The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-07 00:00:00

U., NEWS ) THREE. rcloy were esti -19 American, at 50 Et:yptian, at .; ant! 30 Sea sed fu mly, but re Ma.-ket was a good c'emand oeagre, the bad rch affairs are the prcdonn- went in some his day reduce to that no such shall take due >ccu TS. acceptably to (Mr. Short)• n continues in rably declined having I:ft en at 41. Iss. per 1. to 51. ss. per e is evinced to Luce orders. in the market 3d 2-5 No. 3 9 pars' warrants ers' price for 2s. to 4s. per ,g•ress has yet of stock A S no daily for nd for export, decline there, ante of export ds is expected I at Liverpool, siness doing; i to India dor' are consider- nd. Refined admissible 10 Dr Banca Dr r be sold for present stock and continua ;ly purchased, or home con• of middling uty paid, and ed. St, and Bola per ton, and ) get on sa t II tons, aga ins t spring dell . ad at 141. 15k' nsol account be affording e " continu: and should rther before quest among ,her the sales y on account :redit affiras dislike th e gew Three' 6i to 861' Exchequer' lnder 1,00014 et. Spanish 1 Portugues e 21k to 211' Bonds per Cen t s' d at the iln a are flatter• cLosio ?Rico. 86g BTh, S6A .6 8 11- 1 8 13-IY4v 381' 96 87% 41 P 41 P 41 P 41 P cLosale riticES. 2 21,4 37/4 24% _ 474 724 CLOSINO PRICES. •••••• •4 •...... 1,•• Bisx 2% 4 7 ; 3/4 - 14 0 -- 234 11,i 11x' 1 par 603/4 114 244 Liverpool, Crosby end SoLthp,t ,a. Liverp., Man- er .r, and Nevica;, tI o Jun , .i;on... 21 ; : ••••••• London Et Blaiik wa11...13/. 6s. 5d.... Do. Extoasiou ........ 22.1- ± ... Lonuun, Brighton, ..no South Coat Do.GuArant.s poi - et-, 9 1)o. Pref. Con. .5 per it. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. .. 4 London an d ti reenwio h 1 - 2: . Ditto, Prefer.•;:ce.... t 8 17. '''' — - London 40,1. N. W,tcro 1-0) ... 117 ..", 118 1 4.-- 118 Do Quarters l(L. & it.) . 22 ...... Ditto, \:--w - . - .l'o to, Fi:Th,;..... ..2 ... . 5!,4 5 . 5 Do. -04. S1).••re• ( L. M. ) 25 - Do. 10,.. ('J. ,Si It.) A. 9 1)0. 16/. Ug. S: B.) B. 9 ...... . Do. 107.. iM. & 13.) C. 1 ... .. ... ------ -- ••• Lon). ~.,, r. '- 1 ..51e -o 50 I). N,-,, f.Ol. ... B. No-- , 40t.. 34 Do. Tenths (Gavot. ) :"io ...... - .... - Ditto ditto .... .... 4 , :i Ditto. Thirds.. .... _l3l. Gs. 8d 5 dis Do., New Scrip, 1848, P:cf. 7 per Cent. on Depoit, and 5 per ~ Cent. on Calls _IL 13s. id... par ...... .... .- par .idnntini, Salisbury, and Yeovil Lonlorulerry&Col••rai!--, 28:!.'s Londoinierry and Ennis kni, ” ' . Ennis- / ••• ..... •••• Lowestoft (-4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 13 Illan.tht,ter•Buston.and Matlock-. AI inclicster, Sheffield, 'B l , l 4 ' R... 4 , 1 and Lincolnshire ..100 - •.. •" ........ D). Quarters (No. 1) 18 - ••-••••••••••• --. Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ~. 10 Ditto, New 101. Prof... 10 Ditto, Gt. GrimA)y ... 40 Ditto ditto . ........ 13 Ditto ditto - ' .... - Ditt Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 - Do., Ilanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s. Midland ........... ...100 ..... 78 ...... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., £Ol. Shares,— 20 916 ...... . Do. liirm., and Derbyloo D. Consul. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ..-..117% llB Ditto, Brist. & Ulocstr. 38 ...... Ditto, ditto .. .. 14/. 185.... _ Ditto,Leicest. & S wan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Isiewcastleandearlisie...loo - Do. Quarters 25 .... Newmarket ........ ... 20 - Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ........- ........... 100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed,s p ct. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N .rthern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 ...... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 L AI , .. - North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire North Wales .. ......... 3% North-Western .... ..-.. 10 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchiu ... 2 . — • •• — Scottish:Central Scottish Midland 25 - ... •••••••••• - Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ... Shrewsbury and Birnt... 9 •••••• l% Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 ... .. Shrewsbury and Herod. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto F! 2 .....• - Ditto Oswestry ... .. 17'i • Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - - 13 Shropshire Union - •• ......•••••• South Dev0n... . ... Do. Preference - ...• •••• •••• - Routh Staffordshire OA' — S )utit Eastern Do., No. 1 '24 Do., N 0.2. .. 22 Do., N o . 3 „..... ...... '25 ...... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 .. ••• 6%% 67 14 South Wales ..... 28 S , uth Yorkshire, Don- cater, and t , OOlO 5 Swans. & Lou4hor & Ca _ nieron's Son. Gfral.... 6 ..... ••• .. Taw VA.I., intension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Rilway .. . Vale of N eat h ... 4 Waterford end Kilkenny 171 — Waterthrd and Limerick 47% --. Watertd.Wxfrd•Wicktw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... . Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. 10 ..• ..... West Cornwall West London Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class 20 W bitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 9 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ........ 25 Do. Original New and Berwick ...... .. 25 Do. Extensiox cO. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 rk .n 4 N ort h Midl and 50 Ditto, Preference lO Vo. East a:id W• '?: ~ tat aid- 25 ... ...... 24 ing Extemion FOREIGN RAILWAY. .. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). B oulogne and Amiens... 20 Central o f F rance (Or- - leans and Vi erzon ) ... 17 _ Ceylon 1/ — 2 _ Demerara l5 - D endre Vall e y... 4 • Direct B om b ay and - Madras D utch Rhenish ... 71i... .. —.. ...... .... East Indian . .... Great Indian Peninsular 1 A — Louvain ila Sambre ..• 71 / 2 Lu xembourg 7 Ditto ... lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 --- Namur and Liege - •• * North ern of France...... 12 Orlea ns and Bordeaux... 7 ...... Paris and Lyons , Do. Do. . lO - raris and Orleans Paris and Rouen -- ...........•.• Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Ilavre ...... 20 •••••• *" JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London .. ...... 10 ...... Union of Madrid 40 Australi an .. 21,6 4 L LOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 7.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind W.S. W., P.m. strong and squally. Arrd. H en d r i c k Hudson, from New Yor k ; a sh i p, St. John's, Newfoundland, for London. Remain, the outward -bound —all well. Arrd. from the River, Eliza beth Jane, Messan, for Port Natal; Cato, Scott, Demo rara; 6 Y I Ph, Treadwell, Barbadoes. LI VERPOOL, DEc. 6.—W ind V.S.W.I to S.S.E.—Arrd. , Thomas Brucklebank, Poasonby, Calcutta; John 1341 4, Pearson, ditto; John Mathie, Croom. ditto; Sarah guilds steamer, Isley, New York; Fidelia, Heaton, ditto; Yo r k Johnny Little, Montreal; 6, Hump, Pratt, New rk for Dub ' lin, leaky; Commodore, I , ' . ri . tchard, St. Joh i s 4 _l" New Brunswick; Ocean Queen, NN Que 13aron of Renfrew, Patterson, ditto, encountered vioivnt gales on the 28th ult„ lon. 22, and again on the 3msdoeuditnolisrta..,AtiZ Put back, Naomi, for New York; ditto. Off port, Courier, Ajax, into r; - ; The Argo, for New Orleans, that put Kingston, Ist inst., after being on Blackwater B ank, has returned to port. CARDIFF, 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 5 , Empire , Davi s , Quebec. DEC. LTheELj r4 ST, DEC. 3.—A r id. C assan d ra , Gall, Miramichi. (3reei,naugh, from Liverpool to Dublin, Tonittey tne)So.uth Reck, Ist inst., and put into D . on- s:ht:eir N tt:bi.PN(:):ll the d , leaky, I t i s bl ow i ng a strong gale from RHuLL, DEc. 6. Y h " ( 5 ,, were passed 2d inst., between Scilly aLd ' D EC..:. —Several wino or brandy pipes, with the Ran , er arrived here. v gtie6c ; St. John Dick, Quebec. The brig reported ind S k W.—Arrd. Canton, Meal, -r"tertlity on shorn on the Binks, has broken up. No rufth,a• trs ascertained. n FALmourn, l)Ec. 6.—The Norge, Eyde, Cardiff to oss °sr° ''', 114 s put in h ere l ea k y, an d w i th cargo s h i f te d, ,IL of uoats, and II Litt discharge. DEC. s.—The Apthorp, Blake, Limerick . t . 2 New O rleans, drove from her anchors in Scatter). It• ads lait night, during a gal-, and went on shore in (loudukii Bay, but expected to be got o ff without "'age. The Devonshire, of Limerick, parted lom her anchors and tf.ok the ground to tae eastward of the pier, but is expected off nex t tid e . ^ ILFR AEcoinE, DEc. 6.—l t i s bl ow i ng a strong gale I rorn W. to 5. VV, IsLAY.—Arrd. Princess, Atkinson, St. John's, New 13rStiTno"citT'ko'N, DE, 6.-=‘ind S.W. Gray, n —Arrd. Defender, •-c"ehec; Maria and Elizabeth, Piolltskirk, ditto. DosEoaL, DEC. s.—The Sarah, of Belfast, on shore ear ken), on the 24th ult., has broken her keel, and oargo 28 1 , 25 11% 614 10; 8 TIIF SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1848. is so much tit)nri , - ,, d a; to unfit fur reshipping. The Fo , z,st .Vonaf.,O, Ricinirtkon, t'n , rn St. 13; - wr win•h went oil off tli Island of Jo . 1, fast breaking up; mat:,rials and pa:t cla..t;o structed by the defendant, and for which he lied obtained a patent, was not the sane as described in the sp,einca ti,n. The entire inv,.n:ion was old, more partici]] 71, that portion which the dt Pendant claimed. A patent substantially the same was taken out by a person in 1835; it was tried at Toulon before the Prefect, but it pix.ved a to'al failure. The rcal inventor of the isoproved and valuable machine, for an exact copy of which the defendant had succeeded in getting a patent, was Mr. Hamilton, an American. He took out. a patent in America, and his son had taken out one in Pat is, whilst another had beer, taken out here in 1834. conter,ded that the jury could not fail to be of opinion, aft, r the evidence he should adduce, that the patent of the defendant ought to be reversed. A number of witnesses were then called to support the case of the plaintiff, in the coarse of which specifications of patents granted for similar machines previous to that sit the defendant were produced. It appeared that one had been granted to a person named Isaac Dodd on the 29th of July, 1835 ; to Messrs. Gibbs and Galley on th i ; 27th of July, 1835, and to Mr. Hamilton on the 26th June, 1834. The case wai adjourned, at the rising of the Court, until to-morrow. COMMON PLEAS.—(THI S.DAY .) (Moro Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Special Jury.) THE SAPPHIRE - CATTLIN V. HILL. This was one of those cases commonly known as " running down " cases. It was brought by a per: on named Catlin, to recover compensation in damages for severe injuries which he had sustained, from which he alleged was the reckless negligence of the defendant, who is the representative of the proprietors cf the Sapphire steam-boat, which plies between London and Gravesend. A collision took place between the Sapphire end the Sons of the Thames the summer before hst, off Graves end. The plaintiff, who was on board the last-named vessel, had his leg broken, and sustained other injuries of a serious nature. The defence was that the defendants were not to blame fur the occurrence, and that they exercised on that, as on all other occasions, the utmost care. The case will occupy the whole of the dad•. SURREY SESSIONS—(THIS DAY.) James Williams, one of the men who were tried for the murder of A; r. Bellcham bers, John Newton, and Elizabeth Taylor were indicted for stealing four pounds of cheese and twenty shillings, the property of Charles Rust. Mr. Ba►dwin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Charnock defended Williams. The prosecutor carries on the business of a cheese monger in the Old Kent-road, and on the evening of the 13th ult. the prisoner Williams entered the shop and ordered four pounds of cheese to be sent to a Miss Felt's, at No. 11, Surrey. square, with change for a sove reign. The prosecutor accordingly dispatched his lad with the property, but directed his shopman to follow and watch him. When the lad got to Miss Fell's he was informed that nothing had been ordered, and as he was going home again the female prisoner came up to him running, and exclaimed, " Oh, you have got the cheese; give it to me, with the charge, and here's the sovereign." He accordingly gave them to her, and was about proceeding further when he looked round and saw her run away. While he was looking at the coin, which was a counterfeit, Newton came up to him, and pre vented him from following her, when the shopman came up to his assistance and secured him (Newton.) Williams bad been previously taken into custody. The female was apprehended at the police-station on the following morning while looking after her companions. The jury found them Guilty, when the Court was in formed that they had all been previously in custody, and that Williams was one of the men tried at the Oldßailey as one of the parties who murdered Mr. Bellchambers, but he was acquitted. The CHAIRMAN sentenced each of them to seven years' transportation. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. Exning Field. The All-aged Stake.—First Ties. Dorou beat Fire office—Bramble beat Cineraria—Ma gieian beat Will Watch—Amina beat Tom Tit—Am-I to-win beat Merry Lad—Hotspur heat Eunoch—Rou lette beat Lavender —Rocket beat Guy. The Puppy Stakes.—First Ties. Anticipation beat Cytherea—Rex beat Druid—Tur quoise beat Louis Philippe—Tristram ran a bye (Fum drum lame)—Wicked Eye beat Bessie Bell—Bumper beat Field Marshal—Locomotive beat Wowski—Apprc batten beat Baron. The Exning Stakes for Puppies. Mr. Etwall's: Englishman* beat Mr. 0. Edwards' Al debra. Mr. Gillett's Glentilt beat Mr. Parkinson's Pliable. Mr. Gillett's Becky Sharp beat Mr. Fyson's Forget me-not. Mr. Arabin's Agnes beat Mr. Nash's Pendennis. Mr. Bowl..s's Fairtocs beat Mr. Finch's Cosset. Mr. Dobede's Drift beat Mr. Bagge's Trap. Mr. 0. Edwards' Aggravation beat Mr. Arabin's Abbesr. Mr. Moody's Racer beat Mr. Bowles's Fairy Ring. * This dog ran into a gravel pit after this course, and was killed. DOMESTIC SERVANTS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the governors and subscribers to the above institution was held at their Rooms, in Sackville-street, Piccadilly, Thomson Harkey, lisq., in the chair. The report congratulated the mem bers on the improvement which had marked the position of the society, both as regards servants and their employers. there are now 2,890 members, besides 500 honorary ; the permanent Lund had reached the sum of 2,5001. The receipts, by donations and subscriptions from the nobility and gentry, besides servants' subscrip tions aid investments, amounted to 2,2311. 14s. 10d., leaving the sum of 1661. Is. in the treasurer's hands. The report concluded with an earnest appeal for support, it Le log stated that the domestic servants in Gnat Britain Amount to no less a number than 1,157,000, of which 900,000 are females. UOACIIMAKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Yes terday evening, a general meeting of the members and subscribers to the above institution, founded for the re lief of aged, infirm, and distressed coachmakers, trim mers, and harness-makers ' their widows and orph ans , WAS held at the Red Lion Tavern, Mr. William Savage, president, in the chair. The report congratulated the members on the steady increase, the committee having been able to invest a further sum of 100/. towards the funded capital. After the necessary expenditure, there remained a balance in favour of the society of about 251. The report concluded by an earnest appeal to the trade for support. • - REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.—The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at their offices, City-road. The report of the general committee, which was read, stated that the works of the new barge entrance at the Limehouse-doek will be open for traffic before the next half-yearly meeting. The balance of profits on the half-year amounts to 12,7791, being nearly sufficient for a dividend of 12s. per share; but as the resolution to add 5 per cent. out of the profits to the reserved fund now again comes into operation, the committee recommend a dividend of I Is. only, which alter allowil g 5 per cent. to be added to the reserved fund, would leave a balance towards the next dividend of 3671. Although the gross receipts for the past halt-year are greater than the corresponding half-year of 1847, yet there had been a considerable falling off of traffic in the articles of lime, bricks, sand, &c., and this the com mittee attributed to the universal depression of trade throughout the kingdom. The Marquis of Salisbury, who was in the chair, submitted resolutions for carrying to the rseerved fund 6321., being 5 per cent. on the net profits, and for declaring a dividend of Ils., payable aft( r the sth of January, which, after some discussion, were agreed to, as was also a resolution moved by a proprie tor, to the effect that in future more detailed accounts, especially on the subject of tonnage, should be furnished at the half-yearly meetings. The total receipts amounted to 24,717/., leaving a profit on the half-year of 12,6461. The report was then received, and several proprietors having expressed their satisfaction that the business of towage had been undertaken by the directors, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Noble Chairman, the meeting separated. LONDON Ifosprra.L.—lresterday the Governors of this Hospital held their quarterly general court in the board-room of the institution. Sir Edward Buxton, M. 1., in the chair. After a few introductory remarks, the Hon. Chairman called upon Mr. Nixon to read the quarterly report, from which it appears that during the last three months 1,101 in-patients have been discharged, of whom 641 were cured, 397 relieved, and 56 have died. The books at present contain the names of 316 persons another a s statementin-patients,haen a d ff 2, ,,i 5 r 4 5 9 a of thes out-patients. a p F p e r a o r m s that during the past year 4,159 patients (each for an average period of one month) have been admitted into the wards of the hospital. The report mentions that the house committee have been painfully compelled to re ject 522 applications certified as proper cases for admis sion, in consequence of the limited income of tbe institu tion. The total number of patients who have been ad mitted into the hospital since its foundation in 1740 is 879,911. The adoption of the report was moved, seconded, and duly carried, after which the meeting broke up. ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR OF TEE CITY OF LONDON.—Last night the annual meeting of this association we's held at the London Coffee-house, Mr. Alderman Wilson in the chair. The report stated that the City Kitchen was open for the sale of coals for eleven weeks between January and March. Within that-period 22,979 cwt. was delivered at 6d. per 112 lbs., free of carriage within the City boundaries. The asso ciation was still encumbered with a portion of the debt incurred in 1847, and owed 1001. The report concluded by calling on the subscribers to exert themselves on behalf of the poor in the approaching inclement season. The auditors' report showed that there was a balance at the banker's, at the close of last year, of 171. 108. 2d.; 1,8691. 55. was received during this year, and there was a balance at the banker's of 211. 18s. 9d. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Gibbs, seconded by Mr. Deputy Be d ford, the report and auditors' account were received t.nd adopted. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Harding it was adopted that the system of administering relief by coals only be continued. The various officers of the as sociation were re-elected. It was then moved that half a-dozen tickets be giv en t o ever y su b scr ib er presen t f ur distribution, to which an amendment was pr,posed that the usual system of giving a dozen tickets be continued. The amendment was earried L and the meeting adjourned. BRILLIANT METEOR.—On Friday evening, about ten minutes before nine o'clock, a splendid meteor sud denly burst forth from a dense cloud which at the time overhung Rochester, and after remaining apparently sta tionary for a few seconds, moved with great velocity, and emitting a strong stream of light, disappeared. It was of considerable magnitude, and of a bluish tint, and during its continuance illumined all around. It was fol lowed by a gale of wind and a heavy fall of rain, which lasted for some hours. FLOODS IN THE NORTH. Dozing, the last six or seven days in the northern counties of Cumberland and We3traoreland, heavy rains, sleet an l :now, have fallen almost incessantly, both day and night, and in cons' quence, or. Monday morning last, the lakes, rivers, and stream were never but once or twice before known to be so flooded and swollen, having overflow ed their banks and covered the adjacent low grounds to a fearful extent and depth. On account of the fhiod rising so gradually, time was allowed for the exercise of precautionary measures for the safety of live stuck and other property. Still, it is to be feared that in mountainous di,tricts there will be a very serious loss amongst the flocks of sheep, f6r several at various places weie secru hurried away by the 1 od, and the quantity of large trees and ether wreck which came down the rivers wus, ir deed, immense. In several localities large breadths of soil have been washed away, and the encroachments made by the flood on many estates are of a very serious nature, and will re quire large sums of money for making mhankmenta, &c. All the millers, whose mills are stopped from geieding, several of the weirs having been ww•rie , i down, and others living on the margin of the rivers, were obli4ed to flee to the upper apartments of their dwellings and to sit up all night. About one o'clock on Monday morning the flood rose to such a terrible pitch that live stock were obliged to be driven away more inland for safety. Fortunately no account has vet come to hand of the loss of human life. At nine o'clock on Mindy night the flood had abated but a very little, and fears were entertained for the stability of the bridges on the rivers Eamont, Lowther, Eden, Calden, and other streams. About midnight on Monday the storm again rose with double fury, the wind blowing from the east a perfect hurri cane , an d the ra i n at t h e same time lilting in torrents, so that the flood was terrifically increased, and additional damage done to a great ex it nt. From a passenger on the Caledonian Railway our correspondent received the following account of the floods and storm in S cot l an d : — At C arsta i rs , thejunc tion station of the Caledonian and Glasgow Railway, the station-house was so fearfully inundated that the officials with difficulty escaped, while in the luggage warehouse scores of b ags of corn and other articles were washed out and gr eat l y d amage d . Th e loss will be most serious. On the line near Carstairs embankment*, bridges, and about four miles of the railway were swept away, and three trains which were on the line at the time a ere of necessity stopped, tbo engines and . carriages of which were obliged t o b e d ragge d to a distance by horses, &c. No accidents happened to the passengers, except being turned out to th e "pelting of the pitiless storm." Remembrance does not go back to such a flood and land storm in that part of Scotland. On Tuesday evening the flood in Cumberland had abated a little, and the storm subsided. THE SERPENTINE.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have decided upon draining this river and having it cleaned. Tun WEATHER.—From an early hour yesterday, and all last night, it blew a perfect hurricane from N.N.W. The Holyhead steamer, Scotia, due at half past ten last night, did not reach until past two this morning. She encountered most dreadful weather; and one mountainous sea sweeping her across her bows car ried the mate overboard, and did great damage to the vessel's bulwarks. The Marchioness of Downshire, and several distinguished passengers were on board, and were naturally much apprehensive for their safety. The Scotia came into harbour in a very shattered condition. Dublin Pilot of Tuesday. THE WEATHER.—SiRCO our last, the weather has been an alternation of wind and rain, varied by occa sional hailstorms, and a little snow. On Saturday night a heavy shower of hail fell—the hailstones of unusually large size; but we have not heard of any damage caused by them. The prevailing wind has been S.W. and nearly every night it has blown ♦ery strong ; while in tempo rary lulls, heavy showers have fallen. The temperature has ranged between 33 and 44 degrees Fahenreit; and the barometer from 29'52 to 28'70. Still there has been very little frost, which is now becoming desirable._ Manchester Guardian. SOUTH DE — VONhIiCTION.—PLYMOUTH, DEC. 5. Sir Trayton Drake has written a letter to W. H. Hawker, Esq., of Plymouth, which the latter gentleman has pub lished, and in which, after thanking the Conservative electors in this district for their energetic exertion on behalf of Sir Ralph Lopes, Sir T. Drake adds, " It is also gratifying to me to be enabled to state that Sir Ralph Lopes has received the most unqualified assurances of support from those gentlemen who had interested them• selves on behalf of Mr. Kekewich, so that the election of the Hon. Baronet will now take place with but one prevailing feeling of unanimity amongst the Conserva tives of the southern division." ACCIDENT. Last evening an accident, which might have proved of rather a serious nature, occurred at the corner of Manchester street, Gray's Inn road. It appears that one of the Kennington omnibu ses , b e i ng on the wrong side, camo in collision with a cart laden with plates and dishes. The force of the shock caused the traces of the horses to break, and pitched two men off, and buried one of them in the midst of the plates. The other man had his hand cut severely in seve ral places. ISLINGTON MARKET.—WE learn that this market, which has been closed fur so many years, is to be opened for the sale of cattle and other live stock, on Tuesday, the 9th of January; and for the sale of hay and straw on the following day. There will be a market for the sale of beasts twice a week, and three times for hay, after that date. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.. Among :the Acts pass( d during the last session of the New York Legis lature was one of a very- simple and liberal kind for the regulation of telegraph companies. By this any num ber of pers.ns are permitted to associate for the purpose of constructiug a line of wires throughout the state, or from point to point, wherever they may deem it desira ble, and these lines may be ci,rried along and upon any of the public roads, or across any of the waters of the state, by the erection of the necessary posts, piers, or sbu'ment2, &c., for sustaining the wires, the only pro iso being that they shall not be such as to incommode the public. In cases were the passage of the line takes place over private property, compensation is to be as sessed by five commissioners appointed by the county court. Persons injuring the wires and property of the company are to be subject to a :penalty not ex ceeding five hundred dollars or a year's imprison ment, or both. The liability of the shareholders is limited to a payment of 24 per cent. beyond the amount of stock tivy may individually hold, and no shareholder is to be proceeded against until a judgment shall have been obtained against the company, and an execution thereon shall have been returned unsatisfied. Each company is bound to transmit the messages of other companies, and, indeed, of all parties, on payment of their regular published charges, and are liable to a fine of 100 dolls. for refusal, or for any breach of impartiality or good faith. All messages, likewise, are to be deli vered, under pain of a similar penalty for neglect, in the order in which they are received, " provided, however, that arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers of newspapers for the transmission, fur the purpose of publication, of intelligence of general and public interest out of its regular order." REFUGE FOR JUVENILE DESTlTUTE.—Yeaterday a meeting of the governors and committee of the above designated institution, for destitute youth of both sexes, who on being discharged from penal confinement or by dishonest practices have lost their character, was held in the board room of the male establishment at lloxton. The report inter alia, stated that the committee had re solved to purchase a piece of ground at Dalaton, for the erection of a new asylum, the cost of which would be about 3,0001., and the building 6,0001. In the present establishment there have been during the last year 174 males and 184 females, some of whom bad been admitted by order of the Secretary of State, and the majority from the metropolitan houses of correction, Newgate, and the provincial gaols. Since 1805, about 7,000 of both sexes have been provided for, the males by emigra tion and apprenticeship, and the girls by servitude. ) FUNERAL OF THE LAT E MAJOR ROSS.—The re mains of this young and highly respected officer of the Royal Horse Artillery were interred at Newcastle-on- Tyne on Monday last with military honours, the troop to which he was attached having expressed their wish to pay that last respect to his memory. Captain Gilbert, recently appointed to command the troop, left Woolwich on Sunday for Newcastle to be present on the melancholy occasion. First Lieutenant M'Crea has been appointed to be Second Captain, vice Ross, and Second Captain Wilder has been appointed to the troop of Royal Horse Artillery stationed at Newcastle-oil-Tyne. The accounts from the Amsterdam Bourse report a general fall in the prices of public securities. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates had receded nearly one per cent. WHITEHALL PREACHERS. —The Lord Bishop of London has appointed the Rev. William Sewell, 13. D., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and incumbent of Carisbrooke Castle Chapel, Isle of Wight, and the Rev. John A. Freer, of Trinity College, Cambridg e , White hall preachers for the ensuing year. The Rev. Gentle men will perform the duty on alternate days. MISSIRO....—THE GREAT SEA SERPENT.---Had on, when last met with, a bunch of sea-weed round his neck, a seal-skin coat, with a very long tail, and "con tinuations" of a most extensive character. He had been going lately to very great lengths ; but his f r i en d s fear that he may have come to an untimely end, for when last seen he appeared to be almost at his last extremities. He need not be afraid to make his appearance again, and unfold himself without scruple, but he must embrace the present opportunity, or he is for ever lost. —Punch. SERMON EXTRAORDINARY.---On Sunday evening next, the 10th day of December, a sermon will be preached at Hampden-in-Arden church by the Rev. Joseph Bar ker, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, curate of Berkes-well-cum-Barston, Warwickshire, and also on the morning of the same day at St. Martin's church, and in the evening at St. Thomas's church, Birmingham, by the Rev. George Pettit, missionary i n the diocese of Madras, and curate of St. Phillip's, Birmingham, " On the kind and merciful treatment of all dumb animals, but more esrecially that of the Horse," by the appointment of the governors of the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI. in Birmingham, as trustees under the will of the late Mr. Thomas Ingram, of Ticknell, near liewd ley, who by his will directed " that on Monday previous to the preaching of such sermon notice should be inserted in the Birmingham Gazette, requesting the masters of families to direct their servants having the care of their horses to attend Divine service on that day." No collet don will be made.—Birmingham Gazette. WANTON MISCHIEF.—On Monday night some thieves broke into the British School at Kelvedon. There is no doubt their object was to steal the children's pt nee, which they supposed were left in the master's desk; but in this they were disappointed, and, to be re venged, proceeded to commit several acts of mischief— rent a valuable map, inked the copybooks, broke the windows, and pulled down the dial, worth, 41., which it appears they destroyed, as part of it was found next day in a ditch a short distance from the school.—Essex Standard. LITERATURE. BEN TL EY S CA BINE 7' LIBRARY. Thc Clock maker, First, .Second and Third Series—Chinese Le fiends ;or the Porcelain Tower-7 he Czar, his Court, and People. Mr. Bentley has just c )mmersced issuing a new serial library, which bids fair to be a valuable acqui ,,ition to the reading public. Judging from the five numbers which have already made their appearance, the "Cabinet Library" possesses every desirable quali fication. The binding and getting up are excellent, and the typography remarkably clear and legible. The first three numbers of the " Cabinet Library" contain the three series of Sam Slick's inimitable sayings and doings. The re-publication of these sketches in this portable form cannot but be acceptable to the nu merous admirers of the cynical Yankee. Number IV. consists of " Chinese Legends," among which is the celebrated poem of the great Pi-ping, "The Student of Hanlan,' which some years ago delighted the readers of Bentley's Miscellany. For the sake of such of our readers as may not be fortunate enough to meet with the peril itself; we must transcribe the two most remarkable verses. Fum-Fum and Fee- Fee are b'th suitors to the fair Faw-Faw, th• daugh ter of Fo-Fo; and the following angry dialogue takes place between the rivals : " ' Faugh, faugh r sail Fum-Fum in low voice to Fee-Fee, Would Fo-Fo give Faw-Faw to a fellow like thee? By my fay, no, Fee-Fee: fair Faw-Faw is to come A's a ice from Fo-Fo to thy foeman Fum-Fum.' Nay. few, few,' said Fee-Fee, can believe that, Fo-Fo Would ally fair Faw-Faw to a youth so so.so; Fye, fye, no, Fum Fum! fair Faw-Faw is to be As a fee from Fo-Fo to thy foeman Fee-Fee.'" These verses require to be read aloud to be pro perly appreciated. "The Czar, his Court and People, including a tour in Norway and Sweden, by J. E. Maxwell," forms the fifth number of the "Cabinet Library." The price of each volume is half-a-crown. THE TOWN. By Leigh Hunt. 2 Vas. A ramble through the streets of London in com pany with Leigh Hunt—a pilgrimage from St. Paul's to St. James's-street with a companion who, now sober unto seriousness, and now humorous unto gaiety, but always fascinating and always interest ing, will make you pleasantly acquainted with every memorable incident, with every sparkling witticism, with every piquant anecdote in any way connected with the ground over which you tread. Such is the attractive• prospect held out to the readers of these very attractive volumes. As an illustration of the dis cursive nature of Mr. Hunt's metropolitan sketches, we quote from the table of contents the summary of Chapter V., Vol. 1, which tells of Lincoln's Inn and its neighbourhood : Ben Joason's Bricklaying—Enactments against Beards—Oliver Cromwell, More, Hale, and other emi nent Students of Lincoln's Inn—Linco ln's Inn-fields or square—Houses there built by Inigo Jones—Pepy's ad miration of the comforts of Mr. Povey—Surgeon's Col lege—Sir Richard and Lady Fanshawe and Lord Sand wich—Execution of the patriotic Lord Russell, with an account of the circumstances that led to and accompa nied it, and some remarks of bis character—Affecting passages from the narrative of his Widow—Ludicrous story connected with Newcastle House." As another sample, let us take a chapter on a very different subject : CHAPTER XII.- THE PARKS. " Original state and progressive character of the Parks—Charles I.—Cromwell—Charles 11. ; his walks, amusements, and mistresses—The Mulberry-gardens— Swift, Prior, Richardson, Beau Tibbs, soldiers and syl labubs—Character of the Park at present—St. James's Palace during the reigns of the Stuarts and the two first Georges—Anecdotes of Lord Craven and Prince George of Denmark—Characters of Queen Anne and of George I.—George I. and his carp—Lady Mary Wortley Montague and the sack of wheat—Horace Walpole's portrait of George I.—Mistake of Lord Chesterfield— Queen Caroline's ladies-in-waiting—Miss Bellenden and the guineas—Geor-e IL's rupture with his father and with his son—Character of that son— BuAtingham House—Sheffield and his Duchess—Cha racter of Queen Charlotte—Advantages of Queen Victoria over her predecessors." After this enumeration of the extraordinary variety of anecdotes and incidents to be met with in one chapter only, is it necessary to add one word in re commendation of " The Town" ? The volumes are adorned with numerous illustrations. THE TRUE PATHOLOGICAL NATURE OF CHOLERA, AND AN INFALLIBLE METHOD OF TREATING IT. By George Stuart Hawthorne, M.D., late Senior Physician of the Belfast General Hospital, and now of Liverpool. During the visitation of the cholera, about fifteen years since, Dr. Hawthorne was residing at Belfast, and in that city and its neighbourhood he attended many aggravated cases of the disease, and his treat ment of it was uniformly successful, in proof of which we may state that addresses were presented to him signed by the principal inhabitants of the neigh bourhood, thanking him for his great and successful exertions on that occasion. During the course of the present year Dr. Hawthorne has addressed a series of letters to the Liverpool Mercury in which he describes his method of treatment and the reasons which have induced him to adopt it. These letters created such a sensation that the Doctor has been induced to reprint them in the loran of apamphlet, which we now have under review. Dr. Hawthorne considers that the root of the disease is in the nervous system, and that the vomiting and purging are merely consequences of the weakness and inaction, we might almost say, paralysis of the brain. He therefore de votes his attention to the brain, and to the strengthen ing of the nervous system, instead of contenting himself with combatting symptoms merely. He says— "It has been alrealy explained that the primary cause of the morbid action in cholera is a specific injury inflicted on the brain and nerves, which paralyzes their tone and energy, and gives rise to a train of symptoms which result in the escape of the serous or watery part from the blood: and that such serous fluid passes off in the discharges from the stomach and bowels. " The indications of cure, are to restore the tone and energy of the brain, and to prevent a further escape of serum; and not only so, but to restore to the blood whatever amount of its natural fluidity it may have lost by the previous escape of the serous fluid; and, lastly, to re• establish in their healthy action all the natu7al functions which may have been suspended during the attack. Now the remedies which I shall place before the reader furnish ample means to accomplish all the objects demanded in all these several indications of cure; and, if promptly and skilfully handled, enable the medical practitioner to set at defiance all the assaults of this hitherto fell destroyer. " These remedies I would briefly state to be—The Horizontal Posture of the Body—Opium—Cordial Sti mu!ants—Perspiration,—the latter to be produced by the application of external heat, and to be continued by the same means, while mild, warm diluting drink is to be freely administered, to furnish an abundant supply of suitable fluid to the absorbent vessels which have been, first, excited to vigorous action by the perspiration." He is averse to bleeding or the administration of mer curials, and depends for the cure, so far as medicine is concerned, in the administration of enormous doses of opium : in extreme cases of malignant cholera, he does not hesitate to give ten grains for a dose—an enormous quantity, and which we suggest to Dr. Hawthorne, should never be administered except under the immediate inspection of a medical practitioner. His directions for the organization of health com mittees in the various towns are very judicious. He says— " The next duty which presents itself to me is to point out the precautionary measures which should be adopted by health committees, in the different towns in the kingdom, with a view to preserve the lives of the poor inhabitants, who may not have the means of self preservation within their reach. " I have already stated that hospitals for the reception of cholera patients are worse than useless ; that to re move a patient affected with cholera from his own habi tation, however humble, to a hospital, is utterly out of the question,—such a step being totally incompatible with the ascertained proper method of cure. The pre cautionary measures to be adopted, therefore, and the necessary remedies and appliances to be employed, in the cure of cholera, must be provided for, with a view to their applicability to patient• in their own houses. With this view, dispensaries should be opened within convenient distances of each other, and in as many parts of the town as will place one within an easy reach of all the inhabi tants resident in the different localities. At each of these dispensaries, there should be stationed at least two medical men, furnished with all the medicines, pre pared according to formulce, and ready for use, together with the other remedies and appliances necessary for the cure of a case of the disease. These medical men should be prepared to attend, alternately, every call at a moment's notice, and they should be furnished with the means of conveying every requisite to the houses of the patients as quickly as they can arrive themselves. These requisites are, the proper medicines to be administered, with a glass of spiced whisky, which may be used as a substitute for brandy, to wash them down, and small bags of hot sand, to apply round the bodies and extre mities of the patients. A man, with a hand-cart, can convey these quickly to the places where they may be required, and the bags of hot sand in the hand-cart may be covered close with a blanket, to prevent the escape of the heat. At each dispensary there should be deposited a large quantity of fine sand, washed clean from all im " purities, or earthy particles. There should also be pro- vide d, at each dispensary, a proper apparatus for ln at ing the sued, and a large quantity of it, while the disease prevails, should be kept constantly hot, and ready for use. Each dispensary should also be furnished with a sufficient number of small woollen bags, of different sizes, for holding the hot sand; and these, when re quired, should be filled, not more than about half full, so as to allow the inclosed sand to spread, rnd to comply closely with the inequalities of the different parts of the body and extremities against which the bags are placed; and the bags should be tied tight at the mouth, with cords, which should be stitched to the bags. The sand• bags should be of different sizes; as, for instance, the soles of the feet would require larger ba gs to be placed against them than would be required to be placed under the armpits. When one patient is cured, the porter, with the hand-cart (who should always keep in his book a re gular account of the number of bags delivered at each house), should bring the bags back to the dispensary, and empty the sand out of them i n t o t h e common stock , to be again ready for use when required. In this way, not one life need be lost; and the expense would be very trtfling indeed. It is remarkable how little medicine is requited in th. , treatment of cholera. If- taken in time ai.d properly treated, the expense for medicine, on an average, would not exceed a shilling a head for those treated. Not ore in ten of those who apply in proper time would require a second dose of medicine; unless it were sotne mild aperient on the second or third day." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked as usual in the grounds about Osborne this morning. The younger branches of the Royal Family took their accustomed exercise. _ Lord George Lennox left Osborne this morning. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were — Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Robhouse, Lord Campbell, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat t»•o hours. The American Minister had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dr. Davy had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday, at the Colonial-office. Baron de Goldsmid and da Palmeira had an inter view with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. Sir John Pelley had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Down ing -street. The School of Design had a meeting yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Postmaster- General and Colonel Maberley had an interview yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial•office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. SOUTHAMPTON-WEDNESDAY. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Hiram Paulding, now lying off this port, after taking on board supplies and stores, will sail for Lisbon in a few days to winter in the Tagus, returning here the begin ' ning of April next, previous to a summer cruise to Bremerhaven, the Baltic, and St. Petersburgh, for the protection of the interests of the commerce of the United States in the north o f E uro p e , b u t more particularly in reference to the new line of Ameri can ocean steamers between Germany, via South ampton and New York. On Monday morning the St. Lawrence fired a national salute of 21 guns, in honour of her arrival at Southampton, which was acknowledged by a similar salute from the platform-battery. Yester day (Tuesday), at noon, the American colours were hoisted half-mast on board the frigate, and 13 minute guns fired in memory of the decease of the late Commo dore Biddle, United States' Navy. Capt. Paulding has very politely furnished us with the exact particulars of the armament of his ship, which we subjoin for the inform- ation of nautical readers, amongst whom considerable in terest is attached to the comparatively heavy artillery on board American ships of war. Although the St. Lawrence is rated as only a 44-gun ship, she has, in fact, 50 guns actually mounted, and could on an emer gency carry 54 pieees of ordnance. The guns are thus distributed :—On the main deck 30 guns—viz., 26 long 32-pounders of 9- feet, weighing 57 cwt. 2 qrs. each, and four long 68-pounder Paixhan guns amidships, 9 feet long, and 63 cwt. 2 qrs. each; on the spar or upper deck, 20 guns, of which 16 are 32-pounders, eight teet long, and weighing 33 cwt. 2 qrs. each ; with four 68 pounders amidships 8i feet long, weighing 55 cwt. each. Total weight of guns, 125 tons 5 cwt. The St. Lawrence was built at Norfolk, Virginia, and was seven teen years on the stocks; she is 195 feet in length and 48 beam, draws 21 aft and 19 feet forward. The Mayor and Corporation of Southampton have invited Captain Paulding and the officers of the frigate to a grand enter tainment at the Guildhall on the 12th instant, which will be returned by a banquet on board the frigate. The authorities have evinced every disposition to show politeness and attention to the American officers, in consequence of the extensive intercourse and commerce which has been newly developed by steam communica tion between this port and the United States : The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Washington, Captain J. Johnston, jun., after landing her mails, cargo, and specie from New York, sai l ed this afternoon at two o'clock for Bremen. His Excellency Baron de Gerolt (late Prussian Ambassador to the United States) and suite are passengers by the Washington to Bremen. During the stay of his Excellency at Southampton he was entertained by Mr. Croskey, the American Consul, and afterwards visited the St. Lawrence, accompanied by the Consul in his yacht, the Annexation. Upon leaving the frigate a salute of nineteen guns was fired. Tho Atalanta steamer sailed this afternoon with the mails for Havre from New York, brought by the Wash. ington; also about 80,000 dolls. in specie, also from Now York. The Paella sails to-morrow for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. THE OCEAN MONARCH. The following letter addressed to the committe:? of Lloyd's is from Mr. Bristow, the gentleman through whose intrepidity and firtnness the lives of many pas sengers on Loard the ill fated Ocean Monarch were sal ed. It will be remembered that Mr. Bristow brought up the kegs of gunpowder fr m the atter hatchway at tt e 1 - lizird of his own lir-, alter others on hoar hiAd relm:ed so perilous an action; and, by that, means, prevented the blowing up of the vessel:— " Cincinnati, State of Ohio, United States; Nov. 11. "Gentlemen,=—lt is with feelings of the deepest thank fulness to the Dispenser of all eve nts that I now hasten to acknowledge with sincere gratitude the kind and lib: ral testimonial of 'our approval of my conduct during the melancholy catastrophe of tl:e 24th of August, on board fte ship Ocean Monarch. " I am not conscious of having performed anything more than my duty. in using my poor exer•ions for the snfely of my fellow-creatures; and so far from deserving any praise for such conduct, I feel thankful that God (at :rich an awful merrent) endued me with such pre . once of mind as to enable me to be of service to others, and eventually to preserve my own life. " I accept your literal donation with thankfulness, and all I can say beyond my sincere thanks is that, should Providence hereafter prosper my undertakings, I will faithfully remember to do unto others as I have been done by.' " With feelings of the deepest gratitude and respect, I remain, gentlemen, your most obedient ,ervant, " WHISTON BRISTOW. " To the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloy MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ZirEAVGA.TEI AND LEADS NT iila.lß7l., These markets were. well supplied with each kind of moat to-day. On the whole, the demand was in a ♦ery' sluggish state, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 2i 2,1 to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. MEAT MAR.EETS. HAILSHAM, DEC. 6.—Our market was tolerably steady to-day, at prices fully equal to those quoted in our last report. Beef, fronOs 6d to 4s; Matron, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, DEC. s.—There was a nv_derate inquiry for stuck, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s Sd to 4s 2d per Sibs. CHICHESTER, DEC. 6.—Prime stock moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state:—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 10d to r”; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs. _ _ _ SOUTHALL, DEC.: 6.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds of fat stock only a moderate business was doing, at late rates. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. 6.—Our market was fairly supplied with each kind of fat stock to-day. On the whole the trade was steady, at full prices:—Beet; from 3s to 43; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 8lbs; Suckling Calves, 17s to 245; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. EAT MANICETS. SNITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41 163 ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. NV HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 1133 to 1/ 9s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the Week ended Dec. 7,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE •. I 50s 3d 32s Od I 19s lld 31s 2d 136 s 2d 40s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. B HEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Gs Od is Od 2s 6d 2s Od 2s Od is Od CHANCERY.-(THIS The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in his court'in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and took appeals. BEECH V. FORD. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed and concluded to-day, and The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment, dismissing tl_e appeal with mts. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Thi s appeal, which stood in the paper for hearing to day, on being called on was postponed at the request of Mr. Holt. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. WILSON. This case, which has been in the Court of Chancery since the year 1827, came before his Lordship upon ap peal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, pronounced in March last. The information was filed in 1827, to determine the right of Sir Thom is Maryon Wilson to a large fine claimed by him as lord of the manor of Hampstead, upon the death of 12 trustees out of 14 of a charity at Ilampstrad called the I.l' ell Charity. It appeared that the charity was established by a decree of Lord Chancellor King, in 1729, when Lord Gainsborough was lord of the manor, and that by such d. erce a fine was payable whenever the Lumber of trus tees should be reduced to five. The main question was as to the mode of calculating the five. Lord Lynd hurst, in 1829, and Lord Brougham, in 1832, had directed actions at law to be brought, and these bad been four trials; and on a bill of exceptions, a judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber; and the ultimate result was, that the lord of the manor recovered a ver dict for 5,000/. In 1839 the defendant, Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, petitioned the present Lord Chancellor to be at liberty to take out execution for this sum, but his Lordship was of opinion that there were equitable circumstances which could only be properly disposed of at the hearing. The information accordingly was set down fir hearing in March last, before the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, before whom the principal point turned upon the number of new trustees. The verdict for 3,9001. was given on the footing of, and calculations on the foundation of, there being 14 new trustees ap pointed, the surviving trustees being counted on their re appointment as new trustees or lives in the admission to the copy hold, but the decree of 1729 bad directed that vacancies should be filled up as soon as nine tru3tees should be dead. It was admitted that the lord of the manor could only claim a fine upon the footing of the ad mission of nine new trustees, and not of 14, although the verdict had proceeded on the ground of 14 being so ap pointed. On the conclusion of the arguments in the court below the Vice-Chancellor said it was conceded on all hands then, whatever might have been the case formerly, that the fine to be paid was a fine upon the principle of adding nine new trustees to the five former ones, and not the principle of appointiug fourteen, or any !treater number than nine. And as the fine was to be assessed on that principle, it was impossible on any view of the case safely to say that the amount of that flue had been settled by a court of law, even assuming that it was proper for the decision of a court of law. He was of opinion that either party was entitled to say to the Court that the amount of the fine was hitherto unascertained, and there was a right to ascertain it, either at law, or in the Master's office through the in strumentality of the Court, inasmuch as more than nine trustees had died and had ceased to be trustees; then the question was, whether it should be done in the Master's office or through the medium of an action with admis sions? And it appeared to him the lord was entitled to requite that it should be ascertained by m eans of an action unless the Master's office was preferred. If both parties elected the Master's office, there let it go; but if either party preferred an action he thought that it must be tried by one. Mr. RUSSELL, on the part of the relatives, preferred going to the Master's office with a declaration, but his Honour declining to make any, observing that he did not see hew the parties could avoid going before the Lord Chancellor, and as Mr. Cooper, for the defendant, pre ferred trying an action, the matter te as brought before this branch of the Court by way of appeal. Mr. BETJIELL opened the case on behalf of the appel lants, and the arguments occupied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HOOPER V. SALMON. The further arg,u►nente in this part-heard case occu pied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole day VICE-CHANCERY.—(THI: DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. THE EARL OF STAMFORD. The further arguments in this part-heard cause occu pied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Causes of no general interest occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM ) WATSON v. MASTERS .—JUDGMENT. His nortoun gave judgment in this cp se to-day, which came before him upon exceptions to the Master's report, finding that a good title could be made to the property, the subject of dispute in the cause. His Honour was clearly of opinion that the Master had come o a right conclusion, and ordered the exception to his report to be overruled. CORNER v. GRAHAM.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR also disposed of this case, in which a motion had been made to discharge all the proceedings in the cause, which had taken place since a decree pro confesso had been taken against the plaintiff, to enforce that decree on the ground that the solicitor was not au‘horised by the plaintiff to act. His Honour was clearly of opinion that the solicitor had been properly Authorised to act, and dismissed the motion with costs. THORNTON v. THE PORTSMOUTH AND ARUNDEL NAVIGA TION COMPANY. The further arguments, in this part-heard case, occu pied the Court the remainder of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Air. Justic- WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. SMITH. This case came before the Gaut on a sire facies, to try whether a certain patent which had been granted to the defendant should or should not be quashed, on the ground that similar patents had been previously granted to Mr. Hamilton and other persons. Mr. COCKBURN, who appeared for the plaintiff, ex plained that the patent in question had been obtained for the purpose of sawing wood by means of machinery moved ,by steam power. The machine actually con- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Centaur paddle wheel steam-frigate, by Symonds, 1,269 tons, 540 horse power, by Buniton and Watt, a IIPW ship, is ordered to be fitted at this yard fur the first-class pendant of Com modore Fanshawe, the newly selected Comsnander-in- Chief or the coast of Africa. The order came down this afternoon. As the Commodore's stuff will embrace a flag captain, commander, and secretary, increased ac commodation will have to be cons'ructed; for this pur pose a poop will be added to the Cer.taur. The Siren, 16, Commander Chaloner, sailed last night, about rine o'clock, for Sheet -Less, to be paid off. The Myrtle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Ballis ton, put the draught of seamen, gunners, and gunners' mates of the Excellent (25 in number) on board the Prince Regent, 92, at Spithead, to-day, for passage to Sir William Parker's fleet. THE COAST OF AFRICA. The Rapid, 8, Commander Dixon, took an empty prize off the Congo in August. She is to leave for Ascension on the Ist of November, to get a new bowsprit, and then proceeds direct for England, with the November mail. The Pluto steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander R. M'Kinley Richardson, is to relieve the Dart. The Waterwitcb, 8, Commander Quin, is gone to Sierra Leone. The Britomart, 10, Commander Chamberlain, has taken the Siren's station off Mayumba. She took her first prize on her way down, with 450 slaves, in a state of great filth and wretchedness. The prize was to have taken 700, but the Britomart took her before she had completed h r cargo. She had lost nine slaves in seven days. The Pluto is sent up the Congo for 90 days' wood. She has also taken a prize, but as they could not get her out of the creek, a Lieutenant of the Rapid remained o❑ board all night, and they landed 12 out of 15 prisoners; and it was well they did, or sbe would have been retaken in the night; as it was, they had an engagement in the morning after the Lieutenant of the Rapid left her. Wind W.S.W., strong breezes, and hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, DEC. s.—Her Majesty's frigate Amazon, 26, Captain Troubridge, bound to the coast of Africa and the East Indies, and her Majesty's sloop Daphne, 18, Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, bound to South America, are detained in the Sound, waiting a favour able wind. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Rosamond, bound to the Mediterranean, is in Barn Pool. Orders have been received to make every dispatch for sailing. The state of affairs in Italy is supposed to be one cause for the ur gency. Notice has been served on the person who contracts for the purchase of the waste chips, shavings, and saw dust from the Devonport dockyard, that the contract will terminate at the end of three months. It is intended to consume these materials at the steam engines in the smithery, by which a saving in coal was is expected to be obtained. WooLwlcir, DEC. 6.—The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain T. Henderson, is ordered to be paid off here on Saturday next, the 9th inst. The Niger steam. vessel is now ready for service, but she will remain here until an opportunity is afforded of crying her comparative merits with the Basilisk steam vessel, fitted with engines of the same number of horse power for working paddle-wheels. Both vessels are on the same lines, and as near as possible in every respect, with the exception that the Niger is propelled by a screw, and the Basilisk by paddle-wheels. THE ROYAL Ezcnirtos.—The case of " Her Ma jesty's Attorney-General v. William Strange, Jasper Tomsett Judge, and Jasper Augustus Frederick Judge," and also that of his Royal Highness Prince Albert against the same defendants, has been appointed to come on for argument in Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce's Court, Lincoln's•lnn, on Saturday morning next, at the opening of the court at ten o'clock. The counsel on the part of the complainants are the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. James. Mr. Russell, Mr. Warren, and Mr. J. Sydney Smith have been retained on the part of the defendants. From the great number of affidavits which have been put upon the file of the court by the complainants, and the voluminous nature of the answer to the information and bill which has been filed on the part of the de fendants, the arguments and speeches of counsel ate considered likely to occupy the Court the greater part of the day. This case, from its extreme novelty and the many nice legal points which are involved, excites the greatest interest, not only in legal circles but throughout the country. POST• OFFICE NOTICE. —The Overland Mail, via Marseilles, for India, Egypt, Alexandria, Aden, Ceylon, and the Mediterranean, will be dispatched trom the Ge neral Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, this evening, the 7th inst. COUNT .11 .....ATEIYANY.- Sir, I have seal with pain ful surprise in the Times and some °dux. journals a letter dated the 28th November bearing us signature the words, " The Count Bathyany." Asa Hungarian, an intimate personal and political friend of the Counts Louis and C as i m i r B a thy an y, and holding in the highest esteem and regard the reputation of that illustrious house, I feel it a duty to notice that letter through th e channels in which it bas been circulated, and to assure those who may have read it that that letter does not proceed from Count Louis Bathyany, lately president of the Hungarian Ministry, nor from Count Casimir, now in the field in defence of the institutions of his coun try, nor from any other member of the patri ot i c B at h y any f am ily, who residing in Hungary i s conversan t with ber affairs, or enjoys there any note as a public man.—Count LADISLAS TELERI.—Paris, Dec. 4, 1848. CHOLERA.—Yesterday the following fresh cases of cholera were reported to the Board of Health :—W hite chapel, 3; Poplar, 1; Lambeth, 1, fatal; Woolwich, 1, fatal; the provinces, 14, 6 fatal; Scotland, 24, 11 fatal; Total, 44 cases; 19 deaths. BLOOMSBURY CHAPEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUX. SIR,—You are in error when you state in your notice of the openirg of this chapel, " that collections were made in aid of the building fund." No collection was made during the day. ONE WHO WAS PRESENT. City, Wednesday evening. THE PORTUGUESE GOVERN- T. We have nceivel the ME olioing letter regarding the system of confiscation practised by the Portuguese Go vernment, and tolerated by our Ministry, to whom they owe the power which they thus use to the ruin of the English bondholder : Sir,—l agree with you in the strictures whiall_you have from time to time ma d e on t h e conduct of the Por tuguese Government in levying a Parliamentary tax on the dividends of loans r a i se d i n t hi s country. Of course the Portuguese Government can have nes more right so to tax the dividends of the loans than to levy a Parliamentary tax on the bill a B.jitish merchant for goods .old and delivered to it according to order. The decision of the Times in 1846 on this treat • ment of the British creditor was, He is not taxed ; he is fleeced, he is robbed.' Again, Sir, look at the rt cent decree, by which interest at 3/. per cent. only is allowed on that portion of the overdue dividends (251. per cent.) which is to be paid in stock. In the first p!ace, it is the raising a 31. per cent. lo an at 1001. per cent. sterling money, whilst at the same time such stock is worth only 24/. per cent. in the market. In other words, it is a confiscation to the amount of 75/. per cent. sterling money. .‘ In the second place, you will remember that the Portuguese Government, in 1840, took so strong a dis like to 31. per cent. sti ck, that it converted it into a 51. per cent. stock; why, then, does it now recur to a 3/. per cent. stock ? " Circumstances, Sir, alter cases. In 1840 the Por tuguese Government had set its heart on confiscating ' 1,600,0001. 3/. per cent. capital stock, and therefore, in order to be allowed to efftct this, was compelled to pro mise to advance the interest by an ascending scale to 51. per cent. in the course of some twelve years; but now, having a cognate object in view, that of paying as little of the overdue dividends as may be, this same Govern ment lowers the interest on that part of the debt which is to be paid in stock to the once proscribed 31. per cent. " The plan which would appear to have been adopted by the Portuguese Government in 1840, and which I denounced at the time, was this—to reduce the capital of the debt, in the first place, as much as possible, and then to attack the interest; and which the almost immediate proposal of giving 4/. per cent. at once—in place of the promised and prospective 51. per cent.—wonld seem to warrant. "And now, Sir, what is the use which the bond holders may expect to be made of the re-introduced 31. per cent. stock? Is it not nearly morally certain, as de ducible from previous con d uc t, t h at anotherdecree, similar to that of 1840, with its glozing preamble, will at no distant day see the light, reducing the 4L to 31. per cent.? " You advise us to reeist these things. But how are we to do it? We fly to our Government. Our Go vernment will represent, but—unofficially. The Portu guese Government, understanding perfectly well the meaning of this, laughs at us, and perseveres. Our own wants in the meantime press us. It may be, the salva tion of our remaining property depends on our receiving a something from the Portuguese Government. What are we to do? We accept the trifle, being as really aid fully under' duress' as any one is who is entrapped and incarcerated, and denied bread until he surrender his deeds. " I see no hope for us but in Parliament and the press —the press acting on Parliament and the public (as the limes has most handsomely done), and the Parliament on the Government. The Foreign-office I believe to be disposed to help Ili if it could obtain, in any tolerable degree, these two auxiliaries. The sufferers, also, have been advised, and by very high legal authorities, to peti tion the Legislature, as their proper and constitutional course. IN by, then, do they not do it? A word of ex hortation from you, Sir, on this point, I must believe would be of the greatest service. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obliged and hum ble servant, —Times. "A CREDITOR OF PORTUGAL." THE BANK OF ENGLAND IN A NEW CAPACITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As neither' your time nor your columns are of so little value as to warrant unnecessary words being addressed to you, I beg to trouble you with the follow ing sitnple facts only; and if you are pleased to insert this communication in your all-powerful paper, it may elicit attention in the quarter from which a redress of the grievance of which I complain may be derived. I am an ironmaster, carrying on, through the super intendence of my sons, the several works of Cyfarthfa, Newbridge, and the Forest of Dean; and am the vendor of the produce of these works myself, as an iron merchant, in Upper Thames-street. Owing to the falling off in the demand for rails, the iron trade is in a sad state of depression, and the com petition is such that bar iron and rails may now be pur chased at or about the rate of 51. per ton at the several ports of shipment in Wales—a price which is below the pest:tit actual coat of production. I have met with the must cutting competition from a cempiny of ironmasters entitled in the iron trade " the Bank of England ;" and, in Liverpool and London, al most every quotation which I make to it.quiries of the r rive of iron for export, is met with the reply, " The Il3stik of 1. ngland will sell considerably lower." To a quotation which I made to a metal broker for only 50 tors of sheet iron for shipment to Indi of 91. per t. n free on beard in the decks here, I received the an,wer " I can buy it from the Bank of England at V. 10s. free on bourd ht re;" and I have since been in. form, d by the same party that he so bought the said 50 tons of sheet iron, the total amount being 375/. In consequence of this very low, and to the makers, ruinous sale of r,hect, iron, 1 deputed the same broker to purchase of the Bank of England for me lot) tons of the lime description; but, atter a delay in the acceptance of my order of three days, I was informed that the "Bank of E gland had been deceived in the quantity of sheet iron which they could manufacture, and having already sold several other parcels, could not enter into further engagements at present." Now, Sir, it appears to me, that however unwillingly or unpretneditatingly the Bank of England may have been drawn into the manufacture and sale of iron, it cannot be within their province, even as " mortgagees in possession of iron works," to carry on, as the Bank of England, a trade or manufacture beyond what is con templated and warranted by their charter ; and, as an individual iron master and iron merchant, I can but feel deeply aggrieved by such a competitor as I meet with in that company. The wages which I, individually, am compelled to pay my men weekly, and, at the end of each month, amount to not less than 25,0001., the whole of which I am bound to find in cash, and no part of my works, (unlike those of my competitor) afford me the advan tage of making my own bank-notes. Were such con venience attached to my works, I could sell bar iron 20a., and sheet iron 30s. par ton beldw the market price, and yet be enabled to pay my workmen on Sa turday night; and surely, Sir, if a charter to the Bank of England for note-making be construed to extend to making iron, a privilege ought to be allowed to us de pressed iron masters, in addition to the manufacture of iron, to make our own notes ; and then we might by possibility exist under competition with the Bank of England. How long this new trade of iron making is to be car ried on by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in addition to their grand monopoly of paper, will, in my humble opinion, much depend upon the no tice which you may be pleased to take of this matter; and, powerful as you are in abating ether grievances and improprieties, I trust this may not be considered unworthy of being taken up by you with your usual ex traordinary ability and acumen. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM CRAWSHAy. London, Dec. 6. THE NATIONAL GUARD.—The following is a copy of the answer of Alderman Salomons to the letter of M. Oscar de Sevelivge expressing the thanks of his col leagues and himself for the reception which they had met in London : "" London, N ov . 24. My dear Sir,—l h a d very great pleasure in receiving the communication with which you honoured me, con. veying the satisfaction of yourself and colleagues with your visit to this country. I rejoice at the opportunity that has been afforded to so many citizens of France to mingle with the population of our great metropolis. In us tar as I may have had any small share in facili tating your visit to places of peculiar interest to you (as you are pleased to say), I feel highly gratified at the terms in which you have so kindly recorded your satis faction, both in my private character of citizen and in the more public one of alderman of London. Let us hope that many opportunities of unrestrained d m o t u er w cc i r l r fi se nd m t e h y e present themselves. Whenever th r e e y e - eiv o e y their French British people ever ready . to neighbours in the same cordial and friendly spirit ; and fellow -citizens France I give utterance to I express the sentimeinhtes owishfallthmayt between the of union that existstwo nations, prosperous, and united . Let . us endeavour to strengthen the bon d for it is evident that the maintenance of an intimate union between our respective countries is essential to our mu tual welfare, as the best means of promoti ng or d er and prosperity within, and as a guarantee of peace and confidence without. I beg of you to communicate this reply to such of your colleagues as were parties to your letter to me. " I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, yours truly, " DAVID SALOMONS, Alderman. " M. Oscar de Se-velinge." [A DVERTIkiEMENT.]—PainfuI Wounds in the Legs aint Body Cured atter Seventeen Years' duration by Hol loway's Ointment ar.d Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Staples, dated Belgrave-gate, Leicester, November 9, 1848. To Professor Holloway, Sir,—" I was an invalid fur seventeen years, suffering dreadfully with painful ulcers in my legs, and different parts of my body; during this period I was attended by several moat eminent sur geons, but their remedies failed to do me the least good. I then commenced using your Ointment and Pills, and by these invaluable Medicines alone, I am pleased to state that in a short time all the wounds were soundly healed and lam restored to excellentlhealth." Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Lond3n. The Committee of Council on Education have appointed the Rev. J. W. Kennedy, formerly Secretary of the National Society, inspector of schools for Lancas ter, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. Mr. Kennedy entered upon the duties of his office on Saturday last. 14 i;q4 15 Si 9 253 10 44 6. .i?‘