The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE, DEC. 27.--It has blown a gale at north to-day. . . LOWESTOFT, DEC. 27.—The Axel got in col:tact with the north Pier this tn-rnint. told hogs r(cc,ived consider able (IL-image; has threo t:.3tis.r in 11 , -r hold. an:t it is expv:cted must oiseh:tre. MARKET IN IS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. This being almost a holiday trov ket, the attendance of buyers was very limited. The arrivals of English Wheat, coastwia,, during the pressnt week have been confined to 1,750 quarters. These by land carriage and sample were small. Although the stands were scantily filled with samples of both red and white, the demand for all descriptions ruled very inactive at Monday's prices. The factors were decidedly firm. A fair quan tity of foreign Wheat, up wards of 11,000 quarters, has come in this week. To day the market was but mode- rately supplied with that grain; yet the trade was heavy, without alteration in the quotations. Barley, the show of which was tolerably good, was very slow in sale at late rates. So little was doing in Malt, the supply of which was on the increase, that prices were almost nominal. The best Oats and Flour were held at full prices. In all other at ticks scarcely a transaction took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. B:uley. Oats Malt. J lout Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sac' , s 3,410 4,42 J 3,790 2,32 u English • • • • • • Scotch.. •• • • Irish •• •• • Foreign • • • • • 11,240 10,210 I- 11,570 SMITHFIELD. The supply of B. wits here to-day—amongst which were seventy prime Oxen from Spain, received direct by sea in the port of London—was very moderate, and of middling quality. As the attendance of buyers was limited, the Beef trade ruled very dull, at barely Mon day's quotations. The number of Sheep were unusually small tor the time of year; nevertheless they exceeded the wants of the butchers. All bre( ds moved off heavily, at prices barely equal to those obtained last week, and at which a clearance was not effected. We were scantily supplied with Calves. That description of stock was dull, at unaltered currencies. Prime Porkers were steady at late rates. In o:her kinds of rigs next to nothing was doing. Milch Co.vs were heavy, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. to s. d, S. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts.- 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality •• 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 10 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Nouthdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots •. • . 310 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 4 Large Hogs •.•• • • 3 4 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers •••• 3 10 4 2 Suckling Calves ..18 0 23 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 0 3 2 Lambs • • 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 545 I 2,6,0 120 252 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I S I 4 I r o c , . I Calves. I pigs. SCOTCII. 1 Sh 4 e l ep. I Calves. I Pigs Beasts. 140 Beast'. 15 NMI/GATE AND LEADENEALL, Although the supplies were very moderate, the general demand was heavy, at barely stationary prieef. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to Beer,inferior.•.••. 2 6 --- middling •• .. 2 10 primelarge .. 3 2 --- prime small .. 3 4 Vea1.............. 3 0 a. d. a. d. o e. d. 2 8 Mutton, ißferior .. 2 8 210 3 2 I middling.. 3 0 a 4 3 4 3 6 Pork,large..•••••• 2 8 3 4 310 , - small •• •••• 3 6 4 2 BOROUGH HOP DTILIZZLET. Our market is very scantily supplied with all fine and good Hops of the pre,ent and last year's growth. Such are in steady request, at full rates of currency. Ia other kinds very little business is doing, but we have no de cline to notice in prices. Preent rates as under:— New Mid and East Kent pockets, 61 103 to 121 ; New Weald of Kent ditto, 61 5s to 8/ 0.; New Sussex ditto, 51 15s to 61 15s ; New Farnham, 12/ to 131; Yearling Kents, 31 to 4/ 12s; Yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31 172; Old Hops, 1/ to 41 per cwt. COLONIAL. The markets for Colonial pro,fuee being closed the only transactions are by private sale, and Coffee is in favour. Sugar h firm. Rim—Fully previous rates have been paid. dZmand has been brisk . for common Congou at an achance to 9id per lb., and a large busi ness has been done. TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. is at 38s 6d per cwt. on the spot. COTTON.—This article is more looked after, and is held for fuller pt icee.. . . GREEN FRUIT.—The market for all kinds continues good. Two cargoes of oranges, from St. Michael, sold by iieeling and Hunt at public sale, sustained the price obtained before Christmas. The stock of lemons is reduced to a small quantity, and an advance in prices may be quoted. Black Spanish nuts continue scarce; ehesnuts quite off the market, Barcelona dull of sale, and Brazi► in moderate demand. The sales of Almeira grapes being pressed on the market, the price has re ceded 2s to 3s per barrel. Some arrivals of Seville sours have taken place, which have been freely taken by the confectioners. SECONDARIES'.-(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) IBBOTSON V. WILSON. This was an action to recover the sum of 61. ss. on a bill of exchange. Defendant pleaded non-acceptance, but did not appear to support the plea, and a verdict was entered of course. DISCHARGE OF THE JURY.—In discharging the jury who have served for the last half-quarter, the Learned SECONDARY complimented the gt ntlemen in the box for their punctuality, but others had been very neglectful, which hal thrown an unfair share of the labour on their fellow-jur3men. He said that he had the power to in flict a fine on them for non-attendance, and to place them on the list for the Central Criminal Court. he bad hitherto not inflicted fines, but for the future he Would cause the absentees to be served with special notice, and if they still neglected to attend they would be fined in every instance. Serving on this jury for six weeks exempts the jurors from serving at the Central Criminal, Common Pleas, Queen's Bench, and Exchequer Courts for three years. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) A young woman named Mary Fisher was charged with felony. The complainant, a gun fitter named Sorrell, stated that as he was going home last night towards Euston square, the prisoner came up to him and said it was a fine cold night. He agreed with her that it was, where upon she gave it as her opinion that upon the whole this had been a very merry and jolly Christmas, and hoped that he would keep up the spirit of the season and treat her to some gin. He did se, and afterwards the prisoner walked with him as far as Bloomsbury-tquare, when she hurriedly bade him good night and run away. Think ing her conduct somewhat strange, he set about seeking for the cause of it, and on putting his hand into the sight-hand trowsers pocket he discovered that his purse, Containing three halt-crowns and a sovereign were mis sing. He immediately pursued ,the prisoner, and soon overtook her, when a policeman came up and he gave her into custody. ,On her road to the station-house she dropped the purse. The prisoner denied the charge, declaring that it was the complainant and not herself who had dropped the purse in the street. She was fully committed for trial. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A VlXEN.—Louisa Henson, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with crusting a disturbance at the Swiss Stores, Haymarket, and break ing a pane of glass, value 15s. Mr. Louis Jacquet, the landlord of the above tavern, stated that between five and six o'clock on the previous evening, the prisoner came into his house and requested to be served with some gin. Seeing that the had already been sacrificing too freely at the shrine of the " jolly god," he refused to serve her,whereupon she became very outrage ous, and created such a disturbance that he was obliged t ) call the waiter to put her out. She no sooner got Outside the door than she took off one of her clogs and smashed a square of plate glass, which would cost him 15s. to have replaced. As she was proceeding to further Violence, he called for a c„)nstable, who conveyed her to durance vile. The prisoner said she was so much in liquor that she really could not recollect what she did. Mr. HARDWICK thought ten days' imprisonment Would restore her memory, and committed her for that time accordingly. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting and election of children took place, this day, at the London Tavern. Mr. Masterman, M.P., took tho chair at ten o'clock. Mr. SAUL, the secretary, read the report of the directors, which stated that the society, in ev er y department, was in a flourishing condition; and that, notwithstanding the sick ness and mortality that had prevailed during the Past half year, the children bad enjoyed perfect health. The report further stated that the time had arrived when it was neces :ary to raise a building fund for a new edifice, as the present premises now rented at Wanstead were totally inadequate to the t'equirements of the society. The directors urged the commercial body to give their energetic support to this proposition. . The balance sheet for the half-year showed the receipts up to the .20th of December, including a balance l rJught from last year of 3231. 9s. 81., to have been 3,848/. 103. 21, ; and the balance, after deducting the expenditure and 1,8001. expended in the purchase of stock, 248/. 4s. 9,1. The report was unanimously adopted, directors and officers were chosen, and a vote of thanks having been awarded to the ChAirman * the subscribers proceeded t 0 the election of nine boys and six girls. The institution now contains seventy children. After the election of to-day it will provide for eighty-five. SUING A. DEAD MAN.—In the City Small Debts Court this day a curious case occurred, a person named P , Tristid, z being summoned for a tally bill." Con siderable amusement as caused by the chief b iilitf re- Porting that the defendant was said to have been dead for ten years. Plaintiff appeared astounded at the gtatemerit. Mr. Sill. the officer, said he had inquired at the house, and that was the answer he received. Plain tiff said it was too much of a j and he would see vyhelh,r he cotai not bring lion to life, if his Honour Would grant another suuimOo A new summons wa, accordingly granted. Plaintiff said he was not to be done, and he knew he should find defendant hiding somewhere else than in his coffin. Qrs. 1,730 T 17, N, The CO MMERCI AL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL FOR ORPHAN AND NECESSI TO US CiiILDREN. Y . ‘.sterdiy evening the anniversary of the founda tion of the Commercial Trvellers' Salcol at Wml stead was celebrated by a public dinner at the London Tavern, Bisbopsgate-street, at which nearly 300 gen tlemen were preent. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor occupied the chair, supported by John Masternnan, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Richard Groucock, Esq., Rev. Charles Marshall, George Moore, ELI., Arthur Wileoxon, Robert Wilcoxon, John Br,:,dbury, Esq., William Nicholson, Esq., Robert Lawson, Esq., Robert Clarke, E , q., Mr. Under-Sheriff John Baggalay, Esq., G. W. Lees, Esq., William M'Cullock, Esq., Clement Clarke, Esq., and many other gentlemen interested in the prosperity of the institution. The occasion was graced and enlivened by the pre sence of a good number of young and elegantly dressed ladies, who occupied the gallery at the foot of the room ; and during Fart of the proceedings the boys and girls now being educated and maintained at the school, to the number of upwards of 70, were ad mitted to witness the festival. The vocal and instrumental music during the evening was of the very highest merit, the programme including the names of Messrs. Young, Land, Hobbs, and Machin as vocalists, and those of the talented and worthy Mr. Distin and his Sons, as instrumental ists, the latter of whom, father and sons, to their great credit, kindly rendered their valuable services gratuitously. _ _ W The mere mention of such a charity as this ought to recommend it to the liberality and benevolent feelings, at least, of that large body of men employed as travellers in a commercial capacity throughout the whole country, if not of the mercantile public at large. It may, however, be necessary to say that the design of the institution is to clothe, maintain, and educate the destitute orphans of deceased, and the children of necessitous commercial travellers of every denomination. The intentions of the founders of the institution, young though it yet be, seem to be carried out in an admirable manner. The building in which the business of the school is at present conducted is an old family mansion, situate at \Vanetead, on the borders of Epping Forest, which has been temporarily converted fur the purposes of the charity ; but it will, be abandoned as soon as funds can be obtained for the erection of a more suitable asylum. The institution has only been in existence three years, but in this brief period it has steadily advanced and progressively acquired support. It now numbers upwards of 4,000 subscribers and donors, the majority of the latter being life governors. It has a comparatively large and increasing number of chil dren under its care, and possesses all the elements of an established and prosperous institution, save that it has yet no permanent building in which to receive, maintain, and educate the many applicants pressing for a participation in its bounties. Intent on the ob jects for which the institution was founded, the board are not desirous to erect a costly and imposing edifice —pleasing to the eye, but ill suited to the charact, r of a charitable institution—their aim is simply to give to the charitable operations of the society the widest po.sible range, believing that the true estimate of a charity is to be formed not by the splendour of its structure, but that the noblest institution is that which effects the greatest amount of good. On this account they seek to obtain an extensive, but not a costly pile—a commodious, but not a magnificent building, preferring that the resources of the insti• tution should be directed to their legitimate object— the securing to as large a number of the orphan and necessitous children of commercial travellers as prac ticable all the advantages contemplated by the foun ders of the schools. To return to the proceedings of the dinner, the cloth having been removed, The LORD MAYOR proposed " The health of their Gracious Sovereign," to whom, for so many reasons, their allegiance and affection were due. The national anthem—" God save the Queen." His LORDSHIP next proposed a toast which he was sure (he said) they would all drink with pleasure—it was " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." Ode—" Hail Albert." The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast, said that this country stood pre-eminent for many years past, and that pre-eminence was due in a great measure to the army and navy.—(Cheers.) He should therefore give them, with all the honours, " The Army and Navy." Song—" The Sailor's Friend," by Mr. Machin, followed by a fantasia from Figlia del Reggimento, by Mr. Distin and Sons. The LORD MAYOR then rose to propose the toast of the evening. He said—Gentlemen, the meeting which we hold to-day is to celebrate a very rising concern, which I am sure is well known to every gentleman in this room. It is the formation of the Commercial Travellers' School.—(Hear, hear.) It is now three years since its first formation, and it is really pleasing to see the progress which it has made and the advance which it is making ; and I hope and trust as it proceeds it will still continue to be ex tended and enlarged.—(Applause.) I believe, as I have said before, it is now three years since the insti tution was first established; and there are now in the school forty-five boys and twenty-five girls at the present time, and it is the intention of the governors to admit fifteen more boys in a very few days.— (Applause, and cries " They will be admitted to morrow.") If that does not convince the present company of the progress of the school I scarcely know what will. But I say to me it is most pleasing to reflect upon and to see the progress the schools have made in so short a period of time, and I trust they will continue to prosper, and of that there can be no doubt so long as the labours of the directors are employed to promote it.—(Cheers.) I have now great pleasure in giving you as a toast " Success to the Commercial Travellers' Schools, and may they continue to prosper."—(Loud applause.) The toast was drank with enthusiasm; and a song, written, composed, and dedicated to the Commercial Travellers of the United Kingdom, by J. B. Walker, entitled " The Will and the Way," was well sung by Mr. Hobbs, and encored vociferously. The following subscriptions were next announced by Mr. Harker, the toastmaster :—The Lord Mayor, 10 guineas; John Mastertnan, Esq., M.P., 10 guineas; Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., 10 guineas ; the Railway Assurance Society, 10 gui ne a s; Geor ge Moore, Esq. (the treasurer of the institution), 1051.; Messrs. Peck, Brothers, 105/. ; the Proprietors of the Daily News, 1051.; J. B. Walker, Esq. (the produce of the song above-mentioned), 105/. ; National Mer cantile Assurance Society, 100/. ; Richard Groucock, Esq., 521. 10i.; Sampson Copestake, Esq, 521. 103 ; Messrs. George Smith and Sons, 521. 10s. ; Robert Clarke, jun., Esq., 521. 10s.; Messrs. J. and W. Nicholson and Co., 1051.; T. H. Crampton, Esq., 211. ; Rogers, Lowry, 'and Co., 211.; Macgregor, Esq., 211.; Welch, Margetson, and Co., 211 ; and many other smaller sums, amounting in all to 1,200/. Mr. JOHN BRADBURY then said he had to propose to them the next toast, which was the health of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.—(Cheers.) He had the pleasure to enjoy his Lordship's acquaintance, and many opportunities of knowing his worth, and the interest he took in the public institutions of London. His Lordship had only held the office of chief magis trate of this city for a period of two months, and this was the third time he (Mr. Bradbury) had had the honour of meeting his Lordship on occasions of this kind. He was quite sure, during his mayoralty, that the Lord Mayor would be ever ready to come for ward, on all occasions, whenever his presence will be of service, in promoting the charitable institutions of this great city. lie was quite sure the company would all join him with acclamation in drinking his Lordship's good health.—(Cheers.) Drunk with enthusiasm. The LORD MAYQR said he rose to thank them for the very great honour they had done him, by the way not only in which his health had been proposed, but druid( by the assembly. He felt he was then at the head of a society which was, indeed, about to do a great deal of good. The way in which it was proceeding, the sums which were subscribed, and the whole circumstances together, convinced him that it would be indeed a most valuable institution.— (Cheers.) All he had to say and to wish was, that it might continue to go on as it bad commenced, and that its progress eventually might be such that at last it would be placed in that independent position that there would be really no poor member in the society.—(Cheers.) He had again to repeat to them how thankful he was for the honour they had done him in drinking his good health, and he could only say that he wished the institution might last for ever. Mr. RICHARD GROUCOCK said he had the greatest pleasure in proposing to them a toast which he was sure they would all receive with the greatest pleasure. It was the health of John Masterman, Esq.—(Cheers.) He need only mention the name of that gentleman to insure their applause, and he was sure he need not take up any of that time which he knew they were so ardently intent upon, that evening, de voting to the interests of their charity ; but he was certain none of them would consider, in mentioning to them the name of their worthy president, and in calling to their recollection what some of the earliest friends of the society had witnessed—the readiness with which he acceded to their wish to become their president, and the devo tion and attention to their interests that he had ever since manifested, he (Mr. Groucock) would be thought as wasting much of their time. He was sure they would all join with him in applauding, not only the LON'tION'. FRIDAY ryinqiNG l DE'CEMB'ER 20, lB4O. attention which that Hon. Geutlewan had paid to their noble institution, but the ntt(=ntion which he had always paid to the interests and to the charities of this great city. He (Mr. Groucock) might briefly re mind them, that Mr. Masterman, for the last two sessions of PAiliament, had been virtually the only Member for the city of London.—(Great cheering.) He must al•o take the liberty of saying, in addition, that in that capacity the interests of the city of London had not suffered much. —(Hear, hear)—inasmuch as their worthy president had been Biwa) s accessible to every call of his consti tuents, to his ,(Mr.Groucock's) knowledge ; and he had been instrumental in assisting in passing those laws which he (Mr, Groucock) firmly- believed would greatly conduce to the interest and benefit of all classes, especially of that class he now saw before him, and to the commercial interests of this great country —i.e alluded especially to the alteration and improve went of the laws relating to debtors and creditors. — (Cheers.) He need not say anything more on that subject, still less anything more in the nature of praise of that worthy gentleman ; but he was quite sure the few remarks he had already made would meet with their sympathy and al•plause.—(Ctseers ) The toast was drunk with three times three. Mr. MASTERMAN, in returning thanks, observed that he was deeply indebted to the present company for the hind manner iu which they received his health. He could assure them that in taking the office of pre sident of their noble institution, he felt considerable diffidence ; knowing, as he did, that so many other individuals of their great city would _fill it better, and extend its usefulness in a greater degree than he could ; but since he had received the confidence of his fellow-citizens in another situation, he was happy to take any office which could promote the pros perity of those connected with it.—(Loud cheers.) He did not, he confessed, think in accepting that cffice that they would have progressed so rapidly, and after what had occurred he had little doubt of their ultimate success. He understood there were seventy children in the establishment, and it looked as if they were cared fur by a special Providence ; Lot one of them was absent on that occasion. That fact alone showed the great care bestowed on their management, and although it was said fifteen more were to be admitted on the following day, be con fessed that although it might be considered a bold act, yet, after what had occurred, he saw no reason to despair.—(Cheers.) With regard to another sphere of life, and to which allusion had been made by his excellent friend who proposed his health, he confessed that any allusion to political feelings in any case, and particularly in such a place annoyed him more than he could express.—(Cheers.) He felt no party distinctions whatever, and whether his con stituents entertained his political feelings or not, he desired to render the best service he could to the commercial and trading interests of that great city. The children of the institution, who were stationed in the gallery, then sang the following song, which was loudly encored : " Happy the Orphan's case, who thus Receives a parent's care; Who young met Fatherless, like us, These Christian biunties share; Rich are the gifts our friends bestow, Our earthly path to cheer; But richer still, the care they show Our lieav'n-ward course to steer. " Bless'd be the hearts who thus can share Their wealth with those who need; And more, their time so freely spare, Our Orphan cause to plead. Grateful to you, kind patrons now, Our ardent thanks we bring; And pray oar future deeds may show, how true the words we sing." Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, M.P., in proposing the next toast, said, fortunately for himself, he was not required to add any testimony to the many very able speeches they had had that evening, concerning the excellent charity the anniversary of which they were assembled to celebrate. He was rejoiced to think, that in the course of three short years so much good had been done to the many infant children which they had seen before them, and who, in witnessing that night's proceedings, must have thought they were celebrating a very great occasion. He had the great honour of being among the earliest members of the excellent charity set on foot for founding these schools. He was one who thought that it might have been politic and desirable to have ex tended the funds of the establishment very much to various other mercantile classes; but he was then in a minority, and he was now pleased to think that the charity had worked excellently well, and that the wisdom resided with the majority on that occasion. —(Loud cheers.) He had certainly no conception three years ago that in so short a time they would hale been able to receive so many infants into their establishment; nor in fact was he aware that in so respectable and worthy a class of individuals, as the commercial travellers in England generally were, there were so many children requir ing to be provided for in so short a time. That showed that there was much more than met the eye in the advantages to be derived from this charity— that much that might appear respectable on the sur face was not so in reality, and that when they came to probe the real circumstances and position of that class as a body, there was much to call for deep and general commiseration, and he was pleased to think that the benevolent feelings of so many warm and generous promoters of this excellent charity were excited that evening.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) His duty on the present occasion was a very light and a most agreeable one. He was called on to propose to their notice the health of a gentleman. When public men came to attend a festival of that kind, toasts were sometimes put into their hands not of the most agreeable kind, inasmuch as the men whose healths they had to propose might be known to them only from common fame and report; but on this occasion he had not only to discharge a public duty, but one which was mixed up with his liveliest feelings of individual gratitude and pleasure.— (Loud cheers.) He had the honour to propose to them one who had been intimately connected with this charity from its earliest formation. He did not wish to speak invidiously, but he thought he might take credit for the gentleman he was about to propose being called the main pillar of the institution. —(Cheers.) When he mentioned the name of that individual ho had no doubt they would accord with him in every panegyric he might pay him. He might speak of him in his character of a citizen and a neighbour, and especially might he speak of him in the character of a friend, with sincere admi ration and pleasure ; but he spoke of him in the character of a philanthropist, whose benevolent feel ings were as unbounded as his deeds. He need not on that occasion recount to them all that he had done for this most excel lent charity, a charity which he believed was only as yet on the very threshold of its usefulness.— (Cheers.) He might say, knowing that gentleman intimately, that, next to his own immediate calls, this excellent charity was dearest to his heart.—(Cheers.) He would not occupy them longer. If they did not already anticipate the toast he had to propose, it was " The health of George Moore, Esq., the Treasurer of the Commercial Travellers' Schools."—(Cheers.) This toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. On the applause subsiding, Mr. MOORE said he could assure them he could hardly express his feelings upon the present occasion. He was grateful for the hor.our which had been done him in proposing his health, and doubly grateful for the spontaneous cheer with which the toast had been re ceived. He must be allowed to observe that this was not the first time a compliment had been paid him in re ference to his position as connected with this institu tion, which he did not altogether deserve. It had been stated that he had been almost the only working man interested in the charity. Ile could bear testi mony to the fact that there were others who were entitled to as much praise as himself, and more espe cially their worthy president. 'Whatever he was required to do he did at once, with the utmost pos sible willingness ; he was indefatigable upon all occasions, and the success which had attended the institution was greatly to be attributed to his perse vering exertions. He was happy to say that it would be difficult to find a committee belonging to a public charity so well constituted as theirs was. They were independent in their movements, and each strove to the best of his ability to promote the success of the institution. But it was not his duty to dwell upon matters of this sort. He had now to explain to them their project for the next year. The establishment, he might state, was situated at Wanstead. They found that the building was too small to supply the requirements of the society, and during last year they had been at a very great expense upon other people's freehold. It might be prudent to spend money upon their own property, but they would agree with him when he stated that a large sum having been expended upon a freehold which did not belong to them, the time had arrived when they should make an effort to purchase a freehold of their own.—(Hear.) They had no particular position in view, but so greatly had the value of property been influenced by rail roads, that they had found at least half a dozen very large mansions which had cost considerable sums in the building, and were to be sold at a comparatively small price. If they could meet with an establish ment capable of accommodating 300 children their wishes would be accomplished. In order to carry out their views they could not call upon the commer cial travellers in the year 1850 for a less sum than 12,0001. This was a very large amount, but he considered they had a claim upon other indivi duals than the commercial travellers themselves. They had a claim upon all the mercantile houses in England, Scotland, and Wales, that employed commercial travellers.—(Hear, hear.) He had accused commercial trrvellers of apathy, and he had been told in reply that they had not been requested to subscribe to the charity. He would tell them that dud ;g the ensuing year they should be asked at all / events, and the blame would be theirs if they con tinued to withhold their subscriptions. They were told by commercial travellers from Liverpool and Manchester, that they had too much power. Now he wound go down amongst them, and show them that they could take this power out,of their hands by placing in their exchequer a certain sum of money towards the advancement of the institution they were now met to celebrate. He did not know that he had anything further to observe, except that, however enthusiastic he might be considered (and if he were called an enthusiast, the fault was in the head, and not in the heart), he was honest in all he said, for he most sincerely believed that this charity might be worked up to the position of one of the best institutions in this country. As regarded the building they proposed to erect, he might observe that they had no wish to adorn it with architectural beauties—they desired only to do that which would administer to the comfort of the helpless orphan and the disconsolate widow. Their object was to con struct a large building at the lowest possible price, and to make it as useful as their means would admit of. He would entreat of every commercial traveller in that room to exert himself towards the promotion of the in terests of the institution. He did think that every commei cial traveller in the United Kingdoin,who might at some future period he reduced to the necessity of partaking of the benefits of this charity, ought to subscribe to the funds; and he could not help saying, that aat heart was to be pitied who would not give to the institution one guinea a year —(Bear, hear.) It was only three farthings a day, and those who refused to subscribe this amount did not represent the commercial travellers as they ought to do. In conclusion he could only remark that charity en gendered a very healthy appetite, and the more they indulged in it the more they would be inclined to do so. lie could not help individualising a lady who had brought more funds to this institution than any other of her own sex. Ile alluded to Mrs. Cufiley, who had collected upwards of 8001., and he had great pleasure in proposing the health of Mrs. Cufiiey and the ladies.—(Cheers.) The boys and girl; at present receiving the bene fits of the institution passed through the room, and were introduced in due form to the Lord Mayor. They presented a clean healthy appearance, and seemed much delighted with the novelty of the pro ceedings around them. The second report was then read, which announced further contributions amounting to 5251., not includ ing 101. 103. from the Lord Mayor. 101. 10s. from Mr. Masterman, M.P., and 101. 10s. from B. B. Cabbeli, Esq., received with the first report. Mr. NrcuoLsoN, in proposing the next toast, " Prosperity, health, and success to the Commercial Travellers of the United Kingdom," said he had been called upon to do so in consequence of his having been for a long time connected with this useful and influential body of men. The commercial travellers must be men of intuitive genuis. They had great difficulties to encounter, and if they were not en dowed with honourable feelings, with intellect, and perseverance, they could not progress in their avocation. They were always occupied in using their best talent for the benefit of their employers. He was quite sure that during the last ten years they had advanced in intelligence beyond their predecessors; and if they would devote their energies towards the improve went of this institution, there would not be any institution in this great kingdom calculated to do more lasting good than the Commercial Travellers' Schools. He knew there was sufficient energy amongst them to set this charity above all others, and he hoped that, ere long, every gentleman who bore the honourable name of commercial traveller would not only think it a pleasure but a privilege to unite his name to this institution, in order to assist in pro tecting the children of those whose lives may have been lost by such accidents as too frequently happen to commercial travellers. Mr. WILLIs.msoN, in returning thanks, said he had been a humble worker with ►many others in promoting the efficiency of this institution, and he trusted that the third anniversary of the society would be the means of eliciting the warm support of every one of his brother travellers throughout the kingdom. Mr. ROBERT CLARKE, in acknowledging the toast of " The Vice Presidents and Trustees of the Insti tion," said that the trustees had an arduous and difficult, though pleasing, duty to perform ; and if the commercial travellers would exert themselves to produce the requisite funds, he and his co-trustees would be too happy to invest them for the advantage of the institution. " The Board of Management," " The National Mercantile Life Office," " The Stewards," &c., were successively proposed and responded to. In addition to the subscriptions already mentioned a sum of 525/. (Mr. I. Bradbury's list) was announced, and the total amount was stated to be about 2,000/. The company separated between 11 and 12 o'clock, highly pleased with the proceedings of the evening. _ _ The — dinner and wines were supplied by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, in their usual reeherchl style. Mr. Harker officiated as tO AS t ster. At this time, when the commercial travellers are celebrating the anniversaries of their various chari table institutions, the following song, which has been forwarded to us, may be thought somewhat apposite : THE OLD COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SONG. Air—" In the days when we went gipsying." Oh the days when we were bagmen, a long time ago, IV( re certainly the happiest da3s that we did ever know; We sang the merry song at night, and smoked our yards of clay, With costumers all seated round in frolicksome array, And thus we passed our merry nights, we were not very slow, In the days when we were bagmen, a long time ago. Ah! those were happy times indeed, to memory still endear'd; At nine o'clock, upon the board, the hugo sirloin appear'd, And the funny joke and cheerful laugh went gaily circling round, And nought but fun and devilry amongst us cote(' Le found. And thus we pmeed, &c. The cloth was drawn, and then by all welcomed with loud acclaim, Upon the festive table the reeking punch-bowl came; And toasta were given and healths proposed, and j,,y and frolic reigned, "Our Chairman's Health—hip, hip, hurrah!"—and every glass was drained; And thus we passed, &c. But, though these golden days are passed, a bumper glass we'll fill To those who at the present day our vacant places fill; May they be apt in business, and, when daily toils are o'er, Enjoy their glass as we did in the good old times of yore And then they'll spend the merry nights, and not be very slow, As we did in our travailing days a long time ago. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. A few months ago an idea was started among some commercial gentlemen that, though as a body, they were exposed more than most classes of men to casualties, ending in premature death or permanent disability, yet there was no institution existing among them to provide for the wants of the aged and meritorious commercial traveller, or for the support of his widow in the case of his decease. With a view to remedy this defect a proposal was set on foot to provide a number of almshouses, or other asylum, for aged and indigent commercial travellers and their widows. The proposal once set on foot met with very general acceptance, showing that the want which it was thus attempted to supply had been long felt in the body ; but considerable diversity of opinion was found to exi3t as to the precise nature of the objects to be embraced. With a view to bring these into some degree of harmony, as well as to give definite aim to the promoters of the object, a preliminary meeting was held yesterday morning in the London Tavern, which was very numerously and respectably at tended ; Jenkin Jones, Esq., actuary of the National Mercantile Assurance Society, Poultry, in the chair. There was a complete unanimity of feeling in the meeting as to the importance and desirableness of such an institution as had been suggested, com bined with considerable difference of opinion as to matters of detail; but after considerable conversation a resolution to the following effect was agreed to:— " That the meeting, fully recognising the moral obli gation resting upon the commercial body, to provide for the relief of those of their members who, by rea son of old age or decay, are reduced to poverty and distress, think it desirable to found an institution for the support of such members and their widows, under such rules and regulations as may afterwards be agreed to ; and that such institution be for the present designated by the name of the Commercial Travellers' Benevolent Institution." A committee was afterwards named to frame the regulations, to report to another meeting of the body, to be held in Midsummer next; and after thanks were voted to Mr. Barrett Gunton, who wits recognised as the founder of the institution, and Mr. Jones, for his conduct in the chair, the meet ing separated. We have heard from authority, upon which reliance can be placed, that the contemplated reduction of the army will be to the extent of ten thousand men, but the details of the manner in which it is proposed to effect it have not transpired. DESTRUCTION or lissEcTs.—The easiest and most effectual way of destroying these pests of the farm and garden is to turn their natural enemies upon them. Bantams devour greedily all kinds of worms, grubs, beetles, millepedes, earwigs, &c.; and young ducks are equal;y effectual against slugs and snails, while neither create any inconvenience, except where peculiar neatness is required. Bantams scratch very little, and in a garden arc ornamental rather than otherwise. SIR R. PEEL AND HIS FARMERS. The following letter has been addressed by Sir it. Peel to tha tenant farmers on his estate : " I wish to communicate with you on the presEnt state and the prospects of agriculture so far as they concern our relations of landlord and tenant, and I know not that I could select any better mode of com munication than this which I have adopted. " There can, I think, be no question that the effect of the recent changes of the law in respect to the free import of the main articles of subsistence will he to maintain a range of low prices in average seasons, and to prevent very high prices in seasons of dearth. In other words, their effect will be to insure, as far as legislation can insure it, cheapness and abundance of food as the ordinary rule, to diminish the risk of scar city, and to mitigate the suffering from it should it unfortunately occur. " It is because I believe that this will be the effect of the changes to which I have referred that I look upon them as irrevocable, and I advise you to dismiss altogether from your calculations the prospect of re newed protection. " It is my firm persuasion that neither the present nor any future Parliament will consent to re-impose duties upon the main articles of human food, either for the purpose of protection or revenue. " I would at once act upon that persuasion, and proceed to consider in what degree the free import of provisions affects the relation in which we stand to each other, if I did not believe that other causes, less permanent in their operation, have had a mate rial influence upon the present value of agricultural produce. I allude in particular to the general scarcity and high prices which recently prevailed for two or three successive years, not merely in this country, but throughout great part of Europa ; to the extraordinary stimulus thus given to production, and the natural consequence of that stimulus—a temporary and undue depression of price. " I propose, therefore, to defer for a time that general review of the relation in which we stand to each other, which but for the circumstances to which I have referred I would at once have under taken. " When undertaken it will be upon principles which I think you Hill admit to be just. I shall not refer merely to the diminished price of one article or another, but I shall take into the account all the con siderations which fairly enter into the question— shall try to estimate the effect of recent legislation and of improved means Gf conveyance in reducing not only the price of produce, but the cost of production also—and shall compare the disadvantage to which the tenant farmer may be exposed from competition with producers in other countries, with the benefit which he nay derive, if he has ordinary skill and capital, from the abolition of duties on many articles, which are, or may be., profitably consumed upon a farm. " I do not undertake to make a general and indis criminate abatement of rent, but aided by good advice I shall consider the special case of each farm, and the circumstances under which it was entered upon ; and in the instances in which I shall be satisfied that there is a fair claim for an abatement of rent, I will make it, and make it with much greater pleasure in favour of an old and improving tenant than in favour of a stranger. " Although, as I have before observed, I do not consider the present the suitable period for this general review of our position, yet I am prepared without delay to co-operate with you in preparing to meet not foreign competition only—but that competition with domestic skill and capital which will be at least as formidable to those farmers who are insensible to the rapid progress of agricultural improvement and neg lect to keep- pace with it. " I have not the presumption to offer you advice as to the practical management of your farms—but I may try to impress upon you this truth, that if there be any of you who produce on the average not more than 18 or 20 bushels of wheat per acre, and if there be other farmers who, in not more favoured positions and on land of equal quality, produce 40—and if they produce this, not by expensive farming, but by wise economy, by the command of adequate capital, by the application of scientific skill, by the liberal em ployment of labour, by the saving of every particle of manure, and the restoration to the earth of those elements of fertility which are withdrawn with every crop—l may, I say, without presumption, try to im press upon you this truth, that there is no amount of protection from foreign produce, no abatement of rent which would enable you to meet the competition of your own countrymen. "To aid the exertions which are required to encounter successfully that competition, I make to you the following proposals. "The rent due at Michaelmas last will be payable according to custom, in the course of a few days. In the case of all those tenants occupying more than 10 acres of land who shall pay the Michaelmas rent, and discharge any former arrears that may be due, I will set apart 20 per cent. of the last half-year's rent, and will forthwith apply the amount under the general direction of my agent, but in concert with the tenant, in such improvements as may be most beneficial to the farm. I shall give the preference to drainage, to the removal of unnecessary fences, and to the means of preventing the waste of manure. On this expendi ture no return will be required from the tenant. " The same course shall be taken with regard to the half-year's rent which will be due at Lady-day next. " If upon any of your farms additional draining should be still requisite, I will execute the work upon the same terms as heretofore, the tenant drawing the materials and paying 4 per cent. upon the outlay. As to other permanent improvements, requiring an expenditure which the tenant cannot conveniently meet, but on which he may be willing to pay a reasonable rate of interest (such, for instance, as additional shedding for the feeding of cattle), I will consider favourably any proposals that may be made to me on that head. " It is hardly necessary to refer to leases of longer duration than one year, as they are so few in number. In the cases, however, in which they do exist I will consent to release the tenant from his engagement, on his giving, at the proper period of the present year, the same notice which would be required in the case of yearly tenancies. " Such tenancies are, as you are well aware, the almost invariable rule in this immediate neighbour hood; but if any of you are desirous of expending money on the improvement of your farms, and wish for the additional security of a lease for yeqrs, I have no disinclination to grant it, being satisfied as to the skill and capital of the tenant requiring it. "If you prefer to a lease a written agreement, stipulating for reimbursement on account of unex hausted improvements, on the principle long acted upon in certain districts, I am willing to enter into such agreement. "It does not occur to me that there are any other points to which it is necessary for me, for the present at least, to refer. 1 have thought it would be for your advantage that I should fully explain to you nay views and intentions with regard to matters so deeply concerning your interest, and I hope I have done so in a spirit becoming the long connexion that has subsisted between us, and the friendly intercourse we have al.v ays maintained. "Believe me, with every good wish fur your wel fare, sincerely yours, ROBERT PEEL. "Drayton Manor, Dec. 24. "P.S.—The payment of rent will be made as usual on the Ist and 3d of January, but as this notice will reach you only a short time previously I will not exclude from the benefit of it a tenant who may make all payments due by him within the period, of one month following." CHRISTMAS-DAY'S BIRTHDAY.—The 25th of De cember you will hold in especial honour. As early as 4 A.M. I—Christmas—shall expect to be greeted by the wobbling" of the pudding in the boiler, whilst all s ,rts of delicious odours will steal even through the key holes, making sweet the outdoor air. At early light, the Robin Redbreast—the unpaid Christmas minstrel—shall whistle you a blithe and jolly song! Your house will, I know, be green as a bower with holly. Holly that typifies green spirits and red hearts. You will make the poor's-box at church rattle rejoicingly; you will call up smiles and thanks from astonished crossing-sweepers. You will carve your turkey with a fearless hand, for you have subscribed a goose—a piece of beef or so—to the table of your poorer neighbours. You will help your self twice to pudding, for have you not made at least one pudding smoke elsewhere? You will let your eye rejoice in the beeswing of "that particular port," for you have warmed the toes and noses of at least a few old folk, with some humming ale. And in this way you will double every enjoyment of the Birthday of Christmas, by enjoying the enjoyments you have bestowed upon others. At this season let net the high forget the low. Let the Head of Gold bear in special memory the Feet of Clay.—Punch's Almanack. DESTRUCTITE FIRE.—At half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday night information was received at Lough borough that an extensive fire was regiug cm the farm of Mr. Keightley, of Thorpacre, a few miles from that town. A fire-engine, with an efficient force, was in stantly dispatched to the scene of the conflagration, and after several hours of hard work the flames were sub dued, not, however, before a shed, sixteen cews, a hay steelc, and the greater part of the dwelling-house had been reduced to ashes. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. Although the destruction is very considerable in amount, it might have been much greater. The principal part of the loss, we are happy to hear, is covered by insurances. A NEW STENCH TRAP.—This trap is so con structed that it is always shut, and it will carry off any dirt or rubbish which may fall through the grating over it. It consists mainly of a cylinder, divided into four chambers, which turns on a pivot below the receiver, and is made air-tight by means of vulcanized India rubber. On receiving water from above, the cylinder revolves, bringing beneath the receiver another division, and emptying the first. The inventor suggests that, by means of a stream of water and a pipe from the gulley hole to the top of an adjoining house, the cylinder, in revolving, would servo to ventilate the sewer.—Builder. WHAT IS POETRY ? (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) This question has been asked in all ages, and its b many answers hare puzzled most honest persons so • much that they give it up as a matter beyond their : comprehension, made only for the double-distilled essence of humanity existing amongst a few refined spirits, whose sphere lies somewhere very far out of the earthly tabernacle inhahited by "common clay." Poetry is the life of nature; we could not live with • out it ; and therefore it is right that none—the most simple or even brutal—should imagine it belongs not to them. When I speak thus, I mean those simple elements of which poetry makes the glorious com ' pound ; the ideas of comparison and harmony, for these I take to be the first principles of poetry, what ever else is embodied with them. Memory is a powerful agent in the vital elixir of poetry. What mother that has lost an infant in the bloom of its beauty, has not recalled its image to her mind; thought of it and fancied a resemblance between it and some other child, or some lovely picture ? And why does she look on such child with interest, and set k eagerly to hang the picture on her wall? It is the memory of her love ; but more—it is the power of the imagination, by which she can see, in that which is present, the image of that which is not. Why does the poor man love, on the quiet Sab- bath, a walk in the fields ? Whence springs the exclamation, even from business man and labourer, " What a fine day ; I am glad of it ?" These are indications that the harmony of light and form is pleasing to the mind, which, involuntarily, feels and enjoys it. The very dogs and horses love the sun shine; and to man, who can comprehend a wider range of beauty, it brings happiness and peace. Man never feels lonely in the sunshine, because his mind grows full; the scene around awakens a world of comparison, and he sees and thinks more of Nature's relationship. Poetry is a stage of natural education. It is awakened by what is mysterious and unknown, and by the heart's yearnings to pierce this mystery ; and thus, to express its impressions thereof, it flies to com parison with something familiar ; it sees the connect ing links of creation and binds great things with small. Theref o r e , this poetry is truth ;it is, to the growing mind, the electric stream which flows through God's great universe. The teacher, in explaining to his pupil something new, illustrates it with the well-known objects and incidents of the pupil's life, because the mind seeks comparison, to know a great many results from a few principles—to picture the image of what is unknown in that which is familiar. What more beautiful embodiment of a child's idea, opening to it the path of rising thought, than the old, but exquisite verse— " Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky f' Here is poetry springing out of wonder, beauty, and association. This poetry has a holy office: it seeks to point out the real position and relationship of all things in nature. When the poet said, " Night put her mantle on, and pinned it with a star," we saw at once a picture, we saw the boundless space, with its rolling worlds, far more strikingly than by a cal culation of miles in millions. And when God's prophet declared that, "He weigheth the hills in a balance; He measureth the waters in the hollow of his hand ;" he brought before our awe-struck minds this little earth as it is, amid the vast creation spring ing from that " light unapproachable," which made and guardeth all ; as an almost imperceptible ray of the glory of His work. And when a modern bard said that the sun's most gorgeous light shed on the leafless hills was " But his living shadow there," what a glorious idea of the immortal One rises in the mind. But pass we this height of poetic fancy ; we see the same elements in the joke, the song, the simple description by which we place each other in the scenes where we have been : the power is merely directed by the character and education of the indi vidual. However coarse the spontaneous comparison may be, it is an idea. Imagination means a combining of the atoms of things we know, into new forms, so as to present an image. The story and the pun spring from this same source ; its course is shaped by our sentiments, our passions, our love of grave or gay, sublime or severe, embodied by the power of language. The poet's passions may not be stronger than other men's ; hut his perceptions are, altogether, more highly strung. He has seen deeper into Nature's secret ; and the delicacy of his reflection is shed on all he touches, and gilds all thought and feeling with a magic beauty, which startles minds less finely wrought. The poet's quick imagination joins one object with another, owns their relation to those intangible ideas which move in his own brain; and, 'twist spirit and matter, he weaves a glorious combination, whose result is perfect beauty ; and beauty comes alone of truth—it is perfection—it is God's own making; and, in know ing nature, we know the full harmony of God. Poetry belongs to the youth of the mind, it is the illustration by which we know the unknown; the silken cord which draws us up to Heaven; the steady star in the East which guides us on to where lies cradled the form of happiness—as simple as a little child. Yet inasmuch as poetry is the lamp to truth, it is not yet full-lighted, but shall go on, guiding human life with clearer flame until Time shall be no more. It stands on the culminating point of this great life intricacy ; pointing clearly to where the simpleprin ciples of glorious mortality burn fixed and holy ; and by this light alone we read them. E. M. S. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their usual airings. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Sir George and Lady Couper. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, with the Princesses Anne and Amelie of Sxe- Weitnar, dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. . . On Monday and 'Wednesday, in the current week, her Majesty's royal charity to the usual number of aged and distressed poor was distributed at the Al monry, in Whitehall, under the direction of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner, the Hey. Dr. Jelf, Sub-Almoner, by Joseph Hanby, EFq., Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry in ordinary. Mr. Campbell had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. Earl Granville has arrived at Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The :following is a summary of the bets laid yes :erday CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer 2,000 to 30 agst . Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. E. Parr's Idle Boy 1,000 to 15 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Melody 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Meiklam's Emma 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. S. Conway's Kennington 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase 3,000 to 25 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle DERBY, 1850. 9 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken to 501. 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum— taken to 501. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken to 60/. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Sweetheart—taken to 50/. and afterwards offered HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Badsworth hds., Tues., Hickleton Hall; Thurs., Ring stone Bill; Sat., Street House Bar-10i. Mr. Lumley's hds, Mon., Sisinnow Wood; Tucs., (Nberton; Thurs., Wickersley Bar; Fri., Gringley• on the-Hill— 10h. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Grainsby House; Thurs., Tomerby House; Sat., Riby Crossroad-11. ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY OFFICE.—WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY.—A discovery was made yesterday morn ing, on the officials assembling at the Bristol and Bir mingham (Midland) Railway-office, that the place had been broken into and robbed. During the last three or four days, and especially on Christmas eve, the business of the office increased to some extent, and a great deal of money was taken for railway tickets and parcels. This fact appears to have become known, and to have led to the robbery. The premises were closed at a late hour on Monday night, and all was right when the driver of the down mail omnibus opened the office at two o'clock on Tuesday morning, ho having a key for that purpose. The office was only opened for a few minutes, and was closed again until the first omnibus took its departure to meet the early trains at Spetchley station. It was then found that some thief had entered the office by cutting out a pane of glass from a window looking into the yard of the Unicorn Hotel, which ad joins the office, and then removing the fastening. The thief must have been a short person, as he had placed an inverted horse bucket, found in the yard, beneath the window, to help him to get in. Having got into the office, he ransacked the till, which contained, however, only a small sum in money, and took his departure by the window again. The manager of the Worcester traffic (Mr. Collett) had, most fortunately, taken the great bulk of the money which he had received that day, amounting, we are told, to upwards of 1001., to his home, o❑ leaving the office on Monday night, and hence the expectations of the thief were disappointed. The window-glass was cut in a most workmanlike manner, without bre,,king, and the thief must have secreted him self in the stabling of the Unicorn yard before it was locked up on Monday night. A man has bet❑ appre. headed on suspicion of being connected with the robbery. DRURY-LANE, TDEATRE. The trzg , dy of The Gamester was performed hese lea evening, Mr. Anderson and Miss Laura Addison r sustaining respectively the parts of Mr. and Mrs. Beverley. Ti'e part of Beverley is always a dis agreeable and an uphill pa( t for an actor, for the Beverley of the play is an arrant ass, who would have been as arrant a knave but for his deficiency of "'cuteness," and the author has endeavoured out of such materials to manufacture a sentimental hero, whom the actor is e x p ec t e d t o i nves t w ith a hi g h d egree o f tragic interest. This is in general attempted by infusing into the part an expression of mawkish sentimentality, which is quite disgusting, and which is moreover somewhat out of character. This fault Mr. Anderson judiciously avoided in his representation of last even ing, and he in consequence presented us with the most manly Beverley on the stage. The Mrs. Beverley of Miss Laura Addison is, far and away, the finest that has been seen since the days of Miss O'Niell. It is an exquisite combination of gentleness, passion, and pathos. Its principal charm is its consistency—there is neither tragic rant nor seeking for startling points —it is truly feminine and natural. The mere actress is forgotten, and we have before us the trustful and affectionate woman, and that woman a well-bred lady. Excepting in the scene in which the scoundi el Stukely informs Mrs. Beverley that her hus band is unfaithful, there is scant opportunity for the actress to excite the symypathies or to Move an audience from the sombre propriety induced by the weariness of the play. But in this scene the various powers of the performer have fitting opportunity to test their effect. The gaze of mingled doubt and terror with which she noiselessly listens to the recital, the succeeding burst of agonising passion, the subsequent reply of withering contemi t, aad the ultimate dignity with which she transfixes the villain at her feet, were each and all illustrated with a truth fulness and a power that elicited the ardent enthusiasm of the public. The last scene, in which she watches the approaching death of her husband, was full of deep pathos, and the final burst of grief with which she falls senseless on the body was a rare example of deep study and artistic execution. Mr. Anderson and Miss Laura Addison were called for at the conclusion of the tragedy, and were enthusiastically applauded. The Pantomime fol!owed, and ‘• went" gloriously. The house was very well attended. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday two men named W. O'Brien, aged 31, and James Kennedy, aged 20, were killed by the up-train on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, whi c h i s d uo a t G a i ns b oroug h at 5 oclock Rm. It appeared from the evidence given before the coroner, that these men were bricklayers' labourers, and that they had been serving the bricklayers who were building some cattle-pens at Sturton-le-Steeple station, where the fatal catastrophe occurred. Mr. Spil lings, the station -master, on perceiving the approach of the train, hoisted a red flag, with the intention of stop ping a luggage•train which was coming from Gains borough, so that a horsebox might be attached to it; but the engieeer whistled, which indicated that he could not bring up the train, as it was so heavily loaded. Mr. Spillings was no sooner aware of this than he motioned his wife to hold up the green flag, warning the driver to proceed cautiously. When this took place, he was at the points, ready to turn the train on to a aiding where the horsebox was. The luggage train was proceeding at the rate of five miles an hour. The two unfortunate men (one of whom resides at Retford), on pereeivino• tho train proceed so slowly, threw d o wn their t oo l s an d ran towards it, purposing, it is believed, to get on one of the trucks and ride to Retford. Mr. Spillings called to them to get out of the way, or they would be killed; they either did not hear, or they paid no attention, for ho bad no sooner said the words than a train was upon them, coming in collision with both. One of the poor fellows was carried a distance of 17 or 18 yards from where he came in contact with the train. He was finally deposited in a culvert. They were both terribly mutilated; one had the back part of his head driven in, and the other had his forehead knocked in by the engine, and one of his le s s - s was shockingly lacerated. O'Brien has left a wife and two children to lament his loss. No blame was attached either to the station-master or the engine-drivers. STEAMBOAT COLLISION ON THE RIVER AND PRO VIDENTIAL RESCUE.—Yesterday mornieg,between eleven and twelve o'clock, a collision of a serious nature took place between the Sunfl )wer steam• boat and a lis.chester sailing barge, which tor some time it was apprehended would have been attended with loss of hie, and caused the greatest consternation amongst the crew and pas sengers on board. It appears that the Sunflower was en her downward passage to L mdon-bridge; and after passing Southwark-bridge, it being a strong flood at the time, a stiff breeze blowing from the north-west, a Rochester sailing barge was under a heavy press of sail tacl.ing across the river, when, owing to some mismanagement, the SueflOwer, i ns t ea d o f b e i ng put astern of the barge, ran into it amidships, and by the force of the collision several of the persons on deck were thrown down, and one of the crew of the barge force d into the river ; and, although every means was resorted to to rescue him it was unavailing, owing to the strength of the wind and tide, the poor fellow beciones exhausted, and sank twice. Fortumeely at this crisis the Iron steam-boat Matrimony came up, and through the exertions of the captain and crew, who saw the imminent danger of the sinking man, they suc ceeded in putting the boat about to the spot where he I was struggling, and threw to him one of Light' s patent lifosbuoys, which they always carry on boatel, and the poor fellow succeeding in securing it, be was got on board in the last stage of exhaustion, and under the directien of Mr. Aitcheson, the superintendent of the Iron Boat Company, he was put into a warm bed and restoratives administered, by the aid of which be was soon recovered, and expressed his warmest thanks to Mr. Aitcheson and the captain and crew of the Matri mony for his providential rescue from a watery grave. The Sunflower afterwards proceeded with her passengers to the Swan Pier, and on examination it was found she had not sustained any material injury, and the barge was also enabled to proceed on its course. ARREST OF AN OUTLAW.—An atrocious character, named Michael Hawkins, one of those charged with the murder of Mr. Patrick Clarke, of Southhill, county of Tipperary, committed in 1845, and who having absconded at that time, has since remained at large, though the Government had offered a considerable reward for his apprehension, was captured near Callan, on Thursday Last, by sub-inspector Corr, of Mullinahone. Mr. Corr having received information that the outlaw was har boured ut the house of a man named James Miles, situ ate near Callan, proceeded thither at three o'clock on Thursday morning with a party or about thirty of the constabulary. Having surrounded the localit), an en trance was obtained, but Hawkins, being fully aware that the search was for him, made an effort to force big way through the thatch of the house, which he bad nearly succeeded in, when one of the policemen hearing the noise, thrust his bayonet upwards, and wounded the fellow in the thigh. He still struggled to free himself by screwing the bayonet, NV hick remained fast in the wound, cif the carbine, but failing in the effort, he was dragged down; but he then seized a prong, and with that weal on defended himself for a considerable period, in flicting several severe wounds on the police, and not surrending till one of h constables cock( d his gun and declared his intention f shootiug him if he made further resistance. The pri.o .er was brought before Mr. Bryan and Mr. P. Poe, Cie nearest magistrates, and was by them committed to Clonmel Gaol, to be tried at the next assiz ,, s. Two other persons engaged in the murder of Mr. Clarke were t the time convicted and hanged, and Hawkins was the last of the gang remeiting at large in Ireland.—Rilkensiy Moderator. COASTING TRADE UNDER THE NEW NAVIGATION ACT.—There are are five provisions in the new navige tion-act (in force on Tuesday next) for regulating the coasting trade. It is enacted that no gootis r pa.stngers shall be carried coastwise from one part of the United Kingdom to another, or from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man, or from the Isle of Man to the United Kingdom, except in British ship-; that no goods or I as sengers shall be imported into the United Kingdom from any of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderne3, or Sark, nor shall any goods or passengers be exported from the United Kingdom to any of the said islands; nor shall any goods or passengers be carried from any of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, from any of the said islands to another of the same islands, except in British ships; that no goods or pas sengers shall be carried from one part of any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, to another of the same possession, except in British ships. Her Majesty in Council may regulate the coasting trade of the colo nies on their application between neighbouring posses sions, or the coasting trade of the same. The c.asting trade of India is to be regulated by the Governor.. General of India. With these exceptions there are no restrictions on trade and navigation. Vessels are now arriving at our ports from all parts of the world. " There go the ships." From and after Monday they will be ad mitted under new regulations. THE LATE FIRE AT LONDON-WALL.--The in surance companies have sustained a net loss of 43 3184, exclusive of damage to buildings, &c., by the fire in the premises of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, last October, which is thus distributed :—Alliance Company, 9,820/.; London, 7,9601 ; Royal Exchange, 7,7491. ; Atlas, 7,4731; San, 4,5491.; Imperial, 3,3001.; Legal and Com mercial, 1,5451. ; Globe, 851. The salvage produced 27,0221, which will go in reduction of those sums. Thirty-three persons not, or only partially assured, had wools to the value of 27,8581. Madame Sontag, with . Calzolari, F. Lablache, and Piatti, is making a new journt'x, which began at Brighton, on the 11th, and will only finish at Edkburgh or Glasgow Her pow( rs of attraction will thus ho fully tested, for she is mostly revisiting towns where she ap- Feared but a few weeks since. In spite of this circum stance, and of the occasional most iLelemcnt weather, as at Southampton, the attendance has been of the amplest kind, whilst in new scenes, as at Leeds, her reception has been enthusiastic. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic for the week ended Dec. 23, 1849:—C. and H. Main Line, 1,270/. 19s. 9d.; Mold, 821. 11s. 6d.; steam-boats, 1001. 14s. 6d.—Total, 1,4541. ss. 9d. MAsox-woßs. IN GLASS.--MT. C. W. Smith find• ing some ii-inch gl2sa slabs, 5 feet by 4 feet, which were about to be laid in connexion with pavement at St. Katherine's Docks, had not a fair edge to make a joint to, sought to have them made square by the dealer, and failing in that, successfully squared them with the chisel in the same way as a piece of marble would be squared. Slabs might be divided by a plain edged saw.—Builder. The late Commissary General Sir Gabriel Wood has bequeathed 70,0001. to erect and endow an hospital at Greenock for shipwrecked and distressed mariners.— British Army Dispatch. ----~ 57% 541:t 3 39% 1111 3% 12% 7% 1% 6L 18 1 ,11 6% 7~ 44% 7% 21 714 ...... 9% li% 11 , 4 iA 17.4 7% 134 114 % dis .1 I 22 9 1 ' - 10% Y.) very lent 'rash Sea, Tul 'as ; rles )0, I to sar a of