The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

- MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-31 0 N 1) AY. During last week the arrivals of all kinds of Grain of 'home produce, coastwise as well as by land carriage and li sample, were on a very limited scale. From Ireland and - : - Scotland, the receipts were confined to a few parcels of Oats. The foreign importations comprised only 2,555 1- quarters of Wheat, lOU quarters of Oats, 100 quarters ;of Indian Corn, and 109 barrels of Flour, the latter from t. „ New York. The receipts of Wheat, fresh up to-day I from &sex, were moderately good ; those from Rent, Cambridgeshire, &c., small. The number of ' land carriage samples was by no means heavy. •.' On the whole the stands were fairly supplied with both red and white qualities, the finest of which moved ' off steadily, at prices fully equal to those paid on Mon day last. In the middling and inferior kinds compara tisely little business was transacted, at unalterd quota tions. The actual supply of Foreign Wheat on the market was not large, and the bulk of it was greatly out of condition. Selected parcels mostly sold at full currencies, but all other kinds commanded very little attention. For inland consumption the sales were trifling. With Barley we were very moderately supplied. Se lected samples of malting sold at the extreme prices of fact week, with a steady demand. Of the other kinds a clearance had not hot n (fleeted at the close of business, yet late rates were mostly supported. Fine Malt was quite as dear. In other qualities the transactions were by no means largo, at our quotations. Six vessels laden with Oats were reported from Ireland this morning ; yet the supply of that grain was exceedingly small. However, all kinds were ex tremely dull, at barely stationary prices. Beans were a slow sale, and the turn lower. Peas moved off heavily, at a reduction in value of lolly 2s per quarter. The best parcels of Flour were in steady request. Country marks were neglected. India Corn and Meal were very dull. CURRENCY PEK IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, 31:tit—Chevalier • • • • • • 698 to 60! Red. • • • • • • • • 45s to 54s ' Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 45s 58e Lincolnsh., Fead. 20s 22! Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, lied.— 45s 488 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White 488, 52s Black .• • • 163 191' Irish, Red .... —8 —8 Cork, White .•• .. 183 228 Ditto, White ••• • —3 —s Scotch, Feed. • . 24s 263 Ale — Oli •• • . 328 35s Beans—Tick ... 343 508 Pigeons Barley —Winding • • 278 314 reas—Grey ..• • • . 423 43s Malting . .• • • 27s 318 Maple... •••• • • •• 428 45s Chevalier . 338 353 White. •• ••.•• • • • 423 442 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers folk 56s 588 Flour—Town-made ..• 433 45s 8r0wn........... 'Ns 548 Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 373 413 Kingston and Ware 57s 593 Stocktn & Norfolk 37s 41a SMITHFIELD. Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of live stock from abroad in the port of London have been on a very limited scale, or as under:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. 1~ feu Diep 49 ... 49 . ocheveningen ... 83 249 ". Lambs. Cal Y es . Total 132 ... 298 ... 28 Scarcely any s t oc k h as b een rece i ve d from the continent at the northern outports ; but we learn that, should the weather prove favourable, the importations will be large, within a few we e k s from this time. With Foreign Stork we were very scantily supplied this morning, the numbers not exceeding about 90 Beasts, 260 She Sheep, and 50 Calves, i n t h e genera l qua lity of which a decided im provement was noticed. Late rates were mostly sup ported, but a total clearance of the Beai;ts was not effected. For the time of year the arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day by " drift" and railway, were moderate, and at least three•fourths of them were in full average condition, especially as relates to the Scots and short horns from Norfolk. Although the attendance of buyers was good, the Beef trade, owing to the dead markets being well supplied, and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, was in a very sluggish state, at. in some i nstances, a d ec li ne i u t h e quo tations paid on Monday last of 2d per 81bs. The highest figure for the best Sects was 4s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,000 Scots and short horns; from the northern, Western, and midland districts, 1,000 ilerefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of Eng land 500 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 210 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were smaller than we ever remember at this period of the year ; lichee the Mutton trade was active, at a rise in value of from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81b, and the whole of the supply was disposed of without diffi culty. A few of the primest old Downs produced 5s 4d; but the more general top quotation for them was 5s 2d per 61b. Calves were in short supply, and steady re quest, at 2d per Blb more money. The Pork trade was Inactive, yet prices were well supported. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. 1. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Interior 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 stewed quality Prime large Oxen • Prime Scots .... 4 6 4 8 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 Large Hogs ...... 4 I 4 6 Prime small ditto Hackling Calves 26 • 29 S Quarter old rigs ..19 I 26 • Inferior Sheep 111.TPFLY AT MARKET. )Resets. 1 Sheep. I Calves. I rigs. 3,569 I 14,6 71 89 211 N EIWGATE AND LEADENIZELIA6. The arrivals of country•killed meat for these tnarkuts, since our last report, have been on a fair average scale and of average quality. The supplies 00 offer, this morning, slaughtered in the metropolis, were tolerably good. As the weather operated against large purchases, the demand for most kinds of meat was in a sluggish state, at our quotations. With foreign meat we have been very scantily supplied. At per striae by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i I. d. to s. ri. Beei , lnferlor•• •• •• .3 2 3 4 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 A 6 middling ••• • 3 4 a 6 -- middling.. 3 8 4• prinielargT 3'6 2 8 - prime small .• aI• 4 2 ; Pork, large •• • • 3 s 4 a r0a1........••• • .. 4 2 4 4 AM . 4 8 Lanai). Os Od to Oa BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Any further advance in prices has been cheeked by somewhat large arrivals of Potato( s coastwise and by railway. Prime samples are in good request, at fully last week's quotations, but all other qualities are a slow sale. Ware parcels are becoming very scarce.—York Regent's, 130 s to 1605; Scotch Cups, 130 s to 140 s ; Kent and Essex Regent's, 120 s to 160 s; ditto, Kidneys, • 140 s to 170 s ; ditto, Shaw's, 120 s to 140 s; ditto, Ilues, 120 s to 140 s; Wisbeach Regent's, 120 s to 130 s; ditto, Blues, 110 s to 1205. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Rather more money has been paid for the best colory Hops, but the improvement does not justify any altera tion in our quotations. Inferior and old Hops are in very moderate requtat. New. Hops—Sussex pockets; • ri 15s ti 816 s; Weald' of Kent ditto. 2/ 181 . to •3110 s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 6s to 5/ 12s per evrt. Last week's imports of Wool, into London, consisted of 198 bales from Smyrna, 106 do. from the Cape ; and 80 do. from Callao. Public sales, of about 20,000 bales Of Colonial, uud 1,800 do. of foreign aro appointed to take place. The first auction will be held on Thursday „next. .In.the mean time the private contract demand is in a very sluggish state ; but the holders avid importets are sanguine as respects the future. • TALLOW. For all kinds of Tallow the market is very firm, and • prices are quite 2s to 2s 6d per cwt higher than on :Monday last. I'. Y. C. on the spot, is 51s 9d to ii2s Rer ewt. Town Tallow, Ms to 52s per cwt. net cash. ,Bougie Fat, 2s 11d per Sibs. THE MURDER IN BIRDCAGE , WALK. —INQUEST ON THE BODY. • (THIS DAY.) • . An inquiry into the cause of the death of Henry • -, Ducker, the soldier in the second battalion fifth "company of the Coldstream Guards, who was shot on "":I,l',Friday afternoon by a young female in Birdcage 't: `walk, was opened this morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, at the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, by Carter, the coroner. The court having being opened in due form, and 11 4 v• i ldr. Gregory appointed foreman of the jury, the gen %L..Alemen composi n g th a t b o d y procee d e d to view the %ody of the unfortunateyoung man, which lay at the ▪ hospital to the Wellington Barracks in Vincent '4: ...Square, about a hundred ryarda from the tavern,, kits Whither it was removed shortly after life Lwas found to be extinct. We were informed 12 t the' deceased's sergeant thaChe was a native of St R e tford, Nottin g h ams hir e , that his age was r ▪ •".• • t wenty yea rs an d ten months, and that he had been u.444;w0 years and eleven months in the regiment. It appeared that he had communicated the intelligence his death to his parents, and that he had also • received a note this morning from them, stating that they could not be present at the inquiry, and request • •:• .ing him to send them " a large lock of his hair. The first witness examined on the return of the jury was _Sergeant Love, of the Coldstream Guards. He said said the body the jury had just seen in his presence, was that of Henry Ducker. His age was .t:wenty years a n d t en m o nt h s ; h e was a private in the 6th company of the regiment. Sarah Sext o n next d epose d t h a t s h e li ve d a t N o . 29, West-street, Pimlico, and•that she was a servant. On the evenin g of Friday_ last, about twenty minutes before five o'clock. Witness said I was walk ing in Birdcage -walk, near Queen-square, towards Storey's.gate when I saw a young woman take a pistol from under her cloak and shoot the deceased. I knew nothing of her ; she pointed the pistol at the soldier whose back was towards her, and let it off; she pointed it close to the back of h;s head. I did not see anything that took place before. The man fell instantly, the woman threw the pistol down at his side, and walked away. Ido not recollect what took place after. I saw the same woman at Bow street on Saturday under examination. I was within a few yards of the woman when she fired the pistol. The woman walked past me after she fired the pistol. I was within a fcw yards of her when she fired it. Mr. James Beattie, of 205, Regent-street, stated that h e was a gunmaker. He said he sold a pistol to a female at a few minutes before eight on Thursday. She said she wanted to purchase a single pistol, but I told her I was not aware I had one which would answer her purpose, as they were very d ear . Sh e said she wante d i t to destroy a Newfoundland dog. I sold her a pistol. That is the one produced. (The pistol, which is a large common holster one, was here shown to the jury.) I told her it was not usual to sell pistols to ladies, and offered to send one of my men to shoot the animal. She said she had a bro ther, who, though he could not well come, as he was lame, for he li ve d a t H a ckney, was w e ll capa bl e of killing the dog. I loaded the pistol at her request. TILE -- I loaded it with powder and ball. I bolted the ham mer, and said, " now it is safe." I put it in brown paper after I had placed it in a large bag. I told her to be careful of it, and she paid me 10s. and left my shop. A person might walk through the street with safety with the pistol as I placed it. I showed her how to undo the bolt before she used it, in order that she might instruct her brother. I pushed the bolt backwards and forwards in order to show her how it was done. She did not say she understood me, but she appeared to do so. I saw the same female at Bow-street on Saturday. By the Jury—The woman could not have been more composed. Ladies often come in their carriages and purchase pistols from me. The Foreman—Do they have them loaded ? The witness—No, they do not. Inspector Bickerson, of the A division, stated that the woman charged with the murder of the deceased was brought to the Gardiner's-lane station, where he was on duty, at five o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last. Her name, she said, was Annette Mayers, and her address 40 , Albion - st reet, Hyde-park-gardens, where she said she was a servant. I read the charge over to her, and she replied, " I did it," at the same time giving nie three letters (the witness produced the letters in question), and requesting that I would read the largest of the three, which I She did not say whether she was single or married, neither did she say anything about the pistol. By the Foreman The letters had been in envelopes, which had been destroyed. The large letter it appeared had been returned to the woman, and bore the post mark, " Broadway, Westminster." The postage had not been paid. The original envelope had been destroyed. The CORONER inquired if there was any soldier present who could prove that the deceased and Myers were acquainted. John Garwood, a private in the 6th company, same battalion, deposed that he knew the deceased well. He had seen the accused female in the company of the deceased once. He was aware that they were ac quainted. The deceased never spoke to him about the female. He last saw her in the barracks with Ducker, who was on picquet, on Thursday, between six and seven. They appeared to be friendly. Had not seen her since until Saturday, at Bow-street. By the Foreman (to the Coroner)—lt appears the pistol was bought between seven and eight the same night. Women are allowed to remain in the barracks until nine o'clock at night. I cannot zap whether Myers went away before that time or not. Mrs. Sexton was again recalled, and identified the pistol as the one used by the woman. She was posi tive it was the same. Mr. Skelton, assistant-surgeon to the regiment, who attended the deceased immediately after the shot was fired, repeated the testimony given by him at Bow-street on Saturday. He said he met some parties bringing the body to the barracks ; but finding that he was dead, he had the body removed to the hospital. The ball passed into the head behind the left ear, and made its exit immediately under the pupil of the left eye. The wound, of course, caused the deceased's death. He did not think a person could himself easily make a ball take the same direction which it took in its passage through the deceased's head. The CORONER suggested that the witness should make a post marten: examination of the head of the deceased, in order to ascertain the exact direction of the ball. _ The witness replied that he intended to do so in tee course of the day. This being the whole of the evidence, The CORONER said it would be wholly unnecessary for him to recapitulate entire of the evidence, or to detain them at any length by a disquisition on the motives which had ;led to the perpetration of the act, and had caused the death of the unfortunate man. The question which they had to decide was simply this—whether the poor man came by his death from the wound which had been described to them, and what were the means by which it was inflicted. They had had direct evidence adduced as to the cause of death by Mrs. Sexton, who stated that she saw a female, whom she identified as Annette Myers, take a pistol from be neath her cloak, and immediately discharge it at a soldier, the deceased, who instantly fell. They also had the testimony of the person who sold the pistol, that the same female was its purchaeer.3 There could, therefore, be no difficulty about the identifi cation of the female, who had already been com mitted for trial, as several witnesses had clearly placed the matter beyond doubt. They must decide fur ther, if they were of opinion that she discharged the pistol, whether she did so with the intention of kill ing the deceased. They would bear in mind that the female herself had admitted that she committed the act. If they were of opinion that she in. tended to kill the deceased, it would be neces sary for him to draw their attention to the fact whether malice did, or did not, exist in her mind at the time. There seemed no link wanting in the chain of evidence upon the whole matter, and whether there was malice or not was a question which it was the province of another and higher tribunal to decide and to deal with accordingly. 1 they were satisfied that the woman discharged the pistol with the intention of killing the deeeased, they must -return a verdict of Murder. The jury, after consulting for little more than a minute, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder".against Annette Myers. But few spectators were present in the room, and the affair altogether seemed to excite but little interest in the neighbourhood. The following is a copy of the letter which was read at the examination of the prisoner at Bow-street on Saturday. It was addressed to the murdered man : _ _ _ " Monday Evening. My dear Henry,—l take my pen to write these few lines to tell you my mind. I must say there is sanasthing the matter with you, as Sunday afternoon 3,- . ) did, not as much as offer me your arm, but walked as if we did not know much of one another. People must have thought so to see us. It was an unkind thing for you to tell me you would go and see that young woman, and you would get some money from her, as I would not give you some. But I do not like such ways ; and you say if she had not got any money she would lend her things—more fool sh,g)„ . ..No ,young ,_man would wish me to do such thifigsreiapti'it was fdt — iiiihie good matter; but I think if any man wishes a young woman well, and his meaning is good to her, he will not wish any thing of that kind of her. Henry, for you or any other young man, I would do no such thing. Look back since Christmas how much you had from me ; so if that is all the love you have for me, I do not care for such love. I know you do care more for that young woman than you do for me, because she can give you more money than I can. She gets it easier than I can, and she does not get it in service. Yuu know very well that no other man but you had my company ; but you please yourself. Go and see her or any other young woman that can give you more than I can. But please to give what you have of mine—two books and the pencil you have; but I think to see you once more to part friendly. You had the face to tell me one day that I could not do without you or other men. I have done before, and I know I can do now; but I am sure you cannot do without a woman. Henry, do not be afraid to face me once more for the last time, and write here. I hope she will be more kind to you than what I have been. One day you had the face to tell me I had done nothing to what some had. I done all that lay in my power, and I am not going to do what they do to get you some money. I did not like to let you do what you like with me, because I thought of getting some money, but it was because I kindly loved you; and what did you say to me in the park the last evening ? Henry, I little thought then I should have to write such a letter to you as this. Henry, our case will be a warning for others. You will see what kind love means soon, Henry; but do not be afraid. lam not going to do anything to you. All I wish from you is to see you once more. When I asked you on Sunday if I should see you next Sunday, you said, It all depends,' but you did not say what; but I can think what. If you like to come next Sunday at half-past six o'clock, I should be able to go out. We can make it the last time to see one another; but please to let me know, as I may tell mistress in time that I want to go out then, and if you have not got a penny, as yuu say, you can send without paying for it. I hope I have said enough for you to think what your meaning is to me. No more. God bless you. T)onot forget what I told you. I will still remain yours till we part next Sunday, or before, if you wish to come down. " I am, yours affectionately, " ANNETTA MYERS." TIIE SURVEYORSIIIP OF THE NAVY.— .We stated last week that Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., war expected in England by the next West India Mail Packet, which brought the mails and passengers via Panama. The gallant officer has arrived, and we un derstand has entered upon his duties, as successor to Sir William Symonds, thic; day. We believe the entire staff of the Naval Architectural Department of the Admiralty is to be thoroughly reconstructed. Many rumours are in circulation as to the nature of the alterations and changes, but in the absence of any official declaration, we decline to give publication to them. It is a singular coincidence, that Mr. Chatfield, one of the most distin guished members of the late School of Naval Architec ture, was confirmed in his promotion on the day of , Sir Baldwin Walker's arrival in England.—Untied Service Gazotte. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses were issued on Saturday last to the Members of the Cabinet for a Council on Wednesday next. A servant girl, at Birmingham, was suffocated a few days since by a piece of tripe, an inch and three quarters square, which she endeavoured to swallow while carrying down stairs the remains of a lodger's supper. LONDON, SUN, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. - Tile Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Frogmore House. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting yes terday forenoon. His Royal Highness was accom panied by Viscount Jocelyn, and was attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday, and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, left the Castle yesterday afternoon, to receive their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, on their arrival from the Continent. Viscount Jocelyn had the honour of joining the royal dinner circle yesterday evening. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed walking and pony exercise. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke awl Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, and Count Arthur Mensdorff, have arrived at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duke and Duchess, were attended by Madame de Wangenheim (Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness), and Baron Fritsch (Gentleman in Waiting to his Royal Highness). Their Royal High nesses were also attended by Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, and Count Arthur nensdorff, arrived at the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway Company at a quarter before two o'clock yesterdap afternoon, from the Continent. Their Royal Highnesses and Count Men sdorff proceeded in one of the Queen's carriages and four to the Pad dington terminus of the Great Western Railway, and took their departure by a special train, at hall-past two o'clock, for the slough station, ea route to Wind sur Castle. Madame de Wangenheim, B aron Fritsch, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon (Prince Albert's Equerry in Waiting), were in attendance. The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, accompanied by the Bishop of Samor (Vicaire Apostolique siu Japon, Prefet Apostolique de Hong-Kong), had ILL' interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Coloni.sl-office. Earl Fitzhardinge had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. Deputations from the London, Brighton, ILEA South Coast, and from the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Companies, consisting of Mr. G M.P., Mr. Parsons, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Wilkinson, Captain Hotham, and Mr. Baines, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. The deputations were accom panied by Mr. Burchell and Mr. Kilagour, solicitors for the companies; Mr. Young, the secretary of the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company ; and Mr. Charles Parkes, the Parliamentary agent. The interview was on the subject of the Companies' Bills before Parliament. Dispatches from the Governors of New Stmth Wales and New Zealand were received on Satumlay, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches for the Governor of the Cape of CI ood Hope were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon, and :also officiated at the communion service and the sacrament. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton, and the lessons by the Rev. T. more. The sermon was preached by the Rev. .Mr. Bouverie. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. HEALTH OF THE PRIMATE. The following bulletin was issued yesterday fiore noon : " His Grace has had some hours of sleep during: the night. The general condition is the same as. on yesterday. " ROBERT FERGUSON, " CHARLES COLLARNBELL, Surgi.on. "February 6." At a late hour yesterday evening, it was sttited that his Grace had by no means lost ground du ring the day. TELLIGENCE. CHESTER. FRIDAt. It CUP. 2A to 1 agst Blaze 40 to 1 agst Maid of my 25 to 1 agst Cracow Soul 27 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 40 to 1 agst Lady Hylrla • 40 to 1 agst Clumsy 40 to;1 agst War Eagfo 40 to 1 agst Queen Mary 40 to 1 agst Cossack 40 t• 1 agst Swallow 50 to 1 agstCollingwood(t) NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 9 to 1 offered on the field. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 offered on the field. SPORTING IN' BETTING AT MANI CEESTE' DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Surplice 1 1,000 to 20 agst Swiss Boy 13 to 1 agst Glendower I 1,000 to 20 agst Brother . to 20 to 1 agst Springy Jack Lunedale 20 to 1 agst Assault 2,000 to 50 agst The She 30 to 1 agst Cervus riff (taken) HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Drake's hds., Tees. , Chesterton Village; Thurs., Edgeute Village; Sat., Trafford Bridge-10i. The Berkshire hds., Wed., Wittenham; Fri., Bradley Farm— Mr. Fane's harrs., Wed., Ipaden; Sat., Wallington. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Nuneham Park; Fri., Streatley. The Warwickshire lids., Tues., Mitford Bridge ; Thurs., Shuckburgh Park; Fri., Farnborough; Sat., Whimpaton Bridge. The Cleveland hds., Thurs., Roxby-10i. Sir C. Constable's stag hds., Wed., Lelly-=-11i. The ,York and Ainsty hs., Tues., Croekley Hill; Thurs., Striven Park; Sat., Skelton-10i. The Sinnington hds., Tues., Hovingham; Fri., Riccal Bridge-10. The Hurworth hds., Tees., Enter-common; Sat., Over Dir sdale. The Bedale hds., Wed., Pickhill; Fri., Streatham Village-10i. Mr. Brand's hds., Fri., Warden Hdlg. The Puckeridge hds., Wed., Great Hales; Sat., Great Munden. Baron Rothschild's stag lids., Thurs. ' Hardwick-11. Mr. S. Lowndes's lids., Tues., World's-end; Sat., Marsworth-12. The Cambridgeshire lids., Wed., Shearhatch Wood; Fri., Wheatsheaf, Harlton-1 0 . The Oakley hds., Thurs., Clifton Spinnies; Sat., Bush mead-14 Sir Henry Seale's hds., Tues., Stanborough; Fri., Burleston Wood. The Devon hds., Thurs., Stover Lodge-11. The South Devon herrs., Wed., Whiteley; Fri., Ho well Farm. RACES T( MARI COME. Liverpool.: 1 Coventry Warwick Spring...l4 & 15 ,CFI. AP. Croxton Park 4 & 5 Catterick Bridge 6 & 7 Epsom Spring 7 _ _ Bibury (Old Meeting) 22 Northampton 29 & 30 DI, Chester 2 to 5 Newmarket Sec Sp 9,10,8;11 Shrewsbury —lO, 11, & 12 'RIL. INewmarket C.... 10 to 14 Newmarket F. 5.24 to 2$ Abergarenny AY. Bath .. I6&IT Epsom 23 to 26 Newton 3l to Juno 2 NE. JU. Hungerford 2 & 3 Ascot 6 to 9 Sutton Goldfield ... 12 & 13 Hampton l4 & 15 Manchester ... 14, 15, & 16 Newcastle•on-Tyne 20 to 23 Newmarket 4,5, & 6 Lancaster S & 6 Liverpool Stamford 12 & 13 Bibury Club 21 & 22 Stockbridge 22 Winchester Carlisle Salisbury 30 & July 1 ,Y. Yarmouth Nottingham Goodwood 25 to 28 UST. Tiverton 24 & 26 Egham 16 & 17 Abingdon 29 & 30 Huntingdon 29 & 30 Derby 29 & 30 ,MBER. Knutsford 2O Sc 21 Bedford 2O & 21 Wrexham 26 & 27 NevfmrketF.o.26,27, & 28 I Chesterfield AUG Leominster 2 & 3 Brighton 2,3, & 4 Reading 9 & 10 Wolverhampton... 14 to 16 York s 3, 24, & 25 SEPTE Warwick 5 & 6 Aberystwith 7 & 8 Pigburn ll Lichfield l2 & 13 Doncaster 12 to 15 Leicester 20 & 21 OCTO Newmarket Sec.Oct.9 to 13 I BER. Nwmrkt Houghtn 23 to 2S THE WEATUER.—For the last two or three days the wind has been south, and there have been several falls of rain. On Saturday the mercury had by eleven o'clock risen as high as 52 degrees, and in the course of the afternoon it was several degrees higher ; but last evening it was again down to 40 degrees, with the wind still south. Throughout the day the atmosphere was close and humid, the temperature being higher than is frequently experienced in the metropolis in the month of May. Already there has been a considerable return of influenza, and it is to be feared the return of mortality during the week will exhibit a considerable increase. Ti3E WEATHER. — During the last week the naviga tion of the Trent was much impeded by the ice which floated down. On S aturday the Hull s t eamer di d not leave Gainsborough in consequence. On Sunday we had a thaw accompanied by rain, which re-opened the navi gation.—Hull Advertiser, EVENING, MONDAY MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED). THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. a'l'e miss the usual political article on the state and cona l ition of Ireland, which is replaced in the present numl ier by the criticism on Dr. Madden's -" History of the Penal Laws," to which we shall hereafter allude. Although we are generally opposed to the politica 1 views put forward in the pages of our talented contemporary, we gladly acknowledge the zeal and ability with which it advocates its favourite doctrines, and could have better spared papers more in unison with our own opinions. It is always desirable o understand every bearing of an important question, to consider coolly the arguments that may be advanced in support of general principles, and the Dublin University seldom overlooks any important points that may be urged in favour of the party it supports. The cause of the Irish landlords is more especially guarded with the utmost vigilance and energy, and every mitigating circumstance is urged on their behalf, to protect them from being reproached for an insufficient discharge of the duties incidental to their positions. With this exception, the number possesses more than ordinary interest, and includes many pa pers, both in prose and poetry, worthy of its well-established reputation. " Seditious Literature in Ireland " contains a severe attack on Dr. Madden for his "History of the Penal Laws." He is (according to our contemporary) the Dr. Madden who wrote the " Lives of the United Irishmen ;" not by any means the Mr. Madden whose pleasant " Revelations of Ireland" was reviewed in the last number. We are not surprised at the anger with which this subject is regarded. It forms, in deed, a dark page in the history of the country, which reflects the deepest disgrace on those by whom such a system could be conceived, and those by whom it was so long and so unnecessarily maintained. It would be well if it could indeed be erased from the records of the past. "A Merry Christmas " is, in deed, a merry production, worthy the pen of Carleton, although its very humour occasions sad reflections on the melancholy condition of the country where any thing approaching to that which is so graphically represented could have even the slightest vraisetn blame. The writer (Phil Fowler) is reminded of a promise to spend the holidays with an uncle who resides at Thrashers hill, in the heart of Tipperary. The alacrity with which he responds to the invitation so cordially given may be judged from his " prepara tions for merry-making," which are as follow :--- "Imprimis-lake my will, and leave my death pro visionally on Uncle \Vat. "Secondly—Get two pistol pockets inserted in the breast of my paletot. "Thirdly—Dry half a pound of Davey's powder be tween a couple of warm plates; and " Fourthly—Pay the washerwoman's bill. Serious thoughts of becoming a reformed character if I come back alive, and joining the " Go-to-Church-three-times of-a-Sunday-Society." From the hour of his departure from Dublin on the 24th, until his return on the 30th, his perplexities are most humourously described. The happy reci pient of the " Tipperary legacy" is not more struck with what he sees and her.rs, whether at the obliging offer of the navvie who wishes for the small guerdon of 6d. to conduct him to he place where a servant of the railway company had his brains dashed out with spades and pickaxes a month ago for not hiring three hundred men to make a hundred yards of road, " a striking proof (as a Holycross farmer said, who had been cumpagnon de voyage by the railway) of the eagerness of the poor people of the country to get employment;" or at the naive observations of the driver of the car on which he proceeds to Thrashers hill, who " points out several interesting situations, such as the spot where Carker Wright kilt three rob • hers; the heap of stones by the wayside, where Maher was waylaid and murdered by , the Ryans, ' a nate spot for a surprise of the soart ; the large ferny field where Brennan was run into by the Peelers;" and the farm " that nobody dare take since the last occupier was burned to death in the house with all his family." A chase after a supposed outlaw is most admirably told, the peasantry enjoying it with all the zest which the keenest sports man would feel at a first-rate fox hunt. At length the capture is effected, when it turns out to have been nothing but a drage, the parish fool having been dressed up to resemble the desired criminal and lead her Majesty's forces, civil and criminal, far away from the real object of pursuit, on a foul's errand." Poor Phil Fowler does not, however, get Scot free, for joining in the pursuit with more ardour than dis cretion, he is plundered of his gun by the real Simon Pure, " a civil, honest looking man," who escapes with his booty, while the unfortunate loser is exposed to ridicule from every quarter. " The Apothecary's Wife" is concluded; all the former feelings of affec tion are revived in the Baron's heart, while poor 1 , Charlotte, although driven to acknowledge the inten sity of the love he had disregarded, carefully avoids any dishonourable concession, and at length sends her husband to implore him to depart, with which he complies, under the influence of better feelings. On passing through the town twelve months after he learns that the apothecary had left the town, where his wife had died four months before, having been attacked with consumption immediately on the Barou7s departure. " Our Portrait Gallery" con tains an excellent likeness of Dr. Litton, who although , not a native of Ireland, had for so many years made it the land of his adoption, as to merit admission amongst the illustrious Irish men whose likenesses have from time to time been presented to the public. It is accompanied by an excellent account of the lamented subject of the engraving. There are able reviews on Reeves's " Ecclessiastical Antiquities," Dr. Wilson's "Lands of the Bible," and Mrs. R. Lees's " African Wan derers." " Thor waldsen," from the Danish of H. C. Andersen, is concluded ; " The Croppy's Fingers " is an ower true tale, the name of the culprit, the locality of his crime, and the providential preservation of his intended victim, whose name only varies by a single letter from what it really was, and every cir cumstance connected with the case, are most accu rately detailed. There is but one omission, and that is the stern fidelity of the convict to his guilty associates, which made him refuse to give even the slightest information respecting their designs, al though the remission cf the extreme penalty would have followed a full revelation. J. C. M. has several able coadjutors in the poetical department this month, all of whom possess c onsiderable merit. J. C. M. has himself :given three Itanslations,.two from the Irish, and one from the Husigarian,•of whioh , vve pre " Hush a by b a by." fer the first, TLIE,BANKERS'. Our contemporary opens with " The Commercial History of the Past Year," during which more ex traordinary commercial and financial events took place than probably could be found to have occurred in any similar period. The fluctuations in the prices of the domestic and foreign funds and railways, the returns of the Bank of England on the first,,day of the present year, and the 2d Jan., 1847, and the progressive increase of bullion since the 23d of October last, showing an increase of more than four millions and a half within twelve weeks, which has since amounted to more than five millions, which are correctly given, will clearly show the violent changes that_ have taken place in the money m ar k e t, an d th e severity of the monetary . cri▪ sis th rough wh i ch we h ave passed. The comparative pri ces of our staple productions and prin cipal articles of i mport are also given. Thus we have the variations in the value of cotton, of colonial pro. duce, of tea, .coffee, animal food, bread, &c. &c. " A Chronological History o f th e P an i c " conta i ns a me lancholy list of the fi rms t h at have been compelled to suspend thei▪ r payments, with the dates of their re spective stoppages, and (wherever it could he correctly ascertained) the amount of their liabilities and assets- Balance- s h eets o f t h e fi rms t h at h ave failed are continued, and it is said that they are nearly completed, a n d t h at those remaining over will be given next month. Th e article on " Bank i ng and Commercial Law" relates to the liabilities of share holders, and of parties who have been shareholders, in joint-stock banks, to the credit ors o f t h e b an k . Thi s subject is peculiarly interesting to every person who either has invested, or contemplates investing his money on such securiti▪ es, or who- may have had any dealings with such banks. The remainder consist of reports and communications of the - usual class. We have already extracted, for the information of our readers, the able "Review „ of is Money Market for the month of January, whi▪ ch s included amongst them. THE FAILTIERS% This organ of the agricult ura l interest contains two plates, representing a" Devon Bull," which ob tainedsov,e,reigns, at the Northamp ton me theetln meeting, prize d o a f fifty --oar, of the large breed, which gained fifteen sovereigns at the same exhibitions. There are more than the us ua l number of articles on subjects deeply ,interestingthe to f armers, among w hi c h w,e Potato Crop o f 1848," an d , Te may heeffinecetnotfion‘ Common Salt on th e Wi re - worm, " as well worthy of n oti ce. That "On Agricultural Chemistry" also conveys much sound practical in struction of a very valuable character. ----_, SURREY T nß ATll}!•—There can b e no question that every part of this house will be filled to-night, because so rare an attraction is offered t o t h e pu bli c . Miss Cushman in A ppears her f amous character of Romeo, and the Daughter of th e R eg i ment will be played as the last p i ece—while th e ce l e b rated Czartoris Ri family give their extraord inary entertainment between the two. DEATIr Of NE. N. P . • llArNEs.—Thi s gentle man, so well known for his oratorical powers, and his well r. 3 for hi s li terary a bi lit i es, advocacy of all libera l meas ures, wheth er re f err i ng to religion or polities, as died suddenly, yesterday afternoon, at his lodgings in Drury-lane. It appears that deceased went out, about two o'clock, for some medicine, with which he returned, and retired to his bed-chamber. Shortly afterwards the servant went to his room,. and found hi m i n t h e agon i es of death. Although no Arne elapsed before medical as• sistance was obtained, the deceased expired before a physician arriyod. FEBRUARY 7, 1845 MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday the vestry assembled to consider the question of confirming the report of the gas com mittee as to the terms upon which the Western Gas Company should be permitted to lay ateir;mains throughout the district. The Rev. Dr. Spry pr sided ; there were also present Mr. Hume, 11. P., Sir J. MiTaggart, M.P., Mr. Plowden, M.P., Mr. J. IVilliams, M.P., Lord Montfort, Sir J. Hamilton, Sir W. Stirling, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Lord D. Stuart, M.P., &c. Mz. GARNETT, As chairman of a meeting of the parochial committee of eight hundred rate-payers, and chairman of a deputation from them to present the resolutions passed, urged upon the vestry the necessity of confirming the adoption •of the report, in order that the rate. payers might have the benefit of the competition of the companies. Mr. BEACON and Mr. FRAMPTON, members of the deputation, also spoke to the same effect. Mr. G. DANIELL moved that the minute adopting the report ba not confirmed. He called upon the vestry not to suffer themselves to be dictated to, but to act for the benefit of the great body of rate-payers and reject the report. Mr. PLOWDEN, M.P., seconded the motion of Mr. G. Daniell. Mr. SODEN supported the confirmation of the re port; he asked the vestry to let in the Western Corn. pany and put an end to the monopoly. Mr. STEVENS and Mr. STANFORD would vote against the confirmation. Mr. HUME, M.P., said the question was, were the Western Company at present m a position to fulfil the contract they had undertaken ? He lauded them for coming forward, but when they found the opinion of the parish so nearly balanced as it appeared to be, he would put it to them whether it would not be wise in the Western Company to wait until they were in a better position. lie called upon the Western Com pany to put themselves in a position to show that they could give a supply of better gas and at lower charges than the present before they pressed far a division. The Hon. Gentleman at some ►ength called upon the ♦estry not to dismiss the Western Company entirely, but to non-confirm the report. Mr. P. LAURIE concurred with Mr. Hume. Mr. GLASIER and Mr. CLARK supported the con firmation. Mr. J. WILLIAMS, M.P., was for the non-confir mation. On a show of hands the numbers were so equal that the Chairman felt it impossible to decide. A division then took place; when there appeared to be—for the non-confirmation, 46 ; for the confirmation, 45. The Chairman gave the casting vote for the non confirmation, and the meeting broke up. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 3.—ln a congregation, holden this morning, the following degrees were conferred, viz. : DOCTOR or DIVINITY.—Rev. Henry John Mutton, Magdalen Hall. MASTER or ARTS. — Charles Farnsworth Nixon, Lincoln College ; Rev. George Case, Edmund Swe tenham, Alexander Joseph, Brasenose College ; Beck ford Bevan, Christchurch (Grand Compounder); George Richards, Pembroke College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. — Thomas Collett Sanders, scholar of Baliol College ; John Woolcombe Silli fatit, James Davis, Charles Terry, Exeter College; Maurice William Pitman, Queen's College ; George Osborne Morgan, scholar of Worcester College. In a convocation, to be holden on Tuesday the 15th inst., it will be proposed to accept a Benefaction, offered to the University thrcugh the Dean of Car lisle, of 1,0001. Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, the interest to be given as a Prize for an English Poem on a Sacred Subject, once every third year. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 2.—8. A. COMMENCEMENT.— On Saturday last the gentlemen whose names have been already published in the degree lists proceeded to their B.A. degree, with the exception of about forty, who have either to keep bye terms or are entitled to proceed to honorary degrees. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Flaherty Scholarship in Classics has been awarded to Mr. John Hutton Taylor, of Manchester. Examiners—Mr. Malden, professor of Greek ; Mr. Newman, professor of Latin ; Professor Tom Taylor for the council. The prize of 401. for general proficiency in medi cine and surgery for 1847, was obtained by Mr. Thomas Park. s.—Dr. Lee's Reader in Anatomy proposes to commence a course of lectures on human anatomy on Tuesday, February 15, at one o'clock. Gentlemen desirous of attending are requested to enter their names at the Anatomy School, Christ Church, on Saturday, the 12th instant, between two and four o'clock P.M. The teachers of French and German in the Taylor Institution will begin their lectures for this term on Wednesday, the 9th, and Thursday, the 10th instant respectively. Those members of the University who wish to attend are requested to call on the teachers at the Taylor-building on Monday, the 7th, between one and three o'clock P.M., for the French class ; and on Tuesday, the Bth, between one and three o'clock, for the German class: Responsions commence February 23. The Rev. Mr. Hanaell, of Magdalen, will be a candidate for the office of Public Orator in the event of a vacancy. CAMBRIDGE, FEE. 4.—SMITU'S PRIZEMEN—These prizes for " the best proficients in mathematics and natural philoscphy," have been this day adjudged as follows : STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—There was very little business done at our Cloth-halls on Saturday, partly occasioned by the very dark state (of the atmosphere during market time; but on Tuesday there were more buyers in the halls than for some time past, and a little im provement was visible. The goods in demand were principally calculated for the home trade for the spring, but low qualities of goods for shipping have been in very trifling demand. The stocks of goods in the manufacturer? hands are very light, and to this circumstance may be attributed the maintenance of steady prices. There have been more buyers in the town this week than for some time past, and, although their purchases hex( been light, there is a visible appearance of improvement in the warehouses. BRADFORD, Fan. 3.—Wool.—The business doing is of a sluggish character ; as there is no giving way in price to meet buyers, the sales are small. The quantity in the growers' hands is far above an average of last year in February, when there is usually a dis position to sell, but without a material reduction from the prices now sought, it cannot get into the con sumer's hands.—Leeds Mercury. _MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—Though our market on Tuesday opened very dull for cloth, still before the close of the market a better feeling existed, and manufacturers were enabled to dispose of lots at rates not obtainable on Monday. Since Tuesday also more inquiries have been made, and which have led to a very moderate business on the very full rates then paid. Were the German houses doing their accus tomed business, we should be in a much better con dition ; but till the rivers are again open, no great improvement can reasonably be expected. Yarns are still very depressed, and likely so to continue for some weeks to come. NOTTINGHAM.—The silk glove trade keeps gradu ally improving, and with some of the hosiers the de mand Js brisk, though others appear in a stagnant state, and the material is given out with a very sparing hand ; still we believe there are but very few silk glove hands wholly out of employment. The cotton glove trade, as a matter of course, has a shade mended, but not to the extent of the silk manufacture. —Nottingham Review. LEICEiTTER.—We have but little change to report, but we understand there is a little more doing, and a little more employment appears probable as the spring season approaches. No doubt is felt but that yarns and wools have seen their lowest prices —not withstanding this, however, extreme caution is exer cised by the manufacturers in accumulating stocks.— Leicester Mercury. THE OMNIBUS NUISANCE IN Tilt CITY.—The City Police Committee have come to the determination of appointing an inspector of omnibuses, in order to pre vent the nuisance occasioned by the stoppages of the numerous omnibuses, which have considerably increased since the reduction of the fares. The appointment has been deputed to Mr. Alderman Johnson and Mr. Pearson, City Solicitor. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Duchess of Kent, who has for several days past been suffering from a cold was rather better to-day ; but it is not at all likely that the dinner party, postponed on Friday last, will take place to morrow, as rumoured in some of the papers. Neither is it true that her Majesty and the Prince intend visiting Claremont again next week. Prince Albert and his Royal brother, the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, will bare a shooting party in the Great Park to-morrow. DANIEL LAMBERT.—At a meeting of the Leicester Town Council, on Wednesday, a memorial was read from Mr. Lambert Brown, of Leicester, stating that in the possession of the corporation was an old arm chair, formerly occupied by his uncle, Daniel Lambert, when he attended as keeper of the House of Correction. The memorialist -was abroad at the time of. the decease of his uncle, and had, therefore, no means of obtaining any memento of his " great ancestor."—(Laughter.) lle did not know whether the chair was the private property of his uncle, or whether it was provided by the corporation of the day; but it was now out of repair, and useless to the council, and he submitted that he might be allowed to take it into his family, and which he should hand down as an heir-loom. The council, by acceding to his request, would confer upon him a great favour, for which he should ever be obliged.—Mr Alderman Weston moved that the request of the memo rialist be granted; and the motion having been seconded, it was unanimously adopted. PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S, COVENT GARDEN.—Dr. Bowers, Dean of Manchester, has intimated to the pa rishioners that he has determined on resigning the rec tory of this parish in consequence of his duties at Manchester to the deanery of the collegiate church, of which diocese he was some time since nominated by Lord John Russell. The same intimation having been conveyed to the Duke of Bedford, who is patron of the living, his grace has appointed the Rev. Henry Hatton, M.A., Vicar of Woburn, to the rectory of the vacant benefice. The reverend gentleman will forthwith resign the vicarage of Woburn, and will enter upon the duties of his new appointment in the course of the next month. ROBBERY or A BANKER'S CLERK.—Some eighteen months or two years back, it will be remembered, re peated robberies were perpetrated in the interior of the metropolitan banking establishments, and carried on by a daring and dexterous confederacy of light-fingered gentry to a fearful extent. The modes operandi was to mingle in the throng before the counters of the banking houses during the busy and crowded hours of the day, as if brought thither for legitimate purposes, and, watching their opportunity, thus victimise the unwary. After a suspension of operations, and an interlapse of time sufficient, it is doubtless warily imagined, to put the public off their guard, the old dodge is again, and, as it would seem, too successfully ventured upon. On Tuesday last an out-door clerk belonging to the parent establishment of the Commercial Bank, in Moorgata street, had received the amount of his change at Messrs. Barclay's, and, as he imagined, carefully deposited the bank-notes in his case, which was secured to his person by the guard chain, when his attention having been momentarily called off, the whole of the notes, amount ing to about 6001., were instantly, and vi ith incredible adroitness, abstracted ere he had quitted the counter. Handbills, offering a reward of 501., were forthwith printed and circulated, and the number and dates of the notes given in at the Bank of England. There is not, we believe, as yet the slightest clue to the recovery of the stolen paper. l SOUTUAMPTON.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Jupiter, Captain F. Meehan, arrived at Southampton on Saturday night, bringing the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails, in charge of Lieutenant Peter Rainer , R .N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Gibraltar, Jan. 28; Cadiz, 2, ; Lisbon, 30; Vigo, Feb. 1. The Jupiter did not call off Oporte, in consequence of the bad state of the wea ther. She experienced strong bre( zes and very thick haze during the passage home. On the 31st ult., at 5 45 P.st., the Jupiter passed the steamer Montros e 14 miles to the southward of Vigo. She has 11 first-class and 21 second-class p ass engers, arid the foll ow i ng freight :-116 packages of oranges, 58 packages of chesnuts, 29 sacks of walnuts, 300 packages . of fi gs , 7 60 packages of various fruit , 53 cases of eggs, 16 p ac k ages of specie (value 12,5000, and 64 packages of sundries. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—S7e six or eight of the Penydaran colliers were returning from their work on Saturday last, and to save walking ab out a hundred yards, got upon the carriage which goes down an in clined plane. The chain, by some accident broke, and and all the persons were thrown off, and some o f them nthat accidental d t e h n e t y a s h o death u l should seriously injured, whilst one poor fellow was kill e d. A n inquestas returned, when strong verdicteau caution o of heldwi; 11 not trust themselves upon the incline future.—Mon mouthshire 1. To dh unter, John's. 2. Barry, Trinity. The first four gentlemen in the list of wranglers at the late commencement were the only candidates. Mr. Todhunter was first and Mr. Barry (who is a son of the eminent architect) fourth on that occasion. It should be mentioned, however, that ceteris paribus, preference is giv en ( un d er the founder's will) to mem bers of Trinity. NOTICES.—The Regius Professor of Divinity has given notice that he will lecture on The Articles in the Soph'g School on Tuesdays and Thursdays, corn mencing on Tuesday, February 15. The examination for the classical tripos commences on Monday, February 21, in the Senate-house. CLARE HALL.—The following students have been elected scholars of this society :—Appleyard, Had dock, Harris, Haymas, Penruddocke, and Watt. GAMBLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Although lotteries produced a large annual sum to an impoverished exchequer, so strong was the public opinion expressed against them, from their in jurious effects on the morals of the people, that the Government was obliged to abolish them in 1826. If the effect was so bad on persons who could afford to spend 20/. for a ticket, or 265. for a sixteenth, what must it be on those who have to pay only a shilling for a chance to win a " Sam Slick clock," or some other gaudy thing, manufactured for sale and not for use ? Yet country towns and villages are !subject to visitations of this sort. A hawker arrives with a quantity of gay and valueless articles; numbers of servant-girls, apprentices, shopmen, mechanics, and others, are attracted, and the money that should be saved for house-rant, food, or clothing, is spent in these gambling shops. One out of ten, twenty, or a hundred gets some showy prize, and the news is spread over the town, while those who lose never tell of their losses. If gambling is injurious to those who can command twenty pounds, and ought to hare some knowledge of the world, it surely must be worse with those who risk their shilling--the ;shillings their families are de prived of, and can ill spare; or, perhaps the money of their employer; yet for twenty years after great lotteries have been declared illegal this temptation of the poor is - tolerated ; or if there is a law against it, it is not put in force. Perhaps, Mr. Editor, if there is a law that will put this nuisance down some of your readers will kindly point it out, by which they will greatly oblige, Sir, Yours, J. WEST. JEWISH DISABILITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—May we, through the medium of your widely-circulated journal, beg to express our grati tude to our numerous neighbours, friends, and towns men for their sympathy and liberal feelings, and to those gentlemen Who were deputed to wait personally on them for their signatures to a petition which was forwarded from Cardiff, with upwards of eight hun dred of the most respectable signatures, in support of the Bill for the removal of our political disabilities. It has been whispered that a counter petition has been sent ; if so, its signatures must se " like angels' risits, far and Jew," and while our gratitude is thus publicly expressed, we beg to flatly contradict an assertion made by a Mr. R. M. Fawcett, at Cam bridge, " that the British born Jews do not care for political privileges." And we shall joyfully hail the day it receives the Royal Assent. . I remain, on behalf of my brethren here, • Your obedient servant, MARK MARKS. 9, St. Mary's, Cardiff, Feb. 4, 1848. Viscount and "Viscountess Palmerston received at dinner, on Saturday last, at their residence at Carlton gardens, the Earl and Countess Grey, th e E ar l o f Auck land and Hon. Frances E:len, Lord and Lady Holland, Lady John Russell, the lion. William Temple, the Hon. William Cowper, Mr. Luttrell, &c. Her Ladyship sub sequently had a soirée, when the company included his Serene highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Baron Brunnow,his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excellency Count Kilmamegge, his Excellency Baron Rehausen, his Ex cellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency Count Revel, his Excellency the Nether lands Minister and Mdlle. Schimmelpeneinck, his Ex cellency the French Minister and the Countess de Jar nac, Baron IColler, Count Potocki, Count Henri do Beam, Count Nesselrode, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Countess Granville, the Countess of Tankerville, the Countess of Shelburne, Viscount Morpeth, Viscounthnd,Viscountess Castlereagh , Visc ount Falk land, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Campbell and Hon. , Miss Campbell, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Glenelg, Lord and Lady Augustus Loftus, Lord Dudley Stuart Lord and Lildy Beaumont, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lady William Powlet, Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, the Hon. Colonel Keppel, the Hon. F. Byng, the Right Hon. Henry Ellis, the Right Hon. E. J. and Hon. Mrs. Stanley and Miss Stanley, the Hon. Misses Pepys (2), the Hon. C. Spencer and Hon. Misses Pepys (2), the Hon. C. Spencer and Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby, Mr. Mandeville, Mr. G. Craig and Mrs. Craig, Mr. G. Repton, M.P., Mr. Mactavish, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Panizzi, Mr. Pigou, &c. On Saturday next her Ladyship will have a reception. SUDDEN DEATH Or DR. HIGGINSON, OF POPLAR. —The Rev. Dr. Iligginson, minister of the East India Chapel, Poplar, expired on Saturday, under the follow ing distressing circumstances: —Aliout seven o'clock, while dressing himself, he suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, what a pain I have at my heart;” and as he rapidly got worse, Mrs. Higginson sent for Mr. Bailey, surgeon, of Poplar, who promptly attended, but before he could arrive life was extinct. The deceased was about 60 years of age, and had been the minister of the chapel 20 years. GENERAL POST OFFICE. --From the complaints constantly making, it appears that a systematic robbery of newspapers is perpetrated in the General Post-office. We have already directed the attention of the Posts office authorities to the subject, and, as they permit the abuse to continue, it is time that it should be noticed in Parliament. A most simple expedient, and one that is in hourly operation in all our docks—that of searching every person employed in the office whenever he leaves the building —would effectually put a stop to the thefts, or insure the detection of the thieves. It is a national disgrace that we should hear of a second complaint on the subject.— Times. PROFESSOR NICHOL IN AMERICA.—We understand that our distinguished townsman, Dr. Nichol, has met with the most flattering reception in the course of 11 . b. present tour through the United States. His lectures i n Boston have • been attended by crowded audiences; and we are glad to learn from private letters addressed___:itkteo his friends in this city, that he expresses himself highest degree gratified by the hospitality_ a d kindness which he has everywhere experienced.—Gkt s e w ea• NATIONAL EDUCATION. — Lo rd Stowell was no admirer of the prevailing rage for u niversal education, and made a remark with which Lord Sidinouth was much struck—"lf you prov ide ( he said) a larger amount of cultivated talent than there is a„demand for, , the sur plus is very likely to tu rn sour. —Poynder s Literary Extracts (New Series). The Marquis of Donegal succeeds Lord Falkland as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard to her Majesty. ON THE ADVANTAGES RESULT ING FROM THE USE OF ZINC-WHITE OR OXIDE OF ZINC OVER WHITE LEAD. BY M. LECLAIRE. After stating that in practical painting, he had found many inconveniences arise from the use of white lead, which led him to try several other preparations, as a substitute for that pigment, none of which except zinc white answered the purpose, he proceeds to speak thus favourably of the latter; the first application of which for painting purposes in 1835, he claims for himself. " The zinc white is much whiter than white-lead when ground in oil, and reflects the light instead of absorbing it ; it furnishes finer and more transparent tones ; it corers better, and weight for weight, it much excels it. It is unalterable by sulphurous! vapours, which imme diately blacken white-lead paint, and lastly it pos sesses the desirable quality of not injuring the health of the workmen employed either in its manufacture or its use. Though I had verified the qualities above mentioned, yet I found myself still very far from a complete and practical solution of the problem. Mixed with oil, to apply readily as a paint, it became necessary to make it dry readily ; but the only dry ing substances known are those which had lead for a base, and which, therefore, imparted to the zince- white all the defects of white-lead. For tunately I finish my researches on this subject by the discovery of a drier, which has manga nese for its base, and which enables the zinc white to dry faster than it would if litharge were employed. Several other colours most frequently employed in painting are composed either of lead er of copper, and owe to those metals the defect of being alterable by sulphurous gas, whilst these same mixed with zinc white derive from it all the advantages of its unal terability. It follows, then, that in order to give my first invention completeness, and to ren der it of useful application, we should sub stitute for the colours susceptible of alteration those which cannot be rendered so. After several years spent in continued aria costly researches, I have arrived at the production, if I may be allowed so to say, of a reform in the art of paint- ing, in completing the scale of unalterable colours, by the substitution of colours uninjurious and unal terable for all those which have copper or lead for their base, insomuch that I may now affirm : " I.—That the health of a great number of men may be saved, and without any interference with their business. "2.—That the interior and exterior of our habita tions can be painted without the disagreeableness of seeing, by the slightest sulphurous exhalation, the painting change colour and blacken. " 3.—Lastly, that artists may rejoice in the idea that their chef d'cruvres will not change their aspects nor lose their harmony with the lapse of time, as has happened so often in the pictures of the old masters. ",My profession has permitted me, what inmost cases would be difficult, to introduce these pro . ducts pri vately into use; but the advantages which it possessed over painting in white-lead, and especially its freshness and tone, were very soon remarked, and the superi ority of zinc-white over white-lead quickly verified. Since that time I have made numerous applications of zinc-white in my business, and always with the same good results. " The working up of white lead paint often caused numerous and serious accidents to the workmen. Many suffered from attacks of the lead cholic, some several times in a year, whilst others, who were not absolutely attacked by it, Ind their constitutions gradually suffering, and were often obliged, for a time at least, to give up their employment, and preserve only a languishing health, or endure incurable disease. I employ con stantly 200 workmen throughout different parts of Paris, making use of the white of zinc. Amongst them I have found many whom the bad cholic, and the mac 'ptibility of their con stitutions, had obliged to abandon painting; not one accident has shown itself amongst them, so that they themselves well know how to appre ciate the employment of zinc-white. Never has one of the workmen employed in the manufacture of the zinc-white suffered the slightest indisposition which could be attributed to his employment, nor have particular precautions ever been taken. In conclusion, many years of assiduous labour have led me to the discovery and useful appli cation, in the arts and industry, of— " 1. The zinc-white. " 2. The colours with zinc for a base of the same colours as those up to the present time obtained by the aid of lead and copper. " 3. Lastly, a drier for paint, not having lead for its base. These products furnish for all kinds of paint ing clearer, finer, fresher, and more transparent tones than those obtained with colours having lead and copper for their base ; and the multiplied experi ments made with them have proved that the colours thus made, are in every respect superior to those which up to the present time have been employed; whilst, at the same time, neither their preparation nor their employment are injurious to health.—Patent ./cranial. FIRE AND PROBABLE Loss OF LIFE IN BISHOPS. GATE STREET. —Saturday evenirg r. fire,- which it is feared will be attended with loss of life, broke out in ' the extensive premises of Messrs. Ilearon, M.Culloch, and Co., wholesale druggists, 94, 95, and 96, I3ishopsgatc street Within. The fire was caused by one of the work men, who entered the back cellar to procure some bags, and in passing a carboy of spirits of nitre, either knocked it over, or it ignited from the effects of the sudden change in the weather, the whole of the spirits immediately kindled, and ran over the cellar like a sheet of liquid flame, tiring everything that it came in contact with. The poor fellow was instantly enveloped in a mass of flame, and his cries for assistance brought seve ral persons to the top of the stairs, but no one could venture to the unfortunate man, the flames ascended so fiercely. By a desperate effort he rushed out of the place, and reached the street with the flames mounting over his head, and it was only by his being rolled in the gutter that they were extinguished. Ile was imme diately removed to the hospital, where, on inquiry, it was learned that his burns were so extensive that little expectation of his recovery was entertained. The en gines arriving in rapid succession, with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the brigade, the fire was speedily extinguished, but not until the joists and flooring were burned in the cellar, and the valuable stock therein con siderably damaged by fire and water. FIRE IN THE HACKNEY-ROAD.—Last night, be tween ten and eleven o'clock, a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. John Ellis, a linendraper and silk mercer, at No. 5, Brighton place, Hackney-road. The discovery was made by some of the inmates whilst sitting in one of the ,lower rooms at supper. They im mediately rushed to the front warehouse, which they found enveloped in a general mass of fire, but by dint of extraordinary exertion, some of the residents ran up stairs, and succeeded in rescuing the children. Several engines were soon on the spot. When the firemen came down, not a drop of water was flowing from the fire mains in the district, and some time was necessarily con sumed whilst the brigade were looking for the plugs. At length they were found, and the same having whichbeen drawn, a plentiful supply of water was_procure procured,fire during scattered into the midst of the flames. The fire until t foril nearly water b a d j itie r ay, and i the b considerably, men wore tw a s searching not twelve o'clock that it cou ld be extinguished, when the valuable stock-in-trade was almost consumed, and the premises extensively damaged by fire. The origin of the disaster is enveloped in mystery. Mr. Ellis's loss will fall upon the Royal Exchange fire-office. Mr. R. Dillon Browne, M.P., is appoined to suc ceed Sir Emerson Tennent as Colonial Secretary at Ceylon.—Limerick Chronicle. GENERAL FLORES.—This Spanish officer, whose name became so notorious from the contemplated expe dition to the Equador, arrived in London within the past week from Cuba. On the 27th, as a railway train was proceeding from Augsburg to Donauwert, in Bavaria, the wheels of the first nine carriages were thrown off the rails. A great number of passengers were more or less injured. LAUNCH AT GREENOCK.—Yesterday a ship of ,400 tons was launched from the building yard of Messrs. John Scott and Sons, Greenock. She is named the Investigator, and, we understand, is to proceed im mediately to London, to be fitted up as one of the fleet that is to be dispatched in search of Sir John Franklin. The Investigator is a very strong-looking vessel, and has quite the look of one adapted for the navigation of the north seas.—North British Mail of Friday. GROWTR OF COTTON IN INDIA. We understand that Mr. A. J. Turner has advices from India, stating, on the authority of the Government collector of the Dharwar district, that there are at present at lease 20,000 acres of New Orleans seed cotton under cultiva tion in that district, and that, had it not ou deficient fall of rain last monsoon, there w ul e t o iv n a n t t ia ry n , id be h e a n v f e or be the at least 60,000 acres under cultivation. of of cotton is extending rapidly into the and also into Belgaum. k drag their slow length a . TYR HONITON BANK. M to O ry re t t h h e e y ac a c p o p u e n a t r s , at a most unsatisfactory c ot?F ors; ---til_The affairs of this ban anchester Guardian.vi emdpoa pound n e dbuit have v l e oo a tu lt y o: a p r a e ce in fo v r es i t t i s g u a n te fo d r , tu t n h a esa t hn o mi e l elo r ianrt4lys in hopes and confident expe c t a ti ons o f r d e l t unsat T i s tory ultimate twenty whilstand t the e t h p e r o s s a p n :en e of an ther va nished. The official assignee h as i ssue d l etters f;oevarious supposed debtors to the amount of 40,000/., of which he has received about 240/., and in a great number of instances the answer has been returned that the parties are creditors instead of del tors.— Western Times. GREENWICH TIME. About eleven o'clock on Saturday night our public clocks, according to previous arrangement, were advanced from local to Greenwich time—a difference here of 1215 minutes. We perceive that the chang e t o Greenwich time has been also adopted in Glasgow, Greenock, Sterling, Perth, &c , and we have no doubt will be so in all the principal towns in the united kingdom. —Edinburgh Advertiser. CONVICTS TOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—Yesterday the steamer Waterman, No. 10, conveyed from the Penitentiary, Millbank, to Woolwich, 130 female pri soners and 12 children, who are under sentence of transportation. They were shipped on board the Eliza cud Henry, hired transport ship, lying off the Royal Arsenal, ape' will leave in a few days for Hobart TQWD, Vau Disiglu's Laud. N I I I i~ ~' 4' i ~ 7i