The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-11 00:00:00

btril Wtfttion TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocK. WOLVERHA3IPTON STEEPLE CHASE. 4 to 1 agst Prince George 5 to 1 agst Victim .~ . ~.., r-.. 6 to 1 agst Richard the First 10 to 1 agst Equinox 12 to 1 agst Alfred CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst The Tartar 50 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff colt 66 to 1 agst Canezou DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Honeycomb 25 to 1 agst Uriel Scarcely anything done. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 9.—Mr. Gilbert Bradley, Commoner of University College, was yesterday elected to a Ma thematical Exhibition in the same College. The Curators of the Taylor Institution have elected Dr. Tritten, Secretary to the Royal Geographical So ciety, to be Professor of Modern European Languages. The Rev. Abraham Kerr Thompson, MLA., of Queen's College, has been elected Head Master of the Grammar School, Dudley. The President and Fellows of Magdalen College have presented the Rev. Edward K. Burney. of their Society, to the Rectory of Brandestone, Norfolk, value 1891. per annum. The Rev. G. Trevelyan has presented the Rev. Wm. J. Crockford, of Brasenose College, to the Rectory of Mawgan in Meneaga and St. Martin in Meneage, Cora wall, value 6201. per annum. There will be a Congregation holden on Monday, the 18th instant, for granting graces and conferring degrees, being the last day of the present term. SIR THOMAS BIRCH, MY, AND THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart, M.P. for this borough, has transmitted to the treasurer of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association the sum of 201. in aid of its funds. The amount was re ceived on Saturday. Sir Thomas, in the letter which ac companied his handsome donation, expressed his hearty , concurrence in the objects of the association. The de sire of the Hon. Member to co-operate in efforts having for their object the mitigation of the many burdens which press upon the people, will contribute largely to increase the esteem in which he is held by his constituents.— Liverpool Albion. Mr. Green, son of the celebrated aeronaut, after an absence of seven months on the Continent, during which time he has made 20 ascents, eight of which were from the Hippodrome at Paris, arrived in London yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's new steam-ship Albion, from Boulogne. CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY Pon AIDING MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD —On Friday evening the East London branch of this society held its first anniversary meeting in the large room of the Whitechapel Society School. The meeting was pre sided over by the Rev. W. W. Champneys, M.A., and its claims were ably ad v oc a t e d by t h e Rev. Dr. A. M'Caul, Rev. J. B. Cartwright, Rev. H. Allen, &c.; the annual report of the committee was read and adopted, showing the first year's progress of the operations of the branch to have been most satisfactory and encourag ing. Other resolutions were passed, and although the weather was very unfavourable, there was a namercus attendance of the young men of the district. Commlssiora OF LUNACY.—A commission de lu• natico inquirendo was opened at Harefield, on Wednes day, before Mr. Barlow and fourteen special jurors, of whom W. Armstrong, Esq., magistrate, was foreman, to inquire into the state of mind of Philip Champion Cres pigny, Esq., aged 34, of Harefield-house, Middlesex, a gentleman possessed of freeholds in the counties of Nor folk and Middlesex, and also funded property, the whole of the value of nearly 10,0001 Fel. annum. The inquiry took place in the drawing-room of the mansion. The commission was taken out at the instance of C. Fox Crespigny, E,q., of Exeter. The commission was un opposed; in its support appeared Mr. E. Clerke, of Chapel-street, Bedford-row, solicitor. Dr. Buchan, of Elstre; Mr. Hanes, surgeon, of Pinner, and other wit nesses were examined. It is only occasionally that he recognized his most intimate friends and relatives. At the conclusion of the evidence, the alleged lunatic was introduced. In appearance he was very healthy and good natured, and frequently laughed heartily while being questioned by the Learned Commissioner and jury, but the only answers he gave were either, " I don't know," or "I won't trouble myself." He did not appear to know his own brother or any of the witnesses, and, in fact, his memory was entirely gone. On his retiring, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of unsoundness of mind since January 1, 1348. A GAMEKEEPER COMMITTED FOR KILLIN• POACHER.—On Thursday, at Durham, Mr. J. M. Fa yell, the coroner, concluded an inquest respecting the death of a poacher named John Coulson, who was shot by the head keeper of G. Salvin, Esq., of Croxdale Park. From the evidence taken it appeared that on the 25th ult. the attention of Mr. Boyd, the chief keeper at Mr. Salvin's, was aroused, between one and two in the morning, by hearing the report of guns firing in the direction of his master's preserves. He imme diately got up, and having called the gardener, they went in search of the parties who were firing, each taking a gun with him. When they had got into a wood on High Croxdale, they came in front of a party of poachers, who cried out to them to stand back, or they would fire upon them. The keeper answered that he would not stand back, when one of the poachers discharg ed his gun, and the cont e nt s woun d e d B oy d i n the h ands, thighs, and chest. He immediately fell to the ground, but raising himself partially up, he fired upon the poachers, who, with the exception of deceased, made off. He, however, was found at a subsequent hour in the wood, fifteen yards from the place where the affray took place, in a very exhausted state from the blood which had flowed from several gun-shot wounds. He was taken to the infirmary, where he died the following day. The wounded keeper was also obliged to be removed to his home, where he still remains in a very precarious con dition. The surgeon proved that the deceased died from the wounds which had been inflicted by the keeper, and the jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Henry Boyd, and the coroner made out a warrant for his committal to gaol, in order that (in case he recovers from his own wounds) he naizl_s e tried at the ensuing assizes. PRODUCTION OF MR. BENNETT'S NEW PLAY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL BIRMINGHAM.—(FROM A COP.- ItESpoNDENT.)—A new play,* from the pen of Mr. G. Bennett, was produced at our Theatre Royal on Fri day last, called the Justiza, a tale of Arragon. It was received throughout with the most marked attention and genuine applause. Miss Cushman's personation of the principal character deserves the highest commendation; and at the conclusion of the performance she was most enthusiastically cheered and called for to appear befora the curtain. Mr. Peregrine Birch succeeds the late Mr. Edward Courteuay as Chief Committee Clerk in the House of Lords.—Observer. EARLY CLosiNet MOVEMENT.—We are glad to announce that the hosiers and glovers of the City lead ing thoroughfares intend to-night closing their estab lishments at eight o'clock. We understand this has been effected by a society of principals and assistants called the " Hosiers' Early Closing Association," and distinct from the metropolitan one. The members have experienced considerable opposition in their canvass of the different districts, but we hope and sincerely appeal to those about to close at an earlier hour, not to infringe so reasonable a time for the suspension of the day's business. LANDPORT THEATRE.—The ballet entertainment which has proved so successful at the theatre at Ports mouth has been produced at this theatre with, if pos sible, greater success. The denizens of Landport appre ciate the liberal exertions of the lessee, and the theatre is every evening crowded to the ceiling. The stage is fitted up with good effect, and the music is pretty and effective. Miss Louisa Coleman and Miss Massall have we d ll sustain e d t h e reputation they earned at Portsmouth, en on their app earance are each of them greeted with duced enthusiasm some of el. Simon ' the maitre d e ballet, has pr 0. ... the moat exquisite quite worthy of her Ma' groupings, indeed, ton of the lessee will, we opine, a Theatre. The specula as well as to all partis Opine' prove beneficial to him, concerned. FIRE IN REGENT-IR o'clock, morning, between six and seven o' destruction of some thousand' fire' attended with' the out in Little Portland.street, Er n " of property, broke commenced in a range of shedseratitlitcest* to Mr. Pratt, The flames cabinet-maker and upholsterer, of Boldgis ta.o neral course of a few minutes the whole were in In the blaze. The premises were adjoined by the tory of Mr. W. Austin, lace and fringe maker, and tha a t e perty was destroyed, and the flames extended rapidlyto the private house of Mr. Davis. Mr. Austin's pre mises had, a short time back, upwards of 1.2001. ex pended upon them in improving the working ma chinery. The damage done is officially reported as follows:—The premises of Mr. Pratt, No. 3, Little Portland-street, burned down . No. 1 in the same street, Mr. W. Austin, lace and fringe maker, con sumed the whole of the workshops and contents, dwell ing - house partially destroy e d. N o . 2i n th e sam e street, Mr. Davis, private, considerable damage by fire, water, and removal. No. 47, Mortimer -street, Mr. P. Shaw, cabinet maker and upholsterer, back portion of premises slightly damaged, and furniture injured by removal. No. 50 in the same street, Mrs. SibL.y, dressmaker, rcof of back premises damaged. The cause of the fire has been traced to some lime placed in the sheds, which bt coming slaked, set the timber ou fire. Ten other fires occurred in various parts of the metropolis during Saturday and yost,rday, none of them destroying property to any serious amount. WELSH FLANNEL.—Being amongst the first to announce the patronage extended by her Most Gracious MajefJty to this useful fabric, it is gratifying for us to learn that the result has been that the Welsh flannel trade has, in consequence of the Royal example, received a considerable impetus. Orders, we find, have already been received for this material in this and the neigh bouring towns on an extensive scale. It is to be hoped that this improvement will continue.—Cambrian. Earl Grey had a dinner party on Thursday, at his residence, in Belgrave-square. The company in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Craig, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fox Maule, Mr. Warde, Sir John Pellv, the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Lady Elizabeth Bul tee', and Mr. Murdoch. THE CARPET TRADE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in your paper of the 24th ult. an article headed " Distressed State of the Carpet Trade in Kidderminster and Stroud," I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject, as such statements emanating from a leading journal are calculated (though I doubt not, unintentionally) to do much injury, and I beg to say on inquiry, you will find they are not founded on fact. At Stroud carpets are not, and I believe never were made; but at Kidderminster a large population (some thousands), men, women, and children, gain their living by this staple manufacture. The trade of Kidder minster is much depressed in common with other manu• factured articles of luxury, but Mr. Sievier's invention (introduced by Mr. Bright) ca❑ have nothing to do with it except from the representation of his agents; for only two or three patterns are yet presented to the public, and they are of the most insignificant description, as you can find on investigation, but your statement has done a decided injury, and likewise thrown a slur on the good credit of the place, and it is indeed a heartless and inglorious boast to make, that by the inventive genius of Mr. Sievier, such a body of people would be thrown out of employ. And I would ask, would it be desirable (if the invention could be perfected) to apply steam power to produce an article that hand labour can furnish in much greater quantity than there is demand for? Brussels five frame carpet is an article of great dura bility and frequently wears ten or fifteen years, indeed, sometimes much longer. Allow me to subjoin an article written some time back " on carpeting," by an inspector of manufactures. Again apologizing for troubling you in this matter, I am your most obedient servant, A CARPET MANUFACTURER. Kidderminster, Dec. 8, 1848. " With regard to earpeting I consider there is no article manufactured so suitable for the covering of floors as Brussels. It must be borne in mind that carpet ing has to be trodden under foot, and therefore should hare plenty of wool and other material to form a sub stantial cloth, and in which particular five frame Brussels surpasses all others. Its durability of texture and colours, and cleanly appearance, nothing manufactured can surpass or indeed equal. The great quantity of worsted worked or planted in the cloth or back of the carpet tightens the pile and adds much to its durability, indeed renders it more lasting than any other, and likewise creates that warmth and comfort in rooms so desirable and necessary in a variable climate. It is really an article of sterli n g value, and one that can never be superseded."—Coped from a memorandum of an Inspector •f the Manufactures of England. A BRIDGE WASHED AWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On the night of Sunday, the 4th instant, con tinual torrents of rain fell, which swelled the river Cynon to a considerable height, and owing to the con fined water-way beneath a bridge, subsequently built by the Taff Vale Railway Company, forming a communica tion from the original line of the Aberdare Railway to the Llety Jenkin Colliery, it obstructed the passage of the water in its original course, consequently the water, accumulated by obstruction caused by the said bridge, overflowed its embankments, thereby causing an unnatu ral inundation of the adjacent country, forming an ex tensive reservoir of-water over the flat part of the valley above the said bridge and branch of railway. The weight of the water so accumulated broke the embankment on the said branch of railway formed by the Taff Vale Railway Company, and the sudden influx of water when the embankment gave way caused an inun dation of the Aberdare Railway for nearly a mile in extent; nevertheless the Aberdare line of railway retained its original position, so much so, that as soon as the water had sunk beneath the level of the rails it was discovered passable for the second passenger train, which reached its destination with its usual speed without the slightest accident occurring. On Friday, the Bth instant, the said bridge was washed away, and we trust some person rn~y be appointed to repair and improve the communica tion whose competency (combined with a general know ledge of the locality of the country) will insure a future safety to the public and the interest of the company. I am, Sir, yours obediently, A PASSENGER. WEST RIDING ELECTION. Sir Culling Eardley is rapidly recovering from the effects of the severe cold which confined him to his room on Wednesday last, and will attend the nomination of candidates this day at Wakefield. A large muster is expected, as the friends of both candidates have ar ranged to convey their partisans by railway to Wake field and back. Mr. Kydd, a Chartist, has arrived at Wakefield, for the purpose of offering himself as a candidate. On Friday he delivered a preparatory address in the market place. _ _ _ A MAJORITY ♦GAINST MR. DENISON.-Mr. Denison being somewhat recovered from his late indisposition, has resumed his canvass. He on Friday attended a very numerous meeting held in the Music-hall, Sheffield, and in a speech of considerable length informed the electors present as to his political opinions. The Hon. Candidate was subjected to a searching cross-examination, and ultimately a resolution was carried, by an overwhelming majority, to the effect that Mr. Denison was not a fit and proper person to represent the West Riding. Mr. Denison then spoke as follows: If I cannot thank you for a vote of approbation, I, at all events, thank you for a patient hearing. lam sorry you have responded to the motion which has been made by Mr. Beal; but that will not prevent me from going on in the course I have begun. I shall not be frightened out of the field.—(Laughter from the Tories, and hoot ing from the meeting.) I shall go to the poll.—(A laugh.) I shall win.—(Laughter and hooting.) But, as there is nothing certain on the face of this earth, I may lose; and, if I should lose, I shall never lose my temper to you, nor my respect for you. You are taking a course which you think will lead to your prosperity and happiness. I venture to think, on the contrary, you are adopting a course which will lead to disastrous re sults; and, therefore, if I should have the honour to be your representative, I will protect you as far as I can— I will reduce the expenditure of the eountry, and pro mote its prosperity as far as I can. I take my leave of you, again thanking you for your patient and good-tem• pered hearing. .1 shall play my part, and I hope we shall not be worse friends when we meet again. I shall address as many of the electors as my health will per mit; and if, at the conclusion of the poll, I should not be their representative, I shall thank them for their kindness and attention, and the votes they have given me.—(Cheers and uproar.) LEOMINSTER, ELECTION.—AII i 8 bustle and acti vity in this borough, and all three candidates have issued addresses. Mr. F. Peel declares himself an advocate for every retrenchment compatible with the public safety, the protection of our widely extended commercial inte rests, and with the firm maintenance of the national credit. He adds:—" The necessity of a wise economy is the more urgent, in my opinion, because I feel it in cumbent upon me to resist every attempt (if such be made) to reimpose taxation upon those articles of foreign import which constitute the materials on which our manufacturing industry is employed, or which enters into the subsistence or administers to the comforts of the great mass of the community; unless it should be deemed prudent, on more extensive experience of the effects of free-trade measures, to adopt a different line of policy—a result, however, which Ido not anticipate." Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in his address, after alluding to general matters of legislation, comes to the endow ment question, and declares that he shall offer his most strenuous opposition against the endownent of the Irish Roman Catholic clergy. Mr. Phillimore, in his ad dress, declares himself an ultra-Liberal. He is a sup porter of searching reforms in the law, the church, and the national expenditure. He would exclude bishops from the House of Lords and require them to reside on their diocese nine months every year. He is also an advocate for vote by ballot, an extepsion of the suffrage, and for a comprehensive and impartial scheme of na tional education. Mr. Peel has suspended his canvass for the present to attend the marriage of his brother. WINDSOR CASTLE.—Preparations are in progress fur the forthcoming dramatic representations which, by sanction of the Queen, are to be given in Windsor Castle, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean, during the approaching holidays. The room selected for the purpose is the splendid apartment looking over the north terrace, formerly called " The ,King's Drawing room," but since her Majesty's accession to the throne his been designated " The Ruben's Room," a number of the chef d'oeuvres of that master decorating the walls, which are hung with crimson silk damask, bearing the initials " G. R." within the motto and garter of the order of that illustrious fraternity. Across the northern end of this room the proscenium of the temporary theatre will be erected, the recess of the noble oral window, which occupies nearly the whole of that end of the room, adding great depth to the stage. The southern half of the apart ment will be furnished with fauteuils, forms, and otto mans, for the use of her Majesty and the Court, with the royal visitors; and, from the dimensions of the roam, it is evident that the audience is not expected to be a numerous one. The proscenium and other fittings of the temporary theatre will be prepared in London, under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Kean, who, it is said, bus made arrangements with the directors of the Rich mond and Datchet line of the South-Western Railway poorictlhtx;niolgr,wil their y e i conveyance, c b e y . special train, of the ladies and gentleman engaged to assist him on the nights tip lug parties were outlawed: the follow' AT THE SHERIFFS' COURT .—Thursday CiarlesEeau_ Beau suit of Geore called Lord Charles Beanclerk, at the clerk, commonly can Bart., of Hooton Stanley Mas sy Stanle y, Harcourt; Sir William Thomas shire, suit of Willie at thesuit s of W. Johnl*je:ll:est Thomas Desomeux, 0 menetla; Joachim Hayward ii:rctitipd others; John E. Hall, Ches- Stocqueler, at the suit Lennie, at the suit of W. Strac b r a )! t pf : the elder, and yoautngher,suit of Thomas Levy; Matthew B. t the suit of Francis 9.Zalamnelktuat the Holmes, at the suit of Jam s F another; George Woodreffe, 'Wright; Thomas Paiker, the Henry George Robinson; Henry suit of Charles Canceller; Frederick Will at the suit of Charles Addis and another; William' Ward, at the suit of John Carlow and another; Williallanham, at the suit of Bernard* Godshed; Uravenor, at the suit of Joshua Mayhew and others; T. P. L. Cross, at the suit of Valentine Elkins; Frederick E. March, at the suit of John Brydie; James Laing, at the suit of Edward Lewis; Walter Murray, at the suit of John Pook; C. T. Kirkman, at the suit of Josiah Smith ; George Abott, a t t h e su i t o f t h e same; Henry J. J auney, sued as 11. J. Jauiaey, at the suit of John Pook; the same, at the suit of the same; Thomas Burlton, at the suit of George Lees and Robert Ellis; and John Phillips Beavan, at the suit of William and Edwin Cox. EPISCOPAL PATRONAGE.—Within the last five years the Rev. J. P. Eden has been presented to four benefices in succession, by the Bishop of Durham. The last is Bishop Wearmouth, value 2,0001. a year! Thus it is the Edens have greatness forced upon them. THE PUNJAUB. I If there be any one tract in India in which we have now a deeper stake than in all others, the Punjaubis emphatically that one. Consider what it is, and consider where it is. In itself, it is an eminently favoured coun try. For the most part, it is blessed with a benignant cli mate, and clothed with a fruitful soil; it is fertilized with frequent streams (Punkah means five waters, as Do-ab means two), and it is inhabited by a bold and active race. I question whether Bengal itself is a richer tract ; but Bengal is nearer to the sea, and further from Caubul ; and, as advantages, those two conditions alone are ines timable. Yet, precious as these qualities are—and they are all of high price—to us the Punjaub derives its highest value from its local situation. It affords the only access to India from the north. It is the only breach in the physical barrier through which an invader can enter. There is no ()pier opening, either to the right or the left. There was a time when any interest the Punjattb had with us was a distant interest; when, though curiosity might have in vited to research, occupation was not essential to safety. But times as well as things are now changed. Remote and unknown as it hitherto has been, the Punjaub now lies at our door. It is our door itself; and if the key be not in hands on the strength and fidelity of which we can rely, how can we help taking it into our own ? In a country so situated, we can no longer consent to remain upon bare sufferance. If we are to incur the responsibi lity of measures, we must also assume the direction of them. If we are to remain at all, let us, therefore, re main as masters. Let us at once take a lofty ground, from which we may look down upon it, not up to it, as an object in subjection, and not in dread. Say what you will, it is both the safer and the cheaper course; for, depend upon it, that, between good government and good troops, it will be less difficult and less costly for us to hold the Punjaub as a property of our own, than it will be to guard it as the property of the Seikhs. If we had been asked twenty years ago to accept the Punjaub as a free gift, we should have rejected it with out a thought; and our rejection would then have been a wise one. Yet now, after all that it has cost us in blood and in money, in power and in name, we are re duced to the shift of taking it, if for no other reason, at least for this—that we know not what else to do with it. We are driven to take it into our own hands, simply because there are no others in which we dare to leave it. Instead of pretending, therefore, to slink on as mere trustees any longer, let us at once step openly into the owner's shoes. Whatever technical distinctions may be drawn, at least we have as good a title to the Punjaub as Runjeet Singh had before, or as Dhuleep Singh, or any other Singh, has now, or as we ourselves have to any given part of our estate. As things now stand, the resort to this measure is inevitable. It is too late to shrink. We must go through with it. In this ewer= gency let us, as we cannot often do, let us take counse of Macbeth— " I am in blood • Stept in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er." And here our choice ends. Though we may direct as we will, still it is not to be enlarged. THE NAVY AND NAVIGATION, LAWS. _. _ That England mainly depends on her naval supre macy for the high rank which she proudly holds amongst nations, is a truth which even the most ardent free trader will not dare to deny. More than this, her very existence as an independent state rests on cur possess ing the dominion of the sea, "the brightest jewel in the royal crown," as Queen Elizabeth was used to style this just object of her pride. With these indisputable facts established, the questions that next arise are—how is this naval supremacy to be maintained? How are the ships of our Royal navy to be manned with efficient crews in war, whereby to insure to our flag our accustomed victo ries whenever we may meet an enemy on the ocean? Those questions are best answered by referring to the evidence of some of the most experienced officers of the naval service, as given by them before the Cummitt.e of the House of Lords on the navigation laws. Every impartial, right-thinking Englishman, who Rill reflect on the unanswerable statements which those officers have made, must, we consider, become convinced that the repeal of the navigation-laws, whereby our mercantile navy will cease to be a nursery for the seamen of our Royal navy, cannot but lead to the speedy down fall of our maritime greatness. In referring to the im portant evidence of naval officers before the ' Conemitttee of the House of Lords, we will first take that of the Vice-Admiral of England—Admiral Sir Byam Martin —one of the most distinguished and one of the most ex perienced officers of the navy. Sir Byam observes, in answer to question 8,365 — "If the navigation-laws should be done away, the ship owner who would go to foreign countries to build cheap ships, will, from the same motive, take foreign seamen; Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Dutch, and others, who would be content with small wages and a cheap scale of dietary. Thus many of our seamen would be deprived of the employment to which they are at present justly entitled under the navigation-laws, and in such case the naval service will suffer in proportion, when, in time of war, seamen are so urgently required for the public service. "It has been *said, and it is a marvellous assertion, that the merchant service contributes so little to the wants of the navy, that, as regards that point, there need be no hesitation in abandoning the navigation•laws. An assertion more completely contradicted by all experience never was uttered. I confidently assert that the mer cantile marine is everything to the navy, and that the navy could not exist without it. " I am unable adequately to express the surprise with which I read such a statement, for every person who thinks for a moment of the muster of the navy immedi ately preceding the war in 1793, must see that the great battle of the Ist of June, 1794, under Lord Howe, was fought, and that important victory gained, chiefly by the merchant seamen of the kingdom." Further, Sir Byam observes, after showing that he had equipped sixty sail of the line and as many frigates in a very short period— " It ought never to be forgotten that we owed all those benefits to the mercantile marine of the country, and that arose from the navigation-laws, which secured to us so great a number of gallant seamen." We could desire that Mr. Ricardo and his friend Sir James Stirling, and those who think with them, should read with the attention th a t it d eserves the whole of the evidence of the Vice-Admiral of England, when we think that they must become convinced of the fallacy of the arguments they have used on this question. Sup posing that the navigation-laws were repealed, and that our merchant ships became chiefly manned with fo reigners, as no doubt would be the case, where could our ships of war on foreign stations look to complete their crews upon the sudden outbreak of hostilities with France or America? Not only would they be unable to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the usual casualties, but it is very probable that many of those foreigners in our merchant service would then leave them, and proceed to join the ships of war of our enemies that might be on those stations. Sir Byam Martin next refers to the sub ject of apprentices, when he most truly observes:— "The merchant service, thus suddenly drained of so many thousands, could afterwards give only a compara tively small and occasional supply, as ships arrived from fareign ports, or as apprentices grew out of their time. Now, this continued, though insufficient, succour to the navy, could never have been maintained during the war, but for the provident provision of the navigation-laws in making it compulsory on shipowners to take a certain number of sea apprentices, and thus to keep up a con stant replenishment of seafaring men." Should this wise system be ever extinguished, which we trust and hope no Minister will ever be found so wanting in patriotism as to propose, the best nursery for our fleets will be :at an end ; for if the seed be not sown, it will be in vain to look for the fruit. A sailor is not made in a month, or in a year, he must be taught from his early youth the hardy duties of his calling, and by the practical experience of seven years, or of five, at least, he can alone acquire perfect knowledge of a sea man's work. It is in a merchant vessel that these duties are best learnt, because there are in that service no more hands than are absolutely needed to do the work, whereas in a man-of-war there are tenfold numbers to perform it. Hence the cause for the best and most thoroughbred seamen being raised from apprentices; and looking, as every Englishman ought to do, to our navy for the maintenance of our national greatness, we could desire to see, instead of the threatened annihilation of the pre sent reduced apprentice system, that the old Acts of Parliament of Queen Anne, regarding sea apprentices, should be revived, by which a ship of 400 tons would again be compelled to take five apprentices; whereas under the existing Acts a ship of this size is only obliged to take two, and so on in proportion; a ship of 1,500 tons had fifteen apprentices, whereas under the present Act the largest ship that sails has only five. It was under those good old salutary enactments, and under the wise protection of the navigation-laws, that our commerce so eminently flourished, and our navy gained its glorious renown. Surely, then, we ought, as the gallant Vice- Admiral of England has so justly observed, to think deeply, seriously, and long, before we commit such great national blessings to hazard.—lierald. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Thursday, by order of the commissioners for carrying out the proposed improve ments within the city of London, the whole of the houses on the north-east side of Dowgate•hill, from the end of Cloak lane to Walbrook, and from the point of junction of Walhrook, Watling-street, and Dowgate hill, along the east side of Cannon-street to Turnwheel lane, were being removed in order to widen the tho roughfare of Cannon-street (the whole of the east side of which, extending to King William-street, is to be pulled down), and to form the new street through Cloak lane and St. Thomas Apostle to the Middlesex side of Southwark- bridge and Queen-street, Cheapside. It is also the first portion of the ;projected continuous thorough fare from Tower- hill to the south side of St. Paul's Ca thedral, the estimated cost of the construction of which is 500,0001., and from which the corporation have al ,I ready obtained the sanction of Parliament. 1 THE GREAT WESTERN DOCKS AT MILLBAY, PLYMOUTIL—The Admiralty have ordered the suspen sion of that portion of the Millbay works of the Great Western Docks which interferes with the water comma. nications to the Royal Marine Barracks and the Mill bay prisons of war. It is believe, however, that a proper explanation of the company's entineers with the Go jectotuh,taanbdaenable f th w e h m ick to m co r n . t s in t u o e ry th w e a a s o t r h k e s. sole Go jvernment officers at Plymouth will clear away the ob ection, to recent resources, arising out heavyo 6T. ALBAN'S BAN K W that • an erroneous impression, that . e are sorry to announce on Thursdey. The event is in the bank, the n' pro prietor) stopped paym ent and l unforeseen calls upon its r. Story's indisposition, and there being no second name Story's death, be co creditors would, in the event of Mr. the payment of their claims . to wait twelve months for pur posely kept as low about 700/. The wamhoolue-notli as possible , and is not more than abilities of the bank do not, to 10,0001., and every one will The issue has been ians thewe understand,e nd he pei ti in fnu.....ner ord ecury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CiV-MOF QUEEN'S BENCH, D ec . 9. (Befor. T Justice WfcliTmAN and a Special Jury.) PATENT SAWMILL—TUE QUEEN V. SMITH. Evidence was adduced during the whole of the morn ing in support of the case of the plaintiff. eSir F. TIIESIGER addressed the jury on behalf of / the defendants, after which the further hearing of the case was adjourned until Monday. The Court will sit at Westminster on Monday, in order to proceed with this case. One of the Learned Judges will sit on Monday at Guildhall to try causes. The other Courts will also sit there. PREROGATIVE COURT, Dec. 9. BIRCH V. BIRCH. This was a case of proving the will of Mr. Jonathan Birch (who died in December, 1847), dated the 22d of February, 1845, by Mr. George Birch, the brother of the deceased, and one of the executors named in the will, against Mr. William John Birch, the son of the deceased, another executor, and also residuary legatee, and only next of kin. The facts were these:—The deceased gave directions to his son to draw the will in question, leav ing the amount of the legacies blank, which was done, and the paper delivered to the deceased, after whose death it was found duly executed, with the legacies filled up in the deceased's handwriting, some in black ink and others in red ink. The paper was enclosed in an enve lope, which had been opened and resealed. No infor mation could be obtained as to when the blanks were filled up, and the subscribed witnesses were unable to say whether the sums of the legacies had or had not been inserted at the time of the execution. Under these cir cumstances the question was, whether any, and if any how much, of the paper was entitled to probate. The suit was an amicable one. Dr. JENNER, for the brother, sought for probate of the paper with those legacies only which had been filled up in black ink, there being, he admitted, circumstances which led to a presumption that those in red ink had been inserted after execution. Dr. R. PHILLIMORE, for the son, did not oppose pro bate of the paper to that extent, but left the question to the Court. Sir 11. JENNER FEST said it would be a formidable position to lay down, that if a will had been drawn up in blank every one of the insertions must be attested, as alterations, by the witnesses, and he was not prepared to go to that length. He was of opinion that where a will was so prepared, with blanks, and those blanks were filled up in the testator's handwriting, the presumption of law was that they had been supplied before the exe cution of the will. What reason could the testator have had for evading the statute? Where a will was altered after execution, he could understand that the testator might wish to avoid the necessity of a re -execution. It unfortunately happened in this case that there were alterations in red ink as well as in black ink, and that the envelope had been opened and resealed. He was of opinion, however, upon the whole, that the presumption was that the insertions in black ink were made before the execution, and he accordingly decreed probate of the will as originally executed, with the legacies in serted in black ink, rejecting all those in red ink. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ALLEGED PLUNDER OF THE CHATEAU DE NEUILLY. - , Eugene Saulier, otherwise Baron de &tidier, and Marie Delonie otherwise Baroness Richmond de Bassain, were charged with having unlawful possession of a large uuantity of valuable property belonging to Louis Philippe, ex-King of the French. Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of his Majesty Louis Philippe, said—lt having been recently communicated to the King that some articles of great value had been brought over to this country, and were in the hands of persons who were endeavouring to turn them into money, by offering them for sale, and inquiry having been made, there seems to be no doubt that they are part of the per sonal property of the King, and that they were stolen front the palace of Neuilly at the time of the revolu tion. A communication was made to the police by M. Grelliere, an interpreter, employed by the per sons before you, and a third person, who Is in such a state of health that he cannot be brought forward. A warrant was issued from this court, and executed on Friday evening, by the police, at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Leicester -street, where the two persons before you, and a third, who has not been removed from bed, have been staying there for some time. Whether the two persons here are entitled to t'• - :e title of Baron de Scalier and Baroness de Bassein, and the third person also entitled to the rank of baron, will, perhaps, here after appear. On the police officers going to the hotel they found property to a great extent, but not of the value which was expected to be found; for among cer tain other things missing there was a necklace valued at 10,0001., the property of the king, or one of his family, but this could not be found. The officer seized some articles which were in the room where the prisoners were found. It will be necessary to have the clear and positive testimony of the owner of the property, but this cannot be produced to-day, inasmuch as the de fendants were only taken last night, and the property found in their possession has not yet been submitted to the parties most competent to speak as to the ownership. Some of the articles which have been worn by the Queen, such as shaves of great value, would prove their own identity, as such articles were only to be found in the possession of royalty. It will be proved that 500/. was asked for one shawl, and that the parties had been on the point of getting that sum. Under these circumstances I Lave to ask the Court to allow the further examination to stand over for a week, that I may be able to give evidence to show that the seizure has not been made without reasonable cause, and that an opportunity may he afforded of submitting the articles to those who can speak confidently to them. Police-sergeant Thornton, of the detective police, said he executed the warrant at the Prince of Wales Hotel. He found the property in the rooms occupied by the prisoners. He found the diamonds on the bed, and other property in various places. In the room where the property was discovered witness found a third person, lying ill in bed. That person was not re moved. Witness also found a number of papers, which he took possession of. He also took two rings from the prisoner, which the prisoner himself took off, his fingers, and he also took two more rings from his breast. The female prisoner endeavoured to secrete a tablet book, which she took from a box. F. Shaw, another constable, accompanied th e l ast wit ness, and corroborated what has been just stated. Wit ness found the painting now produced concealed in a sitting-room occupied by the Baron. General Alfred de Chabannes was at present residing with his Majesty Louis Philippe, at Richmond. Had no doubt whatever that the picture now produced was part of a larger picture which was at the Palace of Neuilly. With respect to the jewellery now produced, witness be lieved all the articles either belonged to Louis Philippe or to some of his family, and that they had been taken from the Palace of Neuilly or the Tuileries. Mr. Bodkin said this was all the evidence he should tender for the present. A question of ownership hardly arose just now. He should have some further proof of identity ready by next week, if the court would allow a remand. Mr. Wontner, for the accused, said, even admitting that the property was found in the rooms taken by an elderly gentleman, now confined to his bed, he contended that the case was not within the jurisdiction of a ma gistrate. It was clear, even if the articles in question did belong to Louis Philippe at one time, they were left be hind at the Chateau de Neuilly, or the Tuileries, at the time of the revolution, when the King took flight to this country. But he was quite prepared to show how the present owner came by the property, and that the pro perty could not be considered as belonging to the COunt de Neuilly. The bills of parcels relating to the purchase of large quantities of jewellery had been taken away by the police. From these papers it would be proved that the old gentleman now at the hotel had bought jeweller) , extensively . at Paris. Th ere were bills from the most re spectable jeweller's shops to the old gentleman for 3,000 r., 5,000 f., 10,000 E, and 18,000 E, showing thereby that large sums of money had been laid out by this in dividual in the purchase of jewellery and other valuables. It appeared that M. Grelliere obtained information that certain valuable property was in the hands of a gentle man, an exile, who was residing at the Prince of Wales Hotel ; he gave information to the police, and the con sequence was, that all the valuable articles in his posses sion had been taken possession of by the police. The owner was bedridden—in fact, paralysed—so that the police were unable to remove him ; but they attached a constable to him, and because they were unable to get the ;master they took every one who was with him, whereas with as much justice they might as well have taken General Chabannes and called on him to account for the possession of the property. Ho con tended there was no evidence of possession to bring the parties in custody within the operation of the Act of Parliament. Mr. HARDWICK said, the defendants had been found in a room, in which was property unlawfully obtained. The Act of Parliament authorised the detention of all persons so found. Mr. Bodkin observed that the present proceedings were not instituted to inflict the smallest punishment appointed by the Act of Parliament, but to take out of the hands of the present holders property of this great value. He did not object to allowing the defendants to be released on bail. Mr. 11Annwicx decided that the property (said to be of the value of 20,000 L) should remain with the police, and that access should be given to the documents when required. The defendants were liberated, on giving sureties to appear on Saturday. SOUTHWARK. ;7:CHARGE ... OF FRAUD.—M. Everitt was charged with defrauding John Culley of 451. The complainant, being about to commence business, had an interview with the prisoner, who agreed to let him a baker's shop in the London-road, with fixtures, for the sum of 45L, at the same time producing written receipt, and guaranteeing that the rent and taxes were all paid up to that day. The money was accordingly paid, and the complainant took possession, but had not been many days in the house when rent and taxes were demanded of him, and it was then ascertained that the prisoner, for the purpose of defrauding the complainant of his money, had forged the receipt to make it appear that all rent and taxes were paid up to the time of the transaction. The prisoner was committed. MR. DUNN'S BAIL REFUSED.—Mr. Dunn, whose term of imprisonment in the Queen's Bench Prison, for an noying Miss Burdett Coutts, expired on the previous day, attended for the purpose of entering into sureties to keep the peace for two years, which he was adjudged to find at the expiration of his sentence. He then called forward two persons named Moon and Boucher, and offered them as his sureties; but the former was rejected by Mr. Seeker, in consequence of the evasive answers he gave in the course of his examination. Mr. Dunn complained loudly of the rejection of one of his bail, observing that Mr. Moon had sworn himself DECEMBER ll, 1848, to be worth 5001. above the payment of all his debts. He trusted the magistrate would accept Mr. Boucher now, and that in the course of Monday another gentle man would be procured to enter into the other surety for his keeping the peace. Mr. bECKER refused to comply. Mr. Dunn, who exclaimed against this decision of the magistrate, then withdrew with one of the tipstaffs of the Queen's Bench. THE STANFIELD - HALL MURDERS. (From the Norfolk Chronicle.) We have this morning received the following letter from Air. Nichols : " Norwich, Friday, Dec. 8. " Deer Sir,—ln reply to your inquiry lam happy in being able to state that Mrs. Jenny has passed another tranquil night, and is, this morning, as well as I could expect. The continued absence of unfavourable symp toms up to the present time (now nine days since the injury) leads me to hope that such a state of things may continue. " The poor servant still remains in a most precarious condition. Mr. Tunnaly agrees with me in the above opinion. " I am, very sincerely, " W. P. Nicnoi.s." LATEST PARTICULARS. It being positively stated in Norwich that the pistols had been found in the moat on Thursday, our re porter proceeded to Wymondham, and ascertained that such was not the fact. The moat has been nearly emptied, and a number of men have been searching in it every day this week ; but up to four o'clock on Thursday no pistols had been found. The whole ground between the hall and Potash farm has been carefully examined without success ; but it is believed that the pistols must be secreted somewhere within a circle from the hall. It has been ascertained from the statements of two parties named Proctor and Theke, who were employed about a fortnight since doing work on Rush's premises, that two large pistols, brass mounted, were then in the house, and that they were removed into the wheat shed. They cannot now be found any where. The ramrod found in the hall on the night of the mur der is of a description exactly suited to the pistols seen in the house. One of the superintendents took this ramrod to London, in order, if possible, to find the maker ; as it is believed, being of a very peculiar con struction, that it would be easily identified by him, or by any one who ever saw it. As yet the most active in quiries of the metropolitan police have not produced any satisfactory result. ' It has been ascertained that a person answering to the description of Rush, when in London, frequented ono of the shooting-galleries, and practised shooting at a mark. He asked the proprietor where he could ob tain a good pair of duelling pistols? And the proprietor remarked the man, as he believed he intended to fight a duel. We are also informed that Solomon Savery is in custody; that he now tells a different story about the shoes, and about the fastening to the back kitchen door, to what he did at first, and says that his first story was prompted by his master. It is believed that Emily James can divulge a great deal more than she has yet done. _ It has just been communicated to us that a pair of pistols has been found in the wheat shed, but the police think they were not the weapons used. The inquiry before the magistrates is proceeding. Re porters are not admitted. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. The principal matter to which the at tention of the Court was drawn was the report on the reference with respect to the poor-laws, a subject of late become one of paramount importance to the citizens of London. The clerk who originally lost the note to pay ... The clerk who failed to detect the alteration of the number to pay ... The inspector who had to examine the goodness of the note, regardless of the number, to pay... The clerk who omitted to insist upon a more de finite address than "James-street " to be written on the note to pay ... The clerk who paid the gold, and mistaking the party ter a banker's clerk, omitting to inform his principal, which he should hove done where the amount of gold required is above 2004, and the party unknown, to pay ... Total ... .• 1,000 Their salaries ar e as follows, or thereabout.— First clerk mentioned 2001. a year. Second clerk, the oldest cashier, 500/. a year. Third clerk, 280/. a year. Fourth clerk, 300/. a year. Fifth clerk, 250/. a year. Thus five families are the innocent sufferers from this oversight in not detecting an ingenious forgery. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on the 7th of December, 1848:- ASSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 17,115,575 f. 63c. are from the branch banks ..• ... 57,483,390 42 Bills in the br anc h b an k s 107,680,943 28 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 14,338,486 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 33,654,146 65 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,540,537 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions 50,000,000 00 Rentes of th e r eserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 acntes, disposable funds 34,786,288 62 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furnit ure of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,611,621 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 5,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ▪ 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ••• ••• 12,300,258 13 Ditto at the branches ... ... 6,750,881 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 582,143 59 Ditto of the branches ... • 466,885 00 Miscellaneous ... • 536,394 46 Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 7,906,247 36 f. 137,562,627 71 . . 109,495,229 00 257,627 92 f. 669,680,448 53 LIABILITIES. Capital . • ... £67,900,000 00 Ditto of the new Branch, Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund •.. ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 383,765,500 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 19,724.725 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) 448,789 00 Account-current with Treasury creditor 26,545,738 38 Various accounts current 77,020,500 66 Ditto in branches 26,097,688 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... 2,367,300 00 Ditto at branches 1,251,548 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 5,341,235 64 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,065.505 00 Dividends payable ... 184,904 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 383,264 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,362,552 18 Ditto branch banks 2,667,725 00 Re discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. 633,773 00 Miscellaneous ... ... 166,018 11 £660,680,448 53 IVe remark with pleasure that it is the intention of the Members of the London Mechanics' Institution, near Chancery-lane, to celebrate their twenty-fifty anniver sary by agrand concert in their theatre to-morrow even ing, devoting the profits to the increase of their library. Such .entertainments deserve support, affording as they do, both intellectual amusements, and the means of ad vancing the efficiency of such institutions. The names of Misses- Birch, Dolby, Miran, R. Isaacs; Messrs. Loekey, Leffler, F. Bodda, John Parry, Her Kcenig, Viotti Collids, and Charles Severn, are in the pro gramme, and with such talent scarcely a doubt can be entertained of the success of the concert. . VEGETABLE SOUP.—lnto two quarts of cold water put three pounds of pumpkin or gourd, cut into thin slices, peeled, and with all the seeds removed; two large onions, also peeled and sliced, with a small stick of celery, cut into very small pieces. Boil these together slowly for two hours and a-half, and then, after adding an ounce of dripping, two large table spoonsful of flour, and of pepper end salt as much as pleases the taste, boil for half an hour longer; stir frequently during the whole of the boiling. We have the testimony of our palate that it is one of the most agreeable, and it is certainly the cheapest of soups. The pumpkins saved for seed are better for this purpose than those which are less ripe and more watery. We may as well remove from such of our readers' minds as happen to entertain it, the false prejudice that no vegetable food is so nourishing as the flesh of animals. This is a very great error.— Cottage Gardener. MILFORD HAVEN.—The mail-packet station be tween this place and Waterford is fairly abolished. The last of the steamers, the Jasper, left during the past week for Woolwich to be paid off. The services of Com. Dunn, R.N., borne on the books of the Royal So vereign -yacht- to superintend the establishment, have also been dispensed with, all the engineers sent to Woolwich, and each of the packets paid off at that port. The two' light vessels placed on the Weir tongue and the Carr rocks for their convenience, have been also re reeved and aro now offered for sale by the Admiralty. Buoys, however, for the navigation have been placed at their moorings. By these arrangements a saving of nearly 30,000L.a year has been effected. EARLY CLOSING IN ALL TRADES.—A very nume • rously attended meeting for the furtherance of the above object was held on Thursday evening last, in the Na tional School-rooms, Hoxton-square. The Rev. T. S. Diens, vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, was in the chair, and expressed his entire concurrence in the object of the meeting. The late-hour system was one of those many Abuses ,existing in society, which it was one of the characteristics of the present age manfully to meet. Resolutions condemnatory of the late-hour system, and calling upon the public to purchase early, and to deal with those employers who Close at a reasonable' hour, were proposed and seconded by several leading employers of the neighbourhood, and unanimously assented to. The Rev. Mr. Jones, perpetual curate of St. James, Curtain-road, delivered an argumentative and eloquent address on behalf of the early closing movement. He once looked upon it with suspicion, but now viewed it as one of the first steps towards the intellectual and more regeneration of society. A .vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, which was appropriately acknowledged when the meeting separated. CALEDONIAN CANAL.—The traffic on the. Cale donian Canal is daily increasing. On Wednesday last, there were no less than thirteen schooners, one brig, and five sloops, in the basin and Muirton Locks, besides the fine barque Mersey, of Liverpool, which arrived the pre ceding evening. This large vessel measures 364 tons register s but carries upwards of 600. She is from Dantzic, bound for Belfast, with a cargo of wheat and linseed. She has been a month on the passage, and met with severe weather. Shortly after.leaving Dantzic, she encountered a terrific gale, and, with about fifty other vessels, was driven ashore in the Baltic. The master, Captain Cubbin, supposes that several of the vessels would become total wrecks. In the North Sea, the Mersey was, in consequence of the very tempestuous weather thrown upon her beam ends, with her yards in the water, and the master was compelled to throw over board 440 bags of linseed, in all amounting to forty tons. This fine ship is to remain for a few days to refit. We believe she is the largest that ever entered the canal.- North British MaiL ' THE ABDICATION AND THE FLIGHT.—Never had jeurnalists to announce, as happening in one week, such ' intelligence as that which we communicate to our readers —the abdication of the Emperor of Austria and the flight of the Pope—the ono representing the holy Ro man Empire, the other the holy Roman :Church: Em peror and Pope friendless—and Empire and Church beset with difficulties threatening destruction! These are eventful times indeed! —Ch urch and State Gazette. RUNNING MATCH.—Yesterday afternoon, notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a large number of persons assembled on Lansdown to witness a running match between " The Welsh Champion " Davis, who was a wineer on a former occasion, and a runner called "Birmingham Matthews," for 1001. aside. The report of such a match "coming off" having got abroad far and wide among the speculators in sporting bets, it brought to our city a large influx of strangers, among whom were many of Davis's countrymen, ardent in backing him against his antagonist; and, as is usual in such contests, much money was lost and won in the re sult besides the principal stakes. The distance marked out for the race was three-quarters of a mile on the turnpike road, and the time in which it was run was about three minutes. At starting both competitors evinced an equal prowess, and kept abreast till they got about half way over the ground, when Matthews slipped past his opponent, and gradually gained upon him throughout the remainder of the race, winning by five yards, amid the uproarious applause of his friends and backers. As the occurrence did not fail to attract the attention of a certain class of persons whose pursuits are of more than dubious character, we shall not be surprised to hear of unguarded pockets having been dis possessed of loose cash on the occasion.—Bath Chronicle. DUTY oFr WINES.--The Medical Times, a paper published in this city, of high medical authority, in writing on cholera, after alluding to the diet recom mended, thus says of drinks, the safest and best by tar is a little old port wine, but Lisbon and Spanish wines are also excellent. It were a humane and even prudent measure for the public, to demand the removal of all duties, even nominal, on Spanish and Portuguese win es . There are wines sold as the growth of Teneriffe and Oratavia, of the value of which against the diarrhoea o f infanta we have had some experience. BANK OF FNGLAND. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The stolen 1,0001 note that was cashed after the number was altered, reported in your piper of Friday, has caused great loss to five of the Bank clerks, who will have to toil many, many months before their sala ries will make up the amount, the Committee of the Bank of England having decided (and their decisions are unalterable) that the clerks are to make good the loss the Bank of England has sustained as follows: THE HEROIC SPANIARD BERNARDINO CAMP The LORD ➢IAYoR informed the Court that he had received a letter of thanks from Captain Bernardino Camp, who had saved the lives of seventy-nine persons, and to whom the Court had unanimously voted ti testi monial of their admiration. The letter, which was read, was as follow•s: " To the Corporation of the City of London. " Nobody can better than a great and generous people appreciate the efforts and sacrifices which men can make on behalf of their fellow-beings. No greater proof of this fact could be adduced than the silver salver which I have received in the name of the said city, and a s a tes timonial of gratitude for having saved, when acting as captain or the Spanish brig Emilio, the lives of s !..venty nine persons, part of the crew and passengers of the Bri tish steamer Tweed, in the month of February last year, ship-wrecked on the Alacron Rocks. " For this present I hereby beg :lto offer my mos t grateful ackn ow l e d gments to the City of London, re presented by its worthy Corporation, together with the assurance that I have accepted this gift forwarded to me with that pride which its possession is calculated to in spire, and as a token that my efforts, on behalf' of the unfortunate, have been deemed worthy of eternal remem brance by the inhabitants of a city which, in every re spEct, is justly considered to be the first in the world. (Signed) " BERNARDINO CASIP. " Barcelona, Oct. 15, 1848." The Court received the communication with cheers, and ordered that it should be entered on the minutes. THE CITY POLICE. Deputy PEACOCK brought up the annual report of the Police Committee relative to the force. It stated that the committee were of opinion that the 567 men of which the force was constituted needed no addition to their number, but were perfectly capable of performing the required duties.—Agreed to and ordered accordingly. VAGRANTS AND THE POOR-LAW. Deputy PEACOCK then said he had a report to present to the Court upon a subject of vital interest to Caeir con stituency. Appended to it were the reports of the City Solicitor and Reznembrancer, to which he claimed the particular attention of the members.—(Hear, hear.) The reports were received with strong testimonies of approbation. - Mr. LOTT then moved that the sum of 2001. be granted in behalf of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society, by which, he said, a vast amount of good was done. - The motion was unanimously agreed to, as was a grant of 501., upon the motion of Mr. LOTT, to the Birkbeck School. Some discussion took place upon the subject of the allowances for the mayorality for the ensuing year, but the report, which recommended that they should be con tinued at the usual amount, was unanimously agreed to. After the transaction of some business of no public in terest, the Court adjourned. THE FEMALE SWINDLERS. Ott Monday last, the three Whitehouses, whose exa mination at Birkenhead and at Manchester, on several charges of swindling, we noticed on Saturday, were again brought up at the Borough Court, having been remanded from Friday. Several debts, in addition to those men tioned in our last, were proved as having been contra cted by the prisoners, and never liquidated. Mr. Preston, boot and shoemaker, proved a debt of ft 103. ed. for boots and shoes; Mr. Hayman, a butcher, a sum not stated, for meat furnished on several occasions ; Mrs. Sandford, beer-retailer, 7s. sd. for ale and beer ; Mrs Hodgson, Stanley-street, Bs. Bd. for drapery; Mr. Coo per, Red Bank, a sum not stated for stationery; Mrs. Norbury, Red Bank, 11 7s. sd. for a mantle, and other articles; Mr. Slack, greengrocer, 9s. 4d. for milk,, pota toes, &c.; and Mr. Bullen, Broughton-lane, 15s. 64. for provisions. In connexion with the prisoners leaving. their lodgings, in Dale-street. Mrs. Buxton stated that on the day they left the mother sent her little boy for some beer, and persuaded her (Mrs. Buxton) to have cerise at the same time, urging that as she was rather unwell it would do her good. Witness accordingly consented, and the lad was directed to bring the beer for her, at the time he procured some for his mother. Shortly after she bad drunk some of the beer she felt very sleepy, and in a few minutes was fast asleep on the sofa; the servant girl, who also drank a portion, fell down from a chair, and slept as soundly as her mistress. When they awoke, which was not until several hours had elapsed, the servant was sent to put the shutters up in the par lour, when she discovered that the family had left.. The candles were burning in the sockets. and the eandl esticks were nearly spoiled. The t owe l w hi c h was found in the I possession of the prisoners at Chester was again pro duced, and identified by both Mrs. Buxton and hex ser vant, from some peculiarity in the hemming-.. Mr. Maule commented severely on the conduct of the pri soners who, he said, were evidently as well acquairred as himself with the nature of the criminal law, and hs&d very dexterously managed to evade it. A more extensiNe and successful instance of decided swindling had not come before the court for some years.—Mr. Beswick stated that a case of passing a counterfeit half-crown coald be proved against the daughter, and he had reason to be lieve that others of a similar nature might also be dis covered.—Mr. Maude said he should deem it his duty to give every facility to the police to make any inquiries that might bring the prisoners to justice.—The pi isoners were then remanded to Monday next.-161sttchester Guardian. CHEAP GAS IN THE CITY.—The ranialmntary Committee upon the gas question, appointed by the City Commission of Sewers, have determined to proceed at once to Parliament, for the purpose of obtain'ing the necessary powers to lay down mains, and, if requ;isite, to manufacture gas, so that it may be supplied to the citi zens at from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per thousand cubic feet, in stead of the enormous rates now levied by the gas com panies. REPRESENTATION OF LEOMINSTER,--LEOMINSTER, FRIDAY, DEC. B.—The resignation of Mr. Henry Bark ly, who has been appointed to a Colonial Governorship, was formally announced to the electors of the borough this morning, and although so short a time has elapsed since the appointment ef the late Member became pub licly known, there are already three candidates in the field, and rumour somewhat confidently states, that others will arrive before the day of nomination. Mr. J. G. Phillimore, Barrister-at-Law, came into th.e town this morning, and having collected his friends around him, immediately commenced his canvass. Mr. F. Peel (Sir Robert Peel's son) has been most active since Tuesday list, but the electors, in the majority of cases, decline to promise their votes until they ascertain more certainly what other gentlemen are likely to solicit them. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., who is also a candidate, has issued an address, in which he declares himself iu favour of retrenchment of the national expen diture, an extension of direct taxation, and z emedial measures for Ireland, but against an ondowment of the 1 Roman Catholic clergy. PLEASANT WAY OF PRIIVENTING CIIOLERA..--Dr. Downing prescribes a very pleasant dietary as a pre ventative of cholera. Egg, chop, chicken, at breakfast; mutton, beef, eggs, tripe, rabbit, mince veal, light pud dings, at dinner; plain seed cake at tea; if luncheon or supper be required, then a chop or a few oysters; and at intervals during the day, wine and grog at discrotion. Very comfortable fare—if you can get it. a ABERDEEN MEAL MARKET, DEC. 7,--We had a fay supply of meal at market to-night. No alteration 1 0 prices. Oatmeal, is 4d to Is sd; pearmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; pearmeal, 2s Od to 2s 2d; Bids, 6d to 7d; Waley flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, per lb, 2s Od to 2s 4d; barley, lid. ►STONEHAVEN GRAIN MARKET, DEC. 7.—Oats, 155 to 17s; barley and bear, 25s to 26s per bushel. MONTROSE, DEC. B.—We had a dull market to-de,' for grain, and prices looking down. Wheat, 621b5., 4g5 to 50s; barley, 531b5., 25s to 265; oats, 401b5., 17s to 18s 6d; peas, 25s 6d per quarter; potatoes, per five cwt. , 15s to 16s. ' HADDENGTON, DEC. B.—We had a less supply to-day : of wheat and barley, and l arge o f oats and beans. sale were rather quick. Wh eat , top, same as last mar ka e and average 2s up; wei g ht o f top, per four bushels, 8 ; 101 b. Barley, top, sam e as l ast mar k et and average Oats,l 2d up; weight of top, p er f our bushels, 17st 21b. top, 3d down, and av erage 2d up; weight of top p er . f l 3 3 u d r bushels, 13st 31b. B eans , t op, 3 d up, and average is down; weight of top, per four bushels, 19st 41b. Total quantity of Whe a t i n mar k et 246 c i j. ' 2" sold Do. Barley d o. 6 7 0 r s,, 640 s o ld Do. Oat s d e. 461 q rs., q asl9lsold Do. Bean s d o. 102 qrs., Wheat. Barley. O ats. , B eans . First ... ... 56 s Od 3 3s Od 22s Od 39s Od Second ... ... 48 s Od 29s 3d 20s 6d 3ls Od Third ... 348 Od 23s Od 1 6s Od 24s Od CORK, DEC. B.—Flou r —Fi rst quality, 16s to 17s; sold ol second ditto, 15s to 16s Od ; household, lls to 14s t third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. Indian corn, 810 s to 8/ 10s; Indian meal, 91.5 s to 91 lOs pei ton. Bran, 415 s to 515 s per ton. Hay- - Farmers', 24s to 50s Od; average, 40s ; retailers', 00s to 00s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 16s to 225; average, 20s; retailers', 26s to 2 70 per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, bid to 8d per 41bs• Fresh butler, 10d to lld per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, 3id to 5d ; veal, aid to 4d; pork, sid to 7d ; bacon, 6id to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb.; Coals—Nor' port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Hides—Market ditto, 11 8 to 17s; salted ditto; 12s to 17s p e r cwt ; mar k et B kins• 2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 24d; veal skins, 3d to aid per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18 s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 3/; deal, 171 to 201 pet hundred ; Bangor Queens, 31 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings,l9s to 20sTer barrel; Norway ditto, —s. Ne I" foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow, 47a. Wool, lOslo 12s per stone. BELFAST, Ptc. 7.—Since this day week we have bad variableweather, and, except on Friday, when there Was a large show of grain, our supplies have been rather bare, and yet the demand for every article is dull, and prices lower. Wh eat h as been a dragging a sale, an d prices are 6d to 9d lower. No inquiry for parcels. Flour is again 6d per cwt. lower, and barrels are a slow sale at 30s. Barley—Prime samples are scarce, ao d , maintain their valu e , w hil st common runs are 3d to 0 lower. Oats, in the early part of the week, were eliffi' cult of sale at a reduction of 3d to 6d, have since re' covered a part of this decline, and are in better demand. Oatmeal also declined, and has again rallied, and sell s Freely at my quotations. Indian corn goes pretty steadily !Ito consumption at 8l 2s 6d to 817 s 6d per ton. =-: RAILW - Y . A SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market to-day has bee n very flat, although p r i ces remain firm. A very small bug' ness has been done at the following quotations:—Great Western, Halves, 4 21,! —London and North- Western, 1 17 —Ditto, New Quarters, 6s. 3d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincolnshire, 20/ Shares, 11 1 c. dis.—Midland Stock+ 78 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 10% dis.—North British, Near Thirds, 3 %.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 134 —Shropshire Union, 31 h dis.—York, Newca s tl e , and Bar wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1% dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thero was not much done in railway shares to-day. Prices remained much the same. The sales are—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and StourValley, 8 5 , E dis. Shropshire Union, 3% dis. YORK, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE .—The business transacted to-day was as follows :—Great Northern, OA—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, 11/. lls. 31—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 61, 2 . NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TIIO only sale was—North British , Thirds, 3/. 19s. c. GASG, . . STOCK EXCHANGE.L—The O sal W es DEO are— B Caledonian, Prefer ence, s —Clydesdale Junction, 5 7'—Dundee and pertbr Quarters, 2 5s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halve° No. 1,40 s.— Ditto, No. 2, 36s.—Great Northern, 61. 9s. . iams. --esemne On the 7th inst., at Belcom m b-brook -- , Wilts, the lady of Fo Edmunds, jun. Esq., of a d aug h ter. On the Bth inst., Mrs. William T. Till, Albert-cottage' Nunhead-road, Peckham-rye, of a daughter. MARRIRD. On the s l th in s t., a t Tickhill, Yorkshire, the Rev. Edward H. Brooksbank, to Mary, eldest daughter of Hugh parker , Esq., of that place. On the 7th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone-square' the Rev. Robert Ellis, of Noi th Gri ms t on, vicar of Birdsauf Yorkshire, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of A. Erskine, Esq'' of Bryanstone-square, and Balhall, Forfarshire, N.B. On the 7th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinitif Brompton, Charles John, eldest son of Charles John Brown' Esq., of Lower-grove, Brompton, to Ann Margaret, oldes t daughter of Henry Wilkinson, Esq., of Brompton-square. On the 7th inst., at St. M ary l e b one Church, Philip, eldest son of the late Philip Antrobus, Esq., of Turner-heato , Cheshire, to Sarah, eldest daughter of George Swayne, Esq'' of Circus-road, St. John's -wood. In Dumfriesshire, N. 8., Francis Smith, Esq., to youngest daughter of Viscount Bolingbroke. DIED. At Kurrachee, on the 16th of October last, Captain Jobe L. Maisden, Bth R eg i men t of Fcot (King's), youngest son of the late Captain Marsden, 7th Dragoon Guards, of KempseY? Worcestershire. At Logie, on the 6th i ns t., Th omas Kinloch, Esq., late of the 42d Highlanders, aged 34. On the 4th inst., at his cottage, in Grove-lane, Camber well, Mr. James Bigg, of Parliament .street, aged 63. On the 26th ult., age d 19, Samuel Miller, second son of the late Luke Miller, of Little Ilford, Essex. On the 26th ult., at Kemsev, Worcestershire, Mellicent , wife of Rowland H. Lenthal, Beard , n. a On the 3d i nst ., at 18, Blackfriars-road, Mr. H. --- aged 31, second sou of the late G. Beard, Esq., of Cannon street, City, and Kennington-common. On the 7th inst., at Old Bond -street, Edward Courtenalt Esq , fifth son of the late Right Hon. Thomas P. CourtennY; At Br,,adh us h -house, near Petersfield, on the 7th lust- Captain C. C. Askew, R.N., aged 67. Frances On the 7th inst., at Nuthall Rectory, Nottinghamshir e ' Barbara, wife of the Hon. an d Rev. John Vernon_-...., London : P r i nted and Published by MIIRDO Y (1 Tr ./4.` iu hof 2 i No. 112, S trand, Printer, at Tice San Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in ,the m ult i iliddle3ei, Monday, December 11, 1848. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9.—More diTosition has been shown for buisiness during the past week, particularly in flour; but the disinclination of many holders to take the prices which have recently been submitted to, prevented that extent of transactions which would otherwise have taken place. More firmness, however, has generally been apparent. At both Liverpool and Wakefield, yes terday, considerable business was done, and some ad. vance was realised upon wheat. Our market to-day is well attended. A fair business is doing in wheat and flour, at les s i rregu l ar pr i ces, an d the chap bargains of last and the early part of this week seem to have disap peared. Other articles steady, with moderate demand. WINCHESTER, DEC. 9.—Corn—A moderate supply of dry Wheats, but a large ditto of indifferent ditto; prices were no lower for the former, yet an evident dis inclination to purchase the latter. The top prices were 14/ to 14/ lOs per load of 5 quarters ; secondary ditto, 121 to 131 ditto; inferior offered at from 101 to 11/ ditto. Flour down 2s per sack. Barley for malting was scarcely to be had at the prices of this day week, holders asking Is per quarter more money, which in some in stances was given ; grinding without alteration, prices from 27s to 34s per quarter. Malt of dull sale. Oats declined is to 2s per quarter, some very sweet Pollards made but 233 per quarter. Beans and Peas were de cidedly lower, from is to 2s per quarter. Very little alteration in Rye, Indian Corn, or small Seeds. Hops-- Several Farnham growers were offering this day their best at 51 15s per cwt., second quality, at 51 5s ditto, good Altons were offered at 41 lOs to 4/ 15s ditto ; sales were dull. Cheese—A greater demand for good Ched ders and Gloucesters ; old high flavoured doubles, went at from 64s to 66s per cwt ; second rate ditto, 5Ss to 60s ditto; Cowards at from 48s to 50s ditto; Skins, 26s 30s ditto, CHELTENHAM, DEC. 7.—We had a dull market to day, although there was an unusually crowded atten dance. Sales were effected slowly, at stationary prices. Wheat, old, 48s to 56s ; do. new, 40s to 445. Barley, grinding, 26s to 28s; do. malting, 32s to 345. Oats, old, 26s to 30s; do. new, 24s to 28s per quarter. Beans, new, 4s 33 to 5s Od; do. old, 5s 35 to 5s 9d; and peas, white, 6s to 7s; do. grey, 4s 6cl to ss. per bushel. Hays old, 70s to 80s; do. new, 60s to 70s; and straw, 35 3 to 40s per ton. The average of last week was, for wheat, 525; barley, 28s; and for oats, 27s per qua r t er . 'TEWKESBURY, DEC. s . —heat, 2/ 7s 10d ; barley 1/ 7s 6d. READING, DEC. 9.—The attendance was of an average character and the supply of wheat but moderate, much of it rough and out of condition. There was rather more inquiry than last week, and prices were firm, the millers being unwilling buyers at any advance, but on the whole a better trade was done. Of barley there was a fair supply at last week's rate, and not much business done. The trade in oats, beans, and peas, was merely no minal, and no alteration in prices can be quoted. Wheat (old), per quarter, 38s to 60s; ditto new; 35s to 60s; barley, 28s to 365; oats, 16s to 21s; beans, 303 to 413; peas, 303 to 42s.—Pig market: Stores were in fair supply, with a dull trade, at is to 2s per head lower. Fat hogs, 9s 6d; porkers, lOs per score.—Poul try market: Fowls, per couple, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; ducks, ditto, 3S Od to 3s 6d; geese, 4s Od to 5s Od ; butter, per lb, Is id to is 2d; eggs, 8 to 10 for 18. ABERDEEN MARKF/T, DEC. B.—There was an averse a" ;ndance at market to-day; sales stiff, and little bug° ness done. Oats, 14s to 16s, 401bs per bushel; barley, 24s to 255, bear, 24s to 255, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 54s to 63s ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 17s 6d per boll ; flour, 43s to 52s per sack, ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, DEC. B.—The mar ket to-day was well attended, the supply: of dairy and other produce was larger than for weeks past. Beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 6d to 8d; veal, 6d to 8d per lb; pork, 4s to 4s 9d per stone; lamb, 6d to 8d per lb; tallow, 4s 6d to 5s per stone; potatoes, 10d to Is per peck; butter, 7d to 9d per lb; eggs, 10d to is 2d per dozen: hens, 2s Od to 3s; chickens, is 6d to 2s; ducks, 2s VI 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 3s to 4s; geese, 2s to 23 6d each. Butter for exportation (present cure), 58s per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price, 8d per dozen. Bread, 41b loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4d. Pork, per stone of 141 b, 3s 6d; pork, fine small, 5: 6d; pork, large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. 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