The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

MORNING EDI rioN ROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD. VANCEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS. A knowledge and consequent due appreciation of the fine arts,—the arts which purify and ennoble, —are now observable amongst much larger masses of persons in the metropolitan cities of the United King dom, than was the ease '2O years ago ; and most ine vitably go on to augment in a greatly multiplied ratio as every step gained becomes the means of further ad vances. In the provinces, too, where there are fewer appFances and means to boot," the attention of the people to the importance of the fine arts as civilizing swats, and as tending to promote the general good, and therefore the general happiness, has visibly in creased, and has manifested itself in more than one good result. Still there is a wide field here open for exertion ; and so undeniably important is the object to be attained, so vast is the good that would result from spreading a taste for the fine arts throughout the coun try, And inculcating a love of the beautiful, that no ef forts could be too great, no scheme of operations could be too extensive, which should propose to effect it. Experience shows the advantages which hare re• suited from the establishment of the " British Associa tion for the Promotion of Science," not chiefly to science per se, although these have been great and manifold, but to the people generally : attention has been aavakened in the minds of thousands to subjects be fore unthought cf : a spirit of inquiry has been induced ; aol whole towns inoculated with an admiration of knowledge, and a determination to pursue it, to the exclusion of demoralizing sources of excitemeet, utitil then indulged in. Why, then, might there not he farmed an association for the encouragement of art, which, like this, should meet annually at a different town in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and at which meeting painting, poetry, sculpture, architecture, Ste., &c., in all their sarieties, and with all their ramifica tions, should form the subjects for the consideration of the different sections ? A large and import:lnt exhibition of works of art might be collected, and an Art-Union ar ranged so as to secure the sale of a certain number of them, and thus to ensure the assistance of the most eminent artists, by rendering the society directly, as well as indirectly, advantageous to them. A small subscription (say one pound) would constitute a mem. bier of the Association for the year, the aggregate of which, after deducting tfp.: expenses ne C2SS Icily incurred, would prob ibly enable the Committee (which should be partly local, partly general) to offer priz s for compe tition in the higher branches of the various arts, and vote in sums for the encouragement of any d e sirabl e ob jectconnexion therewith ; such, for example, as for the prosecuton of experiments in the preparation colours, the manufacture of stained glass, or for the purchase of particular pictures, worthy of national re gard. During the meeting the various hoed collections would be thrown open to inspection ; conver fazioni would be held ; and other means adopted to lning men into contact with each other, on one common ground. One of the first points to be achieved by the united sections would be, to obtain an able and correct report of the pro gress of Art in England, Ireland, and Scotland, for the last fifty years—a task to be fu:filled satis factorily only by the joint co-operation of men in ail parts of the country. This report would afterwards be continued from year to year, under its various heads, and could not fail to prove a 7:ork of tie highest interest and value. It is not here attempted, however, to point out what coull be done by Soei.Lty organized on the footing suggested : its power of effecting much good must be apparent to all, and needs hardly to be insisted on. The writer is contented siii:2ly, but with great earnestness and but one object— namely, strong desire to serve the cause of art (the cause of morality and public good), to state the proposi tion, in the hope that others of more ability, influence, and leisure, may view it as it has appeared to him ; and be induced to carry it into execution, efficiently, and forthwith. GEORGE GODWIN, Jun. Pelham Crescent, Bronipton, Jan. 1841. THE ELECTRO-TYPE. Little is known by the public generally of the newly_ diseoveved and highly useful art of electro-metallurgy to which the present and future generations will doubt less owe some of the greatest improvements in arts and manufactures which hare rendered any age remarkable in the annals of civilization. The process by which the electro-type or volta-type is formed is extremely easy, and does not require any complicated machinery. A sitrple voltaic battery is set in motion, and the copper plate or other subject of which it is required to take a copy is made the negative pole of the battery, the conse quence of which is, that the sulphate of copper in solu tion is precipitated upon it. This goes on in a very gra dual manner, and the plate is left suspended in the trough until tle copper deposited is of a sufficient thickness to allow of its removal from the original plate. The crust thus formed will, however, of course, present the subject in relief, and reversed ; and in order to form a fac-simile of the plate, this copy is again placed in the trough, when the same process is repeated upon this first ccpy or " matrix," and a perfect plate is the production ready from which to throw off copies. At first it was supposed that the process could not be attended with successful results in the case of non metallic b)dics ; but the knowledge of the chemist soon suggested means of applying the clectro-type to rou-metallic as well as metallic substances. The most simple as well as efficient of these weans is found to be the :i.nple operation of rubbing a common domestic black-lead brush over the face of the seal, cast, wood cut, or other material o f w hi c h i t i s b y t h is process de sired to take a fac-sirnile. The black-lead forms a very fine metallic surface upon the non-metallic sub stance, and the process goes on as well as if it were sold metal. The accuracy of the copies of engravings taken from electro-type plates is such that artists have found it in many cases impossible to say which was taken from the original plate and which from the fac-simile ; and in other cases, where a distinction has been discover ablo, it bas been in favour of the electro-type, the lines of which were softer than those of the graver. The process in ail its varieties was exhibited by Mr. Brande on Friday evening, in illustration of his lecture o❑ the subj..;et, at the Royal Institution. Another important disc-)very in connexion with this art has been made, which is of importance to the engraver—namely, that by the means already described, plates of copper, of a purity which can be ensured in no other way, are to be obtained. Two such plates, one of very large dimen sions, were exhibited by Mr. Brande. It will be seen, that from the ease with which dupli cate plates can be produced, there will be, in the case of coetly engravings, no necessity of using the original plate at all, and thus the necessity of " retouching," which in many instances amounts to half the original cost of engraving, may be entirely superseded by mul tipl3ing, through the all-powerful agency of the elee tro-typa, the number of the copies. Copies of fruit, leaves, and a variety of other substances, are taken with a perfection, beauty, and (necessary) truth to the ori ginal, which belongs to no other art. The discovery is likely to work a great reform in the patterns and devices of pottery, which, instead of rudely designed and ill-executed ornaments, may, in a short time, be expected to present the most beautifully engraved sub jects which the art of the engraver can furnish.— Evening Paper. SALTING AND CURING ANIMAL SUBSTANCES. Our attention has been invited to a new process, protected by letters patent, for th e above p urpose . The; advantages enumerated in the circular are 1. The whole process of curing effectually the animal substance does not occupy more than one quar ter of an hour, economising thereby labour and time to a very great extent. " 2. At any season of the year, and in any tem perature, even under the influence of a tropical sun, the process is effective, and may be used with perfect safety , "3. The materials employed are the same as hitherto used, but less than one-third of the usual quan tity is consumed. " 4. Any desired flavour, and any degree of saltness, may be communicated, the process being thus equally applicable to hams, tongues, and other preparations as to plain salting. Fish, poultry, &e., may be treated with equal advantage. " 5. By this process the nutritious elements of the animal substance are all preserved in it, which, by the old mode of curing, are necessarily much deteriorated. " 6. By this process hides can be prepared for pack -1 ing with great advantage, occupying much less space, thoroughly preserved, and rendered fitter for the tan -4( nine process." The meat to be cured is placed in an iron vessel of considerable strength, connected by a pipe and stop-cock with the brine tube, also with an exhausting pump. Tee cover having been screwed down on the vessel, the air is extracted and a vacuum established, whereupon, the stop-cock being properly turned, the brine rushes ir. and takes the plaeo of the air , rani the por es o f t h e meat, and penetrating thoroughly the animal substance. Lest, however, some ports of the meat might not have been impregnated v. ith the pickle by this reaction and the common atmospheric pressure, more of the liquid from the tub, prepared to taste with salt alone, or with sal•petre, or sugar, or sp:ee, or a!trm r: the cese of ei le s, is pumped in by a small condensing engine (connected, of course, also with the iron vessel) until a pressure of from 1501bs. to 2001bs. on the square inch be attained. Now, the animal substance is allowed to remain under pressure for about ten minutes, and the process is com plete. The meat when taken out is thorougly saturated with the brine, the fuel flevour of which is iteparted to it, and well cured. Lore? John Russ, has accepted ;In invitation to with the New Zealand Cum pnue. Tie take place in the City on Satutdq, lata of on the occasion of a Royal .charter being granted to the CAspany. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF SWINDLING IN PARIS. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) A rich merchant of Martinique, named G--, recently arrived at Havre, and having divers im portant business to transact in Paris, as well as being desirous of seeing all the lions of the day, hastened off to the capital without delay, taking with him a considerable quantity of valuable lug gage. M. G- had always been rather a gay man, and notwithstanding the fact of forty-five winters having passed over his head, leaving a little of their snows behind, he was not entirely in different to the pleasures of the world. He arrived in Paris on Sunday morning. He took his walk, he caned upon his friends and corrdspondents, and was kept to dinner by one of them. In returning in the evening to his hotel he passed the Salle Ventadour. The dance was proceed• ing with all the gaiety of a Parisian ball, and the merchant was invited to take a billet dentree. He at first refused, but on being further pressed, he thought he might as well have a peep at one of these balls, of which he had so often heard and read. He accordingly entered, danced a qua drille or two, and was much pleased with the daz zling appearance of the place. But he was soon overcome with ennui, and was preparing to take his Lparture, when he was accosted by a pretty little domino of blue satin, who took him familiarly by the arm, called him by his name, and asked him what news from Havre. M. G--- was agreea bly surprised, and at once entered into a very ani mated conversation with the fair u;:knov:n. Who could she be who appeared to know him so well ? In vain he attempted to discover; she would not gratify his curiosity, although she made herself the most fascinating creature in the world. At length he proposed that she should sup with him, for, let her be who she might, there could be no great impropriety in this, thought the honest merchant. The lady would consent on one condition only, and that was, that they should both go to sup at her house. Monsieur would call a coach. She had her own there already. How extraord:nary ! thought the merchant. She must be a person of some consequence. He ventured to ask her once more, but he was told that " that he could never know !" Off they drove, and on their arrival at her residence she, for the first time, removed the mask, and discovered the prettiest pair of eyes in the world, but her name she still persisted in not disclosing. It is unnecessary to go into the details of the supper. Suffice it to say, that it went off with much eclat, and Monsieur was too much fatigued with his jou rne y an d a ll t h e p l easures o f the day not to sleep soundly on retiring to bed. To say the truth, he did not wake until twelve o'clock next day, when finding himself alone, he rang the hell for the servant. The domestic appeared. " Have the goodness to tell me," said M. G--, " where lam !" " Where you are, Monsieur ?" re-echoed the attendant, " the house has not changed its name since yesterday—you are still in the Hotel de France."—" Oh, I am at an hotel am I ? and who is the lady who occupies this apartment ?" " The lady ? why, your wife, Monsieur, I suppose ; she rose early to take the bath." " You suppose wrong," said the merchant in an angry tone, '' I have no wife. lam a bachelor. However, give me my clothes, and let me have my bill."—" Here are your clothes, Sir, but the bill was paid last night by the lady, when she ordered the supper. Mys tery on mystery. However, he would go to his own hotel. On arriving there he found that the same mysterious agency which had paid the bill at the Hotel de France, had paid it at his own hotel. lie was told that he had paid it himself, and that he had taken all his things away ; that he had put the bill in his pocket-book, with two letters which had arrived for him in the course of the previous evening. Was he asleep or awake ? Was he in his right mind, or was he no longer master of his reason ? He looked at his pocket book, and then, as if to confirm the astounding intelligence which he heard, there he beheld the,paid hotel bill, and the two letters referred to. (here was no longer a doubt. He had been the dupe of a swindler. His luggage had been carried off ; his pockets had been ransacked ; his letters of credit had been received, and not a trace was left of property to the amount of nearly 10,000 francs. The manner in which the merchant's identity was so successfully counter feited is not the least extraordinary, for even when the hotel-keeper saw the real " Simon Pure," he persisted in declaring that it was he who had taken away the things ; in short, that everything had been done by his orders. BEER-DRINKING IN GERMANY The particular habits connected with beer-drinking in Germany, as it is carried on, will strike a stranger at first sight as being characteristic how far habit goes in giving us prejudices a n d p re dil ec ti ons . I n E ng l an d we drink our malt liquor out of pote, glasses, tumblers, &c. ; but in this portion of the world such is not the case. A German is never seen to drink white beer out of a glass similar to that from which he drinks Bava rian ; nor Bavarian out of that from which ho drinks common ; and moreover, he will not drink one, two, or three out of glasses or pots having a similar shape or configuration. Thus every kind of beer is served in its particular glass ; in such a manner that it is easy to be informed, from one end of the coffee-house to the other, even by a glance of the eye, with what sort of liquor the various guests are regaling themselves. The white beer is decanted, the whole bottle at a time, into a drinking-glass about eighteen inches high, of small dia meter, and that the same throughout, with a bore of similar dimensions as the mouth. When full it contains about two English pints ; and moreover, when placed on the table, is provided with a moveable cover, I pre sume, intended to prevent as much of the carbonic acid gas from making its escape as possible. One may cer tainly drink out of any sort of vessel—that a vessel of any shape—when thirsty ; but on raising such a one as this to our lips for the first time, it seemed very like as if we were drinking malt liquor from the barrel of a blunderbuss. It requires much steadiness of hand, and the practice of a few weeks, in order to quench thirst from such a bicker, without, on getting towards the bot tom, pouring some part of the contents down the breast. The Bavarian beer, as we have said, has got also its own pot, and in configuration it is the very reverse of the former. It is formed of flint glass, and is some five or six inches high, containing a pint, and becoming gra dually narrower from the bore to the top, the latter of which is covered with a metallic lid, in a manner re. sembling a gill -stoup ; the lid, moving by a pivot on the handle, of course is raised every time the pot is raised to the mouth ; and, owing to the small dimen sions of the upper part of the pot, whilst the lip of the same is in our mouths, the lid sticks, with little con venience, into our right eye. So much for articles which seem so very inapplicable to the purposes to which they are applied, yet no German would ever think of pouring his beer into a glass, and drinking it in that more convenient way. The common beer is drunk out of a glass differing from either of these, it being neither so long as the one, nor so short as the other, but somewhere half and half between the two. So much for the manner of beer•drinking in Germany ; and we shall also add, that the Germans are ford of their beer, and drink it in large quantities—they like it because it is their ma—Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser. --- Bells Life in London of Sunday Next, Feb. 7, will, as usual, give the best account of the Pugilistic Contests between Caunt and Ward, Lane and Sullivan. The price of Bill's Life is Fiv e - pence, regularly pub lished in time to send by the Saturday afternoon Railways. Bel 's Life of January 31 contained, in addition to its usual weekly miscellany, iacluding the Queen's Speech, the Sawbridgeworth First and Second Steeple Chases, the Leamington, Aberystwith, Audoversferd, and Chignal ; the Fleetwood's. Hampton, and Spelthorue Coursing Meetings ; several original runs with stag and fox-hounds ; Chess ; Tournament at Leeds; ninety Hunt ing A ppointments; three folio columns of the Great Fight between Broome and Hannan at Bicester ; the Tables of Matches to come, viz., Coursing, Races, Steeple Chases, the Ring, and Pedestrianism ; Betting at Tattersall's, Manchester, and Newmarket; with a variety of other sporting matters. 'TIRE HUNDRED WEIGHT.—It is not long ago ei t g h h e t m fro in m th l e l i 2 r stoinclOOthpeouAnmd e s . r i c a T n e r e o d d u d c e t d w t e h l e e hundred r e v calculations, and was observed not to be of the smallest use in any respect ; so having resolved to cut down the hundred weight to what it ought to be, namely one hur.drrd pounds, they immediately, and without any fuss, executed their resolution. Tats is a small matter, but it is characteristic of the country in which it took place. We question if the 13, itish could manage to take the odd twelve pounds from the hundred weight with(lit a twenty years' talk. It does not signify, that nobody e,in explain how or when the odd twelve origi nated ; There it is—that is sufficient—it must not be meddled with—would you ruin the country with your pre tended improvements? Let the hundred weight alone; we have become a great people with it as it is, and with that let us be content. " Chambers. SINGULAR CAPRlCE.—AlthrlYlall Copeland, M. P., during a visit to Stoke-upon-Trent, a few days ago, placed the. sum of 701. at the disposal of the various mini sters end c hurchwarAens,for the nourishment of the dis tressed poor of that horougli ; whilst at a visit to St. but a le. - rnontbi: e.go, he voted 1115511 y nut:, ed times that sum at the dlsp , ,,sal of the taxing landlords from the nourishment of the distressed poor of that borough...&atordshire Examiner. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1841 NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PACIFIC. EXTRACT CF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN PEACOCK, OF THE PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-VESSEL PF Ali VALPARAIII3, OCT. 17, 1840.---I left Rio de Janeiro, with the Chili in company, en the 30th of August, and arrived off Cape Possession on the morning of the 14th of September. We proceeded through the Straits of Ma gellan, and the same afternoon anchored off Port Firnine, where we remained cutting wood and completing water until the morning of the 19th. The day previous being the anniversary of the Chilian ndependence, I erected a beacon 25 ket high on the height of Santa Anna, depoeting underneath it a manu script parchment roll, descriptive of the particulars of each vessel, length of passage, consumption of fuel, &c., toge ther with several British coins of the present year. We then hoisted the Chilian ensign, and saluted it with three cheers ; at sunset we lowered it, gave three cheers for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, and returned on board, leaving the beacon a conspicuous seamark for the harbour, and a firmly fixed monument, commemorative of the triumph of steam in this part of the world. The following morning, at daylight, we proceeded in company through the remaining part of the Straits, the waters of which were like a mirror, the sky without a cloud, until we reached Cape Pillar, when, on entering the Pacific, we experienced a heavy cross sea, and very shortly afterwards a gale of wind from the N. N. W. That night the Chili parted company ; the gale did not continue more than 20 hours; the Peru proved herself an excellent seaboat, and carried nothing away, although I was appre hensive of losing the platforms of the paddle-box houses. After three or four heavy northerly breezes, during one of which 1 took shelter under the island of Santa Maria, in the Bay of Arauco, we arrived at Talcahuano on the 29th, but the Chili did not mzke her appearance for a week afterwards, which caused me the utmost anxiety and uneasinesl. Captain Glover having steered a different course, fell in with very severe weather, which obliged hint to heave to under close-reefed maintop; ails ; however, I am happy to state that the Chili received no damage, ane. in the course of a few days it afforded me the greatest gra tification to see both the steamers looking as smart, and in every way as effective, as the day they left the river Thames. Atter the engines were painted and were dry, I got the steam up with the coal of the country, in order to try it. The small quantity which wo procured was got from the font of a precipice. It was inferior to Welch coal, but we had no difficulty in keeping up the steam as long as it lasted. I was informed tli.t good coal might be procured nt a place named Colcura, on the coast, about twelve leae . uas south of Conception; and I intended to have visited it with the Poiich geo'ogist, M. Lololscky, in the service of the Chilian Government, but, having met with an accident, I sent Dr. Weibourne, who, in company with M. Lololscky and Mr. Cunning ham, the British Vice-Consul, proceeded to Colcura, Laranuete, cud Arauco for the purpose of examining the seal formations in those vicinities ; and I am happy to state that their report establishes the fact of the existence of coal suitable in every respect for steam navigation. We left Talcahuano, in company, on the afternoon of Wednesday the 14th, and in 25 hours (246 miles) arrived off the port of Valparaiso, where we were met at the point by a boat, with Mr. Scott on board, deputed by the Go vernor to convey a plan of the bay and shipping, and pro gramme of our proceedings, and a letter front Messrs. Naylor, Beardraau, and Co., of which the following is a copy : " Valparaiso, October, 1840. " Sir,—We beg leave to inform you, that his Excellency the Governor of Valparaiso, bei6g desirous that your en. trance into this port should be as conspicuous as possible, has commissioned the bearer of this, dr. E. S. Scott, to wait upon you, ar.d to request that you will be off and on until a signal be hoisted at the lighthouse on the point; whereupon a procession of two lines of boats, decked with Egg, will leave the harbour to receive and welcome you, between which you may enter ; referring to Mr. Scott for further particulars, " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, " NAYLOR, BOARDMAN, and Co. " Mr. George Peacock, Commander of the steamer Peru.'-' After waiting some time for the signal, during which I hoisted the Chilian ensign, and saluted it with twenty-one guns, and performed various evolutions with both vessels, Colonel Wood came on board, and we proceeded towards the mole, the Chili close in our wake, passing between the British flagship President and Chilian flagship Chili, the rigging of both ships being manned by their respective crews, giving us three cheers and a royal salute from the latter and the smaller ships of war, which was followed by another royal salute from the batteries and guns sine 'miner° of all the reerch2nt-vessels who had the honour of sporting powder. We then swept round within it few fathoms of the mole-end, and passed between a line of boats, with bands of music and decked with flags, lyirg off the beach of the Almendral ; thence threaded our way in and out of the different merchant vessels, which were orna mented with flags, receiving their cheers, and around the sterns of the men-of-war; back again by another open ing, and anchoring off the mole-end, the shores and every house and eminence from the point to the end of the Almendral being lined with spectators, who kept up a continual cheering and waving of handkerchiefs; is short, this reception far exceeded our meat distant or sanguine expectations, and I only regret that the worthy projector of the enterprise, Mr. Wheelwright, was not present to witness this gratifying display of enthusiasm ; all the public offices were closed, shops shut, and business suspended. On Sunday his Excellency the Governor, Admiral Rosa, and other public functionaries, with their families, honour us with a visit. I intend getting up the steam, land giving them a turn round the bay, and, as we have not had a salute from champagne for a long time, Ido not think we can have a better opportunity of so doing. Wa brought up from Talcahuano five cabin passengers at $2O a-head; one servant at $lO ; and a woman deck. passenger at $lO, with two children at $5 each. The engines of both vessels arc in excellent order, and the vessels themselves require only to be caulked to fit them for immediate service, and this only partially, as the cargo has turned out in good order and condition. CURIOUS BEQUEST. In the will of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., of Fitfield, Berks, proved in Doctors' Commons under 300,0001., is the following curious bequest. Certain clauses in the will are marked I, 2, &c.—" I leave to Eleanor Mary East every dog belonging to me at my decease, be it where it rosy—shall be kept, in every respect, as well as during my life, be fed with milk, barley, or oatmeal, or sea biscuit and tripe, &c., and I leave to be paid to the person possessing the property set down in No. 1, for his life, 7s. a week for each dog ; and, at the de cease of Mary Eleanor East, who shall first keep them, the person in actual possession of the property be queathed in No. 1, be he who he may, shall continue well and punctually to pay the weekly allowance for each dog, as before directed ; and, moreover, to find out and employ a trusty honest person to look after them and attend them, which, together with any kennel furniture, when wanting, shall he an extra payment, over and above the weekly allowance, as shall also medicine. Ido not allow of any one dog to be killed because old or in firm, under a false notion of charity. And, further, any horse or mare belonging to me at my decease shall have each a run for life, with every possible care and attention paid to them ; but most particularly in winter, when I will that chaff, bran, and hay, be daily and plentifully given to them, and warm sheds to shelter themselves in be provided ; and that they be allowed to run in my meadows, at Fifield particularly. And I hereby order that Eleanor Mary East, during her life, do amply provide for the horses, &c., aforesaid, and at her decease I leave and bequeath eight shillings per week, to be defrayed by the person being in actual posses sion of my property set forth in No.l, for the maintenance of each horse, mare, or gelding ; and whom I hereby re quire to hire a trusty and honest person to attend them, and administer to their wants, who shall he paid extra, and not from the Ss. per week. Further, any parrot that may to me belong, at my decease, shall, at the decease of Eleanor Mary East, if she outlives me, be made over to Martha Hack, who, I trust, will in every respect take the greatest care of them, en the same plan of keeping and feeding as practised while I was living ; and to enable Martha Hack to perform this, I hereby order the person in the actual possession of the property set down and be. qeeathed in No. 1, to pay unto Martha Hack, or any other person afterwards whom it may be ne cessary to appoint, in case of any unforeseen circum stance, or the death of Martha Hack occurring, and which substitute to Martha Hack ought to be very trustworthy, the quarterly suns of 131., making 601. per year. And the person in the actual possession of the property bequeathed in No. 1, shall appoint such successor when necessary ; and at the death of the said parrot only 201. a year for life shall be paid unto Martha Hack, or the successor actually appointed. A cage similar (being iron) to the present one shall be provided at the expiration of every two years for the parrot aforesaid ; to be purchased new by the person in actual possession of the property set down in No. 1, at his own expense." A letter was received in town this morning from the manufacturer of the engines of the Halifax and Boston steam-vessel Columbia, and we find, frorr its con tents, that the remarks made by us in Thursday's paper, as to the probable nature of the damage said to have been sustained by her machinery, were per fectly warranted. It is thought quite impossible that the commander of the Columbia should have gone out of his way to provision a distressed vessel being himself in distress, without writing to give the ne cessary information to his employers. Mr. Napier intends, we hear, to put himself in communication with the master of the Rapid, which vessel has proceeded to Antwerp to discharge het cargo in order that the truth may be elicited. The great success of Mr. Cunard's line of steamers has apparently excited a very unworthy feeling of jealousy on the pill of other shipowners in the American trade, and hence the reports injurious to his v2ssels that arc pro pagated from time to time. A gross misstatement ema nating trom the same source (Cork), was set on foot on a previous occasion, concerning the Acadia, and it is greatly doubted if the machinery of the Columbia has suffered at a11.,---Post. A MOVEMENT AMONGST THE WORKING CLASSES.— We understand that a large chapel at Dock. head, Bermondsey, is to be opened on Sunday next, the 7th of February, for the purpose of communicating moral and religious ins..ruction tc, the werking It • i n. Z:.... .:ii' , . , • in comic ctioh v:ith It: sod the principle recuramemlud by Sir R. Peel, taking their affairs into their own hands. LA W IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. J. This being the last day of Hilary Terin the Court took appeal motions, after giving its decision on the different cases that stood on the paper for judgment. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BOSTON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which was argued before the Court some time since upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chan cellor. The question in the case was whether under the Act of William IV. the Corporation of Boston had the power to appropriate the surplus fund arising from the tolls taken on the Witham and the Welland rivers to the improvement of the port of Boston. The Vice Chan cellor decided that they had not, and from !hat decision the present appeal was brought. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the judgment below was correct, and dis missed the appeal, but without costs. PYM V. LeCKTER His Lordship also gave judgment in this case, in which the question was, whether, according to the rules and prac tice of the Court, and the decision that had taken place, a portion advanced to a child was an ademption of a le gacy. The Lord Chancellor, after going at c , nsiderable length into the authorities, stated his clear opinion to be, that the portion was not an ademption of the legacy, and decreed accordingly. . . _ „ . The Court then proceeded with the bearing of appeal motions. VICE-CHANCELLOR' S COURT, FEB. 1. Motions of no public interest occupied His Honour the Vice-Chancellor the whole day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, FEB. 1. This tieing the last day of Term, the Court went through the Bar, AS it is technically termed, commencing with the Junior Counsel. Motions of course only were taken ; and no else involving any point of law, or of pub lic interest, came before the Court. BAIL CO Ui?:!, FEB. 1. (Before Mr. Justice WH.Ltams.) THE QUEEN V. THE OVERSEERS OF THE HALIFAX UNION—MANDAMUS. Mr. WIGHTmAN moved for a rule cailin; upon the overseers of ildlifax to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, ordoring them to produce en account of certain items of expenditure in their account to the auditor appointed by the Poor-law Commissioners. This application was made under the 67th section of the Poor-law Act. The Overseers had produced their accounts belore the auditor, and among the items therein contained was an article for constables' ex pcnsci, 1041. 9s. 81d. The auditor had called for the particulars of these expenses, which the overseers had refused to give, and he now moved for a mandamus to compel them to do so. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS did not consider this to be a case for a mandamus ; the auditor had the remedy in his own hands by refusing to pass any items for which vouchers were not produced.—Application refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 1. (Sittings in. Banco.) HARRISON V. WARNEFORD. This was an action brought against the defendant as the Managing Director of the West Cork Mining Company, which was tried so long ago as November 1 X 39, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. in the present term a rule nisi to set aside the ver dict on the ground of collusion was obtained, and on a former day Mr. Kelly and Mr. Hum frey were heard against the rule, and Sir F. Pol lock in its support. To-day, Mr. Henderson was fur ther heard in support of the rule, and argued that the delay which had taken place did not put the diifendant out of Court, as they had been seeking redress in another way, they having applied to a Court of Equity—so that in fact they had been only guilty of an error. He would not detain the Court on the ques tion of collusion, if they were against him on the point of time. The COURT said the application came too late, and the rule must therefore be discharged. Rule discharged with costs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WOOD. Mr. JOHN JARVIS appeared on the part of the Crown to show cause why a Commission should not issue to examine witnesses abroad in this case. He, in the first place, would wish his Learned Friend, Mr. Wight man, to produce any authority, showing that the re venue side of the Court had any jurisdiction in such a case to grant the application. He had made diligent search, and could not find any. It would be a most dangerous precedent, for, if once al lowed, there would never be an Excise or Customs cause in which there would not be some material wit ness abroad. Mr. NVIGHTKAN relied upon the Ist of William IV., chap. 22; but The COURT said they clearly got no jurisdiction from that Act : they could not grant the applica tion, but they had the power of putting off the trial upon a proper application.—Rule refused. FISHER V. PRYME AND OTHERS. Mr. KELLY appeared to show cause against a rule obtained by Sir P. Pollock, for the purpose of having the Master's taxation reviewed. The Learned Gent'e man said this was an action for libel in which the plaintiff, a most respectable banker in Cambridge, had had perjury imputed to him--it was altogether a gross case, and the plaintiff would undoubtedly have ob tained large damages. But upon the cause being called on, the Learned Judge, Mr. Baron Alder son, suggested a compromise, and it coaling from such a quarter was acted upon, upon an understanding that the plaintiff was to be paid his full costs. That understanding was now denied ; but could any of their Lordships doubt, for one moment, that a plaintiff stand ing in such an advantageous position would have consented to withdraw his case from the consideration of a Jury, who no doubt would have given large damages upon any other terms than a complete indem nification from all costs. He swore that those were his instructions to his attorney, and the latter swore that the understanding at the arrangement of the case was that the costs should be as between attorney and client. The Master had so taxed them, and he hoped the Court would not interfere, and so fine the plaintiff, who had been the injured party, to the am ount o f 1501. . - Sir F. POLLOCK said that in the hearing of' so many of his brethren he was happy to say that ever since he had had the honour of filling a place in the part of the Court he then occupied (before the Bar), he had never signed a brief allowing a client of his to pay costs as between attorney and client —he insisted upon having a sum named which his Opponent would be satis fied with, and let the costs be taxed in the usual way. He denied most positively that it was ever a matter of course that the costs should be otherwise taxed, unless the briefs were so endorsed. No arrange ment could be madelby the attorneys for such a purpose. It was positively sworn that the arrangement was the usual one, and agreed to by the attorney for the plaintiff ; he had to answer that affidavit, and what did he say in his most glib affidavit ? Why that if he had ever made such an agreement it must have been by way of a joke. There was no joke, however, in his other proceedings. The manner in which costs had been heaped up in this libel case was a libel upon the administration of justice. He knew not where the fault, rested, but in this case where all parties knew that there was no justifi cation, and that the only defence would be an utter disclaimer, that the plaintiff was the party attacked, the costs amounted to no less than 350/. ; the expence of the declaration alone was 401. ; and to prove that the party attacked was the respectable and well-known Conservative Mayor of Cambridge and banker, which might have been done, if at all possible, by five hundred persons in Cambridge, witnesses were brought from the most remote parts of the kingdom. Bat the fact of the briefs being signed in the usull manner, and that hii affidavits were not in any way contradicted, would induce the Court to make the rule absolute. The COURT referred it to the Master to have laid before him the indorsements on the brief's held by the respective counsel at the trial, and to report the same to the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRB, 1. (Sittings in WitICO. JOHNSON AND OTHERS V. FREEDMAN AND OTHERS. The defendants were executors to a legator from whom the plaintiffs held a bill of exchange, for which this action was brought. In the meantime the de fendants filed a bill in equity, and this Court gave leave to plaintiffs to proceed in Chancery under that bill. Mr. Sergeant Manning subsequently obtained a rule ❑isi to compel the plaintiffs to pay the costs of the proceedings at common law, it having been their intention to proceed in equity. The Solicitor-General now showed cause against that rule, contending that the defendant:, by filing the bill in Chancery, had prevented the plaintiffs from pie; on in this Court, and had therefore no right to complain that the latter did not continue the proceedings. The Court, however, was of opinion that the plaintiffs hav ing made their election to go from this Court into Chancery, should pay the costs here incurred.—Rule made absolute. RUSSELL V. BLAKE. This we; an action upon a bill of exchange, in which a verdict was given for the plaintiff upon the evidence of one of the indorsers. Au objection was made at the trial to the admissibility of that witness, and leave was given to move for a non-suit. A rule nisi for a consuit was obtained last term, and cause shown against it by Mr. Sergeant Channell. This (lay the Court gav-2 judgment, ruling that the erldefce of the .;:udorser was inadmissible, and that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. THE CIRCUITS. We understand that the quantity of business left undisposed of on the Western Circuit is a matter of general complaint among suitors and legal practitioners. This must arise either from too short a period being al. lowed for the disposal of business at each assize town, or the unconscionable lent- r th to wi7ich the speeches of counsel run. As the period f or fixing the sittings is now; approach ing', it would be if the Jurig:n !, , ,-ot1!1 take this 11 - itter 3!id reflect•epou 00 great t;xPellsc, in- Live, and delay, which resu..r to the unfortthlate suitors from having their cases referred or postponed from one as-. sues to another. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (OLD COURT.) The fourth session of the Central Criminal Court was opened at ten o'clock this morning,.with the usual foams, by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Marshall, the Sheriff:, and the other authorities. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The REcoRDER proceeded to address them on the state of the Calendar. It would not, he said, be necessary that; he should detain them with many observations on the duties they were called upon to perform. The calendar, it was true, contained ome charges of a serious character, but there were none which offered any difficulties on points of law, on which it would be necessary for him to advise them. There was one charge of the murder of an illegi timate child by a very young woman; and though it might possibly be found hereafter teat the in juries inflicted on the child resulted from other causes them the wilful application of violence, still the circumstances were of such a description that it appeared to him that it would be their duty to find a true bill, in order that the case might come under examination and inquiry before a Petty Jury. There was a charge of wounding, first with intent to inflict some grievous bodily harm on the parties injured, and a second charge against the same parties for wounding and assaulting the police, in order to prevent their own apprehension The case was one which should go before the Judges; and if the facts were proved, it would be found to be a very serious one The Learned Rycorder having gone through a few ether cases of minor importance, allowed the Jury to retire. No case of any interest afterwards came before the Court TAE CASE OF TI.IE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND CAPTAIN DOUGLAS.—Mr. Adolphus applied to Court to respite the recognizances of the Earl of Car digan until the next session of the Court. It was ne cessary that he should make this application in point of form, on the first day of the session, but he had reason to believe that, in a few days, the cause would be re moved by certiorari altogether from this Court, and be should then apply to discharge the recognizances. The RECORDER granted the appli ca ti on , Mr. BODKIN then made an application of a similar character on behalf of Captain Johu Douglas, to which the Court acceded, and the recognizances were accordingly ordered to stand respited. Edward Brown, aged 17, was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Martinelli, and stealing some wearing apparel and four sovereigns. This robbery was of the description that havo re cently become very frequent, and against which the public would do well, as far es may be, to be upon their guard. The prosecutor and his fimily went out in the evening of the . ) .:5:.11 of January, leaving no one in the house, and the prisoner, who had been watching abont, obtained access to the premises by means of a skeleton key, and took away a quantity of porta ble property of a valuable description. He was fortunately, however, stopped as he was leaving the house by one of the inmates, who happened, acci dentally, - o return, and was given into custody with t he stolen property in his possession. Verdict, Guilty—Sentence, ten years' transportation. Richard Sedgwick, 18, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Louisa Johnson. It appeared from the evidence and from information given to the Court, that the prisoner's friends are re spectable persons, living at Hull, but his habits were very bad, and they got him a ship. He ran away, how ever, and came to London, where upon his promises of amendment, he was placid to board and lodge with the prosecutrix until another ship could be obtained for him, and he took the opportunity one day during her ab sence, to steal the watch in question from her work-box, and the same night he placed it in the hands of a girl of the town with whom he had b , 2come acquainted. When he was taken into custody he gave information where the watch had been placed, and it was given up by the party. The prisoner said nothing in his defence and the Jury round him Gui:ty. The RECORDER sentenced h m to be imprisoned, and kept to hArd lauour tor twelve calendar months. George Hettett, alias Whitting, aged 19, was con victed of stealing a qulotity of kerscyrncre low the shop of a tailor named Brown. The prisoner was tried for felony in this Court on the 19th October last, and sentenced to thrße months im prisonment, that period expired on the 18th .linuary. and he was set at large, and he commizted this offence with in twenty-four hours afterwards. The COURT sentenced hun to be transported for ten years. The prisoner, as he left the bar, exclaimed that ho hoped he should be hung before that time expired. The Court after disposing of some trifling cases of felony, adjourned at five o'clock. KINGSTON PETT SESSIONS. (Before Sir R. FREDERICK, the Rev. Mr. HATCH, and H. WESTCAR, Esq. SINGULAR I *ANGULAR PROCEEDING.—T W O p ersons , name d George Edmunds and William Summersby, attended before the Bench under the following circumstances : Police constable Hill, of the V division, deposed that he was on duty at West Moulsey, when he heard a great disturbance, and soon afterwards a person came to him and requested him to go to the house of the defendant Edmunds, and on his arriving there he found his son very much intoxicated. He requested him to go away quietly, but he refused, and swore he would go into his father's house. The sister came up and begged him to take her brother away, and not let him into the house, for she was sure from his violence that murder would be done if he went there, and witness upon hearing this, and seeing the state he was in, thought it prudent to take him to a place of safety, and after a desperate struggle, in which his clothes were torn, and himself struck repeatedly, he succeeded in lodging him in the cage at West Mousley, and left him there in the charge of a constable, while he went to inform a Magistrate of the circumstances that had oc curred, and when he returned he found that the cage had been broken open, and the prisoner rescued. From the evidence of the other constable it appeared, that shortly after the prisoner had been lodged in the cage, the defendant Edmunds, who was his father, and the other man, armed with a mattock and a large piece of iron, came to him and declared that they would have the man out. The constable cautioned them not to attempt to break the place, but Sumrnersby began to use his iron bar to the door, and, when witness laid hold of it to prevent him, he struggled with him to get it away, and while he wi's so engaged, Edmunds, the father, knocked off the padlock, and got his son out. The CHAIRMAN csked whether he had since been taken ; and a certificate from a surgeon was put in, stating that he was labouring under great mental ex citement, and was quite unfit to attend. The defendant Edmunds, in answer to this state ment, admitted he had acted as described, but said he should not have done so, had he not been afraid that his sun would destroy himself, which he declared he would do if he was not let out. He admitted that fear ing this should occur, he had broken the lock. He then expressed his opinion that the policemen ought not, in the first instance, to have taken his son into custody. The Constable said he should not have interfered, if he had not been told that murder would be done, and seeing the excited state of the man he apprehen•'.ed something serious might occur, and thought it his duty to place him in confinement. The B,•nch, after some consideration, said that under all the circumstances, they had come to the conclusion of discharging the arse, upon the defendants un,fer taking to repair the datnage done to the cage and to the policeman's clothing. They said it must also be understood that the so❑ should attend before them us soon as he was in a fit state to do so. The defend.lots agreed to these tears, and they were discharged. THE NEW NOVELS.—The following interest ing new works of fiction have just been published by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, and mar now be had at all the libraries :-1. Greville ; or, a Season in Paris, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-2. Peter Priggins, the College Scout, edited by Theodore Hook, Esq , 3 vols., with numerous illustrations by Phiz. —3. The Naval Sur geon, by the author of "Cavendish," &c., 3 vols.-4. Popular Traditions of England, by John Roby, Esq., 3 vols, with numerous engravings on wood —5. Love and War; or, The Romance of Military Life, by Captain Quillinan, 3 vols.-6. Tho History of a Flirt, related by Herself, 3 vols.-7. Legendary Tales of the Highlands, by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart , 3 vols.-8 The Se cretary of Macchiavelli ; or, Tho Siege of Florence, by D. Macarthy, Esq —9. Sandron H di; or, The Days of Queen Anne, by the Hon. Grantl:.,y B.trkeley, M. P., 3 vols.-10. The Cashmere Shawl, by Captain White, 3 vols.-11. The Banker Lord, 3 vols —l2. Oliver Cromwell, an Historical Romance, edited by Horace Smith, Esq., 3 vols. Patronized by their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester. In addition to the a!Jove distinguished patronage to the newly-invented Spectacle Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians and aurists, 39, Albemarle street, Pic cadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England, feel great pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medical profession ; as also of numerous individuals of high distinction, who have been greatly benefited by their use. Immediately these improved Spectacle Lenses are placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brought back to its natural and original state, every object becomes clear and dis tinct, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or candle. lift t, with case and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not the least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable, than having a piece of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with exact distinctness.--39, Albemarle-street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, Bank.—No con. nexion with persons of the same name. About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as a van belonging to Mr. Bates, of Ludgate-hill, organ. builder, was proceeding along Moor-street, Seven-dials, contaiuing a valuaLle organ ; it suddenly broke completely acres:?, just bobind Lir!! wheels. A ',Lail wim was si:- tit,g• uperi . tlo organ was with it thrown violently to and bad !loth, hia 1072 broken. ti way eitately taken to Tun organ was dashed to pieces, and one of the horses injured. THE ASHTON MURDER. COMMITTAL OF " CAST-METAL JACK" FOR MURDER. A6IITON, FRIDAY EVENING. —The adjournM examina tion of John Hoke, alias " Cast -metal Jack," charged nth aiding and assisting in the murder of Benjamin Cooper, one of Mr, sawyers, on the 11th of December la , t, came on for hearing yesterday at the Commercial Hotel, the Town Hill being oceupitA by an other Court. The ll , Lgistrates in attendance were JATIPS Jowe t, John Cheetharn, and James Lord, Eiqrs., and Sir Charles Shaw, K. T. S. It will be remembered that the adjournment took place at V:e request ol Hulme, who wished to bring witnes,e3 to prove an alibi. He acc<•rd'ngly called wiinessea io prove that it was utterly impossible that he could have be. n pre sent at the murder, or at either of the two prior attempts, but he failed in proving the alibi. Except the approver (Davies), the most important witnesses were Benjamin Revd', late a constable of Dunkenti •Id, and a man named liehjarein Booth, one of whom believed, and the other dis tinctly swore, that they saw Hahne tripping rather hastily Along the street, about 300 yards from the scene of the murder, in less than ten twnutes aft r the murder had been committed. Edward Davic/, the approver, was called, amended his former statentcht, and made some explanations. Hulme co,Aerat d himself with stating that he had no hand in the murth•r, and that he was at work at \lr. Derwart's at the time The COURT, after a short consider;:tion, determined, botwithstanding the diserupanei&s in Davies's testimony, to commit Holme. not only for the two attempts at murder, but also fur the murcler itself. Davies and the two Hardwieks were also committed as accessories before the murder; but it is under s tood that all three will be produced as witnesses on the trial. William Shaw was also brought up on the charge of having been an accessory to one of the attempts at mur der, and also with conspiracy. The principal witness against him was Davies, to prove that just alter one of tile attempts to fire the cannon, Shaw came up, and at the desire of Williams, went to Henry Hardwick for four shil lings, Williams saying they were not going to do such jobs as that for nothing. It was also stated that Shaw had been regularly in company with the turnout sawyers dur ing the time of the turn out. He was also committed upon both charges. ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT CLAY_ TON TUNNEL ON TUE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. BRIGHTON, JAN. 31.--:Another melancholy accident or . currcd yesterday morning at Clayton Tunnel, which is in the line of the London and Brighton 'Railroad, and about six miles distant from the latter place,* the road leading to Cnekfield. The accident happened at, the shaft No. 6, which was the scene of the dreadful and fatal accident that took place about ten days since, by the falling of sore of the earth in the tunnel. The nature of the present accident was, if possible, of a much more dangerous kind, and it may well be deemed providential that the lives of many had not been lost in consequence of it. It appears that the unfortunate subject of the present notice, a boy, named Marshall, was following his ork of driving the horses employed to wind up the excavated earth and stone to the mouth of the shaft. At the time of the accident two " skids," or large boxes, in which the earth is raised, or materials lowered, were at work, one ascending with several tons of stone, &c., the other descending with sand, when, either from the bad state of the rope, or from some disarrangement of it on the drum, or large cylinder round which it passes, it seeddedly snapped, and the two "skids " fell into the shaft, which is nearly 250 feet deep, the rope at the same instant recoiling. The drum, being thus unrestrained, revolved round in the contrary di rection, which almost instantly threw it out of it; proper position, and it fell on the poor boy, who was crushed in a most dreadful manner. He was immediately taken in a cart to the Sussex County Hospital at Brighton, where it was ascertained that the bone of one of his thighs was severely fractured, and his face and body much lacerated; the injuries we're of such a nature that his case was deemed hopeless. In consequence of this being the fourth accident at the same shaft, the greatest consternation prevailed amongst the men below, who very narrowly escaped, the blocks of stone bound ing several feet. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCL'. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, FEB. 1.-It blew a fresh gale last night, and part of this morning, from the northward and eastward, with heavy squalls.—Wind this day at noon, light breezes at N.N.E:, with a sharp frost. RAMSGATE, JAN. 30 —The Industry, Bucks, from Har wich to Portsmouth, struck on the Brake Sand this evening. The crew shortly after left, and the vessel is supposed to have sunk. A light schooner with lower masts and bowsprit stand ing, passed off the north Foreland in tow of a steam-tug this morning for the River. DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.-31. Wind S.S.E., strong breezes.—Sailed the Elizabeth, Hamlyn, for Madras; Eliza Kincaid, Brown, Havannah. The sloop In dustry, of Weymouth, is sunk off Sandown Castle, after strik ing on the Break Sand; crew saved. LIVERPOOL. JAN. 30.—Wind variable--31. Wind N.N.E. —Arrived the Priscilla, Taylor, from Pernambuco; Oregan, Glidden; oromando, Pearse, Nev. Orleans; Jarrow,Walker, Demerara. Sailed the Lady Rowena, Clayton. for Calcutta ; Chili. PI flips, Bombay ; Maxim, Monte Video ; Hudson, Page; Ei.mry, Pearce; Hope, Collins, New Orleans; Belvi dere, M‘Korin ; Adam Lodge, James, Charleston ; Edward, Drummond, Sydney ; Lenard, Le Grand ; Panope, Monte Video ; Countess Durham, Stowe ; Abbotsford, M'Lean, De merara. REPORTED LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP " GAItRICK." This vessel which is said to have sailed from Liverpool for New York, on the 13th of December last, it is feared is lost, as by a letter received at Lloyd's this morning from their agent at Liverpool, it appears that "she was driven on sh .-e on the 6th of January, about twenty-five miles to the southward of Sandy Hook. She was seen on the morning of the 7th with all her people on the poop, the sea making a complete break over her. She was again seen without any person en board. It is supposed the crew and passengers had landed on the coast in the interim. It was feared the vessel would become a wreck." It is highly im probable, however, that this vessel could be the Garrick, be cause if the Garrick sailed on the 13:h of last Dec. she must have made the passage out to New York in twenty-four days, a thing almost impossible for a sailing vessel to do at that tine of the year. Five weeks would have been a good passage, and six is often reckoned upon by captains of the New York vessels. Argestes, Hannah, Jamaica Rival, Sutherland, Nassau ; Clitford, Shields, Africa. Off port the Cambridge, Bursley, New York. Sailed, Bth inst. Two Mexican and one forei;•l vessel were wrecked at San Blas during a gale Nov. 1. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following► arc the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 16th January, 1841.":: The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average 1838-9-40. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 199 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lO4 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion.. iv Disea — ses of the Kidivys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Jeints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay lll 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 31 25 Causes not specified 2 8 .... Deaths from all causes... 1260 Average Weekly Deaths .. 92 Deaths in the Average Weakly . Week. Deaths, 1839-9-40. Western Districts ..... ... 195 • 139 North Districts Centre Districts 293 ..... 190 East Districts South Districts ... 276 233 Total 1260 926 It is sta'ed that under the term Metropolis are com prised tne 32 districts herein mentioned. which include toe City of London Wilton and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westruinstor, the out parishes within thy bills of im•rtality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Panecas ; Kensing-on ; Fulham ; Hamnicrsinito (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley; St. Mary-le how ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merattl in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 1838, 1839 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three yc4r by 156. General Register-otlice, Jan. 21, 1841. MR. MENZIES' CALEDONIAN COSTUME AND FANCY DRESS ASSEMBLY.—On Friday evening last, Mr. Meraies' annual ball took place in the Queen's Concert Rams, Ilanover-square, and presented the most brilliant assemblage we have witnessed on any similar occasion. MC company was numerous and respectable, and the galaxy of beauty it; displayed was lustrous with many a lovely star, both of this and the more northern latitudes. The dresses of the ladies were rich and tasteful, end, among the gentlemen's attire " the garb of the Gael " appeared in all its native variety, from the sombre buee, of the Macdonald, to the bright tints of the Royal Stuart tar tan. Costly appendages appropriate to the picturesque character of their apparel, were also worn by many of the gentlemen. A few Greek and Persian costumes, as well as military uniforms, gave a pleasing diversity of aspect to to the scene. The dancing was kept up with great spirit to a late hour, irterrapted only by an elegant and substan tial repast, at .hich Mr. Ogston, of Davies-street, pre sided with much courtesy and good feeling. The stew. arils of the ball deserve great praise for the zeal and abi lity they displayed i❑ their arrangements for accommodat ing any making comfortable such a crowded company. We are glad to see that Mr. Menzies continues to be so well encouraged in his laudable endeavour to preserve a taste for the national music and dances of " Auld Scot land " among her sons and daughters in the South. The enthusiasm manifested un this occasion must have given him a cheering assurance that his efforts are appreciated, and good earnest of future success. THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE, BY F. TOL- EsQ., wins 12 ILLUSTRATIONS.—These volumes form the only work exclusively devoted to sporting in France that we ever remember to have met wth. They certainly fulfil their mission and give the reader a complete insight into every description of sport offered by a country so accessible, and yet, comparatively speaking, so little hunted and shot over. The scenes chiefly visited by Mr. Tolfrey are the department of the Pas de Calais, for shooting, particularly snipes and wild fowl ; Normanby for its trout streams ; and Lower Brittany for wild boar and chevre ail. In those districts the allurement, of sport ing; arc set forth in efs attr , ctive a form that we doubt not many renders!, wow tendency lies fruit try. will he tempted to omen trle Cl•otnnei ileXt seasoo in search of the vAieb tiie2 it the t; :ter. They will frad Mr. Tolfrey's work a good gaide..—Morn ing Hera. MORNING EDITION THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last wai's arrivals were moderate of English Grain, good of Flour, and cmsiderable of Oats from Ireltnd. Then , was a small fresh supply of every article. Wheat comes in better condition, and the best parcels were taken off at Is. to S. per quarter advance on last Monday's prices. Barley dull , at no alteration in valu e . B eans an d Pease as last reported. In the Oat trade the supply exceeded the demand, and sales were heavily made at lest quotations, No improvement in the Flour trade. eitlers os ROAM) OF %VIP W heat,Red (01d)43- 45$ —s —a. I Beam, Santa ;new)...... --- White (old) s• —s• ------- (old) ........ . 4.i 4 1 i. ----- 11.e..1',1ti4.") s2s 545. -- Fick ;,hew). ....... 37 3!••• .-). s ' s ' s • -------- (old) ...... .... 42- 445. '------ Su perli ne ... A s.s. :' -- 4s. Harrow (new)...... 40 , • 41 ' •------ Wit•t, !•••.0 ) S. 55. - , ......--....... . • ((. id) ..••• ' 4 " 4". ....,,....S '.---- Fin , ' ------Superfine Ots. t ,, ,5,. o a ts, Feed --- ForeiFn free 51 s. 70, -- New . ....... --VD' 5.' 3 '. llyt. lBs 40s. Poland .................. '. Bark‘v .2 , i. 37., , ..—_____ Nets .......... 23. 129 :: -- Griiidini: :(3 s'2:Ss.l- Potatoe .......... . ..... -- - --- -- :ilalting 3.4. 355. 1 -..--__ ....7.,w ........ 25 . Xs. Mali - s e wer, .................. :2 '7 308. -- Fine NOW Pease, Grey, New -.3 6 1. ' : -. -;s. Flour Town Ter ,:cisi•••• 5 " -I. Maple New 4o'• 4 2 , •• -- St:colitis ........ , ...... ..., • • •• --- White 34, 3f1,. - --- N,roi Cowin y •••• 45 4 ? .. ---- Boiler-, 37s. SBs.i Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING I,AS'T ‘‘'E it ' ; Wheat. F.:Jr:ay. i .., t.J. floe' 0,742 Ira. I 11,3 iR qrs. I 0,31,9 at, 6,1't•8 sacKS ISO I 1 2-,615 --- 529 rill - English Irish N' reign I, l 'Bl SMI 1 The trade for Be e f, Al u tt on , an d V ea l, was good. Lh e demi ed for Pork was moderate. Beasts. 2.476; SheeP , Pip, 316 ; Calves, 52 ; Beef, 3s. 6d. to ss. ; Mutton, 4s• bs. 2d. ; Veal, 4e. 81. to 65. 2d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 2d. PROVISION :NIA RK ET. Prices of Butter still high, and the market healthy fin e , quotations of Irish B u tt er 106 s to t los s, an d t h e best nute. 114 s to 118 s per cwt. Bacon in steady demand, and Ilr' ee t s firm at 503 to 51s per cw t. L ar d d u ll , at 72 s to 73 s per Hams and all other articles were dull. TEA MARKET. C°T The prices of Fre e T ra d e were li tt l e c h ange d , w hile whilee , pany's Congo advanced fro m I s . 51d. t o I s . kid. p e r lb. ca 3 ; with a firm ma r k e t. Th e transact i ons, h owever, w ere of limited character. TALLOW MARKET. The demand f o r R uss i an T a ll ow d u ll , an d t h e t ra d e app to supply their wants with town Tallow, which is now coal s. ratively the cheapest. The price of P. Y. Candles 11°11° ever, still kept up —_465. 6d. on the spot. PRIcE OF BliE AD. 10 The highes• rli e ofi the MAloolls is 9d f o r the Gocd Bread may be had at 7d. Prtl. E 9 OF SEEDS. Per C.vt, Per Quarter , 6 , ifs New Eogl:sh RC, Clover...sos 8.45 St. Fein —s , dis Old lAtto Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass --s /Bs ''' s - - ' i New Foreign Ditto —s 53s is Pacey Grass —s --. 5 1s Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover 45s 51s Ms flit o, fo; sovin , —, ,'" 'es Old Diet, Ditto —s —s —s Ditto, for crush', g ....—s "fs 4,5 rew'i're oil —3 f.,'Ss 4.rs I-It_m Old Ditto —s '2os :30s Canary —s 8.5 i "" fr folium -s Jt.. 4 s 70a1 Per 13,tshel. IsOY English Carrawity —s 508 51s Whit e M ust..rd.,.. . Is Od to Foreign Ditto —s; 46s 50s Br own Ditt o 1 " 0,1 to it , cd ,,t Coriander —s 14s 18 8 ,T ares .7s 6d tc 1,:'"- PaICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £45 0 Ditto, refined Linseed IV nse, ti .27 It. Lins. ed Oil Cake at th, Mill (per IOW) l3 1 0 fia,.e k akc, per to i PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Ac. per 112 W. 11 0 Town Tallow . .42 3 6lMelting Stuff £1 0 Yellow Russia White .. 0 I! Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 G ood Dregs 0 5 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone . of 51135, 9d , Price of Tallow (as stat e d b y th e T a ll ow M elters) '...1. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day,:llo. s. d.i Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley Is l Cart's Hartley Derwent Main l7 0 Garesfield Idolywell Main Lean's Main Ord's Huth ugh Orig'fial Windsor's Po..tod IS 0 Pontop Windsor Tanlield Moor ......... Tan fled Moor Butes l7 6 Walls Et d Betvic , e and Co 22 6 Walls End Brown's '2o 0 Walls end 11(K:wit Walls End Killing,werth ... 1 1. Walis End Newmarch 2l I), W. E. Braddyll'sHetto,l_, '23 1 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WE' Walls End Caradoc 0 Walls End Hamel . : 2 , 4' 1. Walls End Hetton 0 Walls End Larnbton , 0 alts End Lumley 0 Walls End Pemberton 6 Walls End Russell's Hetton nF 3 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Whitwch 0 Walls Ei,d Hartlepool 3 Walls End Adel- ide 0 Wads End Barret - ......... • 0 Walls End Evenwood Walls End South Durham.» 3j 3 , Wal s End 'ices 6 Cosrpcn W. Ili End Old --- -- 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Fej5 ......*°' ............- ----- -- -- .• - Per Quarter. s . t o S. S. t o s S. to S. I S.to s. - to' ... .. I .:arlisle - .9 - '2 - 56 - 40 - Hexham 5O 62 32 :14 .21 23 - --- 54 Morpeth 52 62 24 28 20 1.2 i4O 43 3 1 Benrith 65 - 32 - 2 1 I - '33 * 53 Sheffield l4 -- 33 - 23 - 4 •-' :3' •, Winchest r 59 61 20 .i I VG i9 ' 42 43 35 ~ i.. Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. ti. 5. (1. s. d. s. d i 5.d, d 0 Carmarthen . . 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2'2 5 6 00 , 0 ‘' , 0 Cowbri :ge - 0 5 0 5 6 3 0 5 0 5 0 5 3 0" 0 0 Swansea 7l 60 40 44 26 28 56 60,5 0 I'er Boil. it 0 Barnarcicastl 16 0 P ~ II; 8 0 9 3 7 4 8011 0 12 6 , r , ", r„ 0 D 0 (Durham l3 6166 5 0 90 7 9 89 110i3 I 1 0 )0 15 Richmond ll 0 IS 0 7 0 9:. 5 0 8 r 9 0 11 (.3 9 0 (30 Stockton l3 01601 S. 0 90 7 0 8i• 7 6 86[0 '' WAKEFIELD CORN I3IARKF,T e 4 Wheat, Red, Norfolk ,Hti Suffolk . ....ii. 61V. to 62, 0" -- Lin. and CAM. ....-......+...----- Yorkshire Vthite Foreign, f:i'd ---•--....- • White 6 ar:ey, tloriolk and Suffellt ----: 5 50.. ... ---0- (1 2 1 ... .. tt i ttt, i o: : :65 i -53 i .u3: 1 : 5 :...... . ;t l fiti i ;t ic : " 16tn, ,r i brs.,s :. :;... -s. to 30s line,',, - Lincolnshire ---- Yorkshire \Vold .3 3 -- Foreign Beans, New -- Old Oats, Potato ....F. to 2.05. fille - --- Poland -s. -s. to 22;• fill' g z e u, . pY - cricrland and Small -s. -s. to 'kis iiII- - , . - - -- r...:ialing St:oiling ,Halt Rapeseed -1. Os. 261. Os. 301. Os. per Last NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. White. Wheat, I•;orthinrilserland . 50.. -s -s 635.1 . - Norfolk end Sullolk 63s. 615 66s. 70s. I ,--- Berwick and Scotch fits. 65s . -1 675. ---- Foreign Ns. titi5.,.,... 625. 655. Rye, Norfolk sold Suffolk -- ..".. 1 . Foreign 29 s . 33 s -s. --- . ~ • .. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... -s. -s ....-5.... . 54 . -- Grinding end Feeding Ms. 335...... -s. --s• ).g . , Malt, Norfolk and Suffhlk sBs 605 . ..F. --`• Beans, Small 4os. 48s -- - Tick ,..,,,,, 42s 483. --S. -- ' l ' ".. Pease, White 44s. 465. .... ---S. --4 " ' - Gray . . --s. -5. -.. . 5. -..". Oats, Northuneberland, Potatoe 3os. 32s --3. -.... 9. • .................... ----......-...-........ Feed -s. .-' - Foreign Flour (par sack) 43s. 53s ..- s. --i" SCOTCH MARKETS. t al " Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. -- na :l5 Aberdeen 50 to GO 25 to 26 18 to .'. to ' 3 N :3 1 7.. - - t ~. Berwick 35 42 19 21 16 22 32 —' • 6 0" Coldstream Cupar (Fife) 49 65126 31 IS 2:2 21 26 ~, , Dunbar 4B 68 26 49 23 27 40 4 2 , 4 . ... Elgin Inverness Kelso ..... Perth Kirkaldy Pcrth 60 ^4 38 40 25 35 41 44 t,,,, Th.: ize of the measure varies thr oug h ou t the c lop" HADDINGFON CORN MARKET. flea n 0 A Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. - eps First 6.11s 02 33s 62 26s Ott 34s 04 *,,, 00 Second 1,34 Od :30s Od 24s Od 31 s Od ‘,; pd .. Third 545 Od 27s 02 22 5 Od 32 s Od '— Average 24 175 2 4.12118. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 't;lWheat. Haney. I Oats. Pease. O e First 67s I u 3ts 5t : 26s Od 37s Od j 5 .,, 0 ,1 Second s9s 02 28s 6d 1 2252 s 42 36s Od ^ ~„ : aa - (0 Third. 4 ls 6d 24:,62 is 8d 30s Od ;917 . GLASOOW CORN M 1 RKET . B. ( '' o Wheat, per 2401 b. s . d. s . d. I D ata _ u,26411. 5.4.*-10_ GLASOOW CORN MI RKET. . 81 Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s . d . O at; per 2641 h. g• ' • o io nritish, old 32 6to l'ii 6 Ir.di . rm. 't 00 -- new Canada, Ire^ 0 0 Beans, per 26011). 00, Irish - Barley, per 320th. Scottish English 26 U 23 6 Pease, Scottish ...., 22 0 190 S,ttish "2 0 25 0 Oatnical,per 14111 b..., 17 0 60 IHsh ...... -7,-- STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed I : l , e6 s t , 15s. per Set, Bronzed F en d ers , 9 s . A var i e ty of rot terns and prices, from the above to 305., at which Prilost fenders are particularly h an d some , w i t h splendid scroll Ge r ' ,p. richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, and the, m os porters for the fi re -i rons b ronzed. P o li s h ed stee l rc-) r " from 4s per set. o f Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of every sr —C FurniF•hing Ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street' Established 1820. - BIRTHS. On the 26th. alt., at Hendon, the lady of H. C. Aire'' , of Kingthorpe, Yorkshire, of a son. O A' On the 27th ult., at King's-We s ton, the l a dy of F. H. inson, Esq., of a son. wife o f tbe On the 27th ult., at P a rkhur s t, I s le of Wi g ht, the wi Rev. T. England, M. A., of a ty-s to t On the 28th ult., at Doughtreet, .Meeklenburgh-VP Mrs. W. Atkinson, of a daughter. __..-/ MARRIED. neore On the 26th ult., at St. Giles's, C am b erwe ll, Mr. " 0 0, Simpson, of Crawford-street, B r y ans t on - square , to Sophia.' second daughter of John Harris, Esq ,of Camberwell. r op, On the 26th ult., at . s dllten, near Graves e nd, J. of Esq., of New Broad-str ee t, L on d on, to H elen, only daughter A. liransby, Esq., of Elgin. 1 !f . On the 27th ult., at Compton Bishop, Somersetshire , S. Payne. Esq., of Hutton -court, to Kate, third daughter P. Fry, Esq., of Compton House. DIED. On the 25th u lt., at Clapham, Surrey, Caroline, peca n , St , do r viving d aug h ter o f t h e l ate R ev. W . G oode, Recto r °' 1e• Ann's, Biacfriars. On the 25 k th ult., at Wimborne, the Rev. Charle 4 POW Vicar of Aforden, and one of the Ministers of 'Wimborn o ster, Dorset, aged 72. c 4 11 ' °( On the 26th ult., Frederick, eld es t son o f Ai r . J. —n l Coopers'-hall, Basinghall- street. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY . T. Major. Generals. —Henry Bourne, E. I. Comp. Serv• ' Paterson Smith, ditto. llornby, Lee of R. Marines. Si' Lieut.-Cnlonels.—Wm. Walker, C. 8., R. Marines, Jean d'Acre ; J. F. Crewe, Unatt. Captains.—M'Gee, 31 F., Dublin; Stean, 49 • • , / ,,,,yne , san, China Seas; Read, h. p. R. Art. ; Sir C. wed' Bt., h. p. 25 Dr. ; W. T. Smyth, h. p. 35 F. ; P. L' e t hat° rier, h. p. 103 F. ; H. Fothergill, h. p. 28 F. ; h. p. 4S F. ; H. Walker, late 1. R. Vet. Bn. ; 113 h. p. lndep. ; J. M‘Nab, Is. p. Nova Sco. Fen. ; J. C 01,10,1 late 4R. Vet. 13n. ; Cates, Unatt. ;R. E. Cogh la _ l ° 4or l l J. Spalding, do. ; Ja s . APDonald, Unatt. ; S. Holmes ,lu of 13 Dr. and Mil. Knight of 'Windsor. Sit Lieutenants.—Giveen, 97 F. ; H. Popham, R. Ar t : ; th e Patten, h. p. R. A r t. ; C ra i g , R. Mar., drowne d 9 It. Thames steamer off the Rocks of Scilly ; Marsh, lateof Cl7 Vet. 13n. ; Duncan Macdonald, do., and Town Ma.l" r o rde a lisle; Sloan, h. p 68 F. ; Hopkins, h. p. 74 F. ; h. p. 81 F.; Taylor, h. p. 3 Prov. An. of .Mil. Is Paymaster.—Bannerman, late of 78 F. Quartermasters.—Shaw, 3 W. I. Rog. ; Josephs bi ti f;frie 6 Gds. ; Smith, h. p. 23 Dr. ; Jackson, h. P. I • Cay. - g°6" Commissariat Department.—Ass. Corn. Gen. 14r . Dep. Ass. Corn. Gen. C. Gunning, h. p. n pLeodj, Medical Department.—lnsp. G en . of flosps., Dr. Insp. Gen. of Hosps., Dr. James Strachan ; Surg• t l i i iii roof man, h. p. It. Art. ; Surg. Smet, h. p. 52 F. ; Surg . S: 1.. p. S ; !ley:), h. • 'l•' ci . 4 fAincion; anr , i s y fo)o It' iraa ' ' ' No. 11, Strand, g Th e s un Offi ce , 11, 0. the oounty of bliddleaez...Tuesdey, Fehruery 2, iir"