Lennox Lascelles Lord de Ros, resigned. WHITEHALL, DEC. 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Edward Morris Pridmore, M.A., to the united vicarage of Breage and Germore, in tne county of Cornwall, and dio cese of Exeter, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Richard GerweysG , rylls. WHITEHAL, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting to the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone the offices of Chan cellor and Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., to be her Majesty's Commissioner for the Affairs of India. 455, low to good 34s to 395, grey 32s to 355, and Grenada 30s to 375. Foreign has been purchased with caution, but sales are not pressed. Bahia is now held for 24s 6d to 25s 6d, Para 26s to 27s 6d, and Guyaquil 35s to 36s per cwt. Stock is much the same as at the close of 1851. MOLASSES.—There is a desire to operate in Antigua at 16s 6d to 17s, and other sorts of West India at 14s 6d to 16s. TEA.—The value of rather blackish leaf to blackisb leaf is lld to ls, strong to Pekoa sorts is id to is Bd, fine and superior, of the new crop, is 9d to 2s 2d. Some business has been done in Pouchong, and the currency remains at 8d to 9id for clean, supply being light. Oolong met with little notice, and a disposition is evinced to accept is 2d to is 8d for good to fine, low to mid 9id to is ld. Souchong, of good and fine quality, continues to be wanted at is 3d to 2s ; in common to mid, however, purchases are limited with sellers at 10d to is ld The following is the general currency ; Hyson mid is 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 2s 10d, choice 3s to 3s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is ld, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is ld, Hyson kind ls 2d to 2s 9d, fine 2s 10d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2d, Hyson skin 8d to 9d. To-day there was decidedly more activity in the Tea market, at the same time no advance took place. The rates paid for low to good common Congou were 10d to lOid per lb. SPICES.—In deliveries for consumption little difference exists, but less has been taken for shipping by 800 bgs. Prices for Penang are now lld to is id, and last season lOid to is ld, but stock is 500 bgs less. Of Jamaica Gin ger less has been received than in 1851 by 1,700 pkgs. Home trade deliveries have fallen off 600, and there is rather a larger stock. The present value is 11 18s to 101., and last season 21. to 101. 10s. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—To-day there was a brisk demand for Rum, and prices advanced, proof Lee ward selling at is lid to 2s, East India is 11d to is Demerara 32 to 40 overproof at 2s 8d to 3s, and low to fine Jamaica 2s 10d to 4s 6d for 30 to 38 overproof. The Go vernment contract has been taken by Messrs. Ruck, Son, and Fenwick, at is ll d proof. There is a more active de mand for Brandy, and rates are higher, ruling at 7s 3d to 7s 5d for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta 2 to 7 per cent. refraction, 28s 6d to'3os 6d ; . 17 to 18 ditto, 25s to 28s ; and Madras, 24s to 265. British Refined•is wanted, at 29s 6d to 308 : these rates are abOut the same as last season. Nitrate of soda is held firmly at 16s to 17s ; and at the close of 1851 rates were 13s to 14s. TALLOW.—This afternoon Russian tallow on the spot was purchased with caution ; fine yellow Russian is 45s per cwt. At auction 170 cks Australian went at 43s to 47s ; and 34 ditto East India at 42s 6d to 44s 6d. ORANGE RIOTINGS IN GREENOCK. • We regret to find that a series of systematic assaults, arising out of religious differences, have been again pre vailing on Saturday and Sunday evenings for some weeks back, and with such organisation as, in all cases, to enable the real offenders to escape. We are informed it is now the practice for the young members of the Orange body to assemble at street corners, and when any unfortunate Irishman who does not belong to that politico-religious party passes, he is savagely attacked and maltreated. The plan adopted is to have some boys along with the skirmishers, and whenever the object of their passes, the boys make a run at him, which as a matter. of course at once collects a crowd, and before the victim can get disentangled from the mass, unseen or unknown hands have completed the work—the poor creatures been frequently disfigured very much, as may be conceived from a specimen of a skull cracker taken from the person of one of them on Sunday night, which was composed of strands of rope plaited and twined round a mass of iron or lead, the opposite end forming a loop for the hand, and the whole constituting a most for midable and murderous weapon. Some lads accused of being concerned in the assaults were brought up yester day before Bailie Spiers, and on being found guilty, one was sent to gaol for a period of thirty days, and three were fined in twenty shillings each. This may act as 'a warning to others ; we hope it will ; but if, as we have heard it said, the fines inflicted at the police court are contributed for by the members of the society, and made up in that way, such a punishment, it must be evident, is a mockery of justice. Since the above was in type, we have this further unpleasant and threatening intelligence to record—Last night " St. Patrick's band" held a concert in the Mechanics' Hall, St. Michael street, for the purpose of raising funds to pay their musical instruments. About the hour of meeting an ill assorted group of boys and youths gathered in the neigh bourhood of the hall, for the purpose of annoying parties going to the concert, by hootingand jostling, and cries of " Down with the Pope." At intervals the heavy showers of rain helped to keep the motley band in check; but about nine o'clock the crowd assembled at the foot of Ann-street, and came along Tobago-street in the direc tion of the hall. The police, a body of whom were sta tioned at the institution, hearing the noise, came devil' the street, and'dr ov e the mob back to the foot of Ann, street, and partially dispersed it, but as the officers retired they were assailed with groans and missiles. Captain Mann gathered all the force at hand, and charged the crowd, which was again passing along Tobago-street, and one of the' policemen got himself seriously hurt in the face in the melee, being knocked down with a stone. The mob rallied again at the foot of Sir Michael-street, and kept the officers in constant employment for some hours. The shop of Mr. Mays, pawnbroker, was attacked by one of the bands that were scattered up and down, and he, it is said, threatened to use a pistol for his pro tection, which had the result of enraging them still further, and in a few moments his windows were broken in, his shop ransacked, and his goods thrown about and destroyed. In the course of the evening several men got themselves cut and hurt, one having three teeth knocked out by a stone.—Greenock Advertiser. THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. The weather still continues very changeable, wet and stormy. High and boisterous winds, often suddenly rising towards evening, blowing with great violence dur ing the night, and moderating towards morning, have been of frequent occurrence during the last ten days. On Friday night a heavy gale set in from the south-west, and continued without intermission till daylight. On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, a thunder-storm passed over the city. The flashes of lightning were very vivid, and reports of the thunder so loud as to rousefrom sleep many•of the inhrbitants. During Saturday, seve ral heavy thunder plumps fell, and by Sunday morning the Pentland hills were covered with snow. During the early part of Sunday the weather was fair though cold, but by mid-day it again rained heavily, and during the night another gale from the same direction as that of Friday night set in with still greater violence. Though somewhat lulled by morning it still continued to blow so hard as seriously to inconvenience those who ventured out, and especially in passing along the bridges and Mound. Monday forenoon was fair, with bright sunshine arid a brazing breeze from the south-west. The afternoon was, however, showery. The barometer has been disturbed in a remarkable manner by the weather of the last ten days. On Monday at 9 a.m., at about 120 feet above the level of the sea, it marked 27.806, and by three o'clo c k su dd en l y rose to 28.278. The barometer has not been at such a low point since 1838, on the 29th November of which year it stood, at 12 at noon, at 27.85. In December of the same year it was even rather lower. The thermometer has also shown sudden variations, ranging from the freezing point up to 53 degrees ; but the average temperature •of the month has been several degrees above that of recent seasons. The quantity of rain which has fallen during the last twenty days is 5.16 inches ; a quantity, however, considerably below that of any other district from which we have received accounts. In Westmoreland, the fall of rain during one week of December was above eight inches. In the counties of Roxburgh, Berwick, Perth, Forfar, and Ross, large quantities of rain have also fallen, and in some districts considerable damage has been done by the floods. Be sides retarding field labour, they have also injured the wheat crop, which in all parts of the country is repre sented as covering an unusually small breadth. Upon some farms which are thoroughly drained, the usual breadth has been sown, but such cases are extremely , limited. Anxiety is also now felt concerning the inju rious effects which these heavy rains must have on the general fertility of the soil, especially where drainage is defective.— Scotsman. DEATH OF THE PROVOST OF ETON.—The Rev. Francis Hodgson, 8.D., provost of Eton College, expired at the lodge of that place on Wednesday last, Dec. 29th, in the seventy-second year of his age. Mr. Hodgson was educated at Eton, where he became an assistant master for a short time, and King's College, Cambridge, of which he was classical tutor. While at the university he formed an intimacy with the late Lord Byron, equally honourable to both, and which was only put an end to by the death of the noble poet. The appointment of provost, which carries with it the rectory of Eton, and is worth about 2,000/. per annum, is in the gift o f t h e crown, and is the first piece of ecclesiastical pat ronage placed at the disposal of the new ministry. THE CARD-CHEATING CASE AT BRIGHTON. —Richard Sill, the attorney whose name has so often appeared be fore the public in reference to the card-cheating case at Brighton, and who was convicted and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court, has been liberated from the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields ' a writ of error having been allowed in his case, which will be heard in a superior court at some distant period. DISTURBANCE AT HOLYWELL.—The men employed in the lead mines work in sets for six hours, at a weekly wage of 12s. Recently a paragraph has appeared in a local Welsh paper to the effect that the men employed in the Merllyn mines, on which Mr. Mitchell is the manager, had consented to work in sets for eight hours, instead of six at the game rate of wages. The miners in the neighbourhood were determined that no infringement should be made upon their usual customs, and on Friday morning about 1,500 men, from Halkin, Tal y'r Goch, an d Glan y'rAfon, went en mane through Holywell to Merllyn and prevented the men at the latter place proceeding with their work. Matters now began to assume a serious aspect, and the military from Chester were sent for. A detachment of the 23d regiment left Chester, but meanwhile the miners had had an interview with the magistrates and Mr. Mitchell at Holywell. One of the men proposed to set Mr. Mitchell before them and run him out of the country, but the majority were more peaceably inclined, and refused to take this course. Mr. Mitchell ultiMately promised that the six-hour sys tem should continue for. another month, during which time he would see the_ prpprietors, and the decision should be given at the end of that period. The men then quietly returned to -their work, and the services of the military were happily not required.. THREATENED COLD.—" Notwithstanding the mildness of the season," says a letter from Valenciennes " er mines have been seen in the neighbourhood o f this place. Recently Count de Fourmestraulx killed one on his property of Gussignies. The fur was just as white as that of the same kind of animols in Norway and Russia." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles and Henry Harridge, one of whom was charged with having stolen, the other with having received, a quantity of quinine and other valuable drugs, the property of Mr. Hodgkinson, drug gist, of Upper Thames-street, well knowing they had been stolen, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, said that Mr. Slip par, the chemist of Leather-lane, who had given evidence against the prisoners, had been instrumental in bringing them to justice ; that when his suspicions became ex cited he had communicated with the wholesale druggists upon the subject of the sale of the drugs, and been occu pied in the task of investigation, the difficulties of which arose from the fact that Henry Harridge had in his deal ings assumed the name of Humphries, and thus avoided the suspicion of being the brother of the other prisoner, who had been in the employment of the prosecutor, and through whom the property must have been obtained. The prisoners, upon being asked whether they wished to defend themselves at that moment, said they would reserve their defence for their trial. The prisoners were then committed for trial, William Randall, the alleged proprietor of common lodging-houses in Swan-ally and Sun-court, was charged by Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor to the City Commissioners of Sewers, with having omitted to supply the tenements with water, in compliance with the new Sewers Act, which inflicts a penalty of not exceeding 51. for every violation of its provisions. The defendant pleaded guilty, but declared that he was a yearly tenant, and held the houses at the will of a lady, and he knew nothing of the existence of such an act of Parliament as that upon which he had been summoned, or of the obligation to supply a drop of water to the in habitants. The Lord Mayor—Have not notices been served upon all lodging-housekeepers to supply water ? Mr. Tyrrell—Certainly, upon every one of them. The defendant declared that he could not read a word of print, an assertion which his language and appearance by no means supported. The Lord Mayor—This regulation has been made to prevent common lodging-houses, which have been fre quently the sources of infection and disease, from caus ing any further contaminatio n , an d I can fine you 301. for your neglect on these several occasions. The defeiidant—l assure your lordship that I have been a serious loser by those tenements, and that there shall never be any cause for future complaint. The Lord Mayor—As this has been the first complaint of the kind before me, I shall not at present inflict any penalty, but shall order that the summons stand over a few days, in order to ascertain whether I shall altogether remit the penalties, a consequence to which your strict attention to the directions of the act can only lead. If you do not immediately proceed to the correction of the evil, I shall certainly fine you to the utmost. Mr. Hicks (the deputy of Castle Baynard ward) appeared to complain of the conduct of Mr. Pocklington, one of the inspectors of meat. Several of the most re spectable salesmen and butchers of the City attended to give evidence in support of the complaint. Mr. Hicks said he had sold an ox which had been sent to him from the country to a butcher, who had purchased it with the intention of having it boiled down ; that Mr. Pocklington bad seized the body as stinking meat unfit for human food, and wanted to send it to be destroyed to a person who would have made a profit of it, and would have made no return, so that the poor feeder in the country would be the loser of the little advantage derivable from the beast, which was called a casualty. It was in vain that he expostulated with the inspector upon the subject, so that he considered it necessary to appeal to the Lord Mayor. upon the examination of the beast by the best judges, it was found that the meat was fit to be used as human food, so that there could be no excuse at all for seizing it, and it was unnecessary to observe how injurious the practice of condemning good meat would be, particularly as the weather was calculated to affect meat by the shortest delay. Some parts of the beast were here exhibited, and, although it was not prime meat, it certainly was very far from deserving the bad character given of it by the inspector. Mr. Pocklington said he considered the meat to be bad. He had no doubt that the beast had been phy sicked, and he would leave it to the College of Physi cians to decide whether physicked joints were not calcu lated to communicate disease to the people who partook of them. Mr. Hicks said that the meat smelt of turnips, upon which no doubt the beast had been fed, but no man with a nose or an eye could pronounce it to be stinking. He had sold it to be boiled down for dog's meat, but since he had seen and examined it, he must pronounce it fit to be used as human food. The several salesmen and butchers who attended here presented, themselves to give evidence, but The Lord Mayor said it was wholly unnecessary to swear them, and pronounced the meat to be different from the description given by the inspector. His lord ship thought it would be satisfactory to test a few of the joints by a culinary process, and the suggestion having been adopted, there appeared to be no ground for the opinion pronounced by the inspector. Mr. Hicks, who had returned the price given to him for the body to the man who had purchased it, subse quently sold it for a considerably larger sum as meat fit to be used as human food. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknowledge his receipt of 101. from the Mercers' Com pany for the poor-box. GUILDHA T,L.-111r. William Schaza Lindsay, of Austin-friars, appeared to several summonses, charging him with having entered into a contract with the com plainants for providing them with passages to Port Philip, by the ship W. Lindsay, appointed to sail by the Ist of December inst.; unlawfully making default in providing such passages at such time in such ship ; and not providing complainants with passages, with an equally , eligible ship, to sail withal ten days after the Ist of De cember inst., against the statute. Mr. Lutwyche, the barrister, appeared for the com plainants, and stated that he was desirous to save the time of the Court, and therefore proposed to take all the four summonses at one hearing. This having been agreed to, the learned gentleman proceeded to state that the complainants sought to recover the amount of money they had paid for their passage, and the sum of 101. each compensation for non-fulfilment of a contract, in which the defendant undertook to furnish them with a passage to Port Philip. The W. S. Lindsay was an iron ship, built at Newcastle, and f•om the manner in which it had been advertised, one of the present complainants had come all the way from Canada for the especial purpose of sailing in her ; and others had come from other, though not such distant places. The ship sailed on the 7th of December, but on reaching the Downs she was pronounced not seaworthy by her owner, and she ac cordingly returned to her port of clearance. Her com pass was found to vary on one side from 1 to 21 points, although perfectly correct on a level keel, and she did not answer her helm as readily as was expected. An offer had been made by Mr. Lindsay, bat as it was considered inadequate to the loss and in convenience of the parties, they declined it. Sir Chapman Marshall said he was advised that the complaint did not come under the 44th section of the act, as the ship had proceeded to sea, and the voyage was therefore begun. Mr. Lutwyche said that as the ship had returned to her port of clearance, it could not be said that the com plainants had obtained their passages to Port Philip, when the ship proceeded no further than the Downs. Sir Chapman Marshall said he should be much better satisfied if the parties could come to an amicable ar rangement. Mr. Lindsay stated that the W. S. Lindsay cost him just one-third more than any other ship of the kind he had had built, and was three times more efficient for emigration purposes than any passenger ship hitherto used. Due notice was given to all parties that the ship would sail on the 6th, instead of the lst of December, and she sailed on the following day, and as soon as he heard of the variation in the working of the compass, he started at midnight for the Downs, and inquired of the captain and mate if there was any danger in proceed ing to sea. •They expressed their readiness to go, but as the pilot said there might be extra danger in a heavy , sea, he (Mr. Lindsay) felt there was a heavy respon sibility upon himself, and would not risk the lives of the passengers or the property of the under writers, by allowing the W. S. Lindsay to pro ceed on her voyage. He therefore, at great pecuniary \ loss to himself, ordered her into port again,. teat h e might feel at ease in his own conscience ; nott;ithstand ing this heavy loss, for it was a very heavy loss, I.e de termined not to compensate the passengers so detained upon the scale of is. p• day, according to the act, but to compensate each one according to his means. On e poor man who had a sick wife he had given 101. to, and other cases he had dealt with in a similar manner, and he had offered the present complainants 21. 15s. each, being at the rate of 4s. per day ; but as they had chosen to bring him into a police-court he was now determined to abide only by the magistrate's decision, and that, too, strictly, unless indeed they could show that Theirs were cases of peculiar hardship. Sir Chapman Marshall then retired with Mr. Alder man Copeland and the chief-clerk, to consider the pre liminary objection, and on returning into court, Sir C. Marshall said they were of opinion that the 44th section did not apply to the matter, and as the summonses were founded upon it they must dismiss them. If the gentlemen were dissatisfied with the decision, they could apply to the Court of Queen's Bench under the 11th and 12th Vict., cap 44, sec. 5. Mr. Lindsay's conduce under the circumstances was of a nature highly honour. able to him. BOW-STREET.—William Marks, a young man em ployed a s a t own -t rave ll er f or a linendraper, was charged before Mr. Hall with uttering a forged Bank of England note for 51. James Cockerell, an assistant at Messrs. Bull and Wilson's, linen warehousemen. 52, St. Martin's-lane, stated that the prisoner came to his employer's shop on Friday afternoon, the 17th inst., at about half-past he o'clock, and, after exhibiting some patterns of cloth, purchased two yards of one kind, and two of another description, which, together with a few other articles ordered by him, amounted to 3/. 10s. He tendered a 51. note in payment, and witness gave him the change, previously, however, requesting him to endorse the note, which he did by writing "J. Johnson, 37, Great Queen street," but no person of the name or description resided in the house. Last week his attention was drawn to a case at the Mansion-house, where a prisoner was undergoing examination before the City magistrates, on a charge of having forged several bank-notes. Consequently, he went to the Mansion-house on the morning of the 23d instant, to see if he could identify the supposed Johnson. The prisoner in the City case proved to be another person ; but on looking among the spectators in the body of the Court, he saw a man whom he immediately recognised as the customer who tendered him the 51. note, and that person was the prisoner. Witness pointed him out to Monger, a City officer, 39, and when he had done so they observed the prisoner leave his companions in the body of the Court and work his way slowly to the door, through which he, was making a rapid exit, when he was stopped and ap prehended by the constable. Anthony Monger corroborated this statement. When he had taken the prisoner into custody, and told him what was the charge against him, he said, " Oh, I know Messrs. Bull and Wilson, and have had dealings with them." The prisoner declared his innocence of the charge, and called a relation to prove an alibi, but the attempt failed, as the witness spoke to a different day altogether. John Smith, a draper, of Bermondsey-street, who had employed the prisoner as a town traveller, gave him a good character. He also stated that he did not think the endorsement upon the bank note was like the pri soner's handwriting. The inspector of notes at the Bank of England having proved that the 51. note in question was a forgery, Mr. Hall committed the prisoner for trial. Thomas Scaniong, a tailor, was charged with a crimi nal assault upon a little girl, named Elizabeth Ilford, 11 years of age. The prisoner, who was already cohabiting with an elder sister of the child, committed the assault during the absence of her parents, whom he had previously seen leave the house together. Mr. Hall fined the prisoner 51., and committed him to hard labour for two months in default. WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Norton, the conduc tor of a Kingsland omnibus, appeared to a summons, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, in which he was charged with an assault upon Mr. James Wilkinson Kirin, a mercan tile clerk, residing at Albion-cottages, Dalston. The complainant stated that, on the evening of Christ mas-day, he entered the defendant's omnibus in the City, accompanied by his wife, servant, and two children in arms, and on getting out at Grange-walk, Dalston, he handed 'him a shilling as their fare for the journey. The defendant, howevtr, who had evidently been drink ing rather freely, having allowed the shilling to fall to the ground, witness picked it up for him, and again placed it in his hand. He then proceeded in the direc tion of his residence, but was overtaken by the defend ant, who again demanded his fare, alleging that he hAd not received it. On telling him that he had already paid him, the defendant instantly assailed him with the epithets of "liar, hound," and other opprobious expres sions, and, seizing him by the collar, declared that he would shake it out of him. He succeeded, by a power ful effort, in breaking from him, but was followed by the defendant, who caught hold of him again and dragged him by main force to the ground. The defendant at the same time fell with him, and while they were struggling • together a policeman made his appearance, and the conductor at once required him to take witness in charge for an assault ; but some of the bystanders having interfered and explained the real facts of the case, the officer refused to interfere. Witness then hastened home with his wife and family, on reach ing which he intimated to the defendant, who had accompanied them to the outer gate, that he resided there, and that he might take out a summons against him if he thought proper to do so. Witness then turned away, and. was about to enter his house, when he was alarmed by a sudden outcry from his wife, whom he had left at the gate i n a lt erca ti on w i t h the defendant, and on hastening back she complained that thelatter had struck her in the face, and directed his attention to her mouth and gums, which were bleeding. Witne§s, however, had abstained from taking out a summons for a double as sault, as he wished to. save his wife from the inconven- --- • ience and annoyance of appearing as a witness at a police court. Mary Peats, the complainant's servant, corroborated all the material parts of his evidence, and stated that on getting out of the omnibus, she distinctly saw her master hand a shilling to the defendant, with the observation, " There are four of us, and that is your fare." A young man, named George Barton, stated that while standing at the corner of Grange-road, at the time in question, he heard the dispute about the fare, and saw the conductor suddenly seize hold of the gentleman and pull him to the ground. On the arrival of the po liceman the defendant charged the complainant with having assaulted him, but witness felt satisfied that he had not done so. The police-constable above referred to, but who has since left the force, was next examined, and stated that on reaching the spot he was desired by the conductor to take the complainant into custody for knocking him down ; but as he did not witness any assault, he declined to do so. The defendant had evidently been drinking freely at the time, but the complainant was perfectly sober. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Lewis for the defence, in the course o f w hi c h h e s t a t e d th a t s h or tl y after the transaction he was requested by the complain ant not to furnish the conductor with his name and address. The complainant assured the magistrate that he had given no such instructions, and that he could have no possible object in doing so, as the conductor accompanied him home and obtained the required information Inspector Tarleton also stated that shortly after the occurrence the complainant had voluntarily attended at the station-house, where he left his name and address in writing, in the event of its being called for by the con ductor, which had not been the case. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on behalf of the defendant, who instructed him to give a total denial to the allegation that he had received his fare, or that he had committed any assault. After dwelling upon the discrepancy between the evidence of the complainant and that of his last witness, he called William Harman, a tailor, at Kingsland, who stated ' that he was a passenger in the omnibus on the night in question, and that the plaintiff, on getting out with his family, walked away without paying the fare. The de fendant immediately hastened after him, and on demand ing his money the complainant dealt him a blow under the chin which nearly knocked him down. The com plainant appeared greatly excited at the time, and although the defendant had certainly been drinking, wit ness considered that he was quite capable of discharging the duties of his situation. James Games, a horse-keeper, stated that he was pre sent during the latter part of the altercation, and saw the gentleman strike the defendant, after which a strug gle ensued between them, and they both fell to the ground. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that, after the marked discre• pancy which existed between the statements of the com plainant and the policeman, he considered that he should not be justified in convicting the defendant of the charge, and should, therefore, order the summons to be dismissed. WESTMINSTER—SamueI Rogers and Mary Blecller were charged with the following impudent trick to obtain money. Mr. John Maule Sutton, resident surgeon at the Con sumption Hospital at Brompton, stated that at a little before eleven that morning he was called by the por ter, and informed that two persons wished to speak with him. He went into the hall and found the pri soners, when the female presented him with the following note : "Dear John—lf you can assist this poor woman, pray do. It is a most distressing case—in haste, "Your affectionate mother, "E. Sutton." Hearing, by the prisoners' account, that they came from Greenwich, which was his native place, and thinking that his mother meant by " assistance" giving the male pri soner, who appeared to be troubled with a very violent fit of coughing, or the female professional advice or medicine, particularly as the man had a bot tle in his hand, he accordingly inquired what he could do for them, when the male prisoner replied that his (Mr. Sutton's) mother would have given him more but that she had so little silver in her purse, necessarily implying by this figure of speech that she had - given some pecuniary assistance, and that he still wanted more. Upon hearing this com plainant looked at the letter a second time,' and became positive that it was not his mother's writing. He then asked the male prisoner how long he had known Mrs. Sutton, and what she knew of him, when he re plied that she had known him thirty-six years. In answer to other inquiries the male prisoner mentioned the name of the vicar of Greenwich, but gave a wrong name to the incumbent of East Greenwich, when the female, who had all through represented herself as her companion's wife, told him he had made a mistake, the name he had mentioned. being that of the minister of a dissenting congregation. Finding inquiries about Green wich unpleasant, the male pxis•ner shifted the ground, by stating that he had a son in the 31st regiment, and was desirous of going to Gosport to see him that night by the coach, and wanted a trifle to make up the amount of the fare. Complainant asked him to show him what money he had got, when he replied that he had not got any about him, but had paid 7s. at the booking office at the corner of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, to secure his place. Complainant told him that he would accompany him there, and if he found his statement correct he would make up the required amount. Both thanked complainant, and the woman presenting the bottle before spoken of said, "And pray, sir, have the goodness to give my poor husband a little stuff to take to Gosport, for his cough ;" and then another violent fit of coughing de veloped itself. Complainant left them to change his coat, as he stated, in order to accompany them to Albe marle-street, but feeling a strong notion that they would take the first opportunity to bolt, went to the gate porter and told him not to allow them to pass, and had scarcely done so when they hastily left the building to escape, while they thought he was getting ready to ao company them to Piccadilly. Complainant told them he should give them into custody, when both of them declared they had not asked for anything, but they sub sequently admitted they were not man and wife, and that their story about Gosport and the 7s. was, with the rest, all a fabrication. Complainant was induced to bring forward this charge owing to his relations at Greenwich having been imposed upon some time ago by some fellows going there with a well-told tale, and also in consequence of repeated frauds practised upon bene volent ladies in the neighbourhood of Brompton by per sons going about begging linen and other things under pretence of coming into the hospital. Mr. Broderip—The cough seems much better now ? Mr. Sutton—Very much. (Laughter.) Mr. Broderip asked the defendants what they had to say ? Male prisoner —I'm sure I could not have said I had a son in the 31st, because he is at sea. I leave got the dropsy very bad, your worship. Mr. Broderip—lt was a cough but scarcely an hour ago, and now it is turned into dropsy. Why you asked this gentleman for stuff for a cough ? Male prisoner— Yes, I've a cough, too, your worship. Here he made a desperate effort to get up one, but his lungs would not be convulsed, and a failure was the consequence. The woman said nothing. - Mr. Broderip observed that there could be no doubt of their being gross impostors, whose impudent a tt em pt at fraud had been frustrated by the sharpness of the gentleman they had attempted to deceive. He (Mr. Broderip) felt that it was but little use to talk to the prisoners, but he wished persons of their description to know that the magistrates were determined to protect the public against the machinations of thOse who di verted the course of true and laudable charity into the pockets of the unworthy. They were committed for three months to hard labour. 101. has been received from the Mercers' Company, for the poor-box. THAMES.—John Wilson and Margaret Thompson were charged, before Mr. Yardley, with uttering a forged £5 note to Mr. Thomas, the proprtetor of the Britannia Tavern, opposite LimehOuse Church. The barman stated that the prisoners, in company with three or four other persons, had been drinking at• the house from about seven till nine o'clock, and after calling for various quantities of spirits and noyeau, the prisoner Wilson asked how much he charged for a quart of the best Irish whiskey, and ordered him to serve a pint of the whiskey. He then handed him a£s note in payment. On looking at it he thought there was some thing peculiar in its appearance, and sent for Mr. Thomas, who on examining it was convinced it was a forgery, and sent for a policeman. Sylvester, 441 A, stated that when he took the prisoner into custody, • the woman followed them, and said, "John, if they are going to take you, I'll go along with you." He answered; "D the whole of you. If it had not been for yOu I would not have been in this mess." After proceeding some distance, prisoner put his foot behind him'' and knocked him down, and, placing his foot on his stomach, disabled him, and then ran off. Mordaunt, 441 K, stated that as the prisoner ran he seized him, and took him into custody. Wilson, in his defence, stated that about three months ago he came home from New Orleans, when he had about 561. with him. He had been drinking all day with the female prisoner and some friends, had spent all the change he had and then gave the note which he had got in exchange for a larger one. When taken by the police man, as soon as he got into a retired place he struck him with his staff, punched him in the back, and nearly choked him by twisting his handkerchief round his neck. He then broke away and ran, as he thought he had a right to do, to save his life. The female prisoner said she had been out to see some friends, aird knew nothing of the note. Mr. Wyburd, inspector at the Bank of England, proved that the note was a forgery. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoners till Saturday. MORTALITY FROM DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE AT BET.HN.AL-GREEN. Yestertlay an investigation took place, before Mr. William Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, at the Fountain public-house, Virginia-row, Bethnal-gree n, respecting the death of Matilda Church; aged two months, the daughter of a shoemaker, who, with two other children, have perished during the last three weeks, in one house from malignant fever, arising through the defective drainage and filthy condition of the wretched place where the family were residing. Mr. George West, the parochial surgeon ; Mr. C. A. Christie, the relieving officer ' • and several gentlemen connected with the parish o f St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, were present to watch the inquiry. The jury having been sworn, accompanied the coroner to view the body, which was lying in a wretched hovel situated at No. 1, Hepsworth-place, Fountain-alley, Virginia-row. The place was in a filthy state, the walls exceedingly damp, and the effluvia from the back part of the premises was most obnoxious. The first witness called was Charles Church, of Hepsworth-place, who stated that he was a shoemaker. The deceased was his daughter, and died on Wednesday the 22d inst. He had lost two other children about three weeks since from the same complaint, namely, measles and typhus fever. They . had -been attended by Mr. West, the surgeon. A cess pool had been pulled down some months back, when a quantity of wood, saturated with night-soil, had been placed against the back wall of witness's dwelling, which remained during the severe wet weather, when the rain washed the filth from the wood into the house. A quan tity of soil also oozed through . the walls. Mr. West, the surgeon, asked what the obnoxious smell arose from, when witness pointed out the condition of the walls to him, and the state of the yard. A quantity of gravel, which had been dug out of the hole where the wood came from, had likewise been scattered about the yard Witness complained of the filthy condition of the yard, and subsequently the wood was taken away. Mr. West, after inspecting the house, directed witness to pull the bedstead from the wall. The houses were the property of Mr. Wilson, of Friar's-mount ; but the rents were collected by a Mr. Busher, who told witness one day, that if any person interfered with the property, Mr. Wilson, his employer, had a hundred pounds or two he could'spare to punish them. By the Coroner—Witness had buried two children— one was then lying dead, and a fourth was not expected to live many hours. There was not so much cause for complaint since the wood had been removed. The Com missioners of Sewers last summer laid down an eighteen inch drain, which passed into the main sewer from Fountain-alley. Mr. Geo. West, of No. 5, Northampton-place, Hackney road, surgeon, said he had been attending the deceased, children for typhus fever of a very malignant character, which he was of opinion had been prodticed by the filthy and obnoxious state of the premises wherein they had resided. Witness examined the place, and found the house and back premises in a wretched state. There was a quantity of wood which had formed a cess pool placed against the back wall. The wood had been many years in the ground, and was saturated with soil, which had been washed by the recent heavy rains about the yard and into the premises where the children were lying ill. The walls of the room were completely satu rated at the back part with soil. Witness had no doubt, from the fact of three children dying in that house, and another in the opposite dwelling, that their deaths were caused by the unhealty and dreadful condition of the back premises, which produced malignant fever and swelling of the glands of the throat. Witness had re ported the condition of the house to Mr. Christie, the relieving officer, in the beginning of December, when he found that two of the children had died. Witness had been reporting to the officers of the parish for a con siderable time the shocking state of the cesspools, which were overflowing with soil, which in some places found its way into the sleeping rooms. The soil in many back yards could occasionally be seen in that district of Bethnal-green three and four inches deep. Mr. Charles Alexander Christie, the relieving officer, was next called, and stated that his attention was directed to the house in question by the last witness. He proceeded to No. 1, Hepsworth-place, and found two children lying ill with fever. He gave the father an order for nutritious food, as the children were in a dan gerous condition. The room, which was on the ground floor was most horribly offensive, and situated several inches below the level of the earth. The walls were very damp, and a mass of filth Was then upon them. The foreman of the jury here rose, and said that he was of opinion 'that the parochial officers ought imme diately to get the poor persons out of such a wretched place, as it might be the means of saving the life of the remaining child, and probably the lives of the mother and father. The father stated that he owed Mr. Wilson 10s. for rent, and that person would not let him go without pay ing the money. Mr. Christie said that he would give an order at once for their removal to the workhouse, if it was necessary, but the father did not wish to go into the workhouse. Mr. Christie then proceeded to the residence of Mr. Wilson, the landlord, and upon his return he informed the coroner and jury that Mr. Wilson had agreed to allow the man to leave the house whenever he pleased. He (Mr. Wilson) had not prevented his going away, but probably the collector of the rents had. The Coroner said there was no doubt that they should immediately quit the house, and also means ought to be adopted for properly cleansing and whitewashing the premises after such a fearful malady. He was very glad that the inquiry had been held, for it would lead to the adoption of means for the protection of the public health. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from typhus fever, arising from a nuisance near a dwell ing -house, and the jurors also recommend the removal of the other members of the family to a place free of such danger. • MUSIC A STIMULANT TO MENTAL EXERTION.—AIfieri ; often, before he wrote, prepared his mind by listening to ; music. "Almost all my tragedies were sketched in my mind, either in the act of hearing music or a few hours after," a circumstance which has been recorded of many others. Lord Bacon had music often played in the room adjoininghis study. Milton listened to his organ for solemn inspirations ; and music was even necessary to Warbur ton. The symphonies which awoke in the poet sublime emotions, might have composed the inventive mind of the great critic in the visions of his theoretical mys teries. A celebaated French preacher, Bourdaioue or Massillon, was once found playing on the violin, to screw his mind up to the pitch, preparatory to his ser mon, which, within a short interval, he was to preach before the court. Curran's favourite mode of meditation was with his violin in his hand ; for hours together would he forget himself, running voluntaries over the strings, while his imagination, collecting its tones, was opening all his faculties for the coming emergency at the bar.—D'lsraeli on the Literary Character. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—Cross the Pyrenees, and descend with us into France. See her fair fields soaked with the blood of St. Bartholomew's massacre. See them reeking with the blood of the Jew and of the Huguenot, and of the Catholic as well. See civil war fomented, and that land which was as rich and as produc tive, if not more so, than any other in Europe, instead of being a home of peace to its inhabitants, converted into a huge lazar-house ' and all because of diffe r en ces i n reli gion. Traverse Germania's blooming countries, where all should be harmony and brotherly love. See the stake erected, the fire lighted, which consumed the mor tal bodies (but not the immortal souls) of John Huss and Jerome of Prague, besides myriads of others. Why were such inhuman scenes enacted ? Because religious bigotry and persecution were abroad. Descend the Alps with us, and enter Italy, the garden of Europe, with her soft blue sky, her golden waters, her smiling groves, and her velvet fields. What has made her the home of the enemy of the human race—her patriots dying on the scaffold, or lingering out a miserable existence in loath some dungeons or in wretched exile, and her people igno rant and beggared ? Again religious persecution has done its handiwork, and turned that which should have been a paradise into a land of desolation, of hatred, and of horror.—Jewish, 04ronicee. , COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTON—Dec. 29. la At this day's market th e supp l y o f w h ea t Nos er than of late, an d m any o f th e samples were so Co damp that great difficulty prevailed in effecting '„ or t( such qualities ; but go o d d ry parcels fully s li Pr,boi previous rates. Barley, a slow sale, at a decline ofdeare is per qr. O a t s i n f a i r request, and 6d to 18 i crip Beans and pe as s t ea dy, w ith a li m i ted deman d. red, 36s to 475, white, 47s to 495, extra 51s ; to 30s ; oats, 145 to 21s ; beans, 33s to 40s ; Pea s, 34s per qr. NEWARK—DEC. 29. to d. At our Corn-exch ange t o -d a y we h a d a very good a" , Ti l e since, and a fair supply of grain of all clesdriptiTlL /j oy best wheats obt a i ne d prev i ous pr i ces, inferior belliot, of sale. Good b ar l ey passed off at is dearer. "i s white, 50s to 565, red 44 s t o 50 8 ; b ar l ey, gr i n d in g s oos 275, malting 30 5 t o 33 8 ; oats, 24st 24s to 265, 225 t 600 22s ; beans 38s to 42s ; peas 32s to 345; malt 56s to per quarter. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEc. 28. and There were but few fat beasts offered for sale to-dN, e ap high prices were ask e d f or th em. The num b er of gat was again small, and an advance was easily obtainea• ti f a l. pigs about an avera ge . F a t ca l ves were more P l l, l p er —Beef, 5d to oid ; mu tt on , 5d t o 7d ; veal, 6d. to N" Ib. ; pigs, to 7s 6d 8 s Od per score ; rough fat, 4 1 e ' cl ,ia 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d t o 2id per l b . ; calf-skins, 2" per lb. DENBIGH—DEc. 29. kg, There was but a small attendance at this day's ,113, 01 and consequently th e b us i ness d one was very i 6,10 Wheat, 18s to 18s 6d ; b ar l ey, lO s to 10s 6d ; oats, osi;ttp, 6s 6d per hobbet ; t u b b utter, B i d to 82d ; fresh w 1s per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 29. Od Top of Wheat . ........ ......... 63A lb 555 Barley. 57X lb 335 01 -- Oats Bean s 66i lb 375 u " . Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 717 qrs Barley 1,229 qrs Oats • 1,632 'qrs. ....sold 605 0 0 —sold 1,1374 0 Id 1,295 406 -,,, - -, 126 qrs so ld 99 ( 1'" AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 7 0 .Ditto of Barley . 1 10 2 Ditto of Oats 1 0 4 Ditto of Beans Beans 7 _1200 1-1 204 1-12 0 g 3-120 DUBLIN—Dm 28. ea' Our Corn-exchange to-d a y was very thi n l y s,Lea'" dsots" and the business do ne was t r ifli ng. W e repeat the q tions of Friday last for every article. 295; White wheat, 26s Od to 31s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od barley, 12s 6d to 15s 9d ; oats, lOs Od to lis 9d ; 21 E10 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s 6d ; 4 6 6t 1 flour, 14s 6d to 18s Od p er cw t ; I n di an corn, 31s 6d to per 480 lbs. CORK-DEC. 29. Brls. CurrenLooe 10 White wheat 25s 6d t o 26 s 3d O s Od-2- 48 Redwheat 24s Oct to 25s 9d on do• _ Ditto OO s Od to 00s Od}oos Od—o - Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 82 Barley l4s Od to 14s 6d) o• Ditto OO s Od t o OOs 041 OOs Od-1 6 d Ditto 00 5 Od to OOs Od 3 Bere l2s Od to 12s 8d Os Ost 265 Oats 159 Ditto lOs 9d to lls Oct 10s Oct d°. Ditto OOs 00d to OOs Od 90 Pigs 34s Oct to 37s 6d 35s 6d per 0 4 Quantity sold at the highest prices : 111 9 barrels white wheat ; 6 red ; 42 barley; 1 bare oats ; 52 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last wool 7' Wheat, 1,337. Barley, 1,865. B ere, 0 . O a ts, 7, Pigs, 955. PRICES OF BUTTEL CURRENCY. 133 0 First quality Second quality Third quality Bos Third quality ............... 66i Fourth quality Fifth quality 6ss Fifth quality ............... 45$ Sixth quality s4b Sixth quality ............... Return of cattle sold for week ending Dec. 24 Pigs, 341. Sheep, 211. Cows, 124. Coax. Flour—First, 16s Od to 17s Od ; extra, litiolh seconds, 14s Od to 15s 6d ; households, lls to 13s 6d ; w eA; Ss Od to lls per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s 3d to S B 7 , oatmeal, 10s 6d to lls; wh ea t meal, lls to 12s Od per 0 t , 51 00 , Indian corn, 8/ 2s 6d to Si 12 s 6d per t on. B ran , 61 0 2s 6d per ton. Hay—F armers , 31 s Od to 34s Od ;as 00s ; dealers, Us Oct to 40s Od ; ave rage , O s per t o n. 0 100 Farmers, 00s Od to 00s Od; a verage , 00 s ; dealers, O s to OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7 1 -6 a to Od ; household ditto, bid t o Oct per 41b .— F resh butter, ef, 12d per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to 6s 10d per hundred. Meat - " 4id to 7d ; mutton, 5d t o bid ; veal, 4d to 6d ; porkc i Aa pt i- Ocl ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; saus ages , 5d per lb.—Fish, Novi°oos; land, 91. lOs to 101 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 268 t ° ; 4o, Red, do., 305 per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d; - 1- 148 lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cot; Oct per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial go• L 'CAO Hides, market, 22s to 28s ; Salted, 24s to 30s per Oft' skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 3/. per trer Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per st one . —H emp , 371. to 4°.,,d0., ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 3/. lOs ; ocir 31. Os. per ton ; deals, 161. to 181. per hundred.—Bar s l, o o 71. to 8/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 48s to OOs per ort. 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.-• peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. CANT. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30. STOCK EICHANGE.—The market to-day has Abe been r without any improvement, a n d c l oses as follows :-- . deen, 12i ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 81:; c e Chester and Holyhead, 23i; Eastern Counties Prefe l ; a ci 6 per Cent., 15; East L ancas hi re , 19i ; L ancas hi re d o Yorkshire, 85; ditto, Fifth shares, 3 5-16 dis. ; and North Western, 1261; Midland, 801 ; South X- 4 "" - and Dover, 25g. MANCHESTER, DEC. 30. 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sal es t o -d a y were remark f 0 1 few, while prices had a dow n w ar d t en d ency . The 0 th e lisedeclares the following to be the closing sales f° l. tio a, day :—Birkenhead, L ancas hi re , an d Cheshire Jun2atioa 62 dis. ; ditto, 20/ s h ares , 24 di s . ; E as t ern C° u" 6 p et 13 7-16 ; East Lancashire, Pref. Quarters, min- 0 .; cent., 91 London and North W es t ern , Fifth s , 44,Il e idt Lonon and South Weste rn , 92 ; Manchester, Wlgoad. and Lincoln, 41; ditto, new 6/ Pref., dprom ; Railway Consols, ; South Eastern, 254. BRISTOL, DEC. 30. d id EXCHANGE.—There was a n ac ti ve b us iness to-day, with prices without alteration. Bristol iiil- Exeters were done at 107 ; Great Westerns, 90 ; lands, 79h ; Vale of Neath, 13k. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what yirbon COUNTRIES. in General Post- P o rt Office, London. Dispatched. America (byTtrit.pack.N Dec. 31.... ... ... Liverpool ... Jan ' 4 America (by United Sta. packet) ..........N Jan. 11 .......... Liverpool ... .„ • 6 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Jan 5............ Southa m pton Australia (via South ampton) .. .. Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...... *Ditto (via Cape of Good 30 Hope) .. ........N 2d of February.... Plymouth .•NO S• Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. 16 Alexandria* ........N 19th8r3Oth of mon. Dover .....• Belgium ............N Daily.. ...... Dover .. Datu ji 6 Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan• 1 6 Buenos Ayres ........M th of the month.. South a mpt o n Jan. California - Md & 17th of month Southampton fan' 6 I Cape of Good Hope..N 14thof the month.. Southampton .1 01- 6 9 Cape de Verde ......N I4thof the month.. Southampton •• A n ' 3 9 Constantinople*......N 7thl7th27thof mo.. Dover .. .• • Den' Central America ....M hid & 17th of mon Southampton Ja n a ,'o o,' Channel 151e5........N Mon.Wed.it.Frida • Southampton . 1 Chill—. ..14 2d & 17th of month sonthampto Jan__,dhll.l France ........ M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Greece* .. Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London .... T aes iburf• Holland M Wednesday & Sat Londo n ... • • tun' 16 Honduras Ireland ........M SCN Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... India (viaSouthampt.)M 20th of the month.. Southampton J 11 ,1 , 04 24 India (via Marseilles) N Bth&24th'of month Dover .... • • Arrived India (via Cape of Good H0pe)........ Inn• 26 M 14th of the month.. Southampton 2 6 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month.. Southampto Jan' Mediterranean (via Southampton 3.1 20th of the month , Southampton Ja rri n• v t d 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sth& 24th ofmontb Dover"— • • • • Mexico .......... —NI 2nd of the month . Southampton tn. 1 16 Madeira 9th&23dof the mon. SouthanWton " Malta* N f 7th, I 7th,l9th,27th, t &30th of the month Dover . • • • • • Jan ' 2 Naples* ... ........N sthl7t,h2sthofmon. Dover .. •• • • Jan. 2 2 Papal States*........N ithlsth2sthofrnon. Dover'.. • • • • " an ' 6 Peninsula 7thl7th27thormon. Southampton Peru 2d & 17th of month Southampton Westl'nse Indi e s 2 5 d th a 15 1 t 7 h t 2 h 5th of o m fm on o th n sDoouvtheram.. Jan. l3 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) ... ... * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made OP on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made up on the 20t 0 and 24th of each month via Southampton a nd Marseilles are sent 13f sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year they vrill be sent in steamers. t Malls are also made up on the 2d of every alternate month O r the Cape of Good Hope. • The mails to those countries thus marked French packet to Marseilles. ( 5 ) are conveyed hi BIRTHS. OF A SON. go of On the 27th inst. , a t 115 , Eaton-square, the w Major Ormsby Gore. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst., at Damascus, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's the wife of B. Wo°4' MARRIED. On the 28th inst., at St. Marylebone-church Charle g C. only daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Johnson, late sth Fusiliers. ' 2Bth inst at St. Peter's-church, No" 0 Esq., Lieutenant Ceylon Rifles, 'to Adeline'.tl upon nn - t Tyne, James W Balfour, Esq., of the 7th Drag9S . Guards, to Isabella, only daughter of the late L ieut.- Craster. _.....-- DIED. On the 29th inst., at Leamington, aged 22, Aline, the wife of IL. Hoghton, Esq., of Bolu, Lancashire. d On the 21st ult., at Naples, Samuel Crawley, Elstl'' Stockwood, Luton Beds., aged 63. On the 18th inst:., at 4, Park-street, Bath, Major `r• Butler, only surviving son of the late Sir T. Butler, 0 .° 4 " Garryhunden, Ballintemple, county of Carlow. Grosvenor. On the 24th inst., at 9, Victoria-square, place, S. B. Bruce, Esq., M.D., of Ripon, Yoram LONDON : Printed and Published by MUBDO O_l7lA J. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nu •,„, o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the collll4, /Middlesex, Friday, December 31,1852.