The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-17 00:00:00

HULL, JAN. 14.—The Eugenia (Politighese schooner). for Lisbon, has received naLua A e by u vessel getting athwart house of her. WAIN LEFT, JAN. 14.—A. large raft of square timber, containing upwards of 413 piece:, was picked up about two miles off Anderby, and is now lauding at that place. LYNN, JAN. 14.—A brig, with black mast head, sunk in about ten fathoms water, Horrnea bearing west, dia tant six miles, was passed 11th lest., by the Odeona, of this port. Witu.s, JAN. 14.—The Abdiel, Harland, which went on shore on Holine Beach, Bth ult., has been got off, arid arrived here 12th inst. HARWICH, JAN. 15.—The schooner, Conrad, Kohler, of Bremen, from Hartlepool to St. Thomas, got on shore on the Long Sand, bilged, and soon became a total wreck; crew and part of materials saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The arrivals of Wheat of home produce up to our market last week, coastwise as ivell as by laud carriage, were tolerably good—those of Barley extensivc. Of all other grain, as well as flour, the receipts were some what at/4 ye the average of some previous weeks. Very few parcels came to bawl either from Ireland or Scotland, while the imports from abroad consisted of 10,063 quarters of Wheat, 1,010 ditto of Barley, 700 ditto of Oats, 2,400 ditto of Beans, 1,000 ditto of Pest, and only 98 barrels of Flour. Nearly the whole of the Wheat came from Russia. Fresh up this morning, rather a large quantity of English Wheat was received from Essex, and from Kent and Suffolk the ar rival was decidedly good. However, owing to most of the parcels being greatly out of condition, from the dampness of the weather, the utmost caution was manifested on the part of the dealers—whose a:- tendance was far from numerous—in getting into stock; hence we have to report a very dull inquiry for all kinds of English Wheat, at a decline in the quotations paid on Monday last of from Is to 2s per quarter, and at the close of business a clearance had not been effected. The actual supply of Wheat was much larger than that exhibited on any previous Monday during the present year The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was moderately good, and a portion of it was of heavy weight. Se lected parcels wore held at late rates, but the middling and inferior kinds fell from is to 21 per quarter. Su perfine Malting Barley was in fair request ; but grind ing and distilling parcels were rather dull, and the turn cheaper Malt—the supply of which was more than equal to the wants of the brewers — moved off steadily, at barely stationary prices. The supply of Oats was exceedicgly small. That grain moved off steadily, and last week's prices were well supported. Both Beans and Peas were a slow sale, at barely late rates. In Indian Coffin and Meal next to nothing was doing. The beat qualities of Flour sold at full prices; but other parcels might have been purchased on somewhat lower terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • .. 53s to i 5 ,96 Red. 488 tos3s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditte,White, New bgs 586 Lincolnsh., Feed. 20s 22- Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. • • 478 50s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White. ••• .. 493 633 Black .• • • ... 213 22s Irish, Red.. ••• • • • —s —s Cork, White .•• .. 21s 286 Ditto, Whits •.• • • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • . 22s 2tis 2Lys—Old • • •• • • —s s Beans—Tick ......... 33s 44s New. ••• • • • ...... 32. 34s Pigeons .. 483 51 6 Barley—Grinding 25s ads Peas—Grey .......... 38s 40 3 Malting .• • • ..... 301 32s Maple .•• • • 401 42. Chevalier •. . • •.. 32s 33s White... • • 42$ 44 5 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .• • • 44s 47. folk ..... ....... 54s 566 Flour—Town-made .• . 433 487 Brown ..... • ....• NOs 52s Suffolk ......374 41 8 Kingston and Ware 51. 183 Stockta & Norfolk 366 41: SMITHFIELD. During last week the imports of foreign stock into London were very small, or as under:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Rotterdam Harlingen Noordwyk . Antwerp Total 95 ... 1,023 ... 27 At the outports the arrivals have not exceeded 700 head, but the quality of both Beasts and Sheep has been very superior to some previous importations. Thu numbers of foreign stock on show this morning were very small, viz., about 90 Oxen and Cows and 400 Slieeu from Holland, as also 28 Oxen from Spain, the larger portion of which sold at somewhat droopi . ig prices, not withstanding the general quality of both Beasts anti Sheep was tolerably good. From our large grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day, b) drift and railway, were seasonably extensive, but by no paeans of prime quality. Although the attendant , of both town and country buyers was a full averagt one. the Beef trade—arising principally from the un favourable state of the weather for slaughtering—wa , in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations o' from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per Blbs. At the close 01 business, a total clearance of the inferior breeds had not been effected, and we may observe that the highest genera; figure for the best Scots--though some were disposed tit at 4s 10d—did not exceed 4s 8d per 81bs. The arrivals of Beasts from the north consisted of about 750 short horns; from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 1,200 Herefords, runts, Devons, Scots, Irish beasts, and short horns; from other parts of England 800 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were moderately exten sive and a fair average quality. On the whole, the Mutton trade was firm, but far from brisk, at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last, the best obi Downs selling at As 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs. Very few Calves were on show, yet the Veal trade was in a ver) sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Prime small Porkers were quite as dear ; otherwise the Pork trade was heavy at late rates. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. 41. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 6 Second quality • 3 3 4 2 Coaree•weolled ditto 4 2 b e Prime large Oxen •• 4 4 4 6 Southdown Wether 2 2 2 4 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large liege —.••• 4 0 4 4 Prime small ditto •• 6 0 5 4 Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves —2O 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs ..19 0 34 e Inferior Sheep • • • 3 6 310 Lambs ... . SUPPLY AT MARKET. steasu. I Sheep. I Calve!. 3,335 19,430 63 21211: 4 70/1.TH .11.117 D I.3II.II.DENECAMI. Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of country kilied meat for these markets have been on the increase; the supplies on offer to day, slaughtered in the metro polis, were seasonably good, and of improved quality. Generally speaking, the demand was in a sluggish state, but in prices we have no change of consequence to notice. The supply of foreign Meat continues very small. I PIP. 310 It per nose by the Carcase. •. d. to a. d. A. to s. d. lltef,infertor...... • 4 3 0 Mutton, Inferior .. 3 4 3 G raiddling .. •• 3 3 3IS -- middling •• 3 II 4 0 - primelarg• •• 4 0 4 1 -- prime ••• • 4 2 4 6 -- prime small •• 4 2 4 4 Pork, huge ••••• • • • 3 it 4 6 Veal .• .. •••• •• 4 4 b 4 - ..... •4 1 b 2 Lamb. Ox 0,1 t• Os SC 30R011112 AND SPITA.LrIELDS. A fair average quantity of Potatoes has been received coastwise during the past week, and the supply on offer to-day was good. The demand was by no means active, yet prices were mostly supported.—Yorkß. gent's, I'2ss to 140 s; Scotch Reds, 115 s to 120 s ; ditto,: Buffs:and Blues, 110 s to 115 s ; Kent and Essex Regent's, 110 s to 140 s; ditto, Shaw's, 100 s to 120 s; ditto, Kidneys, 120 s to 130 s ; ditto, Blues, 110 s to 120 s ; Dutch Whites, 70s to 90s ; Wisbeach Regent's, 110 s to 120 s. BOIitOUGNIC MOP 11,211.12.1 LET. Although the demand for the finest parcels of Hops continues firm, we have no further improvement to no tice in the quotations. The middling and inferior quali ties, the supply of which is good, move off slowly, at late rates. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 21 156 to 31 ss; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 31 10s; Diid• and East Kent ditto, 31 Gs to 51 14s per cwt. WOOL. The total imports of Fereign Wool, last week, did not exceed 100 bales, chiefly from South America. As the stocks of Colonial Wool are now ►omewhat large, public sales of about 23,000 bales are expected to be shortly announced for the middle of next montb. In the private contract market, the general demand is in a very slug gish state, at but little alteration in prices. TALLOW. Although the supply of Tallow is on the increase, the demand is steady, and prices are 3d to 6d per cwt higher than on Monday last. P. Y. C., en the spot, is 45. 3d to 453 6d ; and for forward delivery, 44s to 44s 6d per owt ; Town Tallow, 46s 8d to 475 9d per cwt, net cash ; Rough Fat, 25 Bid per 8 lbs. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his court at 'Westmin ster to-day, at eleven o'clock. SNOAD V. LARDNER. His LORDSHIP gave judgment to day in this case, affirming the decision of the Vice• Chancellor, with Costs, and expressing his entire approbation of the course pursued in the transaction by Mr. Lardner. IN THE MATTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. The further arguments in this part-heard petition, which relates to the election of Fellows in the University of Oxford, was then proceeded with. VICE -CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) THILIPSON V. GATLET. The object of this suit was to compel trustees to replace a fund of 4,0001., which the bill alleged they had lost or mismanaged, and to have new trustees appointed. The cause came before the Court in July last, when an objection was taken to the bill, on the ground that all the trustees were not made parties to the suit. The objection was allowed and the bill ordered to be amended, and the cause came before the Court on the amended bill, and was argued at great length on last Saturday. His HONOUR delivered judgment this morning, and directed an inquiry to ascertain the legal personal representatives of the testator. The matter was ac cordingly referred to the Master. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Domini V. LORDS OF THE TREASURY. Mr. PEA.coca moved for a rule to show cause why u mandamus should issue to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, directing them to make compensation to Mr. Dobbin, as one of the writing clerks to the Court of Chancery, in Ireland. A a iniilar application, he said, was made to the Court Is. st session, when Lord Denman directed the case to sAa.nd over, in order that the plaintiff might have an PpOrtUnity of making a formal application on the tO atter to the Treasury. That application had been .L , de, and au answer equivalent to a refusal re• `... . . THE SUfit, LONDON turned. II?, therefore, had simply to renew his ap plication. The COURT granted a rule to shoes cause. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) RUSSELL V. BRYANT. This action was tried before Chief Justice Wilde, at Guildhall, on the 10th of December last, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. LUSE( moved for a rule nisi to set aside that veriict. The action was brought by Mr. Henry Rus• sell, the proprietor of the copyright of two muN ical compositions called the " Ship on Fire" and the " Gambler's Wife," against the defendant, who is the landlord of the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for allow • ing tho,e two pieces to be pert armed at the assembly rooms attached to the tavern on the 13th of March last. The main question to be decided was whether the assembly rooms was a place of dramatic entertain ment within the meaning of the Act. The evidence upon that point at the trial was that county meetings were held in it, that there had been previously vocal enter tainments, and that upon one occasion an entertainment v, as given by the Indians, but it was not shown that it was used as a place for dramatic performances. He apprehended that what was meant by a place of dra matic entertainment was a place where tragedy, comedies, farces, and other plays were performed. Mr. Smith was dressed in his private clothes on the occasion, and did nothing more than sing the piece as he played upon the piano, and he submitted there• fore that it was a vocal and not a dramatic entertain ment. He also contended that the defendant was not liable for the acts of Mr. Smith, as he simply let the room to him, the arrangements being entirely made by persons in Mr. Smith's employ, and thus entirely unacquainted with the songs included in the pro gramme. The Court granted a rule. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) James Finch, who has been upwards of a twelve month a watchman in the employ of the St. Katha rine Dock Company, was charged by John Passmore Mumford, superintendent of the company's police, with having stolen some sherry, the property of the company. Mr. Mumford stated that at half-past six o'clock on Saturday evening he observed the prisoner on the south quay stooping down and doing something to a cask. He was much intoxicated. Mr. Mumford proceeded to examine the cask, which contained sherry. He found the " chive "or wooden bung of the cask had been forced out, and there was fresh spilled wine round the aperture. On the prisoner being searched, there was found on his per son two knives, with the blades of each broken ; also a straw, which had evidently been recently used, as it was strongly impregnated with sherry. It was the wish of the company that the matter should be dealt with summarily. Mr. YARDLEY said, if this had not been the case, he should have committed the prisoner to take his trial for a felony of a very aggravated nature. Rob bing an employer was a serious matter, and he (Mr. Yardley) should mark his sense of it by inflicting the highest punishment the Act of Parliament al lowed him.—He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for a month. T E UNITED STATES AN[) MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, which entered the river this afternoon, we have received ad vices from New York to the Ist inst. inclusive. This vessel was detained until eight o'clock in the morning of Sunday, the 2d inst., in consequence of a dense fog and snow storm, which prevented her proceeding to sea. She left Halifax on the sth, and taking this con siderable deviation from her direct course into ac count, the passage from New York is a short one of 14 days. The outward steamer, Caledonia, was at Halifax on the 3d inst. The llibernia has 90,0001. in specie. We have later news from Mexico, which will be found under its appropriate head. The Congress was in sitting at Queretaro, but except being occupied with the army regulations, their proceedings have not been of external interest. A design is said to be in con templation of dispatching a Commissioner to Washing ton to obtain the appointment of American Commis eioners fur the purpose of meeting, at Havaenah, others named by the Mexican Government to negotiate a treaty of peace. No reliable authority is put forward to support this announcement. The outward advices conveyed by the Hibernia, which comprised the reduction in the Bank of Eng land rate to 6 per cent., and also took lower prices for the staples of grain, flour, and cotton, did not, on their receipt, produce any very marked action. Corn fell 5 cents the bushel, and flour about 12 cents the barrel. Cotton, notwithstanding reduced quotations from here, was still enabled to command full former rates, consequent on the good demand maintained by native manufacturers. The Stock Market is gradually becoming more and more sensitive to the continued flow of specie from the banks and the country, produce shipments being extremely limited. Exchange maintains full previous quotations, Bank bills selling for 1101 to 1101, and private ones from 1091 to 1101, according to the credit they sustain. The apprehension of this drain on the State banks being of continued duration, consequent on the Mexican war causing remittances from that country to England to be shipped as now from the United States, instead of coming direct, has worked up a small panic in Wall-street, just previous to the steamer leaving. Four banks in New York State have suspended specie payments, and though said to hold securities sufficient for ultimate liquidation, the most deplorable want of proper management is evidenced in the fact that with an aggregate circula lation of 493,000 dollars, the amount of specie held amounts to only 700 dollars t of which one establish ment holds SOO. These banks—the Atlas, Franklin, James's, and Merchants' banks—are aptly denomi nated " shinplaster" banks in the following expose of the New York Herald:— " Wall- street has been in a perfect fever of excite ment all day, in consequence of the rush of bill holders to find their redeemers. Many failed in so doing, and the greatest excitement existed. The brokers redeemed until their funds were exhausted ; and then they refused everything offered, good, bad, and indifferent. The rates for redeeming all New York State money rapidly advanced, until five per cent. was the lowest rate. The panic became so great that the amount offered exceeded the ability of the brokers to redeem, and hundreds of billholders were turned away, without making an exchange of their bills. We should judge, from what we saw and heard, that between one and two millions of dollars had been redeemed up to two o'clock. In the midst of the panic, it was announced that the James's Bank, the Franklin Bank of Chautauqua County, and the Merchants' Bank of Chautauque County, had suspended, and the bills of these banks were taken in some cases at fifty per cent. discount, but only a small amount could be sold at any price. " We annex a statement, showing the condition of the suspended banks on the Ist of November : SUSPENDED DANES, STATE OP NEW TORE. Loans. Specie. Cireln. Deposits. Atlas Bank — 100 178,205 Frankrnl3kChataqu'eco. 100 50,000 James Bank 19,252 69,166 Alerßk.Chautauquecoy. 500 201,000 COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell left Claremont on Friday even ing, and returned to his residence in Richmond Park. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of joining the royal circle at Claremont at dinner on Friday evening. On Saturday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park, and the Royal Children took their accustomed airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at Claremont on Saturday evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The Viscountess Canning left Claremont on Satur day morning. The Countess of Desart arrived at Claremont in the evening, and has succeeded Lady Can ning, as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yesterday at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Les lie Courtenay aficiated. A messenger arrived in town on Thursday night erom Hanover, with the intelligence of the safe con finement of her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Hanover of a Princess. The gratifying announce ment was communicated to her Majesty, and the different members of the Royal Family. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at one o'clock on Satur• day afternoon, from Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness left Clarence House on her return to Frog • more House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended a meeting of the Trustees of the British Museum, on Saturday. The overnor of the Bank of England had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday. The Hon. Colonel Anson had also an inter view with the Right Hon. Baronet on Friday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. H. Hosack, and Mr. H. Lindsay, had interviews with Earl Grey, on Satur day, at the Colonial. office. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Co lonial-office, from the Governor of South Australia. Dispatches for the Governor of the West India Colonies, and also for the Governor of the Mauritius, were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Saturday evening. Colonel Maberley had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison and Lady Kerrison arrived in Great Stanhope-street yesterday, -from Oakley Park, Suffolk, en rouse to Brighton, until the meeting of Parliament. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere has left town for Brighton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . BETTING AT MANCHESTER. - FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—The only bets laid were upon the Liverpool Steeplechase, at 20 to 1 each agst St. Leger, Jerry, Pioneer, and Wolverhampton, and 25 to 1 each agst The Nigger and Latitat. CHESTER Cur.—Only one offer, of 1,000 to 15 agst Joc o'Sot. DERBY.—Springy Jack inquired after, but nothing dune. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LEAMINGTON AND SOUTHAM. STEEPLE CHASES.—TUESDAY, JAN. 25. The Grand Open Handicap of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 19th inst. :St. Leger, I Ist 101b—Chandler, list 91b—Procei d, list 81b—Jerry, 1 I s t 41b—Si r rthur, I Ist 31b—TI • Nigger, 1 Ist 31b—Cavendish, lOst 121b—Discount, lost 121b —Salute, lost 101b—Profligate, lOst 81b— fair, worth, lOst 6 1 b—Chronometer, lOst 61b—Colverthorpf, lost 51b—Speetator, lOst 51b—Boxkeeper, lOst 411 me Gaseley, lOst 41b—Matchless, lOst 31b—Repeale• 10st 31b—St. Both, lOst 21b—Chatham, lOst—Alexan der, lOst—Gaylad, lOst—Edward the First, 9st 121 b Naworth, 9st 101b—Eagle, 9st 101b—Gayhurst, 9st 81b —Evergreen, 9st 71b—Miss Fop, 9st 51b. WEDNASDAY, JAN. 26. A Free Handicap Steeplechase, 1 soy. entrance, 5 sovs. in case of acceptance, with 40/. added. Over about four wiles of a fair hunting country, under the usual steeplechase conditions. A winner of any steeple chase after the declaration of the weights to carry 71b extra; twice, 10ib; 10 soya. to be deducted for ex pellees. Acceptances to be declared to Mr. Merry, on the 20th of January. Richard the First, 12st—Jerry, list 101b—Sir Ar thur, 6 yrs, list 81b—Cavendish, list 41b—Marengo, 11t 21b—Discount, list 21b—Tamworth, list 11b— Chronometer, list 11b—The British Yeoman, I Ist Etnun-ac-Knuck, 1 Ist—Ballybar, lOst 121b—Matchless, lOst 121b—Carlow, lOst 101b—Vanguard, lOst 101 b St. Ruth, lOst 101b—Standard Guard, lOst 81b—Jack, lOst 81b—The Roarer, lOst 81b—Tom Pipes, lOst 81b— Edward the First, lOst 61b—Red Lancer, lOst 61b—Bel shazzar, lOst 61b—Pembroke, lOst 41b—Counsellor, lOst 41b—Forest Boy, lOst 41b—Eagle, lOst 41b—Sparta, lost 21b—Gayhurst, lOst 21b— Evergreen, lOst 21b— Forester, lost—Hip Briar, lOst—Dick Lawson, lOst— Blinks the Bagman, lOst—Crown Prince, lost—Notting ham, lOst—Luck's-all (late Bedale), lOst—The Witch, 6 yrs, lOst—Scylla, 9st 121b—Brother to Tom Tough, 9st 121b—Miss Fop, 9st 121b—Emigrant, 9st 101b--The Unknown (h b),.9 st 101b—Thurgarton, st 81b--Clinker, 9st 61b—Kitty, 9st 61b—g by Medora (h h), 9st 61b— Mind•your-own-business, 9st 61b—Velocity, 9st 41b— Royston Gower, 5 yrs, 9st 21b—g by Valentine, 9st 21b —Sir William, 9st. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Duke of Rutlan hds., Tues., Weaver's Lod'ge; Wed., Little Penton; Fri., Syston Park-10i. Mr. Meynell's hds., Thurs., Drakelow; Sat., Blith field —loi. The Derrington hds., Tues., Manger's Arms; Wed., Flourish Inn; Sat. , Beaumont Arms Inn, Culvert on. Lord Yarborough's hds., Wed.. Elsham Hall Fri., UiNelby House-11. -The Southwold hds., Tues., Wiikesby; Thurs., Burgh on- Bain; Sat., Welton Wood. Mr. Deacon's harrs., Wed„ Lameton Gre( in; S a t., Wardbridge-10. Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Lee-mill Bribge; Fri., Shaugh Bridge-14. The Cheshire hds., Wed.. Elankelow; Thur a., Choi mondeley ; Sat., Wrenbury Village-10i. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Tues., Bangor; Thurs., Oteley Park; Fri., Carden. 'l'be North Staffordshire hde., Tues., FAoke Heath; Fri , W core. The Essex Union hds., Tues., Stoke College; Set., Notley. Gate. The Suffolk hds., Thurs., Euston Hall.-.. 101, The Badsworth hds., Tues., Badsworth .1.10,r; Thurs. Dorrington; Sat., Pa mon Bar-10i. To tal . 19,252 700 498,371 " These suspensions are just what the proprietors of these shinplaster banks want. They can now buy up their bills for 30, 40, and .50 cents on the dollar, and when they get in a part or the whole of the issue, go to the Comptroller, take up their securities, and make a handsome sum by the operation. The Atlas Bank, for instance, has a circulation of 178,205 dollars; these bills can be brought up at 50 per cent., requiring only 89,103 dollars to purchase the whole issue, which, talon presentation to the Comptroller, he delivers up the securities, and the financiers make 80,103 dollars--a very neat sum to swindle out of the labouring classes." Large orders are said to have been received for shipment of cotton and flour from this country, but at prices which will not admit of their execution at the northern port.. On the former extensive transac tions are men tioned as having taken place in the southern markets, causing an advance in prices. The weather still continued of unexampled mild ness, the rivers and canals remaining perfectly free for the passage of vessels. The flood of waters, which has caused such exten sive damage in til.e valley of the Ohio, we are glad to record, has fast subsided, and was rapidly falling lower. Hundreds of families have been rendered houseless, and the loss of property is immense, though happily but few lives, comparatively, have been sacrificed. Another terrific explosion 'has occurred on the Ohio. The steamer A. ITT. Johnson, bound to Wheeling, blew up near Ma3tsville, Kentucky, from some un ascertained defect i,n‘ the machinery. Between 60 and 70 persons were on the spot, and a large num ber scalded, of whAom 30 were so horribly injured that their recovery was considered doubtful. The number of passengers on board the A. N. Johnson, when the appalling• accident occurred, was 160. Governor Pratt's annual Message to the Legislature of Maryland, shows the state of the finances to be in a good condition, leaving a charge on the Treasury of only 83,421 dollars. The gross receipts during the past year amounted to 1,300,000 dollars, and during the ensuing year will probably be increased to 2,000,000 dollars., being an estimated surplus of 2,000,000 dollars over the annual expenses, accruing arrearages on the interest of the State debt. The debt is reduced for 9,000,000 dollars. The Message .zon cludes with a disquisition on the .Mexican war, and is adverse to the annexation of territory. Funds for the semi-annual payment of two per cent. interest on the State bonds of Indiana had been pro vided. The arnount necessary for this payment was borrowed of the State Bank of Indiana, hi antici pation of the collection of taxes. The revenue of the state was not generally made available to the Treasury until March in each year. At a Whig meeting held at Richmond, Virginia, it was resolved to put General Taylor in nomination fur the Presidency. This makes altogether four or five states in which either the Whigs or the Democrats have organized state conventions, to form electoral tic'kets in favour of General Taylor. CONGRESS. The proceedings in Congress, which have been extremely limited, have one event which will obtain interest as evidencing the extreme opposition to, if not the impossibility of, the Mexican war being pro secuted, in the even state of parties in the Senate. On the motion of Mr. Cass, of the military committee, that the Bill authorising the raising of additional troops to serve in the war against Mexico be taken up, an interesting debate, in which Mr. Calhoun op posed the motion, was closed by an equal division, the Vice-President giving his casting vote in its favour, and so prevailed. The Bill is to authorise the raising of volunteers not exceeding 20,000 'nen. MEXICO. The British West India mail i-teamer Teviot, which reached Cut Island harbour from Vera Cruz on the 20th of December, has been the medium of furnishing us with Mexican intelligence to the 13th feom the capital, and the 16th from Vera Cruz ; her homeward news from this quarter is now anticipated by the Hibernia. General Pattison had reached the city of Mexico, having left a garrison at Rio Frio, where a permanent depot was to be made. The Mexican Congress had a quorum on the 6th of December, which was the latest date from Queretaro. MONDAY EVNNING, JANUARY 17, 1843. The: Star says, many deputies were still absent, and six or eight others were expected to leave during the week, notwithstanding the critical state of affairs in which the republic is placed. The Government was occupied with the regulation of the army. A decree was about to be issued on the subject, contemplating the number of the standing army at 20,000 men. There was some design entertained of sending a Mexican commissioner to Washington, to solicit the appointment of commissioners, to meet at Havannah, and arrange the terms of a treaty of peace. We are not yet prepared to say how authentic is this report. By the courier from Queretaro, a communication bad been received from the Secretary of Legation, Mr. Thornton, covering a protest from Lord Palmers ton, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, against the forcible levying of taxes against the English resi dents in Mexico for the purpose of supporting the war. These levies were made six months since, when the residents protested. The ports of Mazatlan and Guaymas were in pos session of the American naval force. A paragraph in the Moniteur states that General Paredes had had an interview with Father Jarauta, the notorious guerilla chief, at Tulaneingo, and that they resolved upon calling in the aid and intervention of European powers in the affairs of Mexico. From this it will appear that Paredes has not abandoned his favourite project of placing a foreign prince on the throne of Mexico. He is viewed with distrust by all parties. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 30. The market for flour exhibited no change, and bales of Michigan, Troy, Genessee, and Ohio continued to be made in various small parcels at about yesterday's prices. The sales making were chiefly for home use, there being few or no buyers for export at present prices. Transactions in wheat were small, while corn continued to sell at previous prices. A considerable sale of New Jersey meal was made for future de livery. Rye was quiet. Oats were inactive. Breadstuffs. Flour The sales only footed up about 2,000 to 2,500 brls. of all kinds, in different small lots, among which were 200 to 300 brls. straight brands Michigan, at 6 dolls. 184 c. ; 300 do. at 6 dolls. 12ic. ; common Ohio, at 6 dolls, 121 c. ; 200 do. good, at 6 dolls. 25c., including small lots Genessee, at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. 37ic. Southern wa.s in active, and we continue to quote Howard-street and Alexandria at 6 dolls. 50c. Wheat—We have only to notice a sale of 1,000 bushels Genessee, •t 1 dol. 36c. Corn—The sales footed up about 10,000 to 15,000 bushels, including 4,000 round northern, at 78c.; 3,000 New Jersey, new white, at 69c. ; 3,000 do. North Carolina, new white, at the same price. A small sale of 400 biishels yellow was made at 76lic. Meal—Sales of 1,000 brls. New Jersey were made, deliverable in March next, at 3 dolls. 371 c. Rye—No change. Rye flour—Sales of 100 brls. were made at 4 dolls. 25c., and 100 do. at 4 dulls. Oats—No sales of moment were reported. Cotton—The sales to-day were estimated at nearly 1,000 bales, which were taken entirely by manufac turers, and at very full prices. Freights—To Liverpool 20s. was offered for cheese, and 255. asked. There was no change in grain or flour to the same port. To Rotterdam ashes were taken at 325. H. London naval stores were steady at 35., heavy goods at 325. Gd., and cheese at 355. CHEMICAL HISTORY OF DIS- INFECTANTS. On Saturday Dr. John Ryan gave an admirable lecture on the above-named subject at the Polytechnic Institution. He said, one of the great objects of an institution like the Polytechnic is to bring before the world, by means of apt illustrations, the various dis coveries and applications of scientific research. He then entered into the chemical history and character istics of the various materials which have been brought before the world under the name of " dis infectants," and entered at some length into the subject of decomposition of animal and vegetable matter, and of the ill effects arising from it in crowded districts. The learned doctor then stated— I shall therefore call your attention, first, to the principal poisonous and fetid products of animal and vegetable decomposition ; and, secondly, to the remedial means proposed for their removal. The offensive compounds given off during animal and vegetable decomposition consist of combina tions of hydrogen with sulphur, forming sulphuretted hydrogen ; of carbon with nitrogen to form cyanogen, and again, of cyanogen and sulphur to form sulpho cyanogen ; and carbon with oxygen to form carbonic oxyde and carbonic acid. Dr. Leeson, of St. Thomas's Hospital, has classified the products of putrescence in the following manner :—Dangerous but inodo rous—Remittant miasmata, typhoid miasmata, car bonic oxyde, carbonic acid. lie gives " remittent miasmata" as the product of ve ge t a bl e d ecompos i t i on, and "typhoid miasmata" as the result of animal putrescence. Odorous, but slightly offensive—Am• monia carburetted hydrogen, cyanogen, sulpho cyanogen. Most offensive--Sulphuretted hydrogen, phosphuretted hydrogen, hydro-sulphate of ammonia. The compounds which more especially demand our attention on this occasion are those headed " most offensive," inasmuch as they are not only the most poisonous, but also are those which appeal the most readily to our senses. Sulphuretted hydrogen, or hydro-sulphuric acid, is a compound of sulphur and of hydrogen, and is a common product of animal decomposition. It is also given off during the destruction of certain vegetables—sulphur existing largely in some families, for example in the liliacee (as in garlic), in cincirferd (as in mustard), in um belliferd (as in assafeetida). He then proceeded to consider the various remedial agents proposed to coun teract those noxious compounds. These he classed under three heads, referring, first, to perfumes, which he condemned as useless, if not dangerous ; secondly, to mechanical remedies, such as drainage, ventilation, &c.; thirdly, to chemical agents. The principal ones referred to were chlorine, and the chlorides of lime and soda ; chloride of zinc, Sir William Burnett's disinfecting fluid,, perucitate of iron ; Mr. Eller man's liquid sulphates of manganese and soda, the refuse of chlorine works, patented by Mr. Young ; nitric acid vapour, for which Dr. C. Smyth received from Parliament 5,0001.; nitrate of lead; M. Ledoyen's fluid. The doctor here mentioned a melancholy cir cumstance connected with the history of the last named disinfectant, as it is erroneously called. Col. Calvert, who was associated with M. Ledoyen in the matter, and whose correspondence with Government was not only voluminous but most decided in its tone, relating to the power of the compounds over infectious miasmata, has just fallen a victim to fever in Canada, to which place he and M. Ledoyen were sent officially to test the virtues of the liquid : the inventor himself is returning home with shattered health. Lastly, after explaining the modus operandi of all these agents in removing odours—a process dependent on the removal of hydrogen from its bases, sulphur, and phosphurus, the professor emphatically urged his audience not to trust to these chemical agents, but to the more simple operations of ventilation, light, drain age, and cleanliness. THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —lf we intend, as a nation, to be independent, we must look to our navy ; that has not had justice done to its officers. I mean those who have got you through your difficulties ; for after thirty years of peace, you have commenced to superannuate upon less than you gave to the ether services, which must appear unjust, for they have served their country upwards offifty years, and would be glad, for the few years they have to live to be relieved from the toils of the sea. They want nothing but justice, and look to tho press to point out their grievances. I am, Sir, ONE OF THE NI. London, Jan. 15, 1848. THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER. LisaoN, JAN. 9.—We have just received the in telligence of the disastrous total loss of the Avenger, steam-frigate, on the Sorelli rocks, on her passage from this place to Malta, with the loss of all her officers and crew, with the exception of the third lieutenant, Mr. Rooke, the gunner, one of the stewards, and a boy. You can better imagine than I can describe, the distressing sensations which these shocking details have produced in the squadron here. From the gallant Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Napier, whose step-son was the unfortunate com mander of the Avenger, to the lowest ranks, the loss of a friend or acquaintance is deplored, as the Avenger was here and formed part of the Lisbon squadron for some time. Poor Sir Charles is quite unmanned. I herewith inclose you an official return of the names of all the officers who were on board the Avenger when she left Malta Captain Charles George Eters Napier (1841), step- son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Cosnmander•in•Chief at Lisbon. Lieutenant Hugh Mallett Kinsman (1841), senior, son of the late Major Kinsman, Royal Marines, and who, I believe, was the son-in-law of Rear-Admiral Pasco. Lieut. Frederick Marryat (1W), .the gallant son of Captain Marryat, C. 8., one of the most promising young officers in the service, distinguished for his several perilous but successful attempts, by jumping into the water after them, to save persons from drowning, one daring instance of which occurred a short time since in the Tagus. He was a lieuteLant of the Sphynx, steam-sloop, when she ran ashore at the Isle of Wight last year, and gained great credit for his presence of mind and indefatigable exertions after she stranded and during the operations in saving the stores and getting off the ship. It was a common thing for this gallant young officer to swim through the surf to the shore or to any vessel for what he wanted. Lieut. Francis Rooke (1846), saved. Master—William Archer (1835). Surgeon—Jumes Hutchison Steele (1842), late of the Resistance, troop-ship, drowned in the boat in the surf. Paymaster and Purser—Valentine A. Haile (1842) formerly of the Scourge, steam-sloop. Second Master—William Betts (1842), drowned by the upsetting of the boat in the surf. He was promoted, a few weeks since, to the rank of master. Assistant-surgeon, Acting--Bernard Delany. Midshipman—J. Hormand. Midshipman—Charles Bere. Master's Assistant—Thomas Otty. Master's Assistant—Sidney Ayling, drowned by the upsetting of the boat in the surf. Clerk—H. J. S. Walker. Clerk—W. A. Speed. Naval Cadet—J. B. Heywood. Naval Cadet—W. J. S. M. Molyneaux. Engineers—William Hirst, first class. William Kerslake, assistant, first class. Alfred Miles, ditto. Richard Kennedy, assistant, second class. Henry Henty, third class. William Barber, supernumerary as sistant, second class. John Gilmour, supernumerary assist ant, second class. Gunner—John Larcom ; saved,with Lieut. Rook*. Boatman—William Miller, acting, promoted from the Scourge steam sloop. Carpenter—Thomas Wiley, second class. Roria. MARINES. Lieut. Henry S. Baynes, of the artillery corps. —Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.—The Court of Admiralty, at the instance of Messrs. Edmonds and Sons, solicitors to the salvors, have decreed a commission of removal for the derelict barque Lady Kennaway, late Captain Avery, from hence to London, her original destina tion. The Court direct that an insurance be first effected to cover the full value of ship and cargo, which we understand to be about 30,0001. After being provided with a new rudder, sails, and other gear, she will, under custody of her Danish salvors, be navigated to the Thames. WOOLWICH, JAN. 15.—The Banshee steam-vessel is ordered to be taken round to Chatham to be fitted for sea at that port. She will leave the Thames on Monday, and will be navigated to Chatham by a por tion of the crew of the Black Eagle, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson. The Pluto was taken out of dock today, and the Caradoc ordered to be taken in to have her bottom covered with the composition in vented by Mr. H a y, of Portsmouth, for preserving iron vessels. It was found impossible to get the Caradoc out of the East India Docks in time to save the tide at Woolwich to day, and she will have to be docked to-morrow. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master C omman d er Petley, is in the basin, having her sta r b oar d paddle box and bulwarks repaired, which were injured by the Banshee coming into collision with her, and it has been found that no part of the wheel or machi nery connected with the engines have been put out of order, as was at first supposed t) be the case. Vessels in the Harbour--Willi am an d M ary y ac ht, Captain Austin, C.B. ; the Black Eagle steam-vessel, m o w coil:law:l4r S. 13. Cook ; the Trident steam- - ~~., -; vessel, the Virago steam-sloop, and the Monkey steam• vessel. In the Basin—The Fisgard, 42 guns, carrying the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon I3remer, K.C.B. and K.C.11.; the Sphyza, the Rattler, the Rifleman, the Spiteful, the Myrtle, the Driver, and the Janus steam-vessel, and the Dee steam troop-ship, Master Commander Driver. In Dock—The Niger, fitting with screw-propeller. FLANDERS MAIL. HAusttao if, JAN. 10.—The corn trade is flat, as little or nothing is done in the expo r t t ra d e , an d our agriculturalists want their usual impetus from abroad, and are therefore more tardy in bringing their sup plies. Wheat is low. About 200 lasts of rye were sold from 48 to 60 marks banco per last. The hitherto prevailing frost, and the want of snow, ap pear to be the cause of speculation being so dull. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 31.—Trade continues very dull, nor is there any appearance that there will be a speedy improvement. Nothing whatever is done in the export trade, and yet our Russian traders per sist in keeping up their prices, and du not seem at all disposed to give in. There was a great demand for saw sugar during the last few days, and several parcels of white Havannah were sold at twenty-six roubles. Broken loaf sugar has been prohibited after 1848. The regulation that yellow and brown raw sugar shall pay less duty than white, will probably not come into force till 1849. BRESLAU, JAN. B.—We have not much to report respecting our corn trade, nor do matters look very encourcging. The arrivals are small, and bargains for later deliveries are totally wanting. This is not owing to the want of corn, but to the expectation of the holders to obtain higher prices. In this ex pectation, however, our country people will probably be disappointed, for even this week there was an evi dent tendency to d e pre s sion; for although at the be ginning of the week the holders maintained their prices, yet towards the close there was a sensible re action. TURKEY—CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 22.—DEATH OF OSMAN Pacus.—During the past week the cholera has been again on the increase, especially in the quarters towards Estamboul, in the Turkish circles of Pera and Galata, cases are frequent. O sman P ac h a , Seraskier of .\.natolio, who was attacked very violently with it last week, died to-day. Morza Mehemet Ali Khan, Envoy Extraordinary to the French Court, will pass some time here, on his return from France to Persia, and it is supposed that the exchange of the ratification of Erzeroum will not take place till that time. Colonel Shiel, British Ambassador at the Court of Teheran, has arrived here on his re turn to England. The Ministerial journals state that the Porte has again purchased a landed property on the Bosphorus, for the purpose of presenting it, is addition to its former gift, to the British Embassy. lf, as is affirmed, the treasury paid 450,000 piastres for this estate, it has not only made a munificent present to the Embassy, but also to the seller, a banker, and consequently one of its members, who paid 135,000 piastres for the estate in its present condition, and, to our knowledge, would have been but too happy to have sold it again at cost price. Not very long since we read in the English journal an account of a judicial proceeding respecting a British officer, some time resident at a small Indian Court, who was proceeded against by England and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment besides a large fine in money, because, during the exercise of his office he had accepted a present to the value of some 1001. sterling. According to this it would ap pear that in this respect the English law grants that to the embassy, which it positively interdicts to the ambassador. KARLSRUHE, JAE. 9.—The Government has ac ceded to the proposal of the three large manufacturers supported by the house of Haber and Co., and intends to give a loan of four per cent. payable in ten years. The equity of this procedure of Government to these firms is called, in question. We regret to state that the banking-house of Kusel stopped payment. The house had a very good name—its fall is attri buted to the recent failures which have taken place. DENMARK, JAN. 8. —The budget for 1848 shows that the receipts were 16,709,285 rix dollars, and the expenditure 16,686,502, leaving a balance of 22,783 rix dollars. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 4.—ln consequence of the pub lication of the royal edict by the Governor of St. Bartholomew that slavery was for ever abolished in those islands, the liberated negroes have presented an address of thanks to the King and the Government of Sweden. NORWAY CIIRISTIANA,.-.A large fire broke out on the 28th of December in the city of Droutheim, and destroyed twenty-three houses. The loss is estimated at 27,690f.—Brussels Papers. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BuLIN, JAN. 13. Bills. Money. ct.Sehuld Sch., 314 per Cent • 9234 t 2 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Cent......— Foreign Exchanges ...• • Exchange on London, X 1 Sterling, 3 Mouths BELGIAN FUNDS.-11nuesus, JAN. 14. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .......... — Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent - • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent - -. Ditto 'fliree per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto — Ditt0,ditt0,1848......... ...... Ditto,ditto,lB42 95% Ditto, 1844............... • • • • •• •• • 92 Ditto, 1838 ........... • • • 67% Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • . •• • • • Ditto, 1843 .•• • • • •••••••• • • • .• • • 9 5 % Bank of Belgium.. .• • • ... •. •• .• 79% —Brussels rapers, Jan. 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 8. 5 per Cent. Metalliques . 4 per Cent. ditto. . 3 per Cent. ditto •• •• • • .. Loan, 1834 .. •• • • • • ................ . 15634 Ditto, 1839 ••• • • • . 111 ti Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • ................1616 Esterhazv's Loan •• • • .... . ........ 57 RAILWAys. The Northern, or Ferdinand . 139 Gloggnitz •••• .• •• ••• • • • ••• • . ...... 110 Vienna—Milan •• ••• • • • •.. • • 87 Grosetto • ....• •• . • ... .............. Oldanburg Fe.sth Bridge .. •... .............. 6 27% FOREIGN EXCHA?IOII. [ There have been sales to some amount of starling bills to-day, and the demand is still good, but bills are scarce. We slightly advance our quotations. In francs we de not hear of much doing, and the rates re - main without alteration. We quote—On London, 1101 to 1104 ; on Paris, 5f.261c. to sf. 23/c. ; Amster dam, 40 to 401; liamburgh, 35/ to 36 ; Bremen, 781 to 78/. The money market has been in a very sensitive Mate for the last month, and nothing is easier than to increase the alarm. Two of the smaller journals have published what are deemed very incendiary articles, one of which predicts the suspension of specie payments. There is nothing probably further from the truth ; the banks have never been in a more sound and safe condition ; they have been drawing in their loans for the last two months, until their line of discounts is very much reduced. The amount of bills the banks have out is compa ratively small, compared with the amount of specie they have on hand. Such articles may create a state of alarm among the ignorant, but among well informed men they can have no influence. CANADA. A correspondent of the Tribune writes— " The elections for a new Parliament are in pro gress, and the Radicals, as they are termed, seem to have it all their own way. In many counties there are no opposing candidates, and where there is a con test, so far, all seems quiet—no disturbance, as here tofore, which may be attributed to his Excellency, Lord Elgin, who will not countenance anything like violence between contending parties. The new Cus toms law takes effect the sth of January, by which all differential duties cease, and importations from the mother country pay the same as those from the United States." LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL OUR FRIENDSHIP BE. Some liken their love to the beautiful rose, And some to the violet sweet in the shade ; But the Flower Queen dies when the Summer•day goes, And the blue eye shuts up when the Spring blossoms fade ! So we'll choose for our emblem a sturdier thing, We will go to the mountain and worship its tree ; Then a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King, Like that Evergreen so shall our Friendship be! The perfume it carries is deeply concealed, Not a breath of rich scent will its branches impart ; But how lasting and pure is the odour revealed In the inmost and deepest recess of its heart ? It groweth m might and it liveth right long ; And the longer it liveth the nobler the tree ; Then a health to the Cedar—the true and the strong, Like the Evergreen so shall our Friendship be! It remaineth unseared in the deluge of light, When the flood of the sun. tide is pouring around ; And as firmly and bravely it meeteth the night, With the storm-torrent laden, and thundercloud crow ned ; And so shall all chllinges that Fortune can bring, Find our spirits unaltered and staunch as the tree ; Then a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King— Like that Evergreen so shall our Friendship be! —Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK. ANOTHER. VICTIM TO THE GAME LAWS.—III the last month, John Heiman, of the parish ot Colston Ra leigh, a most quiet, harmless, and inoffensive old man, set a rat gin without any bait, but lightly covered over with earth i n a rabbit run i n hi s o w n fi eld, and to his gre at surprise, on visiting the gin, he beheld a pheasant ca ught by the head. Th e k ee pers were watching the . rat -trap ; was enough, they pounced upon him, the case was heard before the Woodbury Bench, the poor old man was committed to the county bridewell, where he died on Monday last. It is the general belief in Colston and all the surrounding parishes, that the pheasant was placed ih the gin, because no bait was there, and bad it been taken in the act of mining or digging, it certainly niust have been caught by the logs. IV e.stern ? ones. .. _ DEATn OF MR. GRIT/qv:is, COMEDIAN.-.—This gentleman, well known in dramatic circles, formerly a me mber of the theatres Royal Covent-garden, Lyceum, and late of the Pavilion Theatre, expired on Friday eight, at halt-past six o'clock, at his residence, White Lion-street, Norton-Colgate. The uncertainty of human li f e wa s painfully illustrated in the decease of this gen tleman, as he had performed in his usual health on Nionday n ight the character o f Th omas , i n Th e Hunch b„ck; On Tuesday, he complained of illness, and was unable to make his appearance at the theatre. Medical aid was called in, but he continued to sink, till de Ali ensued, as stated above. Mr. Griffiths was an actor in the department technically called " Old Men," and held a respectable rank in the theatrical art. DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY FIRE. --• On Thursday se'nnight, a labourer observed flames issuing from one o f three cottages situated in Tyd t l St. Giles, and die covering that t h e door was lo c k e d , h e instantly forced:it open, and succ eeded in rescuin g a child from the flames. Assistance being procured, it was ascerta i ned that the mother bed gone to some distance to assist a neighbour who was unwell, leaving three children locked up, two of whom, with the three cottages, fell a prey to the de vouring element. It is not known how the fire origi nated.—Lincoln Mercury. tricnn EY.— I NCE NDIABISSI Yesterday after noon,kF about two o cloc ~ a mount e d express reac h e d t h e London fire-stat i O ns, of a conflagration having broken out at the Queenfa Head Inn, Fi nc hl ey. T he moment the news arrived the Farringdonstreet . West of England gines started brigade and the en to the spot. The fire men then found that a rick of hay standing in the to Messrs. Al neg meadows belong in g an, the owners of the inn, had been fi se t on reby some vile incendiary. Owing, however , to the exertions of the inhabitants, the efforts of the party were to a certain extent frustrated, tbr only one porti on of the rick was d es t ro yed, and that was insured. or H ER MAJESTY' 3 TOTAL Loss BRIG SNIRE...- News has becn received of the total loss of the above vessel, on a coral reef in thecr Mozambique Channel, on the 29th of August. The u,„:-...ers and crew escaped quite unhurt, and arrived safely at Mozambique, but the vessel was entirely lost. The event was attributed to irresistible currents. LIBRARY OE TBE LATE DAVID LEAHY, ESQ.-- We understand that Mr. Hammond, of Chancery-lane, will, at the commencement of next month, dispose of the above valuable and interesting library. Under the heads of Law, Science, and Classic literature, the books are numerous and select; but the eollec)..on i chiefly po__t_ca_ and historical , relating remarkable for works, li ti cal to Ireland. In this department, we believe, the library of this lamented and distinguished barrister was Duo pf the richest pr int() CQIIOOt , iOIIS in the kingdom. i 1, 41 . 0.0- "On*. THE “DEVIL'S OWN." In those days (A. D. 1803) Bonaparte's projected invasion of England was the topic most mooted ; and well it might, for the danger with which it menaced the country. In arming to repel invasion Erskine was not slow ; but the account of the armament is altogether so ludicrous that it must be extracted : "Of the 300,000 volunteers enrolled and disci plined, the lawyers in the metropolis raised two regiments—the 8.1.C.A , or Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association, and the Temple Corps,' generally called the Devil's Own.' The command of the latter was conferred upon Erskine. Having myself served in the ranks of the former. lam not able from personal observation to criticise his military prowess, but I well remember we h ear d many s t or i es of the blunders which he committed, and we thought ourselves lucky to be under the orders of Lieutenant- Colonel Cox, a warlike Master in Chancery. While our rivals could boast of Most of the dignitaries of the law, and were renowned for their " belly gerent" appearance ; we consisted chiefly of lean students and briefless barristers, so that we were in great hopes that if we did not go into the field before the end of the campaign, fatigue alone would make great openings for us in Westminster Hall, and on all the circuits. We had drills every morning, and many field days, but we never had any harder service than being reviewed by Georg e 111. in Hyde Park, along with all the volun teers o f t he loth me tropolis, on a very rainy day. the law corps were particularly . noticed by his Majesty, who caused much jealousy among us of the 8.1.C.A., by his particularly gracious return to the salute of Lieutenant-Colonel Erskine. Many severe colds were caught, but there was no casualty to cause any promotion in the profession, the servants of the seniors waiting for them with cloaks and umbrellas as soon as they were dismissed from the parade. Lord Eldon, in his old age, gave the following account of this spectacle I think the finest sight I ever beheld was the review in Hyde Park before George 111. The King, in passing, addressed Tom Erskine, who was colonel, asking him the name of his corps. He answered, 'The Devil's Own. The Lincoln's Inn volunteers al ways went by the name of ' The Devil's Invin cibles. Law, then Attorney-General, afterwards Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough, was reported to be a fair specimen of them; for, even with the help of chalk, he :lever could be taught the difference between marching with his right or his left foot foremost, and all the time he was in the service he continued in the awkward squad." Lord Campbell slyly adds, with an animus which barristers only can appreciate,—" There were likewise a good many attorneys belonging to us, who brought down many jests upon us, among others, that upon the word being given' prepare to charge, they all pulled out pen, ink, and paper; and being ordered to charge,' they wrote down 6s. Bd. or 13s. 4d. The soul of our corps was our adjutant, my poor friend Will Horn son' who with us could talk o f no thi ng b u t b att l es , and seemed to think himself as great a military genius as Napoleon, although he talked much law at regimental messes, which he was fond of dining at, so that it was said he was a general among lawyers, and a lawyer among generals." —Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors. We understand that the arrangements for filling up the office of inspector-general of the warehousing department of the customs in London, vacant by the promotion of Mr. How e to the rank of surveyor - general, have now been completed ; and Mr. R. Chapman, land ing surveyor of the second class, has been selected to succeed Mr. Howe. An additional inspector -general is also appointed at Liverpool , and Mr. St. John, one of p_4rt of London, has the landing surveyors of the been selected for dud otllo,—.pewsver. STORY OF A FLIRT. Mrs. Bradley was born a flirt. Of all the evil spirits which possess a woman the spirit of coquetry is the most difficult to " lay" or to manage. When she was only three years old she would kiss one cousin whom she hated, just to tease the little boy she then loved. She was so fortunate as to possess a real earnest lover; who loved her for what he imagined, in his ignorance of her real qualities, to be herself — a sort of ideal of his own creation—named Blanche Derrick ; she fancied he so loved her that nothi n g could " cut him adrift," and she played him as an angler would a trout ! Perhaps she did really love him ; but that would be a problem difficult to solve. Once, in the presence of a companion (as she turned to enter her aunt's dwelling), she tore up and flung him his declaration of love—the earnest out pouring of his gentle and noble heart—maintaining a serious aspect the while. "He will surely come hack," she said to her friend. " You may stay and witness his submission—it was a ruse of mine ! He will come back—entreat me to bear him again ; he will surely return !" But he did not ; and then she tried to pique him back ; but it would not do ; he loved too truly not to feel. So she became en tangled in a net of her own weaving; and, to save her reputation, married a ma n s h e - despised. Her aunt, who enjoyed the distinction of bringing this piece of coquetry to perfection, shook her head and smiled, and sighed a little, nod said, " After all it was the way of the world." Of course she was un happy as a wife, What coquette ever was h a ppy, either as meld, wife, or widow ? Again her reputa tion was in peril, greater than before, when, at the very juncture, her husband obliged her—by dying! the very first obligation he ever conferred upon_her, so she was exceedingly grateful. If she had been twice as old, she would have hed just as many adorers, would have been quite as much admired by the particular class of persons who crowded about her ; a widow with a rich dowry is a target for every spendthrift's arrow ; and the amour propre which forms the coquette pre vented her seeing as clearly as she might have done the object of the attentions she received. She could not hear the half laugh which followed her carriage in the Park; self satisfaction prevented her reading the expression with which many a face turned either to her or from her. For once " the way of the world" was taxed with reason, it is the way of the Erglisti world, properly so called, in all its phases, circles, and degrees, to do homage to wealth ; it is this, and this only, that lowers us in the moral scale of nations. Rank worship rather elevates than depresses ; hero-worship of all sort, ennobles ; but mammon-worship invari ably degrades. Mrs. Bradley had a cap and a dahlia called after her; and even on the turf " Blanche Bradley " ran for the Derby ! Lovers of all ages, tints, and classes were admitted and coquetted with ! but Blanche Derrick's nature remained with Blanche Bradley ; she had nut learned wisdom ; she enjoyed all these triumphs, but she longed for another ; she wanted to see her old lover again at her felt; and she condescended to labour to bring him there. At this time a nobleman, whose name only proved how a long line of ancestors could be degraded by one man, an old roué, whose fortune was as dilapidated as his character, and whose age was considerably in advance of her, paid the lady the usual attentions—attentions grown so continuous, that her only astonishment was when they were not paid. She was as weak women always, and wise ones sometimes, are—ambitious of a title ; and as the elderly gentleman's vices had never shaken his position in society, whatever his embar rassments might have done, she considered a good deal as to the pour et conlre of this marriage, and quite resolved that, if nothing more brilliant offered, she would marry for position. This did not make her the less anxious to recal her old lover; she said it was the " way of the world" to forget old affec tions ; she talked, in his hearing, of the strength of old ties; she flirted her fan as if she had studied its eloquence at Madrid ; she sighed more in a week than she had ever done in her whole life before; she asked him if he had quite forgotten how to write poetry ; and at last, one summer's evening, during the progress of a little fete, she got him to sit beside her and talk of old times. Every one laughed at Mrs. Bradley's sentiment; it was " the way of the world," they said, for rich widows to play for titles if they could get them, but it was not " the way of the world" for them to recal penniless lovers. But Mrs. Bradley flirted on ; not that her former lover believed in her. He saw it was a whim of which he was the destined victim; he determined to avoid a declaration, and she determined to bring him to one. At last, while she detained him upon one plea or another, her " ancient" made his appear ance; he was somewh a t ruffled by the press nee of a rival, who would have dep a rt e d, b u t th a t th e w id ow insisted upon his remaining. He stood behind the chair, while she coquetted with the recent arrival, as she had done with him ; and, at the moment when his disgust was at the highest, she extended her hand to him, while leaning on the old man's shoulder; he pressed it— it was retained ; and when she turned, the expression of bins who had been her lover proved that all her efforts had been vain ; she struggled to free her hand—it was impossible. "My lord," said the younger, "you see that this lady's hand must have sought mine ; I could not otherwise have taken it. If you wiil do the the favour to move to this side, I will gladly relinquish it to you." It was the most bitter lesson the coquette had ever re ceived, until the coronet of a peeress pressed upon the brow it did not even adorn, then indeed she found that the sins of men make them still more unmer ciful to the errors of women. They knew each other, and persecuted each other. Heartless as she had ever been, she had too much spirit to endure the treatment she had received. "It is the way of the world," said some of his Lordship's aristocratic friends, " for her to forget the dignity which her husband had bestowed on her." " It was the way of the world," repeated others again, " for the woman to be made the sacrifice." Now " the world" had nothing to do with the affair : the woman's destiny was throughout ruled by herself, and so was that of his Lordship. The chalice was filled and poisoned before they put it to each oth er ' s lip s , b u t it was t h e i r own will and pleasure to drink th ereo f. Wh a t ever goes wrong is stated to be " the way of the world ;" whatever goes right is attributed to our own virtues and deserts.-21/rs. S. C. Hall. THE HUNTERIAN ORATION.-Mr. R. D. Grainger, F.R.S., the lecturer on Physiology at St. Thomas's Hospital, has been appointed by the council of the Royal College of Surgeons to deliver the annual oration on the 14th of February next, in memory of the founder of the Hunterian Museum, that day being the anniver sary of the birth of John Hunter. ALARMING FIRE IN CROWN -STREET, ST. GILES'S-.... Yesterday morning, between the hours of one and two, a fire, nearly attended with a lamentable loss of life, broke out upon the premises is the tenure of Mr. J. Powell, wine-cask and bottle-merchant, carrying on business at No. 37, Crown-street, :St. Giles's. Owing . to the exertions of the firemen, the flames were extin guished, but not until that portion of the premises in which the disaster occurred was burned out. ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.—On Fri day evening a meeting of this society was held at the Board- room, 26, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury. The report stated that there were 20 inmates at present learning trades in the asylum , in addition to a number aro employed at their own homes. The the nstitutioa was stated t o h ave , of he deaf expenditurea nddumb ofwli oi exceeded the income by nearly 450/., and to liquidate the debt incurred a petition bad been presented to the co rporation of the city of Lo n d on . Th e routine busi ness having been disposed of, se vera l i nmates of the charity were examined as to their knowledge of religious subjects, &c. From the replies set forth, it would ap pear that the deaf and dumb were exceedingly apt and forward in their learning; and in the course of a short time several would be able to sustain themselves by their own exertions. DEPUTATION ON THE TEA DUTIES.—At the public meeting held here on the 28th ult., a committee, consisting of the Mayor, the president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Association, and several other gentlemen from Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Blackburn, &c., were appointed to arrange a depu tation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A deputa tion was subsequently appointed, and we understand that Lord John Russell has intimated that he will receive the deputation in Downing-street, on Wednesday next, the 19th instant.—Manchester Guardian. " SAVE ME FROM MT FRIENDS.".--," I weeded my friends," said an old eccentric gentleman, " by hanging a piece of stair carpet out of my first floor window, with a sheriff's sale fixed. Gad! it had the desired effect —I soon saw who were my friends. It was like firing s gun near a pigeon-house ; they all forsook the building at the first report, and I have not had occasion to use the extra flaps of my dining-table since." RESTORATION OF WELLS CATHEDRAL.—The sum already subscribed towards a fund of 6,0002 for re storing the choir of Wells Cathedral, amounts to nearly 5,000/. The subscriptions are rapidly increasing, and in a short time it is proposed to commence the work. THE AUSTRIAN FORCE IN ITALY.—The Prussian State Gazette announces that the army of Italy, Owing to successive reintorcem. nts, is now prepared for all events. It includes 75,000 men, whereas, in ordinary times the number is only 30,000. physician of Madrid, i n one of the journals o THE INFLUENZA IN SPAlN. — According t o a capital, about 60,000 p ersons in that city were, a w state ment suffering from th e gr i ppe. At Sev i l l e a f akt b by ago, o third of the population, anti at Murcia great numbers, were suffering severely from the same malady. ROBBERY OF TIIE " STABLE AT BETHLEHEM."— The large silver star, sunk in the place supposed to have been the site of the manger where Christ was born, has bee n stolen. The Latins and Greeks accuse each other of the robbery. ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—The line of packet ship American Eagle, arrived in the docks from New York, has brought seven boxes and one keg of specie, con signed to six individual firms of commercial eminence in the metropolis. This vessel has brought a cargo of provisions of immense extent and variety, the production of the United States of America. The Earl of Carlisle, we are happy to state, has rallied, and his medical attendants have hopes of his ultimate recorery.—Leeds Mercury. 1 11