The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

has been engaged at rs. 1-4 per candy, which is also to-day's rate. EXCHANGE. Local bank paper was at one time to )0 ha I it 10:41., afterwards it fell to Is. 141., and has now receded to Is. 10d. to ls. 100. six months', and Is. 94d. three months' sight ; whilst Barings' and other approved mercantile paper has been selling at from Is. 10-id. to ls. 10d. per rupee for six months' sight. On China the rate is rs. 210 per 100 dolls., 60 days', and on Calcutta, rs. 99; 30 days' sight. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. DISCOUNT, EXCHANGES, &C. Bank of Bombay.—Discount on Government bills 6 per cent.; discount on private bills at or within two months, 8 ditto; discount on private bill:- at or within three months, 9 ditto; interest on fixed loans on Government notes, 7 ditto ; interest on cash credit accounts on Government notes, 8 ditto. The rate of advance on deposit of 5 per cent. Government notes is 95 per cent, and on 4 per cent. Government notes 80 per cent. ORIENTAL BANK. Rates of Exchange.—Drafts on London at six months' sight, above 501., is. 101.; three months above 20Z., Is. Qid.; one month, above 201., ls. 8/d.; one day, above 51., ls. 81d. ; circular notes payable throughout Europe, and drafts on Ireland and Scot land at one day's sight, ls. Rates of Interest Allowed.--On current accounts subject to a commission of 1 per teat., 5 per cent.; ditto, without commission, 21 per cent.; deposit notes repayable on one month's notice, 3 per cent.; ditto, three months' notice, 4 per cent.; ditto, two months' notice, after six months, 5 per cent.; ditto, three months' notice, after twelve months, 6 per cent. Rates of Interest and Discount harged.—On cash ctedits on Company's paper, 9 per cent. • ditto, ditto, other securities, 10 per cent. ; on fixed loans on Go verument security, 8 per cent. ; on private bills with out rebate not exceeding two months, 9 per cent. ; ditto, ditto, three months, 10 per cent. ; ditto, ditto, four months, 10 per cent. ; on hills subject to rebate, Ilper cent. more than above rates. Commission on purchase and sale of securities, -; per cent. COMMERCIAL BANK OF INDIA. Exchange on London—Six months' sight, Is. 10d. ; three months' sight, Is. 94d.; one month's sight, ls. 84d. ; one day's sight, ls. Bid. Discount—On private bills without rebate : at two months' sight; at three months' sight, 9 per cent. per annum ; at four months' sight, 9 per cent. per annum ; ditto with rebate 1 per cent. more. Interest Charged—On fixed loans on Government paper, 8 per cent ; cash credits, secured by Govern ment paper, 8 per cent. per annu m ; cash credits on bonds and other securities, 9 per cent. Interest Allowed—On current desposit account payable on demand, 2i per cent. ; on money deposited for three months certain, 3 per cent. ; on ditto for six months with one month's notice of withdrawal, 4 per cent. Bombay Times' Office, Friday, Dec. 21, 1847. Freights. —To London, per ton, 3/. 155.; to Liver pool, per ton, 3/. 155.; to Clyde, none; to China, per candy, re. 141. Exchanges.—London, at six months' sight, per rupee, Is. 10d. to Is. 104 d. ; at three months' sight, per rupee ' ls. 914. ; at one month's sight, per rup ee, ls. B,ld. China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 Spanish dollars, 210 rupees. Madras, at 30 days' sight, 99 rupees. Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 rupees, 99} , rupees; at 30 days' sight, per 100 rupees, 994 rupees ; at sight, per 100 rupees, 1001 rupees. Prices of Bullion—Sovereigns, each llrs. : 3 annas. Dragons each, 1 Ire. : 3 annas. Bank of England Notes, per £, 11rs.: 4 annas. Spanish dollars, per 100, 222r5. German Crowns, per 100, 216 rs. Sycee silver per 100 tolas, 1034r5. Gold leaf, per tola (range of quality), 164 to 174 rs. Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, rs. 36-4- per cent. pm. Oriental Bank, rs. 1000 each (500 paid up), 16-1 do. Commercial Bank, 5 do. Agra Bank (rs. 500), 38 do. Bank of Madras, (rs. 1000), 14 do. per cent. pm. Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 11Ors. per 100 Sicca, nl. ; Fire per Cent . Loan, 1825-6, 1024r5. per 100 Sicca ; Five per Cent' Loan, 1829-30, 1034-rs. per 100 Sicca; Four pe r Cent. Loan, 1832-33, 89rs. per 100 Sicca; Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36, 86rs. per 100 Co.'s; Five per Cent. Loan, 1841-42, 99,irs. per 100 Co.'s ; Four per Cent. Loan, 1842-43, 86rs. per 100 Co.'s. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. G. V. Brooke performed Sir Giles Overreach here last evening for the first time , and b y his per formance m ore than justified the most ardent hopes which had been formed by all admirers of the drama from his impersonation of Othello. No such actor has appeared on the boards since Edm und Kean ; and M Brooke's performance of Sir Giles did not fall far short of that of Edmund Kean in this his greatest character. The third act was a masterpiece of wheedling and villainy; and in the scene with his daughter, the " kiss close" was given with immense effect. It is the closing scene of the play, however, which is Mr. Brooke's great triumph. Here we have a succession of violent contrasts, of bright light, and dark shadows, and it was in setting off these contrasts—in bringing cut these lights and shadows, that Mr. Brooke showed himself so admirable. The madness of the triumph of the scoundrel at the success of all his schemes for securing to his daughter the hand of the popular Lord Lovell, and to himself the fortune of the Lady Allworth, was admirably given, and contrasted finely with the agony of despair at finding the deed securing to him the Allworth property a mere blank, and the mad fury of rage with which he rushes at his daughter, chang ing suddenly into the paralysis of death, when he says " some undone widow sits upon my arm and takes away its strength. In this scene he was quite equal to Edmund Kean. Mr. G. V. Brooke is far and away the greatest actor of the day. THE NATIONAL DEFENCES. As this subject is at present of national interest, everything connected with it must prove acceptable to our readers. Notwithstanding all that has been said about the exposed situation in which England is at the present time placed, supposing an invasion to be made by an hostilei power, it will be gratifying to those who have the love of their country at heart to know that there is still amongst our peasantry those feelings which have prompted them in former times to "brave the battle and the breeze." The following statistics have been supplied us from an unquestionable source:— Enlisted during the last military year 27, 0 g 3 Of these there were rejected It it fit .. 19,333 The recruits were afforded by the different nations as follows : E, land - ... 11,506 ....inglan , .. - Ireland 11,968 Scotland Wales .. 171 Foreign Countries ---- Total ..................... .. 97,093 According to the population the recruits were in the following ratio : England Ireland Scotland wales 6-3 per cent. Foreign Countries l-6 per cent. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THIS MORNING'.—Soon after "even o'clock this morning a young female, whose name is at present unknown, was observed struggling in the water by Mr. Charles Guildersleeves, the proprietor of the Times coal-wharf, Bankside. Mr. Guildersleeves immediately jumped on one of the barges lying alongside, and happily succeeded in rescuing the poor creature, who was very respectably dressed, and appeared to be about twenty or twenty-four years of age. After some restoratives had been given she was conveyed to the workhouse. It appears that this is the fifth or sixth life caved by Mr. G. during the past three years. MELANCHOLY FIRE AND LOSS OY LlFE.—About half-past ten o'clock this morning the following dreadful occurrence took place in Grove-place, New-cut, Lam beth, by which a fine boy, about eleven years of age, was burnt to death. It appeared that two children, named Brown, one a girl of four, and the boy about eleven, were left sitting in chairs before the room fire, and during the temporary absence of the mother the clothes of the boy became ignited. Screams being heard by the neighbours they rushed into the louse, and found the boy's clothes in flames and the fire spreading round the room. The child having been removed, Dr. Sewell, of the New-cut, instantly attended, but the poor little sufferer survived only to have his partly burnt things reraoved from him. The engines and firemen of the brigade and West of England soon attended, but the greater portion of the humble furniture of the room was destroyed. The parents are in very poor circumstances, and this melancholy case is well worthy the considera tion of the benevolent. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday a meeting of the vestry of this parish was held to take into considera tion a resolution of the Board of Directors, setting forth the inadequate means possessed by the parish of reduc higthe number of the inmates in the hou se to such a limit as would secure a classification of them, and that the great increase of the poor was to be attributed to the recent Act for amending the laws for the relief of the poor. Mr. Church warden Howarth presided. Mr. Wagstaff, after stating tho manner in which the inmates of the house were crowded together, and, amongst other facts, that 36 beds, each only four feet in width, had each to contain four persons, an , l that 1,800 were now In the house, and saying that ho had altered his p revious opinion as to the enlargement of the workhouse, moved that the recommendation of the directors, as to the en largement of the building, should be agreed to. Mr. Pierce seconded the motion of Mr. Wagstaff, which was carried, after some discussion, by a large majority. Mr. Todhunter, the senior wrangler at Cambridge, is the son of a Dissenting minister, and is understood 10 be himself a Dissenter.—Patriot. , THE SUN MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TH.LE The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales were 4,000 to 5,000 bales, of which 3,500 bales were American, ut 4id. to 61d. per lb. American was *d. per lb. higher than on Friday last, but Surat, though firm, had not advanced. Railway Shares were dull in the morning, but improved subsequently. Trade is expected to revive shortly, and there Rill be more sales this mouth to test the strength of the markets for produce. In the meantime we may hope for some improvement in the demand for manufactures. The express in anticipation of the overland mail is announced as having arrived, and the accounts are g►ve❑ in another column of 7he Sue. It is satisfactory to hear, by nearly every mail from the United States, of the increasing prosperity of the local Governments in arrears to their foreign creditors. We are informed that " the operation of the taxation system recently adopted by the Legislature of Ohio has been so favourable that a sinking fund of nearly fifty per cent. of the revenue derived from the public works can be set apart this year for the extinguishment of the State debt. The increase in taxable property in the State is so rapid that in a tew years we have no doubt the entire net income from the public works can every year be aided to the sinking fund for the payment of the State debt. The income from the mill tax for the general revenue, from the 51 mill tax for the State debt, and from the one half mill tai for schools, in 1846, was 998,509 dolls , and in 1847, 1,202,528 dolls., showing an increase this year of 204,019 dolls. The tax levied for the purpose of raising revenue for the payment of the in terest on the State debt, and the net income of the public works, in 1846, left a surplus of 622 dolls., after paying the interest. Again, it is announced that the Lower Rouse of the Legislature of Indiana has passed a Bill authorising the Auditor and State Trea surer to borrow of the State Bank of Indiana 95,000 dollars, at 6 per cent., to meet the payment of interest due January Ist, 1841, on :State bonds—the sum bor rowed to be repaid by the let of April, 1848. An arrival from Adelaide, South Australia, furnishes dates of Sept. 18. The question of mining royalties engaged chief attention. Some revolting acts of can nibalism had been traced to the natives, one or two of the women having destroyed their children. The English Funds have been rather lower again to day, and money stock seems to be more ofered. The extent of business done is not large, and probably a good proportion of the surplus money intended for in vestment in the Funds has already come into the market. Consols have been quoted 119 i to 881 for present trans fer, and 891 to 89 for Account- The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 90} to 90j, and the Three per Cents. 891 to 89k. Bank stock is worth 200 to 202, and East India Stock is worth 241 to 243. Ex chequer-bills have been quoted 345. to 395. premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been at about previous rates generally, but we must except Spanish Bonds, which are dull. The Five per Cents. are quoted 21-1, and the Three per Cents. 31i ; Mexican have been marked 181 ; Chilian, 91i, and Peruvian, 40. Brazil Bonds have been at 85; Russian Stock has realised 109 to 1091. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been at 54 to I. Railway Shares have been firm again. ONE CLOSING 'RICEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. ...... 89 1 ,6% 89% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Saw 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns lO% % N 90M :Jong Anns. to expire Jan.lB 6o -16 9 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. — .. ti p 26p South Sea Stock Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 500/. Small CTNE RICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account Ditto, Small B4 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lBl4 CLOSLNO PILICES 85 1 4 35 85 1 y 91% 18 1 4 18 1 4 40 Ditto, Account . Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4O Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account — 27 Russian Bonds 109% 109 109 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . Ditto. Account — 21 Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account — 31% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O 39 1 ,E Ditto, Deferred ll 11 Dividends on the above payable is London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild M I4 54 54% 14% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85 3 4% 85 1 4 PRICES OF ?AID. EIFSINESS DONS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 45 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 10 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145 ......... ...... - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun 7% — ... . ......... Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 6 Bristol and Exeter BO Ditto, Thirds . ..... 20 Buckinghamshire... 121. 45. ... Caledonian Dia , Half Shares .. _VA •••• Ditto,ClydesdaleJune 50 Chester and Holyhead-. 37 4, 21% ...... Ditto, Preference l2 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth - Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 174, — ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties........ 21 Ditto (B) 2O ...... ••• Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1...... 61.135. 4d.... ... ....... .... Ditto ditto, Vo. 2...61. 13s. 4d... V s p .. Do., North. & Eastern 58 Do., Quarters ... ...... 12 1 % Do., New Eastern Union 5O ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% -- Ditto, Thirds .......1311.4d.. 1)o. (guar.6 percent.) 10 East Lancashire Ditto, New • Ditto, New Quarters 9 3 4 ...... Last Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .. 44 Ditto, Halt Shares ... 15 .. .. , Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ' — , , Edinburgh and Northern 22 1 ; Ditto, New.. 3 /4 . Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% ..... ........ Dyto, New ............ 2% — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... •..81. 6s. Bd. Glasgow,Kiltnar., & Ayr 50 — Ditto, New ... ...... .-. 40 Do.Preterence Consol. 16 Do., London and York 2%...... ... , lreat South. and West ( Ireland) Great North of Engly.nd.loo ...... Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 301.......... 30 Ditto, New, 15/. Great Western 9O 193 ...... .. ..., Ditto, 1A Shares JO ...... Ditto, 1 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 ..... 9%... -11 10 7 / s ......, Huddersfiehl and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm 17%...... Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 21,4 — , , Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ••1 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Do. Quarter Shares l 4 l, Do. Fifth5... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... 4 1 ,4 die Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponta tract, and Goole).— 47 1 ,E — Do.(W.RidingUnion)4/.25...... 2% dis Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. IA Shares (A)... 9 Ditto ditto (11 ) ••• 1 i Leeds and Bradford...... 59 Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42 1 A. - •••• Do., Half Shares l5 ...... • ••• Do.Newßranch (blue) 2 1 1..... Do. Extension (green) 2 1 A — • Do. New lixten.(pink) 2 1 ,4 — •••••••"' Leeds and Thirsk ..... •36 - •••••••• Ditto, New ...... ....... 22% — 31- i Do., Prefer., 6 per CL Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 2 Liverp., Mnchbtr &New- . . castle Junction 2 1,4 — .. London & Black wa11...131. 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 ... 41. 138.4 d.... :% dis Do. Extension ..... ... 17 2 dii 86 1 21% l i a P 173 44 LONDON, London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Prot. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. 47 Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ....„...••..•• Ditto, Preference... 181 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 - ••• l5l Do., Quarters L. & B. 22 Do., do~ New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 _ .. _ _ _ Do 46/. ares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7 1 ,4 Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 7% Do. 10/. ( & B.) C. 1 Lou &S. Western 6s. 8d.... 541,x............... i to. Now ConsoL Nth, 40 Ntov 50/. ..... 32 1 4.. Do. New 401 . 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 •••••• ••••• Ditto, Thirds Si. 6s. 81..• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Culeraine 27 1 A. ..... ......... Londonderrir and Ennis killen Mamhester,Burton,and Matlock 3 000000 idanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 . Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 714 — Ditto and Grimsby.— 25 Ditto ditto . ........ 7 Ditto ditto • 4% Nit. Sheffield and - Li nco l ns hire 7%. • • handiest. & Southampt. 2 , ,i s — Midlan Al Do.:Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 20/. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ...... ..11/. B s. 6 d... —....-... — Midlnd,Leicest.ls Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish .................... 35 ...... N ewcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 Newairlset & Chesterton& 18% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford — 'Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpotot, and ltostrever 12% — .. Mee a . „.. Norfolk .......... ........ ...100 Do. New 201. .. 5 Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 2 pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfo1k... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .......25 Do. Half Shares, 1 2 1, / x...... 12% 12% Do. Quarters 4% s3a•-• 5l Do. Extension Ditt ,, Thirds Nortl• Staflordshire le ...... 10%7i .. .. ...... 1.0 1 / 2 North Wales North Western 6 ' +xford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton..... 35 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston aad llitchin ... 1% 1 % 1,4 ...... .. .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% —•-- Ditto, New......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm.,. 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves .... ditto 8 — .. •••.•••••••• Ditto Oswestry ... .. 13 Ditto NOW .. Do. II per Cent. Pref 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 - • . .• South Eastern & Dover. 334 1 3 i % Do., No. 1 24 Do., Ns. 2. Do., No. 3 - Do., No. 4 South Wales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 .. ... 1% •• Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ..• 6 few Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... Vale of .Neath ••• .. Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 ...... .. Waterford and Limerick 41 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin. West Cornwall hitehayen & Furness 1$ W indsor, Staines, and South Western........ 625. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ 30 Ystrk, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensioa No. 1 . 15 20 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 1.).. G.N &Preference 8 ...... 10 1 A lO% York and North Midland 50 — Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East aid NV est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 __ . Central of Spain - Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... 1 1,4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain i la. Sambre ... 8 Luxembourg... 6 Lyons and Avignon..... b Madrid and Talentia... It Naraar and Liege l6 ... _ ... ........ ... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ...... Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 54 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 f. -- Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre - Sambre and Meuse IS ••• •. 714 67 , i 7 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nante5........ 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt ...... 16 West Flanders Real Del Monte, Unreg. 104% ~ 59% 20 10 _~ ~~ gi b .1:. 4% die. ... 214 die. 3514 .... % die. %--YESTERI)AT. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American I* Union of London..- - ..... 10 .... London Joint Stock MINES. ... , LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. I.—Wind N.W. by N., light breese, and fine clear frosty weather. DELL, JAN. 31.—Arrd. Gladiator, Bunting, New York. Arrd. from the River sad sailed, Lydford, Sydney, New South Wales; Jannet Wilson, Batavia; Pbcebe, Madras ; Smithamley, Bombe) , ; Fifeshire, Bombay; Richmond, Algoa Bay; Meteor, Sierra Leone; Chilian, Lima; Rowley, Demerara; Ilindostan Cuba; Loodianah, New Orleans; Gentro , Mo bile ; David Can ning, Mobile; Countess of Durham, Cuba; Ann Dash wood, Charleston; Thetis, New Orleans; Ceylon, Mobile; Providence, Coquimbo. Sld. Chilian, Lima ; Ranavalo, Marajatta, Cape Coast Castle. FRASERBURGII, JAN. 28.—The Jane and Catherine, of this port, is on the beach with keel broken amid ships. The James and Mary, Newcastle to Peterheftii, put in here 27th inst. leaky. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—The Aram steamer, hence to Malta and Constantinople, which nail in contact, 23d instant, below Tucker, with the Susquehana, is sup posed to have foundered, as the water had risen above tier furnaces previously to Captain Easterby quitting her, and her light suddenly disappeared as the Susquehana w 9,8 bearing down towards her. MARKET NEW DAY.) EAT DIAItHEITS. SUITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s t• 8/ 12s ; Clover, ditto, 81 103 to 4/ 158 ; aid Straw, 11 38 to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CVNBURLAND.—MefidiDW Hay, Y 1 lOa t• Si 148 ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41103; and Straw, 1133 to 11 105 par load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WIIITECMAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 81 105 to 81 13,; Clover ditto, 31 105 t• 4/ 158 ; and Straw, 11 Ss t• I/ 8s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. Brown's Gas . l6s 6d 'Luton Riddell's 2ll id Haswell 23s ad Lumley Stewart's Adelaide Tees Seymear Tees Tess ..... Ships at market ll9 COIL MARK E' Adair's Main Dean's Primrose ...... 16s 2d Dipton Tanfield 143 6d Hasting's Hartley 2oe $d New Tanfield l5l Od Ord's Redheugh Original Tantield Wylam Wall's End, &e Bewicka and Co 2ls lid ENLARGEMUNT OP ASTLEY I II. This amphitheatre is about to undergo considerable alterations and addi tions, Mr. Batty, the spirited lessee, having purchased some ground at the rear of the building in Stangate street, including the Pheasant public-house. The depth of the stage will be increased between forty and fifty f. et, which will materially add to the effect of spectacles. The roof will also be raised, so that greater height can be given to the upper scenery or " borders," while a new painting room and carpenter's shop will be erected above the stage. These improvements, witls additional machinery, will render the stage more capable for striking dramatic effects than any of the other metro politan theatres. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1846 CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the CONIMON SERGEANT.) Henry Mansell and Henry Essington. were indicted for conspiring to defraud one Richard Wilson, a copperplate manufacturer, residing in George-street, Islington, of property to the value of 691. and upwards. The prisoners, in June last, represented themselves to the prosecutor to be master and servant ; and upon the faith of Mansell's representations, Mr. Wilson was induced to supply them with a large quantity of copperplates for the engraving of a literary work which Mansell pretended he was on the point of pub lishing. The plates were received by Essington, who assumed the character of servant to Mansell. On ascertaining that Mansell was hawking them about for sale, he caused the two defendants to be apprehended, and then it transpired that the plates had been pledged by Mansell with Mr. Brown, the pawnbroker, of Fetter-lane. Upon cross examination, the prosecutor admitted that shortly after the delivery of the plates the de fendant Mansell was engaged upon a Mr. Breeze's work, while Mansell was led to offer the plates for sale through a stratagem which he resorted to of prevailing upon an oilman named Walter to assume the name of Faversham, and wait upon Mansell to induce him to sell the plates. He caused the two defendants to be carried before a police magistrate upon a charge of obtaining goods under false pre tences, but the charge broke down, and the defendants were liberated. Mr. Brown, the pawnbroker, produced the plates, and proved that they were pledged in the name of Mansell. In cross-examination by Mr. CLARKSON, he stated that it was a common practice for artists during periods of temporary distress to pledge their un fieished works. Mansell had repeatedly before pro cured from him ternporarylpecuniary assistance in the same manner. Had no doubt whatever that Mansell pledged these plates merely to supply a momentary want, and intended redeeming them when his affairs improved. Mansell had long 'been in the habit of pledging plates with him, and had as often redeemed them. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the de fence, contending that no case of conspiracy had been made out. The plates were intended for engravings to illustrate the letter-press of Breeze's " Series of Engineering Works on Railway Practice," and several of the plates had actually been used for that purpose ; but Mansell, before the work was completed, fell into difficulties and pledged some of the others to supply his temporary wants. The transaction ought to be viewed in the light of a common debt. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. 42 1 ,4 - 471/2 - 73/4 54% 43 28th 5 LA MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Sessions commenced this morning at Hicks's Hall, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistant- Judge, and Mr. Witham. The Learned JUDGE, in charging the grand jury, then took occasion to make know❑ a new arrange ment which the Magistrates had adopted, and which would come into operation this day for the first time. It was, that the Court should take the cases of male prisoners only on the first day, and of females only on the second—the bail cases to be tried as usual on the Thursday. By this arrangement one half the loss of time hitherto incurred in attendance at these sessions would be saved to prosecutors and witnesses, as they would have to attend only one day at most. In the course of the morning, after several cases of petty larceny had been disposed of, The Learned SERGEANT observed to the jury, that they might already perceive the great benefit of the new arrangement, not only in the diminution of the numbers which used heretofore to crowd the court and its approaches on the first morning of the sessions, but also in the unwonted order and quiet which pre vailed. Win. "larding, a boy, fifteen years old, and two or three other lads about the same age, were con victed of various thefts, and it appearing that they hxd each Leen previously convicted, and had suffered different terms of imprisonment, together with whip ping, the Judge sentenced them to be transported beyond the seas for seven years, observing that these cases showed how entirely useless was the punish ment of flogging. Upon hearing the sentence of transportation pro nounced, some women, relations of the prisoners, broke out into violent screaming, and exclamations of " Oh, my Lord, mercy, mercy 1" and one of the youths had to be removed from the dock by force, protesting that he " would not be transported." The JUDGE, addressing one of the women, who was in a ♦iolent paroxysm of grief, said that the sentence of transportation was only formal, and that her boy would be withdrawn from temptation and bad company to the asylum at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, where he would be taught a useful trade, and have a chance of returning to society an honest man. POT STEALING.—Two prisoners convicted of pot stealing were sentenced each to four months' impri sonment with hard labour, the Judge declaring that n no case of pot stealing would he pass a more enient sentence, as the offence was very much on the increase. 20 3 / 4 7 3 / 4 1 1 ,4 30 2 31% 5' 17% 3514 15% la 14 BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Sylvester Walsh, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, was charged before Mr. Henry with dis charging a pistol at Sophia Summers, with intent to murder her. The complainant stated that she met the pri soner near the Lyceum Theatre, at half-past one o'clock this morning, and accompanied him at his request to the Brunswick Hotel, in Bow-street, where, after drinking two pints of wine, they went to bed. In about an hour and a half she got up, and the pri soner insisted that she should go to bed again. On her refusing he said he would do for her, and going to one of his pockets he produced a pistol, which he presented at her. She thought he was only joking, and said laughing, " Oh, you don't mean that," to which he replied, " Oh, but I do, though," and instantly klis - charged the pistol at her. The ball passed through the wainscot of the room. She attempted to es cape, but he pulled her back, and, she thought, loaded the pistol again, and was presenting it at her when the porter of the house and other persons came into the room, alarmed by the report of the pistol, and she ran up stairs The prisoner said the complainant's statement was for the most part a fabrication. It was true that he showed her the pistol, but he allowed her to take it out of his hand, when she discharged it either inten tionally or by accident. He said this was evident from the direction in which the ball went. The ball, which was found on the stairs, was pro duced by the porter. Mr. HENny adjourned the case to give the prisoner time to obtain legal assistance, and have the wains cot examined, for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther the direction of the shot would corroborate his statement. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY Robert Cragg and George Hedger, two suspicious looking fellows, were brought before Mr. Binghan charged on suspicion of stealing two silver tea caddies Sims, E 32, said about three o'clock yesterday afternoon he was on duty in Tottenham-court road, when his attention wa s called to Mr. Keyser's shop. lie went in and saw the prisoner Cragg offering ior sale a silver caddy and the pieces of another now produced. He asked them how they came by them, and as they would not give a satisfactory account"as to how they came possessed of them, be took them into custody. Louis Bandon, ahopman to Mr. Keyser, said the prisoner Cragg came into his employer's shop and offered the articles produced for sale. Witness asked him if they were his own property ? The prisoner replied, "No, they are not, a Man sent me with them to sell. Witness told him he should not purohase them unless he saw the man whos ent him. The prisoner Hedger then came in and said • • t was all right, the silver was his property." Witness, however, had his suspicions that all was not right, s.nd sent for a constable and gave them in charge. The prisoners, who declined to say from whom they got the property, were remanded till Thursday., -STREET, WORSHIP —(THIS DAY.) James and William Edgar, brothers, were charged as follows : William Butler, sworn constable at the Britannia Theatre, lioxton Old Town, deposed that about nine o'clock last evening his attention was aroused to a portion of the pit in which a disturbance had sud denly brcken out, and where he learnt that a lady had been robbed. He remonstrated with the pri soner James Edgar, who appeared to be foremost in the row, but was assailed i n return w ith th e mos t opprobrious epithets, and on his attempting to remove him the prisoner struck him in the face. This was quickly followed by repeated blows from the prisoner William Edgar, and witness was knocked down and fur the moment rendered insensible. The prisoners d made a rambling defence, and Mr. HAMMILL, adresing, said that he should call upon the prisoner James Edgar to pay a fine of 205., or fourteen days imprisonment, an d the prisoner William Edgar, who had behaved so cowardly as to strike and kiJ. the officer while he was engaged with the former prisoner, to pay the penalty of 405., or one months' imprisonment. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 29.—We have had an improving market during the whole of the we, k, and prices are fully Is. per cwt. dearer than they were this day week. Our supply is becoming very short. There is a good demand for rums, and prices must he quoted 2d. per gallon dearer There have not been any arrivals daring the week. IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION. CLONMEL, JAN. '29. The examination of the witnesses for the Crown in the trial of Daly and Roughen, for the murderous attack on Mr. Bailey, was continued last evening after the post left. A policeman named Martin said he had examined the ground, and tracked footsteps from that part of the field whence the shots were fired to Cleary's Fort. He also found near it a bottle that had con tained whisky. Dwyer had stated that Daly had brought acme whisky with him in a bottle, but the bottle itself he could not identify. A little boy, named Clark, said he was hanging on behind Mr. Bailey's gig at the time the shot was fired. He knew Mr. Bailey was hit, and he ran directly to the horse's head. As soon as the horse was stopped he went for the police. The boy was leaving the table, but was recalled, and said that he distinctly heard the word" halt !" uttered by some one just before the shot was fired. A man named Shanaghan proved that on the day after the outrage he saw Roughen and Carty in Nenagh, and that they went out of the town for a walk, but that they objected to go past the police barracks near the spot where Mr. Bailey was fired at, the inference being that they were afraid of being arrested on account of the attack. A young man named Whelan, who, on his cross examination, admitted that he was in custody for stealing a gun, and whose ideas upon the crime of murder appeared to be as lax as those of the approver Garraghan, said that on the Saturday night on which the attack was made he saw Garraghan and the pri soners and two other persons at a public-house in Nenagh, and they said they wanted him to go out with them about some business, but they did not tell him what it was, and he refused to go. In his infor mation he stated that when he heard afterwards of the attack on Mr. Bailey, he thought it must have been to that the men referred. It being then late in the afternoon, the case was adjourned until this morning. The first witness examined to-day was a tall, reck less young fellow, named Nicholas Garraghan, and his evidence presented a sad picture of the depraved condition of the lower elasses of this country. He said that Daly was married to his aunt, and that he had been living with him for two months before the attack. He had several conversations with Daly about Mr. Bailey's being shot. Daly said Mr. Bailey was running him out of his house and home on account of a writ, and he must have him shot. He asked witness to do it, and he said he would, but that it would be a bad job to him (Daly), as he would be the first taken up on account of the writ. About a fortnight before the outrage was committed, Mr Connor, who was also related to him, offered him a suit of clothes if he would shoot Mr. Bailey, but he refused unless they would give him money enough to take him out. That was agreed to, and Connor told him that he was then going to meet two other boys about the same business. They afterwards met, by appointment, at a public-house in Nenagh. Roughen, Carty, Ryan, and Daly, were there, and all except himself were drinking whisky. Roughen said it would be a good thing to shoot Mr. Bailey, as he had been tumbling houses at Dun garrah. They pressed him to go with them ; he at first refused, but on their importuning him he at last consented. Roughen had a gun, and Carty said he had a case of pistols. They accordingly started from Nenagh for the pupose of shooting the unfortunate gentleman, but they were so drunk that the witness said he would not go further, and they all turned back. From that time he did not see any of the party until the Thursday after Mr. Bailey was at tacked ; but on that day he met Roughen, Ryan, and Carty at Hayes's public house in Nenagh, and Ryan then asked him why he had turned back on the first night. His answer was that they were too drunk, and he was afraid of the police. Roughen said, " Didn't I do the job well I downed him." " Whisht," said Ryan. " Oh, no fear," said Roughen, " there's nobody here to speak of it," and he repeated his words, " I did it well—l downed him." Ryan then said, " Oh, as to that, we all had a hand in it. He is not dead yet, but he may be down in a short time." On his cross-examination he said, he agreed to murder Mr. Bailey because Daly and Connor, who had asked him to do it were related to him. " Then," said Mr. RoeeesTon, " I suppose you'd murder me if they had asked you." "By Gob, I would," was his reply. Tke miscreant had been to mass on one of the Sundays on which he had consented to be a party to the murder. Peggy Kenna, a servant at Hayes's public-house, re membered Garraghan's being there on the Thursday after Mr. Bailey was shot, aid that two or three other men were with him. Constable Harris said, he was searching for Roug hen, after the attack on Mr. Bailey, and on the 21st of December he saw him about four miles from his own house, but as he was armed with a double bar relled gun, and had some one with him, the witness, who was alone, did not arrest him. He kept a watch upon him, and on the 2Gth of December, believing him to be at a certain house, he went there with a party of police and found Roughen concealed under a table. Ten or twelve men were sitting round it at the time, playing at cards. Roughen had a case of pistols, loaded, but he made no resistance. Daly was arrested on the 22d of November, in his own house. Dr. Quin, of Nenagh, said that he had attended Mr. Bailey from within half an hour of the attack to the present time. The unfortunate gentleman was wounded by two bullets, one entering at the back of the neck near the ear, passed through the mouth, carrying away five of the front teeth; the other shat tered the right jaw, and came out through the mouth. His face was also slightly wounded by some shot, as if he had received it in turning his head. For three weeks there was little hope of his recovery, and although improving, he was still unable to travel. Mr. Bailey's clerk produced some books, showing that Daly was indebted to Mr. Rowny 601. 13s. It appeared (though of course it was not put in evidence) that Daly had been forgiven upwards of 1001. arrears. The case for the Crown having concluded, Mr. ROLLESTON addressed the jury for the prisoners, and contended that there was not sufficient evidence to show that either of the prisoners was actually engaged in the outrage, especially with regard to Roughen, the case against him resting entirely on the testi mony of Garraghan, who was a party to the t ran saction; or if the prisoners were engaged in it, then the fair supposition was that they intended only to rob Mr. Bailey, and not to murder him. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in his reply, argued, that although Garraghan had consented a fortnight before to be a party to the attack, yet on that oc casion he had withdrawn, and, as he was not en gaged in the actual outrage, his testimony might be received as that of a person who was not parti aeps critninis, and therefore not requiring corrobo ration. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, however, in summing up, said that the evidence of Whelan went to show that, although Garraghan had withdrawn on the first occasion, yet that he had a continuing intention of being a party to shooting Mr. Bailey. His evidence therefore must be viewed es that of a party to the transaction, and it was for them to say how far it was corroborated by the other witnesses ; but with out some corroboration it would not be safe to rely on it. The jury then retired, and after an absence of about ten minutes returned with a verdict of Guilty as to Daly, but Not Guilty as to Roughan. Roughan, however, was not discharged, and he will now be in dicted for the conspiracy. The prisoners having been removed, A young man named Thomas Brill was placed in the dock, charged with assaulting a respectable farmer near Roscrea, on the 16th of November last, and robbing him of 861. There was no feature of interest in the ease, and it was not concluded at post hour. It is expected that the proceedings of the Com mission here will not be concluded until Tuesday or Wednesday next. and robbery of 31. 7s. O. from Matthew Ryan, near Annacotty ; Denis Flynn, assaulting the habitation of Mary Bouvanizer ; Thomas Newman, attacking the dwelling of Richard Bennis, at Glenacurra. Total under rule of transportation, 18. To be Imprisoned.—For two years—Daniel Nunan, Michael Collins, and William Duggan, burglariously entering into the dwelling of Thomas Mitchell, of Ballinahinch ; Thomas Hinchey, firing into the dwelling of Michael M`Carthy, at Kilonihan ; John and Laurence M Donnell and William Slattery, rob bery of money from the house of John Slattery, at Ballynanty. For twelve months—Michael Looney, assisting the abduction of Catherine Molony ; John Frewen, harbouring a felon ; Patrick and Ambrose Cummins, stealing a gun from the house of Mr. T, P. Yokes, Roxborough-road. For nine months—. James Healy, Thomas Walsh, John Walsh, Thomas Moore John Rourke, Michael Falvey, Michael Glee son, David Connell, Connor Daly, Connor Tracy, Patrick Ahern, and Thomas Guerin, riotous assembly at Bruree. For six months—Thomas Frewen, har bouring a felon Total to be imprisoned, 24. Total number of prisoners tried, convicted, and sentenced, 38. CLARE. To be Hanged—On the 15th of February, Patrick Ryan (" Small") and Thomas Hayes, for the mur der of Mr. James Watson, of Ballycorney; James Crowe, conspiring to murder the same gentleman, on the 19th of February; Michael Butler and Matthew Ilourigan, for the murder of Patrick Cleary, at Broadford, on the 17th of February. Sentence of death was recorded against John M'lnerheny, Patrick and John Guerin, and Charles Healy, f or th e mur d er o f Thady M'Mahon, at Caher humore ; also against Michael M'Mahon, for conspir- Ing to murder Matthew Boland, at Claremont. To be Transported for Fourteen years—John Lyddy, Patrick Canny, Michael Hickey, and Michael Skehan, for attacking and robbing the house of Mr. William Walsh, of Trough ; John Slattery, Michael Murphy, and Daniel M'Namara, for attacking the house of Thomas Hennessy, of Ballaboy. For Ten years—Owen Lyddy and Timothy O'Brien, for at tacking the house of John Hogan, of Knockbrack. To be Imprisoned for Two years—Patrick Cusack, appearing in arms, and firing at a house, the property of Mr. J. P. Molony. For Eighteen Months—John McNamara, John and Patrick Connors, and Michael M'Cormack, assaulting the care-taker of William Griffin, at Broadford, and stealing a gun; James Hurse, James Duggan, Laurence Shanahan, and John M'Mahon, posting a threatening notice on the gate of Mr. Crofton M. Vancieleur ; Pat Cunning ham, Martin Molony, and Thomas King, attacking the house of Patrick Bourke, at Barnagh. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAT. The betting on the Chester Cup materially increased the list of favourites, and at the same time brought some horses that were in considerable favour last week into more plominent notice; these were Cracow, Jona than Wild, Swiss Boy, War Eagle, Rufus, and Lady Hylda; Cracow had by far the strongest party, and was almost, if not quit*, as good a favourite as Blaze. Of the outsiders the Hetman Platoff colt was most in re• quest; an immense acceptance is expected. The Derby betting was slack, and, except as it regarded Can't's, who was in force at 30 to 1, and Keraun, against whom 40 to 1 was betted, was without any change of moment. Closing prices:— LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Mr. I'. Westley's Gayhurst— taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. W. llolman's Edward the First—t LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 80 to 1 agst Standard Guard—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham—t 12 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Millwood—taken CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Blaze—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Cracow-30 to 1 taken freely 30 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken 33 to 1 art Mr. Greville's Jonathan Wild—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy —taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle-40 to 1 tkn 35 to 1 agst Mr. Henderson's Lady Hylda—t 40 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's The Swallow—taker 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clumsy—taken 40 to 1 agst CoL Anson's Queen Mary—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Edslison's Hetman Platoff colt 50 tot taken freely 45 to 1 agst Mr. C. Marson's Rufus—taken 1,000 to 20 spit Mr. Watts's Chat—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Maid of my Soul—t 2,000 to 35 agat Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell—t 2,000 to 35 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Pantomime—taken 3,000 to 45 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar—taken 1,000 to 15 aget Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel—taken 1,000 to 15 ugst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken 1,000 to 15 aget Mr. Drinkald's Pillage—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—tkn 1,000 to 15 agat Lord Strathmore's Tit Bit—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy—taken 1,000 to 10 agat Mr. Neilson's West Couutryman—t DERBY. 9to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice 12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—take 13 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault—taken to 2504 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. B. Day's Nil Desperandum—t 30 to 1 agat Mr. Payne's Cervus—taken freely 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Keraun—taken to 3501. 2,000 to 50 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris—taken and offered 1,000 to 20 agat Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Sir J. B. Mills's Deerstalker—taken CHESTER CUP. The following horses had been scratched on Sunday evenin Chemisette Raisthorpe Chantieleer Executor Jock o'nezledeen King of the Forest Romance. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The unfavourable state of , the weather prevented her Majesty walking out this morning. The Royal Family were prevented by the same cause from taking their accustomed exercise in the Castle pleasure grounds. His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal High ness was attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived to luncheon with the Queen and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of the Belgians, from her resi dence, Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by her Lady in Waiting, is expected to ar rive at the Castle this evening, from her residence at Kew. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse is also expected to arrive this evening, from Kew, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Aberdeen and Colonel Wylde are ex pected to arrive cn a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Lady in Waiting of the Queen of the Belgians, La Mar quise de Trazeynies:; the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard ; the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir George Couper, Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-Col. Craufurd, commanding the Grenadier Guards. The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. A. meeting of the Royal Commissioners to inquire into the Merchant Seamen's Fund sat at the Board of Trade yesterday, for three hours and a half. The Commissioners present were Lord Ellenborough, Sir William Clay, Sir Edward Codrington, and Mr. Enderby. George Scovell, Esq., and G. F. Young, Esq., were examined. Mr. Moffatt, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,lat his official residence in Downing- street. The Chief Secretary for Ireland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of New South Wales and South Australia. Dispatches were G received at the Colonial-office on Sunday, from tovernors of the West India Colo nies, and also from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, New Zealand, the Mauritius, Malta, and Gibraltar. CANADA.—We extract the following from the 1 Toronto Globe of the 22d December :--` It will be seen ' by the following telegraphic dispatch, received on Sa turday morning, that Mr. Turcotte has been appointed Solicitor-General for Canada East, and Mr. Gowan Supervisor of Canals:—New Appointments —Secretary's Office, Montreal, Dec. 15, 1847.—His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to make the follow ing appointments, viz.:—The lion. John A. Macdonald to be Commissioner of Crown Lands, in the place of the Hon. D . B. Papiueau, resigned ; the Hon. Francis Pierre Bruneau to be Receiver-General of the province of Canada, in the place of Hon. John A. Macdonald, ap pointed Commissioner of Crown Lands; the Hon. Francis Pierre Bruneau to be member of her Majesty's Executive Council of the Province of Canada; John Edouard Turcotte, Esq., to be Solicitor-General for that part of the province of Canada formerly Lower Canada:: Joseph Edouard Turcotte, Esq., to be a Quet.its Counsel, in that part of the province formerly Lower Canada; Ogle IL Gowan, Esq., to be Supervise!. of 1 o s, on the St. Lawrence Canals, west of Lachine.' __ FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENTS AT WIGAN. Un Saturday last three men were killed by the breaking of a rope, at Haigh colliery. On the same day two boys were killed, by the falling in of the roof at Rose Bridge Colliery; and on Tuesday last Henry Sharrock, banks a wife and two children man, at Mr. Blundell's colliery, Pemberton, fell down the pit and was killed, leaving to lament his loss.—Preston Chronicle. LIMERICK, The following is a summary of convictions at the Special Commission for this county from the opening to the close on Saturday evening : To be Hanged—On the 7th of February—William Ryan (" l'uck") for the murder of John Kelly, at I Knocksentry ; Andrew Dea, for the murder of Edward Murphy, at Duntryleague. On the 11th of February—John Renehan, for the murder of John APlnerig, of Adamstown. On the 22d of February —James Skehan and James Quaine, for the murder of Mr. Ralph Hill, at Rathurd; Michael Howard, for the murder of Johanna and Cornelius Hourigan, at Ballycullen, near Croom. Total, six for execution. To be Transported for Life—William a re en, of New Garden, for harbouring William Ryan (Puck), knowing him to be charged , a ith felony ; Patrick Bourke, attacking the dwelling -of Christopher Mil ler, at Coolabrown; D en i s Ryan, attacking the dwelline , of John Nunan, at Ballyguila; John Shaughnessy and John Hassett, assault and robbery , of arms from the residence of Mr. C. Meade, at Ballyegna. For Fourteen Yea rs—John Farrell, being of an armed party that attacked the house of Richard Burkman ; Daniel Looney, Michael Madigan, Jere miah Garvin, and Pat Gleason, aiding in the abduc tion of Catherine Molony, of Lisnamuck. For Ten Years—Patrick Richardson, Maurice Darcy, Michael Kennedy, and John Connery, being of an armed party that attacked the house of W. Staunton, of Glenacurra ; Michael Callagan, attack ing the house of John Carroll, at Crean. For Seven Years—John Collins, violent assau: -, F 7, II I\-4 d THE BISHOP OF EXEUR 'A__ HIS VICTIM. (From the Western Times.) Mr. Gorham, the clergyman who'd' the Bishop of J.::,:5 4 , 4 * Exeter refuses to institute to the livititz of Brampford Speke, on the presentation of the Crovi he has harassed by an examination oCteleral days, Fmt one day continuing it eleven hours ana'ashalf), is a clergyman of thirty- seven years' standing in the ministry, and graduated with high honours at Cambridge. He obtained all the prizes in his col lege whilst an under-graduate. In 1808 he gained • the University medal for " The Morrisian Divinity Essay," before he had taken his degrees; and a divinity prize in his college soon after. In 1809 he was the third wrangler, and divided the Smith's prize (the highest mathematical honour the University has to bestow on her Alumni) with the senior wrangler, the present Judge Alderson. He was immediately selected by the late Mr. Wilberforce and the Dean of Carlisle as tutor to a distinguished nobleman. In 1810 he was elected Fellow of Queen's College, and he retained that preferment seventeen years. In 1820 he was offered the senior tutorship, but declined it, being engaged in ministerial work. He was the only competitor with Professos Sedgwick for the geological chair. His literary, scientific, and theo logical attainments, induced the late L or d Ch ance ll or Lyndhurst to give him the valuable living of St. Just, in Cornwall, worth more than 5001. a year; but the situation in some respects not being congenial, Mr. Gor ham gladly accepted, on the presentation of the Crown, the living of Brampford Spoke, although the income is nearly3oo/.per annum less. Mr. Gorham has always been respected by, and on the most friendly terms with, the four bishops in whose dioceses he has at different times had ministerial duty—and this is the man whom the Bishop of Exeter scruples to admit on the presenta tion of the Crown to the vicarage of Brampford Speke. When the presentation was tendered to the Bishop he said nothing about examination, allowed Mr. Gorham to return into Cornwall, pack up his furniture, and make all necessary arrangements for the removal of his family, and when insti tution was demanded it was refused, until the Bishop had examined Mr. Gorham. Mr. Gorham went to Exeter for the purpose of being examined, but the Bishop declined doing so, until after his return from London, and appointed Mr. Gorham to wait on him at Bishopstowe. The Bishop kept Mr. Gorham waiting a whole month at Torquay for his threatened examination, whilst he was " lingering in London," and endeavouring to check the Queen and her Minis ters in another diocese, neglecting this urgent business in his own. The Bishop first tried to poison the ear of the Lord Chancellor by inscrib ing on Mr. Gorham's testimonials an insinuation of his doctrine not being pure, but Lord Cot tenham was too honourable a man to listen to such aspersions, and presented the living to 11/r. Gorham, notwithstanding the Bishop's remon strance. Now the real offence committed by Mr. Gorham was, that he successfully opposed the Bishop's attempt to prevent his appointing a curate who did not hold the Bishop's favourite dogma of baptismal regeneration, and Mr. Gorham, then in correspond ence with the Bishop, declared, in respectful but firm language, he would oppose Tractarian error in every form and by every means in his power. The Bishop denounced this independent Presbyter, who dared to uphold the doctrines of the Reformation, as a man of broken vows, and seized on the earliest opportunity of reprisal, by summoning Mr. Gorham to Bishopstowe for examination, which, under protest, Mr. Gorham submitted to, and replied at great length to seventy-eight questions, on the alone subject of baptismal regeneration. The Bishop was little aware of the firm Christian spirit, and the intellectual superiority of the man whom he had forced into conflict with him, and on the third day of the examination the Bishop inti mated that if Mr. Gorham would not publish—the examination should terminate favourably. But Mr. Gorham felt that the interests of the Church were too deeply involved in this proceeding to think of his own welfare primarily, and, nothing daunted by the Bishop, he declined making such a stipulation, and the examination was continued with increased acri mony, until Mr. Gorham's physical strength failed, and he was obliged to suspend examination at Bishop stowe, although it was continued in Torquay, for the Bishop sent him eight questions of enormous length, and " Cardall's Conferences " to read, and give his opinion in writing. On Friday, the 7th, Alr.:Gorham again applied for institution, which was refused until further examination had taken place, and Mr. Gorham was summoned to Bishopstowe on Monday, the 10th, and peremptorily ordered to reply categorically to the questions that might be proposed. Having already been detained three months from his parish and family on this business, and being convinced the Bishop did not mean to institute, but to harass hint still further, Mr. Gorham departed to London on Monday, the 10th, to seek legal redress, and the whole correspondence and examination will soon be before the public, and it is hoped that the Noble Lord at the head affairs will interpose some check on this prelate, who relying on his own infallibility, sets up his standard of doctrine in opposition to the Thirty-nine Articles, and who would fain excommu nicate all the clergy from his diocese who do not view the doctrine in the same light as he does himself. Constant reader ! you recollect the gentle admoni tions which Bishop Phillpotts passed on that con victed and notorious drunkard, the Rev. Thomas Jones Laden—contrast the mild sentence on the drunkard, with the harassing and offensive conduct towards the gentleman and the scholar—and, thank Heaven, if you be not in holy orders, and bearing the yoke of this diocese. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morn ing a fire broke out at the cotton factory of Messrs. Binns and Dean, Dukinfield, near Ashton-under- Line, which was attended with the destruction of property to a large amount. A fortnight ago last Sunday morning a fire broke out in the same mill, which completely destroyed one portion of it, extend ing to nine windows in length, the mill being five stories high, which did damage to the extent of about 8,0001. On the present occasion the fire was first observed in the fourth story by three youths who were passing at the time ; they gave an alarm, and in about twenty minutes the Ashton town fire engines, together with five private engines belonging to various millowners and others, were brought to play upon the flames. Owing to the floor in the room above being formed of three-inch planks, the fire was a considerable time before it got into it, which gave the firemen an op portunity of getting to work before the flames got much a-head. The destructive element was con fined chiefly to the room in which it first commenced its ravages, and one portion of the room above, both of which were filled with spinning jennies. The damage, however, will be very considerable, not only from the fire, but from the quantity of water thrown into the building amongst the machinery. At pre:ient it is impossible to calculate the amount, but it is 5 ap posed to exceed several thousand pounds. The firm is insured in the Globe, Sun, Phatnix, and Liverpt Fire Insurance Companies. During the fire several persons had hairbreadth escapes, one man, namod. Samuel Mason, an overlooker at the mill, ventured to cuter the attic, when he fell through the floor, and was caught by his arms between the beams, the machinery . in the room below being all on fire ; some men went to his assistance and succeeded in releasing him from his perilous situation. He did not sustain much in jury beyond the fright occasioned by the fall. The whole of the mill will now be stepped for some time, throwing out of employment up w ards of 300 work people. The origin of this, as well as the other fire, remains as yet a myst er y ; a s t r i c t i nve stigation, how ever, is now likely to be made both by the police authorities and the various insurance companies - .Several thousand persons left their beds to go an d. witness the fire, and during the whole of Sunday' parties from a distance came to view the scene of destruction. THE POST-OFFICE AUTHORITIES AND THE MAIL GCARDS.—Considerable sensation has been excited among the above body of public servants by the recep tion, by nine of them, under ten years standing in. 'the service, of official letters, informing them that after a certain date they will no longer be called upon to per form duty on tlie establishment. The notice also stsites that the Postmaster-General has agree d t o allow to each man a bonus of 501., to be paid when the ter m of servi tude is ordered to cease and determine. On Satvaday morning several of the guards met, upon their arrivul by /he night mails, to take preliminary steps for the pur pose of representing the hardness of these ncod ndex h it i ons to to the heads of her Majesty's Treasury, a their Lordships the injustice of the reduction to men about to become entitled to the allowance to which they consider they have a claim under the Act of William IV., cap. 24. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW -TAX.—A meeting was held yesterday at the Guildhall, Bath, over which the the Legislature. The meeting Mayor (Mr. W. Hunt) presided; for the purpose of passing resolutions for the repeal of the tax upon win datftoernidti.tioTnihnegre were present, besides (Wier Sows, w e a l n i both of whom addressed the meeting at Con ley, MY- , siderable length on the subject of the resolutions, stud e xpressed their concurrence in the view taken by those present as to the repeal of the tax. The Mayor, haying explained the objects for which the meeting was con vened, the Rev. J. Newell, Admiral Gordon, Mr. T. Barrett, Mr. Greene, Mr. C. Bolwell, and other gentle men moved and seconded the resolutions, which ',rare adopted unanimously, and the meeting broke up. DESTRUCTION OF A CORNMILL DT: FIRE, AT BOOTLE.—On Sunday, about ten o'clock, a fire (pro duced, it is supposed, by friction, the wind being high at the time) broke out at the windmill, situate in Bootle village, belonging to the Earl of Derby, and occupied by: Mr. Smith. The mill was completely destroyed,— Liverpool Mercury. I / l 7,1 ~~~ 1 ~M