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

LLOYD'S SHIPPING..--. f THIS DA Y.) T,otvn a, F RB. 2.—Wind r ,o,n S W. light hrecz and 6.,a e.,•!, BRISTOL, JAN. 31.—Wina W., str,ug.—Arrd. Pro.- perous, Jones, Zante. NEWPORT, JAN. 31.—Wind %V.—And. Marchioness of Bute, M`Rivett, Quebec. SWANSEA, FEB. I.—Wind W.S.W.—And. Thomas Bell, Ford, Cuba. WATERFORD. JAN. 31. —Wind N.W. to W.N.W. and S.S.E.—SId. Star, Newfoundland. BELFAST, JAN. 31.—Wind Ecstace, Mowat, Taganrog. WARRENPOINT, JAN. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Spin ner, Smith, ConstantinotlP. LOWESTOFT, FEB. I.—A French brig struck on Corton Sands last evening, but was assisted off, and put on the beach full of water. Tho Tom has put in here leaky,:with cargo shifted. ANTWERP, JAN. 31.—The Propentis Russian brig wall wrecked on the coast of Troy previous to 10,,t, January. RAMSGATE. FEB. I,—The Hebe, of Gotenburg, from Newcastle to Malta, has pat in here leaky, having struck On the Verne. HARRINGTON, JAN. 30.—There are now washing on shore here a number of pigs, with an oar branded C. D. and Co., painted black, 16 feer, long. A chest has come on the beach, evidently en emigrant's, marked "John Phelan." DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind W.S.W.; Feb. 1, S.W. by W., strong; P.M., W. to W.S.W.—A rr d. B ernhard, Al tone; Hibernia, Maloay, New York; Vivid, Pittnek, St. Michael's; Landforel, arrived from River for Rio Janeiro; James Holmes, Head, Demerara ; Scotsman, Sinclair, Santa Martha; Lady Rowena, Malta; Thomas Blyth, Garwood, Mauritius ; Flora M'Donald, Proud, San Francisco ; Claudia Peale, Demerara ; Richard Mount, Colin, Bahia; Louisa Williams, St. Lucia; Ocean Queen, Doane, New York; Perseverance and Quiver, St. Michael's; Elizabeth Lewis, Law, Odessa; Thespians, Constantinopl e . P at back, Liberia and Calmins, Con stantinople; Great Britain, Wilson, Callao. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Wind S. ; Feb. 1., N. W.— Arrd. Pakinham, Dougle, Bombay; Susan Hincks, Gay, New Orleans; Denmark, Thompson, Mobile; Princeya, New Orleans; Excelsior, Smith, Mobile; John Bunyan, Nichols, Apalachicola ; Lismahagow, Gunter, St. John's, New Brunswick, Secret, Collings, Patras; Sheridan, Cornish, New York; Model and Senator, St. John's, New Brunswick; Cambria steamer, Boston, on freight 65,000 dollars. Sid. Metoka, New Orleans: Mary Florence, Baltimore; Canada steamer, New York. DARTMOUTH, FEB. I.—Wind W.—Slcl. Jane Good rear, Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind W.S.W. to W., strong and squally.; Feb. 1., W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. G. F. D., Llewellin, Valparaiso; Mariner, Westcott, Girgenti. Off port Eleanore and Henriette, Porto Rico. ....QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 30.—Wind W.N.W.; Jan. 31., atrong.—Artd. Cannata, Trelson, Mauritius; British Yeoman, Turner, Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind S.S.W. to W.; Feb. 1 ) VC —Put back, Dart, Madeira and Gamble. COWES, FEB. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. George, La o. nayra. STORNAWAY, JAN. 28.—The Nancy, of and from Har -140m, for Westport, has been blown off the coast of Leland, and was stranded and sunk on the west end of Berneray Lochroy 24th January; crew saved. Wind s trong from S.W, stormy weather. MARKET NE WS.-(TH[S DAY) CORN EXCHANGE—(MONDAY.) Most of the country markets held on Saturday were tolerably well, but not to say extensively, supplied with horae-grown Wheats, in which a good business was doing, at an advance in the quotations of from is to, in some instances, 3s per quarter. Foreign Wheats were held at much higher rates. The Barley trade ruled active, and prices improved is to 2s per quarter. Malt and Oats advanced is per quarter. Beans and Peas 'Mc. Indian Corn and Flour were again dearer. No material change has taken place in the value of fFlour in the French markets, but those up t h e B a l t i c 44, e been active for all grain, at steadily improving currencies. Accounts have come to hand to the effect that the shipments of grain from the whole of the Rus sian ports h ave b een p ro hibited. The latest ad v i ces from N ew York state that Flour was on the advance. The arrival s o f E ng li s h g r a in up to our market hat Week were small, whilst those from abroad were confined to 1,449 quarters of Wheat; 1,372 Oats; 5,6 4 5 Beans; 174 P eas; 17 Tares; 4,559 Linseed; 254 sundry Seeds; 200 sack s and 3,518 barrels of Flour. A very limited supply of Wheat came fresh to hand t his morning from Kent, but there was a slight increase AU the receipts from Essex and Suffolk, coastwise. From the midland districts the arrivals by land carriage were the show of sampl es o f b oth red and white was compare- Yvely trifling, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of h ome produce was somewhat inactive. The falling off In the demand, however, i s solely to be attributed to the damp state in which the supply came to hand—a large portion of it being "holly unfit for grinding purposes, Without a lar ge a d mixtur e of dry foreign. In some in stances, ;therefore, Is oep actualted v a lueis y t h o e f p er quarter less money was ac cepted yet we may observe that the allow for the depreciated value, the result of the prevail ing " k i nds remaine d unaltered, if w e wet weather. The ic e - • acto 'fairy for f orward delivery parcels was less tve, rs arising f rom the fi rmness on the part of the grwe. Sc arcely any fresh Foreign Wheat was brought for :bWard; b ut the show of samples, ex granary, was toler _eiy? extensive. A full average business was doing in qualities, at full rates of currency. In all other "Inds very few transactions were reported. :Pleating cargoes of Wheat off Falmouth sold slowly, 1 1 the r ates demanded by the owners were considerably vcra the limits received from Holland. The /n o supply of Barl e y b e i ng very sma ll , t h at art i cle Per of freely, a t a f urt h er rise in the quotations of is r"F..quarter, at which a c l earance was speedily effected. , zi alt was in mo d erate supply and good request, at is l'erjuarter more money for fine samples. we were very scantily supplied with Oats. Selected it7 a 'Ples were the turn higher, whilst damp samples sold previous rates. Ia Beans less business was doing. In prices, however, e have no ch ange to report. :Felts were dull in sale, but not lower. Ind ian Corn was held a t comparat i vely high fi gures. .the nominal top price of English Flour was 43s per taolb 5 . French an d A mer i can parcels were in good re quest. Vfl,. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. at--Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier—. • • 55s to 60s Red ........ 40s to 45s Oats— Yorkshire and pitto.White, New 423 53s Lineolnsh., Feed. 19s 22s Norfolk and Lin- Potato Coln, Red..... 40s 453 Yonghal and Cork, +int o , w hite .. 425 495 Black .•• • • 218 Irish, Red ••• ••• • • —IS —3 Cork, White ... • • 193 22s 4 3 , 7. 3 --s Scotch, Feed. .... 22s 26, - - - :01d . .:.......... 26s 29s Beans—Tick......... 25s 308 @ z0rw............. 26s 288 Pigeons •• • 278 33. Irle y r i nd i ng ... .. 25s 28s Peas m —Grey.........' :::: : : •.: •••• 2 2 % %I. k_ehkiting . .... 2" V: evaller •• ••• • •' • 346 White— •••• ••• • • 26s 29: Boilers •—•• • • • • 32s 34. --‘lt--- 13affolk and Nor -45s 548 Flour—Town-made... 39s 43s f rown .......... 43s 48s Suffolk .......... 32s 36. Stockta & Norfolk 32s 36 a t 'ingaton and Ware 51s 56s SEEDS. . 4 bout 5,000 quarters o f Black Sea Linseed have been „, 1 4:Posed of at 43s to 43s 61, and 4,000 , East India at 39 3 Per quarter. East India Rapeseed steady, at 35s to L. Per quarter. At public sale 100 quarters Ceylon Li n t p utr a t ed went at 425, and 300 Calcutta at 41s 6,1 ; 400 a •ers Calcutta Rape produced 35s to 35s 6d.. Linseed t a l . l- I' 44 lDe Cakes, as well as Canary, are quite as dear ' i t week. ,I),White, per bash. 6s to 108 14,_md aud Green.. .• 8s 118 - 0 b,.. .Lard, Brown.. .... 88 9s Titr t 4 l , Le IleNv ...• .. 6s 6 d 7s Od r, Old —ter -•••• ••36 Gd 4s 0d 4kis, .• • • "• •• • • 38 Sel Os Od . "',.. Per quarter .. 36s 39s e10v.7.:r '',.-• •• ••‘ • .. 24s 3 0 s Whit `-' W ll 6. (cwt.) 3;s 44s For ' ign Red... .. 3 36. 446 Trcir oa ... NVtd .. te :. .... : T: , g 4 3 2 4 2 : L During siniTyariZLie • foreign last week only moderato supplies of ilock arrived in the port of London, the total import 4 '.ing been 2 ,446 bnd. During the corresponding triad in 1851 we received 2,651; in 1850, 454; in 1849, 4 .15 0; and in 1 848, 443 head. p _ ISIPOR T B INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. %Z ia Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pile._ la il iT in .unrgh -. 40 ... 88 ... 4 ollolitette-dgaenta ~, .. • 143 .. —•og CI ... .. ..... 313 242 ..... 424 ... "' ''''' Ant" ... 525 ..• " ... --' A ~_- W ern, .... --- ''' ... 44 ..• -.,„ 4 . ...... ... ••• 4 ste rdarn... 43 ... 297 ... ... 21 •-___. Tot 1 --.....— --- Th e ...... 640 .. 1,477 ... ... 321 ••• .:__ Illia e yearly comparison of the weekly arrivals 1 15 err Carraway •••••• • • • • • • 31 8 338 Coriander .... • 9s lls Hempseed, per quarter 325 358 Linseed, Eng.owing.• 60s 655 Crushing ••• • .. 468 52s Baltic .... .... 40s 469 Odessa .......... 44s 505 Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— .. 8/ 10s 10/ Oz Foreign, per ton 615 s 81 59 Rape Cakes, pr ton 412 s 41 4s Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 2110 s 23105 185, Beasts. Sheep. La m b s . C a l ves . Piga* it, ......... 564 ... 1,912 ... '5O ... 350 ... 25 18Ars ........ 51 ... 200 ... ...203 -- Tll7* ** ...... 3 7 -. ... 99 ... 182 ... h la. ....... 132 ... 298 ... .. 23 .. bap; 840 w of foreign stock in to-day's market was very Illy o rate ' both as t o num b e r an d qua li ty; but the sup tf Beasts derived from our own grazing districts, as t,,, as from Scotland, was seasonably large ; w hil st i ts 'arid • • d The t tq weater bein ex a cond i tion was. lap h i e ; Y wet, and Newgate n and Leadenhall extensively hired with mea t kill e d i n th e province ! , th e B eef 11 was Wa s in a very sluggish state, at a decline on the k, -05 obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81ba. The top fcl t i l t r e for the beat Scots Wei 3s Bcl per lbs. From N . or d . Ls . 'Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we rece N ive . there Scots, Short-horns, and Herefords; from the or 4'll, districts 800 Short-horns; from other parts of and, fr o t a d, 500 Hereford., Runts, Devour, & c.; ll ot - • Scotl and, 460 ' horned and polled Scots. Qiiti_w.ithstanding that we have to report a further de af, " in the number of Sheep, the demand for that de tie -,.ri„,. rlon of stock was far from active, nevertheless a fair hiph" 4 "e was effect.d at last week's currency. The tibl eat qnotation for the best old Downs was 4s 4d per sp i :, About 2,00 0 Sheep were out of the wool. The Nr PL Y of Cal ves was unusually small, nevertheless the Q 1114 trade ruled heavy at barely stationary prices. In ht,R_a, ess th w e show of whi c h was but m oderate, very little 40taas transacted at late rates. Per site, to sink the offal. 14 1 .,, I. d. to B. 0, s. d. to S. 0 t ,:,,;',,c,'? 'lusts... •• 2 4 2 6 Weil() Sheep •• '• 210 3 0 l'11 1 ,'" qtiality .. • .. 2 8 3 0 Second r qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 l'rti b, ! far Oxen— 3 2 3 4 Coarse -weolledditto3 10 4 0 1.4,' 3 8 Southdown blether 4 2 4 4 Prie coarse Calves 210 3 6 tto i out of , litieVsr a milditto .. 3 8 310 L D ang e Hog the wool 0 0 ° 1 .44, b 1 : 1 1 : calves • •18 0 21 0 Small Porkers —• • 3 8 310 •••••••• •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 19 0 NMI. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MAR 4 .176 I Calves T Sh 7 IP• Calves. ; PIO* 18 990 161 1 280 $e ms' I F OREIGN SUPPLY. ' 47 Sheep. 1 c a l ves. 1 pgs, 680 138 .... .1 1848. 1849. 1850 1851. 3teek this day ...... 13,221 Price of Y. C. • • 51s 9d .. t 0523 Od Delivery last week • • 4 , 159 Ditto from June 1.... 76,669 Arrivals last week • • Ditto from June 1 ... 81,9( 9 Price of Town I 535 Od 36,472 43,370 393 Oct 39s Od to Os Cd to Os Od 2,165 1,487 71,167 67,375 1,771 2,714 101,136 I 85,274 423 Od 39a ed I b,§2. 47,830 56,770 37s t+d tol 86s Od Os Od to Os Od 2,372 2,494 68,024 75,550 470 2O 90,344 95,786 39s 6d I 39s 6d EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BARON at a Special Jury.) COOK V. GOODERE. This was an action in forma pauperis, to recover da mages for injury sustained in consequence of the alleged neglect of the defendant, Mr. Pigott appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Haw kins for the defendant. The plaintiff, Henry Cook, was employed as a coach man to an undertaker; and the defendant was a fruiterer, carrying on busin ess in Gray's 3nu-road. The injury to the plaintiff arose und er the following circumstances: — On the 14th of July last, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, there was standing opposite the defen dant's shop a van and horse, which were the property of the defendant. The horse was unattended by any one, and as the plaintiff was about to cross the road in front of him, the animal seized him and inflicted a severe wound on the left aide of the breast. The horse was vary savage, and it was with considerable difficulty he released himself from the grasp of his mouth, On complaining to the defendant, he admitted that the horse was a very vicious one, and said he had ordered a muzzle for him, but it had not come. The defendant recommended the plaintiff to his doctor, who attended him gratuitously until his recovery, but refused even to give him 10s., the sum spplied for as compensation, though he was unable to proceed to work for a period of four weeks. Mr. HAWKINS contended, on the part of the defen dant, that the action had been brought solely for the purpose of putting money into the solicitor's pocket. The CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 10s. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the other civic func tionaries who usually attend the court on these occasions. The grand jury having been sworn and empannelled, The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them.. He said he was happy to be enabled to inform them that, notwithstanding a considerable in terval had elapsed since the last session, the business this session was not of a very heavy character; but at the same time he was sorry to say there were some very serious offences which they would have to inquire into; there were, however, hardly any cases in the calendar which he thought it necessary to detain them upon, because it .was not his practice to make any observations upon a case unless there was some legal difficulty involved in it which made it desirable that some explanation should be offered about it. The facts were for them to deal with, and if any unforeseen diffi culty should hereafter arise, the Court would be at hand ready to give them every assistance. He found, upcn looking over the calendar, that there were two charges of murder, one of them the result of a dispute in a brothel, and the other a charge against a mother of having caused the death of her child by wilful strvation and neglect. In the latter case, the woman charged ap peared to have been the mother of two children, one of them seven. Years of age, and the other an infant. In a case like this, where the woman was married, the first obligation of supporting the offspring of the marriage rested upon the husband of supplying necessary food and shelter, and unless it could be shown that the woman had the means within her reach of sup plying the wants of life, her husband would he responsible to the law for the consequences of his neglect. In this case, however, no question of that sort was likely to arise, because it appeared from the depositions that there was aleph) food and clothing within her command if she had chosen to use it. In the first place, th e n, all that they would have to do would be to be satisfied that the child died from want and exposure; and, secondly, whether that want and exposure resulted from the wilful neglect of the mother. There was a very serious case of stabbing or wounding, with intent to murder, upon the high seas. In this case two men were charged, but before they could return a true bill against the two they must be satisfied that the one who did not actually strike the blow was conscious of what the other was goi n g to do, and assented to it. There were some serious cases of forgery likely to come before them, but it was not necessary that he should go into the details of them. The great majority of the other cases was, as usual, made up of common larcenies, aid they were of a very simple character. Now, it had occurred to some gentlemen who had sat upon the grand jury that it was a great hardship, and incurred unnecessary expense, that gentlemen should be assembled together every sess i on to i nves ti ga t e th ese petty charges, more especially as the vast proportion of these cases had already undergone a preliminary inquiry before a police magistra.e. In these cases he could not h e lp concurring with t h em that the intervention of a jury was scarcely necessary. It was not merely involved great l oss of time on the g th r a a t n ditj n part of the gentlemen who served on grand juries that was the only objection to the system, but it also involved considerable expense to the prosecutors ; and he was afraid, indeed he could say from experience, that the intervention of the grand jury in some cases facilitated the desire to defeat the ends of justice, by tamperi n g with the witnes ses , and keeping while, in other inst ances , great in i parties by their en em i es going t u h s e t m ice ou w t a o s f th d c o e h w e ay to ; behind their backs and preferring bills against them upon ex parte statements, which were some time after attended with succssa without having previously gone befo re a police magistrate. It was, however, for another place to decide whether it was desirable to call so many gentle men from their homes to attend on these grand jury in quisitions, but he could not help believing that many o f the gentlemen who were compelled to lose their time in this way might render more service to the public, and be more usefully employed by being occasionally called upon to serve on, the common jury. The grand jury were then dismissed to their duties, and in a short while, several true bills having been re turned into Court, a jury was at once sworn, and the trials proceeded with. MARLBRO'-STREEr—(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY BY A SELOPMAN.--John Barret was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with r , bbing his employer, Mr. Peter Squire, chemist, 277, 'Oxford-street. The proTcutor stated that in consequ ence of a com munication made to him, that the prisoner was robbing him, he on Saturday evening masked two half-crowns, which he placed in the till in the presence of a witness. About eleven o'clock the same night ho looked in the till and missed two of the marked half-crowns there from. Witness then went into the parlour, where the prisoner was sitting with th e othr r young men, and told him ho had missed some silver from the till, and directed him to turn out his silver. Defendant then THE . - A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies Fat Stock exhibitf3d and 531 , 1 in Smithfield MorA , r FOAnlary R, I 'sl, grvi 01;8 d • ..6..1ar.) 4, a t •i Per 8165., to sink the effals. Feb. 3, 1851. Feb. 2,1852. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 6to 2 8 2 4to 2 6 Second quality ditto ... 2 10 3 0 2 8 3 0 Prime large Oxen .. ... 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots, 6, c.... „, 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 4 3 82 10 3 0 Second qualicy ditto ... .. . 3 8 310 3 2 3 8 Prime coarse-w oo ll e d ditto ... 4 0 4 23 10 4 0 Prime Southdown ditto .. ... 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 Lambs... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves ... 0 3 62 10 3 6 .. Prime small ditto ... 3 8 310 3 8 310 Large Hogs 210 3 6 2 6 3 6 Small Porkers „.. 3 8 4 0 3 8 310 Beasts ... 3, 892 4,176 Sheep and Lambs .. 19,100 18,990 Calves ... ••• 193 161 Pigs 295 280 SUPPLIES ON SALE, • FEB. 4, 1850.—Bcasts, 3,688; Sheep and Lambs, 16,020; Calves, 69; Pigs, 205. FEB. 6, 1849.—Beasts, 3,227; Sheep; and Lambs, 16,290; Calves, 197 ; Pigs, 135. ATIVATGAITE 11.1VID X.MADENIIII3.74. Since our last report these markets have been very mo derately supplied with meat killed in London, but the ar rivals from various parts of the country have been larger, upwards of 16,000 c trcasses. Primo Beef and Mutton are in moderate request at full prices. In other kinds of meat only a limited business is doing, at barely late rates. A few baskets of Beef have arrived from the continent. LONDON, and Prices of • pulled some silver from his wsistcoat pocket, end sale Mark-ct, ;.itnongst it ono of the motketi pietas. He subsequently ay, Monday, fr.)rn hi 3 trows.:73' p,wk , •t some more loose snvcr in ,t filen wss tee Ot,lLer tutu kid il:itf-Crown. wiz /les s then sent for a n'est . .l.ble and gave him in charge. Inspector Park, C division, said atter he had entered the charge on the sheet he read it over to the defeLclant, who stated that he had sold goods to the value of five peace, in payment for which he received a sovereign. Not having sufficient change in the till ho made up the difference from his own pocket, and repaid himself from the money in the till, and that was the only way he could account for the two half crowns being in his pos session. The defendant said he wished to adhere to the same statement now. Mr. BINGHAM remanded the prisoner till Thursday next. SUSPECT ED MURDER OF THE RE V. J. EVAIVS, OF THE WESLEYAN CONNEC TION. The neighbourhood of Ban well, Somerset, and the adjoin ing district, wason Saturday. thrown into great consterna tion, by the intelligence that Rev. J.Evans, a well-known and much respected conference minister of the Wesleyan connection, had been found dead in the road leading from Blackford to Banwell, and that, from the peculiar circumstances under which the body was found, there were strong suspicions that his death had been caused by unfair means. About two o'clock in the morning, as a man named Chilcott, who is in the habit of bringing butter, eggs, and other dairy produce to the Bristol market, was coming along the road with his cart, his attention was attracted by a horse and gig without a driver, which had been apparently drawn into a little opening in the side of the road. He was rather surprised at the circumstance, and looked carefully round to see if the occupant had fallen out. He was not, however, to be seen; but on searching the other side of the road, the body of a man respectably dressed was found in a dry ditch. His clothes were covered with mud, and in the road were found various footmarks, as if a struggle had taken place. A few minutes after the body was disco vered by Chilcott, another person named Charles Paddy came up, and a more thorough inspection of the road was made, when the Rev. Gentleman's mackintosh was dis covered some yards off, and apparently much trampled on. An alarm was immediately given, and some la bourers were called up, when the body was identified as that of a gentleman who had lately visited the house of Mr. Ilardwich, in the neighbourhood, a local preacher. Mr. Hardwich was accordingly called, and recognised the body as that of the Rev. Mr. Evans. From the cur sory examination of the two men, Chilcott and Puddy, no wounds were discovered, but both the men were quite positive that the appearance of the road indicated that a severe and prolonged scuffle had taken place. They found his whip in the middle of the road, also trampled on, and his hat a considerable distance off, The whole affair is at present enveloped in much mystery, but a searching investigation into the case will be made at the inquest. The Rev. Mr. Evans was well known among the large and highly respectable body of Wes leyans of this city. He was a tall and stout man, and about fifty years of age. In the neighbourhood where he laboured he had gained the affection and almost the veneration of all around him, for his general kindness of heart, urbanity, and true piety.—Bristol Mirror. lIORRIBLE AFFAIR AT GUILDFORD. A most tragical event has just come to light at Al bury, near this town. From the facts collected it ap pears that some time ago a man named Keene, who had been in the employ of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany,at Shelford station, married Jane Broomer, a na- , tive of Albury, who had, previous to her marriage, given birth to an illegitimate child, the father of which, it is stated, was a policeman. About ten months ago Keene and his wife were walking together on the Downs, when Keene took the child away, and, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned without the child, saying to his wife the should never see it again. She frequently asked her husband what he had done with the child, which she at last appears to have elicited from him, for she told her mother, a very aged woman, that her husband had thrown the child alive down a well, situate in the Warren, in the parish of Albury. The old lady was horrorstruck, and communicated the matter to one of her sons, who immediately proceeded to Guild ford and obtained the assistance of the police. They proceeded to the well and a man descended, and on reaching the bottom was horrified at finding the complete skeleton of a child lying on its back, widi one foot across a small beam. He lifted up the body, but it fell to pieces. He gathered up the bones and brought them to the top of the well, where they were taken possession of by the police, who immediately made search and ap prehended Keene and his wife, and they now remain in custody, awaiting the coroner's inquest, which will be held in a day or two. The depth of the well was 180 feet. The child was about two years and half old when thrown down the well. c , IT WILL DO !" _ ferTenhti.s is l t t h w e as cry a f o a f v o the l t e s z r y e , m t h a r e k c a o r f e l m e e r g s ,. a m n t te r t i y n , d s f the woman who " could na be fashed." It is the excuse of mediocrity, the barrier of progress, and the enemy of all true excellence. When you hear a servant saying, "It will do," you may be pretty sure she is one who is given to " slobber over" her work, on any pre tence to get it out of hand. In the household, "It will do" makes a candlestick out of a bottle.neck, and a soup stick of the besom-handle. It sticks a chair-leg in the window-frame to hold the window up, and papers up a broken pane with a piece of old newspaper, or at a pinch, stuffs a pair of stockings or an old shirt through the hole. "It will do" stirs the fire with the tongs or the bellows-nozzle; extinguishes the candle by inversion, drowning it in its own grease; and snuffs it between the finger and thumb, or against the table with a knife. If a cork cannot be readily got out of a bottle, "It will do" shoves it in with the finger. If the knives want cleaning, there is the foul-linen store at hand, and nap kins and table-cloths enough for the purpose. If a fork i s wanted for cooking, there is a silver one at hand, ready for use. If the " mistress" should find out any of these faux pa; there is " the cat," or " nobody," to serve as scapegoat. "It will do" is the motto of the slat- Does her hair h ang loose over the bread which she i s knea ding, "It will d o " is justification enough. Are therslat tern.bands guiltless of clean water, "It will do" is her excuse. Does she use unmentionable napkins and t o wels to wipe her pans and dishes, still "It will do" mus t satisfy you. "It will d o ," says the boy, when he h a s learnt his lesson badly, and feels that he cannot say i t . It will do," says the mother , when her daughter plays a showy sonata—though she has not yet learnt to spell correctly. "It will do," says the wife when her husband has bought her a Lew satin dress, but has not taken the precaution to insure his life. "It will do," says the husband, when his wife tells him she has " pro mised" to pay the grocer's bill, which has been running up for more than two years.. "It will do!" has blighted many a character, blasted many a fortune, sunk many a ship, burnt down many a house, and irretrievably ruined thousands of hopeful projects of human good. It al ways means stopping short of the right thing. It is a makeshift. It is a failure and defeat. Not what "will do," but what is the best possible—that is the point to be aimed at! Leta man ()nue adopt this motto of "It will do," and he is given ovvr to the enemy —he i s on th e side of incompetency and defeat —and we give him up as a hopeless subject!—Eliza Cook's Journal. The Earl of Derby, as the leader of the Country party, entertained at dinn , ;r on Saturday, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the following distiuguished members of that party : —*l he Earl of L onsdale, the Earl of ll ar d w i cke, the Earl of Egli n t on , th e E t il l of dalmesbury, Lord Lynd hurst, Lord Itedesdale, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Herries, Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. Walpole. The grand dinner of the Noble Earl to the Protectionist Members of the House of Lords takes place this evening. TIIE MARQUIS OF L!..NSDOWNE.—It is stated that the Noble Marquis will be g;peedily raised to an Irish duke dom. FORMATION OF A PAFLE CORPS IN LEEDS.--A rifle brigade, to be called le "Leeds Rifle Corps," is in course of formation in the b orough of Leeds. Persons of all classes, callings, and partie s are rapidly sending in their in tention of enrolling themselves in the volunteer corps. These volunteers propose that i f Government will supply them with arms and accoutrem ants they will supply themselves with clothing and go thtrough the requisite drills, &c. Judging from the list of vol anteers, as it appeared on Satur day last, and from the feelb 3g pervading a very large body of the respectable inhabital rt m , th e " Leeds Rifle Corps promises to be a very numerous and effective volunteer brigade. THE METROPOLITAN (3.ATTLE MARKET BILL. The Corporation of London, at the eleventh hour —or, i n d ee d , we might almost say the twelf di—have decided to take upon themselves the entire management and responsibility of the "Act for Providing a Metro politan Market, and conveniences connected therewith, in Eva of the Cattle Market at Smith field." This Act is better t aid more familiarly known as the Smithfield Removal Act. It received the Royal assent on the lat of August, 1851, and the six months' grace allowed to the corporation for carry ing out an enactment, which they had strenuously opposed through all its stages, expired last night. They were offered, first and last by the Government, the option of carrying out a, measure which the interests and health of the City so loud.ly called for. But, all through they pertinaciously refused.. And yet, after being defeated in both Houses of Parliamt mt, the alternative was given to them, and they have at last availed themselves of it.— Sunday Paper. LONDON AND WESTMJISSTER BANK.—A notice was issued from the London amid Westminster Bank on Friday morning, that in conseque ace of the continued abundance of money the rate of interest; on deposit receipts will be re• duced to 1 1 /, per cent. from, the Ist of February. DEATH OF MR. GEOILGE WALKER.—This gentle man, who for some years past has held a responsible office of locomotive superintendent at the Camden Town station of the London and North-Western Railway, died suddenly on Thursday evening, at the early age of 40. Mr. Walker was one of the oldest officers in the service of the company, and was highly esteemed by the directors. Mr. J. William Dicks on is appointed to the situa tion of third paid attaché to her Majesty's Mission in Persia. Mr. James Brooks, of Odiham, Hants, is a pp o i n t e d t reasurer of the co un t y courts for Hampshire and Sussex, in the room of Mr. James Hoskins, of Portsmouth, who has resigned that office. Observer. THE LIVERPOOL S ALT.Olte HOME.—This institution is not yet in full operation, the b3sement story only being occupied by the offices for the shipping and registering of seamen, and performing other matters of routine required by the Mercantile Marine Act. There is a good news-room, however, for the seamen, and a bank for the deposit of their savings. Sunday services are also conducted regularly, and appear to be well appreciated. The promoters of the insti tution still require a considerable amount of money, between 3,0001. and 4,000/., to furni.,sh the apartments for the lodging of sailors, 400 of whom 'it is contemplated to board and lodge. Since the commencement of the Home 16,254 men have been registered. The balance in the deposit bank has been increased during the past year from 1,429/. Bs. Bd. to 2,2241.95. 11d. The cost of the building up to the present time is about 30,0001., and though 1,0004 of this sum is still due to the contractor, it is expected that a grant about to be made by the Board of Trade will liquidate the claim.: At per stone by the Carcase. Beef, inferior .• .• • • middling • • • • primelarge - prime small .. s. d. to s. d. , _, s. d. to s. d. 2 2 2 4 t Matton,inferlor .. 2 6 210 2 6 2 8 I middling.. 3 0 3 6 210 3 0! prime .... 3 8 310 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1 tergo .. .. .... 2 6 3 4 2 8 310 -- simall ........ 3 6 310 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. About 3,800 tons of Potatoes have come to hand during the week coastwise and by land carriage. The general quality of the samples on sale here is exceedingly good, and we understand that very large supplies still remain in the hands of the growers. The trade is in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's prices. We are without any foreign arrivals. Per Ton. Yorksh, Regents. 65s to 8031 Ditto Shawl .. sto Lincoln. Regents 60s to 70s Scotch Regents 60s to 70s Ditto Cups Ditto Blues Ditto Dahlias Common Whites —s to --s Newcastle &Ber- Per Ton. Wisbeach & Cam- bridge Kent Regents 6os to 75s Essex Regents 6os to 75s Essex Shaws 60s to 65s Kent Shaws 6os to 65s Kent &Essx. Mid. —s to —s French —s to s German ditto !Dutch Whites..,, —s to —s Chats —s to s wick Regents.. 60s to 70s Kentish Red Kid. —s to —s, BONLOUGEC BOP For all new Hops we have a steselly inquiry, at fu; prices. Yearlings support late rates, but old qualities are almost nominal. Sussex Pockets, 112 s to 1265; Weald of Kent ditto, 126 s to 140 s; Mid and East Kent, 140 s to 250 s per cwt. WOOL. Since Monday last the imports of Wool into London have been confined to 229 bales from the Caps, and 20 bales from Rotterdam. Several large parcels of English have been disposed of for Holland and Belgium, at full quotations, whilst the demand for all other kinds is steady, notwithstanding the approaching public sales. TALLOW. The demand for all kinds of Tallow continues heavy, and a further decline of 3d per cwt has taken place in the quotations. New P.Y.C. on the spot is selling to day at 36a, and old 35s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow is 36s to 36s 6d per cwt nett cash; Rough Fat, 2s Id per Blbs. EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1852, MONDAY THE MA GA ZINES. BLACKWOOD. An elaborate and deservedly eulogistic criticism of Mr. Allson's ne ly revised biography of " The Duke of Marlborough" —a work recently reviewed by ourselves—is the opening paper in the number of Maga for February. One of the most interesting portions of this criticism is that in which the writer contrasts the estimate formed of the cbaraoter of the conqueror of Malplaquet and Oudinarde by four living authors of no inconsiderable eminence—Lord Mahon, Mr. Hallam, Mr. Alison, and Mr. Macaulay. Those who cannot afford time for the perusal of the most recent and in many respects also the most meri torious memoir of Marlborough, will do well to examine the brief but luminous record of his career furnished by the present contribution to the pages of Blachwood. "My Novel" is manifestly approaching its denouement, for otherwise assuredly we should not recognise so many portents of the exposure of all the nefarious schemes of that doubly and trebly dyed rascal—Randal Leslie. It is with a sensation of de light that we watch the approach of this long-desired eclaircksement. Our old friend and favourite Leonard, now a successful man of letters, re-appears upon the scene—the interview between himself and Harley Lord L'Estrange, being one of the most beautiful portions of the narrative yet published, more particularly in the touching sweetness of its conclusion. It is impossible, of course, not to conjec ture that Lord L'Estrange will discover a son in his protegee Leonard, a circumstance calculated to prove none the less agreeable to the latter, seeing that it must inevitably we conceive vindicate at the same time the memory of his mother, Nora. Harley himself we have regarded almost from the commencement as one of the most exquisite and loveable among the many fascinating creations of Sir Bulwer Lytton. The dinner at Baron Levy's is capital—the discomfiture of the plump wit, the embarrassment of the young nobles, who fancy they behold the redoubtable X. Y. in Richard Avenel, and the adroit and not unsuccess ful manoeuvring of the money-lender to entrap Randal, being all recounted with a manner quietly but irre sistibly humorous. We could gladly witness a change in the relations of the principal characters towards each other such as might be erected by the union of Helen with Leonard and of Harley L'Estrange with Violante ! Daniel Maclise may be envied the satisfaction with which he cannot but peruse the noble and discriminative panegyric on his picture of Caxton, which opens not inappropriately the fifteenth chapter of book the eleventh. After the eighteenth instalment now given of thii remarkable and popular fiction comes a pleasant review of the Hon. Henry Coke's " Canter to California," that article being in its turn followed by a second portion of " Struggles for Fame and Fortune?' Although in the next con tribution, a criticism of "Longfellow's Golden Legend," the reviewer regards that work as not alto gether worthy of the unquestionable genius of the author of " Evangeline," he astounds us by the some what contradictory remark that the " Golden Legend" con t a i ns near ly as much fin e poetry as there is in the "Faust" of Goethe. Now, for our own part, inasmuch as we consider the "Faust" of Goethe to be one among the greatest masterpieces of the human intellect, we should as readily place upon an equality Mr. Browning's " Colombe's Birthday " and Hamlet. While pronouncing this daring, and exag gerated, and, we will add most preposterous eulogium upon the " Golden Legend " of Longfellow, the reviewer must needs fall foul of a much more extraordinary work, a work replete with pas sages infinitely more deserving of the name of poetry than any that can be instanced in the " Golden Legend," we mean the " Festus" of Mr. Bailey—a poem confused and somewhat fantastic, but very often distinguished by attributes both of beauty and sub limity. More truly poetical delineations of nature than any that can be mentioned in that the last and the least satisfactory of all the metrical works of Pro fessor Longfellow, might be quoted from the charm ing little poem contributed to this present number of Maga by Thomas Aird, " The Old Soldier—ln Two Campaigns." The opening of the second campaign in particular is exquisitely true and graceful. Another collection of verses adorns the pages of Blackwood for February, and although the title " Cupid in the Cabinet" might induce some to conjecture otherwise, these verses have reference to an Attic Legend men tioned by Lydgate, and not to the recent dismissal from the Ministry of Lnrd Palmerston ! In addition to the articles already particularized. Ebony contains in the current number a brief paper upon " Bull- Fights in Pictures and Prose," and a political chapter headed " Results of Revolutions in Europe," those results showing in what manner revolution has been followed by counter-revolution. NEW MONTHLY. Soapy Sponge promises to be rivalled in popularity by " Tom Hall"—the reader of the .New Monthly being admitted each month to all kinds of delightfully interesting secrets in regard to the latter's heartaches and horses. Thanks to the inexhaustible John Oxen ford we have another curious old German ballad here translated, bight " The Waterman," a very different kind of fellow in all respects from our own " Jolly Young Waterman." Nicholas Michell as usual con tinues his story of Hester Somerset, and Mr. Jolly Green proves himself to be more than ever jocose by certain " Seaside and Sporting Recreations." A most agreeable little paper about " Nathaniel Hawthorne" we would commend to all those who may not be familiar with the present state of American literature; and such as DIV be nervous about the possibility of an invasion we would refer to the article on "Fire Arms," a n article not only elaborate but just now very at. tractive in its charcter. Mr. Brailsford greets some " friends at sea," a German soldier paints sundry pictures of his barrack life, and Dr. Surtees recounts several recollections of North America through the medium of the periodical under notice, in which will be found also two very readable criticisms, one on Sir Charles Napier in Scinde," and the other on " Niebuhr the Historian." ________„. A 1 - NS WOR TH. Gradually, the reader who has not read it pre viouslybecoming m on th is after month more ab sorbed in the editor's enthralling romance of " Pendle Forest." His interest in the narrative is here more especially aroused by th e reve l ation of the mysteries of Malkin Tower—the most sombre, and perhaps for that very reason the most facinating, chapter of the " Lancashire Witches." We are gratified to find am ong the miscellaneou s contributions to Ainsworth another of the delightful papers headed " Shake periana." Similar "continuations" will be met with also in its pages—of " Velthinas," of "Florence Hamilton," and of " The Confederates." As the poetical contribution for February, we have here, moreover , some graceful stanza E. E. M. K. 7 s by en titled ile Coquette Penitent." Besides these, " Rou g h N otes from my Diary, " Ainswor th contains by Mr. Anthony, and " The Maiden's Retreat," by Mr. Pecker, together with " An Evening with some Socialists," and a magazine tale called " Mrs. William Johnson's Cafrdinatoire." BENTLEY Creasy gives us a Professor " Biography of Admi rals the Cologni," a contributio n ~ to his series of Unsuccessful Men Great " the memo i r i s i llustrated with the portraits of Admiral r —oligni and his two brothers, Cardinal Chatillon and D'Andelot. Mr. Robert Smithson relates how he assisted at the late Paris, and Mr. Per • coup d'etat in ‘,.. . Peregrine Potts sundry adventures in. Italy. alessr... Smithson and Potts are gentlemen, whose most amusir g acquaintance we shall rejoice to rene w on some f uture occasion. The Comte de la Marck furnishes us with some amusing anecdotes of M. de L afa y ette and the Duke of Or leans (Egal'ite). The latter, it a p pears, possessed more good q ualities than the world has hitherto given him credit s or. The Comte de la Merck, who, as the friend of Marie Antoinette, was natur a ll y preju diced agains t the Duke of Orleans, 5ay5....... "He was in ono particular very different to most princes, he oi - ways feared to throw constraint over those persons, to w Is ateve r rank or position they might belong, whom he en to rtained himself, or whom k so ciety; on th e . , contrary, he took great Lie met in pains to put them thoroughly at their ease; for this he found necessary to his own cost restraint; an d. ft n' nothin t as he embarrassed hi could not bear to be u n d er any nl more than to g meet with i? 3 o pl e who wer e themselves much embar rassed. He z ,slowed his wit and gaiety full play, but no malice was ,'1 er mixed up with it. " The Du' -,.., 3 of Orleans was most scrupulously exact in keeping Ili 3 word; he considered that his honour was engaged in 'fulfilling anything approaching to a pro mise, in how 'e ver imprudent a moment it migh t chance to have been i uttered. Ho was retiring and rather ner vous, and fe] .1, readily embarrassed when he was called upon to alter. his usual habits. This , Perhaps, i s a de _ feet in a Pri nee ; but it is a defect which in men is gene rally united & J amiability and goodness 0f c heart. Th e Duke of Os 'le ans ,could never en tirel y succced in over coming this as rose of timidity. He could never manage to speak in pa }ilia." We have at a excellent sporting paper, entitled' Don caster Rat to 3 and Racing," an amusing account of the habits, I .cc., of crocodiles, in " Zoological Notes and Anecd , DI es," and several reviews of new books. • FRASER. A paper t by Cyrus Redding, on the l a t e J oseph Mallord II riiliam Turner, will be read with interest by all love r a of the fine arts. Mr. Redding on various occasions r c companied Turner on his sketching tour , and he sho N rs us in this paper, when Tur ner worked, and how h E . worked, and the marvellous f ac ili ty b e possessed ( it - turning every little bit of scenery to ex cellent ace .0 unt. The opening article, on Mr. Ben jamin Di si .aeli as leader and legislator, does ample ju , a ice to that distinguished po li t i c i an . and the a rticle on the state and prosperity of England t al ces a much more common-sens e view of the state or' affairs than that taken by the alarmists. The Rev. C harks Kingsley gives us two additional chapters of " Hypatia, in one of which he introduces f us to a horde of Goths who have with them a harem of Greek girls ; seldom have we read any descriptions more meretricious than those which Mr. Kingsley gives of these Greek girls in general, and of Pelagic in particular. Had these passages been written by I Eugene Sue or George Sand, all parsonical eyes and all parsonieal hands would have been uplifted in horror at the abomination, but proceeding as they do from the pen of a Reverend Gentleman, we presume that, like the Confessions of St. Augus tine, or the Temptations of St. Anthony, they may be read for the edification of the devout. The His. tory of the Hungarian War is brought down to the battle of Herrinaustadt. It appears that even at this early period of the war G - orgey was artfully pre paring that treason which he afterwards so foully and so fatally accomplished. The remaining articles in this number are all of great merit. ROYAL MILITARY The February number, being the fifth of this pub lication devoted to the interests of the united service, containF, in addition to the usual amount of military intelligence, ieveral very readable articles. Th e topics in " Our Haversack" are well handled, and not one of the least interesting is a letter written by the Emperor Napoleon to his brother the King of West phalia, communicating the disatrous results of the campaign of Moscow. The editor gives a decided preference to Deane and Adam's revolvers over Colt's, and considers their rifles superior to any of the French improvements, or to the deadly and far ranging needle-gun. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Reviewing is in the ascendant in the number for the present month, separate articles being devoted to the consideration of M. de Bacourt's " Correspon dence between Mirabeau and the Count de la Marck," of Carlyle's Biography of John Sterling; of Forster's work on " The Oae Primeval Language ;" and of sundry recent contributions to the circulating libra ries, headed " A Budget of Novels." In the last mentioned paper " Ravenscliffe," " Florence Sack " Mrs. Mathews," Herbert Melville's " The Whale," " Cecile, or the Pervert," and " John Drayton," pass under notice. A couple of pages are given to the lamented Eliot Warburton, and we have a biographical memoir, illustrated with a portrait, of Henry Brooke, the author of Gustavus Vasa, and the The Fool of Quality, an Irishman of eminence and repute, some hundred years since. The political paper, " Ireland under Lord Clarendon," is very cleverly written, but we cannot coincide in the unfavourable views put forward by the writer with regard to the policy which has characterised the Viceroyalty of that distinguished statesman. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. On Saturda the directors and their friends opened the remaining six miles of this compan3', branch line to Hastings, the distance from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings being 28 miles. At half -past eleven o'clock in the forenoon Mr. Ai`Gregor (the chairman of the company), Mr. Renshaw (deputy chairman), Captain Warren, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Swale (directors), accompanied by Captain Barlow (chief superintend ent), Mr. Drape (engineer), Mr. Cook (superintend ent), Mr. Tress (architect), and a few friends, started from the London-bridge station in an ordinary train, and arrived at Tunbridge at forty minutes past twelve, where a special train was in readiness to convey tho party over the new line to Hastings. The train ar rived at Battle shortly before two o'clock, at which place the Mayor of Hastings joined the party and proceeded in the train o ve r th e ne w portion of the line to St. Leonards a n d H as ti ngs. Th e t rain arrived at Hastings about a quarter past two o'clock. It was stated that the last section of this branch, from Battle to Hastings, a b ou t s i x miles in length, comp l etes the whole of the rail ways the company have in hand. The first section of the line, from Tunbridge Wells to Roberts bridge, 16 miles, WAS opened in November last; the second section, six miles from the latter place to . Battle, was op ene d i n December ; and the last section, from Battl e t o H ast i ngs six miles, on Saturday. The railway follows very closely the line of the old coach road from Hasti ngs to London, thus restoring the legitimate course of th e t ra ffi c. This route to Hastings is 20 miles shorter than that by Ashford, and about three miles short er t h an that by the Brighton and South Coast line. The gradients ascend from Ton bridge-wells to Wadhurst, a distance of five miles, then descend for a distan ce o f sevenmiles , ascending' again from Essingham, about nine miles, to Battle, and thence descending to Hasti ngs . the steepest ' gradient is 1 in 100, and the average about 1 in 150. The line passes through a beautiful country, in w hi c h great quantities of hops are grown. The dist r i c t i s diversified by hills and vales, and it is expected that when proper facilities are afforded it will become a favourite place of residence for persons having busi ness in the metropolis. The distance from London to Hastings by this route is 74 miles. The works on the line were of a difficult character, many of the embankments being 60 feet in height, and some of the cuttings considerably more in depth. Between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings there are upwards of 4,000 yards of tunnelling, or about two miles and a half in the aggregate. The works were' completed under Mr. Drane the engineer, and by Messrs. Hoof and Whydhs, the contractors. The stations along the lige appear to be neat, substantial, and conve• nient, and some of them are very pleasantly situated, particularly that at Hastings, which is a joint sta tion. The South-Eastern trains are accommodated at one side of it, and the Brighton trains at the other. The latter company's trains pass over a mile and a half the South-Eistern line to come into Hastings. By an arrangement, in 1851, between these compa nies, the traffic between London and Hastings was divided in the proportion of one-third for the South- Eastern, and two-thirds for the London, Brighton, and South Coast, but from the opening of the South- Eastern line to Hastings the London and Hastings' traffic will be divided Equally between the two companies. Th e S out h-E astern C ompany intend to run express trains in the mornings from Hastings, and in the evenings from London, to accommo date persons having business in London. The company will run four trains per day each way, and on Sund a y t wo tra i ns each way. The stations on the line between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings are Frant, Wadharst, Ticehurst-road, Etchinghaw, Robert's-bridge, Battle, and St. Leonard's. The new portion of the line appeared to be in good condition, and the stations at Battle and St. Leonard's requited but little to complete them. The weather at Hastings was quite as gloomy and wet during the day as et London. After waiting some time at Hastings the train proceeded over the Ashford branch to Folke stone, where a dinner for the party was provided. It was stated that the speed of the train on one part of the line, for the distance of 17 miles, was performed at the rate of 70 miles an hour. The party arrived at the Victoria Ho el, Folkestone, about four o'clock, where an excellent dinner was provided, and at which , Mr. M'Gregor presided. When the cloth was re moved the usual loyal toasts were drunk, after which the health of Captain Heseldine, the harbour master of Folkestone ; Mr. M`Gregor, Mr. Renshaw, Messrs. Hoof and Whydhs, the con tractors ; Captain Barlow, chief superintendent; Mr, Swan, engineer at Folkestone ; Captain Warren, Mr. Browne, Mr. Cook, Mr. Whitty, and other gentlemen. In the course of the evening the Chairman stated the contractors had acted in the most liberal manner towards the company, and their accounts had been settled ; that the officers of the company were men of considerable ability and most attentive to their duties ; and that the board had received much assistance from Captain Warren, who was also a director of the South- Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company, and who had distinguished himself some years ago per forming a most hazardous enterprise during a tempest in the Bay of Biscay, that of saving the lives of the crew of a French man-of-war, and for which the late Louis Philippe conferred on him the order of the Le gion of Honour. The train left Folkestone at half past eight, and arrived at the London station about a quarter to eleven. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Kendal, Mr. J. Gandy in the chair. The report stated that were it not for the Great Exhibition their traffic for the half-year end ing the 31st of December last would have shown an improvement over the previous year, equal to that which each successive year has, since the opening of the line, attained over those which preceded it. Notwithstanding the loss from the above cause, the balance of profit is only 691. less than in the corre sponding period of 1850, the sum of 3071. having been saved in working expenses. The directors have accepted the proposal of the contractors for the loco motive power, to relinquish the working of the line, and arranged with them for the purchase of part of their stock of engines and carriages, and the direc tors anticipate some saving in the working expenses from the plan adopted. The directors of this com pany, and the directors of the Lancaster and Car lisle Company have made it a subject of consideration whether a union of interests on equitable terms would be conducive to mutual advantages. The balance of profits for the half-year amount to 1,4441, out of which the directors recommend a dividend of ss. per share, leaving a su r pl us o f 32 71 . to b e added to 1,6001. of undivided profits accumulated since the opening of the line. In order to show the effect of the Exhibition on the traffic of the line, they state that in each year, from January Ist to May 7th, the receipts, in 1848, amounted to 2,1171.; in 1849, to 2,2841.; in 1850, to 2,5611.; and in 1851, to 2,679/. ; showing an increase of 1081. in the year 1851 over 1850, prior t o o p en i ng the E From May 14 to October 16, b e i n g the w e eks during which the Exhibition was open, the receip ts i for that period in 1848 amounted to 4,825/. ; 5,578/. ;in 1850, to 6,3851.; and in 1 8 5 1, n 1849, to to 5,639/. ; showing a decrease in 1851, as compared of 7461. Had an average of the increase with 1850, which was attained in the two previous years been _obtained in tese months of 1851, there would have been an in crease on the balance of profits in 1851 of 1,5971 being theofpetrbieodyaeftaerr, instead of a decrease of 7461. The tra ffi c from October 23 to December 31, the close of the Exhibition to the end amounted, in 1848, to 1,274/.; in 1849, to 1 ,496/. ; in 1850, to 1,6181.; and in l 851, to 1 , 8 74/. ; showing during that time an increase of 2561 . in 1851 over 1850. The receipts on capital account showed that 202,7771. had seen received and 212,378/. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 9,601/. The revenue account for the half -year showed that 5,977/. b a d been received and 2,243/. expended in working the line, 1,231/. interest on bonds, and 1,045/. on preference shares, leaving a balance of 1,4441. After some discussion the report was adopted and the dividend declared. .)xrORD, WoncEsr E:f' AND WOLVERHAM PTON .— The through l oop line thiscompany is to be opened in the course of a few days. The line starts from Abbott's-wood, about four miles south of Wor cester, passes through Worcester, thence to Droitwich and Stoke Prior, where it joins the Bristol and Birmingham (Midland) line, as also at Abbott's -wood. The distance between Abbott's-wood and Stoks Prior is about thirteen miles. There is one tunnel and some deep cuttings. The loop line is let on lease to the Midland Company. The line is at present a narrow gauge line, but as soon as that por tion of it north of Droitwich to Stourbridge and Dudley shall be ready for opening (which will be in the course of the summer) it will be on the mixed (broad and narrow) gauge. HEREFORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER.—The works of this line, which will connect the Great W es t ern with the Hereford and Shrewsbury line at Hereford about thirty miles, will be commenced on Monday (this day). CAMERON'S COALBROOK, SWANSEA, AND LOUGHOR. —On Saturday a meeting in this matter was held before the Master in Chancery Richards, to consider the claim of Major Stone, of Nottingham-place, New road, for 3,1731. with interest, money alleged to be lent to the company on the 3d of February, 1846. Messrs. Taylor and Collison appeared as solicitors far the claimant, and Mr. Roxburgh, with Mr. Galswor thy, for Mr. Turquand, the official manager, and Mr. Fry for what are termed the seceding shareholders. From the statement of the case, and evidence ad duced, it appeared that Major Stone lent the 3,000/. for the purposes of the company to make up a cer tain amount to meet the requirements of Parliament, but the directors at this time, it was contended, had no power to bind the company by bills of exchange. S TT N , t "4''!"''.;,-- ~ ee'lk ' SubsEquently three of the directors, .'- '- — ''''..i'le--4- -•' ~..-,%.-: A v..t.,),. I Peregrine, Mr. Montefiore, and Mr. • -•': - , -. ,74.Ip.-...' • -bc t, 1 .:.i;,, ' Air. tt iz.7 gave a memorandum to 'Major Stone f -,..:'%,-'?..--, . ;.•., ' . amount. The first bill o f exchange was giv—,l_,..., k --- ;; - t 1 __ ..- 1847 by two of the directors, countersigned by, t , avasmg., ) secretary, and w ith th e common sea l o f the compa - attached, and it was renewed twice. The second and third bills were paid away by Major Stone to Mr. Alfred Burton, of Oxford-street, who brought an action and recovered judgment against the company. In 1847 and 1848 a large body of the shareholders seceded from the company, and a question would arise as to whether they would be liable for this debt, and also whether Major Stone, or Mr. Burton, the judgment creditor, was entitled to payment. After a discussion the Master allowed the demand as a claim only, and not as a debt, giving the party the right to establish it at common law. GREAT IVEsrxaN.—The estimate of Mr. Brunel for the additional works at Didcot is 10,0001. - - --- HAYMARKET THEATRE. On Saturday evening a new farce, entitled A Due in the Dark, was produced at the above theatre, with complete success. Th e p l ot, although remarkably slight, servos to di s pl ay advantageously the inimitable drolleries of I3uckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, who personate the chief characters a Mr. and Mrs. Green finch, of Peckham Rye. Greenfinch, who is travel ling en garcon through France, is seized w ith a sud den and irresistible desir e f or what he terms an " aristocratic flirtation" with some French lady of rank ; but his fond wife, who has secretly followed him, having been apprised by a p ry i ng waiting-maid of her lord's anti-conjugal aspiration, d eterm i nes to punish him, and to accomplish this purpose she dis guises herself now as as a French countes s — now as a fast young man, who publicly declares himself the successful lover of Mrs. Greenfinch, and even tually forces the deluded husband into a duel, which the latter, h oweve r, o n ly accepts on condition that it takes Place in the dark, for he dreads to look upo n the deadly i ns t rumen t w hi c h may poss ibly deprive the female Greenfinch of her legal mate. In obe dience, theref o r e , t o hi s w i s h , t h e can dl es are extin guished, and the terrified husband having ensconced himself carefully behind a large stove, fires his pistol, when lo a horrid groan is heard from the disho nourer of the Gr een fi nc h es, who falls mortally woundedinto the arms of his antagonist. Here is a supreme moment for Greenfinch--a dead body in his arms, people approaching, no es ca p e , an d t h e damning evidence of his guilt at hand ! Vainly would he recall the innocent hours when a cheerful inhabitant of Peckham Rye—he thought only of his " Maria Jane." Vainly would he draw upon the past for means of present consolation. He rather feels, with Dante, that nothing is more bitter than the recol lection of past joys in the hour of misery ; and, after many heartrending expressions of mental anguish, he deposits the remains o f his supposed victim in an adjoining chamber. We need scarcely say that Buckstone made the most of thi s s ituation. His comic horror, which elicited roars of laughter, was of that highly ridiculous character which Napoleon pro nounced to be but one step from the sublime ; and his admirable acting, when subsequently relieved from intolerable sufferings by the discovery that he has been forgiven as well as imposed upon by his wife, was worthy of all the praise which we can bestow. Mrs. Fitzwilliam's Mrs. Greenfinch was also a perfect specimen of farsical acting of the best kind ; the small character of the waiting-maid was most efficiently sus tained by Mrs. Caulfield, and the curtain fell amid hearty applause. The piece, we think, is destined to enjoy a " run ;" but we must suggest a little curtail ment of the dialogue in the opening portion of it— which, being unaided by incidents, moved somewhat slowly. We understand that Mr. Stirling Coyne is the author. MISCELLANEOUS. Tait's Edinburgh contains interesting arti cles on the " Manchester Education Scheme," end " How to Teach and Preach to Colliers." The spe cimen given of the pitman's sermon will doubtless surprise many, though it can readily be believed that such discourses are easily comprehended, and, there fore, suitable to the colliers. The Sportsman is em bellished by two plates, one a portrait of " Nancy," the other entitled " The Run of the Season." The Ladies' Companion has its usual variety of subjects. Among them may be noticed " Pages from the His tory of Genius," a most interesting biography of Mozart, by Maria Norris, and " The Woman of the Writers," by Mrs. Cowden Clarke. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review contains an article on " Alfred the Great," and a paper on " Puppets." It is somewhat strange so much of this maga zine should be devoted to historical researches and the obituary, which makes it more suited to the taste of antiquarians than to ordinary readers. The Eclectic Review has articles on the " Railway to India," the " Arctic Expedition," and various other subjects of general interest. The review of the Life of Lord George Bentinck is written in a contemptu ous and uncourteous style, unworthy of the author and the subject. The second number of the British Journal promises well for the future as a lively and amusing melange. The Public Good and the Poetic Review are accompanied this month by the Biogra phical Magazine, the first number of which contains sketches of Jean Paul Richter, J. M. W. Turner, Lord Palmerston, and other celebrated characters. The Follet plates are, as they always are, excellent. THE QUARTERLIES. THE QV ARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXXIX. A remarkable article appears in the current num ber of the Quarterly, in the course of which the reviewer endeavours to fix the authorship of Junius upon Lord Lyttelton. The argument is altogether very ingenious, and is one evidently elaborated throughout with considerable care. It displays, moreover, some exceedingly curious research on the part of the writer, who has entered upon his subject con amore, and has closed it with a settled, stubborn, obstinate, inflexible conviction. That conviction is that Lord Lyttelton was Junius. The reviewer manifestly set himself down deliberately and with the determination prepense to prove that Junius was no other than Lord Lyttelton. Before he goes very far into the question he makes it a personal one. He conceives that here and here only can the public find any clue to the mystery. He has said he thinks Lord Lyttelton and Junius are identical, and there fore they must be identical. Now, with all possible regard for the ability displayed by the writer of the paper under consideration in the course of his argu ment, we cannot—we must avow it—but regard this same " therefore" to be a most unmitigated and bare faced non sequitur. We have paid every attention to the reasons adduced in support of the hypothesis, and yet, while acknowledging the remarkabl e force of some among those reasons, we are compelled in simple truth, and in defiance of all the dogmatism of the reviewer, to discredit the correctness of the sup position that Junius was no other than Lord Lyttel ton. For reasons which it would take too long in a little notice of a Quarterly Review to enumerate, we are still more and morelsatisfied that Junius, after all, was no other than Sir Philip Francis. Yet the article upon this ever-interesting subject in the cur rent number before us is eminently deserving perusal. So, also is the lively and gossiping paper which pre cedes it upon the subject of " Physiognomy." Th e following passage is admirable All theories of physiognomy must,be, from their very nature, limited in extent, but it is to the first artists in the world that we are indebted for the only safe basis on which they stand. In that philosophy of the fine arts which the Greeks have left us we alone find the rudiments of a true study of physiognomy. It is their principle of comparative anatomy which, by strictly separating the physical attributes of Man from those of the animal, has established the real characteristic of the human form. And it is by the same process that we are led to the first sure step in physiognomy; for, following it, wo must soon distinguish two portions of the countenance which may be pronounced to be espe cially the human being's own, since the inferior creature possesses them in such limited measure as to be said not to possess them at all. Its profile takes, without excep tion, the form of a wedge, more or less blunt or acute. That of man presents a comparatively perpendicular line, rendered such by the addition of a forehead above and a chin below—the wedge shape being only ap proached by those savage races whose state of life is nearest that of the animal, and even in them never so much as totally to obliterate the better type. Accord ' ingly, the average development of this upper and lower portion will be found the indispensable requisite on which the intervening features depend for giving us that pleasure which is produced by a rightful specimen of humanity. No matter how perfect those features if one of these conditions be egregiously failing—no matter how imperfect if they be there. Many a man has a face we care not to look at again till he takes off his hat; while, on the other hand, S:. Neot, the martyr, with his head sawn off above the eyebrow, and represented with the unidealised features of the early German masters, is still no animal, for his chin saves him. And these por tions, we must remember, are more especially man's own, as being inalienable and unchangeable—the same in sleep or in death—the outward indications of that energy and intellectual power which are so awfully his own for triumph and for temptation:' A delightful contribution relating to " Kew Gardens" will be read with curiosity and, we are satisfied, also with satisfaction, by all those who are acquainted with that most delightful of almost all retreats in the neighbourhood of our metropolis. The review en , - , titled " Memoirs on Russian and German Campaigns, and the other surveying the political career of " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," the Prince President of France, elected by 7,500,000 votes—are tincturediden with the old Tory views of the old Tory Qu arterly. They are not the less worthy of our examinationremoved this, however much they may happen to sympathies. beyond the circumference of our Henryron, Be sides some 16 Notes" relating ~nry to Sir for Baronet, and a criticism of " s History .ooh, H o e f lieg t a h hi e ; Roman States," there is a powerful artie,,l nen t High land Destitution and Irish Emigratio n, important contribution in the current number of the Quarterly. THE RIFLE CL U B AT THE STo cg EXCH AN GE ,_ proposed Rifle Club ; About ninety members of the Stoc k Exchan g e hav e sign fled their intention of belonging to the it is to be armed with double-barrelled rifles of the value of ten guineas each. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RIFLE CORPS.--CHELTEN mug, SATURDAY.—There has been a p ublic meeting held here, at which a rifle corps has been establishe d to " act:under such Governmentorganization may and thil3 rulesthink fit tfor provide.pract i as her Maj es ty' s The chair was taken by E. G. Hallewell, Esq., M.P. The following reso lution was adopted :—" That in consequence of the unsettled state of affairs on the continent of Europe, it is deemed ex pedient that the population of this kingdom should place itself in an attitude of national defence, and that as the recent improvements in the rifle are likely to render it a most important arm in future warfare, a corps should be formed in Cheltenham, to be called the Cheltenham Rifle Corps.' " A committee and officers of the club were also ap pointed, i nc l u ding a chaplain —an office which was suggested by the Rev. Francis Close, who also offered to undertake it, and his offer was accepted. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. —RiChard Taylor, EFCI., has retired from the office of Mineral Surveyor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and has been succeeded by Professor Wariogton Smyth, of the Museum of Economic Geology. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert did not go out this morning, owing to the unfavourable stateof the weather, The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred took exercise in the Riding-house. The Lord'Chancellor and Lady Truro, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aber deen, Field-Marshal Count Nugent, Viscount Hardinge, the Countess of Shelburne, the Right Hon. Fox Mania and the Hon. Mrs. Maule, Colonel Count A. Nugent, and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent this evening, at Frogmore. The following formed the dinner circle :—Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscountess Canning, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Mary Seymour, Lady Augusta Brace, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Banner: de Speth, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir James Clark, the Hon, and Rev. G. Wellesley, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Colonel Biddulph, and Sir George Couper. The Tyrolese Minstrels attended in the evening at Frogmore-house, and for the fourth time had the honour of performing before her Majesty and the Court. This talented troop gave ono of their admirable performances, and Mr. W. G. Cusins had the honour of playing two fantasias on the pianoforte. SUNDAY, FIB. 1. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, walked in the Home-park. Divine service was performed in the private chapel of the Castle this morning by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley. Lieut.:Colonel Hon A. Gordon has relieved Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Queen will hold a Privy Council this (M on d a y) a f terno on, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued on Saturday to the Ministers and officers of State from the Privy Council-office. A deputation from Hull, consisting of the Right Hon. T. Baines, M.P., Mr. James Clay, M.P., Mr. Bannister (Mayor of Hull), Mr. Harrison (Sheriff of Hull), Mt. Blundell (Chairman of the Hull Town's Committee), with Sir and Messrs. Pearson, Middleton, and Holden, had an in terview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere on S a turday at the Board of Trade. : 1, 1 - d o ffiperee President n a e S n a t t u o f r Saturday. The City Remembrancer had an interview George Grey on Saturday at the Home-o ffi ce. Dispatches were received from.the Governor of the o l f ns cecfie:h r i e l 3 e, s r : for l Y - the Cape of Good Hope at Dispatches were sent off to the Governors of the Wes t . the: e o , lon: g o a f ve Lti O nS tnner on Saturday at Lana zquare, to the India Islands. Cabi , net Ministers .of State of her M,' yeal. was settled at P a d Tn o r hd Ti w e v hntyrheeo the Officers Marqu isoo°. ji.ty a Household. the meeting, preparatory to its b e . la Queen in Councilg pricked for by the The M inisters an d °nicer Chancellor, the Earl of Mi s pr esent . were, the Lord Granville, Earl Grey, Sir Charles Sir George Grey, Earl Carlisle, the Right Hon. Charles Wood, the Earl of Henry . Labouchere, the Right Lion. Fox Maule, th e . Seymour, the pi g - Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Norfolk. Rims of Westminster, and the Duke of The Clerks of I,• te Privy Council, Mr. C. C. Greville and the Hon Noble M arci , . li Will iam Bathurst, also dined with the Dispatches ws. offic e from th e e Lord High Com m i ss i oner o f th t lonian SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. The following are the scratching at Chester up to this morning:— Chief Justice, Maid of Team Valley, Doubt, G by Young Priam, out of Sister to Genius, Theltalian, Wild Flower, Dolly's Brae, Constellatior, Tragedian, The Ebor, Aaron Smith, Mrs. Birch, Paquette, Tapered, Timid Fawn, Finesse, Trousseau, Paddy Bird, The Niece, Buehbury, Thunder, Tom Moody, St. Michael, Sledmere, Daniel O'Rourke, Prince Patrick, Con sultation. ASHDOWN PARK MEETING-SATURDAY. The Craven Stakes were won by Mr: Brown's Bed lamite, beating Mr. Brown's Falsetto in the run up. The Lambourn Stakes were won by Mr. Lawrence's Lopez, beating Mr. Barnett's Beam in the run up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Captain Bee sant'a Bentinck, beating Mr. Etwall's Exuing Lass in the tun up. The Berkshire Stakes were woa by Captain Wind" ham's Whiff, beating Mr. Morant's Merryman in the run up. The Ashdown Cup was won by Mr. Brown's Bedlam Bess, beating Mr. Davies's Motley in the run up. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING. The Cup was won by Mr. G. Cooke's Cerito, beating Mr. Deakins's Director in the run up. The Sutton Plate was won by Mr. George's Exche quer, beating Mr. S. P. H o p e ' s Bumming Bird in the run up. The Croxteth Purse was won by Mr. Randall's Rhoda, Mr. Jebb's Daffodil being drawn. The Altcar Stakes were won by Mr. George's Celeste, beating Mr. Jones's Jenner in the run up. The Molyneux Stakes were wcn by Mr. Randall's Raven beating Mr. Jefferson's John Bull. The West Derby Stakes were Won by Mr. S wr die s Soda Ash, besting Mr. Preston's Precaution. t A h S e m c t s le O l‘ n et e t h m e uc 3 h o t alarmed ul t b ai .1 noon, the inhabit ants . soldiers ' FIRE IN t o f a sire in the canteen, in the keepyar , the report to be in the chimney of the tap-room, which which proved DOV ES 0 f C burnt furiously for some time, and tears were ent er t a i ne d that the roof wou ld become ignited. Th e wind being strong from the south-west, caused fearful apprehension also for the powder magazine, situated in th e wall of the keep, and but a few yards from the burning chimney, the smoke of which , was beating strong upon it. The troops were called out, and the barrack engine was soon brought to the spot by the depot of the 30th Regiment, under the command of their Gallant Major, and brought to bear with great effect upon the furious element, which was speedily got under and en tirely extinguished in about an hour. Great praise is due to Major 'key and his active men for their very seasonable and prompt assistance.—Doren Chronicle. FIRST BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.—It ie confi dently stated that an lion. baronet, Member for one of the metropolitan boroughs, has announced his intention, at the earliest possible moment after the debate on the Address, to pat questions to her Majesty's Government, in reference to the causes which have led to the removal of Lord Palmerston from the direction of Foreign Affairs.