The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

NEWS . THREE. terclay were speculation. uds without [way Shares to the small close this 1-open until transactions ce, rum, and so high, es tea there has is of produce I being die year, but the good to take I much con- Leman(' will ►acts are ea u, of money, ific aspect of Dee steamer, properly due weather we lanation is ascertained s is between )0,000, under ,sre. Manning jars, as being ►re fixed the and Madras is. 11*d. on strian Bonds le funds were r cash. The r the last day Let have had thip morn iem, though as usual, igs before rho require rangements to realising the era only went temporal any future nes, or even and we es' hough to be accumulation ging quarterly is entertained r of a stroll ,e Continental no indication• 97 for Monet, ruled at 95k to r Three-and-s -ind the Three worth 1031. id India Bondi Mexico, held , tut also very rf the present Dndbolders was Mr. W. re' n given to satisfied they e a convention h there is every :h will be highly s an interest of ill revenues, the rt duties. The I after by th e ughout been so Maco, and once Lord Palmer: . I, to enforce intended 0 b" er in Mexico , P. Robertson , ix in his endvi' Mr. Robertson , ould on no se not believe thei 'ore—there is 1, the Americ ) be assigned to viii doubtless he, sn arrangeme nt Craropt°,_ ll ' layton of t h e ad, the age!: ough whom th e en the permit s hree years, an d sty that Mao; creditable 0" market. The us ual result 0' the real bolder illations, and, ° given them Re of all anxiety roperty. Odle r re per Cents. 17 -and-a-Half Per ,Rwst -20 05 97 91 4 81* 89 P 90 I' 95% 96 i p [p 'p 51 p 54 P 54-P ovig,. ) 4 , j 46 I 21 V. 29 29 1 h l'B3/4 /h iL 0) 9 7 41 19 01 000 1 London. 56 1 4 WA i 55/i 8 , 1% 130 i DONE cr.osOY P . I'CLOCK. PICK 12 ... ..- diS. le• •,••••••• ••• ...... 4 3 10A 1 •• •• ••N••••. I ............ . ....... ••••• ........ .... ...... • N• ....... . 0 I ............ .......... ..... ••••••• ........... . ...... 11.111111'''' 95% ... s 4 i 1 84 ...• V,L4 07 , ••• , ? 4 91'',1 THE SUN, LONDON, assistance and proceeded to London. The Grindon of Sunderland, for Sou:hampton, also struck, came off vvas abandoned, and supposed to have sunk; lAncte(4. ticre. L, DEC. 19.—Several fragments of wreck, suppo,, d ,:t a foreign It: s. el lest the Nash Sand, have wasteti r,lidre, and on the 16tn inst. two dead bodies e.,m,. on shore. ; DuivoEN}: R. port, Anna and Marie, Surinam. DEC. 20.-- Wind N.N.E.—SId. Munie Video; Thomas Clark, Rio Janeiro; Jules, 13:anis; Jonge Cornelius, Batavia. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Due •Vrienders. Ruhauk, Samarang. Slci. Bride of Abydos, Jamaica; William Stuveld, Montserrat; Adrianus and Jacobus, Batavia and China; General Ragas, Buenos Ayrt s; Prins Carl, St. Croix. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.—Arrd. Amelia, Jordan, Charleston; British Empire, Young, Wilming ton; Moultan, Pictoc. Sid. Urezabe, Africa; Aqua Mariner, Hong-Kong; Eliza Caroline, Port Philip; ince,s Royal, Calcutta; Fcruzepore, Bombay; Eliza beth Bone, Buenos Ayres; ibis l, Rio Janeiro; Byz.in tium, Pernambuco; Resolution, Maranham; Lesmoner, Trinidad; Danson, Antigua; L flay, Barbado.s; Cold stream, lievannali; John Walker, Apalachicola; Bir kenhead, Mt,bile; Boadict a, New Orleans; Franconia, Baltimore; Delta, Philadelphia; Ivanhoe, New York. The Souter Johnny is buried nine is et iu the sand, and tills with the tide; crew have landed. CLYDE.—SId. Guloog, Melbourne; Rosalind, Trini ' shad; Sainud Spy ree, Jaalaica; Mount Stewart Elphin• st,,ne, New York; Majestic, Calcutta; Lord Hardinge, Valparaiso; Trident, Trinidad. DUNDEE.—Sid. Gleaner, Trinidad. YARMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.N.E., strong.—The Norwich Merchant has received damaged, having been in contact. BRISTOL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Hancock, Miramichi; Juno, Daniel, St. John's, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, DEc. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Pentucket, Savannah; Crusoe, Boston, United States. SWANSEA, DEc. 20.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Tom Bell, Ford, Cuba. MILFORD, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. A. F. Moore, Savanilla, from Liverpool. Sld. May flower, Savannah; Orleans, New Orleans. 3% 39 .... Bis 79 110 1 / 2 12% 7A MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-THURSDAY. The quantity of English Wheat received up to our market this week, coastwise, has not exceeded 1,660 quarters. By land carriage and sample very little has come to hand. To day the stands were very scantily supplied, yet the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was exceedingly inactive, at Monday's quota tions. From abroad only 6,280 quarters of Wheat have come in. The finest parcels sold steady, at full prices. In the middling and infirm kinds very few transactions took place, at late rates. Scarcely any English Barley was on offer, and the supply of foreign was by no means large. Malting samples were quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled dull. Malt, the supply of which was small, moved off heavily at the late decline. The market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of Oats; most qualities ruled steady, at full prices. Fine Flour was steady. In all other articles next to nothing doing. ARRITALS THIS WEEK. Wheat, Oats. English ••• • •• Scotch.... • • • • Irish ........ Foreign • • .- • • Barley. Qrs. Qrs. 1,660 870 6,280 5,240 5 1 130- Per albs. to sink the offal. I. d. to s. d, 11. fi. to 8. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 2 3 4 Second goal. Sheep 3 6 3 11 Second quality •... 3 6 3 S Coarse-weolled ditto 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3le 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 /lime Scots ...• .. 4 2 4 4 Ditto but of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 3 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 3 3 310 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2 .uckllng Calves ..13 0 25 0 Quartz!' old Pigs ..1E I 22 0 Inferior Shoop • • . 3 2 3 4 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET, I Sheep. I Calves 3,920 310. Bouts. 1,436 rigs. 290 Beasts. 98 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. Calves. 420 140 SCOTCH. Sheep. I Calves. 70 rip. Beasts. NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. These markets were very heavily supplied with each kind of Meat, nevertheless the demand was steady, on the following terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. o s. d. ,inferior...... 2 6 2 8 , Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 210 middling 210 3 0 middling— 3 0 a 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 6 primo .... 3 6 310 Primo small .. 3 8 310 Pork, larie.... •... 2 8 3 4 meal • . .... 3 0 310 small •• .. 3 6 4 2 ROILOUGH HOP MARIERT. We have no material change to notice in this market. Fine Hop*, of the present and last year's growth, are scarce, aid quite as dear. In all other kinds only a moderate business is doing at late rates. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 61 10s to 12/ ; Ncw Weald of Kent ditto, 61 5s to 81; ,New Sussex ditto, 51 15a to 61 15i ; New Farnhams, 12/ to 13/; Yearling Kents, 31 to 41 12e; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 8a to 31 17s; Old Hops, 11 to 41 per cwt. COLONIAL. &MAR.—There has been an active demand fur British Plantation, and an advance of 6d pi r cwt has been paid. Bat Laloes has been at 41s to 41s 6d for fine yellow, and at 38s to 40s 6d for mid to good. REFINED advanced t 9 49s 6d, and 508 for brown lumps. EAST INDIA —Madras has been brisk at full pricey; good and fine grocery 29s 6d to 445, and good and fine white 41s to 435. Bengal has had a brisk sale by auction ; good and fine strong yellow, 42s 6d to 443; low and mid 37s 6d to 40s; good and fine strong brown 35s 6d to 375; strong white 44s 61 to 463 ; and Benares ord fine yellow like Mauritius 353 to 395; Mauritius privately has realised fuller rates. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico has been sold at 363 to 394 for low and mid yellow, and at :303 6d to 43s 6d for good and fine. Java went at 32s to 33s for ord and low brown, at 36s 6d for mid grey. Havannah has been bought in at 39s 6d. COFIEE.—The value of Plantation Ceylon has been barely supported. Low mid has been sold at 59s to 60s 6d, and up to 64s for mid coloury. Native is also lower, good ord ils to 525, and real good ord 52s 6d. Madras has been sold at 56s 6d to 61s 6d for fine and fine fine ord pale, and at 45s to 47s for triage, being full prices. Its West India and other samples there has been no par ticular change. Cocos.—This articles has been dull. Trinidad has been sold at 40s to 45s for low grey to mid red, and at 47s for good. SALTPETRE.—Extreme rates have been paid for good and fine rough, but lower sorts went heavily. SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been a shade cheaper-1s ld to 3s 3d per lb. Macs has beets sold at is 4d to 2s 63 per lb, being full prices. Cassia Lignea of first and second quality has been steady. Bourbon Cloves, 7id to 71d per lb. Malabar Pepper, 311 for half heavy; white rather cheaper. COTTON.— The market is quiet at about previous rates. TEA.—A t the public sales 19,800 packages were offered, and 4,300 sold without spirit at previous sales' prices. TALLow.—This article is quiet at 3Ss 3d to 38s 9d per cwt on the spot. RlCE.—Extensire purchases have been made privately in Bengal, at 9s 9arto 10s 6d for mid and good mid, being fuller rates. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand continues good, the moderate price of all kinds having its influence on con sumption. Oranges have not sustained the advance ob tained last week. Two cargoes of Seville China, one of St. Michael's, and 800 boxes Lisbon, sold by Keelicg and Hunt, at :public sale, went. at a reduction of Is to 2s per package. Lemons are in request, and the stock is nearly cleared from first hands. A cargo of good quality has been sold at an advance of Is per case. Chesnuts, 3d to 4s per barrel higher. Black Spanish 425, Barcelona 41s; Brazil, in fair demand. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at NIL Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and a Special Jury.) DAKIN, ADMINISTRATRIX, V. BROWN. In this case Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Ogle, and Mr. Needham were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. W. H. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Edwin James, rupre seated the defendant. The action was brought, under Lord Campbell's Act, by the widow and administratrix of the late Mr. Dakin, the eminent tea-merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard, who, it will be remembered, was killed in the summer of 1848, by the explosion of a boiler, which he was using in his endeavours to perfect an improved method of roasting coffee. The de fendant is a straw - bonnet - maker, in Wood street; Cheapside, and the manufacturer and patentee of a patent cellular steam-plate for boilers, at Great Suffolk-street, in the Borough. The defendant tiad supplied by contract the boiler which burst and killed the plaintiff's husband on the occasio❑ referred to; end this action was brought to recover a compensa tion in damages from the defendant for the bereavement and sorrow which had been eccw_ioned to the plaintiff and her childr, n by the explosion, which the plaintiff alleged had arisen from the badness of the metal of which the boiler was constructed. Mr. Alfred Waterhouse proved, on the part of the plainiff, that it happened at a warehouse belong ing to Mr. Dakin, situated in Shoemaker-lane, Earl-street, Blackfrisits. The building consisted of four storeys, in the topmost of which the boiler which bursted was placed, the furnace (which communicated with the boiler by means of a hydraulic pump) being :thuabal on the ground floor. The cylindrical boiler which bursted was in court, and arpeared to be aheut two feet iu diameter and three and a half feet long. I; was'fixed in solid brick-work, with two inches of sand all round bet%.ecia the brick-work sod ihs ovEn. Ile cylinder was not heated in the ordinary way, but by infants of but water from the furnace on tha ground_ fl 'or, which was poured into a series of lungitudinai halts placed round the mucnine, at intervals of about half an inch. .4. silver cylinder, in which tho coffee was Malt. I Flour, Qrs. Qrs. 75U 1,730 FRIDAY EVENING, DECI?,MIIEit 21, 1849, 1)0. Dittr. f:fto. Q , 5 J. 1, 2, C'••• 43y2 .. •••••• ...... . ,1` ..* .1 6 • :.I.` ..............• 117' u and 81.8. f. 5O ..... ( P.qui UP•en) 10 - 3 1 4 99 99 . Do. (PITA- 41 Wyre) 00. S;: :.rest.)... 10 9999. Leet's .tel. i •• Leeds 0r.,: •••••••• ...... DO. ; per Ct 3 No. 2 5 ......... Do., ( - .J ......No. 3 5 . ........ i 8 'S 9 ..._ Li pool, i.;7e: , 3y yid Soutii!A.,rt ..... . ........ Lindon 3d... on ion, Eri , , , ;lll:an, and . ...... 781 Du., New 5.., ' •an teed 6 Cs;nt IC3 Dpe • :A.. 9 9999 — D pe e2r oat. :lir; .t... 5? , ..2 50 ......... 1..,i;d0n and (I: e , _Aw :ch 12/16s 4d — Ditto. Pie.ere ,,,, . .. . 20 L): ;aid NW. -t,,, , Qoarre, - s.. 12 , . 7 .- . (M. & B.) C. 1 ..• o. Loud. r W .-.. 50 ..... ..... Ditto, New .:0/. ew 40! Do., New scrip, 1C. !3 Pref. 7 per .. 5 Londonoury&Co:o - .. '.nt 95 Do. 1 ,4 5hare5.......,... 5 Lonaanaerry and Er - J. - , Do. U. q1a , •25 5 ...... -- Lowestctr, guar. 4 perct Ditto (6 per ct.) 111 anchelter,Br Matlock-. lklanche'er, Sheffield, end Lincolnebi.re -.100 Do. QuaU - ers (No. 1) 25 . — Ditto dill - ) (No. 2)... 25 Do. % a Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 8 Ditto, Gt.Grire9by SO Ditto ditto . Ditto d itto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshlre ..... 25 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... Do., Blanchester and Lincoln Union. .... 41. 2 a. dlan.a •••..• •• ..... . ..100 ..•••• 46 1 ,4 46 L, Do. Clnsol'datedPreLloo -Do., do., 501. Sh2res 30 erd Derby 100 Do.Consol.Bestol and J per ct.... 103 12 3 1,4•••••• •..•• •• Ditto,B.Lst. w Wocat.r. 42 Litto ditty.... 22'.7a...... Do.,EreweshVal. 50 Ditto, Leieest.&Swr ningt on 8 -100 Midland an Irish - Middlesbro' and Itedear, 6 per cent. 421 r. Newcastle and C.rf,lsle 1C) 123 1 4 ...... NioNvinarket ...... ..... . 23 ... Lo. Extrism ..... ... 2 ' . 12 .. .... - Newf. Jrt, L. , _:_f_;:,..viL_.):7, and He.e..0..,./.- .. 6 ....•• -- No% ry end ED _.!: '.:_ • :.-... 7 Newly, W.:. :..;il. J: !.., and Last. .. Qt.' Norfo'k ..,..-- 't i Do. New I.S. DJ. Gl^7f1:1: . .e 3 5 p ct. :2) Do. Gun: _mt.( .;(15, r)c. 5 Do. tic. Wi.Nenev v ti. 2 N ort`.: ern C ;an - _l3 a "on 4 ...... Ditto, H. Ive 3 .. ..,.. 12 1 / 4 4 713 Ditto, c.,,L., -.A Ditto, .1.ar.1 ' : •....o do. (: .. • ••••••• ........ DA' ) Pre .4renc 3 5 North S.et,o_. :1. - to ... 17 1 / 4 7W11:.-• North Welts . ... 3' ' 2 — North-Western ... Uz.urd, Woizcota., 1-ai Wolverhampton Reading, U. , :': ord, L lb Re gate Royston eu.d Hi - ch . .l ... 41..... ....• ... Scottish Cent.a I Scottish Midiancl Ditto, New - .. ... Shrewsbury end IF - 1.1... 12 Ditto ditto, Cla•is B. 8 ...... .. Ditto, New Gucruatc..: 1 8 Shrewsbury and tiers, d. 6 ..... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. ii12_1.) Ditto Halves ... diVo 9 Ditto Uswesty •••••• 18 1 / 4 - Ditto Now SMITHFIELD. A full average time of year supply of Beasts was on *ale in to-day's market, in good condition. As the at tendance of both town and country buyers was small, the Beef trade ruled heavy at a decline in the prices of Monday of 2d per 81ba, at which a clearance was not effected. The numbers of Sheep were seasonably large. All breeds were very dull in sale, at almost nominal currencies. The general quality of the Sheep w.s prime, although there was a great scarcity of Old Downs. We were well supplied with Calves, the demand for which was in a very sluggish state, on somewhat lower terms. In Pigs nent to nothing was doing. Mulch Cows were dull in the extreme, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. 8% 16 4) Do. 8 per Celt. err-r. !_t) Illtropshire Union South Loam Do. Preference South S-diure - iir , 8 j s 3 South E fis - Jr, ... ..... Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...... ..—. 30 ...... IS% IA . Do., Ree,isterc I .40. 4 10 Ik., berip .\ o 4 South ‘A alai South Yorkshire, Don ca ster, and tiwole ShAield, Hotherflo'n, N. Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cep t. ... 16 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... ..... ... •• -- Sivans. it Loughor ti Ca- 1N 18 .6% meron's Stui. ... 7 raw Vale Eaten:7'oa ... 8 - .........»... 'lames Haven Dock and Railway .., 17 1 / 2 ...... Yale of Neatii ... .. lO Waterford and Kilk enny 20..... Water.ord and I. •ine! ~: i -17 1 / 2 . Wateia,Wxtrd,Wicklw and Dublin ....... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... ..... „... W est Cornw all W hiteh aven & Furl: 18 Windsor, d South ... 14 Wilts,Somars.3t,& V i i c~ ...b 111.1•11 OEM. III• 1. mouth York, Newc.-7, 'e, eau Bervick..... " .•.-, .. i 5 Do. Ne7,7ea? e i,..:tee. •)3 Do. t.l.N.f..L're.7c. 7; s .... 3L /2 Do. Ear le - ,,00' Dczk ... and I. ',iv:, ay ...-...1A ...... ... ......... .., I ork at a -,,'. u.: 1iI: .:. - - .r.d ::u oft, Pre: . .;..:, ... 10 _I -' SIAM KA U. Wet. ia. An g ~ Italian (lEte itn „, Ilan and At - -51.r: .n).... stAi nOulognJ aid i'_ •dr.‘ as... 20 ...... ... Central of 2rfance (Or leans and Vlerzon)... 20 -. ....... .....• ... Demerara l 7 lh — Dutch Rli.i&E„a ..• ,••••• 8 ••• •• - East 1nd:::.:..., •••••••••••• 31 4 - Ditto ..• Gr- lath "-)an in SI 0 = 16% 11% 31/2 16% 6A IMMO ••••. =NM WNW. ... , aat Indian t.ir a ...... 1. , Do. „.. lU.s. L.otivain e. ic. t-:-.l•2_tbre 7 1 A 1 — Luxembourg Ditto— Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... "etnur and Liege 20 ... Northern of frauce l4/.085... dis. .. OrleEns Ind I!Jrdeaux.. 7 ...... 3 ....... Paris and Orleans Parbi and Rouen.... 2O • ..... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 "ouen and Havre Sitrabre and Meuse 2O —•-• ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and N en. .13 ..... Tournay, Jurbisa, den, and Ha Belt ..., 20 West Flaadatz ...____ ( 3 4 dis 3LA ... MINES. Arglo-Mexican lOO A stuilan Mir. lug Coon-- 15 Azatralian... ---••••••• 4 ' **" '.. Bei;vora Range .. ••• 28s. •-•• ... ..... .. ** hlaenat von Iron & Co., ' 50 belonoe Scrip ...... —•— "'" British Iron • l2 •••••• Brazilir - i Imper:: ' razilianex.zeti&CC•aba 30 Lobre C,pp..ir General heal Del Monte. Un:eg. - •• De. Black Debea'ares — Do. Red Ditto ... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 10Y e tantiago de Cuba... lO united Mexican 10% SIA JOINT STOCK BANKS. A nstral si British Noah A mel.ea , :Ai Colonial t ,,,, 1i er Adi of i , radon 20 ‘, ..... 0 .. 25 •41,111•• •••••• k, 21 4 "U lou Joint Bock .... 10 24 'ilA LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) " OFF MARGATE, DEC 20. — O re: st, Smith, China ; . ldier, Thompson, NeW Or , pnns, DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.W. to W.N.E., strong aid d. Unicorn, 13i eti, a iu. r unt. Arrd. from .elti?.ivand Mang,lore, Ceylon; Elizabeth, (, r lit" Elias, Jamaica; Cunda, New Orleans. Sld. ; x, tLirumulues. N EWPORT, Dic. 20.—The Silurian, to Savannah, has PM back very leskv. ° UM, onD, DEC. 20.—TheVlora. M'Donald, Liverpo o l . Bombay, put 'la here 3 esterdly. ith ight feet water 111 her hot), ha , ,irg. struck on the flats and Binds tumult, DEc. 20. —The James of Yarmouth, Hf' rtle. nl to L. 4en, was in Contact and abandoned 18th inst. t hP 10:VAN/MEET, Dam 20.—A vessel was driven on shore 1, 44 Y at Ingoldmills, with no hands on board, and Cpedistely went to pieces; supposed, from a bill of four :El, to be the Caroline, of Lynn. th 44RYIOUTII- DEC. 20.—The Amelia, Shields to Car -404' W 3 4, AS ,il(.ontact in the road with the Prince Th "t ri - oldori, head and hews stove, &c. 7 81 1STA3LE, D2c. 20 —The Tweed, London for conk 'no ground on th edge Sand, and makes itfle water. fiIfrALDIOROUGE, DEO. 19.—The Antelope brig arrived I c u 'llay leaky, after striking 011 Sisow e ll Dank ; took roasted, was made to tern round within tho cast-iron the inhabitants of the city, and is likewise ex , oven so heated with hot water, and in that way the trerrely unwholesome ; and the gas monopoly. The coffee was roasted. candid,tes, end a any of the Electors took the most Witness said in cross-examination—The deceased Mr. acral vi ,w o the question, and adopted resolutions au- Dkin was formerly a coffee-roaster and tea-deriler at eordingly. The nomination of the following gentlemen Birmin4haur. He was not a man with much knowledge to serve as Common Countrilinen, MICR took place, in mechanic:A science, Previous to the accident, Mr. Messrs. Wright, liiibee, Heyward, Danf , rd, Christie, Dakin had not roasted his own coffee; he had only began Thompson, Broker, Jutsum, *Vile, and 'Burroughs. to i-oast his own ceffce a little bi fore the explosion. The show of livncs being in favour of the first eight, a Witness understood the boilers of the delendaut were poll was demanded. made of cast-iron, though nothing was said in the patent BASSISHAW WARD RETURNS FOUR MEMBERS.—Mr. about cast-iron. Is a partner in the business of Dakin James declined the honour of again serving as Common and Co., which has increased since the death of Mr. Councilman. The following gentlemen were proposed, Dakin. Mrs. Dakin is carrying on the business. Wit- viz., Messrs. Bretton, Lister, Wilson, and Hardwick. ne:.s entered into partnership with Mrs. Dakin, who is It is not expeosd that any ether candidate will come his sister, a month or two after Mr. Dakin's death. forward; should such be the case the abovenamed gen , Re-examined—The business was commenced by Mr. Omen will be the repre , entstives cf the ward. Dakin in 1844, and he was killed in May 1848. He had Those marked thus * are new candidates. not had his life insured; nor did he make a will before he died. ( case was proceeding when our report left, with the probability of ils lasting till a late hour.) SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. SMITH AND ANOTHER V. EDWARDS. This was an action on a bill of exchange, to recover 81. ss. Gd. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Defendant's attorney applied to have the writ im pounded till next term, on the ground that the action ought to have been brought in tl.e County Court. The Learned SECONDARY, who has on previous occa sions held that he has no power to certify to deprive the Sheriff of costs, said that he could not stay the writ, hat all cases referred to him by the Judges he must try and retura the verdict of the jury. A verdict for the amount was then returned. BOW-STREET..--(THIS DAY.) An elderly woman named Foster, and a young one, whose name did not transpire, were charged with steal. ing a purse containing 41. 155., the property of a party named Beacon, who described himself as being " in the engineering line," and stated that ho resided in Great Russell-street. The prosecutor deposed that between ten and eleven o'clock last night he met the younger prisoner at a pie house in Fleet-street, and having treated her to a couple of mince pies, they repaired to a coffer-house opposite the Temple and called for two cups of coffee. The proprietor of the house, however, wanted to charge them half-a crown for the two, and they left the place disgusted with his attempted imposition. The female then took him to the other prisoner's house, in Newcastle-court, Strand, where they had some gin, and for three shillings were accommodated with a bed for the night. Before retiring to rest he carefully placed his under -coat, in the pocket of which was the purse and money in question, beneath the pillow; but upon getting up this morning he was greatly annoyed to find chit both were gone. Soon after he went to bed the elder female came up into the room with some water and a light, and he saw her fumbling about the pillow, but it was not till he discovered his loss that he suspected her motives for having done so. He mentioned in conclusion that the younger female did not leave either him or the room the whole of the night. The prisoner Foster denied all knowledge of either the purse or the money; and the younger one did the same. Mr. JARDINE inquired if anything was found upon either of them, or if search had been made for the money? The constable who had them in charge stated that the prisoners were given into his custody about eight o'clock this morning. He bad searched the room, but bad failed to discover the missing property. Mr. JARDINE said there was no evidenee against the younger prisoner, and she must be discharged; but sus picion certainly did rest upon Foster, and he must leave it for a jury to decide the ease as against her.—She was accordingly committed. IVIARLBRO -STREET-(THIS DAY.) James O'Brien, a p, ivato in the Royal Horse Artil lery, and James Brown, a private in the Foot Artillery, were brought up in custody of Sergeant-Major Parkin son, of the Hon. East India Company's service, charged with having deserted from their respective regiments at Woolwich. The Sergeant-Major deposed that, about a quarter to ten last night, he saw the two prisoners standing talking together near the Company's depot, in Soho-square. Ho went up to them and asked them it they were absent from their regiments on leave? They replied that they were, and had their pasaes'to show. He demanded to see their passes, when they said that they had lost them, and were then on their way to Woolwich. He then called a constable to his assistance, and took them to the station. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMASBOOKS, LEILA; or, The Island. By Ann Fraser Tytler. Fourth Edition. LEILA IN ENGLAND. MARY AND FLORENCE; or, Grave and Gay. IViuth Edition. MARY AND FLORENCE AT SIXTEEN. Miss Tytler's works have all seen many editions, and they still retain their prominent position among the very best of children's books. Even Miss Edge worth's writings are less interesting, and less quali fied to benefit their youthful readers, than are the delightful histories of Leila and Mary and Florence. It is said that a really good child's book is interesting to readers of all ages, and such is certainly the case with these charming volumes. Many a three volumed novel is found on perusal less attractive in style, and less enthralling in interest, !than these outwardly unpretending, but actually beautiful works. "Leila; or, the Island" relatte the history of a shipwrecked family—a young child, Leis, her father, and old nurse, the sole survivors of a shipwreck, who live, like Robinson Crusoe, o n a d eser t island. The theme affords abundant room for romantic and in structive episodes. " Leila in England" has for its heroine the same guileless, affectionate, and really childlike Leila—not even Dickens has portrayed a more charming and natural child. Leila comes from her desert island totally unacquainted with the realities of life. The most common-place incidents are to her a matter of marvel, and her mistakes are of the most ludicrous kind possible. A touching episode in this history of Leila is the introduction of a dumb girl, who not born dumb, but thus afflicted in consequence of some accident, ultimately 'recovers the power of speech in a moment of terror. These volumes, and those of " Mary and Florence," are crowded with incidents, and filled with natural conversations. An air of actuality pervades them, always an attrac tive feature to young readers. Beyond this they are so admirably, because so imperceptibly imbued with the holy precepts of Christianity, applied to the every day incidents of life, that for this reason especially every well .wisher of the young will gladly see these delightful volumes in youthful hands. They are books to be read not once but continually, and always with new pleasure, and perhaps with lasting benefit. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The prisoners said they were not deserters from their regiments. Tbey came up from Woolwich yesterday with two friends, and were on the point of returning to quarters when the sergeant came up and took them to the station. They admitted being absent without leave. Mr. IlinDwicx said although they were not deserters according to their own ideas, it was still a desertion according to the Mutiny Act, and he should commit them to the House of Correction till such time as the authori ties at Woolwich were communicated with. WORSHIP-STREET,—(THIS DAY.) Hairy Leuch, alias Cre - uley, a well. known associate of thieves, was brought up in the custody of Policeman N 173, charged, under the following circumstances, with at tempting to commit a burglary, at the house of Mr. Nicholson, linen-draper, High-street, Shoreditch. The policeman said that about two o'clock that morn ing he was in High•street, Shorecliteh, when, on looking down a passage adjoining the premises of Mr. Nicholson, he saw a man against the wall, which is about fourteen feet in height. Ho proceeded to the spot, when the man ran away. He then observed a man's foot on the wall, upon which he called upon him to descend. The prisoner immediately came down. Witness seized him, but the prisoner grasped an iron railing, and with dif ficulty was forced into the street, where ho became most violent. He knocked witness down, and made a despe rate resistance. A quantity of Weiler matches were found in his pocket. Morel, N 135, said that shortli before the prisoner was seen by his brother policeman, he observed him in company with a number of convicted thieves. He (witness) knew him to be a most desperate character. He had been at that court on former occasions. The prisoner was sent for a month to the Holum of Correction. CITY ELECTIONS.—(THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas s Day, wardmotes were held throughout the City, for the purpose of electing Com mon Councilmen and other Ward Officers for the ensu ing year. The wardmotes were in general held early in the day, in consequence of the Act, 12th and 13th of Victoria, cap., 94 which limits the polling to one day instead of three as heretofore,-coming into operation. There is a total absence of that excitement which has been apparent on similar occasions, and although several vacancies, occasioned by death and resignations, have to be filled up, the contested wards are comparatively few. ALDGATE W ARD RETURNS EIGHT MENBEos.—The following gentlemen were returned : Messrs. Lake (deputy), Massey, Fisher, Clifton, Turnley, Bucknell, Freeman, and Whiteside. Thomas l'allattwas re-elected ward beadle. It will be remembered that a Commission was lately issued to sift the evidence for and against an alteration prayed for in the law of marriage. The public has been waiting with anxiety for some time past to learn what progress was made, and the Com , missioners have now issued their First Report, with minutes of evidence, appendix, and very copious index. LIME STREET WARD RETURNS FOUR MEMBERS.— The following gentlemen were returned :—Messrs. D. Cook (deputy), T. R. Simpson, T. Symonds, and W. Simpson. George Rawson was re-elected .ward beadle. BISHOPSGATE WARD RETURNS 14 ILENSER3.—A wardmote was held at the Ward Schools, Peter street, Sun-street, for the choice of Common Councilmen and other ward officers for the year ensuing, and also (in pursuance of a requisition, unanimously and respectably signed, addressed to the alderman) to propose and dis cuss certain resolutions relative to the inadequate supply of water to the inhabitants of London, and also to the introduction into the city of London of the pipes and gas of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company. After the precept from the Lord Mayor had been read, the in quest was appointed, and Nathaniel Harden and C. Case elected beadles of the ward, a discussion arose on the matters above alluded to, in which the deputies and others took a prominent part. Eventually resolutions were carried, and the election of Common Councilmen was proceeded with. Mr. Sh ar l an d, i n an appropr i ate speech, declined the honour of again representing the ward, and returned thanks for the support he had re ceived at previous elections. The following gen tleman were then proposed.--Messrs. W. Stevens, W. A. Peacock, J. R. Carr, B. Ashby, H. Pat ten, T. Hull, W. H. Filcher, T. S. Owden, R. Thomt.s, W. Jones, C. Gilpin, M. Hopgooti, George Taylor, *B. C. Lambe, *J. C. E:imiston, W. F. Ross. It is expected that ti.e two last-named gentlemen will re. sign in favour of Mr. Lambe. BREAD STREET WARD, RETURNS EIGHT MEMBERS. —The following gentlemen were returned:—Masers, T. Carney (deputy), B. W. Jepp, C. Wharton, T. W. Foster, F. Gadsden, S. Baker, Henry Brown, *J.. Hum phrey. The latter W 53 elected in the room of Mr. Mar• riott deceased. As the subject will again be broached early in the next session of Parliament, it is desirable to refer to the Report, and also to lay before the public such parts of the evidence as hear the most pointedly on the question at issue. The friends of the anxiously expectant petitioners, together with the petitioners themselves, will now redouble their exertions, under a confident hope that their labours will speedily be crowned with success. COLEMAN-STREET WARD RETURNS EIGHT MEM BERs.—Mr. Allen, the late deputy of the ward, resigned, and the following gentlemen %ere proposed:—Messrs. Hale, Johnson, Bracher, Davis, Perkins, Webster, *Valance, and Carson. The Commissioners commence their First Report by directing attention to the question of marriages within the prohibited degrees of affinity, and to the law affecting such marriages. They then proceed to observe— "That they do not conceive it necessary, in discharge of the duty entrusted to them, to attempt to enter into any examination of the law or practice, in respect to such marriages in the early ages of Christianity. I n reference to this it may be sufficient to state, that for several centuries marriages within certain degrees of affinity were prohibited by the Church, but that by the authority of the Pope dispensations were granted, though to what extent and in what cases we do not in quire. In England we apprehend that this was the state of the law up to the time of King Henry VIII., and marriages within the present prohibited degrees of affinity were null and void, unless dispensations had been first obtained." " The question, whether marriages within the present prohibited degrees of affinity were permitted by the law of God, was the subject of much discussion when King Henry VIII. sought to be relieved from his marriage with Queen Katharine. This marriage was pronounced null and void by Archbishop Crunmer. From that period the Ecclesiastical Courts dealt with these mar ut first by pronouncing them null and void, not withstanding one or both of the parties might be dead when the suit was sought to be commenced. But in the time of James I. the courts of common law interfered, and prohibited the spiritual courts from prccecding to pronout,ce them bull and void after the death of one of the parties. Hecce all these marriages came to be calltd voidable marriages, iu contradistinction to those which were void, as in the case of a marriage where there was a first husband or wife living at the time of the second marriage ; or where one of the parties was a lunatic at the time of celebrating a marriage. Mar riages, therefore, within the prohibited degrees were only voidable; and if they were not pronounced null and void by the competent ecclesiastical tribunals during the lives of both parties, their validity could not be after wards qnestioned, nor the legitimacy of the children be impeached." This state of the law continued unaltered in Eng land until the year 1835, when the statute 5 and 6 William IV., chap. 54 (commonly called Lord Lynd burst's Act) passed. The effect of that statute was to prohibit the Ecclesiastical Courts from entertaining any suit for the purpose of pronouncing null and void mar riages within the prohibited degrees of affinity, celebrated before the passing of the Act; and all such marriages celebrated after the passing of the Aat were declared by it to be null and void." The Commissioners proceed to observe— " That they find from a mass'of evidence, that mar riages of this kind are permitted by dispensation or otherwise in nearly all the continental states of Eurepe." In some cases in the Roman Catholic Church they are prohibited as matter of discipline, but such pro hibition may be and is dispensed with by the Pope ; and upon this principle—" that the Church, and not the law of God, has imposed the prohibition, and therefore that the Church for fitting reasons may dis pense with it.'' CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITIIOET RETURNS EIGHT AIEMBERS.—The following gentlemen were proposed, viz., Messrs. R. E. Jones, W. Kit g, John Johnson, W. Reed, *Ceehty, *Cuthbert, *E)ke. Mr. Richard Baker was re-elected ward beadle. - Regarding the law on this subject in the United States of America, it cannot be better illustrated than by quoting the following passage from the late Mr. Justice Story : "In many, and indeed in most of the American States, marriages between a man and the sister of his former deceased wife are not only decreed in a civil sense law- I ul, but are deemed in a moral, religious, and Christian setae lawful, and exceedingly praiseworthy. In some few of the States the English rule is adopted. Nothing is more common in almost all the States of America than second marriages of this sort; and so far from being doubtful as to their moral tendency, they are in America deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my whole life (says the late Judge), I never heard the slightest suggestion against them, founded on moral or domestic considerations." QUESNHITHE WARD RETURNS SIX MENBERS.—Late members resigned. The following gentlemen were elected, viz , Messrs. Goss (deputy), Tyler, Rose, Rath bone, • APDougall, and Acock. WALBROOX WARD RETURNS SIX MEMBERS.—The following members were returnLd, viz., Messrs. T. Wet kins (deputy), F. Hale, D. W. Wire, Ed wd. Conder, W. Dawson, Thus Rowley. Robert Butt, ward beadle. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN RETURNS EIGHT MEMBERS.—The following were elected, viz, Messrs. Frost, Smiih (eb put)), Dewey, Bannock, Briiss, Houle, Brown, and Lest. Such, then, is a brief history of the prohibitions attached by human authority to marriage with a de ceased wife's sister. It will be observed that the church which was the first to institute them, and which still maintains them over great part of Europe, claims no Divine authority for its command, but gives it as a matter of discipline only, voidable by a dispensation from the Pope, or where, from distance, resort could not be had to Rome, then by others em powered by him to hear the " fitting reasons." MUNITICENT DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.—About two years ago William Long, Esq., of Queen-street, Cheapside, transferred to the trustees of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts the sums of 19,4001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, 10,8001. in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., and 3,0001. Bank Stock, subje c t t o th e lif e i n t eres t of imself and of Mrs. Fowler, his sister, and to certain life annuitants for small sums, amounting altogether to about 1501. Mrs. Long and Mrs. Fowler both departed this life in the month of January last, and sufficient to cover the small annuities having been retained in hand, the so ciety, therefore, has come into possession of Mr. Long's munificent donation, which, at the present prices of the stocks noted, will amount to upwards of 30,0001. In addition to this splendid donation, Mrs. Fowler, by her will, bequeathed the sum of 550/. to the same society; to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 550/.; to the School for the Indigent Blind. 5501.; to the City of London National School, 5501.; and to the Home Missionary Society, 550 L DONVGATE WARD RETURNS SIX METIDERS.—The fol lowing genti, wen were eiceted :—Messrs. John Brown, J. C. Yritir, Thames White, Henry Kk:bbel, George Hat ker, and W. H. l‘lui timer. Juhu Brown, Esq , was then chosen deputy 01 the ward, and G. H. Wrigglesworth re• elected ward beadle. BREAD•STREET WARD..--A meeting took place in this ward e,n Wednesday last, for the purpose of paying a well merited tribute of respect to Thomas Corney, Esq., for his long and valuable services to the ward as its deputy aLd treasurer of its schools. The inhabitants have caund his portrait to be taken by J. P. Knight, E q., R A. (who has produced an admirable likeness), and it is now placed in the board-room of the school house, London-wall, where it was exhibited on Wednes day in the presence of Mr. Alderman Musgrove and a few friends assembled in honour of the occasion. The children of the schools (80 in number) were admitted, and after wards partook of a substantial dinner provided for them in the board-room. The worthy alderman, in an excellent speech, passed a well-deserved encomium on the integrity and character of Mr. Deputy Corney, .nd then addressed the children, pointing out the ad vantage of the education they were receiving, and wl,ich, aided by indu,try and perseverance, might place them in elevated positions. PORTSOKEN WARD RETURNS EIGHT MEHRERS.--A wardinote was held at tha Three Nuns Inn, High-street, Aldgate, for the purpose of selecting common council men, and other ward officers for the ensuing year. and also to discus, other matters relative to the ward; F. W. uldorint.n, in the chair. The precept from t' , , Lord Ma) or having bten read, a discussion ensued r-lative tv tho sanitary condition of the ward—an im provtd and increased supply of pure water, in place of the filthy liquid, teeming with organic matter, which is very insufficient to supply the domestic wants of THE FOUNDERS OF RAGGED SCHOOLS. - dente of my pupils, ar,d to attach them to me; this main point once atta'aled, all the rest appeared to me easy. The deserted state in which I tuund myself, all painful as it was, and the absolute want of assist ance,.were precisely what contributed the most to the success of my entcrprise. Cut off from the rest of mankind, I turnA all my cares and all my affections to the children ; to me they were indebted for ail • the relief they received. I partook alike of their pains and their pleasures ; I was everywhere with them when they were well, and when they were sick, I was constantly at their bedside. We had the same nourishment, and I slept in the midst of them; and from my bed either prayed with them, or taught them something." Extraordinary success attended the labours of Pestalozzi at Stantz ; but these were rudely interrupted by the troubles of the times, and he then removed to Buigdorl, in the Canton of Berne, where he founded another school, which was equally successful with the former. But this too was broken up by the revolu tion of the period ; and still persevering, he founde4 again a poor-school in the country, sonic five miles from Berne, where he was joined by Fefienberg„ and • again he succeeded in attracting around him a large number ofpupils, and bringing them to en extraordinary pitch of improvement. Shortly after he removed to a place called the Castle of Yverdon, where he founded tin academy for the education of all classes. His plans by this time attracted great notice from the leading minds of all countries ; numerous schools were founded throughout Germany and England on his plan ; and the leading features of his system are now adopted in all the best schools in this and other countries. (From Eliza Gook's Journal.) Every man has his own special work set for him to do in the world, if he will but do it. No one can justiiy himself in sitting down with his hands folded end doing nothing, because of his fancied insigni ficance. Each is in possession of his own distinct in..),ividuality; and he has the power within himself, to a large extent, of developing his own nature. and of acting upon the beings around him, beneficially or otherwise. He is a part, and a necessary part of society ; and fills a place in it, which would be in complete without him. As are his capabilities of do ing, so are his obligations to do. He has his work appointed, which he must perform, if he would fulfil the end of his being, and glorify the creation of which he is a part. In God's works nothing is superfluous; each individual atom is necessary, is in dispensable, to the integrity of the whole. Let a man, therefore, he true to himself, cultivate his best instincts, rely upon his own efforts, and labour with a will and a purpose, and the humblest is certain to find a place ready for him in the world, in which he will be a useful, honoured, and worthy l a b ourer , in fluencing beneficially, not only his own time but all time coming. Who would have expected to discover the founder of English Ragged Schools in the person of a poor cripple cobbler of Portsmouth ? one, apparently, the meanest of human brings, labouring in the most humble vocation, in a dingy little weather boarded workshop, in one of the poorest streets of his native town, poor and uneducated, yet with true and noble impulses ; for such was John Pounds—his life afford ing only another iltustration of the fact, that it is not wealth, nor honour, nor birth, nor even high in tellect, which determines a man's beneficial influence in the world, so much as his moral purpose, the true ness of his aims, and the diligence with which he labours at the work he has undertaken to do. The life of John Pounds contains no striking in cidents ; spent as it was at his cobbler's stool, at work amongst his little ragged children. He was the son of poor parents, his father being a workman in the Portsmouth Dockyard. At fifteen, he met with an accident whith crippled him for life, and he was put to the trade of a cobbler. When he carried on business upon his own account, he lived for the most part in a small boarded tenement in St. Mary street, Portsmouth, his workshop measuring about six feet by eighteen; and here he might be seen, day after day, seated on his stool, mending shoes, and administering his humble instructions to the crowd of ragged children clustered around him, filling his little stall to the very door. Indeed the candidates for admission to John Pounds' shop were always very numerous, more than could be admitted ; and conse quently he had to make a selection, generally choos ing the poorest and worst among them—" the little bl..ckguards," as he called them. When, in the course of his strolls about the streets, he chanced to meet with some one more destitute or profligate than ordinary, he would use all his efforts with such a one to induce him to come to his school. He would follow him to the quay, and hold out the bribe of a " nice roasted potato" to tempt him ; and if he succeeded, was not John Ponnds then a more than usually happy man This humane and generous-hearted individual was first induced to set up his " Free School" by a happy kind of accident of Providence. In early life he adopted a young nephew of his own, whom he thought he could educate better with a companion, so he enlisted in his service the son of a neighbour poor woman. Another and another poor child was added, until John found himself engaged in a great work, though perhaps he knew it not. It was the duty and the work nearest to him, and he did it. Here was the true life of the man. Doubtless there are free schools, so called, in Portsmouth, as there are in nearly all our great towns—schools formed by the pious benevolence of good men and women of past times, intended by them to teach poor children ; but, perverted from the will of their founders, and grown rich, they are now little better than so many useles3 institutions, to furnish fat livings for idle " learned" men, while the children of the poor may go untaught and untrained, but for the active and truly Christian heroism of such men as John Pounds. We know of many such rich and useless "Free Schools,"—useless so far as the children of the poor are concerned, in many large towns that we could name; and we are not aware of any more urgent duty at the present time on the part of our public men, than that of restoring the megni cent funds of the Free Grammar Schools of England to the purposes for which they were originally de signed by their benevolent donors, namely, the free education of the children of the English people. To return to John Pounds :—He established his nephew comfortably in the world, out of his slender means, and went on adding to his school until it became famous Many a poor child did he rescue from vice, and educate into usefulness. He watched with anxious interest the progress of his pupils in life, and helped them w h en h e cou ld. M any use f ul and industrious citizens, who otherwise might have been outcasts and beggars, does England owe to this humble man. He was a parent to the destitute ; be was the father who bound them to society. His labours at his stool earned him bread enough for his wants ; but his labours on the minds and hearts of his little pupils—that was the great work of his life, the value of which can scarcely be overestimated. Besides " book learning" and industrial habits, John Pounds taught his poor little children humanity, and implanted in them a love of natural objects. Ile was fond of all kinds of birds and domestic animals, singing -birds, jays, parrots, cats, and guinea pigs; and he might sometimes be seen at work in the midst of his pupils, with a canary perched on one shoulder and a cat on the other. His was a happy family on a large scale, and to him might not inappropriately be applied the beautiful lines of Coleridge— " He prayeth well, who loveth well All things both great and small; He prayeth best, who loveth best Both man; and bird, and beast; Fur the dear God, who loveth us, He made and loveth all." It may be imagined what sorrow of young hearts, what weeping and shedding of tears, there was at the death of this truly good man, on New Year's Day, 1839, at the age of 72. England had lost one of its best and most useful citizens; but as for them, they had lost a father, friend, and playfellow, all in one. " Were we," says Mr. Guthrie, in his Second Plea for Ragged Schools, "to make a pilgrimage any where, as soon as to the lowly heath where the mar tyr reposes, we would direct our pilgrim steps to the busy streets of Portsmouth, and, turning aside from the proud array of England's floating bulwarks, we would seek out the humble shop where John Pounds achieved his works of mercy, and earned an im perishable fame. There is no poetry in his name, and none in his profession ; but there was more than poetry—the highest, noblest piety—in his life. Every day within his shop he might be seen cobbling shoes, and surrounded by some score or two of ragged ur chins, whom he was converting into useful members of the State. Honour to the memory of the patriot cobbler, beneath whose leathern apron there beat the kindest heart—there glowed a bosom fired with the noblest ambition, and who, without fee from schol a r, or reward from man, while he toiled for his hard earned bread with the sweat of his brow, educated not fewer than five hundred outcasts before they laid him in the lowly grave! Honour, we say again, to the memory of this illustrious patriot! Nor is there in all the world any sight we would have travelled so far or so soon to see, as that self-same man, when he followed some ragged boy along the quays of Portsmouth, keeping his kind keen eye upon him, and tempting the young savage to his school with the bribe of a smoking potato. Princes and peers, judges and divines, might have stood uncovered in his presence, and now marble monuments might be removed from the venerable walls of Westminster—poets, warriors, and statesmen, might give place to make room for him." Another founder of ragged schools, who lived before John Pounds, and in another country—of whom, perhaps, John Pounds never heard—was the benevolent Pestalozzi. He began his labours towards the close of last century, devoting his whole time and means to the instruc tion and elevation of the poor. The idea which took possession of his mind, and strongly influenced his conduct throughout life, was that of the brotherhood of man ; and that the great obstacle to the elevation of the For was their ignorance. He therefore sought to elevate their independence by increasing their knowledge; and by placing them on a level, as re garded their intelligence, with the more affluent classes, he thus looked to education as the best means of realizing the great Christian maxim of human brotherhood. Assisted by his devoted wife, he invited poor, and even beggar-children, to his home, for the purposes of instruction. His efforts were treated by his neighbours, and by the world, as utterly absurd, and even insane. Yet he persevered, through misfor tune, loss of means, ridicule, and opposition of all kinds. In the midst of the turmoils of revolution and war, this true hero held to his purpose, and went on educating. He was in advance of his age, and the world was yet to come up with him, and acknowledge the wisdom and benevolence of his plans. Ihe local Government of the Canton of Unterwalden at length recognized his efforts, and placed him at the head of a school at Stantz. Here he laboured with immense success, almost compelling the pupils to love and admire him, so devoted was he to their happiness and their interests. No materials could have been Jess favourable than those committed to his care—children whose minds had been corrupted by the habits of begging and stealing, to which the miserable necessities of the times had driven them. But how could children, no matter how vitiated by habit, resist such methods as those which Pestalozzi employed ? " My first task," says he, " was to gain the confi- Such were the first founders of Ragged Schools— among the most valuable and beneficent institutions of modern times. To found a Ragged School is a greater work than to found a College ; for the rich are never without the means of an adequate educa tion; but the poor—how are they to be educated, unless by some such instrumentality as that above described ? and, without education, what can the poor ever continue, but miserable and degraded ? To pro. perly and efficiently educate the poor—such is the greatest problem for the solution of our age ; and to accomplish this work, to some extent, is the glorious mission of the Teacher in Ragged Schools. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR F. A. COLLIER C. 8., K.C.11., COMMANDER-IN• CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES.— Without surprise, but with much regret, we have received the information of the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, C. 8., K.C.11., Commander-in-Chief of the East India station. The serious illness of the gallant Admiral on his way out and since his arrival on the station, after his appointment to the command-in-chief, April 7, 1848, has filled the minds of his friends with considerable apprehension, which the conflicting accounts received from India by every snail rather increased than allayed. Always most determined in will and pur pose, he fought against death with that dauntless energy which characterised his numerous actions with the enemies of his country ; and although his friends and those around him were persuaded of the result of the struggle, he nevertheless continued at his post, and resolved, if conquered, at least to " die in harness." From month to month he remained alternately better and worse. He pro ceeded to China, visited the northern ports, returned to India, and was about to proceed to Bombay from Trincomalee, when the depredations of the pirates, and the necessity for their summary suppression induced him to proceed once more to Hong-Kong. He arrived there in Septembei last, and at once sent forth the expedition against the pirates which has so ably and successfully accom plhhed the Admiral's orders. Sir Francis, however, continued to decline in physical strength, and from the 23d October it was observed that he was gradually failing, and it was evidently a great effort for him to take his accustomed drive. Ile nevertheless busied himself with official matters, and commenced a long letter, by dictation, to his old friend Admiral Dundas, but which he never lived to finish. His dissolution, however, was not expected to take place so soon as it did ; fur on the afternoon of the 27th October, accompanied by Captain Morgan, his flag captain, he took a short drive. On his return it appears he felt weaker, and went to bed at seven o'clock, at which time his medical attendants (Dr. Scott, of the flag ship Hastings, and Dr. Bankier, of her Majesty's ship Alligator, and his secretary, Mr. Price) with the Chief Justice (at whose house he had taken up his quarters), were present. From this hour he began to sink very rapidly, and at eleven o'clock, when Captain Morgan was sent for on board the Hastings, it was too evident that his end was approaching, and he continued in an almost insensible state until a quarter before six o'clock on the morning of the 28th, when he ex pired, without the slightest visible pain or struggle, the immediate cause of death being serious apoplexy. Thus has passed away from us another of that gallant band who contributed to make our country " great, glorious, and free:" and whose individual services, as recorded in O'Byrne's valuable "Naval Biography," will bear quotation and remembrance :- " This officer entered the navy, in 1794, as first-class volunteer on board the Magnaninie, 44, Captain Isaac Schomberg, stationed in the Irish Channel; joined next the Minotaur, 74, Captain Lewis; and, on becoming at tached to the Vanguard, 74, flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson, bore a part in the victory of the Nile, August 1, 1798. Ac..!onapitn)ing his patron, as midshipman, in 1799, into the Fourdroyant, 80, Captain Sir Edward Berry, he further witnessed, while at the blockade of Malta, the capture, on the 18th of February, 1800, of Le Gartereux, 74, and Ville de Marseilles, store-ship; as also, on the 31st of March following, after a destructive conflict of an hour and a half, in which the Foudroyant, then incompany with the Lion,64,and Penelope, 36, had 8 men killed and 69 (including himself) wounded; of Le Guillaume Tell, 84, flog ship of Rear-Admiral Dectis. Mr. Collier, who was likewise present at the first land ing in Egypt, subsequently joined the Greyhound and Egyptienne frigates, both commanded by Cap tain Charles Ogle ; and on the 11th of Apr i l, 1803, was promote, from the Excellent, 74, bear ing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Hon. Robert Stopford, to a lieutenancy in the Osprey, 18, Captain George Younghusband. In the following June he appears to have served on shore at the taking of St. Lucia and Tobago; after which he took charge, on the 26th of October, of a captured privateer, La Resource, of 4 guns and 43 men, and on the 23d of March, 1804, signalised himself by his bravery and activity, as first of the Osprey, in a gallant action of an hour and twenty minutes, in which that vessel beat off, with a loss to her self of 1 man killed and 16 wounded, the French frigate. built privateer, L'Egyptienne, of 36 guns and 243 men, 8 of whom were blcu and 19 wounded. While iu com mand of a prize belonging to the Osprey, Mr. Collier also took a privateer of 1 gun and 45 men. Having further served for a few months on board the Centaur, 74, Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, he obtained command, 25th January, 1805, of the Alligator troop-ship; and next, 25th October following, and 15th January, 1806, of the Nimrod and Wolverine sloops, in which latter vessel he captured, in the course of the same year, La Tremeuse, national schooner, of 3 guns and 53 men; and the Guadeloupe, Jeune Gabrielle, and Marianne privateers, carrying he the whole 10 guns and 163 men. Assuming the acting command, 9th Nuvemb4r, 1808, of the Circe, 32, and of a small squad ron stationed between the Pearl Rock and the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, Captain Collier, after silencing, with the assistance of the hiturk, 18, and Morne For turfs gun-brig, the fire of two batteries and of a body of troops which protected an enemy's schooner, came into successful contact, on 12th December, with four other batteries, and perseveringly directed the opera tions which terminated in the destruction of Le Cygne corvette, of 16 guns, and of two schooners, including the one alluded to. We subsequently find him, in com mand of the Star sloop, contributing to-the reduction of Martinique, in February, 1809, and then confirmed to post rank by commission dated back to the 13th Decem ber, 1808. His next appointment was, 3d September, 1810, to the Cyane, 22, which vessel ho commanded in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies until February, 1812, when he became flag-captain to Sir Francis Laforey, in the Dragon, 74. While in the Cyane he witnessed the destruction, in December, 1310, of L'Elise frigate, near Tatihou Island. From the 10Lh of October, 1812, until the 2d of August, 1815, Captain Collier afterwards commanded the Grampus, 50, in the \Vest Indies and China ' • and on the 11th of February, 1818, h e was a pp o i nte d to the Liverpool, 50. Being invested, towards the close of 1819 with the conduct of the naval part of an expedition fitted out for the purpose of crushing the pirates of the Persian Gulf, he rendered the most ardent and efficient aid to Major-General Sir William Grant Kier, under whom were 3,000 troops, and fairly succeeded in the object of their joint mission-Rat-al-Khyma, the head quarters of the freebooters, being taken, their fortifi cations destroyed, and all their vessels burnt or sunk. Captain Collier arrived home in October, 1822, and afterwards joined, 4th of December, 1826, the Sybille, 48, as commodore on the coast of Africa; whence he returned early in 1830; and, for a few tuunthsi n 1832, the Vernon, 50, employed 3n particular service. On the 17th of December, 1841, he was nominated captain of the William and Mary yacht, and superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard-appointments which he continued to hold until nominated commodore; and counuander-in• chief the 30th of April, 1846, of the Channel squadron with his broad pendant in the St. Vincent, 120. its promotion to flag rank took place on the 9th of November in the latter year. " Sir Charles Collier was created a C. B. the Bth De cember, 1815 ; knighted the 28th July, 1830 ; made a the Ist of January, 1833 ; and appointed in 1837, a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, having pre viously officiated in a similar capacity at the funeral of William IV. Ile was also a Knight of the Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun. Havieg lost his first wife, he married a second time, the 14th March, 1831, Catherine, daughter of Thomus Thistlethwaite, Esq., of Southwick Park, Haute, by whom he had issue. His eldest daughter, by his first marriage, Julia Augusta, married the 30th of Juue, 1835, F. P. B. Martin, Esq., only son of the late Colonel George Martin, of the Hon. East India Company's service." Sir Francis was a protege of the immortal Nelson, was second son of the late distinguished Vice- Admiral Sir George Collier, and brother of the -- piEsent Captain H. T. B. Collier. During his who's career he had served no less than 33 years on full pay. He had a bold, frank, brave, and generous heart, and eminently poss esse d th ose " rough-and ready " qualities which made him a general favourite with all classes of the service, with whom he was more familiarly known as " Frank Collier." The much-lamented deceased was buried at Vie ' toria, Hong-Kong, on the 20th October, when every honour and respect that could be paid to his rank end name was shown, the funeral having been attended by the Governor, the naval, military, and civil authori ties, and a host of private friends. Commodore Plumridge is now, for the second time since he has been on the station, acting Conimander• in Chief, and will again hoist a red pendant until a successor to Sir Francis Collier arrives. The gallant commander was at Madras in October, whither the Fury, steam sloop, Nk as to be dispat c h e d on her arrival at Hong-Kong with the mourn! ul intelligenc e of the death of the admiral, when it was expected that he would at once proceed to Hong-Keng. PROMOTIONS. The promotions consequent on the death of Sir Francis Collier, are the following : Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Manley Hall Dixon, Commander-in-Chief at Cork, to be Rear •Admiral of the White. Captain Fairfax Morerbv, C.B. (1614), to he Rear- Admiral of the Blue. He paid off the Canopus last year, after most ably commanding that ship in various experimental squadrons, one of which he commanded as senior officer, when the ships were much more completely tried than on any previous or future occasion for the last ten years. The Right Hon. Lord Byron (1814) is now. the senior captain on the list. Captain Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, of the Vengeance, 84, in the hlediterra nean, becomes included in the senior list ; and Captain Sir Philip Broke, Bart., succeeds to the half-pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem. Another good-service pension has fallen in hand by the promotion of Rear-Admiral Moresby ; so that there are now two pensions to give away, one of which has been in abeyance for some time. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Henry F. Greville (1832) has been ap pointed to the Ocean, at Sheerness, as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral the Ron. G. Elliot, C.. 8., vice G. Elliot, to the Phaeton. Commander Robert J. Le Mesurier APC.Nre, just deservedly promoted from first-lieutenant of the Enterprise, in Sir James Ross's expedition, hat been appointed to the command of the Investigator, to accompany Captain Collinson, C. 8., in the Enterprise, in the new expedition fitting at Woolwich to proceed in further search, by 13ehring's Straits, of Franklin and his companions, Commander I\l‘.ll.lurdo having been obliged to decline the appointment in conse quence of ill-health. Many of the officers whose names have appeared as the appointments to the Enterprise and Investigator will be recognised as the former officers of these ships in Sir James Ross's expedition. Lieutenant M'Clintock, late second lieutenant of the Enterprise, has been offered the appointment of first-lieutenant of the Investigator, with his old mess mate Commander M'Clure. Surgeon—Dr. Alexander Armstrong, recently pro moted from the royal yacht, Ihas been appointed to the Investigator. Mate—Henry H. Sainsbury (1849), to the In vestigator. A;sistant• Surgeons—David L. Morgan (1846), to the Poictiers depot ship at Chatham, vice Hevry Piers (1842), to the Investigator. Assistant-Engineers —Henry Brown, to th.s Fis gard, flag-ship at Woolwich; John T. Obree, to the African. Boatswains—Heckford Hill and Henry Layton to be acting. The Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, has arrived at Batavia, from Singapore, en route , to Port Essington and Valparaiso. Commander Bates, with Lieutenant Cras►ford Pasco, appointed to re-commission the Royalist, for ~urveyicg service, have arrived A t Hong-Kong, where they found the Royalist in command of Lieutenant Everest. Paymaster and Purser Thomas M'Knight (1812), naval storekeeper at Hong-Kong, died on the 9th October suddenly, at Brook Cottage, Victoria. The late gallant commander in•chief had recommended his secretary fur the vacant appointment, without aware that the Admiralty had already appointed Commander Parker, now en route from England to Hong-Kong. The Contest, 12, Commander the llon. J. Spencer, has been taken in hand at Portsmouth, and will have her damages repaired in a few days. Commander Spencer has proceeded on leave of absence, and will rejoin on Monday. The Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, is at Athens, and was to return to Malta on filo Ist January, to relieve the Frolic, 16, Commander Vaniittart The Medusa, steam• packet, Lieut.-Commander Darby, which damaged her rudder at Marseilles, was so far repaired as to be enabled to take the sea with the homi,ward India mail. She only wanted caulking on her upper decks, on her arrival at Malta, her rudder having been repaired before she left Marseilles. The Trident, 6, steam yessel, Lieut.-Commander has left Devonport for Queenstown, with super numeraries. WOOLWICII, DEC. 20.—The Enterprise and In vestigator vessels, commissioned to proceed on a search for Sir John Franklin, will be out of the hands of the shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard on the 29th inst., and will almost immediately after proceed to the Sand wish Islands. Bills have been issued stating that able seamen are wanted for both vessels, and that double pay will be ensured to the crews on rounding Cape Horn. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S.—YESTEUDAY. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Capt. ilervey's Lismahago 5,000 to 75 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard —takes 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer —taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough—taken 2,000 to 25 agst Mr. E. Parr's Idle Boy—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Meiklam's Baby—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Godwin's Hotspur—taken 1,000 to 10 sgst Mr. Bumby's Velox—taken 1,000 to 1U agst Mr. Oshahleston's Fogleman—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. S. Conway's Kennington—taken 1,000 to 8 agst Mr. Meiklam's Emma—taken The above quotations comprehend the whole of the transactions. DERBY, 1850. 4 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel -12 to 1 taken to 501. 17 to 1 ag►t Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger —taken to 501. and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—taken to 751. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken to 1251. 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—talteu to 2251. 1,000 to 25 avt Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Epirute—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Lord John Scott's Windhoutd—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Palmerston's Yew 'Free 3,000 to 25 aget Mr. C. Breton's Python—taken With. the exception of a bet of 2,000 to 100 laid against The Nigger early in the afternoon, the above summary includes the whole of the business transacted; The Nigger and Voltigeur were the only hor,es in de mand. No prices %ere quoted against B,,lingbroke or Ghil:ie Ersox SPRING MILLTING, 1850.—We are glad to find that the Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis are ac tively exerting themselves in obtaining subscriptions, and that there is every prospect of the stewards b.-ing able to announce tbat the bonus to the Metropolitan Handicap Stakes, which closes on the Ist of January, will be of the same amount as usual, viz., 5001. SEIZURE OF A PRIYATB STILL, ♦ND ESCAPE os THE DELINQUENT.--Information having been received by the Excise that a private still was in the habit of being worked on the premises, 132, Drury-lane, the Excise officers communicated with the police, for the purpose of their assistance to make a capture, when yesterday morning, at an early hour, the officers of Excise, eccompanied by Sergeant Harvey, 14 G, and other constables, proceeded to the above house, the front of which was occupied as a chandler's shop by an elderly widow, whom the officers questioned, and informed her of the real nature of their mission. She readily in. formed them that, about two months ago, a strong re spectable ma❑ called upon her, and inquired whether the back part of her premises were not to let. She an swered in the affirmative, and she let them, and they agreed as to terms. He represented himself as being blacking manufacturer, and he took possession. Lie commenced building with bricks and mortar, and she frequently found smells, which she imogined arose from the manufacture of blacking. She never entertained any suspicion as to her lodger's mode of living, and he had not paid her any rent. He slept on the pre. mises. Sergeant Hardy and the other officers pro. ceeded to the back part of the house, which is sur rounded by narrow alley s, and knocked at the door, when a gruff voice from above called out—"lialloa, who's there ?" The officers made no reply, and tha moment afterwards a loud smashing of glass was heard. They instantly broke into the place, where they discovered • private still, with the furnace burning, the still being full and at work. It had been recently built, and the rooms contained jars full of distilled liquor, molasses, and all the pas aphernalia for manufacturing illicit spirits. On proceeding up a ladder to a shed they found it to contain a be.l, souse domestic utensils, and some wearing apparel, but the tenant, who had evi dently been alarmed out of his sleep, and suspecting that he had been found cut by the officers, made a rush through a skylight with nothing on his person but his shirt, and made his escape by the back way. Part of his fl sh was found on the glass, and he must have in jured himself avert:ly, as the place was coveted with blood, and traces of it were found in the alley leading into Great Wild-street. A pursuit, however, was made, without avail. In auother part of the premises a second still was discovered, and the whole of the property was conveyed in a van to the Excise office in Broad-street. The party, however, is known, as having been in cus tody some time ago for working two private stills in Regent-street, City-road, and there is little doubt that he will soon be in custody. Sacks 920