The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

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Th'e Dart, of Plymouth, from Seville, to this port, si on 04,0 re at Saltfleet; crew saved; cargo landing. - HARWICH, Dac. 15.—The Hawthorn (brig), of and from Sunderland to Portsmouth, was assisted into this port very leaky, having been on the Kentish Knock Sand. LIVERPOOL, DEC. Is.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.-,- Arrd. 14th, Dyson, Cumming, Pernambuco; 15th, Richmond, Ower, Savannah. Put back, Europe, Charleston, having been in contact off Holyhead—the former received damage to her rigging and bulwarks, and the latter lost her foreyard. Off port, 15th, Victor, Batavia; Crisis; Elizabeth; Jenny Wren. The Annie, with salt, from Northwich, sunk to-day off Tranmere; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. • Our market was again well supplied with both fruit and vegetables. Still, however, a good business Was doing, at but little alteration in prices. Fruit: —Pine-apples, 2s 6d to 4s ; and Providence Za 6d to 3s 6d per lb; Apples, is 6d to 3s; and Pears, is to 5s per half sieve;; Black Hamburgh Grapes, is 9d to 2s 6d, and Muscat of Alexandria, 3s 6d to 4s per lb; Foreign Grapes (white and black) 8d to 15 per lb ; Walnuts, 8d to Is, new Lemons, 5s to 105, and New Oranges, 5s to 8s 6d per 100; Filberts, 90s to 1005 per 1001bs; Chesnuts, 4s to 6s per peck. Vegetables:— Red Cabbages, is 9d to 3s per dozen; Spinach, is 4d to 2s per junk ; Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Tur nips, is to Is 6d; Carrots, 2s 64 to 3s per dozen bunches; Onions, Is 6d to 25 3d per bushel; Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, -ts to 6s per bushel; Celery, 9d to is 2d per bundle ; Cape Brocoli, 8s to 12s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per pottle; Spanish Onions, 10d to 12s pe•t• box; Endive, 6d to 8d per dozen; Savoy Cab bages, 6,d to 8d per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, 9d to is per sieve; Greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches. TAZIISTGALT73 ANTI X.E1LDE1N13111.2.36. Prime_ Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork sold steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 45 4d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.—Turkeys, 4s to 14s; Geese, 4s to 12s• Ducks, is 9d-to 2s 9d ; T a m e R a bbit s , i s 6d to 2s; Wild ditto, 74 to Is; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; and Roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s 6d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to ss; Barn-door Fowls, 35 6d to 6s per couple; English Eggs, lOs to 115; French ditto, 9s to 10s; and Irish ditto, 8s to 98 6d per 100. Fresh Butter, is to is 2d per lb, NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs 'W. Beef, from 2s 8d t EXTECIIAPEL o 35 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d;• and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. . Turbots, 4s to 9s;' Cod Fish, 3s to is; Whitings, 3d to 4cl; Lobsters, 8d to 2s Crabs, 8d to 2s each; Soles, fid'io 2s per pair; Eels, 4d to 10d, and Salmon, 15 to IS 2d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate, '3d'to 4d; and Salt Fish, 2d to 4d per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 9s to 22s per bushel; Fresh nerrings, 3d to 6d per dozen. nuriranstrOßD. Our market to-day was well supplied with most arti cles of produce, the demand for which was in a very dull state, at barely stationary prices. BREAD. The priees of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7- 1 1 d to 8d; of Household ditto, sid to 7d per 41bs I,Jaf. HIDE MARKET. 'Market hides, 5616 to 641 b, lid to lid: ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; - ditto, • 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2 d; ditto, 4301 b to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3fd; ditto, 9616 to 1041 b, aid to 3id; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b. 31d ..40 4d; Calf Skins, 3s to 4s 6d; Horse Hides, 8s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, '3s to as 10d; Kent and half.breds, as 4 cl to 3s 6d; Downs, 2s 4d to 3s. 3d. EAT MARKETS. SNITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover -ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. Custnaaww.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 41 12 s; an d St raw , 11 3 s to #l/ 10s per load. A•fair average supply, and a sluggish Idemand. VinTEcHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 13s ; ?Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 156; and Straw, 112 s to 11 9s tlpr load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lerd Chancellor sat in his court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn to-day, and heard appeal motions and !ppeals; it being the seal before the Christmas recess. Nothing, however, of any interest came before his Lord ' ship, e±eept to the parties concerned. The. Court was occupied the principal part of the morning with the further arguments in the part-heard • case of Richardson v. Corbett, and Strangeways v. Corbett. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) " This was the first sitting of the Master of the Rolls this week hi' his court in Chancery-lane, kis Lordship laving sat from Monday to yesterday in the Judicial Committee, of the Privy Council. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the hearing of consent petitions and short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before. the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour heard motions to-day of no general in terest. (Beforesthe Vice-Chanceller KNIGHT Bums.) The further arguments in 'the part heard cause of Hirst v. Robinson occupied his , Honour th• whole ' morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wiansm.) PHILLIPS V ROGERS. The arguments in this part heard case were resumed this morning. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Tin DERBY " SwEaws."— This morning, Mr. Thomas Casey, who holds a principal situation in the Lambeth Water-works Company, appeared before Mr. Henry, to answer an information laid against him at the instance of the Attorney-General, under the statutes of the sth of George the Fourth, and the 17th of George the Second, for "keeping an office for the disposal of money or other property by lot or chance with dice, wheels, or otherwise." Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution in the absence of the Attorney General, stated that the in formation was laid by order of the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of her Majesty's Go vernment. The defendant was one of the parties who had set up what was called a " monster sweep," proposing to give to the lucky holder of the first prize, that is, the winning horse of the Derby, the sum of 1,4001. The subscribers to this sweep were to be 8,000, but it was alleged that only 6,000 subscribed, and the first prize was reduced to 1,0001. on that allegation. He would prove that the defendant took the rooms where this lottery was carried on, No. 12, Hay market, from the Honourable Mr. Philip Bouverie, the landlord in August last, paying in advance the full rent of the current quarter, and that, from that time, the apartments were occupied only in the business of the lottery. The defendant also declared himself to be in terested in the sweep, and made himself responsible to the subscribers. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the words of the Act of George the Second, as above, and argued that the sweep came directly and dis tinctly within the meaning of the statute as a lottery. That Act was passed to pat down all lotteries not conducted by the State. But subsequently, by an Act. of George the Third, the Government, in consequence of the evil effects which were produced, even by the State lotteries, abandoneil the financial ad ♦antages derived from them, and put an , end to them altogether. Then, the Act of the sth of George IV. was passed to continue the penalties against those who should be proved to keep an once for any kind of private lottery. The penalty under that Act was a fine of 5001., or imprisonment for not less than one calendar month in the House of Correc- rdction. In this case, the witness, whom he should call, a person named Young, had purchased a ticket or chance in the lottery carried on by defendant, un der the name of the " National Sweep Society," and had an interview with Casey, at his house in the New Kent road, when the latter avowed himself one of the society, stated that it was a very good thing, and he would be responsible for any claims that might be made upon the funds. Subse quently, that is, on the 11th of September, the witness Was present at the drawing, which took place in the same form as in any other lottery, there being two glass Wheels, with boxes, &c. In one box were the numbers, in the other blank tickets and tickets with the names of the horses in the forthcoming Derby inscribed. A person blindfold stood at each wheel, and drew out the numbers, &c., which were handed to a third person, and he called them out. Young did not get a prize, but it occurred to him that under the statute he might obtain one-half of the penalty of 50e1. He found, however, that he could not proceed without 'he sanction of the Attorney-General, which was re fused, the Government being determined to take t i he matter in its own hat.dr, and to proceed in this case for the personal penalty of imprisonment, and not fur the fine. They thought, that by awarding half the penalty to the informers, they might only be making a great nuisance greater. He called the wit nesses Mr. Bouverie and Young, who proved the facts as stated for the prosecution; and Mr. Clarkson, for the defendant, declined to argue either the law or the facts in that place, as Mr. Henry had expressed an opinion hostile to the defendant, who Would appeal. Mr HENRY accordingly convicted the defendant, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. His appeal was received, and he was admitted to bail SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLECHASES. Entries for the Aristocratic Stakes (closed). Khondooz, Fortunatus, Faith, Forest Boy, Justice to England,_Belshzzzar, Lincoln (late Slashing Roger), and Miss Brown (ii b). Acceptances for the Free Handicap. Norma, Egremont, Profligate, The Witch, Vengeance, Kangaroo, Alexander, Vindictive, Ballybar, Pendennis, Pullaway, Solace, Carlow, Cavendish, and The Painter. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. Cl:lid-CEA Cur.—Only ono bet laid-1,000 to 20.agst Great Western. Nothing done on Derby or Oaks. The Rev. James Hollins, curate of Brierley Hill, has been appointed chaplain to the Mariner's Chapel, Gloucester. LITERATURE. MADELEINE ; a Tale of Auvergne. By Julia Kavanagh. 1 Vol. We remember noticing last year a juvenile tale called " The Three Paths," by Julia Kavanagh. This agreeable writer has now chosen a more ambiti ous theme, to which she has done ample justice. The history of Madeleine, the peasant-girl of Auvergne, is one of the most interesting and admirable works of its kind that we have seen. The style of the narra tive is at once simple and eloquent. It is totally de void of all affectation, or straining after effect. In the very first chapter our sympathies are enlisted in Madeleine's behalf. The tale opens with her eternal farewell to her betrothed. Madeleine, whose affection is as unselfish as it is fervent, has discovered that Maurice, while about to give his hand to her, his long affianced bride, is in heart devoted to another, and in the first pages of this history we listen to the un wavering yet tender accents in which she tells her then unfaithful lover of her discovery, and, in spite of his protestations, releases him from his engage ment. They part, never to meet again, and the warm love of Madeleine's ardent heart, forbidden to flow in its natural channel, is lavished boun tifully on all around her. The poor and the suffering become the objects of her especial care. Her pecuniary means of assisting them are very limited, but she possesses a treasure more valu able than silver and gold, an unwavering, undoubting faith. The main incident upon which the narrative is founded is, we are told, true. A peasant girl, like Madeleine, animated by a strong desire to assist her suffering fellow-creatures, and, like Madeleine, con vinced that He who cares for the sparrows, and clothes the grass of the field, will also care for those who trust Him, like Madeleine, succeeded by her patient and unceasing exertions in collecting funds sufficient to erect an asylum for the sick and the destitute in a neighbourhood where such sufferers had till then been totally unprovided and uncared for. Such is the wonderful undertaking triumphantly accomplished by the heroine of this volume. Her patience and perseverance, in spite of every kind of obstacle, and notwithstanding the sneers and re proaches of almost all who heard of her visionary project, and who regarded her as a madwoman, are marvellous and most exemplary. Her patient labour during the week enabled her to put aside a trifle towards the accomplishment of her task ; but Sunday was her day for collecting. At the conclusion of the church service Madeleine stood at the church door and begged of the charitable a trifle " for the Hospital of Mont St. Jean." A collection was only to be obtained once or twice at the same church, and accordingly every Sunday saw Madeleine in a different village. The surrounding neighbourhood was soon exhausted, and then the unwearied girl, having borrowed a horse, proceeded to make a wider circuit and visit distant towns and villages —some times returning exhausted with fatigue, after having obtained only a few sous ! At other times she was more fortunate. Ultimately, after innumerable dis satisfactions, the darling object of her wishes was achieved. A spacious building raised its head upon Mont St. Jean, and its doors were opened to the sick, the suffering, and the destitute. Then Madeleine's mission was at an end. With a grateful heart she would si ng her nuns dimittis, and worn out with her almost superhuman labours, she died in the very spring time of her youth. This eventful history, interesting in itself, is rendered doubly attractive by the charming manner in which it is related. Miss Kavanagh's narrative sets forth in a very forcible manner the indomitable firmness and resolution so conspicuous in Madeleine's character, while at the same time it is suffused with such genuine pathos and tenderness, that few readers will turn over its pages without emotion. It is a work adapted for all. The pros perous may here obtain a glimpse of the real trials of life, while the struggling and the suffering —and their name is legion—will here, instructed and consoled by a sublime example, gath er courage to sustain their burdens and confidence to stimulate their exertions. The secondary characters are all naturally portrayed, their various faults and peculiari ties are all life-like. HELEN CHARTERIS ; a Novel. Dedicated to Miss Edgeworth. 3 Vols. The fact of this novel being dedicated to Miss Edgeworth is a guarantee for its moral excellence. The principles which it inculcates are admirable, more especially that of mutual confidence between mothers and daughters, a lesson very beautifully il lustrated by the example of Helen and her mother. But the chief attractions of " Helen Charteris " do not consist in the interest of its plot, or the attractive characters of its hero and heroine ; for, sooth to say, the hero is a most insipid personage, and the plot is, in consequence, not peculiarly interesting. The attractions of " Helen Charteris " are, its brilliant and animated style, and the ca pital sketches and caricatures with which it abounds. To the unromantic class of readers, who do not care to read only stories of " absorbing in terest," but who may wish to wile away an hour or two agreeably, " Helen Charteris" will be most ac ceptable. It resembles a portfolio of portraits and " studies after nature," brief outlines, and laughable caricatures—but caricatures still bearing a life like resemblance to their originals. Such are the Miss M'Crackins and their respectable parents, while Mrs. Charteris and her daughter Fanny, and the officious, kind-hearted wife of the Archdeacon are among some of the more highly-finished and most fascinating pictures. The writer has not confined herself to a bare narration of her story, her pages are enlivened with many extraneous episodes and innu merable anecdotes of all descriptions. To be amused, one is not obliged to read from the first chapter to the last, but many a hearty laugh will be elicited by the casual turning over of a few pages. EAST INDIA COLLEGE, HAILEYBURY. HERTFORD, FRIDAY EVENING.—This day being ap pointed for closing the second term of 1848, a deputation from the Court of Directors of the East India Company visited the College at Haileybury, near Hertford, for the purpose of r ece i v in g the report of the Principal, the Rev. Henry Melvill, B D., upon the literature and disci pline of the term, and of distributing the medals and prizes awarded to the successful competitors in the various branches o f or i en t a l, c l ass i ca l, and European literature. The deputation consisted of the following members of the Court:—Lieutenant-General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman; Major-General Archibald Galloway, G.C.8., Deputy-Chairman; Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P.; Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S.; Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8. ; M r. J. Wi gram, M r . R. Ellice, and Mr. F. Warden. In addition to the above, there was a great body o f v i s i tors, amongst w h om were the Right Hon. Lord Campbell, Major-General Sir G. Pollock, Lieutenant-Colonel Swinton, Colonel Hender son, Colonel Stack, C. 8., Capt a i n B a lf our, C apta i n Ber ford, Captain L Wilmot, Sir R. Anstruther, Major Cup page, Mr. G. Palmer, Dr. Greig, Major Wilkinson, Mr. J. Davis, Mr. W. Hammond, &c. The deputation, on arrival by special train on the Eastern Counties Railway, proceeded to the Principal's lodge, and thence to the council room, where the Prin cipal's report was presented to them. The deputation and the professors then proceeded to tho hall, where the students had already assembled. The chair was taken by Lieutenant-General Lusbington, snpported on either side by the members of the deputation. The chairman being seated, Mr. T. W. llooPEn, the clerk of the college depart ment of the East India House, read the following report of the prizes and distinctions obtained by the students:-- MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINC TIONS OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DEC., 1848. FOURTH TERM. Mr. Benson—Highly distinguished, with medals in Political Economy and History, and prize in Persian. Mr. Swinton—Highly distinguished, with prize in Sanscrit and Telugu°. Mr. Dampier—Highly distinguished with medals in Sanscrit, and prizes i❑ Classics and Hindustani. ➢lr. Smyth—Highly distinguished, with medals in Persian and Hindustani, and prizes in Classics and Hindi. Mr. Hume—Highly distinguished, with prizes in Ma thematics and in Law. Mr. Balmain—Highly distinguished, with medal in Mathematics. Mr. Birch—highly distinguished, with medal in Classics. Messrs. Boileau, F. S. Chapman, the Hon. IL G. Campbell, and ➢lr. Hobart—Highly distinguished. Messrs. Harrison and Ravenshitw—Passed with great credit. PRIZES AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF STUDENTS REMAINING IN COLLEGE, DEC., 1848. THIRD TERM. Mr. Morris—highly distinguished, with prizes in Law and in Persian. Mr. Hammond—Highly distinguished, with prizes in. Political Economy and History, Sanscrit, and in Hin dustani. Mr. White—Highly distinguished, with prize for the best English Essay. Mr. Boswell—Highly distinguished, with prize in Mathematics. Mr. Shaw—Highly distinguished, with prize in Sanscrit. Messrs. Currie, Dalyell, Freeling, and Jenkins— highly distinguished. Messrs. Grenfell, J. R. Cockerell, Ellice, and Thomp son—Passed with great credit. The following classification of the students about to depart for India was then read:— Mr. Palmer—Highly distinguished, with prize in Classics. Mr. Wylie—Highly distinguished, with prize in Telogoo. Messrs. Breeks, Bird, Hogg, Walter, M'Donell, Jackson, and Egerton—Highly distinguished. Messrs. H. D. Robertson and Molony—Passed with great credit. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1848, MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN. BY GEORGE J. 0. ALLMANN. "Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting!" SHAXSPEIM. No. IV. GLUCK. Jean Jacques Rousseau, himself a natural as well as a scientific musician, held Gliick's genius in high venera tion, and so sensibly penetrated was he with the many ex quisite beauties of his Orfeo, that, although previous to its performance he had cynically denied himself from attend ing the day public representation, he never absented himself from the theatre even for a single night when it was performed. He everywhere pronounced his admi ration of the work, and, in confutation of the doctrine of those enemies of Gliick who declared that he was utterly deficient in creating melody, would strenuously affirm " melody issues from every pore," and more than once publicly asserted " Gliick's genius has clearly de monstrated the falsity of my former opinion that it was impossible to set good music to French words." ROSSINI AND BELLINI. In the latter part of 1829, when Rossini was proceed ing through Milan, he made a short sojourn in that city. One of his old friends, t o w h om he had paid a visit, in formed him that Bellini was lodging in the same hotel. He straightway went to his apartment, where he found Bellini busily employed. He introduced himself, and was tendering his congratulations on the success of II Pirata, La Straniera, &c., when Bellini, who was thrown into the utmost confusion by the diffuse praises of his gifted visitor, exclaimed " I am only a beginner yet 1" " Very true," responded the courtly Maestro, "you begin where others finish!" TO LOUISA BASSANO ON SEER DEBUT IN THE CHARACTER OF MALCOLM GRAMS IN ROSSINI'S " LADY OF THE LAKE," NOV. 18, 1847. Young Daughter of the Muse! with deepest joy We hail thine advent and its promise glowing, While Fame her coronet of laurel throwing (A fadeless cincture Time shall ne'er destroy) Upon thy brow, smiles radiant; and all eyes Tell us thou'rt well deserving of the prize! By thine own merit Fortune's goal thou'st won; And dim Futurity, its veil unfolding, Is tinged with glory's sunbright hues, beholding What thy self-sacrificing labour's done! And though thou'rt young on Fortune's tortuous way, Speed bravely on and thy high doom obey! Thou must not pause! from thee required will be More than thou'st yet_achieved, for thou'rt dowered By Nature with those gifts which she bath showered On few so plenteously as upon thee; And thus progressing steadily, yet fast, Thou'lt reach Perfection's pinnacle at last! And oh! forget not what the Poet* saith, Though earthly souls, Fame's evergreen despising, And for base lucre Nature's self disguising, May strive thy downfal with their envious breath; Yet fear thee not—Heaven speed thy noble aim And win the Home of Everlasting Fame! Nov. 20, 1847. G. J. O. A. SHELLEY. How exquisitely touching is the couplet, " Music, when soft vekes die, Lingers in the Memory," as expressing how deeply concentrated and how tender is the remembrance of the Distant or the Departed, the Loved or the Lost. It is the very spiritual essence of Poetry, and always reminds me of the fable of Echo is the Golden Mythology of Greece, who is said to has , e still remained a Nymph even after she had faded away into a Sound! THE INFLUENCE OF AN AUDIENCE OVER A are supporting and vindicating their country's interests. The troops at this place have lately suffered so much from fever that it has been found necessary to place them on board ships in the harbour as a sani tarium; and we are glad to find that this measure of Major. General Stavely's has been attended by the best effects. Though the cost is no less than 51. a head for two months, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have not hesitated to confirm the arrangement. It is supposed the disease is quite local, and that by the application of proper remedies it will be obviated in i future. TROOPS FOR BOMBAY.—The East India Company have engaged the ships Moffatt, Tulloch Castle, Earl Balcarras, Bombay, Java, Mermaid, Ganges, Mariner, and John Brewer, to convey the 64th and 83d Regiments ' to this Presidency. Taoops FGR BENGAL.—The ships Lord Dalhousie, City of Poonah, Catfield Dunbrook, and Diana have been engaged by the East India Company to convey the 70th Regiment to Bengal. We have heard that it is not the intention of the Ad miralty to commission any more ships before the com mencement of 1849, when the Centaur and Arrogant, steam frigates, will hoist the pendant. THE NEW COMMODORE FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA.. —Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., the newly ap pointed Commander-in. Chief for the coast of Africa, has nominated Lieutenant J. 0. Johnson (1844), now First of the Arab, 12, in the East Indies, as his Flag Lieute nant ; but we have heard that Mr. Willoughby Lake (1840), will proceed with the gallant Commodore as Acting Flag-Lieutenant, until Mr. Johnstone joins on the station from the East Indies. Commander John 11. Glennys has been named as the Commander of the Cen- taur, steam frigate, to be commissioned as the flag-ship, and we have'heard that Mr. Sturdee has the offer of the appointment of Master. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP YANG UARD.—It is not cor rect, as reported by some of our contemporaries, that her Majesty's 80-gun chip Vanguard, Captain Rich, is ordered from Palermo to England. We can state from good authority, that she is ordered to leave Sir Wil liam Parker's command about the 15th of January, ;and is to proceed to Lisbon, and there wait for Sir Charles Napier, under whose command she is to be placed for some time before she comes to England. The Rodney, 98, Captain Collier, C. 8., has orders similar to those given with respect to the Vanguard. THE VERNON FRIGATE. This 50-gun frigate has been surveyed and reported upon at Chatham, by Messrs. Watts, Lang, and Laire. It was considered by these gentlemen that it would take twelve months to re pair the vessel for service, and that she would cost, at the lowest estimate, 20,0001. The report is now before the Admiralty, who seem in doubt whether it would not be more advantageous to the public service to break her up at once. DISTRIBUTION Or PRIZE MONEY.—The distribution of the prize money to the Cygnet and Ferret for the cap ture of the Pacquet de Rio, is, according to the new scale, by which all the officers and seamen suffer in their proportion as compared with the former more just and equitable scale. We trust that the Admiralty, who, we hear, are determined to revise the present unfair dis tribution, will at once issue a notice to the effect that all captures made after the Ist of January, 1849, shall be subject, on the division of proceeds, to the new scale which their Lordships intend to publish. THE EARL OF EALCARRAS.—We perceive that fine teak-built ship, the Earl of Balcarras, has been taken up by the Hon. East India Company, for conveyance of troops to India. This ship was the property of Rum setjee, and was sold th e ot h er d ay b y Sir Charles Forbes and do., for the owner, to the Messrs. Somes for 10,0001. She is considered to be well worth double the money. We trust that there will be as much anxiety displayed for the comfort and convenience of troops in the long voyage as is evinced on all occasions on behalf of emi grants and convicts. THE COAST GUARD OF IRELAND.-Sir James Dom braine, a ci-devant Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, and whose office as Comptroller of the Irish Coast Guard has ceased on the revision of the establishment, is in London urging his claims to a handsome retiring pension. The Coast Guard of Ireland has now been put upon the same footing as the English and Scotch. Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., the Comptroller-General, is now at the head of the entire Coast Guard establishment of the United Kingdom, and the service in Ireland will hence forth be carried on under the appointment of a Com mander, who will act under the orders of the Chi e f Comptroller in London. A great saving will be mad e by this arrangement, and the force will be rendered more efficient. 9IA 01111 o••• _ _ 1 .... 28$ 14 10 11 6 6 SECOND TERM. Mr. R. B. Chapman—Highly distinguished, with prizes in Mathematics, Political Economy, History, Sanscrit, and Persian. Mr. Grant—Highly distinguishetl, with prizes in Classics and Law. Mr. Chase—Highly distinguished, with prize in Telogoo. Messrs. J. 11. B. Colvin and Muspratt—Highly dis tinguished. Messrs. F. R. Cockerell, Pollock, Lawford, Lewis, and 13. Colvin—Passed with great credit. FIRST TERM. Mr. Gordon—Highly distinguished, with prizes in Mathematics and in Law. Mr. L. Forbes—Highly distinguished, with prize in Classico. PERFORMER. There are many who devoutly consider that the only requisites for a musical Soirée are, good singers, good accompanyists, and 'good instruments. Th e i r cree d I s palpably born of error, and . is remark a bl e on l y for falsity, for one a n d the ch i ef requisite is entirely lost sight of—namely, a GOOD AUDINCE. It is scarcely to be conceived—it is barely possible to estimate, much less to overrate, the influence which this circumstance exercises over the performer. And here let it be borne in mind that to render fit for public performance almost any kind of entertainment which has to bear the test, to brave the too often severe ordeal of public criticism, the approval or condemna tion of stranger eyes, of stranger hands, and of stranger hearts, it generally requires six months' study for many weary hours a day before the student can hope to attain anything like that standard of perfection to which h. must arrive ere he can indulge the slightest hope, ere he can possess the merest chance of success, the mechanioa part of his efforts either as speaker, vocalist, or instru mentalist, requiring inconceivable labour. In the two latter instances no ray of inspiration lights upon the student, none of the joy which the thorough apprecia tion of his subject confers, until the mechanism of per.. fection is attained, until the goal so ardently sought is self-won, and then, when at length all is mastered in triumph, it has lost for him, through this long process of patient analysis and thoughtful study, all its beauty all its freshness and poetry. Yes! this, indeed, is well nigh all that the Worshipper at the Shrine of Art, the Seeker after the Beautiful and the True, can hope to meet as a reward for the labours, the pains, the self struggles of days and years, which are alike summed up in the sad and apposite line-- " They blooms to wither! blossom but to die 1" And if he would seek a temporary gleam of its early beauty, a halo of its pristine poetry, it must only be sought for and found—if found at alt—in the sympathy of his auditors. By the secret, the unseen establishment between them and himself of a kind of magnetic current —I might, in these railroad and electro-magnetic times, in these days in which the electric light is expected not only to banish the erstwhile bright, but now duller gas, from our streets and squares, but also the myths of ignorance from the hearts of those who ambulate and perambulate those streets and squares—almost say by a sort of electro-telegraphic communion—his own sen sibilities, his own powers are invigorated, and for the nonce a fresh inspiration is created and conveyed. Let us for an instant pause to imagine the artist entering for the first time the arena of his future re nown or downfall. H e a d vances per h a p s timidly, per haps with an assumed air of calmness and nonehaleut.ec, to cover, to conceal the f ee li ngs o f nervous anxie ty winch beset him, he glances with a mingled look of penetrating curiosity and fear on the faces of the assemblage around him. Verily, it is an exciting, and to some an awful mo ment; ho may perceive only countenances as impertur bably stolid as a mummy of the Pharoabs, or eyes as colourless as his own, in fact, he may find the tempera ture of his auditors to be somewhere about five and twenty degrees below Zero. Adieu then to inspiration, farewell to his half-formed hopes of success—adieu to the golden dreams he has nursed—there is a cloud, like the shadow which Titan threw over the earth, between him and the object of his warm desires; and let him sing with never so much taste, let him play never so fault lessly, or with never so great precision, it is all in vain; even if his performance should be decreed to be true and free from all blemish, it will be thought tiresome, and will never wake the response buried within, which, when aroused at last, bursts into one loud, simultaneous voi ce which cries, "Thou ba s t d one wel l and art more 'than worthy !" "I do remember me" of a little anecdote of Steibelt, the great pianoforte master, b ear i ng so i n ti mate l y an d closely on my forego ing observations that Ido not hesi tate to relate it, the more so, as he thereby inculcated a lesson, or at least inferred a hint, to auditors of this genre, which our young pr o f essors and artists would do well to bear in memory. This great pianoforte player frequently by the inspi ration and genius of his music, banished for a time the watches and snuff-boxes of his hearers—of course, I must be supposed to mean their use —the reverberations of the German watch dials, the tschews of the Viennoise nasal organs were generally unheard when he performed. But Steibelt who was so exige ant o f attention, was once des tined to meet an i nterruption to his performance in another shape. In the zenith of his fame he had, on one occasion and after many oft-repeated solicitations, positively given his promise that he would attend at the palace of the Prince Von H—, and give an extemporaneous performance. To render to the musician a due share of homage, a largo concourse of nobles and cognescang were invited At the hour appointed arrived Steibelt, and without further ceremony than a bow, seated himself at the pianoforte. The most profound silence reigned over the suite—not a single "hush" was heard. Steibelt twitched his nose slightly, his wonted custom when a little flurried, but this passed unobserved ; he struck his first chord, and then, as if seized with an uncontrollable panic, as vio lent as it was most extraordinary, stopped suddenly, and turning toward the Prince, indicated, as well by his ex pressive countenance as by the intensity of hi s gestures, that he could not proceed. Every one cried out with encouragement ; the Prince entreated, pr a y e d , nay in sisted, till at l e n g th Steibelt was induced to commence again, but he had scarcely played a bar when he seemed absolutely petrified with horror, and rose precipitately from his seat. "I shall not play," exclaimed he " before those two marble blocks I" Every eye followed the motion of his finger and was immediately fixed on two women who were carelessly supporting themselves against th . e marble chimney piece, and who might have stood for images for rigidity ant immobility, for emblems of somnolent st u pidi ty, or " to be gentle with the gentle sex, of awful insipidity. The pianist dared not await any reply, but hurried from the palace in a state of great me n tal agitation an d excite ment, leaving all but the two marble blocks" he had named, and seemed utterly unconscious and unmoved, in a state of great disappointment a n d chagrin. It was some long time before the Prince would be pacifi e d an d prevailed upon to forgive Steibelt. • Qual vaghezza di lauro?,. qual di mi r t o Povera e nuda vai, lilosofia, Dice la turba al vil goadag no i ntesa. Pochi compagni avrai per l' a l tra via: pi u, ti prego spirto Non lasoar la magnanima tua imprisa." PETRA/NA. DBATIt FROM A DROP or WAX. ---It is with much regret that we announce the death of Dr. John Stewart, which took place at his house at Cum nock, on Monday, the 20th ultimo, after a wee k' s illness. He had accidentally burnt his wrist some s hort time previously, by letting f a ll u p on i t a drop of melted wax, but the injury was so slight that he paid little attention to it at the time. In a few days, however, it became inflamed and painful, and notwith standing all that medical skill could devise, the inflam mation increased, inducing a high degree of fever, till, after a week of severe distress, exhausted nature gave way. Dr. Stewart was possessed of much professional skill, and was particularly noted for the dexterity and success of his surgical operation.—Ayr Observer, POST-OFFICE NOTICE. On and from the Ist January, 1849, the following al terations. &c., in the rates of postage, &c., will come into operation, in conformity with the warrant of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, dated the 13th October, 1848. The postage on letters to and from the Cape de Verde Islands, when conveyed by Packet, will be at the rate of Is. 10d. the half ounce, except when posted or de livered at the port of departure or arrival of the packet, in which case, they will, be chargeable at tho ,rate of ls._Bd. the half ounce. Letters for parts abroad, posted with stamps of less value than the full amount of postage to which such let ters may .be liable, if addressed to places to which prepayment Os not compulsory, will be forwarded, charged with only such amount of postage as shall be equal to the difference between the value of the stamps and the proper rate of postage, instead of being charged as heretofore, with the full amount of postage to which they would be liable if they bore no postage stamps whatever. If the letters are addressed to places to which prepayment is compulsory, theylmust be.sent to the Dead Letter-office as at present. Printed Votes and Proceedings of Parliament may be transmitted by post between the United Kingdom and Hamburgh, Lubeck, or Bremen, when conveyed by the Hamburgh packet or by private ship, under the follow ing regulations:— ist. — The postage must be paid in advance. 2d. They must be sent in covers, open at the sides. The rates of postage on such printed votes and pro ceedings will be as follows : An Uniform British Rate. Not exceeding 2 oz. in weight ... Id. Above 2 ox., and not exceeding 3 oz. ... 6d. Above 3 oz., and not exceeding 4 oz. Bd. And 2d. for every a dditi ona l ounce up to the weight of 16 ounces; beyond which weight no printed votes and proceedings can be forwarded. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 15.—We have no improvement to notice in our sugar market; the de mand continues very sluggish, and the sales of the week are of the most retail character, at about former prices Refined goods about support their previous value, but the market is without life. Rum has again become rather dull, but we do not make any alteration in the value.—Bristol Mercury. PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. BUCKINGHAM AT ROTHE SAY.—The magistrates and principal inhabitants of Rothesay, in the Isle of Bute, joined with the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society of that town in en tertaining Mr. Buckingham at a public dinner, on Friday last, as a mark of their gratitude for the pleasure af forded them by his course of lectures, recently delivered there, and also as a testimony of their admiration for his public character, and sympathy with the many phi lanthropic objects to the promotion of which his long and varied life has been devoted. The Provost of Rothe say occupied the chair, supported by the magistrates and ministers of the town; and Mr. D. Macbeth, Secretary of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, act ing as croupier. Mr. Macbeth, in proposing the health of Mr. Buckingham, thus alluded to his remarkable career:—" Thrown upon the world a mere child; embarking in the naval profession and going to sea as early as nine years of age, at which period it was impossible that he could have received any education beyond the mere rudiments of reading and writing ; and suffering, even at that early age, all the privations and miseries of captivity, as a prisoner of war; march ing with his fellow-captives many hundred miles, bare footed and in want, through nearly the whole of Spain and Portugal, he, nevertheless, by the force and energy of his own character, arose rapidly to high distinction in his profession, commanded a ship at an early age, and after navigating the ocean in every clime, and travelling by land over more countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America than any man now living, he had, in addition to all this, written and published more than a hundred volumes of different works in lite rature, science, politics, commerce, and moral and social improvement, and given the result of his exten sive and varied information in lectures delivered in al most every town of the Queen's dominions, over all America, and in many of the foreign capitals of Europe. —(Applause.) Such a career as this might well entitle any man to honours and distinctions far higher than they could bestow." After referring in very compli mentary terms to the lectures which Mr. Buckingham had delivered at Rothesay, and to the eminent services he had rendered to the world as a philanthropist, Mr. Macbeth concluded by proposing " The health of James Silk Buckingham, Esq., and long life to pursue his bene volent career." The toast having been enthusiastically responded to, Mr. Buckingham, in a neat and appro priate manner, acknowledged the compliment, and gave an interesting narrative of his life. Several other toasts were given and heartily responded to, after which the company separated.— Scottish Press. HAYMARKET THEATRE. —Mr Webster has kindly allowed this theatre to be used, on Tu esday, th e 19th inst., for the benefit o f t h e Philanthropic Associa tion for the employment of the Poor as Street Orderlies; dies ! on which occasion M r . an d Mrs. Charles Kean form. We have n o d ou b t that this benevolent w obj ect will receive all th e encouragement it deserves. Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Hos pital on the body of James Sheen, aged nine years. The poor little fellow Was removed from bis parent's resi dence, in Blue Anchor-lane, Whitechapel, to the hos pital on Saturday, and, as his friends alleged that he had been severely kicked in the groin by a person attached to an itinerant show, he was admitted. The medical gentlemen, however, were unable to perceive any signs whatever of a kick having been inflicted, but as he still continued to complain of severe pain in the groin, he was retained in the hospital. On Monday morning un mistakable symptoms of Asiatic cholera set in, and in less than twelve hours afterwards he was a corpse. Mr. Birch, the house apothecary, had made a post mortem examination of the body, and bad been quite unable to discover the slightest mark indicative of a kick in the groin. Under these circumstances, he had no hesitation in saying the deceased died from Asiatic cholera. Ver dict accordingly. ILLNESS OE DR. Hoox.—The Rev. Dr. Hook is so seriously indisposed, that his physician forbids him at tempting to preach at Snenton, near this town, on Tues day next. It gives us plessure, however, to be able to add that he hopes to be able to fulfil his promise at no distant date.—Nottingham Journal. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. Her Majesty the Queen arid his Royal Highness the Prince Albert and the Royal Children, took their usual walking and riding exercise yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Osborne. Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Mrs. Phipps, had the honour of joining the royal dinner party yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours left Osborne this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert crossed to Portsmouth, in the Fairy, this morning, to view the practice, and observe the system of education pursued on board her Majesty's ship Excellent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning, from the Priory, Stanmore, the residence of her Ala_ jesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness left town in the afternoon on her return to the Priory. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Brighton.' Mr. Hart Davis, Deputy Chairman of the Excise ; and Mr. Higham, Secretary•• and Comptroller- General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had interviews with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing -street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office fro-n the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial• office for the Governors of the North American Colonies. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and heard an appeal from British Guiana, " Arrindell v. Retemayer." The Court then rose. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ W. Fugler, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman, Jan. 6, at half-past eleven—J. Bishop, Little Russell-street, Gilbert-street, and Bury-street, Bloomsbury, wheelwright, Jan. 6, at eleven—C. Pottin, ger, Banbury, Oxfordshire, tailor, Jan 9, at eleven—W. I. Dawson, Lime-street, and Belinda-terrace, Hackney, cigar merchant, Jan 9, at twelve—J. B. Boyd, Grosvenor street West, Pimlico, baker, Jan. 9, at half-past one— S. Marshall, Austin-friars, Russia broker, Jan. 9, at half past twelve—J. S. Turner, Wdolwich, surgeon, Jan. 9, at half-past one—D. Sharp, Southampton, attorney at law, Jan. 9, at one—A. A. Lackersteen, Moorgate-street, merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve—G. Bishop, St. Mary-axe, merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve—T. H. For.ter, Haymarket, chemist, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve. In the Country. G. Smail, Coventry, draper, Jan. 16, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. H. Denner, Nottingham, pawn broker, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham G. Bensly, Bristol, draper, Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court. Bristol—J. Willis, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 4, at eleven , at the Court, Liverpool—J.Forster, Hartburn, Northum berland, banker, Jaa. 10, at eleven, at the'-Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—W. Lax, Darlington, land-surveyor, Jan. 10, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-wpon- Tyne. RANK OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE. BENGAL.—First class.-1, Mr. Benson; 2, Mr. Bal main; 3, Mr. Dampier; 4, Mr. Birch; 5, Mr. Hume; 6, Mr. Smyth; 7, Mr. Boileau; 8, Hon. H. G. Camp bell; 9, Mr. Henderson. Second class.-10, Mr. Ra venshaw; 11, Mr. Henderson. No third class. MADRAS .—First class.-1, Mr. Swinton. No second or third class. ROMBA.Y.—First class,-1, Mr. Chapman; 2, Mr. Ho bart. No second or third class. _ _ Mr. Smyth read his prize English essay; after which the students read and translated in the several Oriental languages. The prizes were then presented by the Chairman, and the usual notices were read. The CHAIRMAN (Sir J. Lushington) then addressed the students almost precisely to the came effect as the address he delivered at Addiscombe on Friday last. The Court then broke up, and a splendid dejeuner was served to the company at the Principal's house; after which several toasts were proposed and duly responded to, and the company returned to town by special train. WEST RIDING ELECTION. WAKEFIELD, FRIDAY.—This morning the poll was opened at eight o'clock. Though at the close of the first day's polling, Mr. Denison, according to the return of his committee, had 2,756 votes more than Sir Culling Eardley, the friends of the former did not relax their exertions during the evening, in order to be ready to re new the contest with vigour this morning. Sir Culling Eardley's friends appeared to be even more energetic than their opponents, as was evidenced by the fact that the number of votes registered for him this forenoon, both at Leeds and Wakefield, was greater than the number polled for Mr. Denison at those places, whereas yesterday Mr. Denison had the lead during the whole day. It was announced by Sir Culling Eardley's central committee that at the close of the first day's poll there remained 17,000 voters unpolled, and that there still remained hope for their candidate. The 17,000, however, was an error, as, deducting the number of double entries in the register, and the deceased voters there remained only about 13,000 unpolled. The return of the gross poll published last night by Sir Culling Eardley's committee showed a majority of 1,446 votes only for Mr. Denison, but in a return pub lished at noon to-day of yesterday's poll, they give Mr. Denison a majority of 2,318. These discrepancies in the returns no doubt arose from mistakes made in their transmission by the electric telegraph, which was en gaged by the committee of both candidates. In addition to the telegraph it was also necessary to employ horse expresses from three or four remote districts, and this necessity of course considerably delayed the making up of the aggregate account. Mr. Denison has been most active to-day, as he was yesterday, in going from committee to committee, and encouraging them by his presence to vigorous exertions to secure a triumphant majority. GENERAL STATE OF THE POLL SECOND DAY.--TWELVE O'CLOCE. Polling Places. Denison. Eardley. Aberford 487 ... 58 Barnsley ... 610 ... 425 Birstall ... 351 ... 320 Bradford ... 1,044 ... 1,092 Dent ... ... 144 ... 80 Doncaster... ... ... 832 ... 209 Gisburn ... 281 ... 88 Halifax ... ..• ... 556 ... 676 Hebden-bridge 165 ... 365 Holmfirth •• ... 176 ... 269 Huddersfield ... 559 ... 737 Keighley ••• ... 263 ... 235 Knaresborough ... 692 ... 97 Leeds ... ~. 1,058 ... 826 New Delph ... 132 ... 287 Otley ... 256 286 Pateley-bridge ... 146 ... 152 Pontefract ... 382 ... 113 Ripon ... ... 311 ... 60 Rotherham 288 ... 183 Selby ... 328 ... 52 Settle ... ... 366 109 Sheffield ... ... 689 ... 731 Skipton ... 278 ... 250 Snaith ... 327 12 Wakefield 746 ~. 625 11,541 8,582 Majority for Mr. Denison ... 2,959 TWO O'CLOCK. Mr. Denison Sir C. Eardley ... ... 12,173 ... 9,479 Majority . QUARTER PAST THREE O'CLOCK. Mr. Denison ... 12,379 Sir C. E. Eardley 9,477 ... 2,694 Majority 2,902 FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. FRIDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. Mr. Denison Sir C. E. Eardley ... 14,745 ... 11,805 Majority ... ... 2,940 Tbis includes all the districts except Dent, which is a very small one, and too distant for transmission to-night: Six C. EARDLEY.—We are happy to state that Sir Culling E. Eardley is much better; and it is his full intention to be present at the declaration, at Wakefield, on Monday, to return thanks to the many thousands of electors of the West Riding who have honoured him with their support at this election. We hope the Liberals will be present to manifest their attachment to their candidate. We have the authority of the Under- Sheriff for stating that the declaration will take place as soon as the .operation of summing up the returning officers' books shall be completed. This operation com mences as early as eight o'clock in the morning. It is not expected to be completed 'before twelve o'clock; and the declaration must by law take place before two o'clock. All parties, therefore, desirous of hearing the declaration should be present not later than twelve o'clock. Of course Mr. Denison will speak first as the Member returned, and Sir Culling Eardley will follow. Let us hope that each party will on this occasion vie with the opposing party in displaying the spirit and temper of gentlemen; and that no unseemly exultation on one side or bitterness of disappointment on the other, will be allowed to interfere with the right of all parties to a fair and patient hearing.—Leeds Mercury. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, MIDNIGRT.—The Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's steamer Jupiter, Captain F. Meehan, with the usual Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieutenant Langton, Admiralty agent, arrived here at eleven o'clock this evening. Her dates are—Gibraltar, 7th December; Cadiz, Bth; Lisbon, 10th; Oporto, 11th; Vigo, 12th. She brings 32 packages of specie, value 20,0001., a general cargo, and about 20 passengers. LISBON, DEC. 10.—Exchange on London 30 days, 521. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 10th, the Portuguese war-steamer Mindelho was dispatched for Naples in search of the Pope, to offer him an asylum in Portugal, should he think fit to accept it; the Queen's Chamberlain, Count de Penafiel, is charged with the mission. Mafra is being prepared for his reception. Sir Charles Napier's squadron was daily louked for, and her Majesty's brig Racer had been out three days cruizing for them, to inform Sir Charles that the Portu guese were determined not to admit the squadron to pratique, but on the morning of the Jupiter's departure the authorities at the Health-office received orders to grant free pratique immediately. The quarantine re gulations are, in some degree, relaxed. Passengers arriving by ♦essels in ballast, or with non-susceptible cargoes, are to be subjected to only five days quaran tine, and those by vessels with susceptible cargoes eight days. GIBRALTAR,—On the 7th, the Prince and Princess of Capua embarked on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine for Malta. The garrison fired a royal salute on the occasion. Exchange on Lon don, 90 days, 49. On the 3d instant the Jupiter exchanged blue lights with a steamer, supposed to be the Sultan, and on the 12th passed and exchanged colours with the steamer Pacha, steering south. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—It will be recollected that a short time since a number of members of the Oxford and Cambridge University Club signed a requisition to the Committee, calling upon them to convene a sp ec i a l meeting of the members, to consider the propriety of ex pelling Mr. Smith O'Brien from the roll of the club. The meeting was fixed for yesterday, .and, as a proof of the interest excited, it may be mentioned that before two o'clock upwards of 200 members had assembled. The Hon. C. Ewan Law, Recorder of London, occupied the chair, and opened the business in a few remarks, made in a concili a t ory sp i r i t. Th e H onoura ble Member's observations appeared to have a great influence upon the gentlemen present, and all the succeeding speakers avoided anything calculated to create an unpleasant feel ing. The suggestion o f one gent l eman t o a djourn the consideration of the question until the annual general meeting of the club, was ultimately adopted without opposition, and Mr. O'Brien's expulsion was not even moved. if He will now h a ve an opportun i ty o f resign ing, or he does not take this prudent course, his mem bership will become forfeited by the non-pa) ment of his annual fees. Mr. Smith O'Brien was not a member of any other London club. The abolition of return tickets by the Great Wes tern Railway Company must or will injure them, more persons travelling now, when possible, by the third-class. At the 45 minut es a f ter n i ne tra i n from Slough to Pad dington, on Saturday morning last, there were only one second-class passenger, and three first. I have usually seen from 40 to 50, and even more.—Correspondend of the Builder. RUSTY BACON.—A lady of considerable experience in a farm-house had, for many years, rusty bacon, until the cause was pointed out by a friend. Until that time the bacon was salted and kept in tubs, the brine not be ing able t o escape . Th e adv i ce was to salt it and lay it on stone shelves, packed one flitch upon another, and the brine running away and falling into a basin under the shelf. When the bacon is sufficiently salted, it is hung up into the kitchen to dry, and when dry washed over with lime water the consistency of cream. When this:is dry it is packed in the corner of a cool room, boarded off, laying first a layer of lime, then a layer of bacon, and so until the bin is full. When the bacon is wanted, cut off as much as you require, but be careful to cover the flitch up again. If this is attended to, you may keep your bacon free from rust for many years.—Agr jell/. viral Gazette. Clita ambition QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and Com mon Juries.) WIGAN V. GADDERER. Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS stated this Case to the jury. The plaintiff was Mr. Alfred Wigan, the well known comedian, who was the best actor of the class of characters in which he usually appeared before the pub lic, and the defendant was Mr. Gadderer, who sometime ago had the Lyceum Theatre for a short while. The action was brought to recover two weeks' salary at; 101. per week. At the expiration of the les seeship of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley the defendant took the theatre, and he engaged the plaintiff for two months, from June 24, 1847, at the salary named. Hel contiuned for some weeks to fulfil his engagement until a piece called Gun Cotton was put into rehearsal. Mr. Emery, the stage-manager, assigned the character of Alfred Jumble to Mr. Wigan, who, finding it the part of a mere walk ing gentleman, declined to accept it, his forte being " light and eccentric comedy," and it was assigned to a Mr. Johnson. Gun Cotton ran but for a fortnight, during which time Mr. Wigan played in Marguerite's Colours, but during the fortnight the defendant fin,pd him the entire amount of his salary. Now the agree ment (which the Learned Counsel read) was silent as to the right of the defendant to fine the plaintiff. He con tended that custom did not justify the course adopt e d. The characters which the plaintiff usually played were of the class of the Clown in Twelfth Night, and not of the Joseph Surface school Mr. Wigan did not wish to be considered an actor who gave himself " airs," but as a man who had received an injury, and who considered himself justified, since he was a popular actor, and might injure himself in the estimation of the public, it he had accepted the character in question. Mr. Emery proved the agreement. He assigned the character to Mr. Wigan, because he believed that in his hands it would have become a principal one. The char acter was that of a medical student, and was, in his mind, by no means an inferior one. Cross-examined by Mr. ARCHBOLD—The piece was postponed from Thursday to Monday in consequence of the refusal of Mr. Wigan. He refused it a week before the Thursday. Another piece, the Mo mentous Question, was played in consequence. He did not know whether the defendant bad to remune- rate the author of that piece for using it. Various rules prevailed in various theatres with respect to fining actors ; but there were no rules in the Lyceum at that time.—(Laughter.) This wee the only part rejected during the time Mr. Gadderer bad the theatre ; neither: was there any rule under the previous management of Mr. Keeley. Yes, ene was fined, but the amount was returned. It was merely threatened.—(Laughter.) He (witness) was never fined in his life, and hoped he never should be.—(Laughter.) Was told that Mr. Wigan had said if he had known the nature of the character he would have played it. Mr. Johnson was next called. The part was not a dialect one. No broken German had to be spoken. The student was not a German, but was disguised as one.—(Laughter.) He had only to say something to induce the old man to give up his daughter.—(Laughter.) The part was that of a walking gentleman—nothing more. He ought to know, since he had been a walking gentleman for ten years. Cross-examined—He had to tell the old man, and he did so in the best English he could furnish—(Laughter) —that if he did not give him his daughter he should blow his cottage up with gun cotton.—(Laughter.) That was all he had to do. Mr. Henry Leigh Murray proved seeing the plaintiff at the theatre frequently during the fortnight, and that he played in Marguerite's Colours. The character of Alfred Jumble was that of a walking gentleman, and certainly not one which Mr. Wigan should have been asked to act. Cross-examined—Would not swear positively that the plaintiff played in the second week. Would swear that to the best of his belief the plaintiff played the same night as Gun Cotton was played. Mr. Keeley said he was lessee of the Lyceum Theatre for about three years. No rules existed with respect to fines whilst he had that theatre ; in fact, no general rule prevailed in any of the theatres. Had not the pleasure of seeing Gun Cotton.—(Much laughter.) Mr. ARCHSOLD addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant. The defendant believed himself badly used, and surely they could not fail to be aware that actors were frequently spoiled by their audiences. He com plained that he had lost considerably by the conduct of the plaintiff, who, by his skill in playing cha racters, who spoke broken English, would have ren dered the character of the German student so famous a one as to have kept the house open until now; and, con sequently, in the bands of the defendant. The plaintiff had broken his agreement, and could not recover the amount claimed. The following witnesses were called : Mr. Fox Cooper, who said he bad written for the stage, and had occasionally held the lease of theatres. He usually fined actors who refused the character as signed to them according to_ their position, sometimes half the week's salary, and sometimes the whole. This was mentioned in his articles. The fines at Drury-lane and Covent-garden were ♦ery excessive. Mr. Wigan might have made Jumble a character. Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—The piece was first offered to him at the Strand Theatre, but he de clined it, as it required a leading actor, and his actors were general actors. He did not recollect whether there was any broken English set down for the character. Mr. David Levy, said he transacted business for the theatre at the time in question. Mr. Wigan told him that he would have played the character if there had been any broken English in it. He told him he had bad the book and might have seen that the character was one of that kind. He made no reply. The defendant had to pay a guinea a night for the piece substituted. Mr. Laurence Levy, the treasurer of the theatre, de posed that the plaintiff had admitted, after the piece was produced, that if he had known the nature of the cha racter, he would have played it. To the best of his be lief Gun Cotton was not played the same night as Mar guerite's Colours. It was usual to.fine persons a week's salary who would not play. After the fortnight he played and was paid as usual. Cross -examined—Had the book, but not here. Had lent the defendant money to carry on the theatre, and put the money-takers in the boxes. Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied. The case had not concluded when we went to press. Lord Denman seemed to be of opinion that the plaintiff could only recover for one week. ITALY. Advices have been received from Naples to the 7th. Prince Satriano (General Filangeri) is to succeed Prince Cariati as President of the Council and Minis ter of Foreign Affairs. He is to be charged with conducting the conference in the Sicilian affair with Mr. Temple and M. Rayneval. The Russian Minister at Rome, Mr. Boutenieff, had arrived at Naples. The Alba, Florence journal, of the Bth instant, an nounces the return to Rome, on the 6th, of the Mar quis Sachetti, who had been charged by the Govern ment with a mission to the Pope. The envoy, after many difficulties, had obtained an audience of hie Holiness, who told him that he had already appointed a commission to govern the Roman dominions in his absence. The Minister of War, M. Campello, had published a circular, in which he denounced Baron Charles Zucchi as naving illegally assumed the title of Commissioner of the Pope, in an order of the day to the troops. " The Roman Ministry," it says, " fortified by the sanction of the Chambers, declares that it cannot recog nise that title, as applied to Baron Zucchi, who, on the 27th of November, resigned his command of the Pon tifical troops into the hands of General Latour. An in junction is issued to all the civil and military authori ties not to obey his orders. The only orders they are bound to obey are those forwarded by the Ministry, and whoever shall violate this prescription shall be reputed rebellious to the constitutional laws of the Pontifical State, tried, and punished as such.—Rome, December 5, 1848." An official contradiction has been given in the Piedmontese Gazette to the rumour that CHARLES ALBERT had concluded a league offensive and defen sive with the King of NAPLES. The Milan Gazette of the 9th inst. contains the following : " Joseph Gasparoti, a native of Monza, 21 years of age, a Roman Catholic and tavernkeeper ; Jacobo Passoni, 33 years of age, a Roman Catholic, an unmar • ried man, a villager, and former convict; Charles Villa, a native of Monza, 24 years of age, a Roman Catholic an unmarried man and a weaver ; Jacobo Magni a native of Arcore, province of Milan, 19 years of age, a Catholic, unmarried man, and a villager, already pro secuted for robbery—having been surprised by a patrol, in a rather suspicious attitude, and armed with long sharp knives, were tried by court-martial, sentenced to death, and shot. "Joseph Martignani, a native of Gravedina, in the province of Como, 27 years of age, a Roman Catholic, an unmarried man, and a proprietor, having had in his possession a stiletto, a fowling•piece and some ammuni tion, was tried by court-martial, and sentenced to be shot; but, in consideration of his hitherto irreproach able conduct, the penalty of death was commuted into that of five years' hard labour, with irons. " Milan, Dec. 9, 1848." THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) MILITARY PAYMASTERS.—Paymaster Brough, of the 83d Regiment, is to retire on half-pay, in consequence of ill health; and Lieutenant Belfield, of the 17th Foot, is about to be appointed Paymaster of the Bith Con naught Rangers, vice Cahill, placed on half-pay. MILITARY PENSIONERS FOR NEW ZEALAND AND TIIE FALKLAND ISLANDS.—We understand that it is in con templation to form another company of the Out-Pen sioners for service and location at the former place, and that the Government have an idea of forming compa nies, under similar regulations, for service at the latter place. GannisoN OF DUBLIN.—The new barracks in Great Ship-street, when finished, will be capable of accommo dating two field officers , 17 officers, and 579 m en . Orders have been given for the purchase of three h ouses in Great Ship-street , near Upper Stephen, for the pur pose of being converted into a military hospital. ROYAL MARINES.—The standard for recruits is to be s .f eet 7i inches, between the ages of 18 and 25, until further orders. - TROOPS AT HONG-KONG. --It is undoubtedly, the first duty of the State to rescue from pestilence and death the gallant soldiers who, far from their native home, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Morris, Maida-hill, 9d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office, of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. Catherine Elton, Whitechapel, ironmonger, is. 6d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. Smith, Beard, and Co. ' Cheapside, warehousemen, Is. 3d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-cham bers, City. J. Green, Barbican, City, hat and cap manufacturer, 6d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-Chambers. J. Walters, Union-street, Southwark, surgical instru ment maker, 6d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, City. J. S. Stopford, Austin-friars, City, merchant, 2s. 6d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. W. Armstrong, Norwich, draper, I s., on any Thurs day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. J. Gapp, Duke-street, Manchester-square, livery stable keeper, Ifd., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers, City. • _ Buchanan and Ede, Calcutta, merchants, E . 31d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. A. Fielder, Alton, Hampshire, brewer, id., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall. chambers, City. W. Hosking, Dye-house-wharf, Clink -street, South.. wark, 205., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, City. Strong and Hosking, Dye-house-wharf, Clink-street, Southwark, coal merchants, 6d., on any Thursday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, City. W. Dettmer, Upper Marylebone-street, pianofo r t e manufacturer, 1., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers, City. W. E. Jefferie; St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, City, tavern-keeper, 3s. 2d., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, and three subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-cham bers, City. Sarah T. Watson and W. Byers, Skinner-street, City, Manchester warehousemen, 50., on Wednesday, Dec. 13, and three subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guild hall-chambers, City. E. Moseley, Upper Gloucester-street, Dorset-square, wine -merchant, ls. 2id. on Wednesday, D ec . 13, an d three subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-cham bers, City. ~. . _... . S. Fletcher, Church-street, Hampton, 3d., on Wed nesday, Dec. 13, and three subsequent Wednesdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, City. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. Colenutt, Portsea, baker and grocer, Jan. 5, at eleven—A. Gilmore, Stamford-hill, merchant, Jan. 9, M eleven—J. Liddiatt, Selesly-place, Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea, builder, Jan. 6, at eleven.—R. D. Read, South wark, victualler, Jan. 8, at eleven. In the Country. A. Armstrong, Salford, ironmonger, Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Greenshields and M. Strang, Liverpool, merchants, Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Smith, Shrewsbury, dealer in ma rine stores, Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —E. Nelson, Ironbridge, Shropshire, clothier. Jan. 23, at eleven. at the Court, Birmingham —J. Rees, Stour bridge, Worcestershire, woollen draper, Jan. 17, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Powell, Aston, Warwickshire miller, Jan. 17, at t we l ve , a t th e C ourt , Bi rm i ngham — T. : Jones, Old Sa Word, Worcestershire, dealer, Jan. 16, at leven, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Jan. 5. G. Black, Aldermanbury, straw hat manufacturer— C. Wilson, Aldermanbury, straw hat manufacturer —S. Berry, Ipswich, licensed victualler—H. C. Brown, Win chester, builder—J. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Ox fordshire, banker—H. Hilliard, Austiefriars, stationer— G. W. Wakeman, Nantwich,;Cheshire, upholsterer— M. Stephenson, Aycliffe, Durham, common brewer—J. Render and E. Render, York, tailors—E Pearson, Nor wich, modeller— C. D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Ox fordshire, banker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Eliza West, Emma West, and Jane Margery West, Upper Baker-street, Regent's-park, milliners (so far as regards Jane Margery West)—T. Hudson and J. Hud son, Lambeth-hill, wine merchants—S. Jeffreys and R. Nicholls, Ranelagh-road, Pimlico, maltsters—S. Wood and W. Y. Sandford, Liverpool, spice and seed merchants —W. Paine and E. Dalton, Southam, Warwi c k s hi re, li nen and woollen drapers—A. Holmes and H. J. Dickinson, Charles-street, City-road, billiard table manufacturers W. Snow and C. T. Snow, New Malton, Yorkshire, linen and woollen drapers—J. Leadbetter and W. W. Moore, Gloucester-place, Kentish-town, general commission agents—J. Holmes and J. Holmes, lieiOley, Yorkshir e coal merchants—H. L. S m i t h and J. G. K. Burt, Southam , ' i e c dr k ,A st . i a r cn e,. ch s G u er r so g t ev e re o ,, n a s t — ey l ma i n . iH. ri d li gt p . o o C n re d or r na ra d i4 p e c e a k r l s e — r a s n — j d . C p WW I e ea s br and t r F. T. Barna r d, G . Thomas, R. Jackson, W. BartrWßamr.a,Sdaltnelyd- S. L. Price, Bristol, public accountants—G. Blackgrove and A. Folkes, Took's-court, Chancery-lane, law-sta tioners —J. L. Clarke and E. Minnitt, Liverpool, stock and share brokers—J. Sadler and G. Sadler, Laindon, Esse; farmers—F. Teychenes6, J. Waterman, and P. Powell, Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, feather and horsehair and wool purifiers—W. Muschamp and T. Weighill, Sunderland, linen and woollendrapers—C. R. Alston and H. A. Bevan, John-street, Minories, bullion dealers—T. Musgrave, S. Musgrave, G. Scott, and T. Scott, Leeds, corn factors (so far as regards T. Mus grave.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Reeves, Abingdon, Berkshire, coachmaker. James Powner, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, butcher. Thomas Scholfield, ROchdale, Lancashire, painter. Stephen Hickman, Staudlake, Oxfordshire, cattle dealer. Thomas Hickman, Standlake, Oxfordshire, cattle dealer. James Pearce, Canterbury, licensed victualler. Charles Lock, Hastings, Sussex, tailor and draper. Uriah Hobson, Almondbury, Yorkshire, cloth dresser. Frederick Bartlett, Storrington, Sussex, chemist, Matthew Livesey, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, labourer. Joshua Brook, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, hat manufacturer. James Taylor, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy cloth ma facturer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Scott, Glasgow, draper, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at one. Catharine Gillespie or Brown, Greenock, ship master, to meet within the Tontine Inn, Greenock, Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, at two. W. H. Long, Glasgow, teacher and bookseller, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dee. 22 and Jan. 12, at two. A. Munro, Tain. innkeeper, to meet within the Balna gawn Arms Inn, Tain, Dec. 20 and Jan. 17, at two. P. Young, Glasgow, merchant and Dundee warehouse man, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at one. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovadp Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 12, 1848, is 225. 03¢c1. per cwt. n!!!!2ta 1% a% 54 st4s 51,i ..i }; .;