The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-17 00:00:00

MARLBRff-STREET- 7 (THIS_DAY) A HARD CASE.—An applicati , n was made to Mr. Hardwick on the bebdlf of Mi.:=:> Emma Stanley, of the Princess's Theatre, hy Mr. Lingl;:2,, uii it , ~ e, tor a sum mons against Messrs. Care and Sore, to oblige them to give the address of their client (one Mrs. Edmonds), who, on Cie first of Decmb? , r last, seized property, to the a:nount of 5001., for the sum of 801., alleged to be due to Mrs. Edmonds for rent by one Loyd, from whom Miss Stanley took apartments in Conduit-street, no rent being due to Loyd by Miss Stanley, whose property was sold by public auction for one-fifth its value. She now sought redress from Mrs. Edmonds, who is represented as a person of large pro perty, and the Messrs. Cafe refused to give up her address. The MAGISTRATE, after commenting upon the hard ship of the case, said, as the case stood at pres , nt it was merely an ex parte statement. He must therefore re fuse to grant the summons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANG 11ESTER.—TUESDAY. Tun DERRY.-9 to 2 agst Flying Dutchman (otf,rs to take)-7 to 1 .gst Tadmor-13 to 1 agst Honeycomb (t) —2O to 1 agst Osterley-25 to 1 agst Uriul (t)-30 to 1 agst Strongbow (t)-35 to 1 agst Islunuykirk (offers to take)-50 to 1 agst Magician (t). CHESTER CUP.—Several offors, but nothing done. PUGILISM.—W. HAYES AND GEORGE CROCKETT, FOR 501. A SlDE.—These well known professors of the art pugilistic contended yesterday, at the Lower Hope, a few miles below Gravesend, on the ground well knovm as the battle-field of Adams and George Sinclair, and Norley and Berry. The men weighed respectively— Hayes, 9st. Crockett, 9st. 61b.; the former being the favourite at 6to 4. At two o ‘ clock the men stood up. The first round, which lasted 45 minutes, was in itself a fight; the hits, stops, breaks, pauses, and rallies, putting both men to the test. Hayes received from Crockett's right on the body rather severely, while he returned with stinging smartness on Crockett's nasal organ. After eight rounds, which lasted 98 minutes, Hayes was hailed as the victor.—A second affair fol lowed, between H. Dickinson and Benjamin Buckey, which lasted till dark, Dickinson proving the conqueror In 19 rounds, occupying 58 minutes. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Tu ESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk in the grounds around the Castle. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of Aber deen, the Earl Spencer, and Colonel IVylde, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a. visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Elise of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aber corn, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl Spencer, and Colonel Wylde. The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during dinner in the Castle, and will perform the following pieces : Grand March from Sinfonia power of Sound" Fantasia from 3d Act—" Malek Adel" Costa. " The Valse Selection from " Les Huguenots" The Phoenix Polka Jolly. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at Frogmore House, the residence of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, during Monday evening, and played the following pieces : Overture—(Op. 142) .... Selection—" Zweikampf" Spohr. Marien Walzer . . Strauss. Entre Acte—" Haydee" Grus an Wien Polkas Mr. Bennett and Mr. Elworthy, accompanied by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Tufnel, Members for Devonport, Lord Ebrington and Mr. Roundell Palmer, Members for Plymouth, had an interview With Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, and presented a petition to her Majesty the Queen from the inhabitants of Plymouth, Devonport, Stone house, and the neighbourhood, lay members of the Church of England, praying for the adoption of mea sures with a view to a revision of the Liturgy, and a definition of the Ceremonial of the Church. TheXcclesiastic a l C omm i ss i oners f or England h ad a committee meeting yesterday, at their office, in White hall-place. M. John Wood and Mr. Pressly had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Benjamin Harrison, Chairman of the Public Works Loan Office, had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet in Downing -street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. Lord Clements had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. DUBLIN COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH- THIS DAY. At eleven o'clock this morning judgment was deli vered on the writ of error b roug h t b y M essrs . O'Brien,„,, Meagher, M'Manus, and O'Donoghue. , he Lord Chi e f J us ti ce , i n an elaborate speech, cleci t ded against all the errors assigned, and con firmed the proceedings of the Court below. Mr% Justice Crampton, Mr. Justice Perrin, and Mr. Justice Moore followed in order, fully confirm ing all the arguments of the Lord Chief Justice, and delivered lengthened judgments, which occupied the Co urt upwards o f f our h ours . oneriff c „, ll :he prisoners were removed in custody of the The Court House was quite tranquil. It is said an appeal will be brought to the House of Lords. Our corn market continues very dull for every description of grain at our quotations of Friday, but w ,. a s scarcely supported for oats. I n di an corn i n very ulfacult sale, and ls. per quarter cheaper. c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. '3111,--I perceived, after post time, that I had made 1.1.11 e rratum in my l e tt er t o you , i n s t a ti ng th a t " on the gl o b e, or by the great circle course to Chusan, is N.E. E. ;" it should have been " N.W. 4 W." I am, Sir, yours most respectfully, Devonport, Ja n . 16, 1849. J. T. T. SIR, —A s TO TIDE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mi - --As the advocates for a change from the in direct to a direct system of taxation are daily increas ing, it may be well to direct attention to a book tinder the title of " An Attempt to show the Justice and Expediency of Substituting an Income or Pro perty Tax for the Present Taxes," &c.: Ilatchard and So n , Piccadilly, 1833. This book was written by the late Benjamin Sayer, 's€l., many years senior clerk iu the Tax Office. It is the work of one who had the advantage of being assisted with much information afforded by his official position. J an. 15, 1849. Mp J. H. , 4E LANCHOLY DEATH.—Captain Alex. Grant, of tem P shi Jackey, of L e ith, di e d a t E as tfi e ld, on th e 9th i. r -- Capt a i n G rant comman d e d the unfortunate vessel Twhich was lost near the mouth of the British Channel, I;2her voyage from Galatz to Leith, in November last. , ship having become leaky. and nearly all the crew and m a sickly state of health, she got waterlogge . tid was found in that condition by a Dutch vessel, whi b l e e ' 1 ?, a blinking state. Captain Grant at the time was at t ship's side calling ' to his men to save themselves; but L wi th a magnanimity rarely to be met with, he declared „e would be the last to leave the sinking ship, "uou hhe give his charge, he refused to and al- g was urged to up :) so fill the Dutch boat was carried away by a sea, and C aptain Gra n t w i th two of the crew were left on board , till the ill-fated ship went down, the three unfortunates d o s taking to th e i r own b oat. Thus for eight sol i tary fq' nights, without food, or an oaf to t#de them. thdid they welter in th e vast deep, till first the one and en the other of the crew expired from want and ex austion—the captain, from weakness, being unable to throw the last man overboard. In this situation he was pick e d up and carried into Dublin, and after some little time conv e y e d to Leith. Re so far recovered that he was beginning to go about, but his constitution had re.• ceived such a shock that rapid disease ensued, which cut him off in a few days. In Captain Grant, the rough characteristics of the sail or were softened down by mag nanimous sentiment, gntle and kind address. His untimely fate, after enduring such imp^ 11 I d suffer ings and hardships, has caused universallae;reet.—Cale donian Mercury. , LARGE EXPORTATIO N OP H ORSES. —The steam boats from London- bridge and Folkstone are daily con veying horses to Boulogne. These horses are being s hiPped by Mr. Burford, the horse-dealer of London W has t a k en t h e contract to supply the Neapolitan' Gho overnment with the number they require. THE WEATHE R IN THE NOETII.—On Monday the Berwicki Fishing Company completed their supply of ce, having secured in their stores about 5,000 curt tth. Since Blonds the frost has yielded, a general W aw h aving taken place throuethout the district. On „_ednesday considerable quantities of ice passed down ;"' Tweed to the sea and in the course of that night the 41.1 in steam ferry boat, belonging to Mr. Wilson, was ea,,...:_ .. ~,,_7'eu away from its moorings at Spittal, and drifted but ' t h e sea. Fartunately, there wa s no person on board , v the , vessel, we euh, and become to sa wry, ehckaAbeen thrown upon a total . THE SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE. THE USES OF THE SENSES. 1 Vol. Pp.. 335. By Catlifirine Lake. Wiihout being a mere cop iKt, or a serv>le imitator, the authoress of th;s intelligent 'volume has taken a suggestion from the C , ,rrespondence of Mrs. Chapone, and from the Convf=rsations of Peter Parley, and has, by carrying out those suggestions upon a religious framework, produced a book of a very agree able and entertaining character. Sometimes, we must acknowledge that the tone of the writer sounds rather too dogmatic ; but, generally speaking, the work abounds with wholesome and elevated thoughts, gracefully expressed .and illustrated by perpetual al lusion, to the Universe. The title is sufficiently in dicative of the contents ; and the argument of the whole production tends to impress the mind of the reader with a conviction of the beneficence and omni science of the Divinity. This object alone would be enough to elevate the writer from amongst the herd of ordinary bookmakers, and to invest the volume with a novel and dignified charm. Of the wood cuts, which are intended to form the embellishments of the narrative, we can say nothing whatever, and of the incidental verses scattered through the pages very little, indeed, in commendation. The excellence of the book is restricted almost exclusively to the letter-press, and of that letter-press to the prose, and of that prose to its tendency. Inasmuch as the writer enlarges upon the blessings attendant upon the laudable employment of the five senses — upon the chaste use of the eyes, the ears, the palate, the nerves, and the nostrils—she demands and re ceives our eulogium. Although the manner of the authoress is too frequently sedate and chilling, from the dogmatism of tone already spoken of, it is evident that she has written throughout from her heart's earnestness. CLOUDS AND SUIVSIIIIVE; with other Poems. By John James Balls,B.A. As among the first fiutterings of a young spirit on poetic pinions, we receive the verses contained in this little volume with all due tenderness. We have a covert sympathy for those who bend in a reverential mood to the streams of Helicon, to quaff their earliest draughts of Hippocrene. And among these reve rential votaries we class the author of" Clouds and Sunshine." As in the majority of such instances, his most ambitious efforts are his least successful ; take, in point, his " Napoleon," and " Richard the First at Acre." Occasionally his conceits are ,quaint, but sometimes a delicate thought is marred by an abrupt conventionality of language,—as where, in " The Condemned Soldier," he drops suddenly into the bathos of the prosaic by telling us that the captain of the regiment gazed upon the betrothed of the private. There is a dry humour in the lines called " Mathe matics versus Poetry." But we cannot give a more felicitous example of the style of Mr. Halls than in the following dream, penned under the inspiring remembrance of Robert Herrick or of Sir John Suckling : THE FIVE SENSES. " I SLEPT. bethought my form around A fairy girdle, rich and bright, Seem'd cast—which, by its magic, bound Each separate sense in new delight. " A beauteous scene before me spread; Arabia's odours filled the air; And heavenly music seem'd to shed Its softest notes upon mine ear. " Something more soft than India's web, With silken touch stream'd o'er my cheek; And nectar'd draughts were at my lips, That king's might leave their thrones to seek. " I WOKE—and found the vision real, For thou wert bending o'er me there; That silken touch was not ideal, For o'er me waved thy glossy hair. " More than Arabia's spices choice Thy breath swi et perfume shed around; And in the whispers of thy voice I heard prolong'd that music's sound. " The neetar'd cup, the zone of light, Well might I deem them both divine; Thine arms had form'd that circle bright, Thy lips were gently press'd to mine." in the Sensuous school of poetry the author has found his efforts to be the happiest ; and for this reason we take the title of his volume to be not altogether inap propriate. THE OLD JUDGE ; or Life in a Colony, -- - By Sam Slick. 2 Vas. We are glad Co meet again our old friend " The Clockmaker,” and to find him as warm-hearted, as spirited, and as good-humouredly sarcastic as ever. One of the objects of these volumes is to give an idea of the various peculiarities of colonial life, an other, and a more important one, is to amuse and interest the reader. Both objects have been successfully accomplished—the latter most trium phantly. Both volumes abound in lively sallies, capital sk@tchek, of men and manners, interesting narratives, and amusing anecdotes, all given in Sam Slick's attractive and inimitable manner. Here and there, in our wanderings through the co lony, we meet with some interminable talker, from whose lips, once opened, pours forth an endless stream of anecdotes, reminiscences, and incredible facts, related with the most unblushing effrontery, mingled—strange as it may seem—with maxims of wisdom and lessons of philosophy, doubly attractive, and hence doubly valuable, from the quaint and original manner in which they are set torth. As a sample of the charac ters to be met with in this colony, and also as a specimen of Sam Slick's rattling style, we beg to intro duce Master Zeb Hunt, " a drover and horse-jockey, who lives on the road, and is the pest of every tavern, and the torment of all travellers." " Morning to you, Squire !' he said, in his accus tomed loud tone and familiar manner. lam glad to see you. I have been waiting for you for some time, to look at a horse I have here, that will just suit:you. lie is great, that's a fact; a perfi et case, I assure you. He can trot his mile in two minutes and thirty seconds, and no break, shuffle-rack, or pace, but a handsome round trot, with splendid knee action; not pawing the air like make-believe, nor pounding the road like break ing stones, but a sort of touch-me-light-and-go-easy style, like the beat of a gall's finger on the pianny; and so gentle, a child can manage him. When you want him to go, take up the reins and he's off like a fox; when you want him to stop, throw them down, and he'll stand all day. The way he makes the spokes fly round in a wheel, so that you can only see the rim, as if it was a hoop, is . amazing. It frightened me at fir.t, and I ain't easy scared by a horse. He is a su-perior animal, beyond all doubt. I never was suited before in all my lice, and I don't know as he ain't spoilt me, so I shall be suited agin. Sometimes I think I can't part with him any how, for I can't never get another like him; and sometimes I take a notion into my head I ought to sell him, as it is too much money for a poor man like me to have in a horse. You've hearn tell of Heber of Windsor, haven't you? Well, he's crazy after him; and, if he don't know a good one when he sees him, he does when he tries him, and that's more than most men do. I'd like you to have him, for you are a judge of a horse,— perhaps the best in these parts (though I've seen the leak put into you, too, afore now.) You will take good care of him, and I wouldn't like to see the critter knocked about like a corn. He will lead your tandem beautiful, and keep his traces up, without doing the whole work and killing himself. A thread will guide him; and then he knows how to slack up a going down hill, so as not to drag the wheeler off his legs. Oh, he's a doll! His sinews are all scorpion tails and whipcords, and he's muscle enough for two beasts of his size. You can't fault him in no particular, for he is perfect, head or neck, shoulder or girth, back or loins, stifle or hock, or chest and bastions; and, as for hoofs, they actilly seem as if they was made a purpose for a trotter. In fact, you may say he's the greatest piece of stuff ever wrapped up in a horse-hide. Come and look at him, and judge for yourself. My price is two fifty; but, if you like him, say the word, and he is yours at two hundred dollars, for I'd like you to have him. I consait he'll suit you to a notch, and do me credit too. Heavens and airth! ain't be the boy to slip by the officers' tandems club to Halifax, like wink, and you a sitting at your ease, pretending to hold him in, and passing of them, nodding and laughing good natured-like, as much as to say, 'Don't you wish you could keep the road now you've go it?"' Zeb's truthfulness being called - in question, he thus satisfactorily establishes his character as a " candid" man : " Squire,' he said, turning away with apparent con tempt from the man who had traduced him, if there is any one thin°.. I pride myself up on i n th e w orld, it is on being candid. I am straight up and down; what I say I mean, and what I mean I'll stand to. I take all man kind to be rogues, more or less, and, what's more, canting, hypocritical rogues, too ; for they pretend they are honest, all the time they are cheating the world and the devil. Now, I am straightforward, open, and above board. I pretend to nothing. I won't say not get the advantage if I can in a horse trade, or any other trade. I don't deny it. I avow it open. What sort of a deal would it be, were I to get the disadvantage always? Why, in six months, I shouldn't have a horse to trade with; for, what is trade, if you come to that, but gambling with the chances in your favour? I am not bound to tell my horses' faults. I don't like to dwell on the faults of my friends ; I praise their virtues. People don't cry stinking fish, in a giniral way, in any market I was ever in yet, because folks have noses, and can smell for themselves. I don't talk of sprains, curbs, and ring bones; people have eyes, and can see for themselves: and, it' they are too plaguy careless to look, whose fault is that? No, sir, I scorn a dirty thing. 1 conceal no. thing. I say, publicly, I expect the advantage in a bar gain; and, it' I can't get it, I don't trade. That's my rule, sir; and I don't care who knows it. I hate and despise pretence. The world's lull of it. Every man, in a giniral way, has more cloaks to cover his villany than shirts to cover his back? " My eyes were first opened to the baseness and falsehood of mankind in elections. I had no idea what ofthe rascal s politi c i ans were — can ti ng about patriotism, re form, public spirit, education, ameliorating the condition people, and so on; and all the time using these slan, ; word s as blinds t o conceal office and place seek ntgi r , sst selthteed in li nds,giretiiss the itngetry public) ticket mone,yi,or I am a loyal and whatnot. Iman, and so was father afore me. lie was a refugee loyalist, and left the States and all his property to follow the flag of his king into this cold country, that's only fit for wolves and hears. Well, we had a great election to I4hy, and we carried in our Tory man, Lawyer Clana (him that was rttia-d en the mud flats to the joggin); and, w hen cur side won the day, alias I went to get my share of the plunder, he had the impudence to tell me all the offices that could be spared must be given to the Radicals, to conciliate them. ' Conciliate old Scratch!' says I: ' giving them fellows sops, is like giving bits of raw meat to bull-dogs ; it only makes them hungrier, furiouser, and wickeder.' But so it was, and so it always has been, with that party, in America; they don't stick to their friends, and I ginu them up in disgust, and changed sides right away. "' I am a candid man. lam willing to serve the country, but then I like reciprocation, and the country ought to serve me. Friendship can't stand on one leg long, and, if it does, it's plain it can't go ahead much at at any rate. Well. bymeby, the Rads come in. ' Now,' said I, ' remember Z, b Hunt; he wants an office.' But, lo and behold! the offices were all wanted for the leaders, and there were none left for the followers but the office of drudges. Seeing they were both tarred with the same stick, one side of which had too much liberality, and the other too much selfishness, I thought my chance would be better to lay hold on both ends of the rope; and I went on both sides, one foot on one and one foot on t'uther; but they pulled so far apart, they straddled me so wide, they nearly split me up to the chin. Politics, squire, are like pea-soup; they are all very well and very good when kept well stirred; but, as soon as the stir is over, the thin part floats up by itself, and the rich and thick settles down for them Who are at the bottom of things. Who ever heard of a fellow like me being choked by a Government loaf, or his throat hurt by the bone of a fish that's too large to swallow? Now, I've taken uncle Tim's place; lam neuter. I avow it, for I'm a candid man; and a fellow can't be honest if he don't speak up plain. lam neuter now, and courted by both sides, and whichever comes nearest my mark will get me. But neuter is my ticket just now.' " _ Zeb has all the talk to himself. The most casual observation draws from him anecdote upon anecdote, of which the following is a specimen. A friend in quires after his mother, and hopes she enjoys good health:— ' Pretty well,' replied Master Zeb; pretty much as usual; she is about and stirring, though she complains a little of rheumatism lately, and my opinion is, it was " Chick, chick, chick !" that caused it.' " Chick, chick, chick !' said'the other; what under the sun's that ? I never heard of such a complaint !' " Lord bless you !' said Zeb. I thought that every body that know'd mother, know'd that story. Five years ago, come next summer, the old lady made a trip to Ha lifax, in one of our Digby coasters, to see sister Susan nah, that is married in that city to Ted Fowler, the up holsterer, and took a whole lot of little notions with her to market to bear expenses; for she is a saving kind of body, is mother, and likes to make two ends meet at the close of the year. Among the rest, was the world and all of eggs, for she was a grand hand in a poultry-yard. Some she stowed away in boxes, and some in baskets, and some in tubs, so that no one accident could lose them all for her. Well, under the berths in the cabin were large drawers for bedding; and she routated that out, and packed them full of eggs in wool, as snug as you please, and off they started on their voyage. Well, they had nothing but calms, and light airs, or head winds, and were ever so long in getting to town; and, when they anchored, she got her duds together, and began to collect her eggs all ready for landing. The first drawer she opened, out hopped ever so many chickens on the cabin floor, skipping and hopping about, a-chirping, " Chick, chick, chick 1" like anything ! " Well, if that don't beat all !' said mother, and she looked the very picture of doleful dumps. I hope there is no more of them a coming into the world that way, without being sent for and she opened a second, and out came a second flock, with a ' Chick, chick, chick !' and another and another, till she pulled them all out. The cabin floor was chock full of them; for the heat and confined bilge air had hatched all the eggs that were in the close and hot drawers. " Oh, the captain, and passengers, and sailors, they roared with laughter I Mother was awful mad, for no thing makes one so angry as accidents that set folks off a tee-hee-ing in that way. If any body had been to blame but herself, wouldn't they have caught it, that's all? for scolding is a great relief to a woman; but as there war'nt nothing left but to cry; and scolding and crying are two safety-valves that have saved many a heart from busting. " Well, the loss was no great, though she liked to take care of her coppers, too; it was the vexation that worried her. But the worst was to come yet. When she returned home, the boys to Digby got hold of the story, and, wherever she went, they called out after her " Chick, chick, chick 1" I skinned about half-a-dozen of the little imps of mischief for it, but it only made them worse ; for they hid in porches, and behind doors, and gates, and fences, as soon as they seed her a-coming, and roared out, " Chick, chick, chick 1" and nearly bothered her to death. So she give going out any more, and never leaves home now. It's my opinion, her rheu matism is nothing but the effect of w an t o f exerc i se, an d all comes from that cursed Chick, chick, chick 1' " According to the oft-quoted fable, a brick is no spe cimen of a house, and these extracts give but an inadequate idea of the fund of wit and wisdom con tained in these very amusing volumes. NEW MUSIC. 1. MY BROAD LANDS I HOLD IN TRUST FOR THE POOR. Sung by Mr. Weiss. Com posed by E. J. Loder. 2. SAY WILT THOU ROAM WITH ME. Sung by Miss Poole. Composed by E. J. Loder. 3. OH ! WERE NOT THIS A WORK OF BLISS. Sung by Miss Poole. Composed by E. J. Loder. 4. OH! SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF DAYS LONG VANISHED. Sung by lir. Charles Braham. Composed by E. J. Loder. 5. MY VILLAGE CHURCH. Ballad sung by Mr. Weiss. Composed by E. J. Loder. The above songs are all from the ballad opera of Robin Goodfellow, one of the most beautiful of Loder's compositions, and which is now being performed nightly at the Princess's Theatre with almost unexampled success. No. 1 and No. 5 are bass songs ; both are excellent; but the melody of the latter is more flowing, and from the sentiment expressed in the words, and admirably rendered in the music, it cannot fail to be popular. No. 1 is a glorious composition, full of spirit and warmheartedness. It is just the song for an amateur to sing to a party assembled around the Christmas fireside. Nos. 2 and 3 are beautiful and graceful melodies, No. 2 being a most agreeable and sparkling composition. No. 4 is an exquisitely plaintive me• lody, full of sentiment and expression. It is by no means difficult of execution, and will no doubt be a great favourite with all amateurs who possess a to lerable tenor voice. .WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 17, 1849, THE lIAPPIEST SPOT ON THE OCEAN A .National Song. By J. Beuler. This is one of the happiest of Mr. Beuler's efforts; although a chanson de circonstance, more particularly adapted to the present state of the times, yet it has so much character about it that it can never become obsolete. Both words and melody are full of spirit. Old Charles Dibdin might have written this song and have been proud of it. WOOD'S EDITION OF THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND. No. XXIL The present number of this truly national work contains the popular songs of " Och ! Hey Johnnie lad ;" " The Night is dark, the Way is long ;" "Up in the Morning early ;" " Annie Laurie;" Aiken Drum ;" " Since all thy Vows, false Maid," (this beautiful lyric is set to the air of " Cromlet's Lilt") ; " O'er the Aluir amang the Heather," and "Bonnie Jean." The pianoforte accompaniments to these songs are composed by Messrs. Finlay Dun, T. M. Mudie, J. T. Surenne, and H. E. Dibdin. The songs are copiously illustrated by notes containing much curious information, interesting alike to the musician, the antiquarian, and lover of the romance of family history. The manner in which this work is produced reflects the highest credit on its accom plished editor, Mr. George Farquhar Graham. COCKS'S MUSICAL ALMANAC for 1849, containing all the Useful In formation to be found in every Almanac. Also, the days of Birth and Death, and the Remarkable Events appertaining to all distinguished Musicians and Vocalists of every Ace and Nation. Had the promises contained in the title-page been fairly carried out, this would have been really a valu able manual of musical information; but, unfor tunately, the most important thing recorded of all the musicians and vocalists whose names are mentioned in these pages:is, that the works they composed, or the songs they sung, are published by Cocks and Co. The music %hop of Cocks and Co. is, according to this work, the vestibule to the Temple of Immortality. It is, in sbort, an advertisement in the guise of a goodly octavo pamphlet. SUSSEX-HALL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTI TUTION.—Last night a ball was given at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, under Jewish patronage, to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the Jews and General Literary and Scientific Institution, Sussex-hall, Leadenhall-street. This institution, with its library, reading-room, lectures, and evening classes, has supplied the means of instruction and amusement to great numbers of persons living in the eastern portion of the metro polis, and its success has fully justified the anticipations of the wealthy and influential Jews who founded it, and under whose patronage the ball of last night was held. Between 300 and 400 persons were present, among whom we observed Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Mr. Heine ned de Castro, President of the institution; Mr. Salomons, Mr. C. Anstey, M.P., and several of the vice-presidents and officers of the institution. Jullien's band discoursed the sweetest music, Mr. Corrie made an efficient master of the ceremonies, a liberal supply of refreshments was at hand, and the dark-eyed Rebeccas and Jessicas were dancing away as if the Jewish Emancipation Act were already passed, or if the people had already passed their own emancipation act who are among the foremost in acts of charity and liberal and discriminating benevo knee towards their fellow-citizens. MARGATE.—The trial of John Clelan Bennett, the Margate Savings Bank defaulter, who was committed to Dover gaol, has been removed to the assizes, true bills having been found against him for felony and misde• meanor.—Canterbury Journal. (MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1843. I Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... Turbercular Diseases... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses,.. ... 150 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 42 Diseases of tho Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 325 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth •• •. Atrophy ••• ••• •• ..• -•. Old Age ••• ••• ••• •. Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified .„ 58 210 ... 63 ••• •••• 1,448 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North D—tricts.. 375,971 Central Distr:,3ts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Summers. Week. 142 ... 209 182 ... 251 178 ... 221 219 ... 302 251 ... 465 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 ... 1,448 Males ... .. ... ... ... 697 Females ... ... ... ... ... 751 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK, Males ... ..„ .., 707 Females 714 Total ... ... ... . ... 1,421 *ln this number are i nc l u d ed 94 cases of death by Cholera, 63 by Scarlatina, and 83 by Typhus Fever. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 13, 1849. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS :PRESENT PAR. LIAMENT. Borough of Truro.—Humphry Willyams, of the said borough, Esq., in the room of Edmund Turner, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, JAN. 15. • The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King dom constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart.; Rear-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas, C. 8.; Maurice Frederick Fitz hardinge Berkeley, Esq., C. 8., Captain in her Majesty's Navy; Lord John Hay, C. 8., Captain in her Majesty's Navy; the Hon. William Francis Cowper; and Alex• ander Milne, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's Nsvy, her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories therete belonging. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Colonel Wil liam Wylde to be Colonel, vice Cleaveland, deceased; Brevet Major Burke Cuppage to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wylde; Second Captain Thomas De %Vinton to be Captain, vice Cuppage; First Lieutenant John Lind redge Elgee to be Second Captain, vice De Winton; Second Lieutenant George Alderson Milman to be First Lieutenant, vice Elgee, Jan. 8. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Militia—Theophilus William Biddulph, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lucy, de. ceased, Dec. 26, 1848. LUNACY. Office of Commissioners in Lunacy, Jan. 11. The Lord High Chancellor having appointed Samuel Gaskell, Esq. (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and lately the Superintendent of the Lancaster ounty Lunatic Asylum), to be a Com missioner in Lunacy, in the room of Doctor James Cowles Prichard, deceased; Mr. Gaskell was thereupon duly sworn in as Commissioner, on the 9th January instant, and on this day took his seat at the Board ac cordingly. By order of the Board, R . W. S. LIITWIDGE, Secretary. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Mawer, banker, Lower Team, Durham. BANKRUPTS. William Broady, commission agent, Halken-street, Belgrave-square, to surrender Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, offi cial assignee; Clarke, George-street. Mansion-house. Lazarus Congdon, painter, Spring-street, Paddington, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Depree, Law rence-lane, Cheapside. Christopher Joseph Knapping, cattle dealer, Eastwood, Essex, Jan. 23, at one, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Chid ley, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. Thomas Carpenter Dixon, oilman, Gravesend, Jan. 25, at twelve, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Philp, Great St. Helen's. John Coles, baker, Launton, Oxfordshire, Jan. 27, at one, and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall. street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Edward William Hunt, victualler, Newgate-market, Jan 30, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Vaughan, Lincoln's Inn fields. Zebulun Leigh, tea merchant, Manchester, Feb. 1, at eleven, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis. trict Court. Hobso n , o ffi c i a l ass i gnee, M anchester; Johnson and Co., Temple; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester. Horatio Kemp, discount agent, Threadneedle-street, City, Jan. 27, at one, and March 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street; Chilcote, George-street, Mansion-house. Robert William Hunter, baker, Praed-street, Pad dington, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Knight, Basinghall-street. William Childerhouse, jun., builder, Montpelier plaee, Brompton, Jan. 26, at half-past one, aad March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, Great James street, Bedford rooffiwc assignee ; Gibbon, .ial William Thornley, grocer, Ripley, Derbyshire, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at eleven, at tho Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Not tingham; Ingle, Belper. William Parrott, stone mason, Leicester, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottinghan; Dibben, Leicester; Bowley, Nottingham. John Jackson, farmer, Clifford, Herefordshire, Jan. 31 and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pugh, Hay, Brecknockshire ; Chaplin, Birmingham. Henry Richard Benbow, veterinary surgeon, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, Jan. 30 and Feb. 27, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Bloxham, Birmingham. Daniel Boit, sharebroker, Bristol, Jan. 13 and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Rennie, official assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bristol ; Jay, Sergeaut's Inn, Fleet-street. John Menhenitt, builder, Plymouth, Jan. 25, at one, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Kelly, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter; Harris, Sone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Robert Lodge, miner, Starbottom, West Riding of Yorkshire, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bell and Co., Bow Church -yard, London ; Watson, Sed bergh ; Bell, Leeds. John Serjeant, grocer, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Feb. 3 and March 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Moss, Ser geant's-inn; Branson and Son, Sheffield. William Garret, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 22, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e ; Birkett and Son, Cloak-lane ; Jobling and Fleming, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. William Adam Massey, wood turner, Liverpool, Jan. 29 and Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple Inn; Bradner, Liverpool. - DIVIDENDS. - At the Court, Basinghell-street. Sophy West, Hornchurch, Essex, saddl e r, F e b . 6, at eleven —C. F. Smyrk, Lavina-grove, Wharf -road, builder, Feb. 9, at twelve. In the Country. J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Hignett, Liverpool, tobac conist, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —R. Roberts, Denbigh, innkeeper, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. S. Manby, Burnley, Lancashire, ironmonger, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —J. F. Fletcher, and H. Fletcher, Over Darwen, Lan cashire, cotton manufacturers, Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. B: Briddick, Durham, iron and steel dealer, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Rutherford, Carlisle, grocer, 25., on Saturday, Jan. 13, or any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Browne, Limerick, Ireland, draper, ss. 9d., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, or any Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. S. Dethick and T. Kay, Newton heath, Manchester, common brewers, 10s. 9d., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, or any Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. W. F. Fenton, West Smithfield, City, lead and glass merchant, ls. 6d., on Thursday, Jan. 18, and three fol lowing Thursdays, between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall- street. J. Goodcheape, Aldersgate street, City, and Princess street, Mar) lebone, furnishing undertaker, 4s. ld., on Thursday, Jan. 18, and three following Thursdays, be tween twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-streA. J. Trevers, sen., Gloucester-place, Old Kent-road, and J. Trevers, jun., Apollo-buildings, Walworth, Surrey, carpenters and builders, 205., any Wednesday between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall-street. G. Duplan, Regent's-place, Westmi ns t er , tea dealer, 2s. 41d., an y Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. G. Webster, Hedge-row, Islington, licensed victualler, 94d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall••street. Matilda Sarah Oxley and Margaret Oxley, Norfolk crescent, Hyde Park, hotel and bearding and lodging , housekeepers, 2s. 54d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall • street. Jane Bowdler, Shrewsbury, je , A eller, 3-1-d., any Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. G. W. Dean' High-street, Southwark, jeweller, 2s. 9d., on Saturday, Jan. 13, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. S. G. Fryman, Rye, wine and spirit merchant, 75., on Saturday, Jan. 13, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. H. Wyer, Newington-causeway, tailor and draper, 5d., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednes days, between ten and t wo , at the office of Mr. Tur quand, Guildhall-chambers. J. Willis, Liverpool, merchant, Is., en Wednesday, Jan. 17, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. J. Willis and J. T. Swainson, Liverpool, merchants, Is., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, or any subsequent Wednes day, between eleven and two, at the offica of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. W. Crankshaw, Preston, cotton-spinner, 3s. 4d., on Tuesday, Jan. 9, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Nall, Chesterfield, grocer, second dividend of 6d. and 2s. 6d., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. C. Fletcher, Greenwich, coal merchant, Feb. 9, at twelve—W. Collard, Ramsgate, bread baker, Feb. 7, at eleven—T. Williams, Jermyn-street, Westminster, licensed victualler, Feb. 7, at eleven—F. W. M. Collins and A. Reynolds, Charter-house-square, Aldersgate street, engravers and printers, Feb. 13, at twelve—H. M. Wells, Ramsgate, baker, Feb. 13, at eleven—J. Thorman, Grosvenor -street, Camberwell, wholesale tea-dealer, Feb. 9, at eleven—J. F. Wills, Portsmouth, wharfinger, Feb. 13, at one—J. E. Bacon, Upper Russell-street, Ber mondsey, and Maismore-square, New Peckham, leather factor, Feb. 9, at one. In the Country. J. Hogg, Walcot, Somersetshire, draper, Feb. 6, at the Court, Bristol—W. and J. D. Couch, Swansea, sail makers and ship chandlers, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Carpenter, Liverpool, shipowner, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Ridgway, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Johnson, Liverpool, licensed victualler, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Powell, Shenstone, Staffordshire, engineer, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Wright, Hansley, Stafford shire, tailor, Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Binning ham—G. Hardon, Preston, joiner and builder, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court or Review, Feb. 6. J. B. Murphy, Derby, jeweller —A. Armstrong, Sal ford, Lancashire, ironmonger —W. Tanner and J. Ward, Leadenhall-place and Leadenhall-market, leather factors —J. Feeny, Liverpool, hotel keeper—G. Cowsill, Black ford-bridge, Lancashire, calico printer—R. V. Furlong, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, wine and spirit merchant— H. Glynn, Liverpool, broker—M. Preston, Wakefield, surgeon —H. Buckland, Charles -street, Manchester square, cabinet maker—W. Tench, Winlaton, Durham, grocer —G. Banks, Lymington, builder—N. Denton, Gorton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer—J. Carter, Swaff ham, Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, grocer—A. Jessop, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, auctioneer—Betty and James Crankabaw, Higher Booths, Lancashire, cotton spinners. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Pearce and J. Pearce, Canford Magna, Dorset shire, builders—R. Whibley, sen., R. Whibley, jun., and A. Whibley, Sittingbourne, Kent, hosiers—W. H. Cope and E. Deeley, Oldswinferd and Kingswinford, Stafford shire, glass manufacturers—R. B. Cooper, J. R. Cooper, W. Scholefield, and J. D. Goodman, Birmingham, gun-manufacturers (so far as regards R. B. Cooper)—G. Parbury and W. Thacker, London, general merchants— H. E. Davey mad H. Essery, Blackburn, Lancashire, curriers—W. Lambert and S. Lambert, Bath, book binders—J. Silvester, L. Blackstone, and J. H. Lane, Manchester, manufacturer of pegged boots and shoes— J. Silvester and L. Blackstone, Manchester, merchants —J. Davis and E. F. Hurry, Dalton, Lancashire, steel converters—W. Jacobson and T. Phillips, Plymouth, attorneys—G. Forster, J. Barlow, and Mary Fouracre, Stan dish-with-Langtree, Lancashire, coal miners (so far as regards G. Forster)—J. G. Waterfall and A. Heath, Sheffield, confectioners—H. W. Schneider, J. Davis, E. Hurry, and E. F. Hurry, Dalton, Lancashire, iron masters—C. Rogers, T. Lowrey, A. Monday, and J. A. Bennett, Watling. street (so far as regards J. A; Bennett and A. Monday)—T. Tagg and T. A. Tagg, Bishops gate-street, furnishing undertakers—G. Macdona and R. Macdona, Dublin, and Regent-street, wine-merchants —W. Bird and E. George, Hereford, and Withington, Herefordshire, English timber merchants —C. T. Hopkinson and J. H. Milward, Pall-mall, tailors— E. Bloxome, jun., and A. Jackson, Dursley, Gloucestershire, attorneys-at-law—J. B. Wagstaff, S. L. Kenyon, and A. Sandiford, Manchester, engravers to calico printers—J. Wood and H. Macsall, Northiam, Sussex, grocers—W. Gatliff and R. Hutchin son, Leeds, stuff and blanket merchants—J. M. Robin son and T. Ingram, Leicester, attorneys—W. T. Adcock and T. Thompson, Manchester, livery stable keepers— W. B. Fisher and J. Howell, Langthorpe, Yorkshire, seed-crushers—G. C. Fletcher and J. B. Roberts, Wandsworth, attorneys at law—J. Schofield, sen., J. Schofield, jun., R. Schofield, and W. W. Schofield, Rochdale, woollen manufacturers (so far as regards R. Schofield), and London, fl tunnel manufacturers and ware housemen (absolutely)—J. Ford and W. Chadwick, Glossop, Derbyshire, and Manchester, paper makers— W. A. Long and J. Smith, \Votton:under•edge, Glou cestershire, clothiers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Henry Henley, Exeter. John Fox Warner, Wolverhampton, schoolmaster. Henry Butler, Birmingham, carrier's clerk. William Shilton, liandsworth, Staffordshire. Samuel Waterfield, Sutton Co'Wield, Warwickshire, builder. Thomas Tutin, jun., Birmingham, journeyman butcher. John Gray, West Derby, Laucashire, nurseryman. George Cooper, jun., Leading Post•street, Yorkshire, jeweller. Thomas William Nichols, Lower Tranmere, Cheshire, glazier. Jan Pearse, jun.. Bampton, Devonshire, saddler and harness maker. Hannah Whitworth, Bingham, Nottinghamshire. Charles Ley, jun., Nottingham, cooper. Thomas Edward Carpenter, West Teignmouth, Devon. shire. Maria Buxton, Dudley, Worcestershire, stone mason. Epaphras Seage, Exeter, whiteemith. Robert Ware, Exeter. , George Butler, Darlaston, Staffordshire, gun lock filer. Henry Cresswell, St. Michael's, Somersetshire, clerk. Richard Kelsall, Burslem, Staffordshire, fishmonger. John Thomas Kent Sloan, Sheffield, comelau. Ralph Lomas, Manchester, retail beer seller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Young, Woodside, Ayrshire, grain dealer, to meet within the Eglinton Arms Inn, Irvine, Jan. 23 and Feb, 8, at twelve. J. Miller, Crieff, manufacturer, to meet within Robert son's Drummond Arms Inn, Crieff, Jan. 22 and Feb. 19, at one. THE NIGHTINGALE THAT SINGS IN THE WINTER. When the waters are stark, and the crystalline snow Sparkles keen and unchanged in the morn's ruddy glow, And the prism coloured icicles flash in the sun, The bitter cold stills all the song-birds but one. Now the linnet. the lark, and the throstle are dumb, E'en the stout little wren's gallant heart is o'ercome, And the Nightingale, warbler so wondrous of tone, That sings in the winter, is tuneful alone. Sweetest creature, in song without rival or peer, Far more inwardly vibrate thy notes than the ear, For there speaks in that music, pure, gentle, refined, The exquisite voice of a beautiful mind— Of a spirit of earnestness, goodness, and truth, Of a heart full of tender compassion and ruth, Ever ready to comfort, and succour, and bless, In sorrow and suffering, in want and distress. And the Nightingale's name by faint voices is praised, For poverty aided and Charities raised; Not more good was the bird in whom childhood believes— The readbreast that covered the children with leaves. And in tribute and love to a memory revered, By her magical voice noble monuments reared, The high minded communion with Genius attest, Which gloriously thrills in the Nightingale's breast. Now this Nightingale rare, in the winter who sings, Being not yet a seraph, is one without wings; And her name, which has travelled as wide as the wind, Is kind-hearted, generous, dear Jenny Lind.—Punch. THE NEW CITY SEWERS CostsussioN.--Yester day and during the last few days the official gentlemen connected with the Corporation of the City of London have been engaged in making arrangements for the operation of the new Act of Parliament for the appoint ment of Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London and the liberties thereof; and the due regulation of the paving and lighting of the said City. The preliminary steps having been taken by special meeting on the part of the committee of the Common Council appointed for such a purpose, the names selected will, it is expected, on Thursday next, be submitted for approval to the Court of Common Council. It is expected that the seal of the new commission will be opened on the Tuesday next following such meeting of the commonalty. The late chairman of the old commission, it is rumoured, will be appointed as the president, the members being chiefly appointed from the late body of Commissioners. Certain members to represent the district of the City at the Metropolitan Board will also be chosen. THE BORDER HIGH PRIEST.—The death of Mr. Collins seems to have broken the spell of monopoly, for instead of a single successor there arc now, to our knowledge, no f e w e r th an e i g ht person' offering u' services to the public, willing to 'perform the 'marriage ceremony on the shortest notice possible. One of thir these officiators told us that he had this wee k bee e nopp s r h e o s u sed ld with the amount of business, and he he r ievd he be obliged to procure an " ass" to convey him to Scot land and home again. Another showed , us a published announcement of his havi n g commenced business, in which he states that b e will bo read y for his duty " by night or by day. Such industry and accommodation may well put t he sons of Levi to the blush.—Berwick Advertiser. p er Names of Dividend) e, aSm' g es of v.: Annum. g Dividend Companies. 2 per e Companies. ~,.4 Annu .. Price. - --- X , X 1... , ,1itn& Oldh 97. 71. p e 112 Macclesfield . 1001 21. 10s. 40 Barnsley.. • • 1601 121. leo Neath ••• • • • 1001 181. 340 Itrkuk&Abrg 150 si. B5 Oxford.... • • 1001 20/. 190 Birmingham 35' 41. 75 Peak Forest. 78 I 31. 188.: 67 Coventry..•• 1001 25/. ' 210 Regent's •• .• 331 11. ss. 18 ' Dorb, ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale..• • 85 I 4/. 54 EllsTre&Chs 133! 565. 40 Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. 130 E:eu ash •• • 100 1 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 6l.p. c. GrandJunetn 100 , Si. 75 Stflrd &Wore 140 1 28/, 310 Grand Surrey 100, 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. IAI 1251 .-•- Grand Union 100 1/.los. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 Grantham .. 150 - - Severn and j Kenut & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5 Wye Rail. 26 1/. Sc. 24 Lee , ls& Livrp 100 30/. 320 Warwiek&l Leicester .... 140 101. 75 Ilirming. j 1 00 41 ' 59 Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 40 Warwick& } Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton.. 100 31. 41 Nionmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr Eci I 8 21 . 40 .. Mntgeinrysh 100 - - Bi nn i ng . MeltnMwbrylloo - . - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 &asT OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICE S Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. i - £ 8. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland -. • • 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 161 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 191 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Clydesdale Bank ••• • • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 148% Eastern Bank.. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91. 7s. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 5% Exchange Bnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 35 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank. ..... •• 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.175. North British Bank ..• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 555.0 d Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 112 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 Western Bank .. ... •• • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 24 B. A ccord. Lite and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s 60 British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 lOs Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Gs Edinburgh Life Incur 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 112.0 d Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10% Insur. Co. of Seetlnd•• bl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 1/, Gs Mercantile Life - 10 0 5 010 0 !4s. Od. National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.0 d North British Insur s%l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 223( North & West of Scot CI. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '170.0(1. Scottish Life and Guar - 20 0 0 011 0 i ss. Scot. hiss. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 106.0 d Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 11. Os Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 1 934 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 i 120.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. d. X. s. d. Australian Agrleulturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 18 Anglo-:Mexican Mint.. 1/. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -... Canada ... • ..... •• .. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 82 City 80nd5.......... 331. pr cent. - - 79 Comp.Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 95 Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 20 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 a Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 603 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam.... 33;1. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 43% South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0 125 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 - DEATH OF MRS. JOHN BANNISTER.—In our obi tuary yesterday we briefly recorded the death of Mrs. John Bannister, relict of the late John Bannister, the comedian, who died in 1836, aged 77. Mrs. Bannister made her delit (then Miss Harper) as Rosetta, in Love in a Village, at the Haymarket Theatre, in 1776, d remained on the stage for s i x teen years, sustaining the principal soprano parts, in operas, &c. In 1792 she retired from the stage altogether, and has res ided for retainedi tgusto, many veers in Gower-street, highly estee med and and by a numerous circle of friends. She was born she at Bath, in June, 1757, consequently she was in her 923 year! Until very recently which s h e used to with greatfaculties, and enjoyed good healt h. She used to reco unt and t w he a a s tr i i .u ea ll l dofoinagmsusoifngforme anecdotes, r days relate with a vast deal of humour.—Pact. BRITISHINI usz um.—A few days since a gratifying all her testimonial of respect was p resented to Mr. John Wil liams, an old attendant in the printed book department of this establishment. ILI Decf mber last air. 'W.II. _ completed his 52d year of service in the library o f hi s late Majesty George 111., now in the British Museum,llams ant; and his zeal and attenOon havirg, during which he had entered as a boy in the . quality of attend ant; series of years, commended him to the notice of every one connected with the establishment, the officers and assistants presented him, through Mr. Panizzi, the keeper of the department, with a handsome silver tea service. In further proof of the esteem in which Mr. \N o ' u hilrliaomr twosis h be mentioned that within an afterwards, ivt muster ‘ ard stheattendants in the s ame de partment purchased ata ' stef tasteful and elegant p a pi e r-mache t t e e t s t t b i o m a o r n d, y w o h f i t e h h Mr. On soup days,eir regard. Panizzi wa s d es i re d to present as a the spare at es Pi ding the W t P . d . House of Cor rection,who have a soup is given awa y t o poor peop l e mind to fetch it.— Wakefield Journal. PRICES OF SHARES 4N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COll, PANIES' STOCK. From, the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON. TUESDAY. zoINT-STOCIL JANUARY 16. Name of Company. Dividend per A=oant Annum. Share. lastralasia ...... Britsh North American Ceylon ....... ...... commercial of London . loionial.. .... Gloucestershire ...... lonian Loudn and Westminstr IX s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto • . .. London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland.. 6?. per cent, K. per cent. 8/. per cent, 51. per cent. 6?. per cent. 5/. per cent. W. per cent. 6!. per cent. !CO 0 [OO 0 0 10 0 0 1;0 0 0 00 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto, New....... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial or Eng. South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 Union of London. Union of Madrid ..... 61. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 _Name of Company. Charing-cross., Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. _ . , Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall •• .. •• • Ay. Name of Company. Birmingham. ........ East London... ... .... Grand Junction ...... New Rivr Lndn Brdge Vauxhall • ........... West Middlesex . . . zirsi Name of Company. Albion ........... Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • . • • • • Atlas ......... British Commercial .. Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life C3unty .............. Crown .... • • .... • • .. Eagle • • Eng.& Scot. Law .... European Life •• • . Family Endowmn t Soc. Freemasons' . • • ...... Globe Guardian ............ Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life ........ Indemnity .. Law Fire .. • • • • • • • . • • Law Life.... • • • • • • .. Legal and General Life London Fire ........ London Ship - ........ Marine ........... Med. Invlid & Gen. Life national Lean Fund.. !Cational Life.... Palladium Life Pelican ..... • • • • Pncenix • . Protector Life........ Provident Life ........ Rock Life............ Royal Exchange Sun Fire . ...... Ditto Life . .. Universal Life.... .. Victoria Life . .. Name of Company. CAnmercial ... East and West India East Country London . . . Ditto 80nd5........ St. Katharine .. .. .. Ditto 80nd5........ Southampton • • .. ~... GAS-LIGIIT Fame of Company. British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Provincial.... Bristol .. - . .. .. . • •• •• Brighton . • • • .. •• .... City of London ...... Continental Consolidat. Ditto, New ........ Equitable ............ Imperial ............ Independent ......... London.. ............ l'hcenix . • • .. • • • • • • • • Rate= .. .. • .. ••• • • • United General .. • • . • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... -... BRIDGMS Dividend per Annum. 1355. per cent. 1/. ss. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. 11. 17s. WATER= Dividend per Annum. 21. 10s. 31. 10s. 2/.los. 5/. per cnt. 61.09. pr cnt, Amoun t of Share. X. s. d. j 632 12 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 'OI , LILS Amount of Share. .£ s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 'CE COMP.&N: Dividend per An - num. Amount of Share. 31. 109. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share pr et& bs. 31. 14s. 6s. 51. per cent. 5% per cent. 41. & bs. Cl. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121 per cent. 12s. 11. sh. & bs. U. 16s. 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. &bs. 61. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. ss. 51. per mit. 61. 10s. 1/. 6s. 10N pr cnt. 5/. per cnt. X s. d. 50 0 0 7; 11 0 0 11 5 0 0 5 6 8 14 5 0 0 10 0 0 lE 10 0 0 5 0 0 12 50 0 5 212 6 — lll paid. 40 0 30 0 36 10 0 4: 50 0 0 211 10 0 0 1 , 5 13 1 21 2 10 0 10 0 0 - 2 0 0 41 12 10 0 1 12 10 0 1 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 - 2 0 0 111 1 0 0 i - 10 0 0 2 , 0 10 0 9 0 01 - 40 0 4 DOC Dividend per Annum. 41. per cent. 61. pr cent. 255. per eh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4%1. pr cent.' 21. per cent. AND Co Dividend per A n-I,IIIM. 1/. 85. 101. per cent. 51. per cent. _lOl. 925. pr share', I Bss. pr share ) 455. pr share' 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. 45, 1 ,1. pr ecut. 31. 12s, X e. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 E 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 50 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 6 0 0 Stock. 00 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 Amount of Share. £. s. d. 40 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 9 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Paid. j Pri Paid. I Prii £ s. d. 50 0 0 :PANIES. X. a. d. ' 18 0 9 1 19 0 0 , 21 100 0 0 1 25 , 39 5 01 4 37 10 0 - O 0 O 0 61 O 0 6. O 0 - 46 0 0 31 90 0 0 7! 50 0 0 1 1! 4! 0 0 0 9NRNMOM Paid. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 31 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0, 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 o 40 0 0 Paid. s. d. 25 0 0 GO 0 0 I 21 40 0 0 2, raid. X s. d. 25 0 0 FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— The Committee on Instruction has resolved that the members of the second section of national instruction called de perfectionneinent shall be nominated by the corps which may have an interest more or less direct in the progress of public instruction, as, for instance, the Institut, the College de France, the Ecole Poly ice technique, &c., &c. The number of these members is to be from twenty-five to thirty, but they cannot deli berate without the members of the first section, twelve - 9 .in number. The second section is t o occupy itself with all the modifications to be made in general instruction, in examinations of all kinds, and in the - drawing up of the programmes. The decisions of this 7. section will not be voted without the authorisation of the Minister of Public Instruction. This section is - to meet at least twice a year, or more frequently, - and always on the convocation of the Minister. - As to the third section of, the Council of National Instruction, which is to be called " Section of - Private Instruction," the Committee has not yet 5% fixed its powers, but has only decided that the - surveillanc e specially confided to this section and the first shall he exercised in the name of the State, by the intermediary of a cenTs of inspectors, charged to inspect the establishments of all kinds, public and private, lay and ecclesiastic. These inspectors may ice , be selected by the Minister from official, private, or ecclesiastical teachers. The Corsaire says :—" There was an on dit in the Salle des Pas Perdue on Saturday, that a a diplomatic note from the Cabinet of Vienna had 4 announced that Austria would be disposed to disarm . 1 : 2 200,000 men, if it were thought that France would 4 follow the example. The point is a delicate one. There has been a Council of Ministers on the subject. Id. Passy, Minister of Finance, pleading for the in ice. terest of the Treasury, presses his colleagues to adopt such a measure at once. It is moreover felt, both at the Elys6e and the National Assembly, that a great 170 financial disaster can only be esca p e d b y promptly so making a large reduction in the army." 75 55 AUSTRIA. The Ost-Deutsche Post, one of the most moderate of the Vienna papers, has been suppressed. The fol lowing notice was handed to the editor on the 9th ice I instant : " The Ost-Deutsche Post of the 7th of this month gives an article headed, ' The Occurrence in liremsier;' 5 its contents aro no less exciting and revolutionary than those of the foul-mouthed literature of the month of : 1 October. As such language would be inadmissible ;sp a under common c i rcumstances, i t appears perfectly lin compatible with the state of siege. "By inserting the article alluded to in the Ost- Deutsche Post edited by you, you have acted contrary to • the conditions on which the re-appearance of that paper was accorded on the 7th of December last. " This periodical is, therefore, at once suppressed by the express order of the Prime Minister, and will ac -1 eordingly cease to appear from to-morrow. " WELDEN, Governor. " Vienna, Jan. 9th, 1849." According to the latest intelligence from Krem sier the Chamber were about pronouncing a vote of A' want of confidence in the Ministry. The first article '% of the fundamental laws would most likely be adopted, against which Count Stadion had pro • tested, as incompatible with the monarchical prin -38. ciple. The Tcheques, the Left and Centre Left, were united against him. The fundamental laws that the Count had drawn up, had met with so much opposition that they had been withdrawn. 5 , s It is believed the Cabinet will not give way, but will dissolve the Diet. It will then prepare a consti tution, and submit it to the Austrian Diet, to meet at Vienna on the I s t o f M a y. - According to the last accounts from Hungary, Comorn still holds out against the Imperialists. Kossuth, with his partisans, has withdrawn to ce• Debrezin, whither also the Hungarian army, about 12,000 strong, has proceeded. On the 6th, the first corps rf armee of the Imperial troops set out from Pesth to the same destination. PRUSSIA. The Senate of Breslau, by judgment dated the Bth, has decided that the refusal to pay taxes does not con stitute a crime, and that, consequently, any one who excites another to do an act which is not criminal, cannot be considered guilty of anything reprehensible. FRANKFORT. - - - The Independence of Brussels, of Saturday, says: A private letter from Berlin, of the 9th, announces to us a fact of great importance—viz., that Prussia is not disposed to accept, purely and simply, the Constitution voted at Frankfort. It appears that she has declared that she v‘ill not approve the Constitution until it shall be submitted to a Chamber of States, representing the peculiar interests of the different German countries, and a council of Princes representing the interests of dynas ties. Our readers see, then, that the question of German unity becomes more oomplicated every day. Prussia, which was believed to be so near coming to an understanding with Frankfort against Austria, approaches by its last resolution the principle put forward by the latter power. It seems to us snore than ever difficult for the National Assembly at Frankfort to triumph over the resistance it encounters, and cause its resolutions to prevail without taking into account the assent of particular states." The Chamber of Deputies of Mecklenburg has adopted the following resolution :—" The High As sembly of Deputies of the two Mecklenburghs recog nises the political necessity of conferring the Central Government of Germany on the Crown of Prussia, with hereditary succession." M. Welker, the plenipotentiary of Baden, accre dited to the Central Government, has addressed the following note to the Central Power, in the name of his Sovereign : " From the moment that Germany began to trans form itself into a federative state, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke has acquired the conviction that a united and well-governed Germany could alone answer the wants of the nation, and the exigencies of the times. He has declared, in concert with the Diet of the country, and he declares again, that he is ready to make the same sacrifices which might be required of him and of the other States of the Federation for the purpose of gaining the object the nation has in view. Faithful to these dispositions, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke does not hesitate openly to declare that, in ease a single chief; even an hereditary one, be placed at the head of the German federative state, he will submit to him in all the great questions of the common German fatherland, in conformity with the enactments of the constitution, such as they will be definitively voted. In making this declaration, his Royal Highness, the Grand Duke not only acts to the best of his jndgment, as a German Prince, but fulfils one of his principal duties towards his own people, by striving, for his part to prevent the failure of the great work of German unity, and to procure to his people the advantages of a great and powerful country. To promote the interior development of the moral and material prosperity of his country, will be the constant object of the efforta of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, that the people of Baden may be a worthy member of the great German family." ITALY. The Milan Gazette of the sth announces officially Od the intention o f convo ki ng t h e D eputies of the Lom- N bardo-Veneti an provinces of the Empire, in confor ,od. mitt' with the Ministerial programme of the 27th o November last, in which the integrity of the Mo narchy is laid down as its basis. GREECE. We have received Athens papers to the 28th of December. The budget h a d no t b een printed and distributed, but the estimate which it forms of the revenue and expenditure for the year is as follows : Revenue Expenditure nuswiferret." provisions „ If llb e ich re l a ea he N y 'es a sho n u a id cc a e v o e f nu th e e of loa . n. .. Courier, in i 4 noticing pa yment of either principal or interest It appears, however, that in this estimate nothing the budget, says— . end of the year have ' Ministers, we should have nothing to do but Unhappily, Th . e . A — th . e . n . s .. C . all our budgets since 1844 ha ve exceeding our expenses, which at the nverted into deficien in the Treasury is there to protest Minis terial beatitudes. We do not finances were well administered, better results; but, in the very much that thepresent which preceded it.' pronai s 'ns of our promised US a revenue es this, the void doubt against thes © but that, if our We might expect even present state of things, we fear budget will resemble those is set down for the gratu late ourselves on the situation of our fina nces been co cies. Besides The cholera has Epirus, and s appeared i n Th essa l y an d th e precautions had been taken by the Go vernment to prevent it from spreading. Another change of Mini s t r y was s p o k en o f, b u t there app ears t o be no immediate pr o spect o f an ythi ng of th e kind. THUNDER STORM: THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAM'. —DEFFORD, WORCESTERSHIRE, MONDAY. —The weather has been e xcee di ng l y changeable in the Midland Coun ties for the last three weeks, oscillating continually be tween severe frost and the mildness of spring. Yesterday we had a very violent storm of thunder, rain, and wind. The morning had been beautifully fair, but about one o'clock the sky became overcast, and a hurricane of wind and rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, swept over this part of the country. At Defford, on the line of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, one of the electric telegraph posts was struck and broken off. The waters of the Avon and lower part of the Severn have overflowed the adjacent country to a considerable extent. ITALIAN GRAIN.—The following arrivals of grain from Italy have, among others, just taken plac e :—.A vessel, named th e Ad mira l N e l s on, just arrived in the river from Genoa, has brought 927 quarters of Wheat; and the vessel Comet, arrived from Leghor n , h as brought 2,200 qu ar t e rs of the same description of grain, the produce of the Italian States. The arrivals of wheat to this extent from this southern state of Europe are of considerable interest. ails ms. Paid.